Chapter 326 - The Reason For Failure

"Go to hell."

With his eyes facing his brother's eyes, the sword was swung.

Slash!

"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

The high pitched scream reverberated in the large open field. The soldiers were unable to move from their position as they watched blood poured out from one of the two brother's chest. It created a pool of blood on the dusty ground.

Yang Xian watched everything and closed his eyes. "It's finally over."

"The soldiers might not…"

"ARCHER!''

The soldiers behind Yang Xian snapped back to reality when they heard the order that Yang Xian shouted. He was ordering them to be prepared if they truly needed to fight a bitter battle in the end.

Beside him, Wei Liuying was watching the end of the fight with composure. Her grip had eased, but there was still mixed feelings within her eyes. The scream and cries that Wei Xiao Hua shouted out right now sliced everyone's heart.

Normally, no one would want to show their real feelings outside, especially when they were those noble ladies. Every single one of them would surely kept their composure and acted as if they didn't care at the front before crying silently behind. After all, they would not want to show their weakness in front of others. But Wei Xiao Hua didn't care for all of that as she rushed to the front and crouched before her husband.

"Protect the Empress!"

At this time, Lou, who had been watching from the shadow moved towards Prince Ji Sheng. But before he could get close, several arrows were going in his direction.

Clang! Jleb!

Wei Liuying glanced to the side where Du Min, Prince Ji Sheng's servant was standing. He was holding onto a bow and arrow. It seemed that Yang Xian had already predicted that Lou, Ji Shu's right hand, would appear should Ji Shu lost.

'With this, there shouldn't be anyone around Ji Shu who are still alive anymore except for Wei Xiao Hua and his mother. The officials will likely change sides. As for his maternal family, I'm sure His Highness has his own plan.'

Once more, Wei Liuying averted her attention to Wei Xiao Hua, who was crying like a waterfall as she rushed in to Ji Shu's body's side. 

Tears were staining Wei Xiao Hua face as she rushed to Ji Shu's side. Blood was rushing like a river without anything could possibly stop the flow. Ignoring the blood, Wei Xiao Hua put her hand on top of Ji Shu's wound, hoping that she could stop him from dying.

"You… are… not… allowed… to… die!"

In between her cries, Wei Xiao Hua tried to speak properly. She didn't care what other people were thinking about her. All she hoped was that she would be able to be with Ji Shu and saved him.

Prince Ji Sheng stood silently beside them and watched as his brother watched his wife lovingly. It was the same gaze that he had when he looked at Gao Ling. They both loved their own wife despite their position and the fact that they would be exposing their weakness by having feelings.

He raised his head and watched as that man and Xie Jing walked over. The two of them were watching from a distance away. Clearly, they didn't have any intention to participate in the battle at all.

"Why don't you kill him?" the man asked.

"At least, he needs to know the reason why he lost, Ji Shao Yang."

The man, Prince Ji Shao Yang, arched his eyebrows. He looked at Ji Shu, who was staring at him with wide eyes. Ji Shao Yang didn't unsheathe his sword as he merely walked with leisure pace to the middle with Xie Jing following behind him. All this time, everyone thought that he had died.

The second prince, Prince Ji Shao Yang.

He was the first one that Ji Shu attempted to eliminate by killing the officials who were by his side. Unfortunately, many of them escaped and was never heard again afterwards. Ji Shu had been trying to track them to kill many of them, but they were too slippery and seemed as if they have disappeared from the face of the earth.

Afterwards, he targeted Prince Ji Shao Yang. Even though Prince Ji Shao Yang escaped from the prison, he managed to track his brother and then killed him during the journey. There was also the body that his soldiers recovered and then buried.

But what if, it was a body double?

It was not that hard to find someone who was of similar stature with Prince Ji Shao Yang. The hardest would be to find someone with the same face, but with a bit of makeup and all, it would be done. Ji Shu didn't check the corpse again after seeing that it was indeed his brother because he couldn't delay the matter for a long time. 

Yet, he had inevitably made a slip up. Thinking about that, Ji Shu wanted to curse his second brother loudly.

He could feel strength leaving his body. His gaze landed on Wei Xiao Hua's face that was filled with tears. This would be the first time he saw Wei Xiao Hua this sad and also the last time he would see her. A bitter smile escaped from her lips as he muttered out, "Sorry…. Xiao Hua…"

Wei Xiao Hua's eyes widened as she watched Ji Shu's face tilted to the side and light disappeared from his eyes.

He had died.

Ji Shu had died.

And it's her fault…

Wei Xiao Hua knew full well that if only she had followed the storyline according to the way it was supposed to be, this would never happen. The two of them would have their happy ending in this world, and she would be able to stay with him forever.

AAAAAAAAa!

Crying and screaming loudly, Wei Xiao Hua could only shout to the sky, venting her feelings. She was transmigrated as the main character, the one who was supposed to win the battle and have her happy ending. Yet, the ending she got was the one where she lost the one whom she loved.

Why…

Just why everything didn't follow the proper storyline? 

What had she done wrong?

In between her cries, Wei Xiao Hua felt her heart was breaking apart. It was all her fault that everything turned this way. She should have known that the battle for the throne was a battle that would put their lives on the line. Yet, she simply enjoyed her life and didn't try to pay more attention.

Slowly, her gaze was turned to the man who came in her direction. Her eyes widened in disbelief.

'Ji Shao Yang…'

In the novel, it was said that Ji Shu had already killed him during the chase after his breakout attempt from the prison. Why is he standing here now?

It was then Wei Xiao Hua recalled the stingy author's little spoiler once more.

'After the battle with Prince Ji Sheng, there's still one last battle because of the second prince.'

Now she understood.

The second prince, Prince Ji Shao Yang, was not dead in the first place. He was still alive and kicking, which meant that the last arc that the author mentioned before should be a battle between Ji Shu and Prince Ji Shao Yang.