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On the sixth day, Tang Ao began to believe that the well-educated, docile, and virtuous Helian Fen was really his grandmother, and the eccentric Xue Mingrui was his grandfather.

On the eighth day, Tang Ao was faced with the dilemma of not betraying Murong Xiu and also wanting to find a grandparent. He snorted coldly and said, "Quickly, don't mention your loyalty to Murong Xiu. I think he's already started to distrust you ever since I went to find you."

At this moment, Murong Xiu already knew that Tang Ao had been captured by the enemy for eight days. Doubtful, he decided to give up on Tang Ao. He felt that a person's loyalty could not defeat the call of bloodlines. And he was wrong. It was because of his wrong estimation of Tang Ao that he had decided to send someone to save him. That was the reason why Tang Ao had pledged his allegiance to the Northern Yue.

Tang Ao's submission immediately broke the stalemate. The battle between the west and the north had left a big hole, and the entire northern defense line had collapsed.

Tang Ao didn't participate in the battle of the North Vietnamese because he didn't want to betray the West. After all, his feelings towards Xi Li had been accumulated since he was young. Therefore, he chose to return to the valley with his biological grandparents and live in seclusion.

Although there was no Tang Ao and his family, there was no one better in Western Paradise than Tang Ao. Since the northern front lacked the restraints from the spell formations, there was no reason for him to go all the way there like a firecracker.

And Tang Ao's departure made Liu Kui somewhat distracted. As a result, the battle in the southeast direction changed from a stalemate to a retreat.

There was bad news every day on the battlefield, and the capital was enveloped in a terrifying atmosphere of assassinations day and night. Although the frequency of assassinations had started to decrease, many of the important officials had actually been killed by the killers, all of them with the method of extermination.

The new king, Murong Nai, felt uneasy. He cried as he said to Murong Xiu, "Uncle Wang, I don't want to be the king anymore. Let me go to the battlefield."

This suggestion made Murong Xiu's eyes light up. He was at a loss on what to do. At that moment, he had Murong Na, in the name of his personal army, instead of a very good general on the northern front, to cover the battlefield.

That night, after sending off the new master, Murong Xiu, who hadn't been able to get a good night's sleep, prepared to rest early so that he could find a suitable method to deal with his current predicament.

He slept until the wee hours of the morning. When he heard the unusual sounds, he woke up from his sleep. He pricked up his ears in alarm and listened. He felt a rustling sound and looked towards the window. Sure enough, he saw a small hole jabbed into the window. A thin pipe stuck out from the small hole, and a stream of smoke slowly drifted out from it.

Mu Rong Xiu hastily covered his nose, held his breath, and quickly rolled off the bed. Then he covered his nose and mouth with the wet towel from the towel rack.

He hid himself in the dark shadows of the room and silently observed his surroundings. After a while, there was another rustling, and the latch on the door clicked and the door opened. A petite figure entered the room. Murong Xiu felt that he wasn't familiar with this person.

The petite figure rushed to the bed first, but when she saw that it was empty, she was surprised, but it was too late. She felt a cold wind blow through her head and a knife hit the back of her neck.

When Murong Xiu turned her over and was about to pull down the veil covering her face, she, who looked unconscious, kicked his crotch. Murong Xiu crouched down in pain. Then, the assassin seized the opportunity to pull out a dagger from his body and stabbed Murong Xiu in the stomach. Murong Xiu couldn't dodge and was stabbed in the stomach. He instantly became angry, grabbed the assassin's neck, and heavily threw him out.

Although the assassin was petite, his movements were nimble. After being thrown by Murong Xiu, she flipped twice in the air before landing on the ground, unharmed.

How could Murong Xiu let her go after getting stabbed? With a stride, he caught up to the assassin and began to fight him.

The more they fought, the more Murong Xiu felt that these moves were somewhat familiar, but there were also a lot of moves that he wasn't familiar with. Thus, he recognized that this assassin should be the Violet Garden's disciple, Qu Shuangshuang. However, he didn't know whether Qu Shuangshuang had come to kill him for the sake of his hatred for her father, or if she had come to kill him on the orders of Zi Yuan.

If it was the former, Murong Xiu felt he could still accept it. But if it was the latter, he really felt like he was heartbroken. He had been trying to light up the moon when the moon shone down on the ditches.

In reality, Qu Shuangshuang coming to kill him was due to both factors.

Zi Yuan used Helian Fen and Xue Mingrui to pull Tang Ao away from Murong Xiu. After that, he called Qu Shuangshuang, who was in charge of the assassination mission in the Western City of Mount Li, over to his side.

She told Qu Shuangshuang that she really wanted her to help her kill someone, and that person was the person who killed Qu Shuangshuang's father, Murong Xiu. Qu Shuangshuang agreed without thinking. She knew that Murong Xiu's martial arts were unfathomable and not easy to kill, but since the Violet Garden had given her the opportunity to take revenge and the Violet Garden also wanted Murong Xiu to die, Qu Shuangshuang felt that no matter what, she had to finish this assassination mission.

Therefore, the effects of the loan were not bad for Qu Shuangshuang and Helian Fen. They could temporarily seal the bewitchment of other people's inner force skills. She understood the disparity between her martial arts and Murong Xiu's. She knew that if she were to fight him head on, it would be a waste of her effort.

It was just that she didn't expect that Mu Rong Xiu would be prepared and not be affected by the incense, which made her quite flustered. Although he had successfully stabbed Murong Xiu with his sneak attack, it wasn't enough to kill him.

If he retreated now, Murong Xiu would have to pay a lot of attention to this assassination attempt. Perhaps, it would be very difficult to do so in the future. Qu Shuangshuang gritted her teeth. While she was fighting with Murong Xiu, she kept trying to find a way to break him and add another stab to his life. However, Mu Rong Xiu's martial arts were much higher than his, so Qu Shuangshuang was basically beaten. It was a good thing that they had trained especially in the mountains. Right now, Qu Shuangshuang had been through quite a lot, so there was no way for Murong Xiu to deal more damage to Qu Shuangshuang.

On the contrary, Murong Xiu didn't feel good. He had still inhaled some of the smoke earlier. His movements were getting slower and slower as his inner force was gradually sealed by the smoke.

The dagger stabbed straight into Murong Xiu's heart. This was a perfect opportunity for Qu Shuangshuang.

Murong Xiu looked at the dagger on his chest in disbelief. He looked at Qu Shuangshuang as he fell down unwillingly. However, this damage was fatal. Without the protection of his inner strength and true qi, he soon lost his life because of the dagger in his chest. In the final moment of his life, he was still looking with disbelief at the dagger that had killed him without any warning.

After Qu Shuangshuang confirmed that Murong Xiu was dead, she left the Gemini sign on the wall and left the Residence of Regent with a calm expression. She ran like mad. Two days later, she arrived at the side of the Violet Garden and told it that she had completed her mission. Finally, she lost all her strength and fainted.

The assassination of Murong Xiu had pushed Xi Li to the brink of death.

This news also caused Helian Lie to be extremely shocked. He thought that the Violet Garden had already set up a trap for Murong Xiu and would make him suffer. In the end, he had no choice but to watch as his family perished. Helian Helian never expected that the Violet Garden would directly send people to kill Murong Xiu. Although he didn't know what had happened to turn the Violet Garden, which had previously been able to save Murong Xiu, into a cold-blooded killer, the result was extremely good for the Northern Yue.

Similarly shocked, was Feng Lingxue. He hadn't thought that the Violet Garden would be so cold-blooded and heartless. He didn't have any feelings for Murong Xiu anymore. How could he know that this time, the Violet Garden was really the one with a lot of personal feelings mixed in. Ever since she had the thought of killing Murong Xiu, she had always wanted to use Qu Shuangshuang's revenge to get rid of him. However, she had always been worried that Qu Shuangshuang might not be able to complete this quest.

Zi Yuan had originally prepared a second plan, which was to kill Murong Xiu personally if both of them failed. He just didn't expect that his young disciple, Qu Shuangshuang, was still very capable.

The reason Qu Shuangshuang was able to kill Murong Xiu was due to luck. However, no matter what, the person in power, the one in charge of Xi Li, had been assassinated. During this period of time, Xi Li's fear of assassins had reached its peak.

However, the Twin Stars had disappeared from the capital all of a sudden.

The North Vietnam was completely focused on the battlefield. The new ruler of WestLi had no ability to resist the assault of the great army of Night Blue Cang on the northern front. Soon, the new ruler was captured.

This battle had accelerated Xi Li's defeat. Ye Blueblue quickly arrived at the Western City of Li and effortlessly captured the capital city. As a result, in the entire west, there was only Liu Dun's troops left, and they were still stubbornly resisting. Liu Kun didn't believe that Murong Xiu was already dead. He believed that this was just a rumor spread by the Northern Yue to shake the morale of the army.

However, Liu Dun's resistance couldn't save Xi Li. He quickly became a prisoner of the Northern Yue Army. Because he was unwilling to surrender, he was beheaded. Before he died, he didn't forget to confirm whether or not Murong Xiu had truly been assassinated. Liu Ding was a good man.

After the North Vietnamese had destroyed West Rift, Blue River's troops continued to annihilate some stubborn resistance from the West.

This time, the battle only took two months.

It was the Spring Festival when the West Li was exterminated. It was an unprecedented and lively Spring Festival for the people of Northern Yue. At the same time, Zi Ling had also given birth to a fat and chubby boy for him. However, since he couldn't return to the city in time, he didn't have the chance to see his son for the first time. By the time he was allowed home, his son was more than two months old.

The two children of Ziyuan and Helian were not very talkative because their parents were not with them, but it was strange that within a few days of the destruction of the country, their eldest son had called out to Helian loudly, "Father," while their daughter had tilted her head and asked Helian, "Where's Mother?" This made Helian extremely happy.

When Zi Yuan returned to the palace from the front, Helian hugged her. "Child mother, let's have another child!"