Bai Zixuan was all about sharing her favors equally.
After offering a sweet kiss to Third Brother Shen Xiao, she went straight to Fourth Brother Su Mo, then Fifth Brother Tang Yin, followed by Sixth Brother Wen Liang, and finally Seventh Brother Zhao Cheng.
A sweet kiss for each of them.
No one got more, and no one was left out.
The kisses silenced the Seven Heroes of Chifeng entirely. They all stared blankly at Bai Zixuan like fools.
Meanwhile, Bai Zixuan had already begun her concluding speech.
It consisted of just two sentences.
"I, Bai Zixuan, treat you all equally and share my love evenly among you!"
"No one gets more, and no one gets less!"
These words were truly earth-shattering.
There were other guards and personal soldiers inside the main tent. Having witnessed the scene just now, they were already dumbfounded. Now, hearing Bai Zixuan's declaration, they wished they could puncture their own eardrums.
Their Lin Family Army...
How did it turn out like this?
The commander-in-chief, because of an edict of self-reproach from the Empress, had eagerly run off to the capital to get beaten up.
And the Seven Heroes of Chifeng, whom they revered, were simultaneously being played for fools by such a woman?!
It wasn't just the guards; even the seven men of the Seven Heroes of Chifeng were quite shocked.
They couldn't help but cry out.
"Zixuan, you, you, aren't you being too crazy?"
"My God, Zixuan? You, you..."
"Zixuan, your madness is beyond my imagination!"
...
Bai Zixuan, however, did not seem to care at all. Instead, she smugly wiped her mouth and burst into laughter. "Crazy?"
"Hah!"
"I just want to let you know!"
"I, Bai Zixuan, will not be bound by any single man!"
"I love all of you, and you all love me!"
"That is enough!"
"In this world, no one can have me all to himself!"
"Not even God!"
Like thunder striking the sky, after the rolling echoes faded, a rare silence fell over the commander's tent. But gradually, the Seven Heroes of Chifeng all revealed looks of admiration.
The woman they loved was truly...
So special!
Only... Fourth Brother Su Mo, who served as the military advisor, was the first to react and asked, "Zixuan, in that case, who among the seven of us will be the commander?"
"I have already thought about this," Bai Zixuan said. "The current commander of the Lin Family Army should still be Lin Zixiao."
"However, if Lin Zixiao proves to be useless, then we kill Lin Zixiao and elect a new commander."
"As for the candidate for commander..."
Saying this, Bai Zixuan's face filled with tenderness. She lowered her head slightly to look at her belly. Her child was in there, the best candidate.
"It will be my son!"
The Seven Heroes of Chifeng were stunned.
Then, they were amazed.
"Zixuan, you want to make your child the commander?"
"It seems... that's not impossible!"
"Hiss, this idea is absolutely brilliant. In this world, who could be more suitable to be the commander than Zixuan's child?"
"That's right. Zixuan's child is indeed the best choice. With the seven of us assisting him, he will surely become a wise ruler. When the time comes, the world will be at peace, and everyone will have love. Nothing could be better."
"But what if Zixuan gives birth to a daughter?"
"What's wrong with a daughter? A daughter is our precious little darling. We'll support her as commander all the same. We will conquer the world and make her the second Empress!"
"Yes, yes, yes. I'm so stupid, how did I not think of that?"
...
The Seven Heroes of Chifeng successfully reached a consensus.
They would make the child in Bai Zixuan's belly the commander!
This outcome was within Bai Zixuan's expectations and brought her immense joy. The smile on her face grew even wider, but perhaps due to the intense emotional fluctuation, she suddenly frowned.
The Seven Heroes of Chifeng cared for Bai Zixuan so deeply.
They immediately noticed the change in her expression and instantly spoke up to ask what was wrong.
Suddenly...
Bai Zixuan cried out, "I, I, I think I'm going into labor!"
"What? Quick, quick, Sixth Brother Wen Liang, hurry and check on Zixuan."
Sixth Brother Wen Liang was a military doctor with extraordinary medical skills, but upon hearing this, he instantly broke out in a cold sweat. As a military doctor, he mainly dealt with external injuries and the like, serving Lin Zixiao's army.
When it came to gynecology, especially delivering babies, he really couldn't be called proficient.
Of course, if it were anyone else, he would definitely rely on his solid medical knowledge and step right in. After all, he had some confidence.
But this was Zixuan...
How could he risk even the slightest mistake?
He hurriedly supported Bai Zixuan and shouted, "Quick, go find a military doctor! Find a female military doctor! Zixuan is having a baby, I, I, I can't do this."
The other members of the Seven Heroes of Chifeng were also in a panic. Now, hearing Sixth Brother Wen Liang shout, they finally snapped back to reality and rushed out to find a female military doctor.
However, before they even stepped out of the commander's tent, they all stopped in their tracks.
Where would there be a female military doctor in this army!
Moreover, Lin Zixiao governed the army extremely strictly, emulating his father Lin Yi's Chifeng Army in every way. Even women were rarely seen, let alone female military doctors.
"Find a midwife!"
"Go quickly, go!"
"If there aren't any in the camp, go to the nearby villages."
"We must find an experienced midwife!"
...
Inside the commander's tent, the Seven Heroes of Chifeng were scrambling in a frenzy over Bai Zixuan's impending delivery.
Meanwhile, at the gates of the capital city walls, Lin Zixiao had arrived with a mighty procession.
Nearly ten thousand men had all removed their armor and were raising white flags.
They were also pulling ten red-barreled cannons, and the personal guards held a hundred flintlock muskets in their hands.
The scene looked both spectacular and comical.
It made Ren Tianye, who was watching from the top of the city wall, grin from ear to ear.
Wonderful, wonderful!
Lin Zixiao, well done!
Great Yu needs loyal subjects exactly like you!
Following beside Su Jin, Pei Jingzhi, who was now a backbone member of the Demon Suppression Department, had a much more complex and inscrutable look in his eyes.
He could see his former self in Lin Zixiao, but this feeling of being drawn back into the past only made his heart heavier.
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
Having experienced so much, looking back now, he realized how ridiculous he had been. Blindly loyal to a single family and surname, he had needlessly sacrificed his dignity as a scholar and ended up with a miserable fate.
Fortunately,
In his darkest hour, he had forsaken the darkness for the light.
And it finally allowed him to realize...
What great principles, what strategies for ruling a country, could compare to the unhindered thrill of lifting a blade and hacking at someone?
He just wondered, what kind of fate awaited this Lin Zixiao?
Just as he was thinking this, he felt the crowd surging. Looking up, he realized that Duke Ren Tianye had already personally led men down to welcome Lin Zixiao.
He paused for a moment, then, remembering Duke Ren Tianye's style of doing things, he couldn't help but smile and quickly hurried to follow.
Soon, right beneath the city gates, they met Lin Zixiao.
Even though Lin Zixiao was genuinely coming to surrender and had lowered his posture to the extreme, the capital's army still surrounded the city gates tightly, guarding Ren Tianye securely in the middle.
Under such tight protection, Ren Tianye walked up to Lin Zixiao in quick strides and excitedly reached out his hand, as if he were seeing a long-lost friend.
He said, "Brother Zixiao, I have long heard of your great name, and today we finally meet."
"I, Ren Tianye, am truly fortunate!"
...
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uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
