This was a chaotic battle, with both sides harboring ulterior motives. Even though they appeared to be on the same side, they had different intentions, resulting in an even more chaotic outcome.

Originally, Prime Minister Du planned to rebel at the critical moment and join forces with the Lord of Southern Qin to kill Sima Jiao. However, the situation took a sharp turn. The Lord of Southern Qin's side suffered heavy casualties, and the prince himself was seriously injured.

The intelligence they received was false. The person they killed, who they thought was the emperor, was not Sima Jiao at all, but a decoy meant to lure them to their deaths. As for the Lord of Southern Qin's injury, apart from Prime Minister Du's scheming, Chen Yun also played a role in fueling the flames behind the scenes.

Chen Yun thought that it was time for the Lord of Southern Qin to die. If the timing of his death was well-controlled, it could further stimulate the Yaozhou soldiers to avenge their master—at this time, the loyal servants and soldiers could only be foolishly loyal.

Destroy Sima Jiao, kill the Lord of Southern Qin, capture Prime Minister Du. Chen Yun had planned to kill three birds with one stone, but he didn't expect that plans can't keep up with changes, and unexpected events still occurred. The Lord of Southern Qin was seriously injured and on the verge of death, which still aligned with his expectations.

However, Sima Jiao being a fake caught him off guard. What surprised him even more was Prime Minister Du. In order to make the Lord of Southern Qin believe him, he put on an act and was seriously injured, but in the end, he killed the backup Chen Yun had prepared.

Yes, this battle was a fight between a snipe and clam. Chen Yun had secretly gathered a group of rebellious disaster victims who were willing to work for him. Originally, after both sides were severely weakened from fighting each other, the rebel army he had prepared early on would be able to catch the imperial army off guard from behind.

As a result, the battle between Prime Minister Du and the Lord of Southern Qin did indeed cause rivers of blood to flow, but Chen Yun's rebel army lying in wait behind failed to take advantage of the situation.

Prime Minister Du's son guarded the rear with his troops and fought a battle with the rebel army. Because they had anticipated this, they fought a beautiful battle of defeating a larger force with a smaller one, and the rebel army that had not yet gained momentum was routed.

This battle, which should have taken place near Luojing as the final battle, eventually shifted to outside Yaozhou City due to the gradual accumulation of plot deviations, resulting in a completely different outcome.

Chen Yun was very dissatisfied. What made him even more dissatisfied was that the system prompted another major plot deviation—the important female supporting character Qin Wuxia died, almost twenty years earlier than expected.

Chen Yun withdrew his troops and returned to the city, closing the gates and refusing to come out. When no one was looking, his face twitched fiercely.

What exactly happened? He sent someone to investigate and soon discovered the cleaned up corpses outside the secret passage. They also caught a trembling, scrawny man from the woods.

This man was a bit clever and was arranged by Chen Yun to wait outside the city to receive the female lead Liao Tingyan in case of an emergency and temporarily resettle her in a new place. As it happened, this scrawny man hid in the woods and witnessed with his own eyes the scene of Sima Jiao taking someone away and then killing everyone to silence them. He was so scared that he almost peed his pants.

Fortunately, those gray-clothed men came and went in a hurry and failed to notice this small figure hiding in the woods. Otherwise, he probably wouldn't have escaped death.

Chen Yun found the man and interrogated him. With the corpses laid out in front of him, what else was unclear? Sima Jiao did indeed come, but he threw the battle aside and personally went to pick up a woman and leave. It was truly something that an incompetent emperor who disregarded the overall situation could do.

As for the Lord of Southern Qin, upon seeing the nearly bloodless corpse of his daughter Qin Wuxia, he let out a cry of "My daughter!" and then, unable to catch his breath, he died on the spot with his seriously injured body. Chen Yun spent some effort to take power, and at the same time, he secretly sent people to search for Sima Jiao's whereabouts.

This time, when Sima Jiao came to Yaozhou, he was openly building a plank road while secretly crossing the river. In order to avoid being discovered, he only brought a few dozen people with him in private.

Chen Yun guessed that he wouldn't go to Prime Minister Du. Prime Minister Du's last-minute betrayal must have been because Sima Jiao had some leverage over him, but Sima Jiao wouldn't trust him because of that. Therefore, Chen Yun was certain that he would conceal his whereabouts along the way and would never let Prime Minister Du's people know.

Chen Yun wanted to praise him for being so bold.

Since Sima Jiao only had so few people by his side, wasn't this the best opportunity to eliminate him? An opportunity delivered to his doorstep, how could he miss it? Although he couldn't kill him on the battlefield, it wasn't too late now.

Chen Yun no longer cared about how the original plot went. He only wanted to kill Sima Jiao, this variable, as soon as possible. It was because of him that so many twists and turns had arisen. If Sima Jiao didn't die, it would be difficult for him to achieve the original ending.

At the same time, at the imperial army's camp, Prime Minister Du also died from his serious injuries, exhaling his last breath. His son knelt in front of the bed, his eyes red as he kowtowed to him. Grand Protector Gao stood to the side and expressed his condolences.

Now that the great general was dead and Prime Minister Du's son did not have his father's great ability, in order to prevent him from causing chaos due to his inability to control the situation, Grand Protector Gao had no choice but to stay here and keep an eye on things.

In fact, even he didn't know that the emperor, who had agreed to wait downstream for news from Yaozhou, had secretly entered Yaozhou.

Sima Jiao, this tyrant who couldn't even be controlled by the Jade Emperor, was resting in an inn because the noble consort needed to have her wounds bandaged and take medicine.

Liao Tingyan, who had finished bandaging her wounds, fell asleep on the bed. Because the wound on her arm was close to her shoulder, her clothes were not pulled up, exposing a large area of her chest. Liao Tingyan was sound asleep, completely unaware. Sima Jiao, who was watching from the side, got bored and stared at her.

It seemed very soft. Sima Jiao raised his hand and pinched it a couple of times. Like tofu, it felt strange when pinched, too soft. He pinched it a couple more times out of boredom.

Liao Tingyan had been too tired these past few days and hadn't been able to rest well. Now that she relaxed, she fell into an almost coma-like sleep and didn't even notice what Sima Jiao was doing. As a result, when she woke up, she saw a hand groping her chest, and her breasts felt a bit sore.

Didn't you say you weren't interested in my breasts? What are you touching and groping for? Liao Tingyan watched as Sima Jiao shamelessly withdrew his hand with a nonchalant look, and she silently tugged at her collar.

Jin De brought in the medicine he had brewed and handed it to Liao Tingyan. A bitter smell assailed her nostrils.

Liao Tingyan was already used to the bitterness. She wasn't the kind of child who refused to take medicine because it was bitter. Taking medicine when sick was common sense. She picked up the medicine bowl, gathered her breath, and was about to drink when Sima Jiao took it from her and took a sip.

Liao Tingyan: "..."

Jin De: "..."

What the hell is this guy doing now?! Sima Jiao put down the medicine and said with disgust, "What's this smell? It's so bitter. Don't drink it."

Liao Tingyan: "..." Ancestor, this is for me to drink, not for you. Why are you complaining about the bitterness?

Sima Jiao: "When we return to the palace, have those people make the medicine into pills for you. Just swallow them, no need to drink this bitter stuff."

He didn't seem to be joking at all, so he was serious? He planned to not let her, the injured one, drink medicine the whole way? Liao Tingyan felt complex emotions for a moment, not knowing if Sima Jiao wanted to harm her, pity her, or if his brain short-circuited again.

When Sima Jiao was resting in the room, Liao Tingyan walked out. Jin De was waiting for her in the kitchen. Seeing her come, he handed her the medicine bowl and whispered, "Noble Consort, quickly drink the medicine. The injury must heal early. His Majesty is worried. But be sure not to let His Majesty find out, or this servant's little life will be forfeit."

Liao Tingyan felt she was so miserable. Why did she still need to secretly take medicine? It's not some strange drug.

After drinking the medicine and rinsing her mouth, she pretended nothing happened and returned to the room. Who knew as soon as she approached the bed, Sima Jiao glanced at her. "You drank medicine."

Are you a dog's nose?!

"If you want to drink then drink. Why sneak around? Could it be that I would stop you from taking medicine?" Sima Jiao was unhappy.

You say that without feeling guilty? The guy who just threw my medicine bowl out the window saying it's too bitter so forget it wasn't you?

Liao Tingyan laughed coldly in her heart and told herself, everything the boss says is right. Going against the boss has no good ending. So she fake smiled, "Your Majesty is right."

Sima Jiao: "..."

Late at night, Liao Tingyan was woken up by Sima Jiao. She actually had a feeling of reliving yesterday's warmth - if Sima Jiao hadn't started by groping her chest right away, Liao Tingyan might have felt it was more memorable.

Pulling someone awake in the middle of the night just to grope their chest, is this pig's trotter itchy? Liao Tingyan grabbed his hand, looked at his action like squeezing a balloon, and after a moment of speechlessness, pulled his hand down to her waist. "Your Majesty, it's better to touch the waist." She can't sleep if he gropes her chest.

Sima Jiao felt her waist. Her little belly couldn't even be pinched. Very dissatisfied, he gestured for her to look. "The flesh is all gone. What do you want me to touch?"

Then when you grope my chest, don't just care about one side! It will cause uneven breasts, you know this problem is very serious?! Liao Tingyan took a deep breath.

"The little flesh on your face is also gone." Sima Jiao continued to complain.

Liao Tingyan: Do you have a problem? With such a supremely good-looking melon seed face, there won't be anyone in the world with a sharper chin than me!

"Is Your Majesty disgusted that this concubine has become haggard recently, beauty not as before?" Liao Tingyan acted weak and coquettish.

Sima Jiao, the king of acting spoiled, didn't fall for her coquettishness and laughed loudly at her.

Liao Tingyan: I knew it would be like this. But at least he's laughing now. Don't know if coaxing him happy will let me go sleep.

After Sima Jiao finished laughing, he suddenly said to her, "When I first met you, I only felt you looked pretty good, very beautiful. But I could never remember clearly what your face actually looked like, until later when I gradually became familiar."

Liao Tingyan: Oh, face blind?

Sima Jiao said slowly, "After all, I've seen too many beauties. If I'm not attentive, it's really hard to remember what each person looks like."

Liao Tingyan suddenly recalled that every time Sima Jiao wanted to stir up trouble at palace banquets, he would call the beauties below to respond, mostly using clothing colors to indicate who was who.

She thought at the time that Sima Jiao was too far and his nearsighted eyes couldn't see who was who in those colorful clothes. Turns out it wasn't nearsightedness, but poor memory. You should know, even she could recognize most of the palace beauties already.

Sima Jiao looked at her and waited a while. "Why is there no reaction from you?"

Liao Tingyan was at a loss. What reaction? What reaction do you want again? Can't you give the patient a way out? Can't you give your favored imperial concubine some peace? Did you rush all this way to save me just to annoy me to death in the middle of the night?

Liao Tingyan exhaled and suddenly lifted the covers, exposing her fragrant shoulders and lying on the bed, spreading her hands and feet in position. "Your Majesty, come."

Sima Jiao's reaction was to push her waist - "You're taking up so much space, where do I sleep?"

What sleep, I don't think you'll ever be able to sleep.

Liao Tingyan silently rolled to the inside of the bed to make room for him. Just as she was getting drowsy, she was suddenly pulled awake by Sima Jiao again.

Sima Jiao asked her with a very strange expression, "What did you mean by that action just now?"

What action, what meaning? Liao Tingyan didn't react.

Sima Jiao continued with a subtle look, "Were you seeking passion?"

... Ancestor, you really react too slowly. By the time you react, not only has the day lily cooled, even the blushing maiden has cooled.

Sima Jiao commented, "You're really bold."

Liao Tingyan: Aha, this is considered bold? Are you a reincarnated immortal? Are mortals not bold enough to sleep with you or what?

Author has something to say:

It's not a quick transmigration. The female lead is different in each story unit.

Also, those shouting that they can't bear to part with Jiaojiao now, next time an even cuter one comes out, you'll automatically forget Jiaojiao. (Looks with eyes that see through all pig trotters)