We Agreed On Experiencing Life, So Why Did You Immortals Become Real? Chapter 381: Husband, You Must Live Well and Not Leave Me Alone, Alright?

Following the Second Prince's demise, word of his passing rapidly spread across the whole Qin Kingdom and even reached the remote camps of generals like Xiao Mo waging wars abroad.

When Xiao Mo received news of the Second Prince's death, he fell into a prolonged silence.

Even on the battlefield, where fate alone decided life and death for every soul.

Xiao Mo had never believed that a proud figure like the Second Prince would turn rebel, yet learning that he sacrificed himself for the Qin Kingdom's path to supremacy, giving his life for the realm, filled Xiao Mo with profound sorrow.

He could vividly picture the deep grief that would strike Siyao upon hearing this.

"Xiao Yang, announce the Second Prince's death to the entire army, and ensure the soldiers understand exactly how he perished.

Moreover, from this day forward, all troops will don white cloth on their heads to honor the Second Prince."

Xiao Mo instructed his deputy general.

"Yes, General!"

In less than a day, every soldier in Xiao Mo's forces knew of the Second Prince's death and that he had laid down his life for the Qin Kingdom's dominance!

Xiao Mo's army had already been a conquering powerhouse with morale through the roof.

The Second Prince's death fueled blazing anger in the hearts of all the troops!

The very next day, Qin Kingdom soldiers tied white cloth around their heads and charged the city walls as a furious mourning force.

The Chu Kingdom's city-defending general had already viewed Xiao Mo's army as ferociously formidable.

But on that day, he truly grasped the essence of utter madness.

He felt like nothing more than a punching bag for the enemy's vengeful outburst.

Meanwhile, upon hearing of the Second Prince's demise, the Western Pacification Prince and Bai Qi promptly relayed the tragic news across their respective armies.

The Western Pacification Prince and Bai Qi had long geared up for a fierce counterstrike against the Yan Kingdom.

However, uncertainty over Huaishan Pass had kept them to mere clashes with Yan forces, poised to forsake all seized territories and hurry back to defend the Qin Kingdom's capital if disaster struck there.

With confirmation that the Huaishan Pass crisis was over, free of concerns, they unleashed their counteroffensive at once, mirroring Xiao Mo's troops by wearing white cloth in tribute to the Second Prince.

In addition, both Xiao Mo and Bai Qi loudly proclaimed the Jin Kingdom's crushing rout at Huaishan Pass far and wide.

Once Chu and Yan learned of Jin's devastating defeat, they couldn't hide it even if they tried.

With the Second Prince gone and Qin armies donned in mourning white, it stood as irrefutable evidence.

Besides, absent the lifting of Huaishan Pass's siege, how could they press forward so boldly?

Morale in Chu and Yan armies crashed to rock bottom, while Qin forces, enraged by the Second Prince's death, burned to extract bloody retribution from these three kingdoms.

On the Huaishan Pass battlefield, after the First Prince's triumphant clash against the Jin army, he reclaimed the key territories of Jin Province and Lu Province in just one month.

The Northern Pacification Prince utterly crushed the lingering Zhei Kingdom stragglers, linked up successfully with the First Prince, and then thrust deep into Jin Kingdom soil.

The Jin Kingdom's court plunged into total turmoil.

After intense deliberation, the Jin King chose to beg for reinforcements from the Qi Kingdom and Zhao Kingdom.

Seven months post the Second Prince's death.

Xiao Mo's army advanced with irresistible force, fording the Chu River to seize Jing Province.

Simultaneously, the Western Pacification Prince placed utter faith in his youngest general at his side, granting Bai Qi complete authority over the troops.

Bai Qi slaughtered two hundred thousand foes and pierced far into the Yan Kingdom's vital heartlands.

This stemmed from his earlier mass burial alive of four hundred thousand Chu soldiers, plus rejecting the Yan Kingdom army's surrender and executing two hundred thousand more.

Many now hailed him as the "Slaughter God."

Elsewhere, the Northern Pacification Prince and First Prince marched side by side, launching a direct assault on Jin Kingdom's Taiyuan.

In the first month of the year succeeding the Second Prince's death.

Xiao Mo and Xiahou Nan merged their forces triumphantly, encircling the Chu Kingdom's capital city.

Xiao Mo dispatched a letter to the Chu King, demanding his surrender.

The Chu King defied it and mounted a fierce last stand.

Xiao Mo commanded the all-out siege of the city.

The Chu army's tenacious defense truly went beyond Xiao Mo's expectations, yet facing the joint assaults from Xiahou Nan and Xiao Mo at the eastern and western city gates, the Chu Kingdom at last hit its breaking point.

In May, the protective formation guarding the Chu Kingdom's capital got shattered.

Three days after that, Xiao Mo commanded his troops to march into Ying Capital.

Chu Kingdom's ministers desperately pressed the Chu King to escape the palace, planning to guide him to the Qi Kingdom for a potential future return, but the Chu King simply shook his head, rejecting it by saying, "since I am already a king of a fallen nation, why should I become a homeless dog again."

On that very day, the Chu King commanded the execution of all consorts and princesses in the rear palace.

Right before the Qin Kingdom's forces stormed the palace.

The Chu King himself strung up white silk within the grand hall.

He adjusted his robes, fixed his hair, then climbed onto a stool and met his end with noble grace.

By the time Xiao Mo stepped into the palace, it lay strewn with corpses everywhere.

This Chu King, labeled a tyrant by his own people, upheld the last shred of dignity for the Chu royal family in his final moments.

No member of the Chu Kingdom's royal family survived.

Xiao Mo commanded that all be given proper burials.

And so, the Chu Kingdom perished.

During the month when the Chu Kingdom fell, Xiao Mo gathered and shipped all books, population registers, and land documents from the Chu capital to the Qin capital, while flinging open the palace treasury to lavish rewards on the troops.

Thanks to Xiao Mo's famed reputation, with everyone aware that his soldiers never harassed civilians and upheld iron discipline, the residents of Ying Capital stayed calm, keeping the city's order intact without turmoil.

The next month, Xiao Mo directed his army to eradicate the lingering Chu Kingdom forces.

Meanwhile, Bai Qi and the Western Pacification Prince clashed in the decisive showdown against the Yan Kingdom's troops.

This clash sealed the Yan Kingdom's destiny.

Even as Bai Qi and the Western Pacification Prince gained the upper hand, reinforcements from the Qi Kingdom and Zhao Kingdom arrived to aid the Yan Kingdom and Jin Kingdom.

The momentum of the war flipped dramatically.

The Yan Kingdom clung to its final seven cities.

Forces under the Western Pacification Prince faced a deadlock with them, unable to breach after prolonged sieges.

On the Jin Kingdom battlefield, once the Northern Pacification Prince and First Prince seized three key provinces from Jin, the influx of Qi and Zhao allied troops halted the Qin army's progress.

Come November, Xiao Mo wiped out the last rebel warlords of the Chu Kingdom, prompting the Qin ruler to send officials to govern the region.

After stationing two hundred thousand soldiers to hold Chu's key strongholds, Xiao Mo swiftly took his elite forces plunging into Yan Kingdom lands.

Xiao Mo's troops linked up with the Western Pacification Prince's army, smashing the Yan-Qi coalition in a massive victory.

In just half a year, Xiao Mo, alongside the Western Pacification Prince and Bai Qi, seized six cities and encircled the Yan Kingdom's capital.

Mid-February the following year.

Seeing no hope left, the Yan Kingdom's ruler dispatched an envoy to the Qin camp seeking surrender.

Xiao Mo granted the surrender.

The day after, the Yan ruler, with his hundred officials and the imperial seal in hand, exited the city to formally yield.

Frost Prince Xiao Mo, on behalf of the army, received the capitulation.

The Yan Kingdom fell.

With Chu and Yan toppled, the Qi King and Zhao King realized the tide had turned irreversibly, determined to safeguard at least the Jin Kingdom, lest Qin swallow their realms next.

Shielded by Qi and Zhao forces, the Jin Kingdom shifted from peril to strength.

Though Xiao Shi marshaled Northern Frontier generals and deployed every tactic, overwhelming numbers rendered all efforts in vain.

Xiao Mo and the Western Pacification Prince lacked the means to rush aid to the Jin front right away.

Qin had freshly absorbed Chu and Yan, demanding time to integrate them, calm their populations, and prevent fresh revolts.

Furthermore, after three grueling years of war, Qin's soldiers were worn out, the populace strained heavily, calling for a pause to recover.

Should the Qin Kingdom clash directly with the coalition armies from Qi, Zhao, and Jin right now, the moment the battlefield turns against them, unrest would surely stir within the Chu and Yan kingdoms.

All the territories they had seized might then need to be relinquished entirely.

Following careful considerations, by mid-May, the ruler of Qin commanded a full troop withdrawal.

Barring the forces stationed to defend the Chu Kingdom, Yan Kingdom, and the three key provinces along Jin's frontier, every other soldier pulled back completely.

Moreover, to soothe the populace of Chu and Yan, the Qin ruler offered consolations and bounties to loyal aristocratic clans, slashing taxes by half for their citizens over the next two decades.

Upon Xiao Mo and his comrades' return to the capital, lavish rewards awaited them all.

Having toppled the Chu Kingdom and aided the Western Pacification Prince in conquering Yan, Xiao Mo's fame in the court—and across the realm—had quietly eclipsed even his father's.

The Qin ruler's gifts meant little to Xiao Mo. Yet, observing the monarch's weary visage, he sensed this visionary leader had aged dramatically over mere three years.

Post-reward ceremony, Xiao Mo hastened back to Frost Prince Manor to visit Qin Siyao first.

Three years apart, plus Siyao's loss of her beloved second brother, had Xiao Mo fretting nonstop.

"Husband, you're back."

Within Frost Prince Manor, upon meeting Xiao Mo, Qin Siyao's eyes formed joyful crescents as she curtsied to him, unchanged as ever.

"Mm, I'm back." Xiao Mo nodded.

"I've prepared hot water for husband. Husband should bathe first, then we can visit Mother together. Husband hasn't been home in three years; Mother misses you greatly too." Qin Siyao spoke softly.

"Alright."

Noting Siyao's silence on the matter, Xiao Mo held his tongue as well.

Freshly bathed and clad in clean attire, Xiao Mo headed to Xiao Manor alongside Qin Siyao.

After three years away, the sight of his mother's whitening hair and deepening facial lines twisted Xiao Mo's heart in pain.

Particularly guilty for years of campaigns leaving his mother unattended.

Qin Siyao remained her vibrant, joyful self, frolicking and chatting with Xiao Mo's mother, their bond tighter than ever, her radiant smile unchanged—yet beholding his wife's forced cheer, Xiao Mo's chest ached.

Xiao Mo understood Siyao masked her grief with smiles; amid wartime chaos, Qin lacked time for the Second Prince's funeral.

Thus, in the month post-Xiao Mo's capital return, preparations for Second Prince Qin Jingyuan's rites finally commenced.

Though Qin Jingyuan's body never reached the capital, the Qin ruler honored his son's last wishes without demand.

Qin Jingyuan's favored robes and accessories filled the coffin instead.

Funeral day saw Qin Siyao in mourning garb, shedding not a tear.

Positioned by Xiao Mo, she silently observed every rite of her second brother's interment, watching him enter the imperial mausoleum in quiet vigil.

All day long, not a word escaped her lips.

The night the funeral concluded.

After two days and nights guarding her brother's remains, witnessing Qin Siyao's exhaustion, the First Prince and Xiao Mo urged her gently until she agreed to retire to her manor for rest.

Back at Frost Prince Manor, she sat blankly in the yard, gazing mutely at the night sky's stars.

Xiao Mo settled beside Qin Siyao, offering silent companionship.

"Husband."

After what felt like ages, the woman murmured at last, her voice roughened by emotion.

"Mm." Xiao Mo replied tenderly. It marked her first utterance that day.

"Husband, do you know? When I was little, my two brothers cherished me above all."

A faint smile tugged Qin Siyao's lips, mist veiling her eyes, her voice serene as if sharing a simple tale.

"Be it eldest brother or second brother, they never raised their voices at me, never could bring themselves to chide me.No matter my mistakes, they forgave me instantly.When I was young, eldest brother and second brother would duel for fun, the loser becoming my mount."

Second brother lost on numerous occasions, so I frequently clambered onto his shoulders and dashed about everywhere.

Even though second brother grumbled each time, he always allowed me to ride upon his shoulders.

Whenever something tasty or entertaining appeared, eldest brother and second brother would always consider me first.

Being the princess of Great Qin, I was full of mischief, scampering all over the place without any hint of ladylike demeanor, for I knew that in this world, eldest brother and second brother would shield me.

Eventually, I was blessed to encounter my husband, the one who captured my heart.

In this world, one additional person emerged who genuinely cherished me and safeguarded me."

While speaking, Qin Siyao extended her legs from beneath her skirt, her delicate hands folded tightly between her thighs.

"Whatever troubles arose, I never had to confront them myself, for soon enough, eldest brother, second brother, and husband would resolve them for me.

All I had to do was remain the princess of the Qin Kingdom.

I frequently mused that I must be the most fortunate woman in all the world.

Once husband and I wed, we would bear many children, and eldest brother and second brother would sire many as well, allowing the little ones to frolic and adventure together."

As she continued, the edges of Qin Siyao's lips quivered faintly.

"But... But second brother... Second brother has departed."

At last, the tears welling in Qin Siyao's eyes spilled over uncontrollably like gushing springs, her voice thick with emotion.

"Why? Why did second brother act so foolishly..."

Witnessing the woman next to him in tears, Xiao Mo softly drew her into his arms.

Qin Siyao's tears drenched Xiao Mo's robes, and the long-pent-up feelings surged free like a flood from a shattered levee.

"Husband, I'll never lay eyes on second brother again.

Never behold second brother once more... Never see him again...

Unable to see him anymore... Now only husband and eldest brother remain for me."

Qin Siyao wept bitterly, her bosom rising and falling without cease.

Xiao Mo remained silent, simply holding her close and gazing at her in quiet support.

After what seemed an eternity, Qin Siyao's sobs began to subside.

Soon, only sporadic hiccups echoed, fading at last into ragged breaths.

Qin Siyao clung to Xiao Mo's chest, seeking solace in that sole source of comfort.

"Husband..."

After a prolonged silence, Qin Siyao, having steadied herself, lifted her gaze and looked vacantly at her husband.

"Will husband vow one thing to me?"

"What is it?" Xiao Mo tenderly caressed her cheek.

"Husband must stay alive and well, never abandoning me alone, alright?" Qin Siyao peered straight into Xiao Mo's eyes, her slim fingers clutching firmly at the collar on his chest.

Gazing into the woman's quivering, beseeching eyes.

Xiao Mo felt a momentary daze, uncertain of his reply.

"Will husband promise me?" A flicker of alarm appeared in Qin Siyao's eyes.

"Very well, I promise you, Siyao."

Xiao Mo offered a gentle smile, softly running his fingers through her hair.

"I will never... abandon you."