Within the Qin Kingdom Imperial Palace.
Qin Siyao had come to the palace that day to spend the morning with her Mother Queen, then visit her Father Emperor.
But just as Qin Siyao was strolling through the rear palace with her Father Emperor,
the Qin Kingdom's Lord suddenly sensed something and looked toward the ancestral temple within the palace.
"Father Emperor, is something wrong?" Qin Siyao asked. An ominous feeling had risen in her heart as well.
Just like when her second brother had...
"Let's go look!"
The Qin Kingdom's Lord swept his hand.
In an instant, Qin Siyao followed her father into the ancestral temple.
Among the imperial family's life lamps arranged at the very front of the temple, the one representing the First Prince abruptly went out.
"Eldest Brother..."
Qin Siyao whispered, her mind utterly blank.
How could this have happened?
Wasn't her eldest brother with her husband? How could he have...
"Your Majesty!"
Just then, a maid's startled cry came from the temple entrance.
Qin Siyao turned and saw her mother's body go limp as she collapsed toward the ground.
"Mother!"
Qin Siyao hurried forward and caught her mother in her arms.
"Jingsu... my child... why did this happen? Why must Heaven take both my children away? Why... wh..."
"Mother!" Seeing her mother faint in her arms, Qin Siyao cried out in panic. "Please don't frighten me, Mother..."
On the third day after the Battle of Shuling ended,
Xiao Mo finally stormed into the Jin Kingdom's Imperial City.
After entering the city, Xiao Mo still left its common people completely unharmed.
The Jin imperial family, however, was not so fortunate.
Compared with the Chu Kingdom's ruler, the King of Jin cherished his life rather more.
The moment the Imperial Capital fell, the King of Jin fled under