"Go find them! Track those women down!"
Yuwen Shu roared several times.
The attendants hurried off, but they searched the entire encampment without finding a trace of the women. Yuwen Shu's face turned pale. He dropped to his knees, staring at Yang Guang's corpse on the throne. When the attendants told him they couldn't find them, his fury boiled over.
"You were attendants to the Son of Heaven, yet you couldn't even keep watch over a few people. You deserve to die!"
"Guards! Drag them away and execute them!"
"Yes!"
The soldiers at the rear immediately stepped forward and seized the attendants. No matter how loudly they cried out, it did no good.
Their pleas for mercy faded into the distance, and Yuwen Shu gradually came to his senses.
No!
The emperor had died in Liaodong. If word of this reached the Eastern Capital, it would shake the realm!
They had to hurry and take Yang Guang's body back, then find someone to take charge!
"Guards!"
"Break camp at once! We're returning to the Eastern Capital!"
Verdant Green Maiden led the women south.
If any of them wanted to go home, Verdant Green Maiden would let them. But their Lineages probably wouldn't dare take them in anymore.
They could all understand the risks.
So when Verdant Green Maiden offered to send them home, they refused. Having killed the Son of Heaven, they had nowhere to go but with her.
Verdant Green Maiden found them a place to stay in the south.
Peach Blossom Spring!
For years, this had been the place scholars of the Southern Dynasties yearned for, yet could never find.
But Verdant Green Maiden had no trouble finding it.
After all, she had been the one to hide it in the first place.
Compared with her last visit,