All Under Heaven Rose Together

In the third month of the third year of the Genesis Era—the third month of Qin Ershi Fu Su's first year—Forging the Sacred Court entered its third year, though three full years had yet to pass.

Minzhong Commandery, Dongzhi City.

Leading twenty thousand? No—two hundred thousand Jiangdong rebels in the conquest of Minzhong Commandery, Yu Ziqi and his ten thousand Ironclad Elite Cavalry swept aside all resistance. Victory followed victory, and they soon reached Dongzhi City, the commandery capital.

Yu Ziqi's fame soared. Alongside Lian Cheng, a descendant of the Army God Lian Po who had brought his troops over to the Xiang Clan, he had quietly become one of the clan's two great generals after Long Ju and Ji Bu.

"Aunt! Everyone in this city is a subject of the old Yue kingdom. Can you bear to watch your former people fall beneath cavalry hooves? Only you can save the whole city now!"

The speaker was Si Wuzhu, lord of Dongzhi City. Middle-aged and weather-beaten, he stood respectfully before an elegant, alluring woman and pleaded with her.

To look at them, Si Wuzhu was plainly older. In truth, though, the woman was his senior. They might not have been related, but calling her "Aunt" was hardly wrong.

"Places remain, people change, and all things come to an end. If Dongzhi City falls, that too is fate."

Her fine brows drew together. After gazing at the dense army outside the city for a long while, she sighed and gave her answer.

"Fate can be changed, Aunt! Whatever happens, these loyal people still hold the old Yue kingdom in their hearts. They've waited generations for their former ruler to return. Can you truly bear to see them suffer?"

Si Wuzhu's heart sank. Grief and pity showed on his face as he