A Minister, Ruo Rufeng, Bids Farewell to the Bright Moon Empire!!!

"Speak! What exactly happened?" Ruo Rufeng's voice was hoarse, carrying a tremor even he had not noticed, as he stared fixedly at the kneeling messenger.

The messenger lay prostrate on the ground, weeping bitterly, blood and tears mingling as every word came like a cry of blood. "Marshal! The imperial capital has been surrounded! The entire civil and military court has collectively surrendered!

"His Majesty swore he would never submit, but the officials forcibly bound him and sent him out of the city gates to surrender! The imperial seal was handed over, the imperial capital has fallen, and our Bright Moon... has truly been destroyed!"

"A pack of maggots!!!"

Those few words struck Ruo Rufeng's mind like thunder from the Nine Heavens.

He had spent his entire life at war, guarding the northern frontier for decades. He had repelled countless foreign invasions, endured countless desperate battles, protected the border people so they could live in peace, and ensured not an inch of the nation's land was lost.

The soldiers under his command had shed their blood and given their lives, their bodies wrapped in horsehide, dying without regret as they gave everything to protect their homeland and its mountains and rivers.

Yet he had never imagined that while they fought for their lives on the front lines, staining the battlefield with blood, those civil and military officials in the rear, who held high office and lived on the ruler's salary, would be so cowardly and sell out their country for glory!

Those who fought to the death for their country lay buried beneath the yellow sands, while those seated in the halls of power knelt and surrendered!

Boundless grief, fury, humiliation, unwillingness, and despair swept through him in an instant. Ruo Rufeng's chest exploded with pain, and something scorching and