It was in Jingdu of Ying State.

At Kamagawa Zhushui's order, the funeral procession immediately made a piercing metallic grinding sound.

Both men and women in dark black mourning apparel were armed with short daggers. Those fierce-looking people rushed to Da Yi's funeral procession like fierce spirits. In a blink of an eye, they surrounded the squad of only about sixty people tightly.

No longer suppressing the incessant anger in his chest, Gu Di immediately turned fierce and drew his long sword out.

"Am I still afraid that you will rob me?"

At the moment when the great war was about to erupt, a woman's cry burst out, suddenly stopping the madness in the encirclement.

"Stop it. I'll handle this!"

Was she another woman of Ying State?

Gu Di frowned and patted the horse's neck under his crotch. He soothed it while following the sound.

As a gap appeared in the encirclement circle, a small wooden sedan carried by four people entered and stopped in front of Kamagawa Zhushui's horse.

According to the decoration of the incense lacquer and oiled wood on the sedan and the luxurious and colorful silk hanging ornaments in the four corners, it could be inferred that the status of the owner of this wooden sedan must be extraordinary.

The noisy scene immediately fell silent.

Kamagawa Zhushui blinked with an expression of reluctance. He turned the horse's head and shouted at the wooden sedan.

"Your Grace, I'm incompetent and alarm you. I feel really guilty."

The hundred people of the funeral procession looked at each other. They put away their dangling weapons, lowered their hands and eyebrows.

The wooden sedan did not fall on the ground and was carried steadily by the servants.

The door was slowly opened and a woman in the black dress in the sedan turned up.

She was no older than thirty years old because she was remarkably well preserved every day. At the moment, she was not wearing makeup but had a glowing complexion on her oval face. Her delicate facial features were beautiful and charming.

This noble woman did not coil her dark hair into a delicate bun like other women of Ying State but combed it into a ponytail with a plain white ribbon behind her head and loosened it.

Was she Ying Emperor Yuanya's biological mother?

Gu Di had heard some of her rumors. He couldn't help but look at her and sniggered secretly.

Ying Emperor was still a child, so it was no wonder that the state power would be divided among the three men with wild ambitions. Even the Empress Dowager who should be noble due to her son could not be respected. Her status was not as high as that of a retainer.

At the present, when a courtier died, the Empress Dowager of a country must wear mourning apparel and observe mourning, which was pitiful and ridiculous!

When Empress Dowager Yuanya looked directly at Gu Di, a stunning light quietly flashed in her good-looking clear eyes.

In front of her, the man on the tall horse was extremely handsome. There was no sense of discord between him and his frost-white hair that was different from ordinary people. He looked indifferent and reticent. The more he was unapproachable, the more he attracted people's reverie.

The woman's eyes didn't move from the silver-haired man's face for a long time and burning concentration was revealed in her bright eyes. Sensing this, Kamagawa Zhushui looked sullen and suddenly coughed, which represented an extreme dissatisfaction.

The woman trembled, and for a moment she came to her senses. She lightly looked down with an embarrassed smile.

"Thank your Emperor very much for asking envoys to send General Yuancang's coffin back to his hometown."

"Just now, General Kamagawa saw his colleague die and became impatient because of his excessive grief. As the mother of Ying Emperor and the Empress Dowager of the Yuanya clan, I want to apologize to Your Highness for his offence.

After saying this in a gentle tone, the woman who was sitting on heels leaned forward. Then she lowered her head to salute.

Seeing this, Kamagawa Zhushui reined the horse and moved forward. Beside the wooden sedan, he shouted hurriedly and angrily.

"You are too weak. Obviously, they killed other witnesses on the way to cover up the evil facts of killing our envoys. Why do you want to stop me from avenging the Yuancang couple? To apologize to the enemy is to humiliate His Majesty!"

Empress Dowager Yuanya tilted her head and preemptively rebuked Kamagawa Zhushui in a low voice before Gu Di spoke.

"Shut up! The person who humiliates the Yuanya clan is you! The kinsmen of the Emperor of Da Yi personally escort the envoys back to Ying State, but you don't take the initiative to go to Shuimen Port to greet them."

"Now, they have arrived in Jingdu. You argued with them while holding your weapons here. You have really made His Majesty lose his face!"

Kamagawa Zhushui did not seem to fear the majesty of Empress Dowager Yuanya. Her accusations only intensified his anger.

His long ugly face was pale with anger. His facial features were completely distorted. He pointed at the woman in the wooden sedan and shouted.

"Don't forget that Mrs. Yuancang also died on the way! Your current behavior is to help the murderer to exonerate!"

"Ha-ha..."

Gu Di suddenly looked up and laughed. The grand sound was loud, like the thunder that exploded in the clear sky. When the sonorous sound stopped, it implied a bit of mixed internal strength.

Except for the ten disciples of Tianyan Faction who disguised as imperial bodyguards, all the people present of Da Yi and Ying State covered their ears in pain.

Gu Di's audacious laughter seemed to turn into sharp steel needles, which penetrated through one of their eardrums and flew out of the ear canal on the other side.

Kamagawa Zhushui's white horse responded violently and it could not withstand such strange laughter.

The horse's upright ears trembled incessantly. After several rotations in the same place, the horse violently raised its front hooves, almost throwing the arrogant man off its back.

After subduing the white horse, Kamagawa Zhushui faced Gu Di who squinted with a smile, and he asked him in annoyance and anger.

"What were you laughing at?"

Gu Di sneered indifferently.

"Of course, I laugh at you, the ridiculous person."

Gu Di stopped and glanced at the woman in the wooden sedan. Then he looked at Kamagawa Zhushui and continued to say。

"In my country, the Empress Dowager is the mother of the emperor. Even the Emperor must be courteous and filial to her. If a courtier dares to shout at the Empress Dowager, it means that he rebels against the Emperor and should be sentenced to death."

"Kamagawa Zhushui, you are just a retainer of the Yuanya clan and seem to have forgotten your duty. You even dare to accuse the Empress Dowager in front of the envoys and the coffins of your colleagues who died not long ago. Is your behavior not absurd enough? Is that not enough to disgrace your Ying Emperor?"

The continuous questioning was full of confidence, which made the arrogant general suddenly dumbfounded.

In the wooden sedan, the elegant woman sat up straight and looked at the handsome and strapping man on the horse with an intense gaze. For a while, her heart was full of countless ripples, and she was grateful and appreciative. Somehow or other, she was in a mess.

Feeling Gu Di's cold eyes, Kamagawa Zhushui became nervous as if someone had forced his throat with a sharp blade. He seemed to fall into an indescribable abyss, feeling scared.

After a moment of silence, Kamagawa Zhushui finally made a concession.

He made a salute to Gu Di and said obediently.

"Ha-ha, Your Highness, please forgive me. It was a misunderstanding just now. It was Mrs. Yuancang who had an affair with Sakata Aki and murdered her husband. Now she is culpable of punishment and committed suicide for fear of punishment after returning to Ying State. I was impatient. Sorry. So sorry."

Gu Di wished to speak but stopped on second thought.

Committing suicide for fear of punishment was impossible, wasn’t it?

They traveled far away across the sea and that woman was guarded by Gu Di's people.

In order to prevent Huanan Xin from secretly obstructing, Gu Di did not even let the fifty Honour Guards approach Mrs. Yuancang.

Last night, Gu Di and his people were robbed in the mountain forest, which was another fact. Mrs. Yuancang was killed by someone.

Gu Di originally wanted to refute Kamagawa Zhushui's statement in public. However, after thinking about this, he changed his mind. He was in Ying State now. What could he do even if he suffered losses?

Why not temporarily repress the anger and cover the lie to strive to escape unscathed?

Thinking of this, Gu Di raised a fist salute in return and said in a softer tone.

"Since the misunderstanding has been cleared up, I would like to ask Her Grace and His Excellency to take back the coffins of the envoys of Ying State and bury them. Then I can also return back to report to His Majesty."

Kamagawa Zhushui waved his hand. More than a dozen people came out of the funeral procession, moving the two coffins and corpses of the envoys of Ying State back.

Restraining the sorrow on her face, Empress Dowager Yuanya put her hand on her chest and looked at Gu Di. She probed gently.

"May I ask you a question? Your Highness, since the task has been completed, do you have other arrangements for this trip?"

Later, Gu Di planned to go to Mount Fuyue to find a Snow Toad for detoxifying Gu Yunxi, but he would not easily tell others about this plan.

Suddenly asked by the Empress Dowager, Gu Di only smiled slightly.

"There are no other arrangements. Now that the task has been completed, I'd like to say goodbye to you."

"Hold on."

Seeing that Gu Di wanted to turn the horse's head, the woman in the wooden sedan could not wait to shout and stop him. She flushed.

"It's late. Even if you can leave Jingdu tonight, it will be difficult to find a post house."

"Please allow me, as Empress Dowager Yuanya, to invite Your Highness and your people to stay in Yuanya Palace for a few days to repay your kindness of keeping the promise and taking our envoys’ body back across the ocean."

"Don't bother."

Gu Di didn't think about it and refused. He didn't want to stay in this place for a moment.

Suddenly, Kamagawa Zhushui realized something, stared at Gu Di, and opened his eyes widely.

"Your Highness, are you still angry at my disrespect so you rejected the invitation? Even so, I would like to get down from my horse and kneel at your feet. Your Highness, please go to Yuanya Palace for a chat."

The man who had been arrogant really jumped off his horse when he spoke. He walked to Gu Di and decisively knelt on the ground.

Lowering his head, he quietly sneered.