SBCEJM -Chapter 107 Their True Faces Revealed Thousands of Miles Away! The General and His Son Have Become Wild Men?

Xiao Juechen’s eyelids twitched.

What else could he do?

If neither you nor I speak of it, then even if the entire court were given a hundred times more courage, who would dare leak a single word?

The Crown Prince’s gu poison was the priority. As for these insignificant details… endure it!

He could clearly feel the evolution of his own thoughts.

From the initial fury, to numbness midway through, and now to… a complicated feeling he himself could not quite describe.

He even felt the tiniest bit of admiration for the long-dead General Zhaowu.

To go this far for a woman…

He could no longer judge it simply as “right” or “wrong.”

Thinking about himself—the Son of Heaven, with three thousand beauties in the imperial harem—he realized he had never given such wholehearted devotion to any woman.

As for that invisible green hat on his head…

Well, the man was already dead. He would magnanimously let it go.

【Oh right, speaking of which, hasn’t Vice Minister of Justice Zhou Zheng been absent from court for several days?】

After finishing this earth-shattering piece of gossip, Feng Zexuan smacked her lips and suddenly remembered this key figure.

Several officials familiar with Zhou Zheng also stirred inwardly.

That’s true.

Vice Minister Zhou had indeed been on leave for several days already.

【Host, he requested leave.】

【Publicly, he claimed his wife was gravely ill and that he was taking her out of the capital to seek famous physicians.】

【But in reality, he took his wife sightseeing… and along the way, they went to pay respects to her good husband—his good brother.】

The system added gloomily.

Feng Zexuan: “…”

The officials: “…”

Xiao Juechen: “…”

【A triangle really is the most stable relationship structure.】

Feng Zexuan could not help but sigh philosophically in her heart.

The moment her thought ended, the system’s voice abruptly changed, becoming urgent.

【Host, new developments!】

【This system spent some energy investigating and discovered that General Zhaowu and his son never died!】

Feng Zexuan jolted upright.

Not dead?

【What happened?】

【Did some borderland healer save them, and after waking up with amnesia, one of them married her out of gratitude?】

The storybook in her head immediately began flipping pages wildly again.

【Host, it’s not what you think.】

【Three years ago, the father and son were cornered outside Yanmen Pass during battle. Rather than die at enemy hands, they resolutely jumped off a cliff.】

【Ohhh! The classic cliff-jumping plot finally arrives!】

Feng Zexuan instantly perked up, ready for a familiar trope.

【Let me guess—they found some peerless martial arts manual at the bottom and spent three years cultivating in secret, preparing for a king’s return?】

【No, no, no, Host. Wrong again.】

The system denied it decisively.

【The reason they still haven’t come back up is because… they can’t get back up.】

【What do you mean they can’t get up?】

【After they fell, the Xiongnu soldiers feared they might still be alive, so they pushed a gigantic boulder off the cliff.】

【The bottom of the ravine was already narrow. That massive rock completely sealed the exit… they couldn’t get out anymore.】

【Holy crap!】

Feng Zexuan was speechless.

What kind of plot was this?

The “heroic return” storyline had been forcibly turned into wilderness survival.

【Wait! I want to see how they’re doing now!】

【Live broadcast! Hurry and show me the live feed! I want to see the scene!】

In the next instant, a gigantic screen suddenly appeared in midair above the Golden Throne Hall.

On the screen, the bottom of the cliff was dim and gloomy, like a forgotten corner of the world.

A campfire on the verge of burning out flickered weakly and wearily.

Beside the fire sat two men.

One middle-aged. One young.

Both wore ragged clothing, their hair and beards overgrown like savages, making it nearly impossible to discern their original appearances.

Though still sturdy in build, their eyes were hollow and their expressions numb as they silently roasted fish skewered on wooden sticks.

Their movements were mechanical, as though they had repeated the same motions thousands upon thousands of times.

Above their heads rested a colossal boulder so enormous it blotted out the sky, wedged tightly between the cliff walls and leaving only a narrow slit of daylight.

That giant stone had become an inescapable prison.

【Th-this is way too miserable…】

Looking at the scene, Feng Zexuan felt terrible inside.

【I usually love eating gossip, but this kind of gossip isn’t satisfying at all.】

【Those are heroes who fought for the country! How could they end up like this?!】

Xiao Juechen and the officials, who had been listening intently to the Northern Suppressing King’s inner thoughts, suddenly noticed the light before them change.

All of them looked up in unison.

Above Feng Zexuan’s head, a crystal-clear gigantic moving painting had appeared out of nowhere!

The scene depicted on it was exactly the cliff-bottom image described in her thoughts!

Every official capable of hearing her inner voice stood there with mouths hanging open, jaws nearly dropping to the floor.

“W-What kind of divine immortal technique is this?”

One official could not help muttering under his breath, his eyelids twitching violently as he began to suspect he was dreaming.

The colleague beside him immediately yanked hard on his sleeve, silently warning him—

Don’t make a sound! Don’t let the Northern Suppressing King notice anything unusual!

Xiao Juechen stared fixedly at the “painting,” his heart pounding wildly.

Too miraculous!

This was practically divine intervention!

The Northern Suppressing King was displaying scenes from thousands of miles away in real time?!

Could this be the power of immortals?

His gaze locked onto the middle-aged man in the image.

Though covered in grime with a scraggly beard, that familiar outline… that backbone that remained ramrod straight even in utter despair…

General Zhaowu!

It was him!

He hadn’t died!

He had merely been trapped!

A tremendous shock surged through Xiao Juechen’s chest, mixed with astonishment, ecstasy, guilt, and fury.

He gripped the dragon throne’s armrest tightly to stop himself from losing composure.

Chu Tiankuo clenched his fists, his eyes reddening.

General Zhaowu had once been his senior, a man he deeply respected. He had always believed the general died on the battlefield years ago, and had mourned him ever since.

Now, seeing this scene, the bond of comradeship forged in the army made his chest burn with emotion.

Feng Huai’an also gritted his teeth.

A hero who fought for the nation had been trapped in this sunless abyss for three whole years!

【System, how did they survive?】 Feng Zexuan asked in confusion.

The system replied:

【At the bottom of the cliff is a bottomless pool filled with fish.】

【When thirsty, they drank from the pool. When hungry, they ate grilled fish. Occasionally they found a few wild vegetables growing against the rock walls.】

【For three years, every day has been exactly the same.】

The system’s voice carried a trace of heaviness.

【System, give me their exact location!】

Feng Zexuan’s voice became urgent and unquestionable.

【Outside Yanmen Pass, Black Wind Cliff!】

【Thirty li away from Yanmen Pass.】

The system immediately provided the coordinates.

【However, Host, the boulder sealing the entrance weighs thousands of jin. On top of it are tens of thousands of stones of varying sizes, forming an extremely stable blockage. Moving it will be harder than ascending to heaven.】

【Who cares how difficult it is!】

Feng Zexuan slapped her thigh inwardly.

【Worst case scenario, I’ll spend gossip points to exchange for some divine-strength pill or maybe explosives!】

【I’ve got more than enough gossip points now anyway. We can’t let heroes remain trapped forever!】

【Besides, while rescuing heroes, maybe I’ll uncover even more juicy gossip!】

That final sentence finally returned to her usual rhythm.

Hearing this, Xiao Juechen silently made up his mind.

As soon as court adjourned, he would immediately dispatch men to Black Wind Cliff to investigate!

Just then, Chief Eunuch Wang Dehai hurried into the hall and leaned toward Xiao Juechen, whispering anxiously:

“Your Majesty! This is bad!”

“The Crown Prince collapsed in the imperial garden after coughing up blood! The imperial physicians say… the situation is very serious!”