Douluo's ice devil Yuhao

Chapter 472 Death of the Duchess
Xingluo Imperial City is a slightly secluded palace.Next to the palace is a small courtyard, which is not large and has some plants and trees planted.

Autumn has already entered, and the branches and leaves of the grass and trees are all withered. Only a few residual leaves are stubbornly tied to the branches, shaking in the west wind, giving a feeling of desolation and desolation.

The decoration in the palace is not luxurious, nor can it be said to be simple, but the conditions are far inferior to other palaces, and may only have more conditions for living alone than the living quarters of palace ladies.

At this moment, an unconscious middle-aged woman was lying on the couch in the palace. Although her eyes were tightly closed, her demeanor and temperament showed that she was either rich or noble.

Beside the couch, there was a maid taking care of her.

The middle-aged woman lying on the couch is the duchess.

The sky in the distance gradually became brighter. The unconscious Duchess frowned and opened her eyes. Just as she was about to sit up from the couch, she heard the maid's somewhat surprised voice: "Madam, are you awake?"

The Duchess felt that the surrounding scene was a bit unfamiliar. While recalling the scene before losing consciousness, she asked: "Where is this place?"

"Madam, this is Qinghe Palace. My servant is called Ling'er. I am responsible for taking care of your daily life." The maid Ling'er bowed slightly and replied.

The duchess was stunned when she heard the words Qinghe Palace. She, who was born in the royal family, naturally knew where this was.This is the place in the Xingluo Palace where some ministers and concubines who have made big mistakes are placed under house arrest.

The Duchess suddenly panicked, stood up and yelled: "Why? I didn't make any mistakes, why should I be imprisoned?"

"I want to see Your Majesty!"

With that said, she was about to force her way out.

Ling'er hurriedly stopped in front of her and advised: "Madam, once you arrive at Qinghe Palace, no one is allowed to go out without an order from His Majesty or the Enshrined Hall. There will be a dedicated person responsible for the food and clothing expenses."

"Get out of the way. You damn slave dares to block my way." The Duchess snorted coldly, and her soul power burst out, knocking Ling'er who was blocking the way aside.

As a special maid, Ling'er had some skills, but she was far from the Duchess's match. She was hit by the huge air wave and hit the wall, vomiting blood and fainted.

The Duchess was very fast and rushed to the door in the blink of an eye, but before her right hand touched the door, she was intercepted by a layer of pale white light.

The huge impact rebounded, causing the duchess's body to fly backwards.

The Duchess regained her footing and looked at the door with resentment. With her level of cultivation, she could not break through this layer of white light.

"Why? I want to see His Majesty!" the Duchess shouted.

As if she heard her call, the white light suddenly disappeared and the door opened. The Duchess was overjoyed after a brief daze. When she was about to rush out, a figure walked in.

It's the White Tiger Duke, Dai Hao.

Seeing that it was her husband, the duchess stopped, with a complicated expression in her resentful eyes.

She asked: "Why are you still here? Do you want to keep me locked up here just because you have some grudge against that bastard?"

Snapped--

What responded to her was not Duke White Tiger's explanation, but a sharp slap.

She felt a long-lost sharp pain on her right cheek. The Duchess covered her right face and looked at the White Tiger Duke in disbelief. Her voice was sharp: "Dai Hao, are you crazy? You beat me for that bitch's son?"

"Huo Yun'er has been dead for so long, do you still want to treat her son like this?"

The Duchess stared at Duke White Tiger in confusion. She didn't understand that although she loved him so much and gave birth to two sons for him, he was always lukewarm in Duke White Tiger's heart.

Duke White Tiger said solemnly: "Yu Hao has clearly stated the interests to you last night. He is not only representing himself now, but during the mission, he also represents the face of the Sun and Moon Empire and the Sun and Moon Emperor. Even His Majesty We must treat him with the highest courtesy."

"Because of your own selfishness, you are very likely to let the peace between Xingluo and Sunyue come to naught."

"Stay here and reflect, and you can take care of yourself."

After speaking, the White Tiger Duke strode away without giving the Duchess a chance to reply.The pale white mask reappeared, and it was impossible for the Duchess to leave here.

The Duchess gritted her teeth and stood up from the ground, shouting hoarsely: "Dai Hao, I am really blind."

"So what if there is no peace? You can always be the commander-in-chief of your armed forces, and you don't have to worry about your success."

The Duchess shouted for a long time at the top of her lungs, but no one answered her.

Not long after, the Duchess, probably tired of shouting, sat down in the palace, as if accepting her fate, and remained silent.

She knew that no matter how much she shouted, it would be in vain. Her only choice was to wait quietly, waiting for the limelight to pass. His Majesty's attitude was enough and he would release her soon.

The daily food was brought in by someone, but it was just mediocre food. Although the duchess complained a lot, she was helpless.

The life under house arrest was long and short, and there was no activity to relieve boredom while living here. The Duchess also did not want to communicate too much with her maid Ling'er, so the boring days passed quickly.

I don’t know how long it took, but one day, the door opened again from the outside, and at the same time, a familiar young voice came from outside the door.

The Duchess immediately realized that this was not the attendant who routinely delivered meals, and she looked at the person who came to the door in surprise.

"Yaoheng, why are you here?"

The man with light golden hair and a majestic face is none other than her eldest son, Dai Yaoheng, the eldest son of the Duke of White Tiger.

"Mother."

Seeing Dai Yueheng, the Duchess's eyes were full of joy and love, and she said with concern: "Yaoheng, your cultivation level has become higher again."

Dai Yueheng smiled and said: "Mother, you are suffering here."

The mother and son exchanged some pleasantries, and then the Duchess asked: "Yao Heng, why are you here? Did your Majesty send you some decree?"

There was a trace of hesitation in Dai Yueheng's eyes, but he still said: "Mother, I am going to the battlefield soon, and I am here to say goodbye to you."

The Duchess's eyes widened slightly and she murmured: "What did you say?"

Dai Yueheng said calmly: "The Sun and Moon Empire has issued a declaration of war to start a full-scale war with the Star Luo Empire. I will follow my father to the western front."

The Duchess was stunned. She did not expect that a full-scale war would come so suddenly. Her son was still accumulating prestige in the army and was about to go to the frontal battlefield.

Dai Yueheng continued: "Mother, the army of the Sun and Moon Empire is much more ferocious than before. They may have been hiding their strength in the past few decades."

"Now the garrison near the Mingdou Mountains has almost been wiped out. I..."

He hesitated again and again, but finally plucked up the courage and said, "This may be the last time I see you."

Dai Yueheng's pessimistic words made the duchess feel like she was struck by lightning. She quickly took Dai Yueheng's hand: "Yaoheng, mother believes in you. You will definitely follow your father to lead the army to defeat the Sun and Moon Empire."

With his mother's encouragement, Dai Yueheng nodded firmly and left the palace resolutely.

After Dai Yueheng left, the duchess slumped on the chair in a daze, feeling uneasy inside.

It is possible that this war was caused by her.

The sons of the White Tiger lineage were destined to spend their lives in the military and gallop on the battlefield, and Dai Yueheng was no exception. However, when the duchess heard that Dai Yueheng thought that he was likely to die in battle, she still felt dark in her eyes.

Her feelings for White Tiger Duke Dai Hao are very complicated, she loves, fears and hates them, but she has pure motherly love for her two sons.

The war reports and news from the outside world did not reach the deep palace, and the attendants who delivered the meals did not know the news from the front line. The duchess lived in such an anxious and uneasy mood.

Every day, she expected that what would appear when the door opened was not a food delivery person, but a battle report that would bring a great victory on the front line. Her son would lead an army to defeat the Sun and Moon Army.

I don’t know how many years passed, but it shouldn’t be long before the door was opened by another figure.

The Duchess looked anxiously at the door, where she saw a face that was very similar to Dai Yueheng.

It's her second son, Dai Huabin.

A strong feeling of uneasiness grew in the breast of the Duchess.

"Hua Bin, why are you here?"

"How is the war in the west? Is the Sun and Moon Empire defeated?"

She asked a series of questions, waiting for a smile to appear on Dai Huabin's face, and proudly said that the Sun and Moon Empire had been killed to pieces.

But Dai Huabin just lowered his head, not daring to look directly into the eyes of the duchess.

His attitude had already made the Duchess guess some bad outcome, and the unreasonable feeling of uneasiness became stronger and stronger.

Before Dai Huabin could speak further, the Duchess asked with a trembling voice: "Yao Heng... How is Yao Heng..." She said the name that had worried her for a long time.

Dai Huabin clenched his fist hard, then quickly and feebly released it. After a long silence, he whispered.

"Brother...brother was killed in battle."

The Duchess felt her mind went blank, she took several steps back and slumped in her chair.

Mother and son were connected. When she learned from Dai Huabin that Dai Yueheng had died in battle, her heart felt as if it had been cut with a blunt knife.

The duchess burst into tears: "My dear..."

After she cried for a while, Dai Huabin said hesitantly: "Mother, I will go to the battlefield soon."

The crying duchess felt as if she had been struck by lightning. She quickly grabbed Dai Huabin's hand in horror and said in a pleading tone: "Hua Bin, don't go, okay?"

She had already lost an eldest son and would never allow herself to lose her only remaining son.

But Dai Huabin still said firmly: "Mother, we can't hide. The Sun and Moon Empire has captured several cities in Star Luo. As the son of Duke White Tiger and the next Duke of White Tiger, it is impossible for me to be a deserter."

The duchess still cried and begged: "Hua Bin, mother, please sit in the rear and don't go to the front again."

Her pleas failed to retain Dai Huabin, and Dai Huabin left with firm eyes, just like his elder brother.

The Duchess cried sadly in the palace, counting the days in agony, waiting for the next door to open.

The door opened for the last time, and the familiar figure from the beginning came in.

Tall, majestic, with cold eyes, he is clearly the White Tiger Duke.

Perhaps it was because he had just experienced the baptism of countless bloody battles, and he still had a fishy smell and murderous aura that could not be washed away.

The Duchess seemed to have guessed something. She used her greatest courage to look directly at Duke White Tiger, and the first sentence she spoke directly asked: "How is Hua Bin?"

Duke White Tiger slowly spit out three words from his mouth.

"Dead in battle."

The Duchess almost fainted.

Duke White Tiger said coldly: "However, his sacrifice was very valuable. It was because he led a surprise attack on the rear of the Sun and Moon Army that we were able to defeat the Sun and Moon Army on the frontal battlefield."

"Now the Sun and Moon Empire is severely weakened and has exhausted the resources it has accumulated for many years. It is no longer able to launch the next war."

The Duchess did not listen to what he said next, there was only one thought in her mind.

Both of her sons are dead.

"You have lived in the palace for such a long time and have suffered. Please accept this."

Duke White Tiger placed an exquisite gift box on the table.

"Your Majesty has summoned me for some important matters, and I will stay shortly."

Duke White Tiger's tone was very cold, and he was not willing to stay for a long time. He came to pass a few words and then left again.

The Duchess once again sat down in despair, with no blood on her pale face. The sudden bad news left her unable to even hold back tears.

Two brothers, Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin, died in battle one after another. Her mother was so sad that she could not speak.

"Madam, don't you take a look at what the Duke left behind?" the maid Ling'er suddenly reminded.

The Duchess's voice was hoarse and her eyes were bloodshot: "What else can he give me? What else can he give me at this time?"

She roughly smashed the box left by the White Tiger Duke against the wall.

The gift box shattered, and the contents inside fell to the ground, making a crisp metal collision sound.

The Duchess's pupils shrank suddenly, and she stared at what fell to the ground in horror.

It was a sharp short blade, and the thin blade exuded a cold air, making the Duchess tremble a few meters away.

What gift did Duke White Tiger give her?
It is a knife.

So what is the purpose of giving this gift?
The Duchess stumbled back a few steps, knowing it in her heart.

To a certain extent, she also contributed to this war.The death of her two sons in the war was also caused by her.

Nowadays, being able to understand herself is her last dignity.Anyway, her two sons are dead, so her life in the world has no meaning.

"Heh, hehe..."

The Duchess slumped on the ground and laughed strangely a few times, her tears already flowing uncontrollably. Then she swayed and reluctantly walked over, picked up the dagger on the ground, and pointed it at her heart with a trembling hand.

"Dai Hao, I hate you!"

She gritted her teeth and spat out the last words, and the next second, the sharp white tiger dagger pierced her heart.

Hot blood spurted out and splashed onto the white tiger dagger in her hand.

The Duchess chose to understand herself.

……

Outside Xingluo City, in front of a tomb.

Huo Yuhao used the blood-stained white tiger dagger to gently draw across Huo Yun'er's tombstone. The still warm blood left a red line on the tombstone.

The Duchess can be said to be the main culprit of Huo Yun'er's death. If she hadn't been suppressing Huo Yun'er all the time, she would not have become ill due to overwork and finally left early.

Everything just now was a nightmare he constructed for the Duchess using his mental illusions and mental agility, allowing her to spend the last moments of her life in constant fear and uneasiness.

And it was the duchess herself who finally killed the duchess.

Huo Qiu'er stood nearby and said with emotion and admiration: "I haven't been mentally ill for several years, but I can't think of a way to retaliate that tortures others' spirits."

Huo Yuhao said nothing.

Huo Qiuer asked again: "After all, she is the mother of your two brothers. Is it appropriate to kill her like this?"

Huo Yuhao said coldly: "Why didn't she consider that someone else would be the mother of her child?"

The atmosphere fell into silence again.

The figures of Tian Meng and Ice and Snow Emperor emerged.

Tianmeng said with some confusion: "Yuhao, didn't you help your mother get revenge? Why are you unhappy?"

Huo Yuhao's tone was melancholy: "Although I have taken revenge, I know that if Huo Yuner knew all this, he would definitely not agree."

Ice Emperor asked puzzledly: "Why?"

"She is such a submissive person. No matter what kind of oppression she suffered, she never thought about taking revenge. Even every time I wanted to stand up for her, her first reaction was to stop me and persuade me to swallow my anger."

Huo Yuhao's plain words conveyed his confusion and anger towards Huo Yun'er.

"She has always been like this. No matter how much she suffered, she would only cry silently and not be angry at all, as if she deserved all this."

The Snow Emperor said calmly: "Don't you humans have a saying that only when you endure more hardship can you become a better person?"

Huo Yuhao said: "She suffered so much, but when it was her turn to enjoy the blessings, she was crushed to death by those sufferings."

He gently placed the blood-stained White Tiger Dagger on the ground in front of Huo Yun'er's grave.

"Furthermore, Snow Emperor, you are wrong. No matter how much hardship you endure, you will never become a master."

Xuedi asked in surprise: "Then how can one become a human master?"

"Eat what you eat to make up for it." A cold light flashed in Huo Yuhao's eyes, and he said solemnly, "If you want to become a master, you have to eat people."

(End of this chapter)