Chapter 146 Chapter 146 Fighting a Beautiful Battle

Earlier, I had spotted Burrich limping across the battlefield, not saying he was looking for my body, but the relief on his face when he saw me made it all clear. "How do they know the queen is in that tent?" I wondered. "We didn't fly a flag or challenge, so how do they know she's here? Is it better?" I checked the bandages were tight. "The wound was dry and clean, and the bandaging seemed to relieve the pain. I think that's all we can do, and I suspect that whenever I push my leg hard, the wound will swell and heat up again." He was talking about a horse The horse's leg is as casual as a wound. "At least the wound isn't open. They do seem to be heading for the Queen's tent, don't they?"

"As bees are to honey," I said wearily. "Is the Queen at Castle Wharf now?" "Of course, everyone was there. You must have heard the cheers as they opened the gates to welcome us! Queen Kettricken walked in, her skirt still tied at one side, and her blade still dripping with blood. Kerr Duke Var knelt down and kissed her hand, but Mrs. Xianya said as soon as she saw her: 'Oh, my God, I should prepare the bath water for you immediately.'” "Now they have something to write about," I said, and we both laughed. "But not all of them stayed in the castle. I just saw a girl come out to draw water, and then went to the ruins."

"I think those who stay in the castle are very happy, but there will still be people who are not in the mood. The fox glove is wrong, the people of Jieyi Bay will not give in to the red boat easily, and many people retreated to the castle in the mass died before." "Aren't you surprised by the situation?" "You mean people resisting for their own safety? No, it's—" "Don't you think there are too many people from the outer islands here? More people than the total number of five ships." Burrich paused, looking back at the scattered bodies. "Perhaps other ships left them here and went out to cruise..."

"That's not their way. I doubt there's a bigger ship with a bigger force." "Where?" "It's gone. I think I caught a glimpse of it heading into the fog." We were all silent.Burrich took me to where Hunger and Soot were tethered, and we rode together to Castle Wharf.The gates of the castle were flung open, and the soldiers of Buckkeep and the folk of Castle Wharf came together to greet us with a shout, and filled glasses of mead before we had time to dismount.The boys asked to help us lead the horses, and I was surprised that Burrich said yes.A heartfelt celebration within the walls would put any feast in Regal to shame, as all the people of Bayguard welcomed us with open hearts.The hall was filled with jugs and pans of warm, fragrant water for us to cleanse and refresh, and the table was covered with food, hard bread and salted fish were gone.

We stayed in Jieyi Bay for three days, and at the same time buried our fallen compatriots and burned the bodies of people from the Outer Islands.The soldiers of Buckkeep, the Queen's bodyguards and the people of Kidney Bay worked shoulder to shoulder to repair the fortifications of Castle Guard's Bay and save the town of Kidney Bay after the war. I did some surreptitious research and discovered that the beacon fires were lit when the Red Ship appeared, yet one of the Red Ship's first goals was to extinguish it.And where did the members of the Skill Team on the Beacon Tower go?I asked so.Kelva looked at me in surprise, and then said that Boli had been called up from the Outback weeks ago for some necessary missions, and Kelva believed he was in the Commercial Banks.

Supplies and personnel arrived from Xiaonanwan on the second day of the battle.They did not see the signal flame, but got the news from the messenger on horseback.I happened to be there when Kettricken praised Duke Kelva for his foresight. She praised him for his ability to send messengers to relay messages. Ships are dispersed into teams so that instead of waiting for battleships to arrive, individual ships can be sent to defend each other.It was a sumptuous gift, and each accepted it with awe-filled silence.When Duke Kelva came back to his senses, he stood up and toasted his queen and the unborn heir of the Zhanyuan family, so the rumors became common knowledge immediately.Although Queen Kettricken blushed, she still did not forget to express her thanks in due course.

Short victories are like balm for our wounds.We fought a good battle, Jieyi Bay will be restored to its original state, and the Outer Islanders will not be able to establish a stronghold in Fort Weiwan. For a moment, it seems that we may completely defeat them. Before we left Kit Yee Cove, many songs had been sung about the queen tying up her skirts to brave the Red Ship raiders, and her unborn child becoming a warrior before it was born.There are also songs about the queen not only sacrificing herself, but putting the safety of her heir on the line, just to make sure that the Duchy of Reben does not fall to the enemy because of it.First the Duke of Prondi of Bearnes, and now the Duke of Kelva of Riben, I thought to myself, Kettricken did win the fealty of these duchies beautifully.

I have had warm and frightening times at Jie Yi Wan.Mrs. Xianya recognized me as soon as she saw me in the hall, and then came over to talk to me. "Oh!" she said after greeting me softly, "the lad who helped me with the dogs in the kitchen was indeed in the blood of a king, no wonder you gave me such good advice." She really became a dignified lady and the Duchess, and her bouncing dog still followed her step by step, but now it ran around her heels in a peaceful way, and this change made me quite happy, just like seeing her thinking about herself She took her title with equanimity, as well as her undisguised affection for the duke.

"We've all changed a lot, Mrs. Xianya," I replied, and she accepted my heartfelt compliments.The last time I saw her I was traveling with Verity, she wasn't quite used to Duchess life, and when her dog choked on a bone, I met her in the kitchen and talked her out of it Make the duke spend his money on the watchtower instead of buying jewelry for her.She had only just become a duchess at the time, and now she absolutely deserves it. "Not a puppy anymore?" she asked with a slightly sarcastic smile. "Puppy? It's a werewolf!" someone replied.I turned to see who was speaking, but no face in the crowded hall was looking at us, so I shrugged as if the comment was insignificant, and Mrs. Xianya didn't seem to have heard it .She gave me a souvenir of her appreciation before I left that makes me smile now: a tiny herringbone brooch. "I ordered this to remind me...now I want you to have it." She said she no longer wears jewelry often, and then handed me the brooch on the balcony, when Duke Kelva's watchtower Shining like diamonds in the dark night sky.

The Merchant Beach Castle on the River Wine is one of the traditional residences of the royal family of Farrow, where Queen Desire spent her childhood, and where she and her young son Regal spent their summers.The commercial beach city is a place of life and the commercial center of a country full of orchards and rice paddies.The Wine River is a secluded navigable waterway that is relaxing and enjoyable to navigate.The Queen of Desire always insisted that Merchant Beach was superior in every way to Buckkeep, and provided a better royal seat for the royal family.