What exactly are you trying to say?

The Emperor looked at Gao Changhong with a hint of urgency in his eyes.

"Does Your Majesty want to know? If so, then open this prison door and let me come out and tell you myself."

Gao Changhong deliberately kept everyone in suspense.

"You want me to release you? Don't even dream about it. Speak or don't!"

The Emperor had no intention of releasing him, as he remained wary of Gao Changhong and worried that he might try some more tricks.

However, Gao Changhong's next words immediately put his heart in his throat.

"Since Your Majesty doesn't want to know, then so be it. I have done my best. It's just a pity that I won't be able to see the Northern Desert Dynasty begin to die out in Your Majesty's generation!"

"What did you say? What do you mean by 'childless and without descendants'? What do you mean by that?"

When the Emperor saw Gao Changhong laugh, his unease intensified.

He excitedly rushed to the cell door and reached out to grab Gao Changhong.

Unfortunately, his arms weren't long enough, and he ended up grabbing nothing.

"Why does Your Majesty ask me if you don't want to know?"

Gao Changhong smiled and sighed softly.

"Tell me, explain yourself clearly, what exactly do you know?"

The Emperor was now truly panicked.

It wasn't just because of Gao Changhong's words, but also because he suddenly remembered that he had four or five concubines in his harem, but none of them had ever been pregnant.

It should be noted that although he was poisoned before, the poison did not affect his favoritism towards his concubines. In particular, at the beginning, he often took tonics and occasionally still had some virility.

But in the past few years, not a single concubine has become pregnant.

He already had some vague guesses in his mind, but he wasn't quite sure. He also wanted to know what was going on and if there was any way to solve the problem.

"If Your Majesty wants to know, then release me first. Otherwise, I will die with this secret, and your Northern Desert royal family will die without descendants. I will not lose out."

"you---"

The emperor was so angry that he gritted his teeth and his face turned ashen.

After hesitating for a while outside the cell, he finally said in a cold voice, "Open the cell door!"

"Now you can speak!"

The Emperor looked coldly at Gao Changhong, who was standing in front of him.

On Gao Changhong's dignified and cold face, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. Before the emperor could react, a dagger appeared out of nowhere and was pressed against his neck in a few quick movements.

"Your brothers are naturally the result of your good father's concubines killing each other! As for you, a prince who was born infertile, why would I have any reservations about you?"

Gao Changhong pressed the cold dagger against the emperor's neck, but still answered his question word by word, as if it were a venomous snake.

"No, this is impossible..."

Before the emperor could react that he had been taken hostage, he was terrified by Gao Changhong's statement that he was born without the ability to have children.

He was perfectly normal and could consummate his marriage with his concubines, so how could he be infertile?

The surrounding guards all pointed their swords at Gao Changhong, but Gao Changhong's movements were too swift, which is why they were unable to stop him.

Now that the emperor is being held hostage, they dare not make any rash moves.

Then, they heard another big secret, and everyone's expression changed drastically.

Of course, Gao Changhong was not lying. The emperor was indeed poisoned while still in his mother's womb due to the fierce infighting among the concubines of the late emperor. He had to take a lot of medicine to survive after birth.

After taking so many medicines and tonics, the toxins in his body were detoxified, but it also brought side effects, making him an infertile prince.

Gao Changhong saw this as the reason why he chose to support him as a puppet emperor.

"Get out of my way, all of you! Or I'll kill the Emperor!"

Gao Changhong ignored the emperor's distraught state, and with one hand holding the emperor hostage, he coldly reprimanded the surrounding guards.

The guards, of course, dared not disobey, and for the emperor's safety, they all made way for him.

He took the emperor hostage and led him out of the prison. He then demanded a horse and, still holding the emperor hostage, fled the capital.

Gao Yuanbin and the Imperial Guards immediately led thousands of troops to pursue Gao Changhong. As darkness fell, they surrounded Gao Changhong in the woods.

"All of you step back from me, or I will perish here with the Emperor!"

Gao Changhong coldly swept his gaze over the people surrounding him. He was holding the emperor hostage, which was like having a trump card in his hand.

The emperor was also a person who was afraid of death, and at this moment he was already overwhelmed by the fear of death.

He readily agreed and ordered those people, "All of you, step back from me now, Regent. What do you want in return for my release?"

"Releasing you is easy. You just need to have your men retreat ten miles and give me the fastest horse you can run, and I'll release you!"

"Very well, I'll have them do it right away! Did you hear me? Quickly prepare horses for the Regent!"

The emperor quickly gave instructions to his men.

Left with no other choice, Gao Yuanbin and his men had to lead Gao Changhong to a fine horse that looked quite nice.

Gao Changhong glanced at it indifferently, and after finding no problem, he mounted his horse, then activated his inner strength, swung his hand, and sent the emperor flying hundreds of meters away with a single palm strike.

"emperor!"

Everyone was terrified and rushed to save the emperor, while Gao Changhong seized the opportunity, flicked his long whip, and quickly disappeared into the woods.

"puff!"

Gao Changhong's palm strike was no light blow. Although the Emperor was caught in time by Gao Yuanbin and was not sent flying to the ground, he still coughed up a mouthful of blood.

If they had crashed into a tree, they would have died instantly.

"Go after them! Don't all just stand here!"

After Gao Yuanbin rescued the emperor, he quickly ordered the others to chase after Gao Changhong.

Since Gao Changhong was able to escape under such circumstances, if he were to get away completely this time, it would cause endless trouble.

So, a group of people hurriedly chased after Gao Changhong, who had already disappeared from sight.

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"What happened?"

The Imperial Palace.

Su Liluo and the others rushed over immediately after hearing the news.

"The regent has escaped, and the emperor was injured by him."

Gao Yuanbin said with a slightly unpleasant expression.

Because he had just discovered through investigation that the Emperor wanted to secretly go to the prison to get rid of Gao Changhong, which was why he gave Gao Changhong such an opportunity to kidnap him and escape.

He couldn't criticize the emperor for going back on his word, but deep down he felt the emperor deserved it.

"Su'er, you...you must help me quickly check if it's true that the Regent says I can't have children."

At this moment, the emperor, who was out of danger and lying on the bed, saw Su Liluo coming over and immediately looked at him anxiously.

At this moment, he was more concerned about his offspring than Gao Changhong.