On the fourth day of the second lunar month, at the end of the midnight hour, the night was as dark as ink, and everything was silent, as if the whole world had fallen asleep.

Inside the Laifeng Kingdom's imperial palace, the Zichen Hall still exudes a magnificent atmosphere under the soft palace lanterns, like a bright pearl, shining with intoxicating light.

Chief Eunuch Guo Dongbing cautiously pushed open the door, sauntered past the pearl curtains, and entered the inner chamber. He leaned forward and reported to Nalan Yunzhi, who lay reclining on the broad agarwood bed: "Your Majesty, General Feng requests an audience."

Nalan Yunzhi, beneath Jiaoxiao Baoluo's tent, slowly awoke upon hearing the voice. The dim palace lanterns illuminated her still graceful and beautiful face, a hint of laziness in her eyes. Guo Dongbing stole a glance, then quickly lowered his head, not daring to look any further, maintaining a respectful demeanor.

After a while, Nalan Yunzhi's voice came slowly: "Let her in."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Guo Dongbing responded and stepped back.

Soon, Feng Cailan hurried into Nalan Yunzhi's bedroom. Her steps were firm and steady, revealing a sense of urgency and determination.

"General Feng, you came here so late at night, is there something important?" Nalan Yunzhi had already gotten up from the bed, wearing a cloak, and was sitting upright in front of the desk. There was a hint of doubt on his beautiful face as he looked at Feng Cailan quietly.

Feng Cailan's eyes flashed with determination and worry. She said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, I have received a secret report that a group of rebels are secretly training their troops at night in a valley on a barren mountain west of the city. There are over 20,000 of them. I feel that this matter is of great importance, so I went to the palace at night and asked Your Majesty to grant me the tiger talisman so that I can send troops to encircle and suppress the rebels."

Nalan Yunzhi's expression grew serious upon hearing this. She stood up, her cloak fluttering slightly as she moved, as if sensing the urgency of the situation. She walked over to Feng Cailan and personally helped her up from the ground.

"General Feng, you and I are sister-in-law. There's no need to be so polite in private. I'm deeply moved by your unwavering loyalty."

Nalan Yunzhi first returned to the desk and wrote a handwritten note. Then she turned around, took out the tiger talisman from a secret compartment on the bed, and handed it solemnly to Feng Cailan.

"General Feng, you must immediately take 50,000 soldiers with you to capture the rebels. It is crucial that you set out as soon as possible.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The number of troops provided by the emperor was consistent with Feng Cailan's estimate. After receiving the imperial edict and the tiger talisman, she immediately rode a fast horse back to the military camp outside the eastern suburbs of the city.

It’s not that her people can’t beat the private soldiers, but their numbers can put pressure on the other side so as to defeat them with the least losses.

When Feng Cailan arrived at the military camp, the young general Qiao Chu had already counted 50,000 soldiers and asked them to be ready to go.

Therefore, after Feng Cailan showed the emperor's handwritten edict and tiger talisman, a group of people immediately marched along the official road towards the barren mountains outside the western suburbs of the city.

Although the people in the capital city heard the noise of the army passing by while they were asleep, they were already used to it and thought that the soldiers were just being taken to the suburbs for training and did not pay much attention to it.

Just as Feng Cailan led 50,000 soldiers from the east of the city and hurried towards the west of the city, Hua Qingcheng, Situ Ye and others were still guarding the dense forest in the valley.

Although the weather was still cold, there were still many mosquitoes in the mountains. Hua Qingcheng, Situ Ye, Ye Yi and others were bitten by mosquitoes several times.

As if remembering something, Hua Qingcheng hurriedly took out a porcelain bottle from the study in the space villa under the cover of her clothes and distributed one to each person.

"It's to keep away mosquitoes. Eat it."

After everyone finished eating, they felt that the mosquitoes were no longer buzzing around them.

"Oh no, Nalan Junxue seems to be planning to leave." Suddenly, Situ Ye pointed at Nalan Junxue who was leading a horse in the valley and said.

Hua Qingcheng frowned slightly upon seeing this. Feng Cailan's men hadn't arrived yet. If Nalan Junxue left, the main purpose of this operation would be lost.

Thinking of this, a sly glint flashed across Hua Qingcheng's piercing eyes. She patted the little white tiger's head and said leisurely, "Xiaobai, it's just a horse. Can you stop it from walking just by looking at it?"

Hua Qingcheng had long known that her little white tiger was very unusual. All the animals in the house were afraid of it, even Xiangyun Pegasus, who behaved like a grandson in front of Xiaobai.

Upon hearing this, Xiaobai narrowed his eyes and turned his head to the side proudly, looking very much like Han Yichen.

Hua Qingcheng couldn't help but smile upon seeing this, then raised her hand and patted Xiaobai on the head, "You idiot, you've really imitated your third father's demeanor perfectly!"

The little white tiger suddenly felt a pain on its head, then stopped playing and released its pressure towards the horse that Nalan Junxue was holding in the valley.

It's just a child! Doesn't its mother allow it to be naughty occasionally? A certain tiger silently complained in his heart.

The horse, sensing the divine beast's aura and pressure, began to tremble slightly. The moment Nalan Junxue climbed onto the horse, the horse, unable to withstand the increasingly intense divine beast's pressure, collapsed to its knees. Had Nalan Junxue not held on tightly to the reins, she would have been thrown out.

"Zhuifeng, did you take the wrong medicine?!" Nalan Junxue cursed at his mount.

However, the horse she usually rode was just trembling all over and ignored her completely.

"Get up quickly!" Nalan Junxue pulled the reins and squeezed the horse's belly, but her horse remained motionless.

"How ridiculous! If you don't even listen to me, what use is there for me to keep you?"

The extremely angry Nalan Junxue immediately got off the horse, drew out the sword from his waist with a "clang", and then swung the sword in his hand and chopped it down at the horse's head.

With a loud "bang", the horse's head was chopped off and fell to the ground. The poor horse died before it even had time to cry out in pain.

"Come here, bring me another horse." Nalan Junxue shouted sternly.

However, what Nalan Junxue could not have imagined was that all the horses in the valley seemed to have gone crazy, and just like her Zhuifeng, every one of them knelt on the ground with all four limbs unable to get up.

"His father is really weird!" Nalan Junxue was suspicious after hearing the report.

After a brief moment of thought, the deputy general of the army said flatteringly, "Your Highness, I heard that strange phenomena seen by animals may be accompanied by flash floods or earthquakes. How about you stay in the barracks tonight to avoid the danger of traveling at night?"

Nalan Junxue nodded slightly when she heard this. After all, she was a delicate woman, so she couldn't just walk back to the city, right?

So, under the arrangement of the deputy general, Nalan Junxue returned to the commander-in-chief's room to rest.

Hua Qingcheng and others who were observing secretly breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this.

Half an hour later, Feng Cailan arrived at the barren mountain outside the city's west suburbs and continued to advance into the mountains with her companions. Soon, they finally reached their destination. They saw a bright fire in the valley and vaguely visible human figures.

After meeting up with Hua Qingcheng and the others, Feng Cailan gave an order, and the 50,000-strong army quickly surrounded the valley. With a burst of charge, the soldiers poured into the valley like a tide.

Nalan Junxue, who was resting in the wooden house, suddenly received a report from the deputy general: "It's bad, King Xian! We are surrounded!"