With Jiangzhou and the Embroidered Uniform Guard taking turns on duty, Rong Qingqing slept soundly.
This was the first time she had been separated from Xie Jingrun since their wedding. At first, she was not used to sleeping alone, but the surroundings were quiet, and after riding horses for half a day, she was sleepy and soon fell asleep.
The next day, just as dawn was breaking, she got up, dressed, picked up her bundle, and left the tent.
To her surprise, Dr. Xu arrived even earlier than her.
He was sitting by the fire, holding a bowl and drinking porridge.
"Good morning, Your Highness." Doctor Xu was quite familiar with her, so he was more relaxed and at ease around her than he was around Jiang Zhou and the others.
"Good morning, Dr. Xu." Rong Qingqing walked over.
Jiang Zhou was about to serve her some porridge when she refused, saying, "Commander Jiang, you don't need to worry about me. You go ahead and do your work. I can do it myself." With that, she casually put her bundle on the ground, walked to the stove, and served herself a bowl of porridge, along with the leftover roast chicken from last night.
Because she was in a hurry to get on her way, she finished the porridge in no time.
Seeing this, Dr. Xu also sped up his pace.
By the time they finished breakfast, the Imperial Guards had already dismantled the tents and everything was ready.
The group set off and continued their journey to Suzhou.
Xuzhou, the Xu King's Mansion.
When Feng Mo received the news that the people he had arranged in the town had not yet met Rong Qingqing, his expression turned quite grim.
In order to get to Suzhou as soon as possible, she actually gave up the idea of staying in a small town and instead slept in the wilderness. How could a delicate woman like her endure this?
In his mind, Rong Qingqing was a weak woman who was spoiled and pampered. He couldn't imagine that she would choose to sleep in the wilderness. Was she really that worried about Xiao Zhen?
Mu Liao was puzzled as to why the prince would bother to arrange for people to capture Rong Qingqing. Shouldn't the focus be on launching an attack on the capital?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, the people we have placed in Suzhou have already spread the news that Prince Su is critically ill. The Xiongnu will probably make a move soon. When that happens, without Xiao Zhen in charge, Suzhou will surely be in chaos and unable to resist the Xiongnu's attack. The emperor will definitely send troops to reinforce it. In that case, the capital will be left vulnerable, which will be the perfect opportunity for us to raise an army."
Upon hearing this, Feng Mo snapped out of his thoughts. "I know. Let's wait a bit longer, at least until things are chaotic enough before we take action." With that, he summoned his subordinates and ordered, "The Empress and the others must not have gone far. Have our men chase after them, intercept them, and send them to Xuzhou."
"Yes." The subordinate accepted the order and left.
Seeing this, Mu Liao became anxious, not understanding how the prince could still have the mind to care about a woman at this critical juncture.
After much thought, I realized that the prince's move was probably to keep the empress under control, so that he would have more leverage when he raised an army.
Thinking about it this way, he had no objections; the prince was indeed very thoughtful.
Just then, a servant rushed in and said, "Your Highness, Mr. Meng has left."
Feng Mo frowned. "Did he leave any message?"
The servant repeated Meng Hu's words tremblingly, "Mr. Meng said that since the dog emperor killed Empress Situ, he killed his empress and made the dog emperor suffer unbearable pain..." The servant's voice trailed off towards the end.
Although he was a member of the Xu Prince's household and loyal to the Xu Prince, these words were still extremely treasonous.
Upon hearing this, Feng Mo's expression changed drastically, and he quickly walked outside.
Mu Liao was startled and hurriedly chased after him, "Where is Your Highness going at this critical moment?"
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