Ms. Zou did not refuse, and smiled shyly.
Although she accepted the food, she couldn't bear to eat it all by herself whenever there was something delicious or good to drink. She would secretly share it with the two children when Ling Tianen wasn't around.
As night fell, the candlelight in the Ling residence flickered dimly, yet it was filled with laughter and joy.
Just as Ling Tianen and Zou were putting their two children to sleep, an arrow pierced through the window and embedded itself deeply in the headboard.
Ms. Zou was startled.
Ling Tianen sprang up from the bed.
The arrow gleamed coldly in the candlelight, with a slip of paper tucked into its tail. He took it down and unfolded it.
The text contains only one sentence: "At midnight, the Broken Bridge in the east of the city."
Ling Tianen's expression darkened.
"Huangfu Shaohua couldn't hold back any longer and wanted to negotiate with me."
He was originally a member of the Prime Minister's and Big Yellow Child's camp, but now he has turned against them and is on Qin Yue Zhao's side. Huangfu Shao Hua will definitely not let him off easily.
“Madam, if I don’t return, go to Her Highness. She will take good care of you and the child.”
Upon hearing this, Ms. Zou's eyes turned red, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.
She had followed Ling Tianen in Liangcheng for over a year, enduring all kinds of hardships and experiencing the invasion of the Northern Barbarian army. She had finally made it to this day, only to have her husband die at the hands of his own people.
She gripped her husband's arm tightly, shaking her head repeatedly: "General, can you please not go? I can't rest easy without you by my side."
“Madam, if I don’t go, Huangfu Shaohua will not give up, and His Highness’s plan will not be able to be completed.”
He held his wife tightly in his arms, his eyes stinging, but his tone was unusually firm:
"Huangfu Shaohua is just trying to force me into a dangerous situation. He won't really kill me, so don't worry."
Despite saying that, he knew very well that ever since he failed to assassinate Qin Yue Zhao as ordered by the court, the court had already decided to kill him.
It's simply because they're mindful of the Ling family's tens of thousands of elite troops, so they haven't rushed into action.
Ms. Zou raised her head, her thin face covered in tears.
"No, let me go with you. We'll face any danger together!"
Ling Tianen tenderly wiped away her tears.
“Silly girl, if we leave, who will take care of the children? They will definitely look for their mother when they wake up. Be good and wait for me at home. I’ll be right back.”
After saying this, Ling Tianen reluctantly touched the children's faces, picked up his sword, and pushed open the door to leave.
As she watched her husband's departing figure, Zou gripped the doorframe tightly and silently made a decision.
If anything were to happen to her husband, she would absolutely not choose to live on.
Liangcheng, the broken bridge to the east.
Ling Tianen rode alone and saw several people sitting in the pavilion by the broken bridge from afar.
A biting wind howled, and the group, dressed in black night clothes, exuded a murderous aura.
One of them saw Ling Tianen and walked up, carrying a large sword.
"Heh, I thought General Ling had lost his mind after staying in Liangcheng for so long. I didn't expect you to be so clever, knowing that the Prime Minister's orders are not to be disobeyed."
Ling Tianen leaped off his horse, his face grim.
"What exactly do you want? Liangcheng is peaceful now, do you want to start another war to make you happy?"
Huangfu Shaohua was enraged.
"How dare you! I gave you some face in front of Qin Yue Zhao before, but now you're nothing but the Prime Minister's dog, how dare you speak to me like this!"
Ling Tianen couldn't help but laugh.
"You are the prime minister's dog! From the moment I arrived in Liangcheng, from the moment the court abandoned Liangcheng, I have known that the most trustworthy person in this world is Her Highness the Princess, not some prime minister!"
"You, you..." Huangfu Shaohua's voice trembled with anger.
Before he came to Liangcheng, he made a solemn promise that he would definitely persuade Ling Tianen to assassinate Qin Yuezhao.
But he never expected that Ling Tianen would dare to speak to him like that.
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