The cold wind at night made the leaves rustle.

In the late autumn night, people who heard this sound could not sleep. Zong Zheng Xiaoting simply stood up, put on a piece of clothing casually, and walked out.

"Zhou Miao." Zong Zheng Xiaoting called softly.

"princess!"

"Has there been any news about Nighthawk?" Zong Zheng Xiaoting suppressed his inner worries.

"No, but the situation in Tianxi Kingdom seems not so optimistic." Nighthawk lowered his head, "According to what I just learned, the situation in Tianxi Kingdom changed as soon as the prince borrowed troops and left."

Such a coincidence? Zong Zheng Xiaoting thought to himself, "What exactly happened?"

"To answer your question, Princess, it is said that the Emperor of Tianxi Kingdom gave up his throne to the Crown Prince. The news came suddenly, and the Crown Prince first issued an order that no one is allowed to enter or leave the capital of Tianxi Kingdom. He said there is an assassin, and the whole city is being searched for him."

Assassin? Zong Zheng Xiaoting frowned. At this time, Situ Xunxiao had just left, and Tianxi Kingdom had already made such a move. This rebellion, isn't it too fast? Although he had known that there would be a riot between the two countries, it was so fast that Zong Zheng Xiaoting had to be vague about it. It was a bit incomprehensible. What's more, although some of Li Xiang's troops were stationed in the nearest place to Tianxi Kingdom, even if they wanted to help secretly, they wouldn't be so fast. Where did Zhuge Feiyang get the troops?

Just as Zong Zheng Xiaoting frowned, the harem suddenly became noisy.

"What's going on?" Zong Zheng Xiaoting frowned as he looked at the fire and noise in the distance.

"I will go..." Before he finished speaking, he heard the door of the palace being pushed open. "Princess, the rebels have entered the palace. The emperor has asked me to take you away."

"Rebels?" Zong Zheng Xiaoting narrowed his eyes. When did the Luozha Kingdom have rebels?

"Princess!" Wei Zixin's voice rang out outside the door, and the next second, the guard who came was killed to silence him.

Looking at the person in front of him, who was as respectful as before, Zong Zheng Xiaoting felt extremely unfamiliar.

"Wei Zixin, why are you here!" Zong Zheng Xiaoting looked at Wei Zixin calmly, the noise still ringing in his ears.

"I am here on the orders of the Prime Minister to pick up the princess and the queen."

"Mother? Prime Minister?" Zong Zheng Xiaoting narrowed his eyes. "Is this rebellion caused by Prime Minister Li?"

"Princess, you will know whatever you want to know later. Don't worry, you will never be hurt in the slightest." Wei Zixin just narrated calmly without answering Zong Zheng Xiaoting's confusion.

After glancing at Zhou Miao, Zong Zheng Xiaoting nodded and said, "I'm going to change my clothes. You stay here."

"Yes!" Zhou Miao nodded and stood at the door of Zong Zheng Xiaoting's dormitory as steady as a rock.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to change his clothes, Zong Zheng Xiaoting quickly thought about this sudden change. He quickly picked up a pen and wrote a few words, and then slowly got up and opened the door.

Dressed in clean white clothes, she looked like an immortal under the moonlight. Zong Zheng Xiaoting simply glanced at Wei Zixin and said, "Lead the way."

"Yes!" Wei Zixin took Zong Zheng Xiaoting respectfully, but Zong Zheng Xiaoting inadvertently handed the note to Zhou Miao. The two looked at each other quietly, and no one spoke.

Just after entering the empress's palace, Zong Zheng Xiaoting began to feel a little unwell. It seemed that the medicine Ge Yuye gave him was starting to take effect. He had bouts of headaches, but soon they stopped.

According to Ge Yuye, if such a sign appeared, it would mean that he would only have twenty days to go. Zong Zheng Xiaoting pursed his lips. Twenty days, I wonder if it would be in time given the current chaotic situation.

As he walked along the road, Zong Zheng Xiaoting naturally saw the chaos in the palace, but in the empress's palace, it seemed as if nothing had happened. Seeing Zong Zheng Xiaoting coming, the empress seemed to be relieved, "Xiaoting, are you okay?"

"Where is my mother?" Zong Zheng Xiaoting looked around with some anxiety in his eyes. Judging from the current situation, the Queen was involved in the rebellion, but what about the Concubine?

"Don't worry, she's fine. She's just trapped in the study with the emperor." The queen tried to comfort her, but was stared at by Zongzheng Xiaoting's cold eyes. For a moment, she didn't know what to say.

Silence spread all around.

After a long while, Zong Zheng Xiao Ting slowly spoke, "Borrowing troops from Situ Xun Xiao is also one of the strategies, right? What is your purpose?"

If it weren't for the turmoil tonight, I might not have thought so much about it. The Tianxi Kingdom mutinied, and the Yunguang Kingdom joined forces with the Tianxi Kingdom. All of this is enough to make me alert.

It feels like there is a dense net that is constantly locking me up.

"We are just taking back what belongs to us, Xiaoting. I understand that as a princess, you will naturally be unhappy to see this."

"What will the reinforcements from Yunguang Kingdom do?" Zongzheng Xiaoting did not admit it, but just asked what he cared about.

"..." The queen remained silent, but Zongzheng Xiaoting smiled softly, "It seems that this plot has been planned for many years, right? I have never understood why you and mother had to enter the palace together even though mother had left. Now, I understand that those who achieve great things are not particular about trivial matters, and they will not hesitate to sacrifice their own love."

When Zong Zheng Xiaoting said this, sadness and loneliness flashed across the faces of the Queen and Wei Zixin. Watching the interaction between the two, Zong Zheng Xiaoting raised the corners of his lips, "Wei Zixin is so able to make the Queen trust you, is it because of the deep feelings between you two?"

"Xiaoting, I know you can't accept it for a while."

"There's nothing unacceptable. I just want to know, who are you doing this for? Why are you doing this? You can even cruelly sacrifice your own sisters?" Zong Zheng Xiaoting laughed sarcastically, "For a dying person, what is unacceptable?"

"What do you mean?" After hearing what Zong Zheng Xiaoting said, the Queen's eyes flashed with worry, but there were also other feelings. Zong Zheng Xiaoting was stunned. Apart from this, what other value did he have?

"Situ Xunxiao is going to find an antidote for me this time. With a deadline of more than ten days, I may not be able to care about all these so-called grievances." Zongzheng Xiaoting smiled bitterly, "Empress, for a dying person, can't he die with understanding?"

"If you want to know, there is someone who will tell you." The queen sighed and said to Wei Zixin, "Zixin, take her to Yu's study."

"But the master said..."

The Queen interrupted Wei Zixin and said, "He wants to keep it, but if we hide it at this moment, I'm afraid we will both be blamed in the future. Or maybe he will make another decision."

Listening to the conversation between the two, Zong Zheng Xiaoting turned a deaf ear and walked straight to Yu's study.