The fat, bald man didn't stop; he punched Zhao Zhilan again.
The punch landed squarely on her abdomen, and the pain made her unable to stand, so she immediately knelt down.
The woman was both angry and annoyed when she saw this, so she immediately rushed over.
In an instant, a flash of sword light appeared.
The fight began and ended abruptly.
When Zhao Zhilan looked up, she saw the two villains lying on the ground, blood flowing everywhere, utterly dead.
She wanted to scream in fear, but a soft hand covered her mouth. "Your Highness, please don't panic," the woman said. "I am Ningning, a member of the Lone Wolf Organization. You are safe!"
Lone Wolf? Zhao Zhilan was both surprised and delighted. "Are you the junior sister from Caizang? Or the senior sister?"
The person who called herself Ningning nodded. "Your Highness, let's leave here quickly!"
Then, Ningning reached out and helped Zhao Zhilan up.
At this moment, Zhao Zhilan was surprised to discover that Ningning's hands were actually wooden prosthetics (readers can probably guess who it is!).
Your hand?
"Your Highness should be more concerned about our safety right now!" Ningning said. "Stop arguing, our other fellow disciples are waiting for us!"
"Then why is he hiding? Why didn't he come?" Zhao Zhilan asked, puzzled.
"You'll find out when the time comes!" Ningning said.
Although Zhao Zhilan still had some doubts, the sight of the two villains' corpses in front of her made her tremble, and she had no choice but to leave with Ningning.
After they had gone some distance, a man not far away asked, puzzled, "My lord, why didn't you take them back to the capital?"
The person asking the question was Tang Feng, and the person standing in front of him with hair that was white on one side and black on the other was none other than He Xiao, the Venerable Master of Xuanhua Palace.
The woman who saved Zhao Zhilan was none other than Tang Ying, whose arms had been severed by Xu Chu.
"It would be good for Her Highness to go to Jidong and broaden her horizons!" He Xiao said. "Otherwise, she will always think that her mother is a wise ruler!"
"But His Highness the Regent means..."
“Let’s listen to Lord Yao!” He Xiao insisted. “His Highness the Regent is far too lenient with the princess!”
"She has to suffer a bit," were Yao Guangxiao's exact words.
In the evil monk's plan, Zhao Zhilan must be used by Lin Mo. But before that, she needs to broaden her horizons and be tempered!
"Listen carefully, you must protect Her Highness the Princess," He Xiao continued. "It's okay if she gets injured, but no one else can touch her body, and she absolutely cannot be killed!"
"Yes, sir!" Tang Feng bowed and left.
Behind He Xiao, the four Lone Wolf members, including Cai Zang, were all decapitated, their blood flowing everywhere.
~~~
Winter goes and spring comes.
When leaving the capital, Jiang Wan'er, the mother of the Regent of Great Xia, rode in a tall four-wheeled carriage, surrounded by twenty Imperial Guards in red steel armor.
Lin Mo originally intended to send four Nightmare Cavalrymen to escort them, while he arranged for fifty Imperial Guards.
But ultimately, due to Jiang Wan'er's repeated insistence, she only brought twenty people.
Behind the Imperial Guards were one hundred light cavalry and three hundred heavy infantry.
Lin Mo was not a member of the royal family, nor did he marry Zhao Zhilan. Therefore, he set the color of his soldiers' armor to be scarlet or black.
Inside the carriage, besides Jiang Wan'er, there was another person: Sun Mian, the father-in-law of the Regent of Great Xia.
Their destination was Liangzhou, northwest of the capital.
North of Liangzhou lies the Northern Barbarians. Li Liang's Chiyan Army was once stationed on the border of Liangzhou to defend against the threat from the Northern Barbarians.
But at this moment, Li Liang's Chiyan Army had been completely annihilated...
The one who currently governs Liangzhou is the King of Western Liang: Huo Minggao.
The heavy responsibility of defending against the northern barbarians also fell on his shoulders.
This person once worked with Lin Wenzhong, and the two had a fairly harmonious relationship.
However, their relationship became strained later because of Jiang Wan'er.
Because Jiang Wan'er and Huo Minggao are cousins and have known each other since childhood, Huo Minggao's father once wanted to marry Jiang Wan'er.
However, Jiang Wan'er later married Lin Wenzhong, and the two never saw each other again.
Jiang Wan'er's trip was also in the hope that her cousin would be loyal to her son Lin Mo out of consideration for blood ties and lend him a helping hand.
The reason Sun Mian went along was simple: his eldest son had always been Huo Minggao's right-hand man.
When Jiang Wan'er first proposed this plan, Lin Mo was firmly opposed.
Lin Mo has seen countless examples of this kind of thing on television and in novels on Earth.
It's hard to say whether my cousin had ever been interested in Jiang Wan'er when he was young. If he had, then the issue would be very complicated.
Men are very persistent, especially after they reach a high position.
What you didn't get when you were young, you want to make up for the regrets of your youth as you get older.
Your attempt to negotiate here feels more like you're offering yourself up for the trip.
However, Jiang Wan'er repeatedly stated that her relationship with her cousin was completely innocent and purely fraternal.
At the same time, wouldn't it be even better if Huo Minggao were interested in her?
Jiang Wan'er's intention was simple: she would marry her cousin Huo Minggao in exchange for his full support.
The charlatan monk Yao Guangxiao wholeheartedly supported Jiang Wan'er's actions, saying that politics is like that—to gain the greatest benefit at the lowest cost.
Why not?
Lin Mo became even more anxious upon hearing this. "Then I've suddenly gained a stepfather out of nowhere?"
However, news came from the border that the Eastern Pango and the Northern Barbarians were already assembling their armies, showing signs of a joint invasion of the Great Xia, making the situation dire.
After a heated argument, the two finally decided that they would be willing to negotiate, but marrying her off to her mother was absolutely out of the question!
As the troops crossed the black marshland along the dike and poured into the Liangzhou region, Jiang Wan'er's worries grew day by day.
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