"Your Highness?"
Uncle Chen glanced cautiously at the prince sitting in the chair.
Li Jingxing was always unfazed even when Mount Tai collapsed before him. Chen Bo had followed Li Jingxing for so many years, and apart from when he was ill, he had never seen any expression on Li Jingxing's face other than coldness.
Today, as always, it's impossible to tell what the prince was thinking after Li Jingxing learned that the princess had gone to Taizhou.
But Chen Bo could sense that Li Jingxing was surrounded by a low-pressure atmosphere, and standing next to him, he felt inexplicably suffocated.
Li Jingxing is reading the letter Fu Bai left for him.
Fu Bai did not leave without saying goodbye; he did indeed have business in Taizhou.
Moreover, Fu Bai left Li Jingxing with a great deal of information in that letter.
In his letter, Fu Bai clearly stated that he suspected the emperor would take advantage of the plague in Qiyuan County, Taizhou, to target the Chen family, and that he needed to go with them to feel at ease.
He probably knew that Li Jingxing would definitely catch up after waking up, and he even reminded Li Jingxing in the letter to remember to bring a team of men to Qiyuan County.
Li Jingxing put away the letter, a dark glint in the depths of his black eyes.
He looked up at Uncle Chen and asked, "When did the Princess leave?"
Uncle Chen: "It's exactly 5:00 AM."
It was still dark when the sky was about to brighten. The Chen family should have been ready to set off. Fu Bai went directly to the Chen family to meet up with Old Master Chen and the others.
We've been traveling for almost six hours.
Li Jingxing: "Inform Zhao Shen to count two thousand cavalrymen and have them accompany me to Taizhou."
Uncle Chen: "Okay."
Li Jingxing: "Let Zhang Haixin lead the team to purchase as many medicinal materials as possible along the way to treat the epidemic."
The emperor's intention in taking action in Taizhou was not to trap the Chen family there, deprive them of medicine and supplies, and let them die there, but rather to use the Taizhou incident to punish the Chen family for their ineffective handling of the epidemic. Ideally, the emperor would want all the people of Taizhou to die in the plague so that he would have an excuse to make the entire Chen family pay the price for Taizhou's misdeeds.
Li Jingxing curled his lips mockingly. That man thought that just because he was sitting in the highest position, he could treat human life as worthless. In order to achieve his own goals, he did not hesitate to kill millions of people.
How could he possibly let that person succeed?
Half an hour later, Li Jingxing led two thousand men out of the city under the stars and moon, heading towards Taizhou.
0-0
On the official road.
The epidemic in Qiyuan County, Taizhou was severe, and time was of the essence. In order to get to Qiyuan County as soon as possible, the Chen family did not choose to take a horse-drawn carriage, and even the old man Chen chose to ride a horse.
They had been traveling all day and were covered in dust.
It was dark now, not a good time to travel. Old Master Chen waved his hand, telling everyone to dismount and rest for the night, and to continue their journey when it was light.
Old Master Chen was getting on in years, and after traveling all day, he swayed as soon as his feet touched the ground after dismounting.
Fu Bai quickly came over and grabbed the old man's arm, giving him a helping hand.
Old Master Chen steadied himself and was somewhat surprised to see that Fu Bai, despite traveling all day, showed no signs of fatigue.
When Grandpa Chen saw Fu Bai return to the Chen family in the morning and say that he wanted to go to Qiyuan County with them, he was worried that Fu Bai would not be able to make it through the long and arduous journey.
Old Master Chen knew better than anyone what kind of person his grandson was.
She was pampered since childhood and never did any heavy work.
Surprisingly, he didn't complain about being tired at all that day and was even able to keep up with the team's pace.
It's likely that the prince taught him riding and archery skills when he was in the prince's mansion.
Before Old Master Chen could finish his thought, Fu Bai had already helped him sit down under a tree, wrung out a cloth, and handed it to him to wipe his face.
Grandpa Chen accepted the cloth with satisfaction, a faint smile on his face in the flickering firelight.
"Fu Fu, you've really grown up."
Fu Bai smiled at Old Master Chen.
Old Master Chen asked again, "You've come out with us like this, won't the Prince be angry if he finds out?"
Fu Bai: "I left him a letter."
After a pause, Fu Bai said with certainty, "Besides, he'll come along."
Upon hearing this, Old Master Chen frowned, and his tone instantly turned stern: "Nonsense! Do you think a prince can leave the capital so easily?"
Li Jingxing was essentially imprisoned by the emperor in the Prince Li's mansion. He couldn't even leave the mansion at will, yet he dared to disregard the emperor's wishes and leave the capital.
Fu Bai was not intimidated by Old Master Chen's cold face. He said in a rogue tone, "I don't care. Anyway, I told him that if he doesn't bring anyone with me to Taizhou, both you and I will die."
Old Master Chen: "..."
Before he could speak, Fu Bai said, "Grandpa, I don't believe you didn't see it. This time, the dog emperor sent our Chen family to Taizhou to treat the epidemic, not because he valued your medical skills, but because he wanted our Chen family to die."
Old Master Chen frowned, his voice deep and heavy: "You dare call me a dog emperor? If someone hears this, do you even want your head anymore?"
After saying that, he gently patted his graying head.
However, he did not refute Fu Bai's words.
After that, Mr. Chen fell silent.
Fu Bai didn't disturb him. He found a seat, sat down, and looked up at the sky of this era.
748 teased in Fu Bai's sea of consciousness: "No way, no way? She's only been out for a day, and she's already missing her husband?"
The nine-tailed fox glanced lazily at 748, its amber pupils carrying a hint of a smile.
Fu Bai: "I'm wondering how long it will take him to catch up."
748: [How can you be so sure Li Fengfeng will catch up? He's not like Gu Chacha and Xie Gougou.]
The other two didn't run away; they just wanted to lock him up.
I wonder what would happen if it were Li Fengfeng instead.
Or perhaps his possessiveness isn't as strong as the other two's?
748, for some unknown reason, suddenly hugged himself and shook.
If Li Fengfeng is also a pervert who likes to lock people in a dark room, then Fu Baibai...
748's glass-bead-like fox eyes stared at the nine-tailed fox not far away, and a gloating expression appeared on the mechanical fox's face.
This time, Fu Baibai really ran away.
Tsk tsk tsk, judging from the crazy ways Gu Chacha and Xie Gougou are, Fu Bai will probably be locked up by Li Fengfeng for days and nights after he gets caught.
Seemingly having seen through 748's thoughts, Fu Bai stretched, leaned against the tree trunk, and suddenly smiled.
748 asked, puzzled: "Fu Baibai, what are you laughing at?"
Fu Bai narrowed his eyes, his fox-like gaze full of charm: "I'm kind of looking forward to it."
748：::::::
Fine, it shouldn't expect Fu Baibai, that fox spirit, to have any integrity; maybe he just ran away on purpose.
Thinking of this, 748 suddenly barked, indicating that it had suddenly been fed tons of dog food.
Holy crap, this is some kind of romantic little thing between couples.
It actually took it seriously and genuinely worried about Fu Baibai's small, white body.
Hmph, 748 is in a bad mood!
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