"What a mess! Why don't you go back and pack your luggage?" As he spoke, Hei Ya was about to slap Mo Yu, but unexpectedly, the man reacted quickly and actually dodged him.
Mo Yu stretched and said with a smile, "There's nothing to pack. I didn't bring anything when I came, and I don't need anything when I leave."
His carefree attitude really resembles that of his master: "Take good care of Uncle Li, and take good care of yourself. Autumn is here, and the wind is about to blow; once you go back, don't come back."
...The day before Nanyue launched a surprise attack on the southern border of Liang State, a bloody head was placed on the north gate of Nanyue capital facing Liang State, facing the homeland in the distance.
The crowd gathered at the foot of the city wall, terrified but curious, discussed the prisoner's identity with those around them: "Oh, how tragic! Who is this person?"
"I heard he was a spy from Liang State."
"Tsk tsk tsk, let's go, or we'll be mistaken for accomplices."
Yan Chongmao had never imagined that his life, filled with drama, would end like this. In fact, when he caused the deaths of over a hundred members of the Ouyang family, perhaps his fate was already sealed. Even if a man disrespected his teachers and disloyal to his country finally came to his senses, the utter wrath he had already committed could not be undone. Heaven's will was clear, and he accepted it.
While the capital of Liang was still intoxicated by the false prosperity brought about by the marriage with Beimo, the Nanyue army marched northward at lightning speed, eroding the southern defense line.
Messengers from the southern border were intercepted and killed along the way. By the time word reached the capital, it was too late. The southern border commander had cut off its water supply from the Nanyue. By the time reinforcements arrived, fewer than 10,000 of the 50,000 defenders remained. Yao Ji requested permission to lead the troops, but was met with widespread opposition. Ultimately, the burden of defending the country fell once again on the young sons of the Lin family. A defeat seemed imminent.
Emperor Gan Zhao didn't know if his age had caused him to lose his mind, but after Wang Yanzhou had made his position clear in front of the world, he still wondered if he would take advantage of the situation. Nanyue's goal was clear: after conquering the southern border, Qingliang Valley would be next.
If Qingliang Valley were lost, the southern border defenses would be completely destroyed. While one Qingliang Valley secret guard couldn't defeat a hundred, one against ten was certainly no problem. Mobilizing these elite troops wouldn't guarantee the end of the crisis, but it would at least buy them time to prepare. However, these elite troops, along with the equipment Wang Ruo had secretly left behind and the bell harp left behind in the valley, couldn't be mobilized.
Emperor Gan Zhao, under various pretexts, had already trapped Wang Yanzhou in the capital, yet he had been slow to dispatch troops to Qingliang Valley to prepare for the Nanyue attack. Zhong Qin, handling matters alone in the valley, was a mere mortal, no matter how capable he was.
Tang Chen was also extremely anxious when she saw the news coming from the southern border. Although she had never experienced war, she had visited many museums and watched documentaries and history teachers before. She didn't understand why, to Emperor Gan Zhao, the soldiers fighting on the front lines meant nothing. "Is this emperor crazy? At this time, what is he thinking?"
For various reasons, the Prince Qingliang's Mansion and the Princess Chang's Mansion have been surrounded by the imperial guards, and people from the Tianshu Tower are secretly monitoring them. It seems unlikely that they can leave quietly.
Wang Nianqing looked at the letter coming from the valley and could no longer sit still. "I'll go back. If I'm alone, Tianshu Tower won't be able to do anything to me. If I'm any later, I'm afraid Zhong Qin will be exhausted to death."
Black Crow thought for a moment and said, "If you trust me, I will go back with you."
Before Wang Yanzhou could respond to their request, the palace's housekeeper trotted in and said, "Master, there's a girl at the back corner door who wants to see the princess."
Tang Chen asked: "What girl?"
The housekeeper wiped the sweat from his head and said bluntly, "He looks like a blind man."
"Could it be Xihe? I'll go check it out, you guys continue." With that, Tang Chen followed the housekeeper to the back door. As she expected, the person who came was indeed Xihe. However, besides Xihe, there were two passersby lying by the wall beside her.
"Why are you here at this time? What's going on with these two people?"
Xihe explained, "He was sneaking around following me, so I just used a smoke screen to knock him down."
Tang Chen estimated that these two people were probably from Tianshu Tower. Seeing Xihe coming to Qingliang Palace, they followed him. "Butler, have someone handle this quietly. Let's go in and talk."
After Tang Chen brought Xihe to the study, he asked, "Why are you alone? Why aren't your brother and that handsome boy here?"
Xihe said, "They have entered the palace. Where is the prince? I want to see him."
"Come with me."
When Xihe arrived at Wang Yanzhou's place, he did not greet Heiya or reminisce about the past. Instead, he anxiously told Wang Yanzhou the whole story of his visit to the palace.
Wang Yanzhou almost fainted from anger when he heard this: "What did you say, Yaochen entered the palace!"
Tang Chen corrected him: "Huh? No, no, no, it's not Yao Chen. The one she's talking about is Shi Jun, that guy is a handsome boy, okay."
Xihe explained: "He is Yaochen, he just wears the mask I made."
Tang Chen was shocked: "Oh my God, no way. Is he looking for death by entering the palace at this time?"
Xihe actually felt that this wasn't a good time to enter the palace, but Yaochen had already made up her mind, so there was nothing she could do. For now, she could only ask Wang Yanzhou for help, even though they had repeatedly told her not to say anything when she came. "Before I came, I received a message from the master asking us to do our best to help you resolve the crisis in Qingliang Valley."
Wang Nianqing frowned and asked, "What master?"
Xihe said: "The master is the master, what else can it be."
Wang Yanzhou said that none of this mattered right now. The key point was that the entire city was under martial law, and Yao Chen had a special identity. He could probably guess what his mask looked like, and whether he was trying to commit suicide or send others to hell. "Okay, let's not talk about that for now. What exactly did Yao Chen want to do by entering the palace?"
Xihe sighed slightly and replied, "He only said that he wanted to understand, and he didn't tell me anything else."
After thinking for a moment, Wang Yanzhou ordered, "Brother Li, Nianqing, the two of you should find a way to leave the city as soon as possible. I will go to the palace and keep in touch."
"Then you have to be careful, we will set off now."
After Wang Yanzhou changed into his court robes, Tang Chen grabbed his belt and refused to let him go: "What's wrong?"
"I want to go with you!"
What Tang Chen didn't expect was that Wang Yanzhou actually agreed to his request this time. He just said that Yao Chen's problem couldn't be solved by him alone, so the two of them went to the Princess's Mansion first.
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