"Who?"

The second prince's cold voice was heard from inside the room.

Zhou Bo had not seen the Second Prince for a long time. When he heard the familiar voice, tears welled up in his eyes.

"Your Highness, it's the old slave."

The next moment, the door creaked open, and the second prince appeared in front of Zhou Bo in casual clothes.

When Uncle Zhou saw how much thinner the Second Prince had become, he felt so distressed that tears immediately rolled down his cheeks.

"Your Highness, you have lost weight."

The second prince looked haggard, and was equally shocked when he saw Zhou Bo leaning on a cane.

"Uncle Zhou, your legs?"

Zhou Bo's face was full of shame. At this time, the second prince had already helped Zhou Bo into the house.

Seeing that there was no one around, Zhou Bo threw away his crutches and immediately knelt down heavily in front of the Second Prince, making a loud "dong" sound.

"Your Highness! I am incompetent and the operation in the capital has failed miserably!"

The second prince lowered his head and looked at Zhou Bo who kept kowtowing to him, and couldn't help but look bitter.

"Uncle Zhou, was your leg... also injured that night?"

Zhou Bo straightened his upper body, tears streaming down his face. He nodded in shame, not even daring to mention Zhufeng's name at this moment.

There was a hint of fatigue between the Second Prince's brows, but he still leaned over and helped Zhou Bo up.

"Uncle Zhou, please get up. The wound on my shoulder has not healed completely, so I cannot use my strength."

Zhou Bo originally wanted to kneel down again, but when he heard the Second Prince say this, he was afraid of hurting the Second Prince's wound, so he immediately stood up with difficulty.

"Uncle Zhou, the capital now depends on you to take charge of the overall situation. You came here at this time. What big thing happened?"

The Second Prince was calm after all, and his voice was deep and there was nothing unusual about it.

He said that after that sleep, he would adjust his mentality.

Zhou Bo's face suddenly showed anxiety when he heard this, and he nodded immediately, "Your Highness, it is urgent! This old servant can't contact Chu Rou!"

The second prince was about to sit back on the couch, but he stood up suddenly after hearing this, "What!"

He only knew about Aunt Rou's existence last year.

At that time, he was confined to the clan house because of the Duanwu incident with Yu Zhaoyi, and was at a disadvantage in front of the prince.

At that time, Zhou Bo suddenly brought news that he had found an old friend of his mother, named Aunt Rou, and that she had trained a number of loyal warriors who could be of great use.

It seemed that Uncle Zhou had just learned the news about Aunt Rou, because he still remembered the surprised and happy expression on Uncle Zhou's face when he talked about this.

It was not until then that he was truly certain that his mother, whom he had never met, was playing a big game!

"When did it happen?" asked the second prince with a frown.

Zhou Bo did not dare to be careless and immediately said frankly: "I and Chu Rou have agreed to contact each other every half a month, rain or shine."

"On April 28, Chu Rou was supposed to meet me, but I waited in the inn until dark, but she didn't show up."

"I felt uneasy, so I sent someone to the Huguo Temple the next day to investigate. But I found out that the temple had already closed its doors to visitors!"

"I sent someone to take a detour to the back mountain, but found that the entire Huguo Temple had been tightly surrounded by a force, and no one was allowed to enter or leave!"

"Your Highness, I know something is wrong, so I have come here at full speed. Please make the decision!"

The second prince frowned when he heard this.

It was obvious that something must have happened to Aunt Rou.

And the only ones in Beijing who have this ability are either the Crown Prince or the Qiao family!

But what puzzled the second prince was how the prince or the Qiao family found the Huguo Temple?

He had only heard from Aunt Rou that their base was in the Huguo Temple, and he had never been there.

Logically speaking, the Huguo Temple is an excellent cover. Even if Qiao Tianjing had been assassinated in the southern suburbs, it would be difficult to suspect the Huguo Temple, right?

The second prince had doubts in his mind, so he asked.

Zhou Bo's eyes flickered when he heard this, and he hesitated for a long time without being able to explain it clearly.

When the second prince saw this, he immediately became angry.

"Uncle Zhou, at this critical moment of life and death, is there anything you can't say? Is there something you and Aunt Rou are hiding from me?"

Zhou Bo was startled by the Second Prince's stern tone, and he dared not hide it any longer. He clutched his sleeves and said anxiously:

"I guess...I guess there must be something wrong with the Tzu Chi Bureau, and someone has caught us with something."

"Tzu Chi Bureau?"

The second prince was slightly surprised when he heard this; he really didn't expect this answer.

After his mother passed away, Aunt Rou disappeared. Uncle Zhou always thought that Aunt Rou fled away because of the disaster.

However, he didn't expect that Aunt Rou had followed the order from her mother before her death and was training assassins for him under an assumed name.

When he learned about this power, his heart was filled with joy. He had not expected that his mother had worked so hard to pave the way for him long ago.

But what does this have to do with Tzu Chi? Tzu Chi is not a place to take in abandoned babies.

Thinking of this, the Second Prince suddenly widened his eyes slightly and looked at Zhou Bo in disbelief.

The second prince's shocked expression seemed to irritate Zhou Bo.

Could it be that in His Highness's heart, Yong Kingdom is more important than their Northern Kingdom?

They were just some abandoned babies, what did they count for? Besides, His Highness was of pure Northern blood!

Zhou Bo didn't dare to say it so directly. He organized his words and said with great earnestness:

"Your Highness, I didn't dare to tell you before because I was worried about you..."

"Your Highness, you should know that when Qiao Zhongguo's cavalry entered the Northern Kingdom, how many people in the Northern Kingdom lost their homes and became homeless!"

"Chu Rou just adopted some abandoned babies and used them for our own benefit."

"Your Highness, you should be on the side of our Northern Country. You are the princess's child, the bloodline of our Northern Country. We are trying our best for you, Your Highness!"

Zhou Bo stared at the Second Prince, expecting to see unhesitating approval on his face.

But the second prince was stunned for a long time.

It's all for him...

He has heard this sentence countless times since he was a child.

He has already stopped at nothing to achieve his goal, whether it is using women or using various conspiracies and tricks.

When he ordered Zhufeng to take action against the youngest daughter of the Qiao family, he completely gave up his last conscience and bottom line.

He told himself in his heart that everything was for the throne, for his mother who sacrificed her life in exchange for his own, and for everything that countless people had done for him!

But... isn't all this enough?

Zhou Bo saw that the Second Prince did not respond to him for a long time, and he could not help but panic, and said quickly:

"Your Highness, you must not hesitate! We have come this far!"

"Don't forget, the princess went to die without hesitation just to give you a chance to live!"

"Countless of us have fought bravely and carefully, all for the purpose of sending you to the position of the common leader of the two countries. If you feel compassion for a few abandoned babies of the Yong Dynasty, then what are the many warriors of our Northern Kingdom who sacrificed for you?"

Zhou Bo was very emotional. He had traveled all the way from the capital and was exhausted both physically and mentally.

He had been feeling anxious during this period, and Chu Rou's loss of contact almost broke his mind.

Almost all of his old friends who had followed the princess to marry into the Yong Dynasty were gone. If the Huguo Temple was also completely destroyed, he would really have no old friends left.

Zhou Bo felt that it was time to tell the second prince about his life experience.

He could not accept that His Highness had any inclination towards Yong State, because His Highness was a true northerner!