When Li Yaoying woke up, she heard a series of sad cries.

The maids kneeled on the floor in front of the bed, all of them were in a state of panic, wiping away their tears. There were figures in front of the door, outside the window, and in the corridors, and from time to time, a few sobs could be heard amid the deliberately suppressed conversations.

Yao Ying was dazed for a moment, then sat up and found the crumpled battle report in her hand.

My brother is dead.

She no longer has a brother.

The best person in the world who treated her best is gone.

The brother who always stood by her to protect her and held her in his hands and loved her, will never be seen again.

From then on, she was the only one left in this chaotic world full of wind, frost, swords and wars.

Brother, don't leave me, I'm scared.

Yaoying sat there blankly, not moving.

She knew from the beginning that this would be the outcome, and she shouldn't have tried to change Li Zhongqian's fate. Knowing that Li Xuanzhen would be the final winner, why didn't she be wise enough to choose to join Li Xuanzhen?

In that case, she wouldn't have to be so cautious, looking ahead and behind, and being careful about everything.

But Li Zhongqian is her brother who depends on her for everything!

He was the brother who carried her, who was unable to walk, to the courtyard to see the apricot blossoms; who patiently fed her medicine day after day, held her hand and taught her to write and read; he was the brother who risked his life to cross the battlefield alone, rescued her from the pile of dead bodies, and carried her, who was seriously ill, over mountains and ridges, and walked thousands of miles on foot.

Yao Ying lowered her head, took out the Moon Pearl given to her by Li Zhongqian from the pillow, and closed her eyes.

Even though she knew that they were just insignificant victims in Li Xuanzhen's growth, and even if the price of protecting her brother was spitting blood for no reason and becoming an enemy of the Child of Destiny, she would do it.

But that day finally came.

They agreed to go to Dongdu together to watch the dragon boat race, and she even prepared her clothes.

Yaoying clenched the Moon Pearl tightly and tears fell.

Brother, you are lying.

You promised me that I would come back safely.

The maids cried out: "My lord, you must take good care of yourself... The king loved you the most when he was alive..."

These cries were like water poured into a boiling oil pot, which immediately exploded. The servants, maids, and concubines guarding the courtyard outside the house all burst into tears.

Amid the continuous crying, a tall figure walked across the corridor, pushed through the crowd, strode into the inner room, walked up to Yaoying, and knelt on one knee.

"Thank you for being rude, please forgive me, Princess."

After saying that, he stood up, grabbed Yaoying's hand, helped her out of bed, and pulled a cloak to wrap her from head to toe.

The maids screamed in shock and hurriedly stood up to stop him: "How dare you!"

Xie Qing ignored the maid and held Yao Ying's arm to help her stand steadily.

Yao Ying's face was pale, her expression was dazed, her legs were weak, and she fell down as soon as she stepped onto the ground.

Xie Qing hesitated for a moment, then picked her up and walked out of the inner room.

Xu Biao and a team of guards in narrow-sleeved robes were already waiting outside the corridor. They followed Xie Qing, surrounded him in the center, escorted Yao Ying out of the house, and sent her to a carriage.

The wheels rolled over the bluestone floor.

Yaoying leaned against the car wall with a blank look in her eyes.

The moon bead in the palm of her hand rolled out and hit the carriage with a thud.

Yao Ying stared at Mingyuezhu in a daze for a while.

Li Zhongqian's deep laughter seemed to echo in my ears, with an unconcealed sense of pride: "Do you like it?"

"The night-light wall of Fulin Country is also called the Bright Moon Pearl. When I saw it, I thought of my little Qi."

"Xiao Qi, don't be afraid, my brother is here to pick you up."

Yao Ying pursed her lips, leaned over, picked up the Moon Pearl, held it in her palm, and held it tightly.

She couldn't fall.

Without seeing Li Zhongqian's body with her own eyes, she didn't believe he was dead!

Yao Ying raised her hand to wipe away the tears from her eyes and opened the car curtain: "Where are we going?"

Xie Qing rode beside the carriage and replied, "Princess, the King of Qin has ordered that if anything happens to him, you should be escorted out of the city immediately."

Yaoying's eyes felt hot. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and forced herself to calm down.

"Who spread the news?"

Xie Qing replied: "Princess, the Ministry of War has also received the battle report. Now everyone knows that the King of Qin was ambushed and killed. You must leave the city as soon as possible."

Yao Ying shook her head: "No, I can't leave."

Her lips trembled slightly. Not wanting to cry anymore, she raised her face and looked into the distance.

"The battle report may not be true. My brother may still be alive, or he may just be seriously injured... I have to stay."

Xie Qing lowered his eyes and looked at Yao Ying's face, which was like a bright pearl and radiated a faint and cold glow under the setting sun.

"Princess, what if the news is true? You are just a powerless woman."

"Yes, I am just a lady from a noble family. I cannot carry a knife or a sword, but I cannot abandon you, brother."

Yao Ying raised her eyelids, her expression calm, "If the news is false, I will find out the truth and wait for my brother to return to the capital. If he is just injured and surrounded, I will try to persuade the emperor to send troops to rescue him. If... if he is really killed in the battle, I will go to the battlefield in person to collect my brother's body and carry the coffin back for burial."

In this life, she couldn't let Li Zhongqian end up with nothing left.

She was going to take him home.

Xie Qing was silent for a while, his face solemn, "Princess, the emperor values ​​the prince, and there are countless people in the capital who want to find ways to please the Eastern Palace. Ever since Princess Fukang regretted her marriage and Chief Yelu asked to marry you, they wanted to force you to marry in their place, so as to curry favor with the Eastern Palace. They would do anything to achieve their goals. When the King of Qin was here, no one dared to come to the door. Now that the King of Qin is in danger, Xu Biao and the others alone cannot protect you."

No eggs remain intact when the nest is overturned.

Li Zhongqian had a violent temper, and the villains were afraid of his revenge and did not dare to attack Li Yaoying. Now that they had no scruples, Li Yaoying was in danger.

There is no need for Li Xuanzhen and Zhu Luyun to step forward, as there will be people who are eager to work for them.

You can never be too careful.

After all, Pei Gong could only protect her for a while.

Yao Ying held the Moon Pearl tightly: "If the enemy comes, we will stop them with our troops; if the flood comes, we will block it with earth."

Xie Qing couldn't help but sigh: "Princess, the situation you mentioned is actually what the King of Qin has thought of. The King of Qin said that as long as he doesn't see his body, you will definitely not leave the capital to avoid disaster."

Yao Ying smiled and said, "If that's the case, why did you send me out of the city?"

Xie Qing pulled the reins.

"Because the King of Qin also said that nothing is more important than your safety. As long as something happens to him, no matter whether he is dead or alive, Xu Biao and I only need to remember one thing and do one thing."

He looked at Yao Ying, "Ensure your safety."

Yao Ying's throat was choked up, she opened her mouth, and tears quickly filled her eyes.

"Princess, if you want to become your attendant, you must not only win the duel, but also fight a few moves with the King of Qin first."

While motioning Xu Biao and the others to continue walking forward, Xie Qing said, "Two years ago, I won a duel. The King of Qin wanted to test my skills. I took the King's hammer. The King of Qin asked me, if he and the princess were in danger at the same time, who would I save? I answered without hesitation, to save the princess."

Li Zhongqian was the King of Qin, and Xie Qing's answer would undoubtedly offend him, thus losing the opportunity to become his attendant.

Xie Qing knew he should have answered more tactfully, but he disdained to lie.

Li Zhongqian was not angry. He laughed and patted Xie Qing on the shoulder: "Remember your answer. No matter what happens, your duty is to protect the princess."

Xie Qing looked at Yao Ying, grasped the hilt of his sword, and said firmly: "Princess, to this day, my answer is still the same. No matter what the situation is, I only remember one thing: to protect you."

Yaoying smiled bitterly and raised her hand to stroke her hair. There was an indescribable charm in her sadness.

"Ah Qing, the young men in Beijing privately say that I am the most beautiful girl they have ever seen in their lives. What about you? Do you think I am beautiful?"

Xie Qing was stunned for a while, then said, "The princess is extremely beautiful, and her beauty is unparalleled."

Yao Ying smiled faintly: "My mother is the daughter of Xie, my father is the emperor of the Wei Dynasty, I am known as the most beautiful woman in the capital, the people in the East Palace want to kill me, others want to take me for themselves, Chief Yelu is eyeing me covetously, and there are more people who have been plotting in secret. Do you think I will be safe if I escape from Chang'an?"

Xie Qing was silent.

"Ah Qing, have you ever fought in a war? Have you ever been on the battlefield?"

Xie Qing shook his head: "I have practiced martial arts since I was a child, but I have never been on the battlefield."

Yao Yinghun felt weak and leaned against the car window, gazing at the blue sky to the south.

She has completely calmed down and figured out her situation.

As long as Li Zhongqian is around, she can live in peace. When Li Zhongqian is gone, there is no one to suppress those evil spirits and monsters, and she is like meat on the chopping board.

Where can she escape to?

Noble birth and outstanding beauty are gifts from God, but when this gift attracts the covetousness of evil people, beauty becomes a curse.

Li Zhongqian had no intention of competing for the throne and had long thought of taking her and Concubine Xie away. However, the world was in chaos and the air was filled with smoke of war. No matter where they fled, they could not escape the trouble.

Not to mention anything else, the enemies of the Li family and the major forces surrounding the Wei Dynasty will not let them go.

Yao Ying lowered her head and put the Moon Pearl back into her sleeve. "When I was five years old, I was abandoned on the battlefield and saw what it was like to be surrounded by hundreds of thousands of enemy troops. The guards around me were the most loyal family generals of the Xie and Li families. They were all highly skilled in martial arts and could fight ten enemies at once. But there were too many enemies, so densely packed that I couldn't count them. In order to protect me, they all died under the enemy's knife. I didn't dare to cry out loud. I hid among the corpses of the guards, soaking in the smelly blood, and luckily escaped."

This memory made her unable to bear the sight of blood from then on.

"Ah Qing, I believe you would rather die to protect me, but no matter how good your martial arts are, you can't defeat an army."

Xie Qing straightened his back and wanted to refute Yao Ying, but after hesitating for a moment, he finally kept silent.

The princess was right, he couldn't resist the army alone.

Yao Ying looked around, her eyes scanning the faces of Xu Biao and the others one by one.

Xu Biao and others immediately pulled the reins to stop their horses and looked at her respectfully.

"My situation won't be much better if I leave the city. It's better for me to stay in the capital. At least now no one dares to force their way into the palace."

Yao Ying's voice was hoarse, and her eyes showed determination: "Return to the palace."

Everyone responded and turned their horses around.

…

The palace was in chaos. Li Zhongqian was dead, Li Yaoying was sent out of the imperial city, and the rest of the people were at a loss and in panic.

Everyone knows that there is a grudge between the Second Prince and the Eastern Palace. Now that the Second Prince is dead, will the Eastern Palace let them go? How will the nobles that the Second Prince offended deal with them?

Before nightfall, rumors were already spreading in the mansion.

The Chief Secretary punished a few stubborn servants and stood in Li Zhongqian's yard wiping his tears. When he heard that Yao Ying had returned, he was shocked and ran out of the inner courtyard.

He was so anxious that his voice changed: "Princess, what are you doing back here?"

Yao Ying said calmly, "There is no need to say more about this matter. I will not abandon everything and leave the capital alone. Send someone to the Ministry of War to find out how my second brother was ambushed."

The chief historian sighed and did not try to persuade him any further.

The princess had been sickly since childhood and had grown up in exile. She was not as cynical as the second prince and had always been kind and gentle. He knew he could not persuade her.

Yao Ying asked, "Where is my mother?"

The chief secretary replied, "The concubine is safe."

"Don't let her know about my second brother."

The Chief Secretary sighed. Concubine Xie looked like she wouldn't understand even if he told her in person that Li Zhongqian was dead.

As they were talking, the attendant who had been sent to the Ministry of War to inquire about the news came back in a hurry.

The chief historian looked at his entourage with hope.

The attendant said, "The Ministry of War is in an uproar. Some people are even trying to accuse the king of his crime! Some say that the king and his men were ambushed by Nan Chu, while others say that they fell into a trap set by Xichuan."

Southern Chu and Wei Dynasty often fought each other for the control of Shannan East Road and Huainan Road. The destruction of the Xie family was caused by the sudden attack of Southern Chu on Li De's camp and Jingnan. Xie Wuliang rushed to fight to relieve Li De's pressure. Later, Jingnan was besieged and Li De was trapped in Xiangzhou, unable to rescue him. Xie Wuliang held on until the food ran out and Jingnan was broken.

The Shu region also attacked the Wei army. The King of Shu did not submit to Li De, so Li De sent people to Shu to persuade monks and celebrities to return to the capital. The Meng family in Shu was very dissatisfied and sent troops many times to prevent those monks and celebrities from returning to the capital.

Battle reports were sent back to the capital one after another. The governor Zhao Tong had no idea who had attacked them, but every battle report confirmed that the right army led by Li Zhongqian had been completely wiped out.

The chief historian looked very sad.

Yao Ying tried hard not to show his disappointment and ordered his followers: "Continue to gather information. Send someone to the East Palace. The prince has always been very close to the generals in the army. He knows more and more detailed battlefield intelligence."

The entourage should be.

When Yaoying returned to the palace, everyone in the mansion suddenly found their backbone and came to her for advice.

The housekeeper of the inner courtyard came to report: "Princess, those people in the backyard have been making a fuss all afternoon! I even caught a few maids stealing property. The king is gone, and they are afraid of being sent to the music school, so they want to leave the palace, cry and wail, and want to die. No matter how much we persuade them, it's useless."

The chief secretary said angrily: "As concubines and maids, they should do their duty. If they make trouble again, they will all be tied up and sold off!"

Yao Ying stopped Changshi and said, "Everyone runs away when disaster strikes. It's human nature that they are afraid of being implicated when something happens to our second brother."

She called all the housekeepers.

"Give orders to anyone who wants to leave the house to pack up and go to the front yard to find the housekeeper to get the indenture, then take the things and leave."

Everyone looked at each other.

Yao Ying repeated, "If you want to leave, you can leave on your own. You have served my second brother and done your best without any problems. Don't leave empty-handed. Go to the cashier's office to collect a bonus before you leave."

Shame flashed across everyone's faces, and they knelt down sobbing.

"Princess, we will not leave. We will stay to protect you!"

They were reduced to slaves during the war, and the Second Prince and the princess took them in so that they could survive and have food and clothing in the chaotic times. Now that the palace is in trouble, they selfishly abandon the princess. They really have no face to face the princess!

Yao Ying shook her head: "The palace may not be able to protect you. If you have other places to go, there is no need to linger. Just pack up your things and leave."

When the news spread, there was mournful crying in the outer courtyard and the inner house.

The servants felt guilty and were afraid of being implicated if they stayed in the palace, so they hardened their hearts, quietly packed their bags, and left together.

The housekeeper destroyed everyone's indentures and gave each person a bonus, saying, "The princess has already ordered people to destroy the files in the government. Now everyone can go their separate ways."

Everyone took the reward money, cried heart-wrenchingly, turned around, kowtowed in the direction of the main hall, and left, looking back every few steps.

In the inner courtyard, several of Li Zhongqian's concubines also cried and bid farewell to Yaoying.

The noise continued until late at night before the palace finally quieted down.

Those who could leave had left, but in the end many people still stayed, and none of the personal guards left.

Xu Biao stood in front of the steps, took a look at the sparse inner court servants in the courtyard, and spat: "Those bastards! Ungrateful and ungrateful! Why let them go? In my opinion, we should tie them up and break their legs to let them see the consequences of betrayal!"

Yao Ying looked at him and said, "Since they have no intention of staying, there is no need to force them to stay. Keeping them will only cause trouble. It is better to send them away early so that they can make a living on their own and the mansion can be clean."

Those who were willing to stay at this time were those who were truly loyal to Li Zhongqian and her.

Xu Biao thought about it for a moment and realized that this was indeed the truth. He scratched his neck and kept silent.

Yaoying ordered the housekeeper to prepare horses, dry food and other things for her.

After finding out where Li Zhongqian was ambushed, she set off.

The chief secretary tried to dissuade her: "Princess, are you really going to the battlefield in person? You are weak and a girl, how can you go to such a dangerous place in person!"

Outside the window, a jade disk hangs high in the sky, and the moonlight is thick.

Yaoying had been busy all day and looked haggard, with the gold hairpins with curly grass patterns hanging loosely at the edge of her wide sleeves.

"If my second brother is still alive, I will stay in the capital and run around for him, and I won't go anywhere. If my second brother is really gone, no matter where I go, it will be dangerous. Swords have no eyes, and I can still avoid them. But people are treacherous, so how can I deal with them? Why should I be afraid of the battlefield?"

She had thought about the best and worst possible outcomes, and she was prepared.

She would not let her second brother be left alone in the wilderness.

The chief historian sobbed, "You are a royal family!"

The princess is spoiled and used to being raised. She is the granddaughter of the Xie family and the princess of the Li family. When the second prince got into trouble, no one cared about the princess and instead kept their distance from him. Does the emperor really have no feelings for her as a father and daughter?

Yao Ying smiled and said, "Golden branches and jade leaves, royal sons and grandsons, in the eyes of His Majesty, they are all not worth mentioning."

Li De was worthy of being the emperor, cold-hearted, calm and rational, and possessed all the ruthless mentality that an emperor should have. In his heart, only Li Xuanzhen, born to Tang, was his son, and the other children were just the products of marriage and could be sacrificed for his overall situation at any time.

She had long recognized this and never expected to get any fatherly love from Li De. She regarded Li De as a king.

Over the night, the guards went around gathering information.

Yaoying stayed up all night and only closed her eyes for a while before dawn.

The guards of the palace entered the courtyard nervously and reported: "Princess, we found several suspicious Hu people."

The chief was so angry that he was shaking: "Chief Yelu still refuses to give up!"

Xu Biao immediately jumped up, grabbed the long knife and walked out: "I'm going to kill them!"

"Stop!" Yao Ying stopped Xu Biao, "They just act suspiciously. If you kill them, the Yelu tribe will have an excuse to come and harass you."

Xu Biao was so depressed that his face turned purple. He snorted a few times and went back to the house with his long sword.

Xie Qing whispered, "My lord, the Hu people are still very vicious. I can kill them quietly."

Yao Ying shook her head.

"There are more than one group of people outside watching the palace now." She lowered her head and gently stroked the gold bracelet on her wrist. "People from the Yelu tribe, Princess Fukang's people, people from the Eastern Palace... You can't kill them all, so there's no need to pay attention to them now."

Xie Qing should be.

In the next few days, the news of Li Zhongqian's ambush spread throughout Chang'an, and there were more and more spies outside the palace.

The palace was filled with a heavy atmosphere as if a storm was about to come and the building was about to collapse. In just a few days, Changshi aged several years.

Yao Ying sent away the remaining servants, asking them to take the money and leave the house to avoid disaster, leaving only her personal guards behind.

On this day, Pei Gong came to visit unexpectedly.

"I will leave for Wei County in a few days. Your brother is dead, and you are left alone in Chang'an. You are like a sheep among wolves. It is better for you to come back to Wei County with me."

He went to the capital only to rescue Li Yaoying and had no intention of letting his great-grandson marry Li Yaoying. Unexpectedly, he suddenly received the bad news of Li Zhongqian. He could not bear to see Li Yaoying, who had lost her support, being bullied. After considering for two days, he decided to take the young lady back to Pei's family in Weijun.

It would be nice if Li Yaoying was willing to marry Pei Yu.

Yao Ying bowed solemnly to Pei Gong and said, "Some time ago, Cang urged Pei Gong to come to the capital. I have troubled Pei Gong to make this trip, but I haven't had the chance to thank him yet."

Pei Gong waved his hands nonchalantly and coughed twice: "I promised to help you once later, so I must keep my promise. You don't have to thank me. Qi Niang, I will not force you to marry Yu Lang. You can go back to Wei County with me. Although my Pei family cannot compare with the powerful officials and noble families in the capital, at least I can guarantee that you will be safe and worry-free."

Yao Ying smiled and shook her head: "Thank you, Mr. Pei, for your patronage."

The Pei family and the Xie family are sworn enemies, and the reason why Pei Gong came forward to help her was just to fulfill his promise.

Now Mr. Pei is willing to support her, but after Mr. Pei is gone, will the rest of the Pei family be willing to treat her well?

Even if Pei Yu could treat her well, when Li Xuanzhen ascended the throne in the future, the Pei family would definitely be implicated by her. How could a minor official in Wei County who only held an empty position fight against the king?

Yao Ying had already made up her mind and said, "If there is still no news in the next two days, I plan to go south."

Pei Gong raised his eyelids in surprise and stared at Yao Ying for a long while. "You may not be able to return to the capital safely this time, and your brother has died in the war."

Yaoying smiled, still as gentle and bright as a spring flower in full bloom on a branch: "If he's alive, I want to see him in person; if he's dead, I want to see his body. Whether my second brother is alive or dead, I'm going to take him back."

Pei Gong looked at Yao Ying, narrowed his eyes, was silent for a long time, and nodded approvingly.

"The ancestors of the Pei family were at odds with the Xie family. I have never liked the Xie family."

He raised his head, his cloudy eyes were filled with melancholy, "But I admire your uncle very much. He is a weak scholar who can't draw a bow, lift a sword, or even climb onto a horse. When the emperor and the Xie family formed an alliance, I saw your uncle. He was wearing a wide robe with big sleeves, standing side by side with the emperor. His face was more beautiful than the young lady in Wei County. I thought to myself, could this Wuliang Gongzi from Manjingnan be a girl?"

Pei Gong's mouth twitched slightly.

"I look down on Xie Wuliang. I think he is weak and calculating. He is a son of an aristocratic family. Even if he is not skilled in archery and horse riding, he should have the bearing of a son of an aristocratic family. But he is full of money and associates with a group of merchants who forget their principles for the sake of profit every day! However, the emperor admires him very much and regards him as a confidant. He discusses all military and political affairs with him."

Pei Gong looked down on Xie Wuliang at that time, thinking that Xie Wuliang was two-faced and that he formed an alliance with Li De for the sake of glory, wealth and nobility. Otherwise, why did the Xie family force Li De to marry Concubine Xie? Why did they join forces with the Li clan to suppress Li Xuanzhen and support Li Zhongqian?

Until the day Xie Wuliang died, Pei Gong finally understood: Xie Wuliang had never tarnished the century-old character of the Xie family.

However, no matter how much he admired it, as a member of the Pei family, he would not have any connection with the Xie family.

Pei Gong was distracted for a while, looking at Li Yaoying carefully.

"You look a bit like your uncle..."

Yao Ying was stunned. She had met Xie Wuliang when she was young, but she was too young at that time and could not remember what her uncle looked like. No one had ever told her that she looked like her uncle.

Pei Gong retracted his gaze and stood up: "Since you are determined, I will not persuade you."

He could only help so far. No matter how much he admired Xie Wuliang and Li Yaoying, his promise would not change: to save only Li Yaoying.

She wanted to die, and he couldn't stop her.

Yao Ying saw Pei Gong out.

Pei Gong's attendant helped him into the carriage. Seeing the regret on his face, he asked in a low voice, "Why do you look at the Seventh Princess differently?"

The Seventh Princess saved Pei Yu, and Pei Gong kept his promise and went to the capital to rescue her despite his old age. From then on, they were even. Pei Gong was not a kind-hearted person, so why did he still want to help the Seventh Princess?

Pei Gong turned around and saw Yao Ying still standing on the steps watching him go. Her skin was whiter than snow, her figure was graceful, and she was lush and fragrant. Anyone who saw her would probably not believe how thin she was when she was wrapped in her cradle.

Concubine Xie actually raised the dying baby girl.

"I won't save anyone related to the Xie family."

Pei Gong turned around and sat in the carriage, speaking softly.

…

Yao Ying waited for another two days, but the battle reports sent back to the capital were still unclear.

Zhao Tong found traces left by the Wei army by the river valley. He followed them all the way and found a battlefield. The river was rushing, so he only found the remains of some soldiers, but not Li Zhongqian's body.

Yao Ying didn't want to wait any longer, so she ordered the housekeeper to prepare the carriages and horses and get ready to set off.

Xie Qing and Xu Biao first escorted a carriage out of the city respectively to lead away the Hu people and other spies who were wandering outside the palace all day long. Yao Ying disguised himself as a merchant and then left the city.

They met at a post station on the official road. Before they could say anything, there was a thunderous sound of horse hooves coming from the mountain road to the south.

A fast horse came galloping like a sharp arrow. When it reached the front of the post station, the steed could not hold on any longer. It neighed twice and fell to the ground and died.

The rider on the horse was thrown in front of Xie Qing's mount. He climbed up with blood on his face. He glanced at Xie Qing's serious face, was stunned for a moment, and then shouted excitedly.

"Ah Qing!"

Xie Qing recognized that the other party was a retainer of the Xie family, who had been defeated by him before and later became Li Zhongqian's personal soldier.

For the first time, a look of shock appeared on his face: "Why are you here?"

Then he looked at Li Yaoying.

"Princess, he is Xie Chao, the king's personal soldier!"

Xie Chao followed his line of sight and saw Li Yaoying. He didn't have time to be surprised why the pampered princess would appear at the post station. He rushed forward, tears streaming down his face as it was covered in blood.

"Princess, the king is in danger and is on the verge of death. You must save him!"

The dry, spicy summer mountain breeze blows across the quiet mountain path, making a howling sound.

Yaoying gripped the reins tightly. She felt a sudden chill and heat on her body, and her heartbeat suddenly slowed down.

My brother is still alive.

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