Chapter 372 The Empress is Clever
"So what if I look directly at you? I'm not a royal bodyguard anymore!"
Mo Lang's voice became more serious: "I saw you talking to Jin Duoduo yesterday. Stay away from him from now on."
Stay away from the men in the village. You're young and can't tell right from wrong; you might get sold out.
"And what about you? Do you need to stay away?" Qingyao retorted, deliberately trying to provoke him.
Mo Lang examined her closely again.
She's pitifully timid, but she's fierce towards him.
Is it due to blood ties?
Qingyao's face flushed.
You're looking at her like that again!
I noticed it a long time ago. Mo Lang keeps staring at her, and he doesn't even try to hide it!
Is it true, as Qiaoxiu said, that he's thinking about something else?
She blushed.
"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking!" the little princess said angrily, her head down.
Mo Lang: "..."
What is he thinking?
I wonder who this little princess took her temperament from.
What were his parents like again?
"If I see you with Jin Duoduo again, I'll beat him so badly he can't stand up," Mo Lang warned.
Qingyao was taken aback, then squinted her eyes and burst out laughing.
"Are you stupid? Hitting him isn't hitting me, so what does it have to do with me!"
Mo Lang's face softened, and a smile curved his lips. In an instant, winter turned to spring.
Qingyao thought he would look really good if he smiled a little bigger.
"Brother Mo! The young master has sent a letter!"
The messenger has arrived.
Mo Lang quickly took the letter and went to deliver it to Lu Qingqing.
After reading it, Lu Qingqing excitedly knocked over the medicine beside her.
"We've arrived in the capital!"
"It went very smoothly!"
"With the help of Prince Qing'an, Shangguan Yu fled north with the Empress and Ji Canglin, and Gu Chengzhou has already led his men to pursue them."
"Very good!"
Finally... finally...
Mo Lang's expression also betrayed his inability to control his emotions.
The young master has finally reclaimed what is rightfully his!
Qingyao, who had followed, covered her mouth and began to cry.
From the few words on the letter, Lu Qingqing knew that they must have gone through a lot of danger.
She wanted to go to the capital.
I want to see him.
This thought grew stronger and stronger.
But reason told her that the matter of the Holy Doctor Sect was not yet resolved.
Father is still there, but Mother's whereabouts are unknown.
She needs to go to the Holy Physician's Gate first!
Once Ji Ruyan ascends the throne, she will proclaim to the world that she will have unimpeded access to any place!
However, the next day, another urgent report arrived.
There was only a day between them, could something have happened?
Lu Qingqing nervously opened the letter.
really.
"The Western Liao Dynasty disregarded the agreement and launched an attack on Da Gan. In one night, they captured three cities and continued to advance eastward. Judging from the momentum, they intend to take over the Central Plains!"
They moved so quickly because they had someone helping them.
Feathers, beasts, spirits, and races!
Feathered Beast Spirit Clan?
Mo Lang's eyes widened slightly.
That's... one of the young master's clansmen?
There are still people alive, and they're helping foreign tribes?
"Before he could ascend the throne, the Prince of Qing'an was in charge of the capital. Your young master had already led his army to resist the Western Liao. Moreover, he said in his letter..."
If we continue eastward from Xiliao, another thousand miles will take us to the territory of the Holy Physician Sect. We fear that the Holy Physician Sect might turn to Xiliao in desperation. Therefore, we can set off to kill them now!
He has already sent a message to the garrison in the nearby prefectural city, instructing them not to obstruct him.
Mo Lang's handsome face was solemn: "How many soldiers do you need? I will arrange it right now!"
"All 20,000 Gu family soldiers, after annihilating the Holy Physician Sect, go and reunite with your young master!"
"yes!"
...
Outside Jinzhou City.
Over 100,000 troops were temporarily stationed there.
A thin, haggard woman sat on the grass, staring blankly into the distance, lost in thought.
No one could have imagined that this was the once elegant, dignified, and dazzling Empress.
Shangguan Yu, his face dark with anger, walked over carrying a bowl of water.
"Drink water!"
The Empress did not move.
"Shangguan Zhi!"
The woman turned her head, looked at him, and asked expressionlessly, "Brother, are all the evil deeds that are being spread outside about you and the Holy Healer Sect true?"
Shangguan Yu laughed angrily: "Otherwise what? You want me to station troops, where will the money come from?"
"Is Her Majesty the Empress taking the benefits and then trying to pin the blame on me?"
"I just never expected that I'd raise an army but have no horse handlers! What kind of monster did you give birth to?!"
He growled angrily.
His eyes fell on the boy who was sitting not far away with his legs crossed and a blade of grass in his mouth, and a murderous aura surged from his body again.
"If he hadn't been constantly opposing us, would we have ended up in this state? He wouldn't even have been allowed to ascend the throne!"
"Shangguan Zhi, is he really your son?"
He's not even as obedient and filial as Ji Ruyan's fake son!
The empress's face turned even paler, as if it had been coated with flour.
"Enough talk, let's rest a bit and hurry on our way. We'll be safe once we reach the Wanshui border."
Fortunately, the Western Liao attacked Daqian, keeping Ji Ruyan busy and giving us a chance to escape.
Upon hearing this, the Empress trembled slightly.
"Hehe..." came the boy's sneer.
"Of course, it was the Empress who was wise to send a letter to the King of Western Liao in advance."
Shangguan Yu looked at the Empress in astonishment.
The queen buried her head in her knees, trembling like a falling leaf.
"I only... wanted him to create the illusion that the enemy was at the gates, who would have thought..."
Who would have thought they were serious!
Before Shangguan Yu could recover from the shock, he heard the sounds of commotion from the army.
The boy leaped onto the horse.
"Your Majesty, Imperial Brother-in-Law, I know my bloodline is impure and I am unworthy to travel with you. Today we part ways, never to meet again, in life or death! Giddy up—"
The empress panicked immediately.
"Don't leave! Ji Canglin! I am your mother!"
Shangguan Yu moved swiftly, flicking out a long whip that snapped Ji Canglin off his horse.
Then he leaped up and grabbed Ji Canglin's collar with his iron-like hands, as if he were a chick.
No matter how much of a scoundrel Ji Canglin is, he can't leave; he's a bargaining chip for returning to the capital.
The boy looked up at Shangguan Island overhead, bathed in the sunlight.
There was no more feigned innocence or cunning, nor any more treacherous or wicked behavior.
Those beautiful eyes held only calm, a stillness like stagnant water.
But Shangguan Yu's hand trembled.
The sunlight descended like a miracle, exposing all darkness.
What did he see in those eyes?
A wisp of...amber light?
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