Liu Huo said in annoyance: "Now that my son is passive, my father will definitely not let me go."
Duanmu Yunji glared at him angrily and said: "That's for sure. We can't do anything now. We can only wait for changes. Now the emperor's focus will be on Dongling. We can only take a step back. Just in time.
Recharge your batteries.”
Liuhuo nodded silently.
"How is your relationship with the princess? She still refuses to help you?" Duanmu Yunji asked.
Liuhuo smiled faintly and said, "Sooner or later she will agree to help me. Mother, you don't have to worry about this."
"Okay, let them fight with Dongling first. Once Southern Xinjiang forms an alliance with us, we will no longer delay and hesitate. When the time is right, we will do a big thing and succeed in one fell swoop." Duanmu Yunji said coldly.
, with fierceness in his eyes.
"The queen is wise." A sinister smile appeared on Liu Huo's lips.
"I'm going back to the palace first. You can figure out how to answer the emperor's accusations. You can't escape the blame this time." Duanmu Yunji got up, and Liu Huo helped her out and walked to the door of the palace, where she sat on Feng Ji.
Leave in chariot.
Liu Hongjing waited for a while in the Chaoyang Hall, and then the eunuch chief brought Feng Lin, Huamei, Liu Ye, Eunuch An, and Eunuch Wu over. A row of people knelt down tremblingly, not daring to raise their heads.
"What did you old thief Qi Yu say about the princess's antidote?" Liu Hongjing asked sharply.
Eunuch Wu touched his head to the ground and replied carefully: "Our emperor didn't say anything, he just didn't provide any more antidote."
Feng Lin raised his head and asked in a low voice with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, where is the princess? Is she okay?"
Liu Hongjing glanced at him, and Feng Lin was so frightened that he quickly lowered his head.
"You guys go back to Dongling immediately and tell old thief Qi Yu that if you don't deliver the antidote to the heart-biting powder to the princess, don't blame Liu for destroying Dongling!" Liu Hongjing suddenly shot several cases.
, was so frightened that everyone present trembled.
"We will go back immediately to deliver the letter." Eunuch Wu hurriedly agreed. Eunuch An and Liuye also kowtowed and agreed. After working hard in the Xiling harem for so long, they never thought they would have the opportunity to return to Dongling.
"Your Majesty, if my maid does not go back to Dongling, I swear to death that I will only follow the princess." Feng Lin had been pretending to be a woman for so long that his female voice was completely fake.
Liu Hongjing looked at him for a while, his face became kind, and asked: "Are you her maid?"
Feng Lin nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes."
Liu Hongjing nodded: "Okay, then you can go to the princess and take care of her now. She will definitely be happy to see you."
Feng Lin was overjoyed and hurriedly kowtowed to thank him, then exited the palace and headed towards Ruoxi Palace under the guidance of the eunuch outside.
By the time the prince, tutor, and prime minister arrived at the Chaoyang Palace, Eunuch An and the others had been sent out of the palace, and Liu Hongjing was sitting on the dragon chair with a majestic look on his face.
After paying homage, the Grand Tutor and the Prime Minister's father-in-law came over and moved chairs to sit down, but Prince Liu Fan was the only one who knelt on the ground and did not dare to get up.
Liu Hongjing stared at the prince for a long time before asking: "What are you going to do?"
Liu Fan replied: "My son is willing to lead the troops to attack Dongling, and he will die to get the antidote, so that the princess will not suffer again!"
Liu Hongjing looked at his son with a complex expression. He could deeply feel the prince's affection in his words and demeanor. Should he blame him or help him? His heart was suddenly confused. But from the beginning,
The princess came in the name of the future imperial concubine. How could he be tempted by his father's woman?
"I promise you, I will immediately prepare to lead the troops to attack Dongling. We must get the antidote no matter what, and we cannot let the princess suffer again!"
"Your Majesty, the road between Dongling and Xiling is far away. With a large army of soldiers and horses marching, I'm afraid they won't be able to reach Dongling in a month," the prime minister said.
"The prince will lead an elite group first, and then lead a large army to the south to follow. I and the princess will go to the border to wait. The affairs in the court will be taken care of by the prince and the prime minister for the time being." Liu Hongjing made a decision.
"According to the decree." The prince, the tutor and the prime minister hurriedly accepted the decree.
"Your Majesty, it is too dangerous for you to leave the palace. You have forgotten the dangers you will encounter on the way to the Taoist temple." Taifu said.
"I will bring the most elite royal guards with me, you don't have to worry." Liu Hongjing said.
"Father, if the masked dog thief who assassinated you last time was Tong Fu'an, the imperial guards would not be able to resist him. You can't leave the palace rashly. Why don't you—" Liu Fan stopped at this point.
Liu Hongjing stared at him for a while before saying, "Do you want her to follow the army eastward?"
"Yes." Liu Fan lowered his head and replied.
Liu Hongjing was silent, his face as cold as frost. Both the Tutor and the Prime Minister looked at him nervously, waiting for him to speak.
"Father, now that I have put my son and daughter's personal relationship aside, if I have any wrong thoughts about the princess again, I will be so jade that I will be shattered to pieces!" Liu Fan took off the jade ring on his thumb and held it in his hand.
It was crushed to pieces.
Liu Hongjing looked at him, and then sighed for a long time and said: "I hope you understand my heart. The princess is not an ordinary person. I don't know if you still remember the day your mother passed away. I dropped my blood on your mother's eyebrows."
What we are looking forward to is our reunion today."
Liu Fan's eyes turned red instantly. How could he not understand that he had missed his father for so many years? From the moment he decided to send Ripple to his father, he knew that the road between him and Ripple had come to an end. "Son.
I understand, please rest assured, father, that my son will never do anything to harm his father again." He choked and said.
Liu Hongjing turned his back and said: "Okay, I promise you that the princess will go eastward with the army. You must be careful. Although I swear to die, I will not allow you to die. You must always remember that you are my
The most beloved son!"
Liu Fan prostrated himself on the ground: "My son understands."
The Taifu and the Prime Minister looked on, turning their heads and quietly wiping away tears.
"Go down, gather your troops, and set off immediately," Liu Hongjing said.
"I obey." Liu Fan got up from the ground, exited the palace, and quickly went to the East Palace and Xiaozhu to pack their bags. After the two selected a few bodyguards with superb martial arts skills, they left the palace.
"Should Wuyou and the others come with us?" Xiao Zhu asked Lu Fan.
"It should be safe for Lianyi to follow the army heading south. Wuyou and the others can just stay with us. Just leave little Gudong to accompany Lianyi." Liu Fan replied.
"Okay, we won't go to Taifu's Mansion. I'll just set off a rocket." Xiaozhu raised his hand, and a sleeve arrow flew into the sky, bursting into flames.
"Let's go, they will arrive soon." Xiaozhu said, and shouted "Drive", the horse quickened the pace, Liu Fan also whipped the horse, and pedestrians gave way one after another. Soon, in Shen Yan,
In Feiyangli, they left the imperial capital and galloped eastward.
In the Taifu Mansion, Wuyou Yunshang and others quickly left the house and rode their horses to catch up to the east. In the imperial capital, Tong Fuan also saw the rockets blooming in the sky in his secret courtyard.