Sensing Qin Jiaoxi's worry, Bo Jiming calmly protected her and returned to the room.
"We don't need to explain anything to the people!"
"Now that my father-in-law is back, he shouldn't be the one to explain anything to the people!"
What should be explained is the person who trained these common people into assassins.
Qin Jiaoxi looked up at him: "Then we can't get out either!"
The people outside were in high spirits and told them to get out of Shuizhuang Town and out of Yanchu Kingdom. How could they be allowed to go towards the next city?
Bo Jiming glanced at the people who were still noisy outside the courtyard and smiled slightly: "You think we can't get out?"
As he spoke, he opened the window in the backyard, looked at the courtyard wall outside, and stretched out his hand towards Qin Jiaoxi: "Have you forgotten that I was addicted to climbing over walls before?"
Qin Jiaoxi was stunned, remembering that when he first approached her, he climbed over the wall every night to see her, and he burst out laughing.
"I really forgot...but I didn't expect that now I am so familiar with you as if I have known you for many years!"
Bo Jiming took the hand she extended, and they climbed over the wall and left the house together.
After jumping off the courtyard wall, they were surprised to find that Meng Yinqin was riding a horse waiting for them in the alley outside the backyard.
Qin Jiaoxi: "...Dad, why are you here?"
Meng Yinqin said calmly: "Waiting for you!"
Han Zhan said quietly at the corner: "So if you don't come out, I will have to go in and catch you!"
Qin Jiaoxi looked back displeased: "Dad, do we really have to leave secretly like this?"
Still have to bear the name of disaster star?
And it was in such a mess that there was no time to clean up everything.
Meng Yinqin saw her thoughts, pondered for a few breaths, and said: "It's not a secret, but an expedient measure!"
"This king has been mentally prepared since he decided to return to Yanchu Kingdom!"
"Although the king did not come back ten years ago, this does not mean that he has given up on the royal inheritance!"
"They can always look for the person of Yuehen, or they can keep the position of the prince vacant. This is not the case when an illegitimate child in the previous dynasty was lost!"
"However, the current prince could not resist the temptation and chose to deceive, trying to hide the truth and become the emperor. This is his greed!"
"If because of this, the prince feels that I have come back specially to seize this identity, then I am here to seize this identity!"
"But if he feels that this king is here to ask for this identity from him, then I will not hesitate to take back everything that belongs to me!"
The last two sentences sound like there is no difference.
But Qin Jiaoxi knew that if he just regained his identity, there might be some room for him.
But if he takes back everything that belongs to him, then the prince will definitely have no chance of survival.
It seems that the prince's behavior angered his father.
After all, when they came out of the Valley of Divine Doctors, no one thought about how to deal with the prince.
Even Bo Jiming felt that in a country with such an eye-catching sign as Yuehen and a country where the royal family's inheritance was undisputed, did such a thing as returning to the throne still need to be planned?
Unexpectedly, it actually requires planning.
After leaving Shuizhuang Town, Meng Yinqin blew a whistle.
A black shadow appeared in the corner: "King!"
Meng Yinqin did not shy away from a few people, and ordered: "Inform the soldiers and horses outside the town that they can continue to set off, bypass all the cities, and go straight to Beiling!"
After finishing his instructions, he looked at Qin Jiaoxi: "Xi'er, do you know why Yanchu wants the new king to succeed at this time?"
Qin Jiaoxi shook his head: "I don't know!"
Meng Yinqin sighed and said: "That's because it has been a year since the last emperor of Yanchu went to the west!"
For a moment, Qin Jiaoxi didn't understand the connection between them.
Bo Jiming frowned and said, "My father-in-law means that even if the prince and the current emperor don't find a way to let the prince pass through that door safely, he still has to give up the throne?"
Meng Yinqin glanced at him in surprise: "You know a lot!"
Because there was no struggle to seize the rightful heir, the royal family of Yanchu had always been peaceful.
Normally, the old emperor would not hold on to his position all the time.
Even this supreme position has a fatal attraction for men.
But in Yanchu, even the old emperor who abdicated in advance could still enjoy some imperial power.
Therefore, he can not only retire early for retirement, but also provide opinions on matters he cares about. In most cases, the new emperor respects his own ideas. There is no emperor who is unwilling to retire early for retirement.
Usually it takes about five years after a new moon mark appears for the new king to be trained to the point where he can succeed to the throne.
If it doesn't work, keep it for another year or two.
But if the previous emperor went west, then the current emperor would have to give up the throne within one year of the previous emperor's departure anyway, so as to ensure that there is someone in the position of the Supreme Emperor.
After Bo Jiming explained the situation to Qin Jiaoxi, Qin Jiaoxi was also stunned: "So when dad comes back now, he is just watching one year after the death of the late emperor?"
Meng Yinqin shook his head: "No, it's just a coincidence that I'm back now!"
"But if he has succeeded to the throne, I can take back everything when I come back!"
It has been said that he is not alone. Those veterans who stayed in Yanchu Kingdom to support him have been waiting for him all these years.
Even if he doesn't come back today, the prince may not be able to successfully succeed to the throne.
With the old god at the side, Han Zhan held the horse's belly and closed his eyes to rest, and suddenly interjected: "I'm sorry to be blunt, but I heard that the prince's moon marks can be mistaken for real!"
Qin Jiaoxi was stunned: "How can this be confused with reality?"
"My father's moon marks disappear when exposed to light. They can only be revealed without light. You only need to block the light a few times to identify the authenticity!"
"No one has exposed the prince for so many years because no one dared to ask him for verification!"
Han Zhan raised his eyebrows: "Girl, don't you think that the prince wouldn't think of this?"
"On weekdays, even if no one comes to him for verification, he will find a way to show it off, right?"
Qin Jiaoxi tilted his head: "Then what can he use to draw this moon mark on himself? And can it correspond to the light just like the real thing?"
Bo Jiming patted her head: "Not all moon marks can disappear like your father's!"
Qin Jiaoxi: "What do you mean?"
Bo Jiming thought for a while: "It is said that the previous emperor's moon mark looked like a full moon under the light. When there is no light, it looks like a half-moon mark!"
"And today's emperor, the moon mark is between the eyebrows. No matter whether there is light or not, you can still see the moon shadow. But if there is light, it will be dimmer. If there is no light, it will be very obvious!"
Qin Jiaoxi suddenly took a breath of cold air: "So, you mean, no one can know what will happen to the next emperor, Yuehen?"
Bo Jiming nodded: "Yes, before the next successor appears, no one will know in advance what his moon marks will look like!"