"What did you say?" Lan Cangmo hurried to ask.

Assistant Minister Yan looked around, walked close to Lan Cangmo, and whispered to him, "No matter who will be the Crown Prince, prime minister said that ministers needed to do their duty. From what prime minister said, I think he doesn't support the Third Prince or the Fifth Prince."

"Prime minister is truly butter-tonsiled. No matter who will be chosen as Crown Prince by my father, we can fight with them as long as we are supported by prime minister later." Hearing this, Lan Cangmo took a deep breath and said with a serious expression.

Assistant Minister Yan nodded and said, "The only good aspect is that prime minister doesn't support any party."

"Find a chance to let him support us." Lan Cangmo looked at Assistant Minister Yan with his eyes narrowed and said.

Hearing this, Assistant Minister Yan frowned and said, "Your Highness, I have helped prime minister before in the levee. Prime minister is clever and he knows what I mean. Today I find he is cautious and keeps his mouth shut, so I am afraid…"

"I see. If it is easy, I would have let him support me in my way. Before I think it's a matter of time. Now my father will go to the frontier. From what he said when he left, I feel very worried." Meanwhile, Lan Cangmo sighed.

Assistant Minister Yan frowned. Then an idea occurred to him, so he said, "Your Highness, I have come up with an idea, but…"

"What?" Seeing Assistant Minister Yan hesitate, Lan Cangmo hurried to ask him.

Assistant Minister Yan thought for a while and said, "Your Highness, I'm not sure whether it works, but we can have a try and you may have to suffer grievance."

"Please, Assistant Minister Yan." Lan Cangmo hurried to say.

Assistant Minister Yan nodded and whispered to Lan Cangmo near his ear.

Hearing this, the Second Prince frowned and shouted to Assistant Minister Yan with his finger pointing at him, "You mean I marry…"

"Your Highness, hold it down." Assistant Minister Yan hurried to interrupt Lan Cangmo.

Lan Cangmo shook his hand, looked around, and said in a low voice, "If I marry Prime minister’s unhealthy daughter, his daughter will be Xiling's Empress once I become the Emperor."

"Please forgive me, Your Highness." Assistant Minister Yan hurried to lower his head and said.

Lan Cangmo smiled, helped Assistant Minister Yan stand up, and continued, "It's OK. I know you say it for me. Don't mention it again."

"Yes, Your Highness." Assistant Minister Yan said and stood up.

Lan Cangmo said to him, "It's late. Go back earlier. I have to pay more attention to my imperial brothers."

"Goodbye, Your Highness." Assistant Minister Yan nodded.

Then Lan Cangmo got on the carriage aside. When he sat down, he said to the carter, "Back to the palace!"

Lan Cangmo sitting in the palace closed his eyes and thought about what Assistant Minister Yan had said.

Prime minister, the minister to three emperors, had a profound influence in the country and his imperial great-grandfather once authorized him an imperial stick that could be used to strike fatuous and self-indulgent emperors and traitor ministers.

Common tricks didn't work if he wanted the important minister to support him.

Prime minister didn't have a son before, but his concubine was pregnant when he was in his fifties. Later his concubine gave birth to a daughter named Fan Wan'er.

Fan Wan'er was born with fortune and love, but she was unhealthy at an early age and had medicines constantly. She stayed at home for 16 years, but nobody went to propose to her when she reached the age of marriage.

Although those ministers respected Prime minister, they were still reluctant to let their sons marry an unhealthy girl.

Thinking of this, Lan Cangmo sighed and thought it was reasonable. However, he needed to think twice because it might not be out of absolute necessity.

At the frontier of Dongling

Zheng Qiu and Zhao Po had packed up all the things, prepared for the carriages, and were about to return to Jiandu.

At the gate of the barracks

General Li and Shuo Ling were walking out of the barracks.

Zheng Qiu walked forward and said to him with his hands cupped, "General Li. My Lord."

"Don't be so polite. Take care on your way back to Jiandu." General Li looked at Zheng Qiu and other men and said to them.

Zheng Qiu nodded, "Thank you, General Li."

"Please say thanks to Mr. Xu and ordinary people in Jiandu for all the soldiers in our army. With food supported by them, we will win this time. Ask them not to feel worried." General Li added.

Hearing this, they nodded. Zhao Po walked forward and said, "Don't worry, General Li. We will tell them what you say."

"It's late. We need to leave." Zheng Qiu said to General Li.

General Li nodded, "Yes, you can find somewhere to live in if you leave earlier."

Zheng Qiu walked to the front of Shuo Ling and said with his hands cupped, "Your Lordship, I'm afraid that it's difficult to meet each other later since we are separated from each other this time. When you return to Jing City, I hope you help us extend our thanks to Infanta Qingcheng. It's her idea that helps us feed ourselves now."

"OK. I will extend your thanks." Hearing someone mention Yang Zijin, Shuo Ling felt happy with his soft eyes.

Zheng Qiu nodded, "Thank you, My Lord."

Meanwhile, Zheng Qiu and his followers got into the carriages and returned.

After Zheng Qiu left, General Li turned to say to Shuo Ling, "Your Lordship, let's go."

"Have you arranged the trap well?" Shuo Ling asked as well as walked.

General Li nodded with a smile, "Everything is ready, but…"

"But what?" Shuo Ling stopped to look at General Li and asked.

General Li thought for a while and asked, "I feel worried about something."

"Those men with the nightmare worm?" Shuo Ling said.

Hearing this, General Li nodded, "Sure. I truly feel a little bit worried about it. Those men with the nightmare worm have strong power. I am afraid that the king of witchcraft will fail to handle it by himself."

"General, don't worry. I will go to discuss it with the king of witchcraft. If so, I will deal with it with the king of witchcraft!" Shuo Ling said.

After what Shuo Ling said, General Li nodded, "Don't be tired of my verbosity, Your Lordship. You know Dongling more than me. Before we lost the battle, but we shouldn't bear any loss now."

"Don't worry, General Li. I know how to deal with it. As long as you fight with soldiers, we will deal with men with the nightmare worm for you." Shuo Ling narrowed his eyes and said.

General Li took a deep breath, "All depends on you, Your Lordship."

Without those men with the nightmare worm, he didn't worry about those troops of Xiling.

Shuo Ling nodded and walked to his residence.

Walking to the gate of his tent, Shuo Ling couldn't help stopping.

The sound of Hou Shi came from the tent, "What's up, Your Lordship?"

Shuo Ling smiled and walked into Hou Shi's tent.

After he walked in, Hou Shi raised his head to look at Shuo Ling and looked down to deal with things on the table, "Sit down, Your Lordship. Wait for a while."

"It's OK. Take your time, the king of witchcraft." Shuo Ling said, sat down on the chair beside him, and looked at what Hou Shi was doing.

Hou Shi put the medical liquid in a small bottle into the container with venomous worms.

Once the venomous worm got in touch with medical liquid, it directly mixed with the medical liquid. Seeing this, Shuo Ling frowned.

Hou Shi put the mixed medical liquid with venomous worms into the green bottle, shook it, and put it down. Then he raised his head and said, "It's ready."

"What are you doing, the king of witchcraft?" Shuo Ling looked at Hou Shi and said to him.

Hou Shi said with a smile, "Have you remembered that I snatched the king of the nightmare worm from Zhan You?"

"Of course. But later Zhan You played shabby tricks to take the king of the nightmare worm back." Once he thought that Zhan You took advantage of Yang Zijin to threaten him, his heart was filled with the intent of killing.

Shuo Ling said with coldness.

Hou Shi added, "Do you remember that you play some tricks when you take the king of the nightmare worm back?"

"Tricks? What do you mean?" Hearing this, Shuo Ling frowned and asked.

Hou Shi smiled, "I know my junior fellow apprentice will not give up until he fails. Even if there are few opportunities, he will stick to it. I have thought of it, but I have never thought that it will come so quickly."

Meanwhile, Hou Shi sighed and felt entangled. He never thought good brothers needed to fight against each other.

"Have you thought of how to deal with those men with the nightmare worm?" Hearing this, Shuo Ling asked.

Hou Shi nodded and continued, "Before I dusted some medicine powder on the nightmare worm. As long as Zhan You feeds the king of the nightmare worm and opens the cover, the medicine powder will enter his body."

"Aren't you afraid that you will hurt Zhan You?" Hearing this, Shuo Ling looked at Hou Shi and said with a smile.

Hou Shi shook his head, "The power enters the body separately isn't harmful. The king of the nightmare worm will die if the powder mixes with the blood, and the king of the nightmare worm is fed by it."

"Good idea. How will it be if the king of the nightmare worm has been fed by blood for a long time?" Shuo Ling interrupted him.

Hou Shi said, "The king of the nightmare worm has drunk Zhan You's blood for a long time. His ability to control the nightmare worm decreases. When those men with the nightmare worm appear tomorrow, Zhan You must control them nearby. At that time, as long as I dust the medical liquid on the king of the nightmare worm, the men with the nightmare worm will be slower in their motion. At that time, stab their hearts directly. But…"