Seeing the Fifth Prince winked at him, Le Qian stopped speaking. Then Lan Cangyue, the Fifth Prince, pulled the reins and ran towards the gate of the city.

In order to reach the gate of the city before Lan Cangmo could leave the city, Lan Cangyue turned the direction of his horse and passed through the market.

"Get away! Get out of my way! Hurry..." Lan Cangyue shouted aloud.

At that moment, seeing someone rushing through the market on a horse, people in the market couldn't help but scream loudly and then hurried to hide on both sides.

Some elderly people failed to react in time, so even the baskets carrying vegetables in their arms flew out.

Anyway, Lan Cangyue, the Fifth Prince, finally succeeded in reaching the city gate before Lan Cangmo, the Second Prince.

Arriving at the city gate, Lan Cangyue slowed down the speed of the horse and walked to the people guarding the city gate.

"Your Highness," Luojing, who was responsible for guarding the city gate, walked towards Lan Cangyue and curtseyed to him when seeing him coming.

Lan Cangyue stopped and asked, "Has the Second Prince left the Jing City?"

"His Highness? No, Your Highness," Luojing said while bowing his fists.

Hearing that, Lan Cangyue nodded. He then jumped off the horse and passed the reins to Luojing.

Luojing quickly led the horse over and handed it to the guards aside.

Then Luojing walked to Lan Cangyue, "Your Highness, what about resting on one side?"

"No need for that," Lan Cangyue waved at Luojing, looking towards the city.

At that time, Lan Cangmo's carriage went towards the city gate. Lan Cangyue couldn't help but smile and take two steps forward.

Huo Si, who was driving the carriage, leaned back and whispered, "Your Highness, the Fifth Prince is at the city gate. It seems that he's waiting for you."

"It never occurred to me that he can react so fast. When we come back, check all the maids and servants who have been to my residence!" hearing that, Lan Cangmo couldn't help but sneer. Then his face turned stiff.

He wasn't surprised at that. In fact, he had long doubted that someone working for the Fifth Prince was supervising him, but he had never caught that person. This morning, he intended to reveal the message. Beyond his expectation, the tail of the hidden fox appeared so quickly.

When the carriage was about to reach the city gate, Lan Cangyue took a few steps forward and said to the people in the carriage loudly, "My second brother, where are you going? Why are there so many people with you? Are you leaving?"

Staring at the large group of people behind the carriage, Lan Cangmo frowned a little.

"Your Highness," a servant got off the carriage and curtseyed to Lan Cangyue.

Lan Cangmo lifted the curtain of the carriage, looked at Lan Cangyue, and said, "Brother, how well-informed you are! It seems that you've been waiting here for a long time."

"Ah! Brother, what are you talking about? I got nothing to do this morning, so I prepared to have a trip on the horse. However, I felt a little tired when I arrived at the city gate, so I rested here. To my surprise, I saw your carriage. By the way, where are you going?" Lan Cangyue said with a smile. Then he returned to the original topic.

Lan Cangmo intended to pause at that time.

Seeing that he was unwilling to answer, Lan Cangyue said with a smile, "Brother, if you know any interesting place, just share it with me."

"I'm just bored in the palace, just like you, my brother. Yesterday was the day when the war between Xiling and Dongling began. However, no news has come back so far. I'm a little worried, so I want to check the situation there," raising one eyebrow, Lan Cangmo said.

After hearing Lan Cangmo's words, Lan Cangyue said with a smile, "Brother, in my opinion, you're worrying too much. Not to mention that the army of Dongling has lacked food for many days, we also have those men with nightmare worms provided by Wizard Zhan. We are sure to win this war!"

"Even if this is the case, I can't feel relaxed before I get the news," Lan Cangmo frowned a little and said.

Lan Cangyue said again, "Brother, please don't worry. Father will definitely bring back good news."

"If our army really defeats Dongling, I'll welcome Father personally. I've got nothing to do in the Jing City anyway," Lan Cangmo said to Lan Cangyue, smiling.

Hearing that, Lan Cangyue walked to the carriage and nodded to him, "I feel that your words really make sense. After all, I'm also idle in the palace. Brother, can I go with you?"

"It's brilliant to have someone to chat with on the way. Brother, if you want to have the trip, of course, there's a seat for you in the carriage. However, your mother..." Lan Cangmo said, looking at Lan Cangyue.

Lan Cangyue said with a smile, "Don't worry. I'll send someone to pass the message to the gate of the palace later."

While speaking, Lan Cangyue turned around to look at Luojing, "My servants are at the gate of the palace. Go there and inform them. Oh, by the way, send the horse back for me."

"Your Highness, don't worry. I will certainly accomplish the task," Luojing answered while bowing his fists at this time.

Then Lan Cangyue got on the carriage and said with a smile, "Brother, we can go now."

At this time, Lan Cangmo snickered. It never occurred to him that Lan Cangyue got hooked so quickly. Previously, he worried about his explanation of his going to the frontier suddenly to Father.

Here came the excuse now. With Lan Cangyue following him, even if any accident happened, it wouldn't appear to be well-planned!

He said to Huo Si, "Let's go."

The carriage went out of the city again.

When the carriage was gone, Luojing walked to Lan Cangyue's horse. He brought it over and said to the guardian at the gate, "Go to find a horse."

"Yes, Your Excellency," the guardian answered, turned around, and left.

When the horse was brought over, Luojing rode it with one hand leading Lan Cangyue's horse, going to the gate of the royal palace.

At the gate of the royal palace

It had been a long time after Lan Cangyue was gone. Not seeing Lan Cangyue coming back, Le Qian couldn't help feeling anxious.

At that time, Luojing came riding his horse.

Seeing that he was leading the Fifth Prince's horse, Le Qian hurried to walk forward and asked Luojing while looking at him, "Where's His Highness? Why do you have his horse?"

"Mr. Le," Luojing jumped off the horse and handed the reins to Le Qian.

Le Qian took them over, "Where's His Highness?"

"The Fifth Prince has gone out of the city on the Second Prince's carriage. He asked me to send his horse here and tell you about it," Luojing said.

Hearing that, Le Qian couldn't help but frown, "You mean His Highness has followed the Second Prince to leave the city."

"Yes," Luojing nodded.

Then Le Qian led the horse and walked towards the palace.

At the same time, Ye and Mo, who had been secretly observing the movement of the Second Prince, smiled at each other when they saw him leave the Jing City.

Then they began to contact the people they knew.

Back to the side of Emperor Xiling

Tian Kun didn't go to bed all night, being alert to anything happening nearby. It was good that everything went smoothly this night.

After all, they had lost to Dongling this time. Their emperor was still in the army. What was more, there were only over 1,000 soldiers in the army, including the wounded.

If Dongling sent people to assassinate His Majesty at night, the whole army would surely be completely wiped out!

Therefore, he asked people to supervise the movement of Dongling army from ten miles away. As soon as they found something unusual, they would warn with a beacon so that the emperor could be escorted away in time.

When the dawn came, Tian Kun walked to Emperor Xiling's tent. He walked in after hesitating for a moment.

Emperor Xiling was lying on the bed with his back facing him. Tian Kun walked forward and called in a low voice, "Your Majesty, it's dawn now. We shall leave."

"Got it. Help me put on the clothes!" hearing the words, Lan Kuo opened his eyes, took a sigh, and said.

Tian Kun answered while bowing his fists, "Yes, Your Majesty."

While saying, he walked to one side and brought Lan Kuo's clothes over, "Your Majesty."

Lan Kuo was supporting himself with hands pushing against the bed. Seeing this, Tian Kun hurried to bend over to help. After Lan Kuo sat up, Tian Kun helped him dress.

Lan Kuo seemed to be much older overnight. There was even much more white hair on his head.

"Is everything ready?" Lan Kuo asked Tian Kun in a slightly hoarse voice.

Tian Kun nodded, "Yes. Everything is ready. We're all waiting for you, Your Majesty."

"Hasn't Commander Yan been back now?" Lan Kuo asked again.

Tian Kun shook his head, "Not yet, Your Majesty."

"Let's go," Lan Kuo said with a deep sigh, closing his eyes. Then he walked outside.

Seeing this, Tian Kun quickly walked forward to lift the curtain of the tent, "Watch out, Your Majesty."

To their surprise, the moment the curtain was lifted, they saw a man kneeling outside the door. His body was covered with blood with messy hair and a dust-covered face. How awful he was!

"Who... Who are you?" seeing this, Tian Kun stood in front of Lan Kuo, pointed to the man, and asked.

The man kept kowtowing and said, "Your Majesty, it's all my fault! My right hand is disabled. That's why... Your Majesty, please just kill me!"

"Are... Are you Commander Yan?" hearing the voice, Tian Kun asked with disbelief.

Yan Hao said again while kowtowing, "Your Majesty, please kill me!"

"Commander Yan... What on earth has happened to you? Why do you become like this?" Tian Kun was sure that the man in front of him was his commander. He ran to him and said while pulling him.

Emperor Xiling also walked to him with disbelief, "Commander Yan, stand up and speak."

"Your Majesty, I shouldn't have the chance to meet you. Please just kill me," Yan Hao said to Lan Kuo again.

Lan Kuo said again at this time, "Stand up as I told you. You're still my official. Are you going to violate my order?"

"Commander Yan, just stand up," Tian Kun said to Yan Hao and helped him up.

When Yan Hao stood up, his face looked desperate.

Lan Kuo couldn't help but frown. He immediately asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"Your Majesty, I fell into the Shuo Ling’s trap of luring the enemy away from his base. When I found out his plan, he broke the channel of my hand. I'm afraid that I can't hold swords anymore," Yan Hao looked at his right hand with his face trembling.

Hearing that, Lan Kuo couldn't help but feel shocked. He then asked, "So what was going on then? What has Shuo Ling done? Why do you return to the military camp at this time?"