Hearing that, Lan Cangyue said, "Father, are you OK..."

Lan Cangmo quickly pulled Lan Cangyue's clothes and tipped him a wink. Then, he said with his hands arched, "Yes, Father."

Lan Cangyue stopped talking about that and just said with his hands arched, "Then, I'll back off."

Then, they got off the carriage successively.

Lan Cangyue followed Lan Cangmo to sit in front of the bonfire beside them.

When Lan Cangyue squatted, he picked up a twig and threw it into the fire.

With the twig being thrown in, the flame leaped up and down. In a twinkling, the twig also began to burn.

Lan Cangyue looked at Lan Cangmo sitting next to him and asked, "Second Brother, how could we suffer such a stunning defeat? How could our father be reduced to this situation!"

"Nothing is absolute on the battlefield. Perhaps this is God's will. We do not have the destiny to unify the four states." Lan Cangmo squinted and said to Lan Cangyue, looking at the fire in front of them.

Then, Lan Cangyue asked, "So, Second Brother, what do you think is the reason for our defeat?"

Lan Cangmo glanced at Lan Cangyue and said, "I don't know." Then, he turned his head.

He leaned against the tree behind him and closed his eyes.

Lan Cangyue glanced at Lan Cangmo and then shifted his eyes to the fire.

What happened today made him feel weird, but he could not explain it in detail.

He always felt that Lan Cangmo knew something. But when he thought it over, it seemed that he did not.

When Lan Cangmo left the city, they indeed did not receive any news about the situation on the battlefield.

Moreover, as he followed Lan Cangmo all the way, it was impossible for Lan Cangmo to do something without being known by him.

But how could it be so coincidental? Previously, no matter what he said, Lan Cangmo did not agree to take a rest. However, when they reached here, he didn't say many words but Lan Cangmo agreed.

Could it be planned? Thinking of this, Lan Cangyue shook his head again. That was impossible because he was also in the carriage at that time and no subordinate of Lan Cangmo once came. Maybe he thought too much. It was just a coincidence.

Thinking of this, Lan Cangyue supported his jaw with his hands.

At this time in the Xiling Palace

The mother of the fifth prince, the Imperial Concubine Luo Lan, who was Lan Cangyue's mother, came back to the Palace from the outside temple.

A sound of a glass slammed to the floor came outside her chamber.

Then Concubine Luo Lan exclaimed, "What? Fifth Prince went to the border with Second Prince?"

"Yes. His Highness asked me to inform Your Grace when he left. However, Your Grace went to the temple where men are not allowed to enter. Therefore..." Le Qian said.

Before Le Qian could finish his words, Concubine Luo Lan shouted at him, "What about you? Why didn't you go with him?"

"Your Grace, at that time His Highness said that he would come back very soon and asked me to wait for him outside the Palace instead of following him. However, only after a while, a gate guard came over and reported that His Highness had left for the border with Second Prince." Le Qian said quickly, arching his hands.

Hearing that, Concubine Luo Lan's chest went up and down. Regardless of her bearing that she had always attached great importance to, she pointed at Le Qian and scolded, "You punks! You didn't follow him just as he asked you not to follow him? What a far distance to the border! The fifth Prince had never gone on such a long journey, not to mention he left with Lan Cangmo! Don't you have a brain? If any accident happens, all of you will pay with your lives!"

Mei, Concubine Luo Lan's servant girl standing beside her, quickly went up to Concubine Luo Lan and helped her to breathe smoothly. Then she said, "Your Grace, please don't be angry. It's bad for your health."

Before Mei could finish her words, Concubine Luo Lan pulled her down to the ground and interrupted her loudly, "All of you get out of here!"

Without caring about her pain, Mei quickly picked herself up and said, "Yes."

Then, Mei backed off.

Seeing Mei going out, other servant girls outside the door all came up to her and whispered, "Sister Mei, what happened?"

Hearing that, Mei glared at that servant girl and hissed, "It's none of your business! Keep your mouth closed!"

Hearing that, that servant girl quickly lowered her head and said in a low voice, "I know."

"Ah! Sister Mei, your hand is bleeding." Another servant girl standing on the side said in a scared voice.

Hearing that, Mei looked at her hands. Just now, she fell with her hand on the broken porcelain when Concubine Luo Lan pushed her. She must have cut her hand at that time.

At that moment, she was so scared that she did not feel the pain.

Then she quickly took out a handkerchief to cover her bleeding cut.

"Forget it, just as if nothing ever happened. Otherwise, you know the consequence." Mei said to those servant girls.

Hearing that, those servant girls nodded and replied, "Don't worry, Sister Mei. We all know how to do."

Mei took a glance at the bloody handkerchief, and then she said to a servant girl named Jin, "Jin, come with me."

Jin nodded and followed Mei.

It was understandable for Concubine Luo Lan to be so angry as Lan Cangyue grew up with her great care. The fact that the border area was a place of frequent wars was also the point.

The worst was that he went there with Lan Cangmo. That was nothing short of walking with a tiger!

Lan Cangmo was a shrewd and complex person. Although her son could play some petty tricks, the fact was that he was surrounded by the people of Lan Cangmo.

If Lan Cangmo killed her son secretly on their way and gave an excuse that they met robbers...

Thinking of this, Concubine Luo Lan tried her best to make herself calm down and then walked up to Le Qian, "Now, you go to gather several people to go out and look for the Fifth Prince."

"Yes, Your Grace. I'll go now." Le Qian nodded and said with his hands arched.

Concubine Luo Lan took a deep breath. "It’s the best if the Fifth Prince is fine. If there is something wrong, you don’t have to come back, either."

Le Qian nodded and got out of the room.

After Le Qian had left, Concubine Luo Lan threw herself into the chair. She closed her eyes and said in her mind that she wanted her son's safe return.

After a while, she opened her eyes and hove a sigh. Perhaps she worried too much. As till now, they had not received any news from the border. They still did not know whether Xiling won or not.

Although it was highly likely for them to defeat Dongling, she was somehow still unsettled.

Before dawn, Lan Cangmo called Huo Si to come over.

"Your Highness." Huo Si said with his hands arched.

Then Lan Cangmo ordered Huo Si, "Wake up all the people to get ready. We set off immediately."

"Yes, Your Highness." Huo Si replied with a nod. Then, he turned around and walked aside.

Those wounded soldiers had ointment on their cuts last night and rested for a night, so it should be no problem for them to walk on their own. Considering the walking distance, he thought it was better to set off earlier.

Yan Hao, who was wounded, slightly moved his eyes with the noise. Then, he opened his eyes and sat up.

After one night's rest, the injuries on his body did not get better. Instead, he became more painful.

At this time, he slowly stood up with the support of the sword in his left hand.

Lan Cangmo came up to Yan Hao and asked, "Commander Yan, do you feel better?"

"Your Highness, thank you for your care. I am..." Yan Hao gave two quiet coughs with blood when speaking.

Seeing that, Lan Cangmo slightly frowned. It seemed that Yan Hao had suffered some internal injuries.

To some extent, Yan Hao had superior skills among all the people in Xiling. How could he suffer such serious internal injuries?

Then Lan Cangmo asked him, "You suffered some internal injuries last night?"

"It was on the battlefield that..." Yan Hao started to cough again.

Lan Cangmo nodded and said, "I see. There are horses ahead. I will ask someone to spare one for you."

"Thanks a lot, Your Highness." Yan Hao said, arching his hands.

At this time, Huo Si came in and said to Lan Cangmo with his hands arched, "Your Highness, everything is ready. We can go anytime."

Lan Cangmo nodded and said, "OK. Arrange a horse for Commander Yan."

Hearing that, Huo Si quickly replied, "OK, Your Highness."

Then, Lan Cangmo looked at Lan Cangyue resting beside the fire. He gave a little smile and walked to him.

When he walked up to Lan Cangyue, he squatted and touched his arm, "Fifth younger brother, it's time to leave."

Hearing that, Lan Cangyue suddenly opened his eyes and asked Lan Cangmo, "Oh... What? We'll go?"

Lan Cangmo nodded.

Then, Lan Cangyue rubbed his sleepy eyes and stood up. He looked around and asked, "Has Father waken up?"

Looking at the carriage, Lan Cangmo said to Lan Cangyue, "He should have not waked up yet. Let's go there together."

Lan Cangyue nodded, and then they walked to the carriage together.

When they walked up to the carriage, Lan Cangmo was about to say something.

Then he heard Lan Kuo's voice, "Come in."

"Yes, Father." They looked at each other and got on the carriage successively.

After getting on the carriage, Lan Cangyue said first, "Father, you're awake."

"Yes." Lan Kuo bent his head slightly.

The matters that the army of Xiling was defeated before and he was attacked by some unknown people on the way back had made him exhausted both physically and mentally. He only squinted for a while at night. After a night, it seemed that those matters put years on Lan Kuo.

Then Lan Kuo asked, "What's the situation outside?"

"Father, everything is ready and waits for your order."

"If so, let's set off." Lan Kuo looked at Lan Cangmo and said.

Lan Cangmo nodded. Then, he lifted the curtain and said to Huo Si, "Let's go!"

"Yes!" Huo Si replied and walked aside.

The carriage moved forward slowly.

Ye and Mo, who were observing in secret, watched the group leave. Mo breathed a sigh of relief, "It seems that the plan is going well. But why is Marquis going to do this?"

"We only need to follow the order. He has his own plan for the rest." Ye said to Mo, looking at the carriage going far away.