“I can’t pay attention to so many things anymore. What I am focusing on now is the fact that they haven’t come back till now. Other issues will be handled later. All I want to know is that whether they are safe or not.” Pei Moning looked at Runyu. He couldn't help being irritated.

Runyu said at this time, “Pei, now that you only want to know whether they are safe, what about me sneaking into the royal palace and having a look?”

“Really?” Hearing that, Pei Moning looked at Runyu and said.

Runyu’s flying skill was magnificent. If it was him who sneaked into the palace, he would definitely find Yang Zijin without being discovered.

Runyu nodded to Pei Moning.

Seeing Runyu nodding, Pei Moning couldn’t help but smile. Patting Runyu on his shoulder, Pei Moning said, “Well, thank you for the help then.”

“Stay here and wait for me. Don’t act recklessly.” Runyu said while looking at Pei Moning.

Then Pei Moning nodded.

While speaking, Runyu disappeared into the darkness of the night with a flash.

At the Lanfeng Courtyard in the royal palace, the dinner was brought by the servant girl in the yard to Yang Zijin. After having dinner, Yang Zijin intended to walk out of the house and take a stroll in the yard.

She looked outside through the crack between the two-door leaves. As she had guessed before, there were more guards outside the Lanfeng Courtyard.

Seeing this, Yang Zijin couldn’t help smiling. Then she walked to the house.

It was a moonlit night when the moon rose from behind the branches of the willow tree.

However, both Yang Zijin and Jiang Wei were not a bit sleepy.

Both of them knew well in their hearts that without them returning and without receiving any message about them at this time, Pei Moning and Runyu would certainly sneak into the palace and contact them.

That was why they were waiting now.

After sneaking into the palace, Runyu couldn’t help frowning. The palace of Beiling was so huge. Where should he begin to look for them?

However, soon he began to smile. If the emperor of Beiling asked the Infanta to spend the night in the palace, he must do it for some reason. Therefore, there must be many more soldiers around Yang Zijin’s residence than everywhere else.

Thinking of this, Runyu continued to run on the roof in the palace while minding the situation under him.

As he had expected, Runyu found that there were many more guards around a yard than everywhere else. So he stopped for careful observation.

There were still some lights in the house with two figures reflected on the window. Runyu smiled. With one move, he went directly to the yard.

The guards around the yard only felt a gust of wind blowing. They looked around but found nothing unusual.

Yang Zijin and Jiang Wei, who stayed in the house, heard the sound at the door. Suddenly, there was a gust of cool wind blowing out the candle. They looked back but saw nothing.

The two people glanced at each other and frowned slightly.

A voice came from their backs, “Your Highness.”

The two people hurried to turn around and have a look. Runyu was standing behind, not far away from them.

With moonlight, Yan Zijin could see Runyu vaguely.

“Mr. Run, you’ve come here.” Yang Zijin stood up and said while looking at Runyu.

Runyu nodded at this moment.

Jiang Wei frowned slightly while looking at Runyu. During their trip, she knew that Runyu must be better at martial arts than she was. However, she had never thought that his martial arts had reached the acme of perfection like that.

When he entered the house just now, it was surprising that she felt nothing at all.

“Your Highness, what’s this all about? Pei has been really worried since you left Snowy House.” Runyu looked at Yang Zijin and said.

Yang Zijin walked to the table and said, “Mr. Run, please have your seat.”

Nodding, Runyu walked forward and sat down.

Then Yang Zijin said, “I know that big brother is quick-tempered. So Jiang Wei and I are waiting for you here.”

“Did the Beiling emperor make it hard on you?” Runyu asked Yang Zijin.

Yang Zijin shook her head, “There’s nothing important. Yan Ji just found an excuse to keep me in the palace. Don’t worry. I’ll leave here after the remembrance ceremony of the deceased emperor. We’ll converge at Snowy House. Everything should be discussed when we meet each other at that time.”

“If this is the case, it’s fine then.” Runyu nodded.

Yang Zijin said again, “Mr. Run, please tell big brother when you come back that he doesn’t need to worry about us these days. Yan Ji won’t do anything to us.”

“Okay. I’ll bring these words to him.” Runyu said while nodding.

At this time, Runyu looked at the door and said in a low voice, “Somebody is coming.”

“Yeah. It’s dangerous for you to stay here for a long time. Mr. Run, you’d better return now.” Yang Zijin also looked at the door and said in a low voice.

Runyu nodded, “Okay. Your Highness, take care of yourself.”

“Sure. Don’t worry about me.” Yang Zijin said.

Then with another flash, Runyu left the house.

A servant girl knocked at the door lightly and asked, “Your Highness, just now there was a white cat running in this direction. Did it come to your house? I’m afraid that it may interrupt your rest.”

Hearing that, Jiang Wei walked to the door and said behind it, “Her Highness is sleeping now. I’ve been in the house and I didn’t see any cat coming in.”

“Alright. It’s good then.” The servant girl said at the door. There was the sound of walking then.

When the servant girl walked away, Jiang Wei walked to Yang Zijin, “Your Highness, it’s already late now. You should go to bed.”

“Okay.” Yang Zijin nodded. Then she walked to her bed in the moonlight.

When Yang Zijin was asleep, Jiang Wei couldn’t help frowning when thinking that Runyu entered the palace so easily. From her perspective, this person and the prince must be equally matched in martial arts.

How could a person with such great martial arts come to Beiling with Madam? Did he have other purposes?

There was nothing unusual about him on the way. He had always been silent.

Maybe she had overthought.

Thinking of that, Jiang Wei lay on the table and closed her eyes.

In Jing City of Dongling

After traveling day and night, Shuo Ling and his people finally arrived in Jing City.

After entering Jing City, Shuo Ling directly went towards the royal palace.

At the mansion of Marquis Shuo at this time, Sicha ran from outside while saying, “Your Highness! Your Highness!”

“What? Why are you so flustered?” An Qin took a reproachful look at Sicha and asked.

Sicha said with a smile, “Your Highness, can you guess what I heard when I passed the gate?”

“What a naughty girl! Stop keeping me guessing. Hurry to tell me about it.” Seeing Sicha’s behavior, An Qin couldn’t help complaining about her with a smile.

Sicha said with a smile, “His Lordship has come back.”

“Is Shuo Ling back?” Hearing that, An Qin couldn’t help asking Sicha again.

Sicha nodded and said, “Yes. He has gone to the royal palace to report upon the completion of his work.”

“Really? Where do you hear about it?” An Qin asked again.

Sicha said then, “It’s absolutely true. I heard Zhou Ji said it with my own ears.”

“Sicha, be quick. Hurry to bring my favorite clothes to me for dressing.” Hearing that, An Qin couldn’t help smiling and said to Sicha.

Sicha nodded and said with a smile, “Yes, Your Highness.”

At that moment, Sicha walked to the closet and took out An Qin’s favorite clothes with embroidered light yellow clouds from it.

She then walked to An Qin and said with a smile, “Your Highness, come to dress it up. I’ll comb your hair later to make sure that Marquis Shuo will be charmed by you once he sees you.”

“You bad girl! You are getting garrulous.” An Qin said while giving Sicha an embarrassed look.

Sicha continued to say, “Your Highness, please take this chance.”

“Stop teasing me. Hurry to help me change the clothes.” An Qin said again.

Sicha helped take off the clothes An Qin was wearing and changed to the clothes she took out just now. Then Sicha walked to the dressing table to comb the hair for An Qin.

At the same time in the royal palace.

As soon as Shuo Ling entered Jing City, he directly ran towards the palace on his horse.

In the palace, Chushi Youtian was discussing how to deal with Xiling with officials.

The news about the victory at the frontier was already reported in Jing City, saying that Xiling had attacked their military camp secretly but was defeated by them.

To him, it was like the sand blown into his eyes. Even though Xiling had learned a bitter lesson, it didn’t satisfy his ambition to destroy Xiling.

However, after the proposal, all the people at the meeting lowered their heads and kept silent.

“Grand Mentor Liu, what do you think we should do next?” Seeing nobody reply to his proposal, Chushi Youtian looked at Grand Mentor Liu and asked him.

Being mentioned by Chushi Youtian, Grand Mentor Liu raised his head, took a step forward, and said, “Your Majesty, in my opinion, it’s not the best time to send the army to attack Xiling.”

“Oh? Grand Mentor Liu, tell me about it. When do you think is the best time?” Hearing Grand Mentor Liu’s words, Chushi Youtian asked again.

Grand Mentor Liu bowed his fists at that moment, “I can’t make a presumptuous guess.”

“Minister Wang, what’s your opinion?” Hearing Grand Mentor Liu’s answer, Chushi Youtian then looked at Wang Rong, Minister of Rites, and asked.

Hearing Chushi Youtian mentioning him, Wang Rong was stunned. Then he walked out of the queue and replied while bowing his fists, “Your Majesty, I also think it’s inappropriate to attack Xiling now.”

“Both of you disagree with me. But you should tell me why it’s inappropriate!” Hearing Wang Rong say so, Chushi Youtian couldn’t help getting angry.

Finding that Chushi Youtian had become angry, all the officials in the palace couldn’t help lowering their heads and holding their breaths.

At that time, Chushi Weiming, the Third Prince, looked back at those officials and said, “Father, don’t be angry. Anger will harm your body. In my opinion, if you attack Xiling right now, you’ll certainly win the war. However, the time is not right.”

“Why is it not right?” Chushi Youtian squinted his eyes slightly and asked Chushi Weiming while staring at him.

Chushi Weiming said, “Father, although we’ve won Xiling this time, our army was also harmed by Xiling’s previous attack in secret. The battle has just been over. Those wounded soldiers need time to recover. Suffering the miserable defeat this time, Xiling won’t have any large-scale attack in a short period of time. Even if it wants to, it must dare not to act recklessly.”