Then, Liu Ling took a look at Yan Lingjun and said, "Your Highness, let's go." After that, he got off the carriage first.

In the carriage, Yan Lingjun knew no matter what he did, he would be scolded, so he got up the courage.

And he got off the carriage, too.

Seeing Liu Ling getting out, Chu Tianming called people there to unload his belongings.

But those people just looked at the carriage in surprise and said, "Your Highness."

Chu Tianming slightly frowned and looked back at the carriage. As expected, he saw Yan Lingjun walking out.

So he quickly walked to Yan Lingjun and asked, "Your Highness, why are you here?"

"I'll explain later." Yan Lingjun said while patting Chu Tianming on his shoulder. Then, the former walked to Yan Luo.

As Yan Lingjun was going away, Chu Tianming was confused and turned to Liu Ling in astonishment.

Liu Ling raised his eyebrows and said, "I'll go to have a check."

After that, he followed to walk away.

Chu Tianming was still puzzled. What was going on? Didn't they agree that Yan Lingjun should stay in the camp?

Why was he here? Liu Ling didn't dare to look into Chu Tianming's eyes just now. Did he have something to do with this...?

At the thought, Chu Tianming followed them.

Yan Luo was checking all their belongings to pick out some unnecessary stuff and leave them here. After all, it was inconvenient to carry a lot of packages to climb the mountain.

"Keep these clothes and..." Yan Luo ordered people next to her.

At this time, she heard someone calling her, "Mother."

Yan Luo paused and looked back quickly.

Ruan Yien looked at Yan Lingjun and asked, "Lingjun, why are you here?"

"Who brought you here?!" Yan Luo scolded before Yan Lingjun answered the question.

Liu Ling caught up with them and was about to explain when hearing Yan Luo's question.

But Yan Lingjun was faster. "Mother, I sneaked into one carriage and followed you here. This has nothing to do with others."

"You're ignoring what I said, aren't you? The Arctic Mountain is dangerous. If anything happens to you, how can I explain to our officials?" Yan Luo walked to Yan Lingjun and said.

Yan Lingjun lowered his head and said nothing. He knew his mother would get angry when he made this decision, so he had prepared himself for her scold.

Not getting a reply from Yan Lingjun, Yan Luo turned to Liu Ling and asked, "Liu Ling, aren't you the one in charge of watching our belongings? Tell me, how did he sneak into one of our carriages?"

"Your Highness, I..." Liu Ling knelt down quickly after hearing her question.

But Yan Lingjun interrupted him and also knelt down. "Mother, this is not his fault. I threatened him to bring me here with my life."

"Good, very good. You're old enough to defy me now, aren't you? As our future emperor, how can you not give priority to the national interests?!" Yan Luo said with a nod and walked to Yan Lingjun at the same time.

Hearing that, Liu Ling didn't get up but walked on his knees. "Your Highness, it's my fault. His Highness is worried about us so..."

"Liu Ling, stop it." Yan Lingjun looked at Liu Ling and said.

Then, he stood up and said to Yan Luo, "Mother, I'm not as vulnerable as you thought. I just want to go with you to the Arctic Mountain. I'm not as..."

"Enough. Get on the carriage and go back." Yan Luo scolded him loudly before he finished.

But Yan Lingjun looked away and replied, "I did everything you asked before, but this time, I will go with you."

"You have no say over this. Guards, drag him back to the carriage and send him back!" Yan Luo turned around to issue an order after getting his reply.

People standing aside looked at each other but they walked to Yan Lingjun at last.

Before they reached him, he shouted, "How dare you catch me!"

Those people were torn between them and one guard said, "Your Highness, Her Highness did this for your good. So please go back with us."

"No way!" Yan Lingjun answered with determination.

The man who just persuaded Yan Lingjun looked back at Yan Luo and said, "Your Highness, what should we...?"

Right at this time, Yan Wanchu walked to Yan Luo and said, "Mother, why not let him go with us?"

"Wanchu, tell me. Do you know your brother is hiding in the carriage?" Yan Luo looked at Yan Wanchu and asked.

Suddenly being questioned by her mother, Yan Wanchu unconsciously looked away and answered with her head lowering, "I found this halfway."

"Why didn't you tell me?" Yan Luo asked again.

Yan Wanchu paused for a while and explained, "Because I think my brother is right. We can't exclude him from everything. We..."

"I have a reason to do so. What are you still waiting for? Send him back by all means even if it means you have to tie him up." Yan Luo looked at people aside and ordered.

Those people looked at each other again before walking to Yan Lingjun.

The latter couldn't help stepping back.

Right when those people encircled Yan Lingjun, Yang Zijin stood out and said, "Wait."

Hearing that, everyone turned to Yang Zijin.

Yang Zijin walked to Yan Luo and asked, "Aunt, could I have a word with you?"

Taking a glance at Yan Lingjun, Yan Luo nodded and moved aside with Yang Zijin.

"Qingcheng, what do you want to say?" Yan Luo looked at Yang Zijin and asked.

The latter directly answered, "Aunt, I didn't see any reason why His Highness shouldn't go back with us."

"Qingcheng, this is not as simple as you thought. He's different and we have to make sure he's safe." Yan Luo explained.

Yang Zijin slightly frowned and continued, "I know what you're worried about. But if he insists on going with us but you refuse him, he may bear a grudge against you."

"Even so, I won't agree to let him take any risk. We've spent years training him to..." Yan Luo glanced at Yan Lingjun and said.

But before she finished, Yang Zijin interrupted, "Aunt, I know that makes sense. But so many skilled martial artists are going with us, and they can protect him from danger without difficulty if there is any."

While speaking, Yang Zijin turned to Runyu.

Yan Luo followed to turn around. Yang Zijin was right. Ten martial artists were going with them. Besides, Ghost Immortal and Pei Moning, who seemed to be good at martial arts too, were also their companions.

If anything came up, they could easily save Yan Lingjun.

Seeing Yan Luo pondering over her suggestion with her eyebrows knitted, Yang Zijin knew she would agree to it at last.

The reason why Yan Luo worried so much about Yan Lingjun was that he was the only male descendant of the royal family. He had to stay away from any danger.

In fact, Yang Zijin was not meant to speak up for Yan Lingjun. When she first met him, she neither liked nor hated him.

Given what happened just now, she knew everyone pinned their hope on Yan Lingjun, so naturally, Yan Luo cared much about him, too.

However, this might not do good to him. It would impose bad effects on his mental state and personality to be taught what to do and what not to do for a long time.

If he didn't make any change when ascending to the throne, this would lead to serious results.

Therefore, it would be better for him to join them and have a taste of adventure, after which he would know what the real world looked like.

Yan Luo nodded at Yang Zijin, "I'll take your advice."

Yan Luo well knew that a child would be spoiled if parents protected him from any danger, but she was too afraid to let him take risks. However, children would grow up and at that time, parents couldn't help them with anything anymore.

Such being the case, she should take this opportunity to train him and make him a better person.

"Alright, let's go." Yang Zijin smiled and walked arm in arm with Yan Luo.

Seeing that, Yan Lingjun quickly stood up straight and looked at his mother.

But Yan Luo just glanced at him and ordered, "Get ready to go up the mountain!"

While speaking, she turned around to set off first.

"Mother, what about me?" Yan Lingjun got flustered when seeing Yan Luo walking away, so he asked.

Yan Wanchu moved quickly to her brother and said, "It means you can go with us now. Let's go."

"Can I?" Yan Lingjun looked at Yan Wanchu in bewilderment.

How could it be? He knew his mother was stubborn. How could she agree to let him go with them shortly after having a talk with Infanta Qingcheng?

What on earth did Infanta Qingcheng say?

Yan Lingjun stood there, lost in his thought.

Then, Yan Luo looked back to shout, "Not coming with us? If so, you can go back now."

"I'm right behind you." Yan Lingjun responded and rushed to catch up with them.

In addition to Yang Zijin and her three fellows, Yan Luo had led 13 other people to go up the Arctic Mountain.

To avoid being tracked down, they got off carriages and asked some people to drive those carriages back.

When the day just broke, a gust of cold wind blew to Uncle Liu, making him open his eyes.

Gathering his coat around him and standing up, he picked up his medicine kit and package and set off to the mountain top.

When he stood up, he counted wolves' footprints and concluded that over 20 wolves were here last night.

Looking at those footprints, Uncle Liu was frightened. If those wolves hadn't been scared by him after he killed the king, he couldn't imagine what would happen to him.

But he was a bit confused. Wolves usually hunted in barely populated mountain areas.

Why did they come here?

But he didn't ponder over that question and quickly continued his journey.

Meanwhile, Shuo Ling and Mo Li had spent the whole night riding.

Mo Li sped up to pass Shuo Ling and suggested, "My Lord, we've ridden for a whole night. Horses must be exhausted. How about taking a break first?"

"Alright." Shuo Ling nodded and held the rein to stop his horse.