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Liu Huo said in annoyance: "Now that my son is passive, Father will definitely not let me go in this matter."

Duanmu Yunji gave him an annoyed look, and said: "That's for sure, we can't do anything now, we can only wait for a change, now the emperor's focus will be on Dongling, we can only take a step back, just right Recharge your batteries."

Liu Huo nodded silently.

"How is your relationship with the princess? She still refuses to help you?" Duanmu Yunji asked.

Liu Huo smiled faintly, and said: "Sooner or later, she will agree to help me, the queen mother doesn't have to worry about this."

"Okay, let them fight with Dongling first. Once Nanjiang forms an alliance with us, we won't delay any longer. When the time is right, we will make a big fight and succeed in one fell swoop." Duanmu Yunji said coldly , with fierceness in his eyes.

"Mother is wise." Liu Huo also had a dark smile on the corner of his mouth.

"I'm going back to the palace first. You can figure out how to respond to the emperor's questioning. You can't escape the guilt this time." Duanmu Yunji got up, and Liu Huo hurriedly helped her go out, until she was sent to the gate of the palace, where she sat on the phoenix. chariot to leave.

Liu Hongjing waited in Chaoyang Hall for a while, and then the chief eunuch brought Feng Lin, Huamei, Liu Ye, Eunuch An, and Eunuch Wu over, and a row of people knelt down tremblingly, not daring to lift their heads.

"The princess's antidote, what did you old thief Qi Yu say?" Liu Hongjing asked sharply.

Eunuch Wu touched his head to the ground, and replied cautiously: "Our emperor didn't say anything, but he didn't provide any antidote."

Feng Lin raised his head and asked in a tearful voice, "Your Majesty, where is the princess? Is she okay?"

Liu Hongjing looked at him, and Feng Lin lowered his head in fright.

"You guys go back to Dongling immediately and tell the old thief Qi Yu that if you don't send the antidote to the princess, don't blame Liu for stepping down Dongling!" Liu Hongjing snapped a few words suddenly , Everyone present trembled in fright.

"We'll go back and deliver the letter right away," Eunuch Wu hurriedly agreed.Eunuch An and Thrushcross Liu Ye also kowtowed and agreed, after so long hard labor in the Xiling Harem, they never imagined that there would be a chance to return to Dongling.

"Your Majesty, the maidservant will not go back to Dongling, and the maidservant will swear to die to follow the princess." Feng Lin has been disguised as a woman for so long, and her female voice can be faked.

Liu Hongjing looked at him for a while, his face became kind, and he asked, "Are you her maid?"

Feng Lin nodded quickly: "Yes, yes."

Liu Hongjing nodded: "Okay, then you can go to the princess to take care of her now, she will be happy to see you."

Feng Lin was overjoyed, kowtowed to thank him, then exited the hall, and went to Ruoxi Hall under the guidance of the eunuch outside.

When the crown prince, Tai Tuo, and the prime minister arrived at the Chaoyang Palace, Eunuch An and the others had already been sent out of the palace. Liu Hongjing was sitting on the dragon chair with a majestic expression.

After paying homage, the Grand Tutor and the Prime Minister's father-in-law came over and moved chairs to sit down. Only Prince Liu Fan knelt on the ground and dared not get up.

Liu Hongjing stared at the prince for a long time before asking, "What are you going to do?"

Liu Fan replied: "My son is willing to lead the army to conquer Dongling, and even if he dies, he will get the antidote, so that the princess will not suffer again!"

Liu Hongjing looked at his son with a complicated expression on his face. He could deeply feel the prince's deep affection in his words and demeanor. Should he blame him, or should he help him?His heart suddenly became chaotic.However, from the very beginning, the princess came in the name of the future imperial concubine, how could he be tempted by the woman of the imperial father?

"I promise you, I will immediately lead my troops to fight against Dongling, and I will get the antidote no matter what, so that the Princess will not suffer again!"

"Your Majesty, the road between Dongling and Xiling is far away. If the army is marching, I'm afraid they won't be able to reach Dongling in a month." The prime minister said.

"The crown prince will lead an elite team first, and then lead the army to the south to follow. I and the princess will go to the border and wait. The affairs of the court and the central government will be taken care of by the grand tutor and the prime minister for the time being." Liu Hongjing made a decision.

"Observe the decree." The prince, Tai Tuo and the prime minister hurriedly received the decree.

"Your majesty, it's too dangerous for you to leave the palace. You forgot the dangers you encountered on the way to the Taoist temple this time." Taifu said.

"I will bring the most elite imperial guards by my side, you don't have to worry." Liu Hongjing said.

"Father, if the masked thief who assassinated you last time was Tong Fu'an, the imperial guards would not be able to stop him, you can't leave the palace rashly, it's better for you—" Liu Fan stopped at this point.

Liu Hongjing stared at him, and said after a while, "Do you want her to follow the army eastward?"

"Yes." Liu Fan answered with a bow.

Liu Hongjing was silent, his face was frosty, the Tai Tuo and the prime minister looked at him nervously, waiting for him to speak.

"Father, now I have put aside my son's and daughter's personal feelings. If I have any unreasonable thoughts about the princess, I will be so jaded that I will be smashed to pieces!" Liu Fan took off the jade ring on his thumb and held it in his hand. Crushed to pieces.

Liu Hongjing looked at him, sighed after a long time, and said: "I hope you understand my heart, the princess is not an ordinary person, the day your mother passed away, I don't know if you still have memory, I dripped blood on your mother's eyebrow What I look forward to is today's reunion."

Liu Fan's eyes turned red instantly, how could he not understand his father's bitter lovesickness for so many years, from the moment he decided to send Lianyi to his father, he knew that the road between him and Lianyi had come to an end. "My son understands, please rest assured father, my son will never do anything to hurt father again." He choked up and said.

Liu Hongjing turned his back and said: "Okay, I promise you, let the princess go eastward with the army, you must be careful, even though you are sworn to die, but I will not allow you to die, you must always remember that you are my My dearest son!"

Liu Fan bowed to the ground: "My son understands."

The Tai Tuo and the Prime Minister watched from the side, turning their heads and quietly wiping away tears.

"Go down, go and gather your troops, and set off immediately." Liu Hongjing said.

"Your servant obeys the order." Liu Fan got up from the ground, exited the palace, and quickly went to the East Palace and Xiaozhu to pack up. After the two selected a few bodyguards with superb martial arts skills, they left the palace.

"Should Wuyou and the others go with us?" Xiao Zhu asked Liu Fan.

"It should be safe for Lianyi to follow Xiangnan's army, Wuyou and the others will stay with us, just leave Little Gudong by Lianyi's side." Liu Fan replied.

"Okay, let's not go to Taifu's mansion, I will just fire a rocket." Xiao Zhu raised his hand, and a sleeve arrow flew into the sky, bursting a spark in the air.

"Let's go, they will arrive soon." Xiao Zhu said, and with a coquettish "drive", the horse quickened its pace, Liu Fan also whipped the horse, and pedestrians gave way one after another. Soon, in Shen Yan In Feiyang, they left the imperial capital and galloped east.

In the Taifu's mansion, Wuyou Yunshang and the others quickly left the mansion and rode their horses to the east to catch up. In the imperial capital, Tong Fu'an also saw the rockets blooming in the sky in his secret courtyard.