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Princess Pingyang's face darkened. She coldly said, "Now you won't even listen to what I say?"

"If mother makes sense, daughter will naturally listen. On the other hand …" Shen Xijun turned around and sat back in her chair, "I beg your daughter's forgiveness for not being able to follow me blindly!"

Princess Pingyang had been holding back her anger all along. Now that she was going against her, she suddenly became angry. "What if I have to take you with me today?"

Shen Xijun said angrily, "Don't even think about getting me out of here unless I'm tied up and carried out."

"You!" Princess Pingyang was so angry that her entire body trembled. Chun Chun hurried forward to help her up and advised, "Princess, please calm your anger. Zong Ji is still young. Please take your time to persuade her not to be angry."

"She's already married, what's there to be young for?" Princess Pingyang unhappily scolded, and once again looked at Shen Xijun, "Let me ask you one last time, are you leaving or not?"

"I'm not leaving!" Shen Xijun had been proud and arrogant since she was young. She would rather eat soft than eat hard. The more the other party forced her, the more unwilling she would be to comply.

"Alright!" Princess Pingyang spat out those words slowly. Then, she spoke to the two servants who followed her. "Get a rope and tie her hands and feet. Carry her to the carriage!"

When these words came out, everyone was scared stiff, especially Shen Xijun. She stared at Princess Pingyang in a daze, not daring to believe her own ears.

She was a young girl, and of her children, she was the most like her mother. Therefore, since a young age, her mother had always doted on her, and no matter how willful she was, she continued to favor her mother. She even let herself make decisions, but now she said that she wanted to tie her up. She was insane!

"Anyone who dares to speak up for her will be punished harshly!" Princess Pingyang's words made Chun Chun swallow the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

Soon, the two servants brought the rope, but they cowered and did not dare to step forward. Princess Pingyang shouted, "Hurry and go!"

"Yes." The servant swallowed his saliva, struggled to move in front of Shen Xijun, and said with a trembling voice, "Zong Ji, go … "Apologies!" Both of them tightly closed their eyes as they threw the rope towards her.

Shen Xijun grabbed onto the rope that was as thick as a finger and said in disbelief, "Mother, I'm your daughter. How can you treat me like this?"

Princess Pingyang ignored her words and said coldly, "You have to leave today. You decide whether you want to leave or be carried out."

Facing the domineering Princess Pingyang, Shen Xijun's eyes turned red from anger, "You're too much!"

This time, she couldn't refuse. She was forced to return to the Pingyang Kingdom, but she felt like she was being held back. No matter who it was that came to talk to her, she wouldn't say a word.

Outside of Jinling City, the great army advanced in an orderly manner towards the south. By nightfall, they had already travelled ten Li. Dongfang Gu glanced at the sky and said to the deputy general beside him, "Pass down the order, we will set up camp here and spend the night here."

After the deputy general left, Dongfang Wenyi dismounted. As his sleeves fell, a ray of light fell from his sleeves. With a "ding" sound, it rolled into the gravel on the side of the road, emitting a gentle light under the moonlight.

Pearl?

Dongfang Gu bent over to pick it up. His eyes were filled with doubt. How strange, why was there a pearl in his sleeve? Furthermore … This pearl was simply too light. As he held it in his hand, he felt that it was far too light. In terms of weight, it was not even comparable to a piece of paper.

After some investigation, he discovered the mystery behind the pearl. He exerted a little force with his fingers and the pearl was immediately crushed, revealing a small slip of paper.

This pearl was exactly the same as the one Mu Qianxue had obtained that day. Both of them had used a special method to grind it into a hollow shape so that they could use it to collect books and pass on messages.

With just a glance, Dongfang Zhi quickly gripped the paper slip, his expression abnormally unsightly. On the paper, there were only 11 words — "The Emperor has already suspected that the return of military authority is not allowed!"

Thirteen had always been by Dongfang Shou's side. When he saw that Dongfang Wenyi's expression was off, he whispered, "Prince, what happened?"

Dongfang Shou handed Thirteen the note. "After you've read it, destroy it immediately."

Thirteen began to have some doubts. When he clearly saw the line of words on the paper, he immediately clenched his hands. When he loosened his grip, the paper had already turned into pieces of paper and scattered into the curtain.

Dongfang Qin shook his head. "I didn't know either. Just now, when I dismounted, a pearl fell out of his sleeve, and after crushing it, it found this slip of paper."

Thirteen swept a glance at the pearl fragments scattered beneath his feet. "This person can tell what His Majesty is thinking. If your subordinate has guessed correctly, it should be someone close to His Majesty." Amongst the people of the Shen Ji Camp, he was the most meticulous and meticulous. He was good at analyzing and deducing. That was why Dongfang Gu had specially brought him with him during this expedition.

Thirteen's words caused Dongfang Zhi's heart to move. The people around second brother had the chance to place the pearl in his sleeve … Was it Wynne?

This thought was immediately rejected by him. When Dong Fang was still the crown prince, Wyon had already secretly pledged allegiance to him. How could he have leaked this information to him? But if it wasn't Wyon, who else could it be?

The only thing he could be sure of was that the letter had taken so much effort to deliver. He was already suspicious of him.

"According to the letter, once I hand over the military power, Royal Brother will make his move against me."

Thirteen nodded and said with a serious expression, "The military power is the prince's protective amulet. You can never return it to His Majesty."

"But if you don't hand it over, it will be disobedience!"

Thirteen sighed and said, "This matter is indeed difficult to deal with. Fortunately, we found out about it early, so we can slowly think of a countermeasure." Pausing for a moment, he asked doubtfully, "This subordinate has something that I can't understand. Since His Majesty is already suspicious of the prince, why did you send the prince out to lead the troops? Isn't it like lifting a rock to smash one's own foot?"

"It should be a suspicion that arose because of the consent of the army, but due to the golden mouth, it's hard to change. The only option left is to pretend that nothing has happened, wait until the Qi army is forced back, then we can deal with this king."

Thirteen sneered. "He was quite calm, but unfortunately he missed out on the people around him."

Dongfang Shimo looked in the direction of Jinling. His eyes were cold as he said, "Send a message to Ah Er, ask him to send more people to protect mufei and Princess Xuanji."

Since Dongfang Qian didn't plan to think about his brotherhood, he naturally didn't think about his friendship with his mother either. As for Mu Qianxue … It would be hard to get too close to him.

"Yes." Thirteen agreed and then asked, "Do you want me to send people to protect the wangfei and the wangfei?"

"Wangfei is from the Wei clan, royal brother won't make things difficult for her. As for the imperial concubine …" Dongfang Qing emotionlessly replied, "Depends on her own good fortune."