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Hearing that, Jiang Yue frowned, "Princess is saying, that Chu Di will strengthen the defenses of the north?"

"That's right, even if we had three heads and six arms, it would still be difficult for us to defend against thousands of enemies, so we can't go to the north."

Dong Fang Su thought for a moment, then asked: "Do you mean to leave from Eastern Territory?"

"What does Prince think?" Actually, Jiang Yue had already agreed to Mu Qian Xue's decision in her heart, but since the one in charge was Dong Fang Su, he was the one who had made the decision.

"According to Princess's words, we will take the route to the Eastern Territory and return to the Northern Week. Tomorrow morning, we will set out." The reason they were able to escape all the way to here was all because Mu Qian Xue was prepared for the enemy's attacks.

After discussing about the route to Eastern Territory, everyone sat down to rest. From the moment they entered, Shi Jiu had not spoken a word, he only followed behind Dong Fang Su obediently.

Dong Fang Su raised his eyebrows: Tomorrow is the day's journey, I don't know what will happen on the way, since there's still time, you should go back to sleep.

Shi Jiu arched his eyebrows and revealed a gentle smile, "This servant had just dozed off on the carriage earlier, not the least bit tired.

At this time, someone pushed the door and walked in. It was Xia Yue and Eleven who came in, and Xia Yue immediately ran in front of Mu Qian Xue, and took out a golden loquat from her sleeves, as if she was offering a treasure: "Princess, look, two or three li away from here, there are a few wild loquats trees. This servant has tried one, and it isn't sour at all.

Mu Qian Xue wiped away her dirty cheeks, "Don't you have rabbit meat wrapped around your belly? Why are you picking the loquats in the middle of the night?

"I grew up in the mountains, so I'm not afraid of them. As for the rabbit meat, although I can fill my stomach, the Princess's diet is always delicate and light. How can I eat such coarse meat?" With that, she stuffed the fruits into Mu Qian Xue's hands, urging her to eat them quickly.

"Silly girl, do you think it's still the same as before?" Mu Qian Xue smiled dejectedly, "The current me doesn't have the qualification to be picky about everything."

"Okay, I've eaten the rabbit meat and I'm full. These loquats will be good to keep, we'll eat them tomorrow."

"Yes." Seeing that she was insistent, Xia Yue could only agree. Just as he was about to help Mu Qian Xue rest, Shi Jiu suddenly arrived in front of them and bent down to carry the dry grass on the ground.

Xia Yue stopped her and asked, "What are you doing?"

Shi Jiu avoided her obstruction and continued to pick up the hay, and said: "The ground is cold, I'll use some dry grass to cover Prince to prevent it from getting cold."

Seeing that she was asking for it without even agreeing, Xia Yue was displeased: "You took away the dry grass, then what about Princess, hurry up and return it to me." As he said that, he stretched out his hand to snatch it, and Shi Jiu turned his leg, causing Xia Yue to fall into the air.

"I will only take half of it, the rest is enough for her." Shi Jiu swept his gaze across Mu Qian Xue's body.

The more stubborn she acted, the more Xia Yue became, "No, Princess's body is too weak to withstand the cold, with just this little bit of hay, I think it's too little."

Hearing that, Shi Jiu's originally calm face immediately darkened, while Mu Qian Xue scolded lightly: "Don't be rude, quickly withdraw."

Xia Yue did not dare to disobey her words, but she was unwilling to let Shi Jiu take it away just like that. As she was hesitating, Dong Fang Su's voice sounded beside her ears, "Shi Jiu, I'm not used to using this thing, just sleep in it for a while."

Shi Jiu frowned, turned his head around and said: "Prince …"

"Come back, don't disturb others' rest." Under Dong Fang Su's insistence, Shi Jiu put down the dry grass in his hands and returned to his side. However, in the eyes of the two, there was an undetectable hostility.

After Xia Yue placed the dry grass back into its original place, she said, "Princess, you should quickly go to sleep."

Mu Qian Xue covered her lips and coughed, then said in a low voice: "Girl, you cannot be so rude in the future."

"How could that be? She was the one who was rude first." As Mu Qian Xue stared at her without speaking, Xia Yue understood what she meant and said helplessly: "I won't in the future."

Seeing her agree, Mu Qian Xue closed his eyes and laid down, then he curled up and slept by the side, and after a while he started to let out regular breathing sounds.

When the others fell asleep one after the other, Jiang Yue quietly opened his sleepless eyes and looked at Dong Fang Su for a long time.

The atmosphere in Myriad Temple was tense to the extreme. Yan Zhong Shan knelt on the shiny golden brick in a panic, his forehead filled with cold sweat, his head almost hanging down to his chest.

After an unknown amount of time had passed, those boots suddenly stopped, followed by a kick on Yan Zhong Shan's body, causing him to fall to the ground. He couldn't quell his anger, so he kicked Yan Zhong Shan twice more, "Normally, there is always a saying about what happens to people, but now, we can't even stop a single woman, but instead, we have been played around by her. What use is this Zhang Xuan keeping you all here?"

Yan Zhong Shan did not care about the pain on his body, and immediately kneeled down again, "Your Majesty, please calm your anger, I never thought that she would actually collude with the Northern Week's envoy!"

Xiao Ruo Ao's face became abnormally gloomy. No way, I absolutely cannot let Emperor Zhou get hold of Mu Qian Xue, or else there will be endless trouble in the future!

Yan Zhong Shan carefully raised his head: "This subject has already sent people to chase them all the way, I believe that we will be able to catch that group of counteroffense soon, Your Majesty need not be too worried."

Xiao Ruo Ao coldly glanced at him, "So what if we can't catch you, are we going to use your head to get it?"

"Calm down Your Majesty." Yan Zhong Shan's mind raced, "This subject thinks, since the people who saved Mu are already known, then they will definitely go north. At the northern border, other than Yanmen Mountain, the rest of the places are cliffs, so they will definitely pass through Yanmen Pass, as long as we guard them strictly, we will definitely be able to capture them!"

Responding with a series of sneers, "How could Mu Qian Xue not think of something that even you can think of?"

Yan Zhong Shan froze for a moment, then said: "Even if she does, there's nothing he can do, unless..."

"She will definitely go to the Northern Week, but there isn't just the one road leading to this place." A cold voice came from behind Yan Zhong Shan.