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Dong Fang Su looked at Mu Qian Xue worriedly. Although the white veil covered her face, causing him to be unable to see Mu Qian Xue's current expression, the steamed bun in her hands that looked like a complete mess showed that she was definitely not calm at the moment.

Secretly sighing, Dong Fang Su called over a grey-clothed person, "Shi Wu, go and find out what happened."

Xia Yue said bitterly: "Your Majesty is really too excessive, he really intends to kill them all, and not leave a single one alive?"

Mu Qian Xue released her hand, allowing the steamed bun to fall onto the ground. A voice as cold as ice came from behind her veil, "He is such a person, do you still expect him to speak about loyalty and morality?"

Xia Yue was speechless, only the Princess had a strong mind, which was why she was able to hold on until now. If she was in her place, he would have probably gone insane from the huge change that occurred in a single night.

Sometimes, thinking about it, being crazy wasn't necessarily a bad thing. At least, one would no longer know the meaning of 'sadness' and live in chaos in their own world.

After waiting for less than an hour, Shi Wu, whom Dong Fang Su had ordered to ask around in the village, appeared in his line of sight and reported: "Prince, yesterday, there was indeed a group of officers and soldiers who escorted over ten prisoners of the Nanzhao past here. Due to a moment of carelessness, they were chased away by the criminals, and originally wanted to escape into the Qi.

Dong Fang Su thought for a while, "Have you heard anything about the soldiers in charge of escorting them?"

Shi Wu did not know the meaning behind her words and honestly replied: "Yes, there should still be two Centurions following by the side."

"I know." After saying these words, Mu Qian Xue did not speak anymore. Her expression was abnormally calm, and no one could tell what she was thinking about.

Dong Fang Su looked at her, then stood up and pointed to Shi Jiu and the others: All of you stay here to protect Princess, and the others follow me to the ancestral hall to take a look.

"Prince!" Shi Jiu blocked Dong Fang Su's way.

"Is there something else?"

Shi Jiu nodded his head but did not say anything, he understood her meaning, and walked over to a place about 10 steps away from Mu Qian Xue, "Go ahead."

Shi Jiu looked up into his bright eyes, "Is Prince planning to save those prisoners of Nanzhao?"

"The Mu family, who has always ruled with righteousness and benevolence, has never treated her people harshly or taken over another country. She should not have met with the calamity where her entire clan was exterminated." These words were equivalent to admitting what Shi Jiu had said.

Shi Jiu shook his head: "This great disaster was brought about by the Nanzhao himself. When they swallowed the bitter fruit, the Prince took in the Prince Zhuang, and took the risk of sneaking into the West Chu to save Xuan Ji, no one can say that the Prince was wrong at all."

However, once we go and save those people, we will reveal our whereabouts. Prince must not forget, there are troops stationed at a location around 10 li away from here, if we disturb them, they will attract thousands upon thousands of troops. At that time, even if we servants fight to the death with Shi Wu and the rest, I am afraid we will not be able to protect Prince. Shi Jiu spoke clearly and carefully analyzed the pros and cons, hoping to change Dong Fang Su's mind.

Only after the villagers by his side had gone far did Dong Fang Su say: "According to your intentions, do you want this king to just watch them die? If Brother Mu asks, how should I answer him? "

"It's not that this servant is cold-blooded and heartless, it's just that this matter is beyond my control. I believe that this Prince Zhuang will understand the difficulties of this Prince as well." After pausing for a moment, she continued, "If Prince is unable to bear it, after we return to Jinling, I can earnestly request for Your Majesty to send me a letter asking for someone from Chu Di."

Not to mention whether or not royal brother would agree to it, even if we were to send out the national letter, Xiao Ruo Ao would not let them go, the Princess is the best example!

The person Shi Jiu hated the most now was Mu Qian Xue, but she would not act up in front of Dong Fang Su, so she could only bear with it and said: "If that's really the case, then they deserved to be killed, and have nothing to do with others."

Dong Fang Su brushed away the Liu Xu that was resting on Shi Jiu's shoulder, and said while shaking his head: "Perhaps what you said is correct, but Brother Mu and I are friends for life and death, and his clansmen are my clansmen. I will try it no matter what, and don't worry, during the battle with the Tung Ling, I managed to survive even with a myriad of troops and horses.

"Prince!" Shi Jiu never thought that after he said all these, Dong Fang Su would still go and save them.

"Alright, I've made up my mind. There's no need to say anymore." With that, Dong Fang Su turned and left.

Staring at his leaving figure, Shi Jiu blurted out, "Did Prince do this because of Prince Zhuang or Xuan Ji?"

Dong Fang Su's figure suddenly jerked, as he turned around and looked straight at her, "What did you say?"

"Four years ago, Prince travelled all the way to the Nanzhao to propose marriage but was rejected by Princess. These four years, the Your Majesty and the empress dowager were rejected by you on several occasions, and they were always alone. Long Yang's good, his filth can't even be heard. " Although Shi Jiu was born in the Camping, he was still an unmarried woman after all. When he said these words, his face was slightly flushed.

Dong Fang Su said indifferently: "How they are willing to pass down the information is their business, there is no need to bother about it."

"Yes, because it's not that you don't want to get married, it's just that you can't let go of Princess Xuan Ji!" As he said these words, a layer of mist emerged from Shi Jiu's eyes that was so thin that it was almost impossible to see.

Dong Fang Su's brows furrowed, and said with sunken eyes: "Don't speak nonsense!"

"This servant is not spouting nonsense. Even without the Prince Zhuang's request, you would have risked your life to save her." Speaking till here, Shi Jiu spoke sincerely: "Prince, you have done more than enough for her. If not for you, she would have already died under Xiao Ruo Ao's blade.

"Are you done?" Dong Fang Su looked straight at her, and indifferently said: "If you're done, you can go back. I don't want to repeat the same words a second time!"

"But …"

After just saying those two words, an ice-cold voice had already traveled over. "If you are not willing to stay, this king will allow you to return to the Northern Week right now."

This time, Shi Jiu did not speak anymore. She knew Dong Fang Su's personality very well. If he said another word, he would immediately be chased back to the Northern Week and not be able to stay by his side.

Although Dong Fang Su seemed to be iron blooded and ruthless, he was actually cold on the outside but in the inside. In the past two years, he had never heavily rebuked her, let alone chased her away. But now, because of Mu Qian Xue, he had completely changed.