Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 997

Chapter 997: Chapter 993: A Hidden Threat

"Cough, cough, cough..." Yun Poxing coughed incessantly in agitation, "Such sharp methods, may turn against us in the future! Cough, cough, cough!"

"My Great General!" The Empress of Xiliang turned to look at Yun Poxing, her voice indifferent, her eyebrows deep and solemn, with desolation in her eyes, "If this continues, will Xiliang still have a future? As long as Xiliang can survive, no matter how it turns against us, even if it sends me to hell... I would have lived up to the subjects of Xiliang, lived up to my father, lived up to my ancestors!"

The Empress of Xiliang no longer hesitated and ordered all the Taiyi from the Imperial Medical Bureau to head to Shouan Palace, as the Empress Dowager’s health was in dire condition... summoning the Zhai family, one of the Eight Great Families from the Empress Dowager’s maternal family, to the palace quickly.

The Empress of Xiliang knew if the Empress Dowager was indeed failing, with the Zhai family members entering the palace, the Eight Great Families surely wouldn’t be able to sit still and follow to visit.

She had already ordered that the news of Princess Pingyang’s capture must not spread outside, and as long as members of the Eight Great Families entered the palace... they shouldn’t think of leaving.

Yun Poxing remained silent, never had he been so terrified before...

The current turbulent Xiliang, with its capital Yunjing, was brewing a new storm, as the Empress, who strived to implement new governance for several years, finally decided to deal with the internal threat.

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Yun Lingzhi, the second son of Yun Poxing, received orders from the palace to escort Xiao Ruohai and his people on horseback to the Huoyun Army camp.

Yun Lingzhi guessed his father dared to let him lead the Zhou envoy and his people to the Huoyun Army camp because preparations were already made; he just needed to stall a bit, leading them around to buy time for the camp to move Yun Lan.

The Bai family guards accompanying Xiao Ruohai were once brothers who retired from the Huying Camp after being injured. As long as they walked through the Huoyun Army, they would surely be recognized by the Bai family army.

After all, the Huying Camp is the fierce arrow of the Bai family army, and there are only so many of them...

If the Bai family’s Young General trained the Huying Camp, there would be no doubt that they would recognize each other.

Xiao Ruohai led his men on horseback with Yun Lingzhi heading towards the Huoyun Army camp. At the fork of the mountain path, seeing Yun Lingzhi seemingly wanting to take a detour, Xiao Ruohai reined in his horse.

Yun Lingzhi turned his horse around, smilingly cupping his hands towards Xiao Ruohai: "Sir, are you perhaps tired and wish to rest?"

"Not truly tired..." Xiao Ruohai’s lips curled into a faint smile, pointing to the rightmost path with an ebony whip, "Mr. Yun seems to have taken the wrong path; this side should be closer."

Alarm bells rang in Yun Lingzhi’s heart, as he only received his father’s order to take the Zhou envoy and his people to the Huoyun Army camp, unaware that... the Zhou people had already figured out the camp’s location.

A dull thud echoed in Yun Lingzhi’s heart as he speculated whether the Zhou people had also discovered Yun Lan’s identity.

His original plan was to lead the Zhou people to the most treacherous path, so if one or two of the Zhou envoys happened to fall to their death, there would be fewer people to find someone at the Huoyun Army camp. At night... it would be even harder to find any trace, but unexpectedly, the Zhou people actually knew the way, causing some panic in his heart.

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