C196 (1/2)

”I'm afraid so.” Jin Xiaolou sighed.

Gao Lang deeply furrowed his brows, and only after a long while did he open his mouth: ”The late emperor has already passed, and only she knows the inner workings of what is inside. No matter who she is, I must find her and ask her about it.”

Jin Xiaolou extended her hand to hold onto Gao Lang tightly: ”Mn, I'll accompany you. I'll accompany you to find all the answers you want, I'll accompany you to walk the path that you want to take.”

Feng Luanjun, who was at the side, could not sit still any longer and hurriedly asked, ”Is the empress dowager your aunt today? Then, then aren't you a prince? ”

Nan Yang nodded at his uncle, ”That's right, uncle. The one in front of you right now is the Seventh Prince of the Great Zhou.

”Prince Yao?!” Feng Luanjun gasped in shock for a moment, but regained his composure. After pondering for a long time, he slowly muttered, ”Prince Yao …”

Nan Yang's eyes flickered. Looking at her uncle's current state, she suddenly spoke again, ”Uncle, if you're willing, you can also come under Seventh Elder's command.”

Feng Luanjun suddenly raised his head, this was what he had been thinking: ”The Old Demoness in the imperial court had turned the entire Great Zhou into a miasma, so many brothers came to me, if I could bring them along to do something, it would be good.”

Feng Luanjun looked at Gao Lang. ”Seven … Seventh Elder, other than the several hundred brothers in our village, there are also several other people holding up flags here at Shuzhou. They have come to find me time and time again, and based on my understanding of them, I might be able to bring a few groups of people along with them. ”

”That's even better.” Gao Lang opened his mouth, ”We will not reject anyone who comes.”

After a good meal with the rest of the brothers in the stronghold, Gao Lang, Jin Xiaolou and the other two began their journey back to the Gong Bian.

Feng Luanjun would stay here for the time being, after interacting with the other people nearby, he would head over to Gong Bian to meet up with Gao Lang's army.

Exiting the Shuzhou, Gao Lang changed the carriage again.

Sitting on the carriage, Nan Yang sighed: ”Good intentions will eventually be exchanged for a good report. If it wasn't for the Lady Chen who couldn't bear to help Aunt Chen this time, how would we have met my uncle? If we didn't meet my uncle, the Feng Family would have been reduced to ashes by the time we reach the Yao Xi, and we would have come here for nothing.”

When he returned to the Gong Bian, the weather had turned cold again. The Wind Defense Forest was much larger, and sandstorms were rarely seen.

Seeing that her mother had returned, the Lin'er was overjoyed. Before Jin Xiaolou could even sit down, he shouted that she wanted to perform her new fist art for his mother to see.

However, a three and a half year old child, the martial arts he learnt from Shan Ying was rather tactful. With a stretch of his arms, his legs stepped on the ground, causing Jin Xiaolou's heart to soften.

Even under the cold wind, Lin'er was covered in sweat. However, he did not mind it at all as he hopped over to Jin Xiaolou's side and twisted her arm: ”Mother, you haven't been here for some time, Lin'er has been protecting my brother. Now that he has learnt the art, Lin'er will definitely protect my mother and father!”

Nan Yang smiled from the side: ”Foolish Lin'er, your father is peerless in this world, why would I need you to protect him?”

Lin'er pouted his small mouth, ”Daddy is unparalleled in the world now, but he will be old eventually. When daddy and mom get old, Lin'er will grow up too.

Hearing this, Jin Xiaolou's eyes turned red, she grabbed the Lin'er and asked: Who taught you to say that?

She truly did not believe that a child with such status would have such a heart.

However, Lin'er slipped his head into her arms, ”Lin'er thought of it himself.”

Just as Lin'er finished speaking, Jin Xiaolou saw a pigeon flying down from the blue sky, and landed beside her feet.

Jin Xiaolou saw the messenger on the pigeon's leg. Lv Yun had sent another message.

It had already been half a year since the last message from Lv Yun. She quickly grabbed the pigeon and held it in her hand when she heard Lin'er ask again: ”Mother, are we going to eat Red Braised Pigeons tonight?”

Nan Yang laughed, ”Greedy Cat, you're the same as the Madam.”

Jin Xiaolou coughed lightly and put down Lin'er. ”I won't eat pigeons tonight, I'll go play with Chang An first!”

With that, he patted Lin'er's head and watched him run away happily. Then, he turned around and returned back to his tent.

This time, the letter was very long, it said that the young lady who sent Lv Yun out received very important news, and many of the ministers of the imperial court were secretly taken away by the Prince Xian at night, and only returned in the middle of the night.

Furthermore, most of the people who took them away were important officials who held military power. Lv Yun guessed that the Prince Xian would probably make his move soon.