In the palace of the Southern Kingdom, the king was seriously ill. As the prince, he had to stay with the king. However, Gu Jingxi had been recalled to the palace and stayed with his father for many days.

The investigation into the assassination of the Prince Regent was also delayed, but he still took it to heart.

"Cough cough cough..."

The person on the bed coughed twice and became more awake. Gu Jingxi immediately got up and stepped forward.

"Father."

Gu Jingxi stood obediently in front of the bed, lowering his head dullly. He looked at the person in front of the bed who was breathing weakly, and his eyes were slightly red.

Seeing that the person on the bed didn't respond, he called out again obediently, with a quiet and somewhat frightened voice, "Father...Father."

"Except for the Crown Prince, all of you...step back..."

The man on the bed spoke in a hoarse voice and spoke in a low voice to the people waiting around him. He broke off his sentence several times and took two breaths in the middle before he could finish the sentence.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

People standing around bent down and left.

"Father, how are you..."

Gu Jingxi walked to the bedside, opened the curtain, and poured a cup of tea for his father, thinking of giving some tea to the hoarse voice.

The person on the bed was helped to sit up. When he saw the person supporting him, his eyes trembled a little, "Jing Xi... cough cough cough... why is it you..."

Gu Jingxi was stunned, her eyes were slightly red, and the tea in her hand almost slipped. For a moment, he didn't know what to say, "I..."

With his eyes open, he stared at the person on the bed with a nervous expression, "Father, I..."

"Your Majesty is mistaken. He is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

I don't know when Chu Muhen walked in. He stood in front of the dragon bed, glanced at Gu Jingxi, and then bent down to the person on the bed, "Your Majesty, I am here to present the token of the three armies."

The person on the bed glanced at Chu Muhen, and then looked at Gu Jingxi. He was stunned for a long time, and then said hoarsely, "Jingxi, yes, Jingxi was sent to the land of tigers and wolves in the north by me."

"I'm sorry, Jing Xi. I'm sorry...cough cough cough cough..."

Before she finished speaking, another mouthful of blood dripped from the corner of her lips onto the bedside. Gu Jingxi's eyes trembled, "Father..."

The old emperor was lying on the dragon bed with his eyes downcast. He had been in pain for a long time, and his eyes had lost much luster. "I will send him to the North Kingdom alone, you must... pick him up..."

As he spoke, he took another long breath, raised his hand, grabbed the corner of Gu Jingxi's clothes, and said with all his strength, "Pick him... back."

"Father... I know..." Gu Jingxi nodded while crying, lowered her waist, and grabbed his father's hand, "I know, father."

Gu Jingxi knelt on the ground, tears falling down.

At this moment, a man hurriedly walked forward and stopped in front of the Regent, "Regent, there is an urgent report from the border."

Chu Muhen: "..."

The person standing glanced at Gu Jingxi who was kneeling on the ground, then glanced at the person holding the emergency report, turned around and walked out.

Standing outside the hall, he opened the emergency report. Inside was a letter. After opening it, he confirmed that it was Chu Muyan's emergency report. There was only one sentence in the letter: Brother, border response, come in person. Please give me a secret order

, I want to take His Highness home.

Chu Muhen frowned and looked at the words on the letter, feeling a little confused. Normally Mu Yan would not leave such a sentence unclearly. Was it because... was the matter too urgent?

There were other reasons, but these days, he really received very little news from Mu Yan, and he didn't know if something really happened.

To take His Highness home? Why is he so eager? He has not received any news. However, the Twelve Dead Soldiers are indeed not in the city. Do they really want to take His Highness back?

He looked at the letter twice with some confusion, and when he confirmed that it was indeed Chu Muyan's handwriting, he frowned.

After hesitating for a moment, he turned around and entered the palace, kneeling in front of the dragon bed, "Your Majesty, I would like to request a decree to go to the border of the North and South Kingdom to escort His Highness Proton back to the palace."

This sentence made Gu Jingxi's hand tremble while she was taking medicine.

"Cough cough cough..." The person on the dragon bed kept coughing, "Beiguo... has he released anyone?"

Chu Muhen knelt on one knee in front of the bed, his eyes downcast, "I will pick him up personally. I will definitely bring His Highness back."

Gu Jingxi was stunned for a moment, unable to react. Was it so sudden? Could she really pick up... the prince's brother? She couldn't believe it for a moment.

It's not that I don't want to, but I think this matter is too strange.

"Ahem, cough, cough...if the Northern Kingdom releases people..." It would be great if the Northern Kingdom had a true heart for peace.

He closed his eyes, raised his old hand, and waved, "Then I'll bother the regent."

After saying that, the person on the bed took a long breath and lowered his hands, "I'm tired, you all can go out."

Chu Muhen turned around and left without saying anything. When Gu Jingxi saw that the medicine bowl was empty, she also chased after him and called out to the person who was about to leave, "Chu Muhen."

The person who had already gone down the steps stood at the bottom of the steps and looked up at Gu Jingxi who was standing on the steps with a smile on his face and said, "Your Highness, can you agree, okay, wait here.

……I come back."

"Remember, no matter who it is, don't meet anyone, don't answer any questions, and don't trust anyone."

Chu Muhen stared at the person standing on the steps, his eyes calm and easy-going. A breeze blew by, blowing away the messy hair on his forehead, blowing up the corners of Gu Jingxi's clothes, and then slowly fell to the ground, "You

Although you may not have the same temperament as His Highness the Crown Prince, you are no worse than others in this royal family, so no matter what others say, you are the orthodox one when the Crown Prince is not around."

"Gu Jingxi, it's okay if you wait for me to come back."

The person standing on the steps had red eyes and didn't know what to say. The person below the steps turned around and stepped down the steps step by step. Looking at that person's back, Gu Jingxi suddenly chased after him and pulled him.

Caught on his sleeve.

The voice was trembling and small, but still firm, "Chu Muhen, I'm waiting for you to come back!"

"Also, Uncle Seventh Emperor has a problem, so be careful."

After finishing speaking, he slowly put down his hand and loosened his hold on Chu Muhen's sleeve.

"Ok, I know."

Chu Muhen's eyes were easy-going, he turned around, raised his hand, hesitated for a moment, and took out a purple-gold token from his waist, "This is the secret guard mobilization token of the Chu family in the Southern Imperial City."

, half a month, if... I haven't returned."

"Go to the Chu family and find the guard leader of the Chu family and ask him to protect you."

…

In the northern country, in the jungle on the top of Lingjue Mountain, Feng Yujin, dressed in white, stood aloof on the top of the forest, overlooking everything in the forest. Suddenly, a red figure fell beside him, "They are coming.

"

"That's Su Yanzhi's carriage. Leader, do you need to take action?"

Su Jingchen held a dagger in his hand and stared at the carriage silently.

"hold on."

Feng Yujin stood above the jungle, his eyes dark. He put his hands behind his back and stared at the carriage in silence.
Chapter completed!