Chapter 167 Chaoyang is forced to the edge of the cliff
Thirty-two cities.
"Brother...their target is me, please run away."
Mu Huaicheng sent a message to Kyoto about Dayu's renegade, but Xiao Junze must still not know about it.
Although Thirty-Two City is a nomadic city on the border, the hub of business travel from various countries is in Thirty-Two City. Although Thirty-Two City is remote, it is prosperous.
The Thirty-Two Cities are where the problems left over from the history of Dayu and Fengtian are caused by constant disputes.
Back then, Mu Jingyan single-handedly recaptured the thirty-two cities and lived peacefully under Fengtian's rule for decades.
However, in the past few years, the new emperor of Dayu came to the throne. In just a few years, Dayu was reformed and given a new look, and he took the thirty-two cities as his own again.
It just so happened that Dayu's new emperor was in great power and Emperor Fengtianlong was in decline. This gave Dayu an opportunity to seize thirty-two cities.
Now that such a good opportunity has come to his mouth, how could Dayu obediently return it because of a Chaoyang Princess?
They are greedy. They want both the rising sun and the thirty-two cities.
"Leave you?" Mu Huaicheng smiled, covered his injured shoulder, and pulled Chaoyang behind him. "Even if I die, I will not let you be taken away by someone who goes back on his word."
Chaoyang's heart tightened and he looked at Mu Huaicheng with red eyes.
So, is this how it feels to have your brother protecting you?
"But we have no retreat..." Chaoyang looked at the cliff behind her. She had no retreat. The only way to survive was to jump from here.
But whether she will live or die, she cannot predict.
Originally, her last escape route was Huaxi in the border town of Dayu. Her water ability was much better than that of ordinary people. On the way to the capital of Dayu, she could pretend to fall into the water and escape in an accident.
But who knew that Dayu would go back on his word...
Mu Huaicheng would not let her go with Dayu's people.
Then...it would be better to have broken jade than to have it intact.
"Even if you jump, you will still have my brother to support you." Mu Huaicheng held Chaoyang's wrist tightly and glanced at Chaoyang. "Are you afraid?"
"Afraid..." Chaoyang smiled. She was not afraid of death, but she was afraid that Mu Huaicheng would die with her.
Those killers were out to take her life, not Mu Huaicheng's.
"Don't be afraid..." Mu Huaicheng's face was pale, but his voice was soft and powerful.
He fought on the battlefield and practiced in the military camp for several years, but he never thought that he would be so tender towards a woman.
"Princess Chaoyang, where else do you want to escape?" From a distance, Rakshasa masters chased her.
In addition to the Rakshasa people, there was also a group of men in black, who seemed to be coming with bad intentions.
"Princess Chaoyang, I'm offended."
Mu Huaicheng frowned and stood in front of Chaoyang, his eyes falling on the token on the waist of the man in black.
Chaoyang naturally knew that token, Xiao Junze's secret guard...
She smiled bitterly, so it turned out that Xiao Junze also wanted her life?
Mu Huaicheng clenched his hands. Xiao Junze's secret guards would never put their badges in such a conspicuous place. Obviously...this group of people was pretending.
Its purpose... is to deceive Chaoyang?
Looking sideways at Chaoyang, Mu Huaicheng saw despair in Chaoyang's eyes.
When the words came to his lips, Mu Huaicheng did not say them out.
Chaoyang should completely give up on Xiao Junze.
As an emperor, sitting in that position has no emotions.
There are countless women in the emperor's harem, who can be exposed to rain and dew, and can love all living beings.
But Chaoyang can't, she is too dazzling, too outstanding...
No man is worthy of letting her drown in a crowd of women and serve the same husband together...
Even his loyal emperor is not worthy of it.
"Brother..." Chaoyang lowered his eyes and hugged Mu Huaicheng from behind.
Mu Huaicheng's body was extremely stiff, Chaoyang... what was going on?
"Brother, they are here for me, you have to be nice." Chaoyang's tears moistened Mu Huaicheng's back, and his voice was hoarse. "They won't let me live."
From the beginning, Xiao Junze had no intention of letting her leave alive, and Shen Qingzhou and others also had no intention of letting her come to Dayu alive.
"Chao'er..."
"Bang!" With a muffled sound, Chaoyang raised his hand from behind and hit Mu Huaicheng on the neck.
Carefully helping Mu Huaicheng lie on the ground, Chaoyang slowly stood up straight. "You... all want me to die?"
All the killers looked at Chaoyang warily but did not take action yet.
"What good will it do you if I die?" Chaoyang smiled weakly, his eyes sore. "I just want to live a good and ordinary life... I don't want to provoke anyone, why are you unwilling to let me go?"
"Why?"
Chaoyang didn't understand what she had done wrong.
…
Kyoto, Imperial Palace.
Xiao Junze escaped from death again and slowly opened his eyes.
"Afu..." His voice was a little hoarse, and Xiao Junze forced his body to sit up.
"Your Majesty..." Ah Fu quickly knelt down beside the bed.
"How did you go about explaining your matter?"
"Your Majesty, Shen Qingzhou went to find the old eunuch, and he now knows the life experience of Princess Chaoyang." Ah Fu quickly lowered his head.
"Very good..." Xiao Junze frowned. He only overheard the crazy eunuch talking about Chaoyang's life experience after Chaoyang left.
He really wanted to see how wonderful it would be if Shen Qingzhou knew that Chaoyang was his daughter.
"This matter must not be spread to outsiders. We must get rid of all the people who know about it. We must not let Chaoyang know..." Chaoyang would not be able to bear it.
The person she had been afraid of and hated for so many years was actually her biological father.
In fact, Xiao Junze could see that Chaoyang had already acquiesced in her identity as the daughter of the Mu family.
From the bottom of her heart, she hoped that she was Mu Jingyan's daughter.
And Mu Jingyan truly regarded Chaoyang as his daughter.
He left a letter home and admitted that Chaoyang was his daughter.
In this case... let Chaoyang never know about it.
"But if Shen Qingzhou..." Ah Fu was worried that Shen Qingzhou would tell Chaoyang.
"Does he have a face?" Xiao Junze sneered.
"That's true..." Ah Fu said softly.
"Chaoyang...can we get to the border?" Xiao Junze was a little worried about Chaoyang. He guessed that Chaoyang wanted to escape in Dayu.
He has already asked people to lurk in Dayu in advance to protect her at any time.
"Eight hundred miles is urgent. There is no news from the border yet." Ah Fu signaled Xiao Junze to be calm.
Xiao Junze's heart suddenly hurt so much that he forced himself to stand up.
He fell asleep all day and night...
"All the apricot blossoms have fallen..." In the palace, there is a feast of flowers in the morning sun and the apricot blossoms of the Oiran... There are only branches and leaves left on the tree, and no flowers are blooming anymore.
Feeling inexplicably desolate, Xiao Junze lowered his head and smiled bitterly.
If he recognized Chaoyang from the beginning, would Chaoyang stay for him?
Probably...right?
But the morning sun is a bird that should fly... Is being forced to be trapped in the deep palace really what she wants?
It's a pity that there will be no what if in this world.
If he is wrong, he is wrong.
If he hurts Chaoyang, he will never be able to keep her heart...
But if he still wants to keep Chaoyang, then they are destined to hurt each other.
Just like Shen Qingzhou forcibly keeping Bai Li.
It’s okay to hurt each other…
As long as Chaoyang can stay by his side.
Slowly clenching his fingers, Xiao Junze turned around and looked at Ah Fu. "I have given an order... No matter where Princess Chaoyang is, just protect her from behind. No interference is allowed unless absolutely necessary."
He gave Chaoyang the freedom he wanted, but he had enough freedom outside and wanted to go home.
He would never allow his Chaoyang to belong to any man, nor would he allow her to have anyone else in her heart.