Chapter 1607

From the day the southern pass was lost, there were many ministers that came to advise Mo Chuan. They advised him to give Chu Shao Yang a large benefit, allowing him to surrender to West Chu. There were also many people that suggested ceding territory and submitting to South Yue. Even if it was like losing to East Qin in the past, paying tribute every year was better than losing their country.

Even if Mo Chuan didn't hear these words ten times a day, he still heard them eight times a day. His heart was filled with anger as he angrily scolded the people that came to advise him.

But there was still an endless stream of people coming to advise him.

Mo Chuan knew what the ministers were afraid of. They were afraid of Chu Shao Yang, afraid of the South Yue army of a hundred thousand. They were afraid that they would fall into the hands of the South Yue people, losing their positions and lives!

But the ministers were afraid, but he was not!

Everyone could surrender, but he could not surrender!

In this kind of crisis, if he left the capital city, it would cause a large wave in the court. Perhaps everyone would think that he ran away because he was afraid!

Those people with ulterior motives could take advantage of the chaos. When the time came, there would be internal and external troubles, West Chu would not have a peaceful day!

He couldn't leave!

Mo Chuan tightly gritted his teeth as his heart burned.

He stood on his horse and looked in the direction of Shuang Lu. He gritted his teeth and said, "Ning 'er, ah Ning' er, no matter what, you have to take care of yourself. If you dare come back with a single hair missing, I won't forgive you!"

He turned his horse around and slowly headed to the royal study. Only his heart was heavy, like with every step he took, he was getting further away from Chen Ning.

He suddenly thought of Chu Shao Bai.

If Shao Bai was still here, he would definitely be able to bring Chen Ning back safely.

Shao Bai, ah Shao Bai, where did you go!

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Mo Chuan's guess was not wrong. Chen Ning was not kidnapped, rather she had snuck out of the palace.

She had already made up her mind to go to the frontlines to help, but after several probing attempts, she was mercilessly rejected by Mo Chuan.

Since it was like this, she could only hide from everyone and sneak away.

It just so happened that Mo Chuan had been waiting in the royal study for the past few days, giving her a good chance to sneak away. She just needed to avoid the secret guards that Mo Chuan had arranged to protect her.

She knew that this trip was very dangerous, so she couldn't bring Xiao Ru along no matter what. So she put a bit of knockout medicine in the desserts. How could Xiao Ru know that she was eating happily and unknowingly fell asleep.

She returned to her room and changed into the eunuch clothes she had prepared. Then she sent a message to Mo Chuan and left the palace without anyone knowing.

The hidden guards only saw a little eunuch come out of the empress' bedroom, but they didn't care at all. No one would have thought that this little eunuch would be the disguised Chen Ning.

In order to avoid suspicion, Chen Ning left the palace empty handed. She came to the market and bought a horse and some men's clothes. Then she found an inn to change into.

By the time she came out of the inn, she had changed from a little eunuch to an ordinary-looking young man.

She was wearing the human skin mask she stole from Mo Chuan, only revealing a pair of crystal clear eyes. There was no expression on her face, so no one would look at this normal face more than once.

This was the effect she wanted. The less attention she attracted, the safer she would be on her journey.