"Huang Qian-er, stop!"
Before the two could get close, a spear was pressed against their chins, giving them quite a fright. Wang Chong hurriedly stopped Huang Qian-er.
"You said you wanted to come to Deflecting Blade Manor to find them?"
Huang Qian-er examined the three, a suspicious light in her eyes. Even though she had been at Wang Chong's side for a long time, there were still some things that Huang Qian-er did not know.
For example, the news that Wang Chong had sent through carrier pigeons.
"Yes!"
Wang Chong smiled. He had left the spirit vein not because he was strong enough, but because he had received a request for help from Fifth Prince Li Heng.
"Huang Qian-er, can you give us some space?"
Wang Chong made a gesture of invitation.
"Hmph! Do you think that I care? "
Huang Qian-er held her head high, coldly snorted, and turned to leave. Although she was very curious as to why Wang Chong had seen these two acting suspiciously, Huang Qian-er's pride did not permit her to linger.
Although she had left with her horse, Huang Qian-er did not go far, waiting around fifty-some zhang away.
"Who is that woman?"
Li Xiang looked at Huang Qian-er's back, a strange look flashing through his eyes. That moment just now had truly given him a fright.
Although Li Jingzhong would often berate him and even slap him, that was because he had grown up with him and had a special status.
This was the first time someone outside of the Imperial Palace had pointed a sword at his neck.
"He's my guard."
Wang Chong gave a simple explanation. Huang Qian-er was a daughter of the Huang Clan, so she was very far from the Imperial Palace.
Li Heng and Li Jingzhong both had warm expressions on their faces when they heard Wang Chong's answer.
Wang Chong knew that the two had misunderstood, but he only smiled and did not explain.
"Your Highness, what's going on? Why are you in such a hurry? "
Wang Chong asked.
Li Heng's messenger pigeon had come in a hurry. If not for this, he would not have left the spirit vein so quickly.
"Wang Chong, you must think of a way to help me with this matter."
Speaking of proper business, Li Heng's face instantly revealed a worried expression.
"… Right now, I can only think of you."
"Yes, Young Master, you must help Her Highness. Otherwise, Your Highness would really be consigned to eternal damnation. "
Li Jingzhong also chimed in, his anxiety no less than Li Heng's.
"What's going on?"
Wang Chong asked.
"Father has summoned me to the palace!"
Li Heng spoke concisely.
"His Majesty summons you to the palace …"
Wang Chong was stunned. This should have been a good thing, but when he saw Li Heng's anxious expression, he immediately realized something.
"Someone intentionally facilitated this?"
"Yes, Third Brother arranged it."
The Fifth Prince said, and his words revealed a very fearful expression. Of all the princes of the imperial clan, the Third Prince was one of the most feared. He had a strong desire to ostracize others and would use any means necessary. At the same time, he would never leave behind any evidence that could be used against him.
"What's going on here? It's not like His Majesty has kept you in Kunwu Training Camp for the first time, so why did he suddenly summon you back to the palace? There has to be a sufficient reason, right? "
Wang Chong said. After spending more than a month on the spirit vein mountain, Wang Chong knew that something had happened that he did not know about.
"Someone has found out that His Highness has recovered his martial arts."
A voice came from the side. It was Li Jingzhong who interrupted from the side.
"How could this be? Not many people should know about this, right? "
Wang Chong said in surprise.
Li Heng had always kept a low profile in the training camp. Wang Chong had only found out that Li Heng was in the same place as him after spending several months there. Moreover, among the princes, Li Heng had already been 'proven' to have no hope of cultivating, so he was the one that no one paid the least attention to.
As long as he did not reveal it and Li Jingzhong did not reveal it (and in truth, Li Jingzhong would never reveal it), given how inconspicuous they were, no one should have known.
"I ran into Ni Huang in the training camp! … "
Li Heng helplessly said, and then he gave a rough account of what had happened.
As the saying went, 'If it's a blessing, it's not a curse, and if it's a curse, it can't be avoided.' Li Heng's conduct had always been abnormally inconspicuous among the princes.
Ever since he had his blood exchanged and could cultivate, he had become even more inconspicuous. Whenever he had the time, he would enter the mountains outside the training camp.
As for Wang Chong's Deflecting Blade Manor, Wang Chong had warned him that Princess Ni Huang was there and that he should do his best to avoid her. If there was nothing important, he should do his best not to go to Deflecting Blade Manor and send a messenger. If he had to go, he should do his best to avoid Princess Ni Huang.
Li Heng listened to all this, but he didn't expect that … When he returned from the forest at night, he happened to run into Princess Ni Huang, who was strolling around the training camp.
The two of them bumped into each other, and Li Heng was left dumbfounded.
Princess Ni Huang's cultivation was much higher than his, and she was accompanied by an unfathomable old nanny who possessed profound martial arts. The old nanny took Li Heng's wrist and immediately understood.
Li Heng's face was pale, and it took him quite some time to recover.
All this time, he had been able to live a stable and inconspicuous life precisely because he couldn't cultivate martial arts and posed no threat to the other princes.
Thus, the cruel and cruel War of the Princes was very far away from him. There weren't too many attacks focused on him.
But if he could suddenly cultivate martial arts, everything would be completely different. He would receive a great deal of attention, and all kinds of attacks, both overt and covert, would be impossible to guard against.
There was no such thing as familial love in the imperial household, and the conflicts between the princes were even more cruel. The result would not be as simple as being injured or being demoted.
If Li Heng had secretly cultivated and accumulated enough strength, it would have been fine. But right now, he was still extremely weak.
This would only cause him to suffer even fiercer attacks, perhaps even attacks from many sides at the same time.
If one could eliminate one's opponent while he was still weak, then one couldn't just sit and watch him grow! This was a tacit rule of the imperial household.
Upon understanding this, one could understand why Li Heng was in such a rush.
"… But if Princess Ni Huang discovered that you can cultivate martial arts, why was it the Third Prince who reported it?"
Wang Chong asked.
"This is why I don't like staying in the court."
Li Heng sighed.
"Because princes don't just compete with each other, they occasionally cooperate. It's not good for the First Prince to appear. Thus, the Third Prince is the best method. Moreover … the assassins who tried to assassinate His Highness were basically sent by the Third Prince. "
Li Jingzhong said. He had spent his entire life in the Imperial Palace and had seen all kinds of power struggles, schemes, and deceit. He had long ago seen through all of this and understood the tricks behind it.
"But this isn't the most important thing. The most important thing is that the Third Prince recommended His Highness to His Majesty, heartily praising His Highness, saying that His Highness is talented and has made great progress, already reaching Origin Energy Tier 8! He asked His Majesty to greatly reward His Highness. "
Li Jingzhong sighed.
"But the Third Prince clearly knows that even though His Majesty rarely interferes with the War of the Princes, using the method of raising Gu, what His Majesty hates the most is someone deceiving him among the princes. The Third Prince is clearly praising His Highness, but in reality, he wants to push His Highness into the pit of fire.
"In the current situation, Imperial Father has already summoned me to the palace. If I enter the palace and display myself, I will be committing the crime of deceiving the sovereign, and my other brothers will also hate me. If I don't display myself, I will still be committing the crime of deceiving the sovereign, and my other brothers will not let me off. No matter what I do, I will be in the wrong. "
Li Heng's brow was tightly furrowed, his anxiety and nervousness evident in his words.
In the depths of the palace, without any faction, background, the protection of his maternal clan, or the strength to protect himself, he was in a situation where a catastrophe was imminent.
He did not have the strength to resist the princes, but he was simultaneously attracting their hostility and hatred. One could easily imagine Li Heng's situation.
In reality, it was already quite impressive that he could maintain his composure and seek out Wang Chong to discuss countermeasures.
Anyone else would have long ago been at a loss for what to do.
Wang Chong silently creased his brow. The situation before him had already somewhat surpassed his expectations. He had always avoided the War of the Princes.
This was not his area of expertise.
"Wang Chong, only you have seen Imperial Father, and it was only after he imprisoned you in the imperial prison that he released you. In this aspect, only you can help me. "
Li Heng immediately revealed the true reason for seeking out Wang Chong.
'A monarch does not go back on his words.' The words spoken by the Emperor could not be changed. The words of the Son of Heaven could easily be changed by other sovereigns, but it was extremely rare for the Holy Emperor, the Son of Heaven.
In the past few decades, the words of the Holy Emperor had basically determined a person's life or death. In all his years in the palace, Li Heng had only heard of a few people like Wang Chong, who had been vilified by the Hu generals and thrown into the death prison, and who had caused such a huge uproar, but had still managed to come out alive.
In the end, everyone could see how much the Holy Emperor cherished Wang Chong. There was no doubt about this.
"Young Master Chong! A sovereign's heart is unfathomable. You were so confident in presenting the memorial, even risking the wrath of the world and His Majesty, so you must have understood His Majesty's thoughts. Young Master Chong, you must not be stingy in saving His Highness. "
Li Jingzhong also said, tears on the verge of flowing out of his eyes.
Although he knew that this scoundrel wasn't a good person, and he didn't even know where those tears had come from, Wang Chong had to admit that this bastard Li Jingzhong was sincerely trying to help Li Heng.
This is troublesome …
Wang Chong quietly said to himself, his brow furrowed into a deep frown. He knew his own situation best. Li Heng and Li Jingzhong had completely overestimated him.
In the Regional Commanders incident, it wasn't that he had grasped His Majesty's thoughts and knew that nothing would happen to him, but that he had cast aside his life and death.
But no one would believe him on this point.
Moreover, based on his memories, Li Heng had never been summoned to the palace from the training camp in his last life. There was no doubt that it was his interference that had brought about this danger.
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