Astute Princess: Married to be the Empress Novel - Chapter 97

Chapter 97 Escape From Nanjiang
In any case, the prisoners in this prison were all imperial concubines who had committed crimes and Emperor Yelan of the living dead. Thinking about it, no one would be able to escape. No one would have thought that Emperor Yelan, as a living dead, would actually allow him to swagger out of the prison in front of them like this.

Besides, Mu Hai brought Emperor Ye Lan and his subordinates, The few of them sped along, Pick a secret place to go, When there was no one around, Mu Hai turned around and knelt in front of the Emperor. “The situation has forced me to do something. I will have to grieve the Emperor these few days. As the country is preparing for war, I only brought a few dozen hidden guards to hide in the Southern Palace this time. Therefore, it is inconvenient for us to clash head-on with them. We can only leave the Southern Palace in disguise. I hope the Emperor will forgive us if we are disrespectful.”

When Emperor Yelan heard this, he extended his hand to help him up and said, “No problem, let’s leave the southern border first.”

Actually, this little grievance, It’s nothing, Ye Lan was not rich, The living conditions were also very difficult. Everyone relied on their own abilities to obtain everything they wanted. As the emperor of Ye Lan, not only did he have to be outstanding, he also had to stand out from the crowd of princes. He had to have gone through many trials and trials to climb up step by step. Before he ascended to the throne, what kind of grievances did he not suffer?

Therefore, Emperor Yelan did not care about this grievance at all. He wanted to return to Yelan as soon as possible. He did not know how Yelan was doing after leaving this period of time. Thus, he took the lead and left the Southern Jiang Palace, heading towards Yelan day and night.

Because Mu Ling Feng had misjudged the direction of the capture, Coupled with the fact that they often changed their faces, So along the way, they unimpeded returned to Yelan territory, and smoothly arrived at the Mu Clan army camp guarding the border between the two countries. They thought that they had already entered Yelan territory, so there was no need to guard against them anymore, so they revealed their original faces and walked into the Mu Clan army camp with great fanfare.

Many of the generals in the camp did not recognize the Emperor, but they all knew Mu Hai. Because Mu Hai was traveling along the way, they did not stop him. After they entered the tent, Mu Hai said to the guards at the entrance, “Hurry up and invite Big Brother. Tell them that the Emperor has arrived and let them all come to see the driver.”

When the soldier heard that the Emperor had arrived, he was so scared that he immediately bowed and said, “Yes, this subordinate will go invite him, General Mu.” As he spoke, he crawled up from the ground and invited Mu Lin.

Not long after, The deputy commander of Mu Army, Mu Lin, said, He Lianlei walked into the tent with all the soldiers. Helian Lei, as the assistant general who assisted in guarding the entrance, naturally came to see the driver. Everyone rushed into the tent and saw the Emperor sitting there. The generals couldn’t help but be overjoyed. They hurriedly knelt on one knee and saluted, “Long live the emperor.” Originally, they were still worried that if the Emperor could not save Ye Lan, it would inevitably be restricted by the Southern Border. Now, the Emperor had returned. They could take care of the southern border in good faith.

Seeing everyone kneeling in front of him, he instantly regained his dignity as the emperor. He raised his hand slightly and said, “Everyone, stand up. This is a special time. There is no need for everyone to be too courteous. It is inconvenient for us to reveal our whereabouts, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble for the Crown Prince.” How could he be an incompetent person if he could become the Emperor of Ye Lan? Once he regained his mind, what else could escape his eyes?

So the moment he saw Helian Lei, He immediately recalled the years when he had colluded with Ni Fei. Not only had he poisoned his mind, but he had also ruined his reputation and subverted his country. If it weren’t for the Crown Prince’s efforts to turn the tide many times, the current Yelan Kingdom would probably have fallen into the hands of the Southern Jiang King like the Great Wei Kingdom and become his puppet.

If that’s the case, What face did he have to meet the Huyan Clan’s ancestors in the future? What face did he have to face the people of Ye Lan, So when he heard Mu Hai say Huyan Mingshuo and Fu Yingran’s plan, His heart was incomparably shocked. This was the wish of many generations of Emperor Ye Lan. However, no emperor had ever fulfilled it. Now that his son and daughter-in-law were so ambitious, he absolutely could not allow anyone to destroy their plans. Therefore, he wanted to use himself as bait to remove the cancer from the border guards for them.

This was also the reason why he insisted on entering the camp in his true colors. Helian Lei did not disappoint his expectations. In the middle of the night, the defenders in the southern border had indeed launched an attack on the Mu Army army.

When Mu Lin heard the shouts from outside, he immediately got out of bed. As he put on his armor and walked out of the tent, he happened to encounter a sentinel who came to report. One of the sentinels, Mu Lin, knelt on one knee and said, “Report to General Mu, the enemy has suddenly launched an attack on our army. Whether to defend or fight, please decide.”

Hearing the sentinel’s words, Mu Lin’s first reaction was that there was a mole in the army, and the suspect was the new deputy general Helian Lei’s family. Thus, he ordered without hesitation, “Come, immediately give orders. All the soldiers quickly pack up and prepare for the battle. Send two more people to tie Helian Lei and his daughter up.”

Afterwards, he angrily went to the Emperor’s tent. When he stepped into the tent, Seeing the Emperor sitting upright in his chair with a serious expression, He then bowed and said, “Your Majesty, the defending army of the Southern Region is attacking our army now. All of this is due to the general’s neglect of management. I’m afraid that traitors have appeared in the army and spread the news of the Emperor’s arrival to the Southern Region. That’s why we disturbed the sacred carriage. It was my negligence. Please forgive me, Your Majesty.”

Seeing him say this, the Emperor stood up and walked to his side to help him up. Then, he sighed and said, “It’s not your fault. It’s my fault. It was I who allowed him to be like this all along. Send someone to capture the Helian Lei Clan and punish him for treason.”

After the Emperor finished speaking, he closed his eyes. He was completely dispirited. Helian Lei had also followed him step by step until today. He recalled that the two of them had also come out of the battlefield to have a life-long friendship. Later on, because they had each married a Princess of the Southern Region, their relationship had changed. Even so, the Emperor still planned to give him one last chance.

If we can get through tonight peacefully, He could continue to use him without blame, However, if he still persisted, then he could only personally send him on his way. Therefore, the Emperor had not slept all this time. He wanted to wait for a result to see if Helian Lei still had this Emperor in his heart. Unexpectedly, what he was waiting for was such a result. Since that was the case, then he could not blame him. He could only personally send Helian Lei on his way.

After Mu Lin heard the Emperor’s words, He was finally gratified. The Emperor was finally awake. He didn’t intend to protect the Helian Lei family anymore, Although he had been stationed at the border all these years, his father would always write to him about everything that had happened in the imperial capital. Therefore, Mu Lin was also clear about the current situation. Now that he saw that the Emperor was finally awake, he felt relieved. Otherwise, His Highness the Crown Prince would have to restrain himself.

Seeing that the Emperor was awake, he said truthfully, “Reporting to the Emperor, before I came here, I had already ordered someone to bring Helian Lei and his daughter here.” When the Emperor heard this, he only glanced at him and didn’t say anything. This was an obvious first move. It seemed that he had already lost his trust in the hearts of the soldiers. However, he was unable to refute all of this. After all, he had already done what he wanted, so he had no choice but to accept it. Therefore, he could only sit and wait with his eyes closed.

However, They waited for a while, Shouts of killing gradually sounded from outside. Even though he didn’t see Helian Lei’s shadow, Mu Lin was already a little impatient. He was just about to personally take a look when a guard ran in panicked. He immediately knelt on the ground and reported, “Reporting to Your Majesty, General Mu, we searched the entire barracks. We didn’t see any of Helian Lieutenant General’s family. They probably secretly left the barracks.”

After the Emperor and Mu Lin heard this, their faces immediately darkened. The Emperor was completely cold-hearted now. Then, he ordered, “Pass on my orders, and arrest warrants will be issued everywhere in Yelan. No matter when and where Yelan’s subjects see their father and daughter, they can execute them on the spot. Anyone who brings their father and daughter’s head will be promoted to a rank.”

After Mu Lin heard this, he immediately went forward and bowed, “This official obeys the decree. This official will immediately pass down the order. Please rest assured, Your Majesty. This official will lead our soldiers from Mu Army to annihilate all invaders from the southern border.” As he spoke, he bowed again and left the Emperor’s tent with large strides.

The reason why he came to report to the Emperor first was because he wanted the Emperor’s attitude. If the Emperor continued to favor the Helian Lei Clan, then he would only be loyal to the Crown Prince Huyan Mingshuo after tonight. Fortunately, the Emperor was still sober and did not favor the Helian Lei Clan blindly. Instead, he punished him accordingly.

In that case, he would continue to serve him as their master. However, this did not affect his determination to serve Huyan Mingshuo. In the hearts of every soldier in Ye Lan, only a monarch who truly planned for Ye Lan’s future was worthy of their true loyalty. Loyalty to the Emperor was their mission as a soldier, and loyalty to His Highness the Crown Prince was their yearning.

The Emperor looked at Mu Lin’s back. What else could he not understand? As an emperor, he was best at judging people’s hearts. However, how could he bear to blame these officials who only cared about Ye Lan?

Thus, he said to Mu Hai, who was standing beside him, “You have a good brother, and there is also a good general in Ye Lan. Go back and tell your father to rest assured. As long as the Ye Lan royal family is still surnamed Huyan, the Great General of Ye Lan will be surnamed Mu. However, there is one thing that you must be the most outstanding person in the family to be competent.”

The Emperor knew that the Mu Clan’s three had always been the Crown Prince’s men. All these years, the Right Virtuous King and the Great General had always been the Crown Prince’s right and left arms. They were also the opponents that he had tried his best to eliminate before. But now that he recalled it, if it weren’t for the two of them doing their utmost to help the Crown Prince, Ye Lan would have changed heaven long ago.

From the looks of it, the emperor’s prestige in the hearts of these subjects was probably far inferior to that of the Crown Prince. Fortunately, that was his son, and he had also appointed a Monarch in the early morning. This could make him feel somewhat gratified.

Actually, he was right, With his blindness in protecting Helian Lei’s family and Ni Fei, He was not a qualified emperor, so he couldn’t help but think of abdicating the throne. Thinking about the debt he owed to his empress over the years, he felt pain in his heart. That was his childhood wife, but because of the Empress Dowager’s interference, he had no choice but to marry Princess Nanjiang.

She could only wronged herself and become a side concubine, Although after ascending to the throne, In the end, she was conferred the title of Queen, But because he had been under Concubine Ni’s control all these years, They’ve been ignoring their mother and son, She even tacitly allowed Concubine Ni to disrespect and suppress her, but she silently endured it and nurtured such a capable son for herself. Now that he was sober, he wanted to compensate her properly. Perhaps after passing the throne to the Crown Prince, he could spend more time with her and slowly compensate her with the rest of his life.

The Emperor sat quietly like this. He was planning to abdicate until Mu Lin walked in covered in blood. He said to the Emperor with a livid face, “Your Majesty, this official did not fail to fulfill your mission of annihilating more than 5,000 enemies. None of the defenders of the Southern Border escaped. More than 500 of our soldiers died, 800 were lightly injured, and 300 were seriously injured.” “The Emperor the Emperor the Emperor the Emperor the Emperor the Emperor the Emperor the Emperor the Emperor the Emperor the Emperor the Emperor the Emperor the Emperor the Emperor the Emperor the Emperor the Emperor the Emperor the Emperor the The more he said, the darker his face became.