Tang Xian frowned in confusion.

"I believe in your integrity."

Tang Xian smiled, "Why?"

He was indeed very surprised.

Because you are the prince, you are the most favored son of the emperor among all his sons.

Tang Xian curled his lips, "I don't quite understand. You don't trust my father emperor, but you trust his judgment?"

"Of course not, you're also my godfather's most promising candidate. These years, we've been keeping an eye on your every move. I know what kind of person you are, so tell me the truth."

"I don't know whether to say it's an honor or what? But if you are really a descendant of the Zhu family, then you've gotten your revenge all wrong. Your father was misled by your godfather and made a terrible mistake."

Tang Xian didn't say anything more about what happened next. It was much like what she had just said, and there was no need to repeat it.

Tang Ningxiang's eyes instantly froze. She didn't know if she was heartbroken, regretful, or hating herself for being deceived.

Tang Xian glanced at Yin Qiu and then left.

……

"Xiǎn'ěr, take care of him," Tang Chéncè said calmly.

Although he didn't specify who, Tang Xian knew.

"Father, you can't, he can't die." Tang Xian said anxiously, "Ning Shuang hasn't come back yet, she must have been captured. Since Tang Xian is willing to risk his life for this man, then keeping him alive could be the price for Ning Shuang's life."

Tang Chen's eyes fell on his son, the disdain in them was unmistakable. "I told you long ago, a person who wants to accomplish great things cannot be soft-hearted towards women."

"Dad, that's Ningxiang!"

"What's wrong with her?" Tang Chen Ce asked coldly, already showing signs of anger.

"She's your goddaughter, my sister!" Tang Xian looked at his father in bewilderment. He could accept his father's coldness towards anyone else, but when it came to his sister, who he had grown up with, he couldn't understand how his father could say such heartless words.

"Heh heh... Foolish! She recklessly defied our orders and went anyway. Now she'll have to face the consequences. Besides, how do you know she didn't betray us to save her own life?"

"Father, how could Ning Frost possibly betray us?" Tang Xian pleaded. "Father, spare this person's life, I'll take him to exchange for Ning Frost."

Tang Chen ce coldly glanced at him, "If you dare to go, then afterwards you won't be my son anymore. One Ning Shuang isn't enough, you also want to disobey my orders?"

"I… my son wouldn't dare!"

He's no use to us anymore, he might expose our whereabouts.

Tang Xian looked at the dying man, frowned and took people to deal with it.

However, he didn't directly want Bai Zhou dead because he always felt that if Bai Zhou died, his sister's life would be gone too.

"None of you are allowed to speak, or I will take your lives." Tang Xian coldly ordered his subordinates.

>Bai Zhou was then hidden in a cave, but with his injuries, he couldn't receive treatment and could only barely survive.

However, Tang Xian wouldn't care about anything else; all he cared about was whether Bai Zhou was still breathing.

……

"How come it took so long to find anything? Are these dogs even better than the Wind Listening Pavilion masters?"

Qingfeng glanced at the speaker, "Don't you trust the Crown Princess?"

"No, I didn't mean that. I just think why aren't we stronger than those guys? We haven't found any..."

Suddenly, a dog barking in the distance, Qing Feng was overjoyed, but his vision blurred again, and his ears were filled with a buzzing sound.

He shook his head, and the whole world seemed to sway.

He could only see his fellow comrade's mouth moving up and down, but he couldn't hear what he was saying.

It took a while to recover.

The man patted him on the shoulder, "Did you hear what I said?"

"What did you say?"

"Hey, you! Get a move on! You're just thinking about your wife, aren't you? Something's happening over there, let's go!"

The breeze nodded, and they followed the well-trained dogs all the way until they discovered a small courtyard.

Qing Feng was afraid there might be an ambush inside. His life was destined to be short, while his good brother was still young, "I'll go."

"What are you kidding? If you got hurt, with your sister-in-law's temper, we'd be scolded to death! Stay behind me." The man said with a smile.

The breeze shook its head, “She can't.”

"Come on, we don't want to get scolded by your sister-in-law. You too, after getting married, don't always try to be first in everything. Think about your little sister-in-law, if you go back with her, don't make her worry or scared."

A light breeze swept by, and a wry smile touched his lips. He had sorrows he couldn't bear to speak aloud.

But when he went inside, the yard was empty. There were only bloodstains inside the house, and the dog barked frantically at a pool of blood.

"This must be the place where Yin Qiu and Bai Zhou were tortured."

"Yes, it's a pity I came a step too late. There's no one here." The man sighed, but looking at the puppy's appearance was different from before, "The Imperial Concubine is indeed a remarkable woman. These little fellas are really more effective than us."

Qīngfēng smiled but didn't laugh, "Alright, let's keep walking. You two go back and tell the master.

"What were we busting our humps for? That little brat just had to get a taste of her own medicine."

Qingfeng shook his head, "She won't say anything. Some women are even stronger than men. Besides, those people are cunning and have multiple hiding places; they might have moved."

The man patted Qingfeng's shoulder and said, "Not bad. You've learned quite a bit by staying by my side."

"Let's go," said Qing Feng with a smile.

……

"How do you say?" When Emperor Chengde heard that someone had just come to report, it was Tang Xian's people, he asked casually.

Tang Xian said it truthfully.

"It seems that these little fellows of Chirp have really done a great job, let's give them some extra bones to munch on later."

Fu Jiu Jiu smiled faintly, “Father Emperor, you are so stingy. How can there only be bones and no meat?”

Emperor Chengde burst into laughter, “Chiu Chiu is still the most interesting. These days you weren’t in the capital, I was so bored! I truly envy ordinary families, all together, father, son, grandson, what a lively scene.”

"Your Majesty's thoughts aren't unreasonable, it's just that I'd have to call all the empresses dowagers to live in the palace. I'm afraid they might be too noisy and give you a headache. You wouldn't want us there, would you?"

"You, you little girl, with such a mouth, don't you mind being turned away? Come back to the palace and make a fuss."

Emperor Chengde looked at Tang Xian, "From now on, this token is yours."

“This is…”

“This token can command the Chiyu Army. Without it, even if you become emperor, you won't be able to mobilize them. The Chiyu Army only recognizes the token, not people. They kill gods and Buddha, tonight we'll take action. It's time for me to settle scores with him.”

Tang Xian looked at the black jade token, then back at Emperor Chengde.

Yet Emperor Chengde smiled at him, "Go on, take it, I trust you."

Tang Xian seemed to have thought of something, and nodded.

"Alive," the Emperor of Chengde said again.

When the Baby Star cries, all the bigwigs in the capital city kneel down.

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First published on the Traditional Chinese Novels Network