Chapter 638

Li Qiao'er took the letter that Jiu Yue had passed over, and the three of them faced the letter, looking at each other, not knowing how to deal with it.

"Open it and have a look, Qiao'er!" Jiu Yue said, looking at Li Qiao'er.

A hint of hesitation flashed across Li Qiao'er's face: "This isn't appropriate, after all, it's a letter the Prince wrote to the Princess Consort."

Jiu Yue sighed helplessly: "It's a letter to the Princess Consort, but if we don't reply, the Prince will soon notice something's wrong."

"If we reply, we can still buy a few more days; if we don't reply, the Prince might cause some trouble."

"Last time the Princess Consort left Rui Wang Fu, the Prince almost went mad; it's better to look at this letter."

Yun Duo also nodded: "It's just a letter; at worst, we three can piece together a reply."

Li Qiao'er felt that opening the letter was wrong, and not opening it was also wrong; hearing her two companions say that, she took a breath, tore open the envelope, and pulled out a blank sheet of paper.

She had just unfolded the blank sheet when she suddenly froze in place.

"No characters?" Li Qiao'er exclaimed in a low voice.

The Prince and Princess Consort have deep affection; how could they possibly send back a blank letter?

"Oh no!" Li Qiao'er couldn't help shouting softly, jumping up from the bedside.

Before she could speak, a hurried footsteps sounded outside the warm pavilion, and then Steward Zhao, accompanied by a few personal guards of Prince Rui, surrounded the three of them.

Steward Zhao stared fixedly at Li Qiao'er before him, his face flashing a pallor.

Indeed, the Princess Consort is no easy lamp; something must have happened, and it's a major matter.

How is he to explain to the Prince? It's been almost a month and still no one knows where the Princess Consort has gone.

Looking at the three maidservants before him, Steward Zhao raised his hand in a cupped-fist salute and gave a bitter smile: "Ladies, I have offended you."

The twilight completely faded, leaving pitch darkness before dawn.

Then a streak of light broke through the sky, instantly tearing apart this chaotic heaven and earth, and a crimson dawn glow arrived like a shadow.

At the same time, shouts of killing, the neighing of galloping warhorses, and the clashing of swords and blades echoed throughout Hengzhou City.

Originally thought to be lacking military provisions, the allied forces, already starved to the point of their fronts touching their backs, this time surged forward like a tiger descending from the mountain, launching the fiercest assault on Hengzhou City.

Various ladders were set up against the high city walls; those Azure Dragon Army soldiers, fearless of death, bare-armed, with ropes around their waists and carrying infant arms?

The Azure Dragon Army climbed the ladders and attacked the city; for a moment, the fighting above and below the walls was indistinguishable.

The eight great clans had been standoffing with the Azure Dragon Army for so long, never expecting them……

Thinking that they had already received the news internally, the eight great clans intercepted halfway the grain they were selling to the Azure Dragon Army.

The Azure Dragon Army soldiers surged forward like a tiger descending from the mountain, unstoppable; they did not look like they had been starving for ten-odd days, but rather like they had been resting and recuperating for a long time.

"The Prince has ordered: put down your swords and do not kill!"

The people of the eight great clans inside the city could not hold out much longer.

At that time, Xiao Yin besieged Hengzhou City; the populace inside had long been unable to survive, and only a few people remained, suffering bitterly.

Who would have thought that the Azure Dragon Army, which they assumed was similarly starving and ineffective, would now be so vigorous and lively?

A battle that began before dawn ended before noon.

At the city gate, everywhere lay corpses of those who refused to surrender and were killed; subsequently, these bodies were cleaned up completely.

The soldiers did not take water from the moat to wash away the bloodstains on the road, leaving them spotless; afterwards, Xiao Yin led his personal guards into Hengzhou City.

The townspeople had long suffered under the eight great clans' tyranny; upon seeing Xiao Yin enter, they lined the streets to welcome him, and the scene became lively for a moment, but Xiao Yin, seated on his horse, showed not the slightest smile.

He rode a crimson steed, clad in silver armor; the stark contrast further highlighted his heroic bearing and suave elegance.

Xiao Yin sat on his horse, coldly gazing at the surrounding populace as they knelt and paid homage.

Xiao Yin ordered that the captured minor leaders of the eight great clans be all executed, leaving no survivors.

However, the punishment meted out to the civilians was somewhat relaxed.

After a day of tidying up, by dusk things finally settled down.

Xiao Yin slowly walked up to the city tower, looked toward the distance, and pushing north five hundred li brings one to Yingzhou.

Xiao Yin's lips curled slightly; his target was not here, but that nest of dogs in Yingzhou City.

Ling Feng stood beside Xiao Yin, gazing at the not‑far‑off wasteland spread out under the fierce sunlight; at last, the grudge in his heart eased a little.

At this moment, two messengers bearing urgent reports rushed into Hengzhou City one after another, then delivered the reports to Ling Feng's hands; Ling Feng then turned and walked to his fellow student's side.

"Read!"

"Like opening the first soda, his expression slightly stunned, he said blindly: 'The news that Ye was locked up, the eight great clans actually arrested the grain merchants of Ye Bei Guan one after another, forced the Ye officials to treat wounds, used up all the grain they had tallied in the town, and now those are chilly.'"

"Ye Ye laughed loudly: 'The eight great clans probably want to give a mansion innovation to very Yan Bei Guan south; when their troops pass from Yan Bei Guan, they didn't expect to sandwich me between Yan Bei Guan and Hangzhou; now I have stood for a long time, next step I suppose I should see what they will do.'"

Zero points also looked into Xiao Yi's eyes, gaining several points of admiration for the Prince's godlike use of troops, besieging Hangzhou City without being unjust; this is what caused the eight great clans' people to set out from Yan Zhou and arrive at Yan Bei Guan, stretching the front line, but instead they could not concentrate their forces to oppose the Prince's Azure Dragon Lord; now it's like being tied by the Prince with a rope to a dog, dragged out and walked 1800.

Previous effects also took into account the strength of the eighteen big ten families in the quotation, just wanting to draw out the eight great clans from within Yan Zhou; moreover, those people are indeed experienced, even if it's a performance, it's not where they ultimately submit; also not Xiao Yan becoming something in Hengzhou, weak some heavy conscience people, I'm afraid they wouldn't want to return; Yan Zhou now those people have entered this performance, this one seat question, just waiting for Wen Chuan to cheat.

"Ye Ye's fur turned cold a few points each time: 'Pass it on, cut off all internal channels of the bearing shaft; three days later, take Yan Bei Guan.'"

"With this move I will trap those people alive and let them die in one fell swoop; since they like to nest there so much, I'll give them a nest to the bottom."

03 repeatedly nodded, Xiao Yan turned her face away to look at the other emergency report he was holding: "Where did this come from? How does it look not like a military affairs device?"

Zero points blind took it out, glanced, the budding color flashed slightly, estimated asked a bit.

"What's going on??": The little woman frowned.

Zero points busy, opened WeChat, glanced, saw nothing, sucked in a breath, the envelope in his hand fell to the ground; Xiao Yan's brows furrowed even more, he raised his hand to pass over the interest that Lin Feng was holding, only lowered his head to look once, and immediately his complexion rose.