Chapter 68

"Mother, where are we?"

Changle opened her eyes, feeling groggy.

After a day and a night of being tossed about, she had long since fallen asleep.

"It is good that you are fine."

Seeing that Changle was not seriously harmed, Zhangsun Wugou finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Sigh!

It was truly hard on this child.

Being forced into marriage and then kidnapped.

Zhangsun Wugou's heart ached faintly.

"Ah, Mother, he..."

Changle slowly opened her eyes, and the face of Qin Mu came into view. She was startled and instinctively wanted to hide behind Zhangsun Wugou.

"Do not be afraid, this child will not harm us."

Zhangsun Wugou gently stroked Changle's head, comforting her.

"Oh? How does the Empress know that I will not harm you?"

Qin Mu sat on a chair not far from the bed, looking at Zhangsun Wugou with interest.

"I do not know either, perhaps it is just a feeling, a feeling that you are not a heinous person."

Zhangsun Wugou revealed a kind smile, her gaze like gentle river water.

Hiss!

Seeing such a gaze, Qin Mu's heart suddenly felt a sharp tug.

What was going on?

Why did I have such a feeling?

Qin Mu gripped his palms tightly, trying to steady himself.

"Mother, what is wrong with him?"

Changle also noticed Qin Mu's strangeness and blinked her eyes curiously.

She did not seem very afraid of the young man who had kidnapped them here.

It was just that the events that had occurred had given Changle a bit of a fright.

"Child, can you tell me what reason could force you to rebel against the Great Tang?"

"Perhaps I can help you with something."

Zhangsun Wugou asked, looking at the young man before her.

She always felt there was something suspicious.

Logically speaking.

Rebellion was a crime punishable by the extermination of one's entire clan!

Unless absolutely necessary, no rational person would ever resort to such a desperate measure.

Merely being asked to give up the position of Top Graduate was likely not enough to be the reason for him to rebel against the Great Tang.

Moreover, the Emperor had long since ordered Zhangsun Wuji to comfort him well and satisfy all his requests as much as possible, yet even so.

This child still fled the Great Tang without hesitation.

This was too abnormal!

Unless...

His life had been under great threat!

There must be a hidden story!

Zhangsun Wugou wanted to try to get some information from Qin Mu through conversation.

Perhaps she could learn the truth of that night!

"Heh!"

"Help me with what? Help me go to your Zhangsun Prefecture to die?"

Qin Mu sneered, his heartstrings, which had been shaken with difficulty, turning cold once again.

Right!

They were all people of the Zhangsun family!

Just birds of a feather!

I must not be soft-hearted toward them!

"What do you mean by that?"

Zhangsun Wugou frowned.

"Enough, I do not want to talk so much nonsense with you."

"I only came to tell you that after today, we will leave the Great Tang. You do not need me to take action; you will not be able to escape alive anyway."

Qin Mu's tone remained icy, without a trace of emotion.

This is the frontier of the Great Tang, in the midst of war and chaos; do not have any thoughts of escaping, otherwise...

Zhangsun Wugou was silent for a moment, then slowly stood up and sat directly in front of Qin Mu.

Changle also followed obediently behind her.

A kind smile still hung on Zhangsun Wugou's face; she did not care at all about Qin Mu's attitude toward her.

"Child, I understand; perhaps you have your own hidden difficulties in your heart. Then I will not ask."

"But I want you to understand that I have no malice."

Zhangsun Wugou was truly a virtuous empress of her generation, remaining calm and composed even in such a situation.

Of course.

There were also her own unspeakable difficulties in this.

The Great Tang and Tibet were two large neighboring nations.

Once Li Er learned that she and Changle had been kidnapped, he would surely launch a massive attack on Tibet.

Once war broke out, the people would suffer.

Zhangsun Wugou did not want to see such a scene.

She hoped there could be room for a turnaround in this matter.

Even if there was only the slightest chance...

She must not let it go!

Besides.

To the north of the Great Tang, the Turks were eyeing them covetously.

Once the Great Tang and Tibet went to war, the Turks would certainly find an opportunity to attack the Great Tang.

In this way.

The Great Tang would fall into a passive situation of fighting on two fronts.

Qin Mu nodded silently, which counted as having taken Zhangsun Wugou's words to heart.