Chapter 533: Madness Before Destruction

"Your Highness, Your Highness..."

"Quick, quick, quick, call a physician, call a physician!"

The jolting of the horse carriage, combined with Xie Ling being covered in blood, highlighted the desolation in his heart at this moment.

"Don't worry about me, hurry, hurry!"

"Hurry back to Yangzhou!"

The horse carriage was fast; he felt as though he had not yet recovered from the dizziness and vertigo of just a moment ago.

But he could no longer concern himself with such things.

Liangzhou.

It was the last place in this struggle for the succession where he could turn the tables...

Turn the tables...

Turn the tables...

So it turned out that he had been thinking about turning the tables all along, and he had been in a suppressed state the entire time!

"Pfft..."

The more he thought, the angrier he became!

Xie Ling spat out another mouthful of black blood.

Make up for the losses!

He had to return as quickly as possible to make up for the losses.

And besides...

That Xie Chan, why did she not die!

Why did she not die!

"Your Highness..."

At this moment, a black shadow suddenly appeared inside the horse carriage.

It was none other than the assassin from the Wa nation, Shi Ke.

"Tell me, why didn't she die, why!"

"Why!"

Xie Ling used all his strength to grab Shi Ke by the collar and roared the question.

Shi Ke's expression was gloomy: "Your Highness, regarding this matter, this subordinate truly does not know... However, there should be no living person under my blade! Leave this matter to me!"

"Go!"

Xie Ling gritted his teeth fiercely.

He was already insane now; he could no longer care about those things.

He wanted her dead!

Only by having Xie Chan die could he resolve the hatred in his heart at this moment!

"Pfft..."

As soon as Shi Ke left, Xie Ling spat out another mouthful of black blood.

"There are still this many?"

Liu Zheng looked at the two carts of fireworks and firecrackers at the entrance and laughed on the spot: "Then let's set them all off together!"

"Light them!"

Today, the sound of firecrackers in the entire Liangzhou City was constant; it was even livelier than the New Year.

Their young master, the Governor Liu, had won again.

Not only had he won, but Longyang Princess had also woken up.

A double blessing!

Two major pieces of good news directly drove up the Yinzhou Coin, and everyone in Liangzhou would follow along to receive this dividend.

"Greetings to Longyang Princess!"

"Greetings to Her Highness the Princess!"

Xie Chan could finally escape that small dark room. Under the meticulous styling of a group of maidservants, she wore the attire that Feng Sanniang had prepared for her long ago. A purple long gown, elegant and dignified, with dots of snow plum blossoms on the skirt hem, added a touch of refinement to her. A pale yellow belt outlined her slender waist, and that peerless, beautiful face, once adorned, made people unable to help but feel inferior and afraid to meet her gaze.

Clear eyes, a delicate nose, and cherry lips.

A golden phoenix hairpin, extremely noble.

A beauty of heavenly fragrance and national color, with an imposing air of nobility.

Everyone in Liangzhou Prefecture knelt down with a crash.

Grand Eunuch Zhou was trembling with excitement; the Princess, this Longyang Princess, had finally come back to life.

"Everyone, please rise."

Xie Chan smiled faintly. She was originally a Dayuan princess and was very familiar with this kind of formation, so she lifted her hand slightly.

"Long live Your Highness, long live, long live!"

Only then did everyone stand up.

Xie Chan's beautiful pair of eyes darted through the crowd.

Feng Sanniang was supporting her as she came out. Seeing her like this, and knowing she was looking for her son, she immediately whispered: "Zheng is busy with his Academy affairs..."

"Oh my, who is looking for him!"

Xie Chan's face turned red instantly, and she gave a coquettish rebuke.

This sudden display of charm made people stare with wide eyes.

Many people present were whispering.

Who doesn't know the relationship between you and the Prefect Liu? Is there any need to hide this matter?

"Ahem, Liangzhou has just been settled. You lords, go attend to your business if you have it."

Only then did Xie Chan say this, and the crowd knelt and left one after another.

This could be considered the first time this Longyang Princess had met the world.

As soon as this group of people left, Xie Chan lifted her long skirt, trotted a few steps, then waved at Jiang Xuan, called him over, and asked, "Are there no letters?"

"Young Master, the Princess is awake, and you are busy here..."

Shen Xing and his group were teasing Liu Zheng in the Poetry Society.

Liu Zheng's old face turned red, and he coughed: "Women are things that must be left to cool, left to cool! You don't understand! Hurry up and get back to your work!"

"Yes!"

The group laughed loudly and left.

Only then did Liu Zheng sigh.

It is said that creating an Academy is easy, but in reality, how could it be so simple? To create an Academy recognized by the world, the procedures alone are very cumbersome. Fortunately, in these past few days, Liu Zheng used his own skills to gain the worship of these literati.

Many people also stayed behind to help him manage things.

For instance, those Four Great Academy Principals now view Liu Zheng as having risen to the same status as themselves.

In many matters, they have given Liu Zheng help.

What surprised Liu Zheng even more was this.

Besides the literati from Liangzhou Prefecture itself, among those literati who came to "cause trouble" this time, quite a few actually expressed on the spot that they were willing to stay at Liangzhou Academy, either to study or to remain as staff. This naturally made Liu Zheng overjoyed.

For an Academy, the quality of the teaching staff is naturally very important.

With these scholars recognized by the world, the starting point will naturally be higher.

Seven days in a row.

The preparations for Liangzhou Academy were in full swing.

Liu Zheng was also calculating the time.

It's about time...

He should also be about ready to set off for Jinghua.

What kind of scenery will there be along this journey?

Yangzhou residence.

When Xie Ling returned here, the place was already in a complete mess.

Those people who were so sure of victory and celebrating just a few days ago were now, one by one, ashen-faced, slumped on the ground.

"His Highness..."

"His Highness!"

"This, this, this, what is to be done?"

Seeing Xie Ling return, the group wailed in various ways on the spot.

Xie Ling's head spun again; he leaned against a wooden pillar nearby, his lips trembling: "Gone? Is it all gone?"

The group wailed and howled.

"It's all gone!"

"It's all gone!"

Rumble.

Another bolt from the blue.

The blockade of ships he had painstakingly created, the tragedy of the literati, the wealth he had painstakingly gathered from so many rich merchants, collecting almost half the wealth of Longyan, all handed over to others?

The loss was too heavy.

Too tragic.

"Prefect Liu... Prefect Liu..."

"Prefect Liu, I, Xie Ling, will not share the same sky with you; we are irreconcilable!"

Xie Ling trembled all over, his eyes filled with a murderous glare.

"Bring me Prince Lu!"

"Hurry!"

"Yes!"

Xie Ling spat out another mouthful of blood. In these few days, it was as if he had spat out all the blood in his body, resulting in his face being deathly pale now, without a trace of color, his eye sockets sunken. The once high-spirited young man seemed to have aged decades in just a few days.

Crazy.

He was already crazy.

He wanted to kill!

He wanted to go all-in one last time!

He could no longer care about anything else.

"His Highness..."

Soon, Prince Lu arrived.

Xie Ling gritted his teeth: "Get me the route this Prefect Liu is taking to the capital, hurry!"

"Ah?"

The Prince of Lu's expression changed.

Was he going to force the issue?