Chapter 196: He Does Not Want Her to Leave

"Catch the assassin! Protect the Prince and Bai!"

Qin Zhan gave a loud shout, and the Beijiang Guard behind him immediately scattered, drawing their blades to stand guard.

After speaking, he walked quickly to Xiao Moting and whispered a few words in his ear.

"Prince, we just received intelligence from a scout..."

Xiao Moting listened with a somber face, his sword-like brows knitting slightly.

"I understand."

Bai Wei lowered her head and suddenly saw a gash on Xiao Moting's waist; the skin and flesh were turned outward, and fresh blood was flowing out.

Her heart stung, and she blurted out anxiously.

"Xiao Moting, you're hurt!"

"A minor wound, it is nothing." Xiao Moting's expression was cold and stern, his eyes sharp as he looked around. "Bai, this place is dangerous; we are returning to camp immediately."

"But..."

Before Bai Wei could finish her sentence, she suddenly felt her body grow light.

Xiao Moting picked her up, said "pardon me" in a deep voice, and immediately dashed toward the outside of the city.

He took long strides and moved extremely fast.

Bai Wei had no choice but to lean against his chest, feeling both shocked and anxious.

It was fortunate that when she came to Daliang, Zhou Yuchuan had given her a pistol, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to wound Zhou Yanli just now.

But...

Bai Wei's brows were tightly knitted.

It was impossible for two people in this world to look exactly the same unless they were identical twins.

Yet Zhou Yanli and Zhou Yuchuan were people from two different eras—one in the ancient past, one in the modern day—and they looked exactly the same, as if they had been cast from the same mold.

Aside from their temperaments and personalities being completely different, they were identical in both appearance and build.

What secret was hidden in the middle of this?

It seemed she would only be able to fish for information from Zhou Yuchuan once she returned to the modern era.

Soon, the group returned to the camp.

Just as they arrived, Xiao Dabao ran up in a panic, holding a Tablet in both hands, and handed it to Xiao Moting.

"Prince, a secret message sent from the palace by Yunfei!"

"A letter written by Xiao Mama?" Bai Wei asked immediately.

Xiao Moting nodded, gently placing Bai Wei on the ground.

Then he took the Tablet, turned it on, and unlocked the password.

Bai Wei watched Xiao Moting open the Tablet and waited to the side.

In the past, the Northern Frontier Army transmitted secret messages by writing them on paper and sealing them in bamboo tubes with wax.

But now that she had given them many Tablets, the Northern Frontier Army had gradually begun using them to transmit information; these were modern electronic products that other people of Daliang had never even seen.

Even if they had seen them, they wouldn't know how to use them, let alone know the password.

Using a Tablet to send secret messages was a hundred times safer than the wax-sealed secret messages of ancient Daliang.

Xiao Moting walked into the tent.

A video suddenly popped up on the Tablet's screen.

Yunfei appeared on the screen.

By this time, she had been promoted from Yunfei to Imperial Noble Consort; she was no longer the haggard figure from the Cold Palace, but was dressed in an Imperial Noble Consort's crimson, gold-embroidered long dress, her hair full of dangling hairpins, looking graceful and luxurious.

Yunfei looked anxious, holding the Tablet with both hands.

"Mo Ting, you have achieved successive great victories recently, and your Imperial Father is exceptionally wary of you."

"Within the Imperial Court, the faction of the Yuan Clan is inciting civil and military officials to submit memorials impeaching you, claiming your merit is so great it threatens the throne and that you are becoming increasingly arrogant and disrespectful of the imperial decree. Your Imperial Father is extremely suspicious of you and is preparing to take action against you."

"A secret decree was sent from the palace to General Yang Tianhu in Donghai Prefecture, stating that you are resisting the imperial decree and delaying the attack on the Rakshasa Kingdom, which is a contempt of imperial majesty!"

"Your Imperial Father has ordered Yang Tianhu to lead fifty thousand elite troops to secretly arrive at Yannan, and together with the Yuan Clan Army, surround and annihilate the Northern Frontier Army and drag you back to the Imperial Court to face judgment."

Suddenly!

Lai Mama poked her head in from the side, "Fourth Prince, Imperial Noble Consort Yunfei has exhausted much of her spirit in the palace to scout for this news; you must stay safe."

The video was very short, likely filmed by Yunfei in a hurry, entrusted to a trusted aide to be sent out of the imperial city, and then rushed over at top speed.

Bai Wei felt a shock in her heart and held her breath in unease.

The Emperor was going to take action against Xiao Moting?

Although she had long known that this dog of an Emperor never had any father-son affection for Xiao Moting.

She hadn't expected the Emperor to be so heartless as to send two great armies to capture Xiao Moting.

In Bai Wei's mind, the prophecy from the Zhenbei King Tomb involuntarily surfaced.

Among them, the first prophecy was the scene where Xiao Moting was framed, surrounded by Daliang troops, and stood on the city wall to commit suicide.

She had already helped Xiao Moting avoid that disaster, but she hadn't expected it to repeat itself.

Thinking of this, Bai Wei spoke up hurriedly.

"Xiao Moting, the Emperor has sent troops to attack you; let's return to the Northern Frontier Camp quickly and prepare a countermeasure!"

The Northern Frontier was Xiao Moting's base of operations, and also the place where he had grown up since he was a child.

The folk customs there were simple and honest, and the commoners and soldiers all regarded Xiao Moting as the 'War God' in their hearts.

If Xiao Moting returned to the Northern Frontier, he might have the ability to fight the Daliang troops.

Xiao Moting, however, did not speak.

His gaze was deep and cold as he lowered his head to ponder.

Bai Wei thought for a moment, "The Northern Frontier Camp already has quite a few people now. If Daliang Kingdom brings troops to attack, we will defend, and when the time comes..."

She didn't finish her sentence!

Xiao Moting suddenly turned around and knelt on one knee.

He looked up, his starry eyes pitch-black and cold.

"Shennü Daren, please return immediately."

Bai Wei was stunned, looking in surprise at the man kneeling before her.

"What?"

She blinked her eyes, "Xiao Moting, you are driving me away."

"No." Xiao Moting interrupted hurriedly, his eyes flickering with unspeakable complexity as he spoke in a low voice, "Just now, Qin Zhan reported that the Yuan Clan Army has already arrived at Shiya City; 120,000 troops are stationed outside the city, only five li away from us."

"The Yuan Family Army has come..." Bai Wei held her breath.

She came to her senses!

Although Shiya City borders the Northern Frontier, it is a city in the Yannan Region and belongs to Yuan Canghai.

Xiao Moting brought 100,000 troops, marching mightily to lay siege to the city.

With both sides engaging in battle and the commotion being so great, even if the city was surrounded and unable to send word to Yuan Canghai, news of it must have spread long ago.

Bai Wei regained her composure and spoke immediately.

"Don't be afraid, we..."

"Bai, please return!"

This time, Xiao Moting did not indulge her, his tone exceptionally firm.

He looked up, his dark eyes reflecting only her figure.

"It is a chaotic world now, the realm is not yet settled, and Daliang Kingdom is riddled with crises on all sides!"

"It is not safe for you to stay here!"

Bai Wei's heart was in turmoil as well.

The Emperor had dispatched troops to attack Xiao Moting, the East Sea army was on its way, the Yuan Family Army was at the city gates, and there was a mysterious, powerful, and eerie National Preceptor sitting in the army; the Northern Frontier Army was at a critical juncture, so how could she abandon Xiao Moting and leave.

She looked at Xiao Moting, extremely worried.

"But..."

Xiao Moting smiled at her.

"I am fine, you don't need to worry about me."

"I have fought so many vicious battles, haven't I survived them all? This time, I will definitely be able to as well."

"Go back quickly, return to the world that belongs to you."

"Xiao Moting has no other requests; I only hope that you are happy and safe in that world of yours."