“Hui Feng, He Tian.”


  “This official is here!”


  “Immediately bring 2000 men with you to Beilan City for rescue.”


  “As Your Majesty orders!”


  Since Eldest Prince Mo Jiao hadn’t been successful in displaying his obedience and had instead been beaten up by his old man, he was restraining a bellyful of anger as he left the royal study with clenched fists.

  Mo Jiao pummeled a column in the corridor before departing sulkily.

  Just as he walked out of the King’s Palace, he saw Eldest Prince Consort Shu Quan standing beside the path with a faint smile under the moonlight, waiting for him to come out.

  Eldest Prince Mo Jiao’s heart eased somewhat and felt slightly better upon seeing her. There was a smile in his brows as he went up to support the eldest prince consort’s hand, saying, “My consort, why have you come?”


  “As your Eldest Highness hadn’t returned even after a long time, this consort felt worried. Hence, this consort simply came to the entrance of the King’s Palace to wait for Your Highness.”


  “Sigh.” Eldest Prince Mo Jiao sighed and said, “My consort, you were right! Sure enough, Royal Father wasn’t willing to hand me authority over the military, and he’s very guarded against me. I wonder if it’s because Second Brother’s previous incident triggered one of the king’s nerves. From the looks of it, he doesn’t believe anyone besides Sixth Brother.”


  Eldest Prince Consort quickly reached out and secretly tugged at the eldest prince’s sleeve.

  They had just exited the King’s Palace, so the king’s and queen’s informers were still everywhere.

  The eldest prince consort sighed as she lightly smoothed out her thick hair. Afterward, she got up on her tiptoes to straighten the eldest prince’s collar, as well. “Your Highness, your complexion looks a bit pale. What happened?”


  As the eldest prince was still stifling his resentment in his chest, he said while supporting the eldest prince consort, “We’ll talk about it after getting back.”


  “Okay.” The eldest prince consort nodded with a smile, and her peripheral vision caught a glimpse of a slender shadow flashing past a hidden corner.

  A radiant glint flitted past her eyes.

  Shu Quan could only sigh.

  Just as the eldest prince and his consort departed the King’s Palace, someone had gone to the queen’s Central Palace to pass a message.