"Are you really willing to live in hatred for the rest of your life, as long as the dynasty is restored?"
He looked at Meng Hui in a daze, and after struggling for a long time, he shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "Meng Hui, I already said, this is my fate. From the moment my Mo family was destroyed, I lived precisely for this responsibility.
His gaze carried some sadness as he looked at the dark sky outside the tent, "This path is no longer a question of whether I am willing to walk on it or not. I must walk on it, I will not disappoint those who have placed all my hopes on me."
When Meng Hui heard the helplessness and sadness in his words, that familiar heartache once again flashed past. At this moment, a trace of unexplainable anger gushed out from her heart, "Why should their hopes be placed on you alone, why are they so selfish?"
"Meng Hui!"
Mo Rong Tian's calm voice interrupted her, "Because I'm the crown prince, they believe in me. If even I give up on them, what else can they do?"
Meng Hui still wanted to retort, but when she saw the helplessness and bitterness in Mo Rong Tian's deep eyes, she swallowed back the words that were about to leave her mouth.
She quietly looked at Mo Rong Tian's head full of silver threads. He was only twenty-five years old, yet his hair was completely white.
She subconsciously did not want to see him be too tired, so she thought for a while, then said: "Don't worry, my father will not compromise that easily. It's useless for Mr. Liu to capture me, I'll just stay here and eat and drink for free."
Her words caused Mo Rong Tian to come back to his senses from the deep desolation. Seeing the sincerity in her clear eyes, made him feel warm in his heart, as if he could guess what she was thinking about.
He reached out and placed his hand on her head, realizing what he was doing. He paused for a moment, then rubbed her head. "Thank you."
"You're welcome, we're brothers after all."
The smile on Mo Rong Tian's lips stiffened, after that, he smiled and nodded his head: "Yes, brother."
On the other side of the capital, when Yan Shuo received Zheng Qing Feng's flustered and exasperated letter, he frowned: "Why did Meng Hui go to the northwest?"
Ever since Zheng Qing Feng had returned to the border region, she had stayed in the General's Estate alone, and no one was watching over her. He did not expect her to actually leave the capital alone, and go to the northwest.
"What's she doing in the northwest?"
Yan Jue frowned, then landed in Mo Rong Tian's hands, as if Old Zheng was going crazy.
Nine also said that Mo Rong Tian was open and open, and would not do anything like using women to threaten others.
Yan Shuo didn't know what Yan Jue was thinking in his heart. Northwest was the Shen Ji Hall's territory, and he couldn't understand why Meng Hui would go there for no reason either.
"Now that Meng Hui is in their hands, I'm afraid that the General Zheng is going to rush to the northwest. We will first send a group of people to head to the northwest and try our best to save Meng Hui."
Yan Shuo pinched his tired forehead. Truly, since it was one head and two heads, no one could ease his worry a bit.
"Is there any news from the Ninth Imperial Uncle?"
"I heard that they are already on their way back to the capital."
"How could Imperial Uncle bring the Ninth Aunt back so easily this time? The People from the Divine Artefact Hall didn't play any tricks on me!"
Yan Shuo asked his own question, Yan Xiao and Yan Jue looked at each other, they did not know what tricks Liu Qian Xun was playing, so they could just treat it as him praising Ruo Qing as his disciple.
Alright, this reason sounds a little deceptive. If he really felt sorry for his disciple, he wouldn't have brought her to the northwest.
The reason for this would have to wait for Ol 'Nine's return before he could find out.
From Yan Shuo's point of view, the reason the Shen Ji Hall detained and captured Liu Ruo Qing was definitely the same. Their goal was to threaten the General Zheng and Ninth Imperial Uncle.
But why did they let the Ninth Aunt go so easily, and why did they lock Meng Hui up there?
Yan Shuo could not understand, as he was exhausted from all this.
"We will find out sooner or later what tricks the Shen Ji Hall is trying to pull. Since Ruo Qing is able to return safely, that is a good thing. We will think about the future carefully."
Yan Jue opened his mouth and caused Yan Shuo to lose his train of thoughts.
Yan Shuo was not stupid. There were some things that he couldn't figure out right now, but that didn't mean he would never be able to understand them. If he could think of Liu Qian Xun, or perhaps Yun Jiao Rong revealed his identity as Liu Qian Xun, many things would become complicated.
At that time, what they were most worried about was how Ol 'Nine would choose.
Half a month later, Yan Yuan brought Liu Ruo Qing back to the capital, and was quite surprised when he found out that Meng Hui had gone to the Northwest by herself.
Very clearly, this news had been deliberately released by the Shen Ji Hall to Zheng Qing Feng. The purpose of this news was naturally to let Zheng Qing Feng avoid taking action when they were going to attack the capital from the south, and to restrain Zheng Qing Feng and prevent him from acting rashly.
Prince Lu's Mansion —
"Tell me, what is Meng Hui doing in the Northwest?"
At this time, Yan Yuan and his wife were also in Prince Lu's Mansion, and when's actions were mentioned, they were extremely annoyed.
Liu Ruo Qing frowned, thought for a while, and said softly, "Perhaps Meng Hui also knows that the Shen Ji Hall's Young Master is Mo Rong Tian."
"Wh …" What? How would she know! "
Yan Jue opened his eyes wide.
Liu Ruo Qing shook her head, she did not let her guess come out.
Meng Hui knew Mo Rong Tian's identity. Perhaps it was because Mo Rong Tian had been severely injured that day at the enclosure field, and was able to escape within the heavily guarded enclosure field. It was impossible for no one to help.
At that time, she had thought of Yun Jiao Rong, but she had always been right under her nose. It was simply impossible for her to have a chance and she didn't have the ability to save Mo Rong Tian, but Meng Hui was different.
No one would suspect Meng Hui, including the General Zheng in charge of searching for Mo Rong Tian. Therefore, the chances of Meng Hui taking action to save Mo Rong Tian was very high.
She wasn't clear about the relationship between Meng Hui and her, but it was the only explanation for why Meng Hui had to head to the northwest alone.
Maybe it was to find Mo Rong Tian?
But why would she look for Mo Rong Tian at this time?
Liu Ruo Qing couldn't figure it out, but in the end, she still didn't say anything about her guess that Meng Hui had saved Mo Rong Tian at the enclosure field.
At least, she couldn't let Sixth and Eighth Brother know.
Just as the three brothers were thinking about how to save Meng Hui from Mo Rong Tian safely, Liu Ruo Qing did not stay there any longer and walked out of the hall.
Just at this time, she saw Liu Tian Xin sitting in the courtyard in a daze, and walked over.