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The wind between the cliffs was so strong that it blew away her voluminous dress, slowing the speed of her descent. However, Yun Shengyue could only hear the wind whistling past her ears as it chilled her to the bone. At that moment, even though her heart was in turmoil, she had no time to think about her mother or anyone else.

Could he escape the encirclement? How sad would he be? These thoughts flashed across her mind, but before she could think too much, she had fallen into a warm and powerful embrace. It was him, this fool, he actually came along with her.

The situation at the top of the mountain had also changed. When the guards of the Black Tortoise Regiment saw their master jumping off the cliff, their hearts were all broken and their eyes bloodshot. They were even more afraid of death as they fought desperately, and the rain had finally started to come crashing down, like a torrential downpour. The sky had turned even darker, and the rain was obstructing the archers' line of sight.

Murong Ming stood there dumbfounded, staring straight at the other side of the cliff. He could not tell what kind of expression was on his face, but his soul seemed to have fallen off the cliff along with Yun Shengyue. It was fortunate that there were many bodyguards protecting him, otherwise, any random person would be able to take his life.

"Retreat!" The man in white seemed to have predicted that it would rain like this. Not long after it began to rain, he gave the order to retreat. The men he brought retreated with ease. Soon, all of the grey-clothed men were gone.

This was because Murong Yu and Yun Shengyue had both fallen off the cliff, so they wanted to see if they could still save him. However, this thought was definitely in vain as the violent winds carried the torrential rain like countless long whips and lashed the guards who were already numb to their senses. The torrential rain quickly gathered into a waterfall and poured down the cliff towards the bottomless valley.

"My lord, my lord! What should we do? " Mu Rong Zhen's personal guard asked loudly as he wiped the rain off his face.

Mu Rong Zhen walked towards the cliff in a daze. His expression was strange, causing the guards to follow closely behind in fear, as though they were afraid that he would jump off the cliff too. "Your Highness, don't go over there. The rain is too heavy. We should hurry up and go down."

"This King won't leave. You will leave!" Murong Ming was furious. He couldn't believe it. He truly couldn't believe it. Yue'er had disappeared just like that. Was that little girl who had a sweet smile and liked to act like a spoiled child, yet also knew how to advance and retreat, gone just like that?

Almost all the guards of the Black Wind Army were guarding the edge of the cliff, as if they were waiting for a miracle. A few of them went down the mountain to look for reinforcements, while others went back to report to the Imperial Palace.

No one could tell for sure, it was the beginning of summer's storm, and it was going away very quickly. The rain did not rain for long, the sky had turned green after the rain, and the wind had calmed down, so from the top of the mountain, they could see that the scenery was very beautiful, but they could still not see the bottom of the cliff. There was nowhere to climb to, so everyone felt that the two of them must be dead.

However, the two of them were still alive at the bottom of the cliff. People always wanted to survive, and even if they fell off the cliff, Murong Yu didn't give up. There was still a wife that would rather not implicate him and willingly die, and there was still the child that was about to be born.

When they were almost at the bottom of the valley, there were finally a few trees growing out of the cracks in the cliff. He swung his belt and wrapped it around a branch that stretched out, although the branch still broke due to the immense force of the fall, it also slowed down its descent. Murong Yu also quickly changed to another tree branch, which was still the same fate.

There was a moment of dizziness, but he was still trying his best to stay awake. In his consciousness, there was a voice calling out to him desperately, he could not faint yet, and Yun Shengyue was not a weak girl, she was originally determined to die, but seeing Murong Yu trying to survive, she naturally had the will to survive as well. The cold river water made her feel much more awake, so she held onto Murong Yu tightly with one hand, unwilling to split with him.

As the rain continued, she tried her best to pull Murong Yu along with her. The two of them floated along the dried up piece of wood for an unknown period of time, the water was too fast, and the rain made them unable to open their eyes, so they could only stare blankly at the rocks on the mountain side, not daring to approach. If they were to crash into it, it would be even more miserable, and after finally reaching a place where the water had slightly slowed down, the two of them were already exhausted.

After Yun Sheng managed to force his head onto a rock that was slightly higher than the others, he fell unconscious beside him.

"Big brother, did you succeed?" Mu Rong Tao asked excitedly, not far away from the foot of Qing Long Mountain.

"Murong Ming is still alive."

"Such a good opportunity, why didn't Big Bro kill him along with us?"

Mu Rong Hai looked at him and his expression darkened. He had clearly asked him to be in charge of supporting the army, but after the Duke of Qin ascends the mountain, Mu Rong Tao and his men would surround them from behind so that they could catch them all in one fell swoop.

He didn't see him until he was a few miles away, and now he was telling him that he had been doing what he had planned to do, but when he was about to reach the foot of the mountain, he heard from the scouts that Hong Zilong had come with a large number of reinforcements, so he didn't dare show his face. He obviously wanted him to return with the others, so he said coldly: "I only brought thirty people, but the Duke of Qin and the others only have seventy to eighty people. If I didn't have hostages and also had the advantage of land, would I have been able to beat them? If I had known earlier, I would have let you go up the mountain. I don't have that kind of ability. "

"That's true, who would have thought that Duke Ming would mix in with them with a kick, and he even brought so many people. Forget it, it's good to be able to get rid of the Duke of Qin, let's create some information and push the Duke of Ming's death onto him, so the old Emperor might just die from just one breath of air. Duke Ming shouldn't have much ability, we can easily deal with him if we think of a way!" Mu Rong Tao knew that Mu Rong Hai was incredibly displeased, but he didn't change his expression. He still showed an innocent smile that didn't seem to have the slightest bit of scheming.

But Mu Rong Hai was already on guard against him. He had grown up outside, but Mu Rong Tao had grown up in the Royal Palace, and even though he wasn't the legitimate wife, everyone knew that he was the son of the Carefree King. He thought he was young, but he never expected that he would be so careful and say that he would help his father fight for Jiang Shan.

If it was just Mu Rong Tao's ambition, he could still compete against him, but if it was his father's wish, then there wouldn't be any need for him to argue anymore. Perhaps his mother was right, but living in the Flower City would be even happier, but he didn't think that he would be willing to just be a businessman and be able to stand in front of others as Mu Rong Hai. Now, everything was progressing smoothly, so why did he feel more and more uneasy in his heart?

Was it because the Crown Prince and the Duke of Qin died in succession? Before, these had been his goal, but now he feared that one day he would follow in their footsteps and become a victim of power. That was not the result he wanted.

"During this period of time, the situation in Jincheng will be more tense. I want to return to the northwest and not go to Jincheng. Second brother, what are you planning to do? Do you want to come with me or stay here?" After thinking for a while, Mu Rong Hai finally stopped coughing and asked.

"Northwest?" Mu Rong Tao's gaze turned as he asked, "Big brother, you rarely return to the northwest. What are you going to do now?"

"I still have some business over there. I need to go and take a look. I'll just go and take a look at my father." Mu Rong Hai said calmly.

Mu Rong Tao pouted and said, "Big brother is indeed a good person to do business with. Just this business of selling flowers and herbs is already very good. I heard father say that you've earned a lot of money."

"There are a lot of women in my family, and all of them are people who spend money. How can I not earn more? The amount of money that the Prince's Mansion has given me is not enough for me to use." Mu Rong Hai smiled with a complicated expression.

"Then, big brother, you go back to the northwest. I will continue to watch over the Jin City and see what happens next. Then, I will send a message back to father and big brother so that you can prepare for your next move."

"En, then you must be careful. Although you have not come to Jin Cheng very often, it is not guaranteed that anyone will recognize you. It is best for you to be careful when entering and exiting the city." Mu Rong Hai instructed him while pretending to be concerned. In fact, he was thinking that it didn't matter if he exposed himself. There were a lot of things going on in Jincheng recently.

On the other hand, Mu Rong Tao nodded his head obediently, "Big brother is right. I will definitely pay attention."

At the foot of the mountain, the Black Words Camp's guards were busy all the way until the next day. When they finally reached the bottom of the cliff, they only saw a swift current, no one was there, not even a rag could be seen, neither eating nor sleeping, and they searched downstream along the river, but they could not find any clues. This section of the river flowed out of the mountain into the wide and surging river, and as they looked at the vast river, those who had not seen the corpse before began to lose their confidence.

How could he still be alive after falling from such a high cliff and into such a strong current? It was impossible to imagine a big stomach and a body suffering from a few injuries from arrows. One could only imagine that the chances of that happening were very slim.

When the news of the Duke of Qin and his wife being unlucky reached the palace once again, the emperor was already sick. He was angry and sad, but was unable to bring it up, so he fainted immediately. The palace was a mess, and although he woke up after treatment by the imperial physician, he looked like he had aged twenty years in an instant. He looked like an old man in his early fifties, and it could be seen from this how much of a blow it would be to lose a son and a grandson to the emperor who loved and protected his bloodline.

"Investigate thoroughly!" "What's going on?" The emperor was so anxious that he wanted to vomit blood.

Duke Ming was also unconscious, and after being carried back to the palace by his imperial bodyguards, he had either fallen into grief and anger, or had been drenched in the torrential rain. He had also fallen ill, and the imperial doctors only said that he had a cold that entered his body, but he was unconscious.

Rumors had already spread throughout Jincheng along with the news that the Duke and his wife had fallen into the water. Many people acted as if they had seen it with their own eyes, spreading the rumor that the Duke and his wife had fallen off the cliff because of a dispute between Duke Ming and the Duke of Qin.

A lot of versions.

It was said that Duke Ming had conspired with others to kidnap the Duke of Qin's wife, and had threatened the Duke of Qin. The Duke of Qin was not allowed to compete with him for the position of Crown Prince.

The second was that Duke Ming and his wife were lovers, and the two ran off together. After the Duke of Qin chased them down, the Duke of Qin's wife had no face to face with them. She jumped off the cliff, and the Duke of Qin fell in love with her.

There were even some people who said that because the child in the wangfei's womb belonged to Duke Ming, the wangfei was forced to jump off the cliff by the king, while she herself was thrown off the cliff by the king.

People's imagination had always been rich, not to mention that someone had purposely spread some rumors, and the rumours would only spread further and further. In the future, when all kinds of flowers were released, no one could convince anyone, and there were often quarrels in the teahouse over this matter, and the absence of the King and his wife would lead to countless speculations. The Imperial Palace was immersed in a low level of grief, while the city was filled with rumours.

"Mistress, we haven't found the corpses of the Duke of Qin and his wife. Do you think they're still alive?" In the Lin Residence's guest courtyard, the weather was a little gloomy. It was raining heavily outside and the study room was also very stuffy. Murong Tao was casually flipping through the military manual as his personal attendant asked carefully.

Before Murong Tao could answer, another servant said, "How can he survive if he fell from such a high cliff? He must have gone down to the bottom of the river, the river flows quickly in the valley, and beyond the valley is the vast Xi River. Who knows where he is, how can we find him?"

"It's not as if there isn't a chance. Even if he were to sink in, he should be able to surface after soaking in it for a few days. If he's still alive, then that Young Master's efforts would have been in vain."

"You're right!" He knocked on the desk and said, "Arrange for more people to search along the two sides of the river, the best would be to find the corpses. If they can't find them, then get some people to guard them well outside the city.

"Yes sir!" The attendant hesitated for a moment before asking, "I heard that Hong Zilong's search party has already retreated back to Jincheng, but the guards of the Black Words Camp of the Mansion King has yet to give up. What if they find him first?"

"Idiot, how many people does the Black Tortoise Regiment have? And why are you separated out to search for people? Do you even need to bring a few more people with you because you're afraid of them? Since their master had died, they were nothing more than lackeys. If they ran into someone on their own, they could just get rid of him! No matter who finds the Duke of Qin first, this prince doesn't want to see anyone alive, do you understand? " Mu Rong Hai was not by his side. There was no longer a need for that innocent smile on his face.

"Your subordinate understands!"

"Hurry up and do it, we need a clear conclusion!" Murong Tao rubbed his hands together and stretched lazily. He said unhappily, "What a pity that I let that Duke Ming hide in the palace to recuperate. Otherwise, I would have personally sent him off."

"We still have spies in the palace, it's not like we can't take action. It's better to take advantage of his illness and think of a way to make him stay sick. Isn't the emperor also sick?" "We can all move our hands and feet a little bit …" As expected of Murong Tao's personal attendant, he knew how to please him the best.

Indeed, when Mu Rong Tao heard about the schemes and tricks, he immediately became full of spirit, "It's not a bad idea to take a walk on this road. Indeed, Mu Rong Tao became full of energy after hearing about the schemes and tricks, and said," It's not a bad idea to walk on this path.

"That's right!" "My master has always been a wise man. Once my master has completed all the tasks in one go and became the emperor, you will be the crown prince." The attendants did not forget to flatter her.

However, Mu Rong Tao's face darkened, "There's still Mu Rong Hai here. Father really values him, so how could it be my turn?"

"Mistress, although he is older, but who in the outside world knows about him? Everyone knows about the florist Lin Yi Hai, and he was born in a brothel. Mistress, he is only used by people who know a little about him, so how could he let an unknown person succeed him as the Crown Prince in the future? Please don't worry, Mistress!"

"That may not be so. I am clearly the one who is lacking in this matter, but look at how calm he is. I have never been at ease with him."

"That's simple. At that time, we will think of a way to get rid of him!"

The attendant's words were outrageous. However, Mu Rong Tao narrowed his eyes and praised, "You're still the smart one!"