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Gu Ziming looked at the Southern Sea in confusion. The reason he walked out was to prevent the guard leader from taking the Southern Sea away. Even if he was plotted against, he didn't mind. This was because he knew that if he was taken away from the Southern Sea, he would most likely stay in the prison for the rest of his life! He definitely wouldn't allow the Southern Sea to be imprisoned for the sake of his father for the rest of his life. He believed that the Southern Sea understood what he meant, but he did not think that the South Sea would voluntarily leave with the leader of the guards.

Gu Ziming couldn't help but call out to Hai Yang, "Hai Yang?" He knew that Southern Sea didn't want to implicate him, but how could he just watch as Southern Sea was taken away by the palace guards?

He hoped that Gu Ziming wouldn't worry about him and focus on turning the case against the old general. Once the case against the old general was investigated, the emperor would naturally release him.

How could Gu Ziming not understand the meaning behind Nanhai's smile? He tightly clenched his fists, wanting to rush forward to stop Nanhai from being taken away by the guards. With the great general present, he would not be afraid of anyone. However, he was stopped by Nanhai using his gaze.

Southern Ocean shook his head towards Gu Ziming, signalling him not to act rashly. Great General Yuan had more power and a higher position, but he still had the emperor above him. The biggest person in the Qi Kingdom was still the emperor high above everyone else. Furthermore, if Gu Ziming acted recklessly now and had a conflict with the palace guards, it would definitely implicate the great general. Gu Ziming knew this very well.

Gu Ziming angrily turned his head away from Nanhai. He understood what Nanhai meant, and he knew how serious the situation was, but how could he endure for his brotherly friend to be taken away by the guards in order to reverse the case for his father while he could only stand on the side and do nothing?!

He did not expect that Nanhai would actually willingly leave this place with him. In fact, everyone knew in their hearts that as long as Nanhai stayed here, by the Great General Yuan's side, even the current Emperor would not be able to do anything to him.

General Zhenyuan also looked at Nanhai in surprise. As long as he gave the gift, Nanhai, he believed that the Emperor would definitely give him the honor. Only, he didn't think that Nanhai would willingly leave with his bodyguards.

Only Gu Ziming understood what Nanhai was thinking. Nanhai wanted the Great General Yuan to only protect Gu Ziming.

Seeing that the figures of Nanhai and his guards had left, the people of the clan withdrew their gazes. They were afraid that he would not live up to Nanhai's painstaking efforts.

Standing beside him, the Great General Zhenyuan reached out a hand and patted Gu Ziming on the shoulder to comfort him.

Gu Ziming smiled faintly at the general, then the two walked into the general's estate side by side.

As for ZhiNing, she had been silently following behind Southern Sea and the group of guards. What she hadn't expected was that the guards would actually bring Gu Ziming to the palace. She didn't see Southern Sea emerge from the palace until the next morning.

Seeing the sun setting in the west, and that Southern Sea still hadn't come out of the palace, ZhiNing's heart couldn't help but feel high in her chest.

She guarded the entrance of the Imperial Palace all the way until the morning of the second day, when she still did not see the figure of Nanhai walk out of the Imperial Palace.

Zhining's heart gradually fell to the bottom. She believed that this time, the Southern Sea had truly been captured and imprisoned.

She turned around in a daze. Who would have thought that when she turned around, Chen Jiaxi would actually be standing in front of her? She looked at him in shock.

"Last time, at the entrance of the Southern Prefecture, when the lord was taken away, it was not us who were acting, it was the lord who was really taken away by them. However, the lord's sale knocked them all out and they had to wait for an opportunity to escape, because the lord wants to reverse the case for the old general. But I didn't expect you to misunderstand. "

The words of the Chen family guard made Zhining think of a few of the guards who had surrounded Nanhai at the gate of the General's Estate that day. It could be seen that they had once fought with someone, and that person was Nanhai!

It turned out that the reason they didn't act in front of her that day was because of her petty character. She thought that they were acting in front of her!

With mixed emotions, Zhining turned around and looked at the palace gate, "I want to meet with sire."

"Impossible. Don't mention the lord being locked in the palace, even if the lord was outside, you still wouldn't be able to see him." Chen Jiaxia coldly said to Zhining.

"How is this possible?" Zhining looked at Chen Jiaxuan in disbelief, "Sir, he was only caught because he turned the case over for the old general. He didn't commit the murder, how could we not see him?"

Chen Jiaxuan did not answer Zhining's question, but looked towards the imperial palace's gate. Seeing that Chen Jiaxuan had ignored her, ZhiNing followed his gaze, only to see Nanhai locked up in a prison cart, being pushed out of the palace by the palace guards. His face was haggard, his eyes lifeless as he looked in front of him. His clothes were tattered, and traces of blood could be seen at the corner of his mouth. His hands and feet were chained tightly.

Zhining's heart immediately ached. The once glorious Southern Sea had unexpectedly received such treatment. Her eyes moistened and tears almost fell from her eyes.

Just as the prison cart from the Southern Ocean walked out of the palace gate, ZhiNing shot forward like an arrow. She wanted to say a few words to him, just a few simple words. Chen Jiaxuan hurriedly reached out his hand to grab Zhining's arm.

ZhiNing turned around and looked at Chen Jiaxia with some anger, "Why don't you let me go forward?" I just want to talk to him for a moment. "

Chen family's Wei Chou shook his head at Zhining, explaining, "Your excellency isn't a normal criminal right now, but a sinner who colluded with the enemy to sell off the country. If you go near him, you might be arrested together with him." He wanted to say a few words to the adult as well, but he couldn't. Even more so, he could not allow Zhining to talk to the adults in case Zhining was also captured by them.

ZhiNing ignored Chen Jiawei's comforting eyes, forcefully pulling her by the arm and running straight to the prison car. As she ran, she called out to Nanhai, "My lord! "Milord."

At this time, his heart had already sunk to the bottom. He had entered the cell by himself, and Chen Zhi and Miss Liang were unwilling to examine the old general's corpse to find out the true cause of his death. He had always suspected that the old general had not committed suicide. However, without Miss Liang's help, he had no way to prove that the old general didn't commit suicide, and even more so, there was no way to clear the old general's grievances.

The road in front of him was a field of confusion. Even though he was in front of a wide path of light, he couldn't see anything. Because he had no future of his own.

Now, he had placed all his hopes on Gu Ziming. He hoped that Gu Ziming would be able to use all of his strength to reverse the case against the old general.

Just as he was at a loss, he actually heard someone calling his name behind him. That voice was so familiar, he turned around in surprise and saw Chen Zhining worriedly following behind the jail cart, calling his name. The worried look in Chen Zhi's eyes caused a warm feeling to slowly flow through the Southern Sea's appreciation. He did not expect Chen Zhi to actually worry about him.