The whole world is cultivating qi, only I am cultivating the body

The Third Prince and his men left like the receding tide. When they left, they did not forget to take away the soldiers who were groaning in pain on the ground. Xin Wenyuan did not let the Prince's Guards chase them. Even when facing the Third Prince who wanted to put him to death, he did not choose to capture him in the end.

Following the Prince's Guard back into the barrier, no one of the Prince's Guard died, but some of them were injured under the siege of the soldiers. Although the injuries were not particularly serious, some bones were still broken.

"Commander Zhao, the injured prince guards today must be treated well," Xin Wenyuan looked at the injured prince guards who returned to the barrier, "Use the best elixirs and try to completely heal their injuries within one day."

"Your Highness, this is not necessary, right? The injuries on their bodies are only external, and their internal organs are not damaged. They just need to rest..."

"No! Commander Zhao, you are wrong! This is only the Third Brother. The Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Brothers have not yet made a move. We must recover our combat effectiveness as soon as possible. Otherwise, when the Third Brother unites with the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Brothers, what kind of attack will we face? We must not save on elixirs now, otherwise how can we fight in the future?"

"Yes! I thought too simply. I will arrange for the best elixir to heal them. I will ensure that the injured prince guards will be able to recover a certain level of combat effectiveness by evening and fully recover by tomorrow morning!"

"Not only that, we need to increase patrols tonight. The third brother will definitely tell others that someone on our side is injured. They might attack tonight. Then it will depend on Commander Zhao and your guards." Xin Wenyuan's face was full of seriousness. "I know you all think that with the presence of brother Zeng, no matter how many ordinary soldiers come, it will be useless. But he is a guest after all. How can we trouble him so much?"

"Your Highness, I have never thought of asking guests for help, nor would I think of bothering guests. I will make arrangements right away. I promise that nothing will go wrong tonight!"

"Okay, let's go."

Watching Commander Zhao leave, Xin Wenyuan showed a trace of worry on his face. He believed in his Prince Guards. Even if he was facing enemies that were several times more numerous than himself, the Prince Guards would always protect him. He had never doubted or worried about the Prince Guards. But now facing his younger brothers, they always regarded him as a thorn in their eyes and a thorn in their flesh. As long as he didn't die, or sat on the throne completely, or completely lost the qualification to inherit the throne, they would keep attacking him. The final situation would be a fight to the death.

Xin Wenyuan did not want to fight to the death with his brothers, but as long as he did not get rid of the title of crown prince, he would be constantly targeted by his four brothers. Even if he told his four brothers that he did not want to be the new emperor, they would not let him escape from their control unless he died.

Death? Death was very simple for Xin Wenyuan. He only needed to find a place where there were no people, draw the sword from his waist and cut his neck. If no one used elixirs or cultivation to treat him, he would naturally die quietly. But he did not want to leave this world. He still had the Crown Princess Youruo, and there were so many people around him who followed and supported him. He also needed to think about these people who followed and supported him.

Pulling out the sword hanging from his waist, Xin Wenyuan looked at the sword in his hand silently. This sword was given to him by his father. In the most important battle of that year, he used this sword to kill countless enemies. He now seemed to be able to smell the blood of the enemies on the sword, and seemed to be able to see the expressions of those enemies who died under his sword before they died.

He sat in the tent like this for a whole day. When he put the sword back into the scabbard again, the sky had darkened completely. The dark clouds in the sky were thicker than before. The cracks in the imperial city's barrier became bigger and it looked like it would break at any time. The snowflakes were also much denser than before, and the heavy snow had turned into a blizzard.

The snow in the city outside the barrier was already very thick, and the houses outside were almost completely buried. The only building that could still be seen in the city was the city wall of the inner city of the imperial city. The wall was more than ten meters high, and such thick snow had to submerge the corners of the wall.

With such heavy snow, even the barrier set up by Xin Wenyuan in this square was already a little shaky, and it seemed that it might fail at any time.

Looking at the heavy snow in the sky, Xin Wenyuan's face became more and more serious. If the snow really fell, it would be a question whether most of the people in the square could survive. First of all, the bonfire in the square would be completely extinguished by such heavy snow. At that time, there would be no spiritual energy and true energy to help keep the body warm. Without the temperature of the flame, how could those poor people in thin clothes survive the snow?

"Someone come!" Xin Wenyuan shouted outside the tent, and a prince's guard immediately walked in. "Send someone to reinforce the barrier. No matter how many resources are consumed, the barrier cannot disappear!"

The prince's guard took the order and left. Not long after, a civil servant came in from outside. He saluted Xin Wenyuan first, then said, "Your Highness, I heard that you want to strengthen the barrier outside?"

"Yes, what? What does Yan Qing want to say?"

"Your Highness! The resources we brought from the East Palace are not many to begin with. If we use them to maintain this barrier, I'm afraid it won't last long. It may even consume all the spiritual stones we brought with us..." The civil servant glanced at Xin Wenyuan carefully when he saw that there was no change in his expression before continuing, "Your Highness, I ask Your Highness to withdraw your order. Even if we need to maintain the barrier, we only need to maintain the East Palace camp. As for the people outside, we only need to give them heaters and thick clothes. If they can hold on, they can hold on. If they can't, they can die."

After the civil servant said this, he kept waiting for Xin Wenyuan's instructions. After waiting for a while and getting nothing, he looked at Xin Wenyuan, only to see that Xin Wenyuan was looking at him with a strange expression. This strange expression stunned him, and then cold sweat instantly broke out on his head.

"Yan Qing, Yan Qing, you really disappoint this prince. You know what the Eastern Palace's philosophy is, don't you? You used to implement the people-oriented philosophy very well. Why, now that you are in trouble, you have forgotten it? But it's true. You were originally arranged by the Yan family to be close to the Eastern Palace. I have also heard about the Yan family's attitude towards the people. I shouldn't think that you are an outlier in the Yan family and that you can empathize with the suffering of the people."

"Your Highness, minister..."

"Well, there is no point in saying more. When this matter is over, you can leave the East Palace. Of course, by the time this matter is over, you and I will have become dead souls under the sword."

"Your Highness..."

"Go out, I don't want to see you now, don't make me force someone to kick you out!"