The prince loves me like his life, but I force him to rebel

Gu Nianzhi didn't have many clothes to begin with, so she picked up a few pieces and packed them. Just as she was about to go out, she turned back and put her facial rouge and indigo in her bag. When she reached the door, she thought about how long she would be gone, so she turned back and poured a few fragrance pills.

When he reached the gate of the courtyard, he looked up and saw Sima Yao standing in the middle of the courtyard, wearing general's armor.

Hearing Gu Nianzhi's footsteps, he turned around and smiled slightly.

Gu Nianzhi's heart seemed to skip a beat.

Before this, she had never realized that Sima Yao could be so handsome and heroic.

"This armor and spear..."

"It is the armor and spear in the secret passage. A few years ago, when I was training in Dingxi Prefecture, I defeated many scattered bandits from Qiangyi and Cinan while wearing this armor."

"Put this on." Sima Yao handed over a breastplate. "You have never been on a battlefield, and a full set of armor is too heavy. You must not be used to it. This breastplate was given to me by my father before I went to Dingxi Prefecture for training. It can save your life at critical moments, and it is comfortable to wear. You should get used to it quickly."

Gu Nianzhi took the breastplate and turned it over and over, not knowing how to put it on.

Sima Yao took the breastplate, adjusted it a little, put it over Gu Nianzhi's head, and tightened the knotted rope on the side for her.

"Okay. Give me the luggage. There are special horses to carry it."

Gu Nianzhi was not very good at using the bundle here. She felt that the cloth would fall off no matter how she wrapped it. Sure enough, when she handed it to Sima Yao, a corner of the bundle fell apart and the contents fell to the ground.

“I’m not very good at packing with this…”

Gu Nianzhi quickly squatted down and gathered all the things in. When she raised her eyes, she saw Sima Yao picking up the facial cream and looking at it.

"You're still going to take this thing with you?"

"The northwest is windy and dusty, so you need to apply some facial cream to protect your skin, otherwise it might crack."

Gu Nianzhi snatched the facial cream and threw it into her bag.

"Then what is this?" Sima Yao held the indigo. He didn't know what this black thing was used for.

"This is coal black. It can be used to make a mark when it matters."

"What about this?" Sima Yao had already opened the handkerchief containing the aroma pills.

"I have been weak since I was a child, and this is a tonic I need to take regularly." Gu Nianzhi quickly snatched it away, wrapped it up, and stuffed it into his waist.

Sima Yao tied up the bag for him, then took the spear in one hand and the bags of both of them in the other, and led Gu Nianzhi to the stable.

Lin Heng had been waiting here, and was obviously surprised to see Sima Yao coming with Gu Nianzhi.

"Is Mr. Gu going with us?"

"He rode with me."

"This trip requires a whole night of riding. Your Highness the Third Prince is in delicate shape. If you really want to go, why not ride with me?"

"No need to say more, I have already promised Mr. Gu."

Sima Yao helped Gu Nianzhi onto the horse. Even though Lin Heng was holding the horse's head, the horse was only pacing back and forth in small steps. Gu Nianzhi already felt unstable and seemed like he would fall off the horse at any time.

“Hold it tight, hold it tight, don’t let it move…” Gu Nianzhi’s voice was trembling.

"Since it's a horse, how can we keep it from moving?" Sima Yao climbed onto the horse, pressing his body against Gu Nian's back. He put his hands around Gu Nianzhi and held the reins tightly in his hands. "Don't think about changing the direction of the horse. You have to learn to adjust your center of gravity according to the horse's center of gravity, instead of resisting it."

I took the road test twice before I passed it, and now you tell me this... Gu Nianzhi muttered to himself.

"Don't worry, as long as I'm holding the reins, you'll never fall. Relax your body a little. The more stiff you are, the harder it will be for you to adapt."

Gu Nianzhi was adjusting his state slowly according to what Sima Yao said, but he felt Sima Yao exert force with his whole body, squeeze his legs together, and the horse under him galloped away.

In the darkness of the night, Gu Nianzhi's screams echoed from Prince Yao's Mansion all the way to the city gate.

After gathering with the light cavalry at the city gate, the sound of horse hooves soon disappeared into the night.

After changing horses twice at the post station, he finally arrived at Dingxi Prefecture the next day.

In Dingxi Prefecture, there were soldiers and their entourage who had escaped the sandstorm sitting sparsely. Most of them had dull eyes, and some had injured their legs and feet and could only lie on the ground groaning.

"The whereabouts of the crown prince and General Shu are still unknown. No one can find them alive, and no one can find their bodies after death..." Min Rongli looked very embarrassed at the moment, with sand all over his hair and ears, and it seemed that the slightest movement would cause sand to fall off his body. "I have never seen such a horrible sight. The sand covering the sky and the sun did not seem to be blown in, but it looked like someone fell from the sky. In an instant, the sky was dark, and a strong wind rose from the ground, blowing the person into the air, and then throwing him to who knows where..."

“How many people have been found now?”

"There were more than a thousand people when we arrived, but now there are only about three hundred alive. The rest are either missing or buried alive in the sand. They are already dead..."

Lin Heng glanced around and found that except for the remnants of the defeated army, the several carts filled with treasures when they left the capital seemed to have disappeared.

"Where are the gifts for the princess and Qiangyi? Why can't I see a single cart?"

"As soon as the sandstorm stopped, a group of Qiangyi bandits stole our things."

"How ridiculous! Didn't you tell him that this was a gift from the Emperor of Dasheng to the King of Qiangyi?"

"It's no use talking to them. They won't listen. They even said they stole Dasheng's things."

"When we reach the capital of Qiangyi, we must tell the King of Qiangyi everything and ask him to catch these people! These Qiangyi people are simply lawless." Lin Heng was so angry that his teeth were itching.

After a night of running around, Gu Nianzhi was already half dead, but seeing Lin Heng so excited, she couldn't help but remind him: "In the junction of the three kingdoms, not everyone wearing Qiangyi clothing is necessarily a Qiangyi person. Even if this matter is reported to the Qiangyi King, there may not be any result. The most urgent task now is to find the prince and General Shu. The rest is not important."

At the junction of the three countries, there is desert and Gobi landforms. The roads are difficult to travel on normal days. Now after the sandstorm, the air has become turbid. As time passes, the sand floating in the air begins to slowly settle and fall to the ground.

As dusk approached, visibility gradually improved.

Over the boundless Gobi Desert, the setting sun was as red as blood. The fate of the Crown Prince and Shu Huaiyuan was uncertain. Gu Nianzhi suddenly felt a sense of desolation.

In the face of natural disasters, everything is so insignificant.

Facing the armies of Qiangyi or Cinan, they could still fight with all their might, but facing the sudden sandstorm, both the prince and the general became so insignificant in an instant.

There were more than thirty light cavalry brought from the capital, and more than fifty people were sent by Dingxi Prefecture. After the wedding party had rested, there were more than one hundred people available. The team of nearly two hundred people was divided into more than ten teams to conduct a carpet search of the incident area.

Prince, Shu Huaiyuan, are you still alive?