Wandering the Heavens

"Eighteen days? Is that a little too short, or a little too fast?" Xiao Xuan ignored the two fools in front of him who were muttering.

"Father, the Fifth Prince only gave us half a month. The army from Prince Mu's palace will need at least eighteen days to reach Nanjing. This is their limit." Xiao Jingyan had no idea what Xiao Xuan was thinking.

"Well, you guys go down! Set up the defense line and make sure to hold on until Mu Qing arrives." Xiao Xuan got angry when he saw the clear eyes of the two men.

"My son/chen will leave."

After the two of them saluted, they left the pond. As they walked, Jamel Xiao's face changed drastically.

"Not good, let's go find Lord Yan!"

Meng Zhi was pulled by Xiao Jingyan and could only run with him inexplicably.

Yan Que was in a good mood these days, and he was happy to see Xiao Xuan suffer a setback. Besides, no matter if he had a backup plan or not, Prince Yu was raised by his younger sister, and he did not get involved in the fight for the throne, so he had nothing to do with the subsequent settlement.

So he ate and drank as he pleased, without any psychological burden, and there was also a heartless Prince Ji. After the two of them hooked up, Yan Que soon returned to secular life, and spent his days in brothels listening to music. If Yan Yujin had not gone to the southern border, the father and son would definitely have done such a thing as visiting Miaoyinfang. For this reason, the queen specially asked Xiao Xuan to issue an order to reprimand her brother.

But now that they were under Xiao Xuan's nose, the two of them couldn't gloat too obviously, so they could only hide aside to relieve their boredom. This made it difficult for Xiao Jingyan and Meng Zhi, who took a lot of effort to find them.

"Uncle Ji Wang/Ji Wang, Lord Yan."

"Jingyan, Commander Meng, why are you so panicked? Did Jinghuan attack in advance?" Prince Ji said this without any emotion.

"General Meng, please check if there is anyone around first." Xiao Jingyan turned around and instructed Meng Zhi who was still gasping for breath.

They were all masters, so Meng Zhi could only accept his fate and flew up to check the surroundings.

"Your Majesty, there is no one within a mile."

"Uncle Ji, Marquis, just now my father summoned Jingyan and General Meng and asked them when the reinforcements from Prince Mu's palace would arrive. I said fifteen days at the earliest and eighteen days at the latest. My father said eighteen days were too short and too fast." Xiao Jingyan relayed Xiao Xuan's words.

"Is that what your majesty said?"

Prince Ji and Yan Que looked at each other with serious expressions.

"I also heard it from the side. His Majesty said that eighteen days might be a little short and a little too fast. My two princes, Lord Yan, what does His Majesty mean by this?" Meng Zhi hurriedly confirmed Xiao Jingyan's words.

"General Meng, what father means is..." Xiao Jingyan still couldn't say it.

"He is afraid of the army of Prince Mu's Mansion. If Mu Qing rebels, he will most likely go all the way north from the southern border within half a month and arrive in Nanjing together with the petition for help." Yan Quezhen spoke frankly.

"No way!" Meng Zhi felt that what others were carrying on their shoulders were brains, but he didn't know what the one on his shoulders was called.

"Now that the Qingli Army is rebelling, the local garrison troops are disunited, Xia Jiang is dead, and Xie Yu is not only a fence-sitter but also terminally ill. It is normal for Your Majesty to be on guard against Prince Mu's Palace." Prince Ji beat Xiao Xuan to death as soon as he opened his mouth.

"How can anyone suspect him?" Xiao Jingyan was so angry at Prince Ji's words that he even addressed him directly without even addressing him as father.

“Prince Jing, isn’t what happened to Lin Xie and me reality? At the beginning, the two of us traveled around the world with him. When the court changed, we hurried back to Nanjing. After half a year of operation and planning, we defeated the prince who participated in the coup and the forces behind him. It can be said that it was the two of us who lifted him to the throne.” Yan Que’s words were full of resentment.

"Could it be that those leaflets..." Meng Zhi felt that Yan Que was capable of doing such a thing.

"I didn't do it, but what was said above is indeed true." Yan Que admitted it straightforwardly.

"In that case, Prince Mu's Mansion will be in danger in the future." Xiao Jingyan became worried.

"Not necessarily. Maybe he is thinking of finding a husband for Princess Nihuang after defeating Prince Yu, or even decreeing to take her into the harem and make her a concubine. This way, Prince Mu's Mansion will have at least a dozen years of peace. But the emperor is almost sixty years old, and he is afraid that when he leaves, he will take Nihuang and her child with him, fearing that foreign relatives will interfere in politics." Yan Que seemed to be thinking about something.

As the son of Xiao Xuan, Xiao Jingyan was very angry about Yan Que's remarks, but he also knew that what he said was likely to happen.

"This matter still needs to be confirmed with Gao Zhan." Xiao Jingyan was unable to refute.

"Jingyan has made a lot of progress! He even knew to look for Gao Zhan." Prince Ji was quite surprised at this stubborn nephew.

"After suffering so many losses, it's time to learn your lesson." Yan Que said this and he really didn't treat himself as an outsider at all.

"Are we just going to allow our father to do such a perverse thing?" Xiao Jingyan looked at the two people in front of him.

His anger had made him forget the identities of these two people and their attitudes as subjects.

“Or, nephew Jingyan, wait for half a month and then order the imperial guards to surrender. If Jinghuan becomes the emperor, he won’t be so wary of Prince Mu’s Palace.” Prince Ji’s words were so light-hearted and cheerful.

Xiao Jingyan and Meng Zhi were dumbfounded watching the two of them singing the same tune, and finally could only leave in a depressed mood. If they really went to Gao Zhan to verify, their mouths were not qualified enough.

The sunset was beautiful, and the entire hunting ground and the palace were decorated beautifully. The imperial guards dug trenches and set traps under the command of Liezhan Yingqi Meng and others.

"General Meng, why do I feel like everyone is hiding something from me? Uncle Ji is like this, Marquis Yan is like this, and even Mr. Su is like this." Xiao Jingyan felt a little melancholy as he looked at the busy figures of the soldiers.

"This..." Meng Zhi felt that he was right.

"Are you hiding something from me too?" Xiao Jingyan looked at the guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes in front of him.

"Your Highness, please forgive me." Meng Zhi really didn't know how to lie.

"I really can't imagine that Commander Meng, who is the second most skilled person on the Langya List, would have the same petty thoughts as those counselors." Xiao Jingyan became even more unhappy when he saw Meng Zhi like this.

"Your Highness, please don't make things difficult for Meng Zhi. It must be very uncomfortable for Meng Zhi to have something hidden in his heart that he can't tell anyone." Meng Zhi almost knelt down to Xiao Jingyan.

"Did I ask you to flirt with those people?" Xiao Jingyan said this with confidence.

"Definitely not." Meng Zhi waved his hands hurriedly but saw Xiao Jingyan's teasing eyes.

"Why are you so nervous? I'm not going to ask." Xiao Jingyan didn't bother to care about their beating around the bush.

Faced with a powerful enemy, Xiao Jingyan had no time to pursue these matters. He could only try his best to complete the defense deployment of the West Mountain Hunting Ground and hold out until the reinforcements from Prince Mu's Palace arrived.

But what if Prince Mu's palace succeeded? Daliang was still the same, and Mu Nihuang might really be forced into the palace as a concubine by her father as Yan Que said.

"Commander Meng, can you contact Mr. Su?" Xiao Jingyan was a little upset. He wanted to tell Mei Changsu the news immediately.

"Your Highness, we are all surrounded here. Unless Meng Zhi goes there in person, but in the current situation, if Meng Zhi goes out, it will be considered deserting his post." Meng Zhi wanted to go out, but it might not be so easy to come back.

"Do you want to watch Princess Nihuang face what Lord Yan described?" Xiao Jingyan lost his composure.

"Your Highness, your worries are unnecessary. The last person who did something wrong to Princess Nihuang was Sima Lei. The grass on his grave is three feet high." Meng Zhi suddenly thought of the mysterious man that Mei Changsu had mentioned many times.

"You mean, if the emperor did this, he would also..." Xiao Jingyan asked in a low voice.

Meng Zhi looked left and right and then nodded.

"Are you sure you can beat that man?" Xiao Jingyan had heard about Yu Xian pretending to be Xia Jiang to fight.

"I can't beat him." Meng Zhi always speaks his mind.