Quick Travel: Dream Hunt

Chapter 114 The Crown Princess is about to run away 12

When people were tied up in rows in the wasteland, they didn't know what was happening. The Central Plains Army brought them back to the tents, stuffed them into prison cars overnight, and happily sent them back to Chang'an City.

Fearing that something unexpected might happen, Ting He sent his deputy general and several generals back to Chang'an City. He also brought back the 'Prince of Ning' who was the old emperor, and asked the prince to accompany him and protect him secretly.

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What Ting He didn't know was that before the prison car reached Chang'an City, news came that the old emperor had gone mad. Not only did he personally disperse the royalists, he also supported Prince Ning's people to take the throne, escorted Prince Ning's people all the way, paved the way for Prince Ning, and even issued an imperial decree to let Prince Ning serve as regent. He almost passed the position of crown prince and the throne to him.

What puzzled everyone was that the Ning Wang was still in the hands of the Turks, and there was no news from General Yun and the Crown Prince at the front. No one knew why His Majesty was crazy enough to want to pave the way for that useless Ning Wang. Would the throne also be passed on to Ning Wang in the future? Then where would the Crown Prince go?

Before the news from the front came back, the old emperor showed off his new move. He actually said that the crown prince was not able to bear the heavy responsibility and had not redeemed Prince Ning for so long. He was simply not up to the task. So he directly announced the imperial decree, abolished Yu Linyuan's title of crown prince, and directly confers the title of Prince Ning, who was still in the hands of the Turks and had not yet returned.

The former crown prince Yu Linyuan was directly named Prince Xian, and Prince Ning became the new crown prince.

The court officials simply could not accept such a crazy emperor and could not see through his actions, so they all took leave and stayed at home instead of attending court.

The emperor seemed to have changed his temperament recently. Not only had his relationship with Concubine Ning improved, but Concubine Ning even gave him a personal maid. He also summoned his own niece into the palace so that His Majesty could visit her at will.

The court officials expressed that they were increasingly unable to understand His Majesty's operations and tactics, and fearing that serving the emperor would be like serving a tiger, they all took leave and stayed away from the court, staying at home to recuperate.

The strangest thing is that when the news came that the Turks were destroyed and the royal family was captured, His Majesty was actually horrified.

When the scouts reported that the Turkic prisoner carriage escorted by the deputy general and Prince Ning was on the way, the emperor went crazy and announced in the court that the throne would be passed to Prince Ning from that day on, and he would retire to the position of emperor emeritus. After announcing the oral will, he actually asked the eunuch who drafted the edict to write down the imperial edict in court.

I already thought your majesty's decision to exchange ten wealthy cities for Prince Ning was absurd. Now that Prince Ning had just been escorted back to the capital, your majesty couldn't wait to pass the throne to Prince Ning. This was really too absurd.

Except for Prince Ning's own men, all the court officials knelt on the ground and begged the emperor to revoke his decision. However, it seemed that the emperor became more and more panicked. In the end, after stamping the imperial seal, he actually sent the eunuch to take the imperial edict to Chang'an City to announce it to the world. It was simply horrifying.

Now all the people knew the foolish thing the emperor had done, and they shook their heads to express their incomprehension, but their impression of the emperor and Prince Ning became even worse.

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The Turkic prisoner cart that returned to Chang'an City and the "Prince of Ning" who was brought back by the carriage were slowly walking on the way to Chang'an City.

When they arrived at Chang'an City, the people had already prepared rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs and smashed them on the prison cart crazily. Even the 'Prince of Ning', who was sitting in the carriage and unable to speak, was hit by several rotten eggs through the curtain of the carriage, and was covered with the stench.

Who would have thought that this would have been fine, but when the Turkic prisoner car arrived at the palace gate, His Majesty did not send anyone to meet it, nor did he arrange for ministers to wait. What was even more outrageous was that the guards stopped them and did not let them enter the palace at all.

This is too bizarre, really weird. When everyone didn't know what to do, the prince, who had hidden his identity, invited them to take the prison cart and temporarily live in Yun's house.

After sending a pigeon to tell Tinghe about the current situation, the prince secretly put the man in a secret prison and then sent his trusted confidants to investigate the news in the palace.

After learning that he was no longer the crown prince but was named Prince Xian, and that Prince Ning had been directly abdicated to the throne by His Majesty, Yu Linyuan was completely confused. He knew that his father had always disliked him, but there was no need for him to be so impatient, right?

He allowed Concubine Ning and her son to bully him because his grandfather had been dead for many years, his power had collapsed, and he was worried that he would not find an opportunity to deal with him, so he turned a blind eye and allowed them to poison him. If he did not have some other industries and secret guards in private, he would probably not be able to disguise himself as a skinny and sickly person and would have died directly.

Thinking so, Yu Linyuan sent people to the palace to contact secret sources in an effort to get first-hand information.

On the second day, Yu Linyuan was a little bit unbelievable when he received the news reported by the secret guard. He felt that the news was so fake. How could his father do such a foolish thing? Could it be that someone controlled his father? Now the most urgent task is to sneak into the palace and get first-hand and accurate information before taking action.

The carrier pigeon flew for two days before reaching the border. Ting He looked at the news on the pigeon's leg and laughed out loud. The Turks had been destroyed by her, and the Turkic people had not been properly arranged yet. It was not appropriate to return to Chang'an City now.

But the border is very suitable for having a city. Otherwise, just build another one to accommodate those Turks without asking for permission? You can't kill them all. At least you can accept them step by step and absorb them into your own country, so that the Central Plains will not be destroyed.

They acted immediately and listened to He's orders to send soldiers to supervise the Turkic people and help them build their own future homes through self-reliance. The soldiers followed He's orders and worked enthusiastically.

After nightfall, Ting He teleported back to Chang'an City secretly. When she woke up Yu Linyuan who was sleeping, Yu Linyuan was frightened and staggered. He didn't know what was going on in his mind. He looked at Ting He with shining eyes. He reached out his hand and held Ting He tightly in his arms, and said with trembling lips:

"Did you hide your body all the way to protect me and get me back to the city safely? Actually, you don't have to do that. I, I can do it, but now I am no longer the Crown Prince. I am just a prince in name only. I don't know if I can protect you in the future."

Feeling Yu Linyuan's momentary loss, Ting He pinched his little face and said:

"Alright, stop thinking so much. Whether you are the crown prince or the idle prince, it doesn't affect me. Besides, if you lose to me in the competition, you will be my little follower. As your boss, no matter who you are, I will protect you for the rest of your life."

"Okay, tell me about the current situation in Chang'an City."

Yu Linyuan's attention was diverted at this point, and he continued to tell Tinghe the news that came from the secret channel in the palace.