After the violent wolf lord was reborn, he became sickly!

The whistling mountain wind swept through the dense forest, as if carrying a sigh of compassion, echoing between the valleys.

Xiao Linglang held the little wolf cub against her chest, and after following Xing Qiu's lead in burying the mother wolf next to the two dead fetuses, she stood in front of the flat grave and made a solemn promise.

"I will do my best to take good care of it."

Xiao Linglang turned her head to look over when she heard Xing Qiu's sneer.

Xing Qiu scratched the tip of his nose, put the sword at his feet back into the scabbard, and waved to Xiao Linglang while leading the old horse.

"Let's go, Miss Xiao. It's lucky that it survived tonight."

"Please don't say discouraging words, okay?" Xiao Linglang was a little dissatisfied. She spoke in a soft Jiangnan dialect and followed Xing Qiu in small steps. The conditions were difficult, but it was hard to make people feel at ease when hearing discouraging words at the beginning. She carefully folded a thin blanket several times and wrapped the little wolf cub to protect it in front of her body to prevent the cold wind from blowing on it.

"Okay, okay." Xing Qiu threw the package over his shoulder and turned back with a smile, "But what I said is the truth."

"..."

Xiao Linglang looked at the little wolf cub in her arms, worry thickening between her brows, and she sighed softly.

After urging the horse to move forward for most of the day, they finally met someone before sunset. Xing Qiu placed Xiao Linglang on a slope and waited for her.

“Can you ride it yourself?”

Xiao Linglang hesitated for a while and nodded affirmatively.

Although she had never ridden alone, her riding skills were taught by Tuoba Jin and she had won his praise, so there should be no problem.

"Stay here and don't move. Keep an eye on the package. I'm going to change horses and find some milk for the kid. I'll be back soon." While Xing Qiu was giving instructions, he threw his sword to Xiao Linglang for self-defense and drove his horse straight to the herdsman's house in front.

Xiao Linglang waved to her, retracted her eager gaze, and carried the little wolf cub to where she had placed the package, sitting on the withered hay. The little wolf cub in her arms seemed to be extremely hungry, and kept struggling and crying in the blanket.

Xiao Linglang frowned and turned to look in the direction where Xing Qiu left, hoping that she would come back soon. She lowered her eyes and gently patted the bag, imitating the tone of her mother's coaxing her in the past, and softly coaxed the little wolf cub, "Don't cry, don't cry, wait a little while, our cub will have milk to drink, and won't be hungry anymore."

Guessing that Xing Qiu wouldn't be able to come back too early, Xiao Linglang was worried that the little wolf cub would run out of energy from crying, so she used her fingers dipped in water to coax it.

As she expected, but longer than she thought, Xing Qiu came back long after sunset, leading two horses.

Xiao Linglang sniffed, suppressed the sourness in her eyes, and whispered, "It's all hungry."

Xing Qiu listened to the crying voice of the person in front of him and raised his eyebrows slightly. "I bought a thick piece of clothing from them. It took a long time to negotiate."

"Hmm." The little girl hummed through her nose.

Xing Qiu felt a little guilty, as he had indeed left the person here for quite some time.

When handing the torch to the person in front of him, Xing Qiu saw her wet and red eyes. He paused, said nothing, and handed the still hot cake and a piece of cheese in his arms to her, and took the little wolf cub from her arms.

"Eat it. I'll feed it. After it's full, I'll put on its coat."

Xiao Linglang took the cheese, pinched the still hot pancake, her breathing paused slightly, she bit her lips, and sat down next to her.

After taking a few small bites, she put the bread and cheese away for the time being.

The little wolf was very hungry, and when he smelled the fragrance of milk, he drank it greedily.

Xing Qiu snorted and laughed, "The desire to survive is quite strong."

Seeing that it had almost finished drinking, Xing Qiu immediately interrupted its feeding. The little fellow would need milk to sustain him for a while. If he drank it all in one breath, he would really be waiting to die.

Xiao Linglang watched over Xing Qiu as he fed the wolf cub. She handed the biscuit she hadn't bitten yet to Xing Qiu. Xing Qiu frowned and asked, "You didn't eat it?"

"I took a few bites." She broke off half of the cheese that had not been bitten and handed it over.

"Are there any crumbs?" Xing Qiu tilted his head and looked at the pancake, smoothing away the cheese, "Eat it yourself."

Xiao Linglang blinked and said, "I took a few bites of this." She handed the bitten corner of the cheese to Xing Qiu to see.

Xing Qiu tilted his mouth, shook his head, broke off a large part of the cake and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing the cake and muttering: "This is not much, you should eat more. We have to travel tonight. When they react, we have to run faster."

Xiao Linglang refused and wanted her to eat something hot, but Xing Qiu waved his hand and directly opened the package, took out the hard dry food and started to chew it.

After filling her stomach, Xiao Linglang changed into the clothes that Xing Qiu had found for her and wrapped her head so that only her watery eyes were exposed.

Xing Qiu also changed his clothes and dressed up as a cheerful young man.

After the two of them had packed up, Xing Qiu threw his changed clothes aside and lit the torch.

"Mount."

After finishing, Xing Qiu mounted his horse and looked at Xiao Linglang. He took Xiao Linglang back.

Xiao Linglang took a deep breath, stepped on the stirrups and climbed onto the horse's back. After holding the reins, she controlled the horse to take two steps and nodded to Xing Qiu.

Xing Qiu controlled the reins with one hand. The horse beneath her raised its hooves and neighed. She hooked her finger at Xiao Linglang and said loudly, "Follow closely."

"Yeah." Xiao Linglang hummed lightly and drove the horse to follow Xing Qiu.

The two men turned back for a while, took the main road, and then changed to another small road.

Although Xiao Linglang didn't understand Xing Qiu's operation, she always controlled the horse and followed Xing Qiu silently.

At the Southern Prince's residence, after Ya Qiyi woke up, she burst into tears before Hui Zhao could ask any questions, and with tears in her eyes, she narrated all the mistakes in a flawless and vivid manner, pushing them all onto Xing Qiu.

After hearing this, Hui Zhao's face tightened. He was actually related to the Southern Liang royal family. He had to think about this matter and how to report it to the Wolf Lord.

As for Ya Qiyi, Hui Zhao's eyes darkened. He did not believe her one-sided story and ordered the people beside him, "Watch carefully. Wait for the Wolf Lord to come back and interrogate again."

After returning to his residence, Hui Zhao picked up his pen and sat at the desk, but he didn't know where to start. He just said that it would be bad if the Wolf Lord abandoned his troops and came back. After all, it was obvious that the Wolf Lord cared about Madam Xiao, and he was worried that the Wolf Lord would ignore the overall situation.

Let’s not talk about it. When the Wolf Lord comes back, I’m afraid everyone in this mansion will be dead.

Hui Zhao racked his brains and came up with a compromise. He chose a person with slow legs but a quick mind, and a carrier pigeon with fast flying but poor brain to deliver the letter to Huan River.

This plan was very good. He would hurry up and send people to rescue Empress Xiao, and try to save her alive. If... if Empress Xiao passed away, they would have to find her body and not let others trample on it.

Hui Zhao's eyes were solemn. Princess Guangning didn't take them, Mobei, seriously. If the Wolf Lord was not attacking Huan River now, he would have reported the matter directly to the Wolf Lord in a letter without any consideration.