Half-dead paulownia

An Ruo left Anling Yuhao's side, walked lightly to Anling Mingcheng's tablet, wiped it gently with his sleeve, his eyes were full of firmness.

"Mother, please forgive my son for worrying too much. If you just want to relax, why did you go with Xiao Jinmo?" Anling Yuhao seemed to always be concerned about something in his heart. Although there was nothing wrong with the mother's decision, he had a feeling Uneasy to say the least.

"Hao'er, he is really special to you. He is someone you care about, and he is also the child of my sister Mengli. I should take good care of him in terms of emotion and reason. I think I can take this opportunity to spend more time with him." Let's get close, besides, in that unfamiliar place, you are not afraid of any danger from him? Anyway, I have nothing to do, and I have something to take care of each other, so you should be happy!" An Ruo analyzed logically.

Hearing An Ruo's resolute tone, An Ling Yuhao couldn't argue with anything, so he could only go with the flow, "Okay, then I'll trouble my mother to take care of Xiao Jinmo, I think you know his physical condition the best."

After finishing speaking, he hurried back to Qianyang Palace. Li Chaoxi, who had made all preparations, was ready to be dispatched at any time, while Xiao Jinmo and An Ruo had already been secretly sent to the gate of the palace.

Looking at Xiao Jinmo's disappearing figure, Anling Yuhao's heart didn't seem to relax because of this, but it was as if a boulder was on top of him again, making him a little out of breath.

"Your Majesty, someone sent a letter just now. I just happened to go to Qianyang Palace to look for you. I was afraid that some urgent matter would delay me, so I took it on my own initiative." Ling Zining's gentle voice came from behind, breaking the news. own obsession.

Anling Yuhao looked at the letter in Ling Zining's hand suspiciously, and carefully opened it step by step, and then he looked at ease and down-to-earth, with a smile on his face.

"This Meng'er is really naughty, do you really plan to abduct my Liu Meng?" In the tone that seemed to be reproachful, it also revealed pampering.

"Why, don't they plan to come back?" Ling Zining asked curiously.

Anling Yuhao sighed softly, "Meng'er said to let Liu Meng stay with her for a few more days, after all, she has been by my side all year round, and now she has finally gone out, and wants to have a good time sightseeing, but who sent this letter here?"

"Messenger? I happen to recognize him. Heizi should be called Heizi. He is a well-behaved and sensible eunuch. He is responsible for delivering some important items from outside the palace. But this Meng'er, he is married and still acts like a child. It's up to you to bargain." Ning'er also laughed. "However, it's rare to have someone by your side, so of course we should cherish it even more." During the words, her slender hands wrapped around Anling Yuhao's arms.

For this seemingly inadvertent action, Anling Yuhao still showed his original temper, abruptly took Ling Zining's hand off his body, looked at her innocent expression with deep eyes, "I'm not used to it."

After throwing down these simple four words, he turned around and turned his back to Ling Zining, "You should pay more attention to the child."

Looking at Anling Yuhao who was leaving, Ling Zining's originally gentle gaze gradually shone, but the light that shot out from the eyes did not carry a trace of kindness.

(Qianyang Palace)

Anling Yuhao, who returned to Qianyang Palace, flipped through the letter he had received from Ling Zining again. The handwriting on it was indeed written by Meng'er, but it was clearly sent to track down the empress, why didn't he mention it now?No matter how naughty they are, they definitely won't be confused about which is more important. How could the two of them disregard the overall situation because of the momentary enjoyment?

Feeling more and more that something was not quite right, Anling Yuhao guessed in his heart that the two of them might really have encountered difficulties, so he couldn't help thinking deeply.

(on the way)

Li Chaoxi secretly led the Empress Dowager An Ruo and Xiao Jinmo on the way to the Danyue Imperial Capital. Before they knew it, they had already walked for three days and three nights, and the people, the carriages and horses were a little tired.

"Everyone stop and rest for a while." Li Chaoxi gave the order, finally showing a surprised expression on his face.

An Ruo and Xiao Jinmo also slowly stepped down from the carriage. The cold wind in late autumn was indeed a bit chilly, especially in this deep and dense forest, it was even more biting.

"Empress, we are almost at the capital of Emperor Danyue." Li Chaoxi pointed to the dense forest that seemed to stretch as far as the eye could see.

An Ruo frowned slightly, "It doesn't look like there is a country ahead, it's so barren."

Li Chaoxi Xiaodao: "The empress dowager does not know something. The mystery of the capital of the Danyue Emperor is that it is mysterious in this place, because few people can find it. Even if they enter, it is usually by mistake. His terrain is very complicated. Presumably the original place The builder specially designed it for fear of being disturbed by outsiders, as long as you understand the mystery, it is not difficult to find it there."

"I didn't expect General Li to be so knowledgeable." Xiao Jinmo praised sincerely.

"It's not difficult for me, I am??" Li Chaoxi's words stopped abruptly, and his expression became a little stiff.

Everyone seemed to be waiting for Li Chaoxi's next words, but there was no movement for a long time.

"You are?" Xiao Jinmo asked suspiciously.

"I'm??? I just studied this place because I'm curious about it." Li Chaoxi explained unnaturally.

"Is it almost there?" An Ruo didn't seem to care about Li Chaoxi's explanation, but rather cared about the journey.

"Well, it will be there in half an hour." Li Chaoxi said with certainty.

After a short rest, I set off again and walked towards the dense forest. I felt that I kept turning left and right. After about an hour or so, I really stopped.

Looking at the large mist in front of me, and this mist is just lingering at the foot of the mountain in front of me, I can vaguely see the mountain peak looming in the mist, this kind of fairy scene seems to be no different from other mountain ranges.

"There should be no way ahead, right?" Xiao Jinmo stared at the front, after all, through this fog, there is a mountain.

"Could it be that this fog is the key to Danyue?" An Ruo said calmly, as if not surprised by such a situation.

"Empress Dowager Shengming." Li Chaoxi took a few steps forward, and his whole body was instantly hidden in the fog. Although it didn't look very thick, he couldn't even find a trace of it.

Only after a while, Li Chaoxi reappeared in everyone's field of vision, "As long as you step into this fog, you can see it at a glance, please rest assured to go, the Empress Dowager and Young Master Xiao." He glanced at the fog with a strange look, "Please Forgive me for not being able to accompany you, as long as you enter this mist, there will naturally be another world."

"Forget it, time is short, you can continue on your way, and help Yu Hao handle the matter." An Ruo naturally saw that Li Chaoxi must have something to do with this place, but it's just inconvenient to say more.

"I will take my leave." After saluting respectfully, Li Chaoxi led a few followers and continued on their way in a hurry.

Xiao Jinmo and An Ruo looked at each other for a moment, did they really arrive at the legendary Danyue Imperial Capital?As long as you step here, can you ignore the outside world?Maybe this is really his final belonging. When Yu Hao finds his mother, and then picks up his father, he can finally reunite his family.

Expecting happiness in my heart, I walked step by step into the mist, but turned around and found that Empress Dowager An Ruo was still standing there, not moving a bit.

"Xiao Jinmo, before we go in, I think there is one thing that needs to be clarified with you. Only in this way can my heart be truly at peace." An Ruo said in a low voice, but her expression seemed a bit tangled.

"What's the matter? Then the empress dowager might as well just say it." Xiao Jinmo looked at An Ruo with a rather uncomfortable expression, presumably she was indeed suppressing something in her heart.

"Then I won't beat around the bush." ​​An Ruo simply leaned against a nearby tree trunk, "You also know that your mother is my brother-in-law sister, so I will protect you no matter what, but there are some things I'm afraid of now. Can't make up my mind???"

Seeing An Ruo's hesitant tone, Xiao Jinmo couldn't help but said with concern: "If the Empress Dowager has any concerns, please tell me, and see if I can help you."

"I think it's better for me to bear it alone. It might be better if you don't know. As long as I see you happy and happy, I'm satisfied." An Ruo seemed to be about to give up talking, "Let's go in."

"Empress Dowager, if you really treat me as a relative, don't hide anything from me. I think no matter what it is, I will face it." Indeed, too many things have happened to me, and it seems that there will never be any more. What things can interfere.

"Forget it, you are the one who should know the truth the most." An Ruo sighed lightly, "I wonder if you ever doubted the identity of your father Xiao Su?"

"My father? Actually??? From the moment I knew my mother was Mengli, I was even more sure that he was not my biological father. No matter what kind of unspeakable secrets he had, I believe he would explain it clearly to me one day. Yu Hao promised me that he would help me find my mother, and then bring my father along, so that I would know everything." Xiao Jinmo looked forward to it.

"It's unnecessary until then, I can tell you the truth now." An Ruo said firmly.

"The truth?" Xiao Jinmo looked at An Ruo in surprise.

"Your biological father is none other than the well-known Anling Xuantian, who was once full of storms and storms in the city, and you are the orthodox blood of the royal family of Anling Kingdom, and you are the only candidate for the emperor." An Ruo told the truth. Tell each other, but I have my own plan in my heart. "If you want to know the answer to all this, you just need to ask your adoptive father. Although you may not be able to see him now, all these things are planned by him. I know you may not believe me, but One day, I will let you understand clearly."

Seeing that Xiao Jinmo was already standing there in a daze, his eyes were full of surprise and uneasiness, he didn't say anything for a long time, his face turned red and pale, it seemed that he was indeed frightened by An Ruo's words.

"Yu Hao??? Does he know?" The first sentence he opened his mouth was about An Ling Yu Hao.

An Ruo nodded helplessly, his eyes seemed to be filled with pity, "You also know that he is a person who puts the overall situation first, and he has hidden his talent for so many years, just to give those people who look down on him in the court a look. A resounding slap in the face, he is actually a man with great talent and strategy just like his father."