What Bad Intentions can the Yandere Crown Prince have?-Chapter 256 - 252: I Only Want to Take You

"I’m not—"

Li Mu wanted to explain but suddenly didn’t know where to start.

He wanted to grab someone first, but Tang Ziqian stopped him.

"I didn’t ask you to persuade Xin Yi for me!" Li Mu’s face changed with urgency.

Tang Xiaobai peeked out from behind her brother, full of understanding: "Don’t worry, I’ll help you ask her."

If Little Ancestor wants to compete with her brother for Xin Yi, she doesn’t have any inclination, depends on Xin Yi herself!

Li Mu’s face changed again and finally turned solemn: "I don’t want to take Xin Yi to Hedong, just want to take you!"

Tang Xiaobai was stunned.

How did it change again?

"I’m just afraid she’ll die here," Li Mu coldly glanced at Tang Ziqian, "I still have use for Xin Yi."

Tang Xiaobai remembered Xin Yi’s background.

Little Ancestor should be following the Crown Prince’s orders to ensure Xin Yi’s safety, right?

Tang Ziqian seemed to have thought of this, his expression relaxed a bit, and said: "This time was just an accident."

"Not necessarily an accident," Li Mu said coldly, "I heard this attack killed two and injured four, yet the opponent retreated fully intact. I don’t think the remnant of the Turkic has such capability."

Tang Ziqian’s eyes changed: "You mean—"

Tang Xiaobai was also startled.

Since the Crown Prince wants to protect Xin Yi, it means someone wants Xin Yi’s life.

"You can’t take Xin Yi away!" Tang Xiaobai suddenly said.

Li Mu’s eyes flickered: "Why?"

Tang Ziqian turned his face away, a bit unable to stand it.

The Crown Prince talking to him and talking to Xiaobai seemed like he had changed his face.

"Since someone has discovered her background, if you take her with you now, aren’t you telling others you’ve already found out those things of the past? If you don’t take her with you and put her elsewhere, how can that be safer than putting her by my brother’s side?" Tang Xiaobai said seriously.

"The Second Miss speaks reasonably." The young man lowered his eyes, obedient and soft, making one want to stroke a hand over his hair, completely devoid of the coldness when confronting Tang Ziqian earlier.

The flattery was so obvious that Tang Xiaobai blushed slightly, and coughing twice, continued seriously: "Don’t worry, Brother will definitely protect Xin Yi well!" Saying this, she gave Tang Ziqian a fierce look.

Tang Ziqian snorted unwillingly and said, "From today on, I will bring Xin Yi closer."

Li Mu said nothing, leaving him and asking Tang Xiaobai: "Is your luggage ready?"

"Uh... almost, right?" She doesn’t have to pack it herself.

"Shall we go bid farewell to the Duke?"

"Ah... Oh..."

Tang Ziqian looked at the two people’s departing backs and smiled silently.

If it weren’t the Crown Prince, there’d be almost nothing to criticize...

After leaving Tang Ziqian behind, Li Mu quietly approached Tang Xiaobai half a step and said in a low voice: "I really don’t want to take Xin Yi."

"I know." Didn’t he just say that?

"If possible, I just want to take you alone."

Tang Xiaobai’s face turned red: "Shut up, you!"

The darn brat, teasing her again!

...

In late August, they set off from Dafei River.

Due to the rush, the route wasn’t coordinated.

It wasn’t until they were about to set off that Tang Xiaobai heard Li Mu give the order to the leading cavalry: "Travel through Diezhou!"

The cavalry didn’t have any objections, responded affirmatively, and led the charge.

With a belly full of doubts, Tang Xiaobai had no choice but to set off.

Little Ancestor’s Black Cavalry fifty men looked very elite.

However, in this journey, they didn’t run very fast.

Moreover, after an hour, they stopped and rested for fifteen minutes on the spot.

Quite different from the urgency she imagined...

"Tired?" Li Mu asked as he approached.

Tang Xiaobai shook her head and asked: "Why travel through Diezhou?"

Yanmen Pass is to the northeast, traveling from Shanzhou is a straight line, but Diezhou is southeast, which is essentially a detour.

"Didn’t you want to go back to the Capital City first?"

Tang Xiaobai blinked and smiled: "No need, my father and brother have already sent people back to deliver the message, and I plan to have Brother Tao help send Tao Zi back, the battle at Yanmen Pass is urgent, I won’t return to the Capital yet."

Li Mu’s eyes brightened immediately: "Great! Then we’ll enter Diezhou first, then turn northeast, bypassing Capital Prefecture!"

In Second Miss’s heart, he was indeed more important.

Tang Xiaobai pursed her lips with a smile and asked again: "Won’t traveling this way be a bit slow?"

They ran for only an hour before resting, clearly except for Tao Zi, everyone else seemed to have plenty of energy.

"No problem," Li Mu smiled slightly, "I have already sent a message ahead, troops can be dispatched to relieve Yunzhou."

...

Outside Yunzhou Prefecture, troops arrived like a tide, with flags flying from the southwest on each side.

"The reinforcements have arrived!" Qin Rong’s usually calm voice was evidently excited, "I said Ah Xiao and Xingyuan would definitely come to save me!"

Li Shu coldly laughed: "They’ve arrived just in time."

Just as he was about to break through, the long-awaited reinforcements finally arrived.

This was more like seizing battle achievements rather than reinforcements.

However, at this time, tens of thousands of troops from Daizhou and Zhenzhou came to aid, leaving no room for refusal.

The enemy army, seeing the unfavorable situation, quickly turned to retreat.

Those who couldn’t run fast were quickly crushed.

However, when the commanders of the two reinforcements came forward to pay their respects, Li Shu and Qin Rong found out that it wasn’t Qin Xiao and Li Xingyuan themselves who arrived.

The reinforcements from the south, were led by Gu Wei; those from the north, the commander was Liang Junchen, a member of the Liang family, a direct line of Li Xingyuan.

"My lord is currently taking Weizhou and orders the junior to first rush to aid Yunzhou!" Liang Junchen said.

Gu Wei also said, "Young Master Qin is attacking Shuozhou and orders the junior to aid Yunzhou."

Listening to this, Li Shu almost vomited blood.

Outside Yanmen Pass, the three states, from west to east, are Weizhou, Yunzhou, Shuozhou.

Previously, Eastern Turks invaded Yanmen Pass, and these three states all fell.

Because he was at Yunzhou, attracting most of the Turkic troops to besiege, Weizhou and Shuozhou were necessarily empty of forces.

Li Xingyuan and Qin Xiao didn’t immediately come to rescue him but went to capture Weizhou and Shuozhou.

But from a broader perspective, this move was not wrong.

"Then I shall wait in Yunzhou for their good news!" Li Shu said with a cold face.

Gu Wei didn’t say anything.

Liang Junchen laughed: "Prince Jin may not have to wait long, my lord is still in mourning and hasn’t inherited the title yet, doesn’t even have the authority to mobilize troops, logically shouldn’t dispatch troops, but since Miss Qin—uh... and His Highness are trapped, how could my lord sit idle? Whether it’s proper or not, troops must be dispatched to save them. After cleaning up Weizhou, we’ll be heading back, my lord still needs to file a petition, requesting lenient treatment!"

Li Shu glanced at Qin Rong.

Qin Rong timely showed a hint of shy delight, and with a tone three degrees softer than usual replied: "Thank you, General Liang, also thank your Princely Heir for me."

Liang Junchen hurriedly waved his hand: "As long as Miss Qin is safe, that’s enough thanks, see our Princely Heir later and thank him personally, the junior dare not represent."

Qin Rong smiled gently.

Yet inside, she had cursed Li Mu and Li Xingyuan a thousand times.

Seize Shuozhou, Weizhou?

To believe them would be madness!

Maybe they haven’t even returned yet!

(Going out today and tomorrow, may not be able to update tomorrow)