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Chapter 179 Fate
Zhao Wu quickly walked into the crowd and brought out Qian Guifei and the fifth prince.

Concubine Qian was trembling all over and struggling desperately, but she could not escape Zhao Wu's control.

Seeing that her struggle was futile, she had no choice but to protect the fifth prince in front of her and cried: "Mother, you are so cruel-hearted. You will not let go of the fifth prince's child."

The queen looked at her coldly and arrogantly, "The noble concubine seems to be really frightened and confused. Didn't you still cry and shout that you wanted to go with the emperor yesterday? Why don't you want to go today?"

Concubine Qian looked angrily, "Yesterday was yesterday. Now you know that Lord Mu has come with the black armor army, but you let the thieves take me and the fifth prince. You are clearly colluding with the thieves to kill my mother and son."

"Shut up!" the queen scolded: "Concubine Qian is the one who offends me and speaks without restraint. Give me a slap in the face."

The queen's confidant, Grandma Zhang, came up, stretched out her hand and slapped her twice on the mouth.Concubine Qian's mouth instantly started to bleed.

Li Yunshan did not stop him, but said coldly: "Zhao Wu, let's go."

Zhao Wu and several soldiers stepped forward and escorted Concubine Qian and the Fifth Prince towards the top of the mountain quickly.

Li Yunshan glanced at the queen and said, "My queen has inconvenient legs and feet, and it is a burden to carry her around. I'll just say goodbye."

The queen was taken aback, pursed her lips and said nothing.

The two looked at each other, and Li Yunshan quickly turned around, and immediately, his figure disappeared into the night.

The queen stood facing the top of the mountain for a long time, stroking her face that was numb from the cold with her hands. She turned around and saw Mu Jingyi and a group of black-armored soldiers standing silently behind her.

She was silent for a while, and then Fang Yun said with all his strength: "Your Majesty, Concubine Qian and the fifth prince have been captured by the Xia soldiers. The court must not be without the king for a day. Please ask Lord Mu to escort the prince back to the palace as soon as possible."

"Mother," the prince standing next to Zhou Wei looked embarrassed, "Mother, now my father is still in the hands of Xia Bing, I must rescue my father before returning to the palace."

"Nonsense!" The Queen said with a stern face, "Our great Qi Kingdom cannot find a general who can save the Holy Emperor. Do we need you, a prince, to go deep into the tiger's den? It would be great if you can rescue your father. If you can't, then we can catch up with you." You yourself, the state of Qi is bound to fall into a battle for heirs, is it possible that the country of Qi will be ruined in your hands?"

The prince's eyes flickered and he didn't answer.

The Queen said: "Now that the Holy One is captured, the people of Qi Kingdom will definitely be in panic. If you cannot go back in time to inherit the country, the world will really be in chaos."

The prince took half a step back, bowed and said, "My son, please listen to your mother's arrangements."

The queen's expression softened a little, and she said to Mu Jingyi: "The Marquis must know the seriousness of the current situation. Please also ask the Marquis to escort the prince back to the palace as soon as possible and ascend the throne immediately to stabilize the world."

Mu Jingyi lowered his eyes and responded, "Yes!"

"Weier," the queen gave Zhou Wei a gentle look, "come here."

Zhou Wei stepped forward. He had been out for almost a month. He looked darker and thinner, but he also had the bearing of a general leading an army.

The queen held his hand and looked at him lovingly, "Are you willing to go with your aunt to save the Holy Lord?"

"I am willing." Zhou Wei's eyes were pure and firm.

The queen nodded with satisfaction and smiled happily: "Auntie knows that you are a good boy."

"Well," the queen turned around with a smile, "Mr. Mu, you immediately escort the prince and everyone back to the palace, while Zhou Wei and I go to rescue the Holy Emperor."

"Mother," the prince said eagerly to stop her.

"What? You don't even listen to your mother?"

"I don't dare," the prince looked at the queen with tears in his eyes and said, "I obey the order."

The queen then smiled and said to Mu Jingyi: "Master Mu, the prince is kind-hearted by nature. From now on, you must work more hard to help the Qi country and make it strong and prosperous, so that it will never suffer such humiliation again."

Mu Jingyi's heart was slightly moved, but his face was calm. He just solemnly bowed to the queen as a monarch and a minister, "I - obey the order!" "Lian'er," the queen suddenly said, "Baoqin, Jinshu and Aunt Zhang. Grandma will return to the palace with you, and you must treat them well from now on."

Lian'er is the nickname of the prince, and the queen is called by his nickname at this time, and the meaning is very clear.

"No, empress, I will stay with you." Baoqin and Jinshu cried.

"Yes, ma'am," Zhang Momo choked up, "This old slave has lived to this age, and I haven't seen anything, so you can let this old slave serve you by your side."

"Do you want me to say what I said again?" The queen said coldly, "Lian'er, take them back. If they don't want to be in the palace, let them go out of the palace and find a place to stay." A place where they can rest in peace.”

Baoqin and Jinshu cried more and more sadly.

"Yes." The prince choked.

"Go," the Queen said in a softer voice, "Return to the palace as soon as possible, the sooner the better."

The prince got on his horse, and when the prince was helped out of the tent, he left the peace charm he had asked for to the queen, and said with tears: "Mother, Xian'er is waiting for you to come back, and the prince is still waiting for the imperial grandmother to give him a name. Woolen cloth!"

The queen looked at the swaddled baby with soft eyes for a while, and replied in a hoarse voice, "Okay."

After almost half a month of servitude, the group finally embarked on their way back to Lindu under the escort of the Black Armored Army.

The dusk sky is filled with a faint glow, creating magnificent waves.

The queen watched the prince and his entourage disappear, and Fang smiled and said, "Weier, you haven't seen such beautiful mountains and rivers of Qi country, have you?"

Standing behind the queen, Zhou Wei said earnestly: "Auntie, do you want me to swear to protect the people of Qi State and protect this magnificent river and mountain for the rest of my life?"

"Wei'er has grown up so much that she doesn't have to ask her aunt for guidance on everything." The queen turned around, her messy wind-blown hair falling on her cheeks, making her face look increasingly pale and her eyes dark.

But Zhou Wei saw an unspeakable sadness in those deep eyes, which made him feel suffocated.

"Aunt, when are we going to save the Holy Lord?" Zhou Wei asked.

"Wei'er, Your Majesty, Concubine Qian and the Fifth Prince don't need to be saved. Even if we try to save them, we can't save them." The Queen said calmly: "Everyone has his or her own destiny, and others cannot change it."

Zhou Wei opened his mouth, a trace of confusion flashed across his face.

The Queen smiled, "Weier still doesn't understand, but you will understand when you return to the palace."

A look of tiredness floated on the queen's face, "Look, my aunt has been walking for a long time, it's really embarrassing, you ask someone to boil some water for me to take a bath, and when my aunt is done washing, you can send my aunt home."

Zhou Wei looked at the mud on the queen's skirt and embroidered shoes. Although he felt something was wrong, he didn't think much about it. He just followed the queen's words and ordered his cronies to boil hot water.

The queen smiled, lifted the curtain of the tent and walked in.

Zhou Wei sat in the shade opposite the tent, looking at the rising sun.The sunrise on the snow mountain is different from other places. The golden sunlight is reflected by the white snow, which has the magnificence of sunshine shining on the golden mountain.

Zhou Wei squinted at the golden mountaintop, suddenly paused, and spat out the grass stem he was chewing on the ground.

He stood up suddenly. From the beginning to the end, he felt something was wrong.He ran to the tent in a few strides and shouted loudly: "Aunt, aunt——"

It was completely silent inside.

Zhou Wei paused and suddenly opened the curtain.

(End of this chapter)