Starting in Exile: Transmigrated as the Crown Prince's Lucky Little Wife

Chapter 26 Tianqing Understands the Shocking Voice

Just then, Mu Zetian keenly sensed something amiss. When he looked closely, he saw that Tian Qing was walking towards them. Upon seeing Tian Qing, Mu Zetian's heart sank, for he knew that this meant that what had happened here had probably already reached the Emperor's ears.

So, Mu Zetian slowly turned his head, his gaze falling on the two figures not far away beside him. He saw Xiao Jingchuan with his eyes closed, seemingly asleep and quite at ease.

Gu Liuli also narrowed her eyes slightly, seemingly taking a break as well. However, Mu Zetian knew very well that neither of them had truly relaxed; they remained highly vigilant at all times.

Immediately afterwards, Mu Zetian stood up quietly, trying not to make any noise, and then walked alone into the depths of the woods behind him.

He took each step with extreme caution, as if afraid of disturbing everything around him.

Just as Mu Zetian turned to leave, Gu Liuli and Xiao Jingchuan, who had been keeping their eyes closed, suddenly opened them at the same time, a look of vigilance flashing in their eyes.

Their gazes flashed like two bolts of lightning, quickly turning towards the direction Mu Zetian had left.

Mu Zetian was unaware that he had two tails following him. He walked up to the man dressed in black and the two began to talk: "Tianqing, what brings you here? Has something happened to the Emperor?"

Tian Qing first called out, "General," and then continued to inquire, "Please rest assured, General Mu, the Emperor and Empress are both fine. It's just that Hou Deming suddenly died the day before yesterday. The Emperor has heard some rumors, but he doesn't know if they are true or false."

After he finished speaking, he first looked at Mu Zetian's expression and found that he looked a little dazed.

A few seconds later, Mu Zetian realized something. "Could the rumors Your Majesty heard be related to Gu Liuli?"

he asked uncertainly.

Tian Qing hummed in response and then remained silent, waiting for Mu Zetian to stand opposite him.

Mu Zetian nodded slightly to indicate that it was indeed Gu Liuli, and then recounted the events verbatim: "Tianqing, the story goes like this: Hou Deming was originally escorting Gu Hang and the others to exile with us, but unexpectedly, Zhao Hao repeatedly tried to harm the Crown Princess along the way. First, he followed the Crown Princess and tried to harm her while she was looking for food. Later, he ran out pale and terrified, saying that he had discovered a large python. Later, he did not change his ways and drugged her again. Early in the morning, the guards found her lying naked on the ground, even somewhat mentally unstable."

He continued, "When Zhao Hu and Hou Deming met, they started drinking. Zhao Hu noticed that Hou Deming's gaze was always on Mu Zhao's wife, so he sent Jia Yuan to Zhao Hu's bed!"

"As for Zhao Hao's cause of death, it was because he couldn't change his lustful ways. He deliberately missed hitting Gu Liuli and turned his attention to Wang Zhi, the wife of Minister Wang!" Mu Zetian recounted the story of Wang Zhi's daughter's illness that day.

Upon hearing this, Tian Qing realized that things were truly unpredictable on the road to exile, and in the end, Mu Zetian was about to reveal a shocking secret.

That means the entire bandit group on Snow Mountain Peak has been wiped out! Tian Qing pulled Mu Zetian along, his expression quite interesting, and asked General Mu to tell him about the bandits.

The two were talking quite intensely, completely unaware that two figures were standing not far away, listening to their conversation.

Gu Liuli looked completely bewildered, wondering what the old emperor meant. He was the one who deposed the crown prince! He was the one who took away the empress's imperial edict, and he was the one who banished her to the cold palace!

The fact that people are concerned about Xiao Jingchuan's safety now is truly baffling!

Xiao Jingchuan's face showed no change at this moment, but if you looked closely, you would see that his tightly clenched hands betrayed him. Hearing Tian Qing's conversation with the Emperor, he was at a loss for what to do.

At this moment, a mechanical voice rang in Gu Liuli's mind: "System mission successfully activated - Someone is plotting to harm the Empress. Please stop the Empress from drinking the porridge in the bowl during this critical moment!"

Gu Liuli's mind didn't quite process what was happening for a moment. After a few seconds, she mentally asked the system again, "System, system, how am I supposed to stop the way to the palace from here?! Are you stupid?"

A cold voice rang out: "Host, in order to facilitate the quick and smooth completion of the mission, a time portal has been specially opened for you!"

As soon as the system finished speaking, Gu Liuli discovered that a black hole had appeared in her space. The system had just mentioned a time portal, so could she return to her original world?

The system knew what she was thinking and directly poured cold water on her thoughts.

"Warning! Warning, host! Don't think about things you shouldn't. Even if you want to go back, it's impossible. If you force yourself to go back, all the worlds will collapse! You will be trapped in the black hole forever!"

I… Gu Liuli took a deep breath, indicating that she knew, and asked in detail about the time when Mu Qingling drank the poisoned porridge. After all, it would be too late to expose the deception in front of Xiao Jingchuan now, so it was better to wait for safety.

Xiao Jingchuan and Gu Liuli returned to their original spot without disturbing the two of them. Sui Muzetian did not notice either. He did not tell Tianqing that Xiao Jingchuan's leg had healed. Instead of keeping it a secret, he hoped that the Emperor would personally see that His Highness the Crown Prince had recovered, since Xiao Jingchuan still had residual poison.

After everyone woke up, a new journey began. As for the matter of Snow Mountain Peak, Xiao Jingchuan had Mu Yu arrange another bodyguard, namely Dark Night, who was the fourth-ranked bodyguard.

The journey began anew. Many people died on the way to exile. When Zhao Hu had the other officers and soldiers count the number of people, they found that one person was missing: Mu Zhaoqi's wife, Jia Yuan.

"My lord, Jia Yuan has gone missing!" a guard rushed in to report.

Zhao Hu knew that he would also be responsible if the prisoner escaped, so he quickly sent people to search for him.

After about half an incense stick's time, one of the thin, bony guards ran over, sweating profusely, and reported to Zhao Hu: "Reporting to my lord, we found Jia Yuan's body not far away. She hanged herself!"

Gu Liuli listened and looked at Zhao Hu. Although Hou Deming was the fuse that caused Jia Yuan to lose her innocence, the mastermind was Zhao Hu. If he hadn't sent Jia Yuan to Hou Deming's bed, none of this would have happened...

Zhao Hu frowned, cursing inwardly: Damn stupid woman! It's just a nap, she really didn't cause any trouble!

"Quickly carry the person over here and hand them over to Mu Zhaoqi's family. Just bury them anywhere."

When Mu Zhaoqi's family heard this, they felt that such a woman should be thrown into a place with wolves, since she was no longer clean anyway. They thought that burying her would put a tombstone on their family's grave, but that was wishful thinking!