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Judging by appearance alone, who would know that this Prince Tang has already achieved an invincible cultivation level below the Earth Immortal realm?
"Your Highness is too kind. I am extremely grateful to have met Your Highness and to have been able to bring my younger brother back."
Xu Zhihu quickly calmed down and got to the point.
"After the princess bestowed a marriage upon me, the Northern Liang royal family said you had disappeared."
"I was worried and even sent the Embroidered Uniform Guard to search everywhere. Fortunately, the heavens were on our side and nothing serious happened."
Chapter 228 Luoyang to Northern Liang! Chen Zhibao breaks through to Earth Immortal!
Li Chang'an's words were loaded with meaning; he was actually warning Xu Zhihu not to play the disappearance game anymore.
Xu Zhihu was somewhat surprised. Beiliang and Shazhou had already fought a major battle and regarded each other as enemies.
However, when Li Chang'an saw her, he did not shout for violence.
"Your Highness, my younger brother has offended you out of ignorance. I hope you will be lenient and allow me to take him back."
Li Chang'an always thought he was easy to talk to, and since Xu Zhihu was very humble, Li Chang'an didn't make things difficult for her.
"The child is just being immature. From now on, we're all family, and your brother is my brother."
"Take him back and discipline him properly. Not everyone is as easy to talk to as I am."
Looking at the faint smile on Li Chang'an's lips, Xu Zhihu felt not warmth, but rather a chill down his spine.
Is Li Chang'an easy to talk to?
First, Xu Fengnian was imprisoned and tortured for three years, and now he is being hung up and humiliated by the people, forcing Xu Xiao to exchange the entire Liangzhou for Xu Fengnian.
The 100,000-strong Northern Liang army was wiped out in a single day. Such a huge appetite suggests they are not easy to talk to.
"Your Highness, are you going to let me go back?"
Li Chang'an said calmly, "Of course, the wedding date hasn't arrived yet. Are you in such a hurry to marry me?"
Xu Zhihu came prepared to be detained by Li Chang'an.
In the eyes of the Northern Liang royal family, Li Chang'an was young and lecherous, surrounded by beautiful women, and a lecherous fiend.
However, during Xu Zhihu's visit to Shazhou, his views on Li Chang'an had changed somewhat, whether in the various counties he passed through or in Jinchang, the capital of Shazhou Prefecture.
"I thought...I thought..."
Xu Zhihu hesitated for a long time, unsure of how to phrase his words.
"Don't think that's the case. Take Xu Fengnian back with you. I will come to Qingliang Mountain to pick up the bride in six months."
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhihu was taken aback. "Your Highness is going to Beiliang?"
In Xu Zhihu's opinion, Li Chang'an was too bold; the Northern Liang Prince's Mansion was one of the three most forbidden places in the world.
However, she quickly realized what Li Chang'an was thinking. Li Chang'an was already capable of fighting Li Chungang, so why would he be afraid of the experts from the Northern Liang Prince's Mansion?
Even if Beiliang mobilizes thousands of troops, Li Chang'an can still easily escape. There is no place in the world that Li Chang'an cannot go.
“I must go. I do not wish for the princess to disappear again.”
Li Chang'an's smile had vanished, and Xu Zhihu was also startled. In the current situation, how could it dare to play the disappearance game?
"I will definitely belong to Your Highness in the future, please rest assured."
Li Chang'an wanted to shatter the myth of Northern Liang in the hearts of the people. Everyone said that Northern Liang was strong and powerful, so he would make it collapse like a house of cards.
Everyone in the world says that Beiliang is one of the three forbidden areas in the world, so let's go to the tiger's den, kill a few experts along the way, and officially begin the strategy of gradually taking over Beiliang.
In another six months, Li Chang'an will most likely cultivate into a martial arts master of the Great Celestial Phenomenon. At that time, with the Great Vajra, Great Finger Profound, and Great Celestial Phenomenon combined, he can kill any terrestrial immortal at will!
"Xu Fengnian, the heir of Beiliang, is unruly and absurd, and is not fit for important tasks, but the princess is a reasonable person."
“Shazhou and Beiliang are destined to be enemies. As the saying goes, one should obey one’s father at home and one’s husband after marriage.”
"I hope the princess can understand this principle and know her place."
After leaving the Prince's mansion, Xu Zhihu remained absent-minded, as she was now somewhat wavering.
Before coming to Shazhou, Xu Xiao knew that Xu Zhihu might be detained, but he still let her come.
Although Xu Zhihu had always tried her best to help Beiliang, and even wanted to marry into Jiangnan to help Beiliang win over the people, Xu Xiao could use her to exchange for his own son at any time.
Xu Xiao's resolute decision created a distance between her and the strong-willed Xu Zhihu. It turned out that no matter what she did, she was the one who could be abandoned at any time.
At this point, Xu Zhihu began to doubt the necessity of his loyalty to Beiliang.
It seems that although Li Chang'an will let her go back, her marriage to Li Chang'an is an unchangeable fact.
If she still harbors feelings for Bei Liang after marrying Li Chang'an, then her fate will not be any better than Xu Fengnian's.
With mixed feelings, Xu Zhihu arrived at the city gate and ordered his men to bring Xu Fengnian, who was on the verge of death but was definitely not going to die, onto the carriage.
Li Chang'an will not let Xu Fengnian die. Even if Xu Fengnian is still alive, he will be sent back to Beiliang so that he can continue to cause trouble.
Northern Liang only has two prefectures left. If we cause any more trouble, it will be gone. This will also save Li Chang'an's troops.
Xu Fengnian, his body covered in blood and gore, was filled with terror in his eyes. He would never dare to come to Shazhou again in his life.
"Go back to Beiliang... I want to go home..."
A few days later, Xu Zhihu brought Xu Fengnian back to Qingliang Mountain.
Xu Fengnian was greeted only by Xu Xiao and a few others, but Xu Fengnian was no longer in the mood to care about them.
Xu Xiao saw Xu Fengnian's miserable state and felt both heartache and anger. The scars left from his life of battles began to ache faintly.
He held Xu Fengnian in his arms, as anxious as an ordinary old farmer, "Help! Someone, please save my son!"
Xu Xiao carried Xu Fengnian and strode into the palace, not even glancing at Xu Zhihu who had returned with him.
Those who had been surrounding Xu Xiao hurriedly returned to the palace together. No one paid attention to why she, the princess, had not been detained and why she had returned.
Only a few servants remained; they helped Xu Zhihu down from the carriage, not daring to utter a single word.
At this moment, Xu Zhihu once again doubted himself, wondering what the point of his diligent plans for Beiliang was.
"Perhaps from now on, these people will treat me as Li Chang'an's betrothed woman, and no longer as a member of Beiliang."
"Yes, the once invincible Northern Liang was so glorious, but now it has been beaten into this sorry state. They can't defeat Li Chang'an, so they've started to take their anger out on me."
With these complicated and confused thoughts in mind, a somewhat saddened Xu Zhihu returned to his room and ignored Xu Fengnian.
Perhaps from the moment she set off for Shazhou, she was no longer a person of Beiliang.
Inside the Prince's Palace on Mount Qingliang, renowned doctors came and went, and countless rare and precious medicinal herbs were put to use.
Many masters, including Xu Yanbing, spared no effort to heal Xu Fengnian's injuries, even at the cost of their own power.
Three days later, Xu Fengnian finally woke up and gradually regained his senses.
Immediately afterwards, a piercing wail rang out from inside the Prince's mansion!
"Don't cry, son! Your father will avenge you!"
Xu Xiao silently observed Xu Fengnian, whose son was trembling helplessly, his expression filled with fear and anxiety.
That's it, Xu Fengnian is terrified and probably will never be able to pull himself together again.
"Father...Father, no, I don't want revenge, I will never go to Shazhou again."
Xu Xiao's eyes reddened, as if his last breath had been cut off, and he looked much older.
He doesn't have many years left to live. If Xu Fengnian loses his will to live, then Xu Xiao will have no motivation to cause any more trouble.
“Son, in order to bring you back, I have no choice but to give the title of heir to Chen Zhibao.”
"But if you want it, Dad has plenty of ways to get it..."
Before Xu Xiao could finish speaking, Xu Fengnian began shaking his head frantically.
"No, no, no, I don't want to be the crown prince. I just want to live a peaceful life and not be captured and tortured anymore."
"If Chen Zhibao wants to be the heir, let him be. Let him be beaten and abused by Li Chang'an. Your son hasn't lived enough yet..."
A great man cannot be without power for a single day, and Xu Xiao understands this principle better than anyone, but now it's too late to say anything.
Xu Fengnian's backbone had been completely broken by Li Chang'an.
Li Chang'an dared to let Xu Fengnian return, perhaps because of this reason.
Xu Fengnian murmured in horror, "Old Huang is dead, Grandpa is dead, and even the old Sword God can't beat Li Chang'an."
"There's no hope, we can't beat Li Chang'an..."
Xu Xiao sighed and fell into a long silence.
Xu Fengnian suddenly said, "Father, what about my eldest sister? We're not really going to let her marry Li Chang'an, are we?"
Xu Xiao said helplessly, "We can't afford to offend Li Chang'an right now. Your eldest sister will be a resident of Shazhou from now on."
“If she is still willing to do something for Beiliang, then she is your elder sister. If she later sides with Li Chang’an, then she will no longer be your elder sister.”
The Northern Liang state dared not offend Li Chang'an at all, and had no choice but to accept Xu Zhihu's marriage.
A few days later, clinging to his last hope, Xu Xiao led Xu Fengnian to the underground of Tingchao Pavilion.
There are shrines to more than 600 Northern Liang soldiers there, and he hopes to use them to inspire Xu Fengnian's fighting spirit.