In my dream of returning to the Tang Dynasty, I snatched Wu Zetian from my lap.

Li Yuanchang sighed inwardly. It's hard to persuade a damned devil with kind words. This Ada is definitely rebellious. The leader's subordinates are all listening to the second-in-command. Can't he see that?

Offering goodwill to the Xueyantuo would be the height of folly.

"Your Highness, what should we do now?"

"Their men are everywhere outside. The Xueyantuo are coming. We barely escaped death; are we about to walk into the wolf's den again?"

"If we are taken away by Xueyantuo, the consequences will be unimaginable!" Guo Chao was like an ant on a hot pan.

Li Yuanchang was certainly aware of the seriousness of the situation.

"Sit down first, eat and drink your fill."

"We still have a chance. At least the Black Ice Station has notified us, and the news has spread."

Guo Chao frowned: "Your Highness, what if they strike directly and don't give us a chance?"

Li Yuanchang shook his head and calmly analyzed, "It's unlikely."

"The only one who wants to kill me is Qilianbajin. He failed to die last time, so it will be difficult for him to die now."

"The news of my death has likely enraged the Tang military."

"The Xueyantuo leadership definitely wants to capture me alive; they need me as a bargaining chip."

"I have looked at the map. It will take at least half a month to get from here to the front line in the southern desert. With the snowstorm so severe now, it will only take longer."

"So, anything is still possible."

As he spoke, his sharp gaze fell upon the tent. Outside, a corner of the tent was blown up by the wind and snow, and the wind and snow raged fiercely, with countless Qimeng tribe warriors surrounding the area.

"We have no way to get out of here. There are only two of us, and we have nothing. We can't fight our way out."

Guo Chao took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down: "Okay."

"However, this Qisennu is a real scoundrel; Luge is the only good person in the entire tribe!"

"They actually dared to hand us over to the Xueyantuo! We will surely wipe them out in the future!" he gritted his teeth.

Li Yuanchang started eating, completely unafraid of poison.

"It must be that Ada causing trouble."

"This person has a rebellious bone on his forehead and reversed lines on his body."

"Didn't you see that just now? This man commands a huge following, and even the chief has to be swayed by him."

"If it weren't for him, I doubt any of this would have happened, and our identities wouldn't have been exposed."

Guo Chao nodded vigorously: "That's right, we all saw it, but Qi Sennu just couldn't understand it!"

"It might have already been sold!"

Li Yuanchang's eyes suddenly turned serious: "What I'm worried about now isn't myself. The worst outcome is when His Majesty sends people to replace me."

"What I'm worried about is Luge."

"Ada is an ingrate. He has been coveting Luge for a long time, but as far as I know, he proposed to Qisen, but was rejected."

"If he connects with Xueyantuo this time and offers up the credit I've earned, I'm afraid I won't be able to suppress his anger at all."

"If we can't control it, the entire tribe and Lug will definitely be in danger."

Li Yuanchang said quietly.

Guo Chao was horrified!

"Your Highness, what do you mean?"

"Anything is possible," Li Yuanchang said, frowning.

He was helpless; if Qi Sennu had listened to him, everyone in the Qi Meng tribe would have been fine.

But ironically, he still trusted his adopted son.

Even if Ada doesn't rebel, this is simply leading the Qimeng tribe into a ditch. The Xueyantuo can't hold out for more than a few years; sooner or later, they will be sunk by the Tang Dynasty.

"..."

In the blink of an eye, time has passed, and it's late at night.

Outside, the wind and snow howled, blotting out the sun, and it seemed as if all life on the grassland had been extinguished.

Li Yuanchang and Guo Chao have been under house arrest for several hours, unable to move or communicate, and have lost all contact with the outside world, awaiting their fate.

But the two did not panic; instead, they sat back-to-back on the ground to rest.

They hid some food on their bodies for emergencies.

The faint hissing sound from the ground was the sound of a silver spoon rubbing against the ground. Li Yuanchang had painstakingly honed the spoon into his only weapon by hand.

suddenly!

Li Yuanchang's movements froze, and his eyes snapped open.

Guo Chao was also doing the same.

Both of them were far more alert than the average person, and they could clearly sense the constant banging sounds outside the tent, indicating that someone was approaching.

"They're here?" Guo Chao asked grimly, his entire body tense.

Li Yuanchang paused for three breaths, listening intently: "No, they're not from the Xueyantuo!"

"Like an assassin!"

Guo Chao's expression changed; it was the assassin.

Li Yuanchang stood up, holding a sharpened weapon made from a spoon, and he and Guo Chao approached the tent from the left and right.

Inside the tent, it was pitch black.

The two were like lurking beasts, ready to eliminate anyone who infiltrated them.

The soft rustling sound of footsteps in the snow grew closer to the tent, sounding somewhat furtive, when suddenly a hand lifted the heavy tent flap.

Guo Chao's eyes sharpened, and he immediately attacked with all his might.

Li Yuanchang initially thought it was an assassin, but when he saw the bracelet on that hand...

"don't want!"

Li Yuanchang reached out and blocked Guo Chao.

The sharp dagger made from a spoon was already pressed against the man's throat, radiating a chilling gleam.

It was just a hair's breadth away from sealing his fate.

The visitor was so frightened that his soul almost left his body, and he froze on the spot, too scared to move.

"Miss Lu Ge!" Guo Chao exclaimed in shock.

Li Yuanchang glanced outside and saw that dozens of warriors from the Qimeng tribe had all fallen to the ground, silent and still.

He pulled the person inside.

"Why are you here?"

"How are you?"

"Did Ada give you any trouble?"

Lu Ge was already nervous, and Guo Chao scared him so much that his face turned pale. When he came to his senses, he shook his head violently, and then his eyes were full of anxiety.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know they would treat you like this. My father wouldn't listen to me either. I ran away secretly."

"I drugged the water and knocked them unconscious."

"Hurry and come with me, or it will be too late! The Xueyantuo people are coming!"

Li Yuanchang said, "How did Lu Ge manage to take down so many people? Those commotions just now must have meant they were unconscious. I thought they were assassins."

He never expected that it would be Lu Ge, a weak woman, who came to save him all alone.

Without hesitation or a word, he immediately pulled Luge along and fled the tent.

The journey was smooth and unimpeded. All the guards were defeated, and the wind and snow were howling, obscuring the sky and making visibility extremely low.

The three of them were so blown around that they could barely stand, let alone be spotted.

Led by Lu Ge, Li Yuanchang and his companion successfully traversed the heart of the Qimeng tribe and arrived at a stable covered by heavy snow.

There was someone waiting for them here, a childhood friend of Lu Ge's, whom Li Yuanchang had met before. He was a twenty-year-old young man named Zha Tuo.

Upon seeing the people arrive, Zato quickly brought out two of the tribe's strongest horses.

"Quickly, mount the horse!"

Luge urged anxiously, constantly glancing around, afraid of being discovered and unable to leave.

Looking at the prepared horses, food, and even heavy cotton-padded clothes, Li Yuanchang felt a mix of emotions.

"Lu Ge, we're leaving. What will happen to you two?"

Lu Ge stood in the snow, looked up and forced a smile: "It's alright, Father will just scold me at most."

Li Yuanchang frowned, but the problem was that her father seemed to have lost his authority over the tribe.