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Chapter 44 The Prince? Which prince?

In ancient times, officials were most likely to encounter trouble while on their way to exile.

Once the exiled official loses his power, those who offended him will no longer be afraid of him, and his enemies may very well send someone to kill him as revenge.

Moreover, their political enemies in the court did not want these exiled officials to eventually return to the court, and they would try every means to kill the exiled officials.

Moreover, Mu Changtian was a general who once had a illustrious reputation in the Tiger Legion.

Back then, Mu Changtian offended many people in order to help the Xia Emperor fight for the throne.

These people all want to kill Mu Changtian.

Mu Changtian is now a tiger with its teeth pulled, and his enemies will not let this opportunity pass.

Lu Chen is now pondering whether or not to save his cheap father-in-law.

Given his current strength, it's not entirely impossible to save him, since he already has the Embroidered Uniform Guard under his command.

Moreover, Mu Changtian is the father of his princess, and it wouldn't be right to just stand by and watch him die.

After a long pause, Lu Chen finally spoke, asking, "If it's exile to the Northwest, it shouldn't be too far from Beijun, right?"

Qin Yushan replied, "Yes, Your Highness."

Lu Chen glanced at the intelligence report in his hand again and said, "This intelligence report was sent four days ago. I'm afraid the entire Mu family is already on their way to exile. I don't know if it will be too late for me to save them."

Upon hearing Lu Chen's words, Qin Yushan immediately replied, "Please rest assured, Your Highness. I believe that Commander Liang Zong will know what to do once he learns that you are his master."

If Liang Zong didn't know that his master was the Northern King, he certainly wouldn't have stepped in to save the Duke of Mu's mansion.

However, now that he knows that their master is the Northern King and that the Duke of Mu is the Northern King's father-in-law, he will definitely take immediate action to rescue the Duke of Mu's mansion and then wait for the Northern King's next order.

Lu Chen thought for a moment, and now he could only hope that the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard whom he had not met was sensible.

Lu Chen then said to Qin Yushan, "Send a message to Commander Liang, telling him that after rescuing the Mu family, he should try to make it appear as if they are all dead, and then find a way to send them to Beijun."

Qin Yushan clasped his hands and said, "Yes, Your Highness."

Lu Chen glanced at the heads of the four major agencies of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and then said, "The Embroidered Uniform Guard cannot appear in the open for the time being. Continue doing what you were doing before."

Although the Embroidered Uniform Guard was nothing compared to the Shadow Guard of the Great Xia Dynasty.

However, as a prince, a border lord, possessing such a large and comprehensive intelligence agency would obviously arouse suspicion from others.

Why would a prince like him send people to infiltrate various counties and prefectures of the Great Xia Dynasty to monitor officials and gather intelligence?

This is clearly an attempt to rebel.

Lu Chen isn't that stupid.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard should remain hidden in the shadows.

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at the same time.

Beijing.

Heaven Prison.

A tall, imposing middle-aged man dressed in prison clothes was being tightly bound to a rack.

The man had disheveled hair and looked very tired.

Upon learning that he was about to be exiled, Mu Changtian couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous!"

"Lu Xingqiu, Lu Xingqiu, back then, to save you, I risked my life, leading a hundred men deep into enemy territory to bring you out. And when you were fighting for the throne, I gave you everything to support you. I never imagined I'd end up like this!"

"The hearts of emperors have always been cold and indifferent! Today I've truly witnessed it!"

The cell next to Mu Changtian's was filled with the family members of the Duke of Mu's mansion. As Mu Changtian finished speaking, a young man in prison clothes asked, "Father, will we make it to the Northwest alive?"

The young man who spoke was Mu Xingping, the second son of Mu Changtian, who was also Mu Zixuan's second brother.

Having grown up in the Duke of Mu's mansion, he was quite politically astute, so he knew very well that his family's exile to the Northwest was just an excuse.

The Xia emperor would certainly not allow them to reach the northwest safely.

Even if the Xia Emperor doesn't kill them, the Mu family's former enemies won't let them live safely.

Now all the men in their family have had their martial arts skills stripped away, and they are all ordinary people. If they were to encounter a martial artist trying to assassinate them on the street, they would be completely powerless to resist.

Upon hearing his second son's words, Mu Changtian fell silent.

Because he also knew that the Xia Emperor would not see him reach the Northwest alive, and his enemies would not allow him to continue living.

He and his family will die on the road to exile.

The Xia emperor did not kill them directly, but chose to exile their entire family, simply because he was afraid that people would say he killed meritorious officials and that people would gossip about him.

At this moment, Mu Changtian's eldest son, Mu Jingwu, said, "Father, my younger sister shouldn't be implicated, right?"

These people are doomed to die, without a doubt. Mu Jingwu is now only worried that his sister, who has married the Northern King, will also be implicated.

Upon hearing this, Mu Changtian sighed but remained silent.

The Northern King was nothing but an ignorant and useless person, and his personality was also rather weak and incompetent.

He heard that after the Northern King went to the Northern Prefecture, he kept many women in his palace and indulged in pleasure every day. The entire palace was managed by his daughter.

Judging from the Northern King's personality, even if the court did not punish his daughter, the Northern King might still be afraid of the court's punishment and drive his daughter out of the palace, or even divorce her directly.

Once everyone in the Duke of Mu's mansion is dead, Mu Zixuan will be all alone, and the Prince of the North will no longer have to worry about anyone causing him trouble.

The thought of his daughter's future filled Mu Changtian with hatred!

He must have been blind to have chosen to put that ingrate Lu Xingqiu on the throne!

At this moment, a jailer opened the cell where Mu Changtian was being held in solitary confinement.

At this moment, a man walked in and said to the jailer beside him, "You go out first, I have a few words to say to Mu Guogong."

"Yes, sir."

The jailer then left the cell, leaving only the man in Mu Changtian's south.

When the Mu family members in the neighboring cell saw someone enter Mu Changtian's cell, they all turned to look at Mu Changtian.

Mu Changtian sized up the man in front of him, chuckled, and said, "Lu Xingqiu sent you, didn't he?"

As he was dying, Mu Changtian no longer showed the Xia Emperor the same respect and began to address him by his name.

Upon hearing this, the man simply smiled.

He then walked up to Mu Changtian and unlocked all the iron locks that bound Mu Changtian.

Seeing this, the Mu family members were all confused, wondering why the jailer would do such a thing.

At this moment, the jailer spoke up: "Duke Mu, let me introduce myself. My name is Zhao Hong, and I am one of the prince's men."

Hearing this, Mu Changtian was filled with doubt.

Prince?

That prince?

Now, which prince would dare to send someone to contact him?

He was already about to be exiled, and he didn't believe that the princes didn't know what their exile meant.

If a prince were to approach him at this time, it would surely incur the displeasure of the Xia Emperor.

At that point, not only might he be confined to his quarters, but he might even lose his throne.

After Mu Changtian was freed from his chains, he stretched his body. Just as he was about to ask Zhao Hong which prince he was, Zhao Hong took out three bottles and said, "These are three Great Rejuvenation Pills. After taking them, you will recover ninety percent of your power."

Upon hearing this, Mu Changtian was completely stunned.

(End of this chapter)