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Chapter 206 - 129: The Death of the Crown Prince!

Chapter 206: Chapter 129: The Death of the Crown Prince!

Recognized as the pearl of the steppe, Yelü Miaomiao had been adored and cherished since her childhood.

Her father was Yelv Tingyu, the previous North Court Privy Envoy and the full brother of the former Emperor. After the palace assassination and chaos, he, together with the father of Empress Dowager Xiao, stabilized the situation, enthroned his seven-year-old nephew Yelv Baoliang as the new Emperor, and instated Xiao Lingqiu as the Empress Dowager.

However, as Empress Dowager Xiao gradually began to seize power, the former North Court Privy Envoy grew dissatisfied, believing that women should not be overly involved in state affairs, though he still supported her on some key national decisions.

When Yelü Miaomiao was eleven, her father passed away due to illness.

Although Yelv Tingyu often disagreed with her, Empress Dowager Xiao still had quite a fondness for his daughter, her nominal niece, and later officially took her in as her adopted daughter, elevating her from Commandery Princess to Princess.

It was not just the nobility of her status; it is said that at Yelü Miaomiao’s birth, the tent was filled with divine light and a fragrant aroma, and she even held a golden chime Holy Artifact in her hands. When she was young, the Goddess Ke Dun rode a green ox to visit, and reputedly even moved aside for her. Thus, a nursery rhyme spread across the Yanrong steppes: "The old woman on the green ox, once gave way."

At the age of six, Yelü Miaomiao received the blessing of the Great Witch God Su Gu and became the saintess of the steppe, and later even acquired the Heaven’s Blessing Aspect from the Junji T’ai-yi God, signifying her deep good fortune.

There were even rumors that the reason Empress Dowager Xiao took Yelü Miaomiao as her adopted daughter was because she planned to depose the new Emperor one day and cultivate Yelü Miaomiao as the next Empress Yanrong.

Thus, upon seeing the rumored Princess Yanrong in front of them, how could Yelv Nalihong and the others not be excited?

After all, she could potentially be the future Empress of the steppes.

"No need for such formalities."

Yelü Miaomiao lightly hopped down from the stone platform, with an enchanting smile on her delicate face, "For braving deadly dangers to obtain the Haotian Divine Fortune for our Yanrong, you’ve made commendable contributions. When we return, I will ensure that the Empress Dowager rewards you generously, and you might even be allowed to enter the twelfth floor of the Xiuwu Pavilion out of turn."

Hearing this, the four people were overjoyed and hastily expressed their gratitude.

Even Han Chuyong, who had somewhat lost heart due to his severed arm, had his spirits lifted, his expression ecstatic.

Because he had heard that on the twelfth floor there was a secret technique left by Rama that could regenerate severed limbs, and even eunuchs could recover and become normal men again.

At that moment, the stone door was pushed open again.

Everyone tensed up but then showed relief when they saw the newcomer.

It was Yelv Shenye.

"Great ancestor!"

Yelv Nalihong and the group respectfully greeted him.

Yet, the next moment their faces showed horror, for they saw that Yelv Shenye’s right hand had been cleanly severed at the wrist!

"Uncle Shenye!"

Yelü Miaomiao’s expression changed as she quickly approached.

Pale-faced Yelv Shenye swung his arm and said with a laugh, "It’s no big deal, just a hand. Using Rama’s secret technique, I’ll grow a new one in at most three years. That Zhao Wuxiu also suffered, with me breaking three of his divine meridians. He won’t recover for at least two years... It was delightful, only unfortunate that the affair of the divine fortune is pressing; otherwise, I would have loved to fight that man to the death."

Upon hearing this, Yelv Nalihong and the others were relieved.

But Yelü Miaomiao could not hide her worry.

Because she had the Junji T’ai-yi Divine Aspect, she could sense that her Uncle Shenye had sustained serious internal injuries, possibly damaging the fundamental Dantian of his Taoist Body, causing his cultivation to plummet greatly.

Fortunately, the thirteenth floor of the Xiuwu Pavilion had the Sun and Moon Stone that could help treat the injuries.

Following behind Yelv Shenye were five injured individuals.

That is to say, besides the eleven people present, the remaining seven first-class experts were dead... Although it was a considerable loss for Yanrong, after all, intruding into the enemy’s stronghold, it was a best-case scenario to come back alive, and especially having captured the Crown Prince.

One could imagine the blow to Dazhou’s morale when the soldiers saw the Crown Prince hung up during battle.

"How did the investigation go?"

Yelv Shenye, seeing Crown Prince Zhou Wei on the ground, asked.

Yelü Miaomiao spoke softly, "I have meticulously inspected using the power of my Aspect, and there is a protective secret technique on the Crown Prince that makes it very difficult to extract the Haotian Divine Fortune and the Hidden Dragon Meridian."

Yelv Shenye nodded and walked over to Crown Prince Zhou Wei.

At this point, Zhou Wei was still in a dazed state, muttering incoherently, "Impossible, impossible..."

Yelv Shenye said indifferently, "The Emperor’s cautiousness is to be expected. Now that we have the Crown Prince, he has made a misstep, but at this moment we are still within his domain, and it is extremely difficult to leave the Capital. We’ll have to see if the chess piece that the Empress Dowager has placed in the city defenses will be effective at the critical moment. If we can’t escape, then we’ll kill the Crown Prince and abandon the Haotian Divine Fortune. If Yanrong cannot have it, Dazhou shall not either!"

The infiltration of spies between countries is especially critical.

Nobody is naive enough to think that there are no opposing infiltrators among their ranks.

Over the years, both Yanrong and Dazhou have removed many spies embedded within their realms, yet numerous deeply concealed spies still remain.

In the competition between states, without intelligence, one is as good as blind.

This time, to seize the Haotian Divine Fortune, Yanrong almost completely used up the spies that had taken years to plant within the imperial palace.

If they failed, the loss would be enormous.

Actually, Yelv Shenye had always been opposed to this mission, considering it too risky. Yet, he did not dare to gamble; if Dazhou’s Crown Prince truly integrated the Haotian Divine Fortune, the blow to Yanrong would be significantly severe.

The phrase "Mandate of Heaven" inspired awe at the bottom of everyone’s heart.

"Let’s go, follow the original plan and take the water route," Yelv Shenye said.

He picked up Zhou Wei with his remaining hand and started toward the river tunnel entrance from where Jiang Shouzhong had come.

Suddenly, his step faltered.

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