Zhong Qing was in the Cornelle Palace while Yan Yan was sent off to the battlefield.

“I"m sorry if I can"t be with you on the Northwest. My body is not allowed to go too far and the only thing I can do is pray for your safety while you are on the Northwest and I am here in the Cornelle Palace."

She arranged Yan Yan"s clothes with a smile.

"She is not allowed to go far away from her body? Does that mean that for as long as the peony flower is kept in the Cornelle palace, Peony Sister cannot go anywhere?" Yan Yan thought.

"Too good to be true. But after all, she never left and she accompanied me for a long time since I was a kid." He added.

Instead, he felt sad because his sister Peony can"t come with him. But then, he was still happy and he felt relieved that his sister Peony will not leave him even if they were far away from each other.

So at the time of departure on the palace, his face began to show a faint smile.

Of course, in the eyes of the others, it was undoubtedly a smile.

That day, Emperor Hinode went out to see his son personally.

He saw Yan Yan with a smile on his face while his heart was with a trace of guilt. He said, “I"ll wait for your triumph.”

Yan Yan made just a faint bow to his father as a ritual and as a sign of respect and he started to follow the army.

Going to the northwest would definitely require a long time and it won"t be easy to come back to the palace, but Yan Yan"s heart was already ready and prepared for a long time of separation to his sister Peony.

It was so clear in his heart that once again, his ident.i.ty would no longer be the Second Royal Highness who had no sense of existence in the Imperial Palace.

Only some things were still beyond everyone’s expectations.

Even Zhong Qing did not expect that the Empress hated Yan Yan so much that she made a way to sacrifice Yan Yan over his five princes.

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Two months later.

Yin has finally ushered in the Northwest War’s first victory:

“Our army broke Di Jon in the Yu Xu and captured General Yelv Changbao! Prince w.a.n.g De ordered to behead the behests and hang over the gates to set the military!”

"Good!” They were praised by the Emperor. He was undeniably happy by the news.

The chancellor of the Chao Tang also felt relieved and thought that it was a really good idea that they suggested the very n.o.ble person guard the armed forces.

There were also some other people who had some thoughts that they already knew who will be sitting next on the throne because looking at the Emperor"s expression, he seemed gratified even without saying any words.

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Meanwhile in the Phoenix palace, the Empress heard the news that"s why she had no appet.i.te to eat lunch.

"That woman gave me stress long time ago and her son is stressing me now!" The Empress was ferocious.

Among her five sons, the fifth prince, Yan Bi, was her favorite.

She vowed to herself, "Yan Bi will be the one to sit next on the throne as a n.o.ble prince and no matter what happens, no one can stop it!!"

“Any news about the body of Prince w.a.n.g?” She asked.

She was so sure that with the Northwest weather, Prince w.a.n.g"s body cannot adapt and that he needed to take a lot of medicines just to condition his body.

The Empress’ heart was viciously cursing him, "He better be sick! He better be sick!"

However, her slave hesitated, shook his head, and just told the Empress, “I never heard any news about his body, your majesty."

The Empress ground her teeth and coldly hummed, “Oh well, he"s lucky for now."

At that time, the Empress finally felt her family being powerless. Even after so many years of being spoiled to the Emperor and even after having a lot of eyes and hands in the back of the palace, still all the forces in the army were intricately integrated and the families did not buy much of her account.

In the eyes of those arrogant families, the actress-born Empress, even if again she was a n.o.ble person, still they felt some disdain.

Otherwise, even if she was personally shot, she"d absolutely want Yan Yan not to return!