The eldest sister was reborn and the younger sister traveled through time. I just want to survive.

As he was speaking, Dongyu had been captured and was trying frantically to break free.

Seeing that the man in gray was about to kill Dong Yu, Yan Muxi shouted urgently: "Don't hurt her, I will leave with you."

"Miss~"

"Can't!"

Dongyu and Yushui tried to stop them in unison, but Yan Muxi shook her head at them and said, "Don't worry, I'll be fine. You two must remember to protect yourselves, always take your own lives first, and don't act on impulse." After that, she took the initiative to walk towards the gray-clothed man who was leading the group.

"No, miss, you can't go with them." Yu Shui tried to stop them, but was quickly restrained and imprisoned by two men in gray.

As the leading grey-clothed man carrying Yan Muxi disappeared into the hall, the other grey-clothed men also evacuated in an orderly manner.

Dongyu broke free from his restraints and was about to fly after him when he saw a woman in brocade clothes walking in from outside the hall.

"Miss, why were you sent back again?" Dong Yu ran to the woman and met her unfamiliar gaze. Only then did he realize that the person in front of him was not his own lady.

She took a step back and asked coldly, "Who are you?"

The woman was extremely similar to Yan Muxi in both stature and appearance. If one was not familiar with the woman, it would be difficult to tell at a glance that the woman in front of him was not Yan Muxi herself.

Yu Shui and Dong Yu stood side by side, staring warily at the woman who had rashly appeared in the hall.

"You don't need to care who I am. Just remember that I'm your master's scapegoat." Even the woman's voice and tone were very similar to Yan Muxi's.

Yu Shui quickly understood, "It was because the Emperor wanted to protect my young lady's life that he asked you to pretend to be my young lady."

The woman glanced at the two of them indifferently, "From this moment on, I am your master, Imperial Concubine Yan."

Dongyu asked anxiously, "You replaced my young lady, so where did my young lady go?"

"If you want to keep you and your master safe, don't ask questions that are not necessary." After saying this, the woman ignored the two of them and slowly walked into the inner hall.

Dongyu subconsciously wanted to chase into the palace, but Yushui stopped him. Yushui glanced out the window and said unwillingly, "Forget it. The emperor asked them to take the young lady away. He must want to protect her life. It won't be too late to look for her after the execution tomorrow."

"But the young lady's whereabouts are unknown, and I'm afraid she's been wronged." Dong Yu was full of worry.

Yu Shui sighed, "I'm afraid too, but there's nothing else we can do right now. We can only wait and see."

The two men stayed in the outer hall without closing their eyes all night.

At dawn, the gate of Jinxiu Palace was opened from the outside, and a team of imperial guards led the way. A sedan chair carried by eight people was carried to the door of the main hall.

The leading eunuch walked to the palace gate and shouted in a sharp voice: "Empress Yan, please go on your way!"

Almost at the moment the voice fell, the palace door was opened from the inside, and a woman in pink palace dress walked out slowly from the hall and went straight towards the sedan chair.

When the woman was about to step onto the sedan chair, Qian Manman stumbled out from the East Hall, "Sister Xi, don't go, don't leave me behind..."

Yu Shui stopped Qian Manman from crying and wailing, and advised her while wiping her tears: "Madam, forget it. The emperor's order cannot be disobeyed. Don't make the young lady sad..."

Accompanied by mournful cries and persuasion, the sedan chair was carried out of Jinxiu Palace and headed towards the inner palace gate. The eunuchs and palace servants who were following the movement saw clearly who was on the sedan chair and returned to report to their masters.

In Yuhua Palace, when Concubine Xian heard the eunuch's report, she did not even bother to put on her makeup and rushed out of the palace gate just by putting on an outer coat.

She ran all the way, but failed to catch up with the sedan chair. She only saw the imperial concubine's ceremonial procession disappearing at the gate of the inner palace.

At the same time, in a small courtyard in the East City, a dark and thin man hurried in and reported, "The imperial concubine's procession has left the palace and will arrive at the East City Gate at about noon. The spies in the palace confirmed that it was Imperial Concubine Yan herself who was carried out of the palace."

A tall, bearded man said in a deep voice, "Keep watching, keep watching."

After the dark and thin man was ordered to leave the room, another particularly sturdy man said to the bearded man: "Your Majesty, today's incident is likely a trap set by the dog emperor. If we take action, we will definitely fall into the trap."

The bearded man's eyes were gloomy. "Even if it's a trap, you have to jump into it." He couldn't afford to gamble when it came to her life.

The bearded man was none other than the Prince of Rong, now the Prince of Dingbei, Yu Wantai. He made no modifications to his features, nor did he need to cover them up. Yu Wantai's current cold and rough appearance was completely different from the Prince of Rong who previously roamed Luodu City.

The sturdy man is Jixiang. After experiencing the baptism of war, he is no longer the same as the rich servant before. When the master and servant stand together, even those who were close to them before can hardly recognize them at a glance.

"Even if we need to rescue the Crown Prince's Consort, Your Highness must not show up. I will just wait for Your Highness to rescue her." Jixiang said in a firm tone.

"Don't jump to conclusions. It won't be too late to take action once you've confirmed it." Yu Wantai suddenly frowned and raised his hand to press his chest.

Jixiang stepped forward quickly, "Your Highness, has your old illness relapsed?"

Yu Wantai waved his hand, signaling Jixiang not to speak. He rolled up his left sleeve and quietly felt the changes in his arm.

After a while, I saw him put down his sleeves, with an inexplicable look on his face. I wanted to ask something but didn't know where to start.

Last winter, before the Dingbei Army attacked Wangjing, spies stationed in the Shengjing Imperial City sent intelligence that the Emperor of North Vietnam had sent envoys to Dafeng for help a month ago.

Given Dafeng's current situation, Yu Jinzhou would certainly take the opportunity to send troops to retake Dingzhou. The Dingbei Army was about to attack Wangjing, and if they were to withdraw troops to Dingzhou for support, they would miss the best opportunity to capture Wangjing.

Just when he was anxious and unable to make a decision, Yan Muyun suddenly found Yu Wantai and threatened that at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, Luodu and the surrounding prefectures would suffer a snowstorm disaster that would not occur in a century. Even if Emperor Dafeng sent troops to attack Dingzhou, he would have to wait until after the disaster before taking action.

Yan Muyun's words were full of confidence, but they were just supernatural stories after all, so they could not be believed completely. Therefore, to be on the safe side, Yu Wantai finally decided to let Gu Yunting stay and continue the siege, while he took 5,000 cavalry back to Dingzhou to fight the enemy.

Five thousand troops traveled day and night and arrived in Dingzhou before the snow fell.

Dingzhou has snowfall almost every year, and the granaries have sufficient grain reserves, so the snow disaster does not have much impact on the people of Dingzhou City.

The disaster in Yuzhou, which is adjacent to Dingzhou, was severe. The emperor was far away, the government had no food reserves, and even the soldiers in the barracks were starving and freezing. A large number of victims wanted to leave the city for help, but were killed by the Dafeng defenders.

With a great opportunity in front of him, Yu Wantai decided to go all out and attack Yuzhou City in the snow.

The defenders of Yuzhou City were in a state of depression and hunger. They had no strength to fight the enemy. After just one day, they laid down their arms and surrendered.

The city of Yuzhou was breached, and the imperial court of Dafeng had no time to provide support, which meant that several cities to the south fell into the hands of the Dingbei Army.

Yu Wantai blocked the news, and before Yu Jinzhou was unprepared, he led his troops all the way south. When passing through the Jibei Gorge, he used a trick to capture Qin Xuan alive, and incorporated all the 60,000 reinforcements trapped in the gorge into the Dingbei Army. Later, he attacked Lincheng unimpeded.

Lincheng has nearly 100,000 defenders, plus Luodu defenders, a total of 120,000, while the Dingbei Army has 150,000 soldiers. Lincheng is densely forested and easy to defend but difficult to attack, so it is not easy for the Dingbei Army to capture Lincheng in one fell swoop.

Now that the two armies are about to face off, Yu Jinzhou is making a big fuss and executing Yan Muxi in the name of dealing with the evil concubine. There must be something fishy about it.

But Yu Wantai didn't dare to gamble and came anyway!