The fifth prince and Zhao Qingxi saw Hua Yan's resolute expression and both stopped talking.
Empress Dowager said beside, "The Emperor and I have decided to stay behind. Hua Yan, you are pregnant. To protect the heir to the throne, even if you leave, no one in the world will mock you."
Hua Yan shook her head, "I will not leave either, I can hardly move now."
Empress Dowager stopped talking.
Hua Yan looked down at the city. Fifty thousand troops arrived neatly and with strict discipline under the banner of Lingnan, where Yun Rang was holding the reins of his horse while gazing at the city gate tower. Except for a sparse number of soldiers, there stood a group of well-dressed individuals, among them one was particularly eye-catching. His face, one that haunted his dreams for years and still unforgettable, as if etched into his heart, impossible to scrape away.
