Nanzhao, the Imperial Palace
After Wang Yue and Jiang Ni finished helping Miss Caiwei carve the statue, they left Empress Chu alone in the valley and returned to Wudang Mountain together?
In truth, they would only be apart for a few days. The whole thing was just to keep up appearances.
After all, Wang Yue had now officially refined the Great Yellow Court, and he had finished dealing with everything else. Next, he was preparing to restore the kingdom.
So his women would have to go with him to Nanzhao. Jiang Ni couldn't be missing at a time like this.
Besides, once the restoration succeeded, Wang Yue would marry immediately after founding the kingdom. When that happened, unless he used Wujian to bring them back to Nanzhao, it would be difficult to bring his women back.
Qingniao still didn't want to return to Nanzhao for the time being. She chose to continue managing Wa Huang Palace. Yu Youwei had originally planned to go with Wang Yue, but when she saw everyone else leaving, she couldn't bear to leave Qingniao alone, so she decided to stay and keep her company.
Wang Yue didn't try to persuade them again. He took Xuanyuan Qingfeng, Jiang Ni, Hongshu, and Pei Nanwei south, and reached Nanzhao after only a few days.
Cao Changqing knew Wang Yue's itinerary and had been waiting in Nanzhao since early that morning. The first thing he asked when he saw Wang Yue was, "Can we start now?"
Seeing how eager Cao Changqing was, Wang Yue quickly urged him to hold back. "Beiliang, Northern Mang, and the Liyang court are all waiting for us to rebel. The Liyang court especially—we can't let them dictate the pace."
Cao Changqing replied unconcernedly, "With the two of us working together, what's there to worry