To the Princess of the South and Ji Lingyu, nowhere was better than the Imperial Capital. The surroundings were familiar, and they could attend to the emperor whenever they pleased. As long as they served Li Chen well, he would surely look after Xu Zifeng.
How wonderful it was for Xu Zifeng to serve as Grand General in the Heavenly Strategy Dynasty. Why go back and become a rebel?
So the two of them flatly refused to leave the Imperial Capital and even urged Xu Zifeng to stay.
That left Xu Zifeng in a difficult position. His father was on one side and his mother on the other, and he had no idea what to do.
He was still a hostage. That meant he could not leave the Imperial Capital without the emperor's permission.
If he headed south, he could escape himself, but his mother and aunt could not.
Besides, with his mother and aunt in tow, he might not be able to return to the Southland quickly.
Now Xu Zifeng was truly stuck. Even as a Child of Fortune, he could not come up with a suitable solution right away.
But a Child of Fortune was blessed with luck. Just then, someone unexpectedly came to visit.
It was none other than Liu Hao, who lived nearby.
Liu Hao was also a scion of a powerful noble house. He had earned considerable military merit this time, and his rank kept rising.
Even if the Liu Family had not returned to its former heights, with this momentum, Liu Hao's future standing would certainly be high.
When Liu Hao returned home, he had thought his father and the rest of his lineage would hold a grand feast to celebrate and record his glorious achievements prominently in the family genealogy.
Instead, before he