96. Treachery
By the banks of the Yunlan River, Ye Li and her entourage seemed unusually relaxed compared to the still-tense standoff between the two armies at Yonglin City. As soon as they left Yonglin City, Feng Zhiyao had taken the Black Cloud Cavalry somewhere unknown. Ye Li and Mo Xiuyao, along with their guards and the newly arrived Shen Yang, were preparing to return to the capital. The pitiful Divine Doctor Shen Yang, a man with no martial abilities whatsoever, had ridden posthaste from the Capital of Great Chu to Yongzhou in less than ten days, only to be informed they were returning to the capital before he even had a chance to catch his breath. Panting, his fingers trembling, he pointed at Mo Xiuyao and lamented, "I must have owed your Mo family in my previous life!" Ever since the Prince had taken the spider brake against his advice, the Divine Doctor's temper had grown shorter by the day.
