The young girl’s face suddenly displayed a hint of annoyance, as she tapped her own head, muttering, "Actually, I shouldn’t have co in, I was originally planning to go find my husband..."
Yelü Miaomiao sighed and said with a smile to Qu Hongling,
"Anyway, rest assured and heal here, I will protect you outside. Once you’re healed, you’ll have to help seize a treasure as paynt, how about that?"
Qu Hongling smiled, "Okay."
"Then it’s a deal, I believe the Sect Master of Sky Demon Sect won’t go back on her word."
Yelü Miaomiao blinked and turned to walk out of the cave entrance.
Watching the young girl leave, Qu Hongling lowered her head to sll the skirt in her hands, finding nothing but a faint jasmine fragrance, with no other anomalies.
She examined the cave carefully once more, and after confirming there were no tricks hidden anywhere, Qu Hongling’s lips curled upward as she murmured, "This Princess Yanrong is quite likable."
Qu Hongling stripped off the blood-stained clothes on her body and stepped into the clear pool.
As soon as she entered the water, a piercing cold invaded her body, but it quickly receded, replaced by a warm sensation.
Qu Hongling’s external injuries began to heal gradually under the nourishnt of the pool water, and her internal injuries also progressively recovered.
...
Outside the cave.
Yelü Miaomiao lounged on a protruding boulder, one leg casually stretched out, the other bent.
The veil on her face had already been removed.
Compared to the last ti they parted, the girl’s cheeks were slightly thinner, but her skin was even smoother, as if coated with a layer of luster—this was the effect of a magical beautifier.
In Yelü Miaomiao’s hand was a flask of mare’s milk liquor, which she tilted back to drink.
A drip of white liquid slowly slid down the corner of her lips, tracing a path down her fair and delicate neck, then seeped into her garnts to blend with the snow-capped mountains.
The sa milky fragrance, full-bodied and rich.
No matter when, the girl always carried an air of valiant and spirited femininity, brimming with vigor.
Yelü Miaomiao looked toward the Capital, then in the direction of Yanrong, and sighed, "If I had known being the High Priest ant praying at the holy place for three hundred days, I would never have taken the position. This ti sneaking out, the Empress Dowager is definitely going to be angry."
The girl gulped down another mouthful of mare’s milk liquor, troubled by a headache.
But she didn’t regret it.
She and Jiang Mo had been separated for a long ti, and if she prayed for another three hundred days, Jiang Mo would probably have nearly forgotten her.
It’s better to be scolded than to lose love.
If she could snatch that treasure from the forbidden area of Myriad Phenona God Sect this ti, she could give it to the Empress Dowager, and surely the Empress Dowager wouldn’t be angry with her anymore.
"Jiang Mo, oh Jiang Mo, you don’t even co to find ,"
Yelü Miaomiao had so complaints about the man.
This guy better not have fallen for so other woman again.
The girl suddenly thought.
If that were the case, then...then...
Yelü Miaomiao thought hard for a while but couldn’t co up with anything harsh to say, and finally muttered fiercely in a low voice, "If you dare to ss around with another woman, I’ll castrate you! Humph!"
——
As soon as Ran Qingchen left, a secret spy presented a ssage on the desk inside the Emperor’s study of Dazhou.
Zhou Chang looked at the content on the secret letter and fell into thought.
After a while, the old supervisor arrived at the study and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, should we stop her?"
Zhou Chang counter-asked, "Can it begin now?"
The old supervisor shook his head and replied, "It’s still lacking a bit of readiness."
Zhou Chang stood up and walked to a portrait, staring at the woman holding a sword with an ethereal aura in the painting, and said lightly, "Let her go, as long as the Ran Family exists, she will have to return."
"Very well."
The old supervisor nodded gently.
Zhou Chang suddenly inquired, "How is the case with Zhou Wanyue proceeding?"
The old supervisor stroked his long eyebrows, expressing anxiety,
"We are still investigating, and Princess Yingmo has only just regained consciousness. According to her, she only saw a person in black enter the room before she was knocked unconscious,"
As he said this, the old chief justice couldn’t help but feel a chill as well.
When the body of the Eldest Princess was found, all her bones were broken. Clearly, the murderer bore a deep hatred for the Eldest Princess.
"Could it be related to Jiang Mo?" Zhou Chang arched an eyebrow.
The old chief justice said, "It’s not very clear, the Liushan Division is already searching the entire city."
Zhou Chang rubbed his forehead and sighed,
"I had thought Wanyue, this girl, would be sowhat smarter than her sister Xi Yue, but in the end, she was only a little clever. This girl... has ultimately disappointed ."
The old chief justice tentatively asked, "Your Majesty, about the Eldest Princess’s funeral..."
"Leave it aside for now."
Zhou Chang waved his hand indifferently, saying, "The matter of the Asura Queen is more important right now. Have your n follow Ran Qingchen in secret. I am not afraid of her running away, I’m afraid soone will target her."
It was evident that compared to the current Crown Prince, Zhou Wei, Zhou Chang didn’t have much grief for his daughter’s death.
Moreover, he had offered Zhou Wanyue a chance to rise to power.
But as a princess, all she knew was to seduce n to gain political favors.
It would be odd if such a daughter could win his favor.
The familial affection in an imperial family is always as indifferent as smoke, dispersing with a single puff.
"If only Xin’er will not disappoint ,"
Zhou Chang mused softly.
Thinking of the Crown Prince’s sudden return to the capital, the old chief justice couldn’t help asking, "Your Majesty, has the Crown Prince truly found the relics of the First Emperor?"
The ’relics of the First Emperor’ ntioned by the old chief justice referred to a legend that had been circulating for two thousand years.
After the death of the First Emperor, tens of thousands of terracotta warriors were buried with him as part of his tomb, and these warriors were cast from living sacrifices, each with considerable cultivation, guarding the First Emperor’s mausoleum.
To be precise, these warriors are the undead.
Any living person who enters the mausoleum will surely be killed by them.
The most famous sword corpse of the Master of Famous Sword Mountain was created using the terracotta warriors’ casting thod, refining the living into the dead.
During the chaos in Qingzhou, the Imperial Astronors were worried that the sword corpses from Famous Sword Mountain would escape, causing the situation to spiral out of control. They prepared in advance, but all the sword corpses disappeared.
According to the second son of the Master of Famous Sword Mountain, the old Sword God had destroyed all the sword corpses.
Back to the main point.
According to rumors, if one can successfully enter the relics and find the Jade Seal which has been inscribed by the First Emperor, "Given power by Heaven, may my life be everlasting and prosperous," one can control the terracotta army.
By then, whether it be the Snow Domain Divine Soldiers or the Asura Undead Army, they would all have to play second fiddle to the terracotta army.
Of course, this rumor was just a rumor.
For over two thousand years, with the continuous changes in dynasties, every nation has attempted to find the First Emperor’s relics, but none have succeeded. Various clues and rampant speculation abound.
The most reliable clue was believed to be related to the Mo Family.
It was said that the Mo Family were the tomb guardians of the imperial mausoleum.
Their Heartless Silent Annihilation technique was ant to prevent future generations from falling into personal sentints, which could be exploited by others, causing disturbance to the First Emperor’s mausoleum.
However, even after the extermination of the Mo Family, no information related to the mausoleum was obtained.
Now that the Crown Prince has suddenly returned with claims of finding clues to the First Emperor’s relics, Zhou Chang did not pay it much attention or excitent.
To put it bluntly, even if the relics were indeed found, whether one could enter was a different matter.
Only the dead could go in.
But then, what good would it do if one was dead?
Zhou Chang said indifferently, "Xin’er said it has sothing to do with the Nether Spring of One-Line Sky, a place only Qu Hongling, the young Sect Master of Sky Demon Sect, has visited. If the First Emperor’s relics really existed, the Demon Clan would have acted by now. But there has been no such movent, so it doesn’t seem credible."
The old chief justice frowned and said, "But if it can indeed be found, perhaps we could use the power of the Asura Queen to enter the relics."
Zhou Chang waved his hand gently: "One should not be too greedy. It is already very good to be able to control the Asura Undead Army, and we do not have the extra ti to seek out the First Emperor’s relics.
Of course, if Xin’er really finds it and has the capability to enter, it would naturally be great news for all. If not, I will entrust the Undead Army to him, to see if he can flatten Yanrong once and for all."
Zhou Chang pushed open the window and, looking at the vast imperial city, muttered, "I cannot wait that long, I... really cannot wait that long."
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