Southern Xinjiang Holy Girl

  84. Xinjiang Holy Girl

  An Yi knew many masters of interrogation, such as the elegant and refined Feng San Gongzi Feng Zhiyao, the leader of the Dark Guards who trained them, and the serious and silent but actually kind-hearted General Manager Mu Shu of the Dingguo Palace. However, An Yi had no idea that their master, the originally delicate and lovely Princess of the Dingguo Kingdom, was also skilled in this area. Many times, the four of them couldn't help but secretly wonder how much the Ye family had wronged the princess back then, to have twisted a noble-born young lady into someone like this?

  It would take some effort to get that unlucky assassin out of the princess's mansion, and the cost of getting him out at this time when the princess's mansion is under martial law may not be proportional to what they can gain. So An Er didn't plan to wait until tomorrow, he was ready to pry open the mouth of that unlucky guard on the spot. The guest house area is not small, and Ye Li's inner room is in the deepest part, so as long as they don't shout loudly, even if someone is monitoring outside the courtyard, they won't notice any movement. Of course, the hidden guards who were originally hiding in the princess's mansion would not let anyone who shouldn't get close to the guest house get close. That unlucky assassin was given a cup of cool tea mixed with Soft Tendon Powder and couldn't shout even if he wanted to.

  In the elegantly decorated room, a strange scene unfolded. On one side of the bed lay a southern servant girl in a deep sleep, while at the table sat a delicate young girl writing and drawing under the lamp light. Just a few steps away, however, a brutal interrogation was taking place. An Yi's face darkened as he broke the assassin's left leg bone, but despite his pale complexion and sweat-drenched body, the assassin refused to speak. Due to spatial constraints, they couldn't use more gruesome methods, which only made An Yi's expression increasingly unsightly. Even after Ye Li finished her own business and looked up, An Yi still hadn't managed to get a single useful word out of the assassin, who almost took advantage of the opportunity to bite his tongue and kill himself.

  "Can't be? Need help?" Ye Li asked as she stood up. An Er's mouth twitched, and he shook his head: "It's better not to trouble Miss with this kind of thing."

  "It doesn't matter, even if he breaks another leg, he won't confess."

  "I'll shatter every bone in his body." Anzi coldly stared at the assassin.

  Yelü shook his head and smiled: "When you break all his bones, he'll be dead."

  "What's your idea, miss?"

  Ye Li walked over calmly, crouched down to face the assassin on the ground and smiled, saying softly: "You can understand Chinese, right? Don't worry, I won't be as rough as him." The assassin warily stared at the smiling, gentle-looking young girl in front of him. His instincts as an assassin told him that this lovely and adorable girl was actually the truly dangerous person.

  Ye Li smiled warmly at the vigilant assassin in front of her, saying softly: "Don't be afraid, I won't break your bones like he did. I plan to... take down all the bones on your body. Let's start with... your fingers." Ye Li's slender hands grasped the assassin's left hand, and a cracking sound was heard as the first joint of his index finger twisted strangely. Ye Li continued downward, and another clear sound rang out, twisting the entire index finger. The assassin had his jaw dislocated and couldn't even scream, only able to make vague "ah" sounds from his mouth. Ye Li looked at him, "Whenever you're ready, just nod your head, but... don't wait until I've dismantled all the bones in your body before nodding, or it'll be too late."

  Crunch...

  Ye Li's expression was calm, but her hands moved swiftly and precisely. It was this very calmness that made people more fearful than An Er's fierce and menacing tone. Just as Ye Li was about to move her hand towards the assassin's right hand, the assassin, who had turned pale and was breathing weakly, finally nodded his head with great difficulty. Ye Li raised an eyebrow and glanced at An Er, saying: "I thought he was really a tough nut to crack, but it turns out he's just like this?" An Er silently wiped away the sweat on his forehead, thinking that this assassin was indeed useless, but at the same time, he felt that what made their master frightening was not her methods of torture, but rather the calmness that inspired fear in people. If he were in the assassin's shoes, he would be afraid too.

  "Alright, but don't even think about playing a joke on me. Otherwise... the consequences will make you regret being born." Yelü sincerely advised him with a serious gaze.

  Ye Li nodded in satisfaction, "Very well, then tell me who your master is?" He waved his hand to signal An Er to close his mouth, and Ye Li asked. The assassin's eyes flashed with a hint of fear, looking at Ye Li he opened his mouth but still didn't speak. Ye Li furrowed his brow in thought, "If you're worried about your safety, I can guarantee it. And after I've taken care of things in the Southern Border, I can give you a sum of money to help you change your name and start anew." The assassin's eyes sparkled, and his expression showed more hesitation, Ye Li saw this and his smile became even more sincere, "Your information is very important to me, so... as long as what you tell me is true, I promise to keep my word. However, I think you should also understand that it's not just you who knows the information. If you don't speak, others might." Ye Li looked at the assassin's tense expression and smiled, "No, I won't kill you. When I came to the Southern Border, I passed through a mountain valley filled with blood-red flowers. Under each flower was a small snake coiled up. At that time, I wondered what those snakes would eat to grow big... What do you think?"

  "Snakes... Snake Valley... No..." It's not just the people of Zhongyuan who fear places like Snake Valley, the people of Nanjiang are indeed not afraid of snakes, but except for snake charmers, no one would be unafraid of tens of thousands of uncontrollable venomous snakes.

  "So... your answer?"

  "I said... what do you want to ask?"

  Ye Li turned her head and looked at An Er with a satisfied raised eyebrow.

  Actually, not much intelligence was obtained from the assassin. After all, it's unlikely that someone sent out as cannon fodder would be a core figure. However, at least Ye Lian's guess was partially confirmed, and Xu Qingchen's disappearance target was locked down. Only Xu Qingchen's exact location still had no landing. Since it was confirmed that Xu Qingchen temporarily had no life danger, Ye Lian's worried heart finally relaxed.

  "Only you... Only you..."

  A loud shout of joy echoed through the bustling street, and passersby couldn't help but turn their heads to see a handsome young man in white Hanfu clothing waving enthusiastically at a youth not far away. Ye Li turned around, saw the white-clad man rushing towards him, and let out a sigh of exasperation as he smiled and said, "Hàn brother, it's been several days since I've seen you, are you doing well?" Hàn Míng Xī gazed at Ye Li with an accusing glint in his eye, "Jun Wei, I traveled thousands of miles to follow you to Nanzhao, and yet you abandoned me without a care... your heart is so cruel..."

  The others... Ye Li involuntarily shuddered. The passersby, although they couldn't understand what he was saying, looked at him with an eerie gaze, listening to his tone.

  "Brother Han!" Ye Li couldn't help but rub her forehead, exerting great effort to control her temper before smiling and saying: "Brother Han has finally slept enough? How rare indeed."

  Han Mingxi didn't feel the slightest bit guilty, and he walked up to Ye Li with a smile: "Where are you going? I've been awake for a while now, and I even took a stroll around the city. But I didn't see Jun Wei anywhere. If Jun Wei had something to do, why didn't she tell me? Wouldn't it be safer if we went together?" Ye Li gave him a white eye, "I'm just taking a look around, not going on some kind of adventure." Han Mingxi shrugged and said carelessly: "Even if Jun Wei wanted to go on an adventure, I'd still go with you." As he finished speaking, he even winked at Ye Li, his eyes full of the message "look how good I'm being to you".

  Ye Li furrowed her brow, she hadn't expected to run into Han Mingxi. But now it was clearly very inconvenient to bring him along, however if she didn't bring him, with Han Mingxi's personality, who knows what kind of trouble he would stir up in Tianyi Pavilion and Nanquan City. Lowering her head to think for a moment, Ye Li said: "Brother Han, let's change locations to talk."

  After finding a teahouse with private rooms and sitting down, Ye Li said: "Brother Han, I have some things to take care of, it might not be very convenient for you to follow me."

  Han Mingxi glared at Ye Li, accusingly, "You... you didn't say it was inconvenient when I asked for the intel from Tianyi Pavilion. Now you want to dump me? You're abandoning me!" Ye Li was speechless, she had paid a corresponding price for the intel from Tianyi Pavilion, but hadn't let him do it for nothing. Seeing Ye Li's expression of not wanting to bother with him, Han Mingxi smiled slyly while biting his fingernail, "What could be happening in such a small place like Nanzhao? Aren't you here looking for the Youluo Minghua? I have information about that South Border Saintess. Or is it... the whereabouts of the Sick Bookworm? I know about that too, but it seems he's being targeted by another group. It's better if you don't provoke them. Unless... isn't Qingchen Gongzi missing?" Han Mingxi tilted his head, smiling innocently.

  "The news of Tianyi Pavilion is indeed well-deserved." Ye Li sighed lightly.

  Han Mingxi smiled and said, "Is Tianyi Pavilion selling intelligence? Recently, there have been only a few major events in the capital of Nanzhao. If we don't know about them, what are we doing here? So... which one do you want to handle first?" Ye Li looked at him steadily for a moment before smiling softly and saying, "Do you know where Qingchen Gongzi is?" Han Mingxi's eyes flashed with a hint of dissatisfaction as he said, "You really want to find him first? Ye Li, I thought the Biliu flower and Youluo flower were more important to you." Ye Li said, "Things can be obtained at any time, but people need to be found before they are lost forever." Han Mingxi leaned against his chin and looked at her, saying, "You want to know about Qingchen Gongzi's news? Tell me, what is your relationship with him?"

  Ye Li shook her head and smiled: "You don't know Xu Qingchen's news either. Otherwise, you wouldn't be talking to me about conditions at this time."

  Han Mingxi hummed and stared at her with a gloomy face, "So do you want the news about the Holy Girl of Nanjiang? If not, I'll burn it."

  "He is my brother." Ye Li replied. Han Mingxi frowned, looked him up and down for a while, and asked: "Brother? Are you Xu Qingbai or Xu Qingyan? In terms of age... it's more like Xu Qingyan, but in terms of personality, it seems like Xu Qingbai. However... no one has ever said that the young masters of the Xu family know martial arts?" Ye Li smiled and said: "It seems that the intelligence from Tianyi Pavilion is not so reliable after all. The third son of the Xu family, Xu Qingfeng, is currently serving in the military, didn't you know, Brother Han?" Han Mingxi looked at her suspiciously, "Could it be that you are really a member of the Xu family?" Ye Li smiled and remained silent, neither confirming nor denying.

  Han Mingxi paced back and forth in the room, occasionally muttering to Ye Li, venting his dissatisfaction. "You deceived me... You're not here to find the Yu Luo Ming Hua at all, you're here to find Xu Qingchen! Jun Wei, you deceived me..."

  "Master." A low voice came from outside the door, which was then pushed open from the outside. An Er glanced at Han Mingxi and said to Ye Li: "Master, there's news."

  Ye Li nodded, "Come on in."

  In the room, Ye Li and An Er looked at Han Mingxi together, but unexpectedly, Feng Yue Gongzi, who usually knew how to read the situation, didn't seem to understand their desire for him to leave. He sat comfortably in his chair, eating snacks. Ye Li helplessly waved her hand at An San and said, "Forget it, let's just talk directly."

  He nodded slightly three times and said in a low voice: "Princess Anxi had contact with Qingchen Gongzi today, or... someone related to Qingchen Gongzi."

  Ye Li furrowed her brow, "What did you say?"

  An Hei Dao said, "Today, when An Xi Gong Zhu returned to the mansion, her body was scented with a special fragrance. The people of Nan Jiang do not like incense, so they did not study fragrances in particular. However, I didn't know that in Zhong Yuan, even if it's the same kind of fragrance, there are many different nuances. For example, among the Xu family's sons, except for the third and fifth sons who don't use fragrances, the second son is accustomed to using plum blossom fragrance, the fourth son loves orchid fragrance, while Qing Chen Gong Zi, because he often goes out, uses fragrances personally blended by Lady Xu, which includes some medicinal ingredients beneficial to the body, so it has a faint scent of medicine. It's absolutely not easy for ordinary people to distinguish, and even harder to imitate and blend."

  Ye Li furrowed her brow and said: "Which places has Princess An Xi been to?"

  "The palace, this morning the King of Nanzhao summoned Princess Anxi, after leaving the palace, Princess Anxi went back to her residence directly." said An San with a nod.

  Han Mingxi smiled curiously: "Qingchen Gongzi shouldn't be in the imperial palace, should he?"

  An He hesitated for a moment, furrowed his brow and said: "The opportunity for Princess Anxi to see Qingchen should be very small. Except when visiting the King of Nanzhao, Princess Anxi is basically under our surveillance at all times, it's impossible for her to have the chance to meet Qingchen. Unless...it was during her visit to the King of Nanzhao. Moreover...after returning to the mansion, Princess Anxi also secretly dispatched people to search for Qingchen." Ye Li shook his head and said: "The King of Nanzhao wouldn't be unaware of Big Brother's identity, if something were to happen to him in Nanzhao now it would bring no benefits. Therefore...Big Brother's opportunity within the palace is also very small. That incense...should be a message he wants to convey to us that he is still safe for the time being."

  An unknown person asked, "Since Qingchen Gongzi is not in the palace, why would news come out from the palace? How could the incense that Qingchen Gongzi carries with him be in the palace?"

  "It's natural because the other party might be someone from the imperial palace, or even if they're not, they're still someone who can freely enter and exit the imperial palace."

  Han Mingxi lazily shook his head, "No... Jun Wei. In Nanzhao, except for the princess, no one else can freely enter and exit the palace. Including other princesses, of course, this princess is not in Nanzhao anymore." Ye Li glanced at him, "If it's not difficult on the surface, then it shouldn't be difficult underneath either?"

  "What's going on in secret?" they asked in unison.

  Ye Li furrowed her brow and asked: "Have the tracks of those assassins been investigated?"

  An nodded slightly, "I've investigated. If we hadn't been a step too late, they would have been silenced outside the city at a small mound two miles away. The corpses were left in an abandoned mountain cave."

  "Tell me in detail."

  "When we found their bodies, it was in a hidden cave ten miles west of the city. However, there were no signs of struggle at the scene, and although the place is not far from the city, the road is very difficult to walk, and there are no objects around. Even if those assassins escaped, they shouldn't have forgotten that direction. Fortunately, the tracking medicine was applied to the hidden weapon that injured them beforehand. It took a whole night to find out that they should have been silenced shortly after leaving the city, and then their bodies were discarded in that cave."

  Ye Li rubbed her brow and thought for a moment before asking: "In which direction were they silenced?"

  "Go east."

  "That is to say, they originally wanted to go east, but after being killed, the murderer behind the scenes threw the body to the west? What's in the east?" Ye Li stood up, "Get me a map of Nanzhao City."

  An Qi lowered his head and carefully took out a thin piece of paper from his bosom, spreading it open on the table. Han Mingxi leaned forward to take a look, pouting: "The entire map of Nanzhao's capital city? You didn't need to sneak into Tianyi Pavilion to gather information in the first place, did you?" Ye Li smiled and said: "More information means more safety, I'm a person who values my life. Besides...I don't believe Tianyi Pavilion can't produce this map." This wasn't some kind of treasure map, just an ordinary city layout map. He took out a charcoal pen and circled the imperial palace, Anxi Princess's residence, Xu Qingchen's disappearance location, the body disposal location, and the silenced location on the map. He looked up and asked: "Do you have any feelings about this?"

  Han Mingxi pointed to the map and said, "If you don't look at this dumping location and the princess's mansion, these locations seem to be very close to the Holy Maiden Temple. But... if you don't look at this map, it really isn't obvious that the Holy Maiden Temple is so close to the Imperial Palace." The Holy Maiden Temple was located on a mountain five miles east of the capital city. However, if calculated from the palace, adding the mountain path would make it at least ten miles away. Ye Li pointed out in a low voice, "Ordinary people only think that the road from the Imperial Palace to the Holy Maiden Temple is not close, and the palace was built on the side of the mountain. The peaks behind the palace are steep and treacherous, making it difficult to pass through, not to mention the time spent would be more than going out of the city directly. So basically, no one has paid attention to this. In fact, the straight-line distance between the Imperial Palace and the Holy Maiden Temple is less than two miles."

  "Native?" An San asked.

  "Haven't we experienced the ability of the Nanjiang people to dig tunnels along the way?" Ye Li asked with a smile. The two of them simultaneously thought of that almost hollowed-out mountain peak, and fell silent.

  "What was the king of Nanzhao thinking? The palace is built on a mountain?" Han Mingxi asked in confusion. In the history of Zhongyuan, only temporary palaces or detached palaces would be built on mountains. A true imperial palace would always stand at the very center of the capital city, showcasing the majesty and dignity of the royal family's supreme power. Ye Li replied somewhat casually, "Different customs, I suppose."

  Han Mingxi saw through her perfunctory response and glared at Ye Li for a while, only to find that she was still lost in thought. Han Mingxi's face suddenly turned black. He cleared his throat twice to draw the attention of the two people in the room, before smiling and saying: "You suspect Qingchen Gongzi is in the Holy Maiden Temple? As everyone knows, the Holy Maiden of Nanjiang is as pure as ice and jade, and men are not allowed to enter or exit the temple, let alone hide a man. If people find out you think this way, I believe... you will be overwhelmed by the anger of the people of Nanzhou." Ye Li said nonchalantly: "Isn't it precisely because everyone knows that it's even more possible that it's not?"

  Han Mingxi rolled his eyes, "Then please tell me, Young Master Jun, how do you plan to enter the heavily guarded Sheng Nü Temple and find Qingchen Gongzi who is hidden God-knows-where? If we can't find him and get caught instead, we'll really be beaten to death by the Nan Zhao people."

  "I didn't plan on entering from the Holy Maiden's Temple." Ye Li said.

  Han Mingxi's face was filled with surprise and admiration, "So, Jun Wei Gongzi plans to bravely charge into the Nan Zhao Wang Palace? Although the Nan Zhao country is small, its palace is still not even a third of the size of our Chu Jing's palace. But you shouldn't look down on them either. Don't forget... our Chu Jing's palace absolutely won't have poisonous snakes, but Nan Zhao might." Ye Li smiled lightly, "It sounds like Feng Yue Gongzi hasn't been to the imperial palace before. I wonder who was boasting about someone visiting all the inner courts of various countries' palaces a few days ago?" Han Mingxi was speechless, and for some reason, he started silently regretting his boasts about his past romantic exploits to Jun Wei during their boring travels.

  "Even if you get in and find Qingchen, how are you going to bring him out?" Han Mingxi asked. "As far as I know, Qingchen doesn't know any martial arts."

  Ye Li furrowed her brow and said, "This is something that needs to be thought through carefully." Forcing one's way in was definitely not an option. Even if the Dark Guards had become powerful enough to kidnap someone from the Nanzhao palace, the aftermath would still be troublesome. If outsiders were to find out that it was the Dingguo King's estate that had taken action, it would be even more problematic. Looking at her furrowed brow and contemplative expression, Han Mingxi smiled happily and said, "How is it? Do you need any help?"

  Ye Li looked at Han Mingxi and shook her head. She and Han Mingxi were just cooperative partners, last time Han Mingxi followed her and took a lot of risks, this time no matter what she couldn't drag him into adventure again.

  Han Mingxi smiled and said, "Don't refuse so quickly, Tianyi Pavilion is also a business that opens its doors. As long as you can afford the bill, we don't just collect intelligence." Ye Li's heart moved, looking at Han Mingxi asked, "What do you want, Brother Han?" Han Mingxi smiled complacently, "Xun Ya Pavilion, I still need two more tenths." Ye Li said, "I thought Tianyi Pavilion liked real gold and silver cash? You should know that no matter how much it is, whether it's the Xu family or me, we will give it to you." Han Mingxi looked at him with a wronged expression, "You and I are friends, how can we take advantage of each other?"

  Friend? Ye Li raised an eyebrow, "Tianyi Pavilion is not good at these things, so let's not trouble Brother Han."

  "You're too naive." Han Mingxi smiled and said, "Although Tianyi Pavilion is not particularly skilled in this area, it's extremely familiar with the city of Nanzhao. Compared to our friendship, shouldn't you trust Tianyi Pavilion more than me?" Ye Li furrowed her brow, thinking deeply for a while before saying, "Then I'll trouble you, Han brother. After this is over, any losses suffered by Tianyi Pavilion will be my responsibility. Of course, the two shares of Xunyathat remain unchanged."

  "I told you, you're just too naive." Han Mingxi sighed.

  Ye Li smiled faintly and lowered her head without speaking, secretly thinking in her heart that perhaps she still needed the help of Anxi Princess.

  In the soft luster, the heavy stone gate was opened here. The woman in golden clothes and finery no longer had her former leisure, her disheveled footsteps seemed to contain great anger, "Xu Qingchen!"

  Xu Qingchen, who was meditating with his eyes closed, opened them and calmly turned to look at the woman rushing towards him, furrowing his brow: "What's wrong?" The woman seemed to be out of breath, and with a flick of her sleeve, she swept all the celadon tea cups off the table onto the floor, the sound of shattering porcelain crisp and clear. "Tell me! How did they know you were here?!" Xu Qingchen shook his head, saying lightly: "I'm stuck in here and can't even leave the door, how would I know this? What's going on? Is someone causing trouble for you?"

  "How could you not know?! You must have spread the news yourself. Tell me, what method did you use?" The woman asked, trying to hold back her anger.

  Xu Qingchen shook his head and sighed, "You think too highly of me. I'm just a weak and helpless bookworm, not some kind of hidden mastermind. You'd be better off thinking about whether you've offended someone again recently." The woman snorted, "How could I have offended anyone? Apart from that Anxi girl, my only sin in life is... haha, seems like it's your fiancée who's always so coquettish."

  "I told you not to touch her." Xu Qingchen said in a low voice.

  The woman sneered, "Don't worry, your precious fiancée is fine. However... just because nothing happened this time doesn't mean it won't happen in the future. The last time was just to scare her a bit. Speaking of which... it seems that the bodyguard by her side isn't too bad." Xu Qingchen wasn't concerned, "You're talking about the personal guard? When the young ladies from noble families in Zhongyuan go out, they usually have a few guards with them, it's not a big deal."

  "You actually trust her. Why don't we continue to see if her guards can protect her? Maybe while protecting her, they'll fall in love, after all, isn't it that girls like heroes saving beauties?"

  Xu Qing glanced at her and said, "If you have the leisure, it's better to say what's wrong with you instead of being so angry."

  As soon as this matter was mentioned, the woman's face under the mask twisted involuntarily, and she said in a hateful tone: "Someone threw the corpses of those assassins outside the Holy Maiden Temple!"

  Xu Qingchen was slightly surprised, and soon raised his eyebrows, "Even so, it's nothing. Handing it over to the Nanzhao royal family or government for handling would be fine."

  "How can this be?!" the woman exclaimed: "Don't tell me you don't know, if someone finds out that the Holy Maiden Temple has lost a corpse, Anxi will definitely take the opportunity to search the temple. Hmph! Don't think I don't know, she's been wanting to get her hands on the temple for a long time. But she doesn't have the qualifications!" Xu Qingchen took a book and flipped it open, saying: "You haven't said yet, if people find out that the Holy Maiden Temple discovered a corpse, the people of Nanzhao will also doubt the sacredness of the Southern Border Holy Maiden in their hearts. Most importantly, if you give yourself another year or two, you can still push this matter onto Da Chu or Xiling, but now...you haven't even made preparations to go to war with Da Chu."

  The woman's eyes darkened and she stared at him in a low voice: "You know too much, aren't you afraid that I'll kill you?"

  Xu Qingchen nodded slightly, "Because you still want to know more from me, aren't you?"

  "Not bad!" The woman acknowledged bluntly: "If it wasn't for you secretly helping Anxi, she wouldn't have been able to win against me. Since you can help her, naturally you can also help me, right?"

  Xu Qingchen shook his head, "I won't help you."

  "I'll make you willing!" the woman said coldly. Xu Qingchen put down his book again, looking at her with a pitiful gaze, "You're not suitable for this at all. None of the Southern Border Saintesses were suitable, even if you're smarter than them, but when it comes to governing the country, you're still not as good as Princess Anxi." A hint of anger flashed in the woman's eyes, and she said coldly, "Who says I'm not suitable? You also admit that I'm smarter than Anxi, don't you?"

  "You're just better at plotting than she is. But a country can't be run on plots alone. Besides... you can't even pull off a decent conspiracy."

  "What does it matter? At least you're in my hands now, aren't you?" The woman said proudly. Xu Qing smiled faintly and didn't speak. Looking at Xu Qing's calm and serene appearance, the woman suddenly felt extremely angry and resentfully said: "You look down on me!" Xu Qing furrowed his brow and said: "I don't look down on you, I just don't agree with your current actions."

  "I know! You just look down on me!" The woman shrieked: "What do you know? What kind of life did Anxi have since childhood? What kind of life did I have since childhood? Why? Why was she born as the princess, why everything belongs to her?"

  "You are the Holy Girl of Southern Xinjiang, and also revered by tens of thousands of people." Xu Qingchen said.

  "Hah... revered by all? I was three when I last saw my mother, five when I became a solitary person. Not allowed to speak with maids, not allowed to go out and play, not allowed to cry, not allowed to see outsiders, even not allowed to have feelings. Until twenty-eight years old still want to go to that what ghost holy land, who wants to go to that ghost place? Nanzhao is mine, everything is mine!" The woman seemed to suddenly collapse and shrieked.

  Xu Qingchen shook his head, "The life of the Holy Girl of Nanjiang is indeed pitiful. But I think you are not included in this. Has anyone ever restricted your actions? Otherwise, how would you have had the opportunity to meet King Li, and how would you have become enemies with Princess Anxi? Even... originally, a new Holy Girl had already appeared two years ago, but was killed by you. The latest age for a Holy Girl of Nanjiang is 28, but in fact, most Holy Girls retire before the age of 25."

  "Anxi Lian told you this too?!" The woman stared at him, "It seems she really trusts you."

  "I am friends with Princess Anxi."

  "Hmph!" The collapse earlier seemed to be just an illusion, or it could be called a show. The woman recovered her elegance in an instant, "What a good friend. I will send the heads of your friends and your fiancée right to your face." After saying that, the woman turned and left with a flick of her sleeve.