She was almost stunned, what evening is this?

  Many years ago, there was a pair of identical twin sisters who were destitute and would kowtow to each other in front of themselves.

  "Xiao Chen's great kindness and virtue, we will never forget for generations."

  They were a pair of imperial princesses of the former Jingyuan Emperor. When the city was broken, they fell into the hands of the Tartars and never heard from again.

  Thirty-four years later, she suddenly saw one of them again. She was already a woman with charm and elegance, curiously looking at herself, puzzled by the familiarity in her tone:

  "Who are you?"

  Yu Yun dragged the two upstairs without saying a word, and spoke to Qing Min behind the screen for a while. The latter was initially skeptical, but after carefully examining them, he finally shed tears: "Indeed, under the vast sky, only Xiao Chen has such a pair of eyes!"

  The morning dew has always been cold and unfeeling. At this moment, she didn't flinch either. She pulled over the hand of Qingmian Emperor's daughter, only to feel rough and unbearable, with scars and wounds everywhere.

  "Qingmin, how did you end up here?"

  Qing Min grasped Chen Lu's hand tightly, her eyes brimming with tears, and sighed before finally saying:

  "When the news of your death reached Hulü Khan, he was so grieved that he couldn't help himself and sighed: 'The Emperor of Heaven has destroyed the Great Wall!' He summoned us sisters and talked about our first meeting in the capital city, and couldn't help but sigh. The next day, he had someone send us sisters to the interior of China - although he is a barbarian, he is actually quite straightforward, and previously he had always kept his promise with you, letting us sisters do some chores under his tent without anyone bullying us."

  Qingmin said up to this point, with some emotion, and then her tone suddenly changed, becoming agitated: "The Tartars treated us with courtesy, but when we arrived in the Central Plains, my sister and I encountered the greatest calamity of our lives - we traveled thousands of miles to the capital, and our money was almost depleted. Xianmin said: 'Lin Yu is now the Empress, and our mother is also from a branch of the Lin family, how could she not rescue us?' She ignored my advice and went to the palace to pay her respects, and never came back!"

  Qingmin's voice turned mournful: "That year, the snow was so deep. I begged and begged at the palace gate, but no one paid attention to me. Day after day, I went there, until finally a kind-hearted official took pity on me and pulled me aside, saying: 'Don't keep bothering them here, let me tell you, that person is long gone! If you keep this up, one of these days you'll bring disaster upon yourself.'"

  "I was so shocked at that time, I just wanted to die in front of the palace wall. Unexpectedly, I was knocked unconscious and taken away. In a daze, I heard those people arguing, one saying they should follow the imperial palace's orders and get rid of me cleanly, while another said I looked good and wanted to sell me to a brothel. I was anxious and angry, and when I woke up, I was already in the 'Hong Xuan Yuan'..."

  Her body trembled slightly, and she couldn't speak anymore, as if she had fallen into a great nightmare. Qu Yun grasped her hand tightly, and she smiled back at him before continuing: "During that time, I was flogged every day, and I tried to escape several times, only to be met with even more brutal humiliation... The last time, I ran away and bumped into Qu Yun..."

  She gazed at Qiu Yun, her smile was so beautiful that it couldn't be described, Qiu Yun's face turned red, and he tightly held her hand.

  She faced the morning dew and revealed a mysterious smile like a little girl: "Qiu Yun asked me to keep something for you, now it can be returned to its rightful owner."

  "It's not a gathering day today, several leaders are not here, take a look at this first."

  Chenlu took over a thick stack of ledger-like objects, flipped them open, and the more she looked, the more shocked and excited she became.

  With her blood boiling, she looked up at the two of them - Qu Yun was smiling indulgently at her, while Qing Mian Emperor's daughter was elegant and refined, with bright eyes that sparkled with a smile.

  Tears of dawn dew, finally flowed out. Having gone through so many hardships and tribulations, she didn't cry, but today, seeing two or three close friends silently dedicating themselves for her, after 26 years of hard work, she finally shed tears.

  This thick notebook records the complex and secretive organizational forces of "Chenlou", which has been involved in countless earth-shaking events over the past thirty years, yet remains unknown.

  She had formed this secret organization that spanned the four seas in her previous life to grasp the overall situation of the world. The members were all lonely and cold-blooded young men who, after training, became elite pillars. The leaders of the four directions were even more recipients of her great kindness. Each member was scattered by her hand, gathering into points, lines, and surfaces, becoming a ghostly dark blade in her hand.

  At that time, she left suddenly, unexpectedly, the normally wooden Qiu Yun, however, made every effort to maintain it, not letting it disperse, and Qingmeng Emperor's daughter was clever and intelligent, taking over afterwards, quickly developing and expanding it into its current enormous scale.

  Qing Min Di Ji stood up, adjusted her clothes and bowed to her: "If it wasn't for your rescue back then, my sisters and I would have been ravaged to death. For these twenty years, I've had a thought in mind, to manage 'Chen Lou' well and hand it over to you, so as not to disappoint the efforts you put in. Today, my long-cherished wish is finally fulfilled!"

  Morning dew was astonished: had she been waiting for herself? But she clearly knew the news of her own death...

  "Your master received news of your death and observed the stars at night, but found that your birth star had not fallen, only dimmed. He was overjoyed and told me that you still had a chance to live. We were skeptical, but we held onto this glimmer of hope... Now that you've returned, unfortunately... your master is no longer with us!"

  His eyes were red-rimmed, his emotions stirred by the scene before him, and his voice was choked with sobs.

  The morning dew surges in my heart, and I am overwhelmed with emotion - it turns out that over the past 26 years, loved ones and close friends have never forgotten me, they have always been looking forward to my return.

  Three pairs of hands, stacked together in tacit agreement, three people burst out laughing in unison, their voices ringing out freely.

  "To our reunion, and down the hatch with this cup!"

  ****

  Chenlu and Qiyun returned to the palace at ten, but there were still strong men wearing official uniforms on the streets from time to time, with ferocious faces searching - it seemed that the pair of little lovers had already safely left the city.

  Those family members are arrogant and domineering, rushing recklessly on the street, pedestrians all dodged them.

  They simply show their true nature, buying some fruit at the eastern stall, flirting with a young girl at the western stall, and then laughing loudly, enjoying every moment of it.

  A sudden burst of horseshoes interrupted their clamor.

  A man of a foreign tribe, clad in black iron armor, tall and straight, came riding on horseback. Behind him followed a retinue of attendants, each with gleaming armor and fine horses, looking very stern.

  He saw this group of rampaging men, his eyebrows and eyes didn't flinch at all, he charged straight over, instantly two people let out miserable cries, trampled by the horse hooves, looking at the bloodstains, more than half were unlikely to survive.

  A clever house servant, holding a wooden sword in his hand, was about to chop at the horse's hooves. The man drew out a large sword and leaned forward, lightly parrying with it. There were several clanging sounds, as several knives could not withstand this powerful force and flew out, one of them even breaking into two pieces.

  The man finally reined in his horse and stopped, wearing a hat and clothes, he was a young Tartar noble. His dark skin shone with a warm golden light in the sunlight, and on his extremely handsome face, he smiled with an air of confident arrogance:

  "Who would have thought that the great Celestial Empire would be tyrannized by a group of wicked people... You Han people talk about the land of etiquette, but I haven't felt any of it?"

  The loud and clear strange tone, provoked the onlookers to a chorus of hisses, their eyes filled with hatred, yet not a word could be refuted. The blood-boiling hatred couldn't help but want to dash one's head to death - let this shameful and humiliating scene be seen by the Tartar barbarians, where is the face of the Heavenly Dynasty?

  At dawn, I suddenly remembered that some time ago, Yuan Qi mentioned that the Tartar envoy had arrived and would soon come to the capital to deliver a letter from Hu Lu Khan.

  ****

  Two people hastily returned to the Qianqing Palace, but saw that the atmosphere inside was heavy, all the palace maids and eunuchs were trembling with fear. Qin Xi guarded the door, seeing the two of them coming together, suddenly delighted: "Commander Qu, Lord Shang Yi, you have returned... The Emperor is furious at this moment!"

  Chenlu walked in, Qu Yun knew she could handle it and also headed to the commander's place - many of today's government affairs had not been dealt with yet!

  Chenlu walked into the inner hall, only to see Yuanqi looking unwell, reviewing memorials, with a crimson pen writing profusely on yellow paper.

  As soon as he saw her return, he asked directly: "Did you see it on the way back?"

  Although this sentence was abrupt, Chenlu understood it: "I've seen him, that Tartar is indeed rude and detestable, but the people of the Jing'an Duke's mansion are also too arrogant and disturbing the people..."

  The emperor threw down the vermilion brush, picked up the report book that the Ministry of Rites had just rushed to deliver, and squeezed out a few words from his teeth: "Ridicule throughout the ages!"

  There was not a hint of anger in her voice as she spoke, "Your Majesty, why be angry? This is truly a heaven-sent opportunity for you. The reputation of the Duke of Jing An has been so bad, and now you can take advantage of this situation to punish him and his followers..."

  On the second day, an edict was issued from the palace, stating that Duke Jing'an had been too lenient in his governance and had disturbed the people. He was ordered to be punished by having half of his salary deducted for a year and to reflect on his mistakes while staying at home. Under the pretext of being derelict in their duties, several high-ranking officials from the Ministry of Rites, Ministry of Revenue, and Ministry of Personnel were dismissed, all of whom had been close friends with him. The atmosphere in the court suddenly changed.

  (Tomorrow will be super wonderful, don't miss it!)