Everyone looked at this scene in shock. No one could believe that there were actually two corpses hidden in Mo Liansheng's icon!
You must know that this icon was built more than 600 years ago, and it was molded by Mo Liansheng himself in his later years. Then these two people should be the ancestors of six hundred years ago!
And the person who could hide this man and woman in the holy statue without anyone noticing could not be anyone else, but Mo Liansheng himself who is the supervisor!
Who is the owner of these two white bones? Why did Mo Liansheng hide their bodies in the holy statue? Is it afraid that people will find out? Or is there another reason
When Han Zhan saw the two bones, he pressed Song Ci's shoulders tightly, and whispered in surprise, "Why are there two bones?"
Song Ci stared at the two bones with a bewildered expression, her tears had already flowed out uncontrollably, and she didn't even know why she was crying.
Song Ci suddenly broke free from Han Zhan's hands, and she jumped off the high platform holding the Chaser Arrow, and didn't care if she sprained her foot. Song Ci limped and ran into the Shensi Building with one deep foot and one shallow foot.
"Porcelain Treasure!"
Seeing Song Ci walking towards the pair of bones suddenly, he didn't even care about his injured foot. Han Zhan realized that something was wrong with Song Ci's state, so he followed suit.
Song Ci walked to the ruins of the holy statue, she looked up at the two crumbling bones at a close distance, and felt a burst of pain in her heart.
That kind of pain is more painful than giving birth, and even more painful than being shot by Edward!
Who are they!
Why did it make her feel so painful!
"Cibao, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Song Ci's tears, and not knowing what happened to Song Ci, Han Zhan felt uneasy.
He hid Song Ci behind his back, and walked in front of the two bones.
The closer he was to the bone, the more Han Zhan's heart ached.
He raised his head and took a deep look at the bone, and suddenly noticed that a piece of jade pendant had fallen off the sole of the male bone's foot. The jade pendant was covered with some dust, so the original appearance could not be seen clearly.
Han Zhan reached out to pick up the jade pendant, brushed off the dust on it, and found out that it was a dragon-shaped jade pendant! In ancient times, only emperors and princes were eligible to wear dragon-shaped jade pendants!
Six hundred years ago was the Luo Dynasty, a prosperous dynasty that came from all over the world. In that dynasty, every emperor died with a grand burial, and there was only one person who was not buried in the imperial tomb after his death, and that was the Taiping Emperor Dugu Jie!
According to the epic records, when Emperor Taiping Dugu Jie was 50 years old, he gave the Zen throne to his adopted son Dugu Sheng, and then he stayed away from the government and the public.
In his later years, Emperor Taiping lived a life of idle clouds and wild cranes, and only occasionally wrote letters to his adopted son Shengping Emperor to contact him and give him advice.
In history, there are no detailed records of when and where Emperor Taiping died. However, according to unofficial records, when Emperor Taiping was fifty-two years old, someone once saw him in Shu.
That was also the last time that Emperor Taiping was seen before his death. After that, Emperor Taiping seemed to have disappeared and never appeared again.
Before the death of Emperor Shengping, the only regret was that he could not send the late Emperor Taiping to his death.
Then the identity of the male corpse in front of him is easy to guess.
This is Dugu Jie!
The Taiping Emperor who created the peaceful and prosperous age!
Han Zhan shook Yupei's hand and trembled slightly. It was as if his heart was being pulled hard by a pair of ruthless hands, and it was about to be torn apart.
Song Ci came back to her senses, noticed Han Zhan's abnormality, and she walked out from behind Han Zhan.
Seeing Han Zhan holding a domineering and exquisite dragon-shaped jade pendant in his hand, Song Ci subconsciously reached for the jade pendant.
The moment the two held the jade pendant at the same time, some strange images suddenly broke through the barrier and entered the minds of Song Ci and Han Zhan at the same time!
A obsession that had been buried for six hundred years and belonged to the Taiping Emperor Dugujie finally reappeared at this moment!
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In the winter of the thirty-sixth year of Jianping, Emperor Xinhui abolished the old prince Dugusi, and appointed the seventh prince Dugujie as the new prince.
This year, Dugu Jie was nineteen years old.
In the spring of the following year, the crown prince Dugu Jie moved into the East Palace, and the Holy Majesty ordered that the crown prince choose concubines from all over the world. That year, all unmarried women who had reached the age of fourteen were not allowed to marry and had to participate in the draft.
Nangongxian received a family order from her father's subordinates, and learned that she was going to participate in the draft, she was really very angry.
The outside world is colorful, what kind of East Palace, what kind of princess!
Furthermore, who knows how many years this Crown Prince of the East Palace will be able to be the Lord of the East Palace? Maybe, he will be the next Lonely Man again!
Maybe the position of the crown princess was not secured, so the head moved first.
But the emperor's order was hard to break, and she had to return to Beijing.
The fourteen-year-old Nangong Xian is just at the age of wantonness.
She rode a strong black horse, dressed in a bright red jacket and a white cloak, and passed by Chang'an Street in Kyoto.
That head of black hair was tied into a high ponytail. With the bumps of the horse, the tail of her hair bounced on the cloak, and it touched the hearts of countless boys and girls.
She had been downstairs from the Qingluo Banquet, and many young masters and ladies were lying on the window sills and teasing her, "Little General Nangong, is this from hunting? Or from practicing martial arts?" Even though they knew that Nangong Xian was a girl, these daughters They still treat her like a little brother to tease her.
We all know that Nangong Xian's ambition is to defend his family and defend his country on the battlefield, so these famous sons and daughters who are familiar with her like to call her Little General Nangong.
Although Nangongxian is a daughter, she is heroic and has high martial arts skills. In this capital city, I don't know how many young ladies and gentlemen want to make friends with her.
Nangongxian was in a hurry to go home to meet his father, and when he heard their jokes, he didn't stop.
At this time, someone did not know who suddenly threw a peony flower at Nangongxian. The peony flower happened to land on Nangongxian's shoulder.
Nangongxian reined in the fierce horse in time, and the horse's hooves neighed, which alarmed the pedestrians on both sides of the road.
Nangongxian took down the peony flowers on her shoulders, raised her head, revealing a young but charming face.
Because of the tied hair, she looks heroic and domineering.
Those slightly majestic eyes, after looking around at the men and women in the banquet hall, finally, Nangong Xian locked his gaze on a young man wearing a snow blue robe with gold trim at the window on the left.
The young man's skin was extremely fair and his appearance was unparalleled, his lips were as red as if he had applied lip balm. A pair of Jianshuiqiu pupils are clear and bright, scooping a bowl of water from them can raise koi. It just looks a little sick, but at first glance, there is a bit of yin and beauty.
Nangongxian had been with her father in the military camp since she was a child, and all the men she met were bronze-colored tough guys.
While the young masters she was familiar with in the capital were either romantic and handsome, or rich and dandy, but few of them could perfectly blend the three things of femininity, elegance and domineering like this young master.
Nangong Xian's eyes lit up.
But when she thought of the bad draft, she no longer wanted to appreciate handsome men.
Nangongxian smiled towards the young master, that smile was brighter and more beautiful than the peony flower in her hand. "Young master, if you cast peony to me, do you want to be with me forever? Or do you want to have a romantic relationship with me?"
Having been molested by Nangongxian, the young man was slightly taken aback.
He hadn't figured out whether he wanted to be in love with Nangongxian for the rest of his life or to have a romantic relationship, when he heard Nangongxian say: "Don't fall in love with me, this lady is a person who wants to go to the battlefield to defend the country!"
After finishing speaking, she threw the peony flower into the young man's arms with her internal strength, then clamped the horse's belly with her legs, and walked away.
The young man stared at her receding back, a little surprised, "The daughter of the Nangong family is indeed as fierce as the legend, but I didn't expect her to look like this."
He twisted slightly, thought for a moment, and then said: "So charming and bright." He thought that the peonies in the harem's hundred gardens were the most beautiful, but he didn't know that Nangongxian was the flower that was richer and more graceful than peonies.
Looking at the charming, beautiful, soft and deceitful girl, she has ambitions that are more ambitious than men! Such a strong girl, he likes it!
Picking up the peony in his bosom and playing with it, the young man heard the elder brother on the opposite side ask: "Seventh brother, what do you think of this Nangong fairy?"
"If she can be successfully selected into the palace, she will participate in the selection of concubines in the palace." Dugu Jie put the peony flower on the rim of the wine cup in front of him, staring at the beautifully blooming peony, he said: "I want her!"
The man on the opposite side was slightly condensed when he heard this.
He unfolded the folding fan with a picture of hundreds of mountains and rivers in his hand, covered his lips and laughed softly, "It turns out that the seventh brother likes this type of woman."
It doesn't matter which type of woman he likes, but he really likes Nangongxian.
No matter how you look at it, it's all pleasing.
Nangong Xian hurried back to the General's Mansion, she jumped off the horse, handed over her beloved horse to the servant, and entered the mansion with the wind under her feet.
General Nangong Jue was sitting in the yard wiping his sword, when he heard footsteps behind him, he didn't need to turn his head, he also knew that his naughty daughter must be back.
"How many times have I said that my daughter's house should be quiet and light when she walks, and how decent is she when she is bouncing around?"
After all, Nangong Jue turned around with a smile, but looked at Nangong Xian with warm and doting eyes.
Nangongxian stood behind her father, she said: "Father, I don't want to participate in the concubine selection."
"I can't tolerate you."
Nangong Jue said calmly: "You are fourteen years old, according to the imperial decree, you must participate in the selection of concubines. Whether you can be selected is one thing, but whether you can participate in the election is another matter."
Nangong Jue nodded Nangong Xian's forehead, and he said: "Xian'er, as a subject of the Luo Dynasty, you must obey the orders of the Luo Dynasty. You must understand this."
Nangongxian sat down beside his father, punched the stone bench, and asked wishfully, "Can't you just find someone you like?"
It's not that everyone yearns for the days of red walls, yellow tiles and deep palace courtyards.
Nangong Jue sighed, and said: "Xian'er, you are in this dynasty, and you are carrying the shackles of this dynasty on your body. It is not easy to break the shackles."
Nangong Absolutely Nangongxian is very enlightened, he never asked her to learn female celebrity poetry and painting.
Nangongxian admired martial arts, so he took Nangongxian by his side to practice martial arts. She didn't like to read the Four Books and Five Classics, so he would choose Sun Tzu's Art of War and other military books to read to her.
For Nangongxian, Nangongjue can be said to be extremely doting.
Nangongxian didn't understand that what Nangongjue said was true, she just felt uneasy, thinking that because of an imperial decree, all unmarried women had to participate in the draft, regardless of whether they were willing or not, she felt it was unfair.
"Don't worry, you just go." Nangong Jue looked at his daughter's sitting posture and demeanor, and he said, "Don't worry, your demeanor, whether sitting or standing, will be brushed off in all likelihood. .”
It's not that Nangong Jue looks down on his daughter, it's that the draft system is too cruel.
I don't know how many daughters of other families have received the most professional training since they were young in order to stand out in the draft. He is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, cooking and tea.
Compared with those young ladies, Nangong Xian is just a big bastard.
Being comforted by his father in this way, Nangongxian felt better.
The draft will start three days later, and the palace people will select 5,000 flowery girls between the ages of 14 and 16 from all over the country. After the five thousand girls go through the primary selection and the fourth trial, only the top 50 will be promoted to stay in the palace.
And these fifty girls have to go through three stages of selection before they can choose the crown prince and concubine.
Nangongxian may not be selected, but he has to make full preparations for the draft. In order for Nangong Xian to be promoted, Nangong Jue specially found a group of excellent teachers for her to cultivate her talents.
After Guan studied piano, chess, calligraphy and painting for a month at home, Nan Gongxian went to participate in the draft.
Being imprisoned in the palace every day, watching a group of women frame each other for their future, and secretly intrigue, Nangongxian hated this kind of life even more.
She thought she would be eliminated sooner.
After all, she is the daughter of the great general, even if she is eliminated, she doesn't need to be a maid in the palace, she can go back to join the army and fight with her father.
But Nangong Xian underestimated herself too much. She was obviously not proficient in everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but she still managed to advance to the top fifty.
Nangongxian thought, it must be because she is the daughter of the great general. In order to take care of the general's face, the queen and queen mother gave her enough face and let her advance all the way.
This draft is mainly to select the crown prince for the crown prince, so the fifty lucky ones must also be approved by the crown prince after being approved by the queen and the emperor.
Nangongxian hoped that the prince would look down on her.
Before I knew it, it had been more than three months since I entered the palace. That night, Nangong Xian returned to the yard after attending the peony feast hosted by the queen, and heard someone in the yard fall into the water and died.
The one who died was a little maid in Nangongxian's courtyard. That little maid was originally a personal maid under the name of Concubine Shu in the palace. Because of doing something wrong, she was demoted to the clothes bureau to do hard work.
This time the servant girl was killed because of being implicated.
Because of this matter, Nangong Xian was even sent by the queen to ask questions. Knowing that Nangongxian was innocent, the queen didn't make things difficult for her, but just told her to be more careful and not to show affection to those around her.
When Nangongxian returned to the courtyard, he saw an eunuch leading a maid from the palace. The court lady was tall and slender, with a scar on her face due to burns.
Afraid of frightening people, the maid of honor put on a veil on her face.
Nangongxian looked at the maid thoughtfully, and after the eunuch left, she tapped her finger on the table and said to the maid, "If you enter my courtyard, you will be my man. From now on, you will be called Zhan'er."
The maid nodded and hummed lightly.
Nangongxian said: "Your voice is a bit hoarse, is it natural?"
Zhan'er said: "Go back to Miss, the slave's throat was accidentally scalded, and his vocal cords were broken."
Nangongxian took a deep look at her, and once again lamented that life in the palace was not easy, even a little maid would be bullied. She would not believe that the maid was scalded carelessly by herself.
"Okay, follow me, be loyal to me, whoever dares to burn you, I'll make her lose her head!" Nangongxian had been in the army for a long time, and she spoke with a gangster air, which she couldn't change for a while.
A smile flashed in the maid's eyes, but she suppressed it again. "Good lady."
"It's so hot!" Nangongxian said to another court lady, "Ying'er, go and guard me at the gate of the courtyard, I'm hot."
"Good lady."
Zhan'er didn't understand what heat had to do with guarding the courtyard gate, so she saw Nangongxian take off the long gown and skirt outside her body, and walked around the room wearing only a bellyband and gauze skirt.
Zhan'er was a little shocked, and had nothing to say for a moment, just watching Nangongxian walking back and forth carelessly.
As she walked, she lifted the hem of her skirt and complained: "It is said that the best tailors in the world are all in the Shangyi Bureau. Since they are so good, why don't they design some cool clothes for women?"
Zhan'er then said: "Miss is already very cool in this way."
"You can't go out to meet people if you wear this." Nangongxian sat down and looked at Zhan'er, who was tall and burly. She suddenly asked, "What did you eat to grow so tall?"
Zhan'er choked for a moment before replying humbly, "Both the slave's parents were born tall."
"oh."
Taking another look at Zhan'er's figure, Nangong Xian muttered, "The chest is flat."
Zhan'er hung his head, not daring to answer.
Because the queen wants to examine the overall quality of these beautiful girls, she is not sure which girl to be the crown princess, so she often invites these concubines to visit her palace.
Every time Nangongxian went to a party, she couldn't get into the topic of these women.
They can talk about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and tea girls, while Nangongxian only knows how to wield a big knife, bend a bow and shoot a vulture. After attending several gatherings, Nangong Xian was extremely bored when he returned to the yard.
She called Zhan'er, deliberately made things difficult for her, and said, "You are an old man in the palace, can you find a way to get me a bow?"
Zhan'er was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Miss, weapons are forbidden in the palace."
Nangongxian suddenly approached Zhan'er, and whispered next to her ear, "Let's practice archery secretly in the yard, and don't make a fuss about it."
The breath of her breathing sprayed on Zhan'er's cheeks, Zhan'er was stiff all over, and his thinking was a little slow. She nodded slowly and said, "I will definitely get a bow for Miss!"
The next day, the supernatural Zhan'er really brought a bow to Nangongxian.
Nangongxian immediately took off the long-sleeved gown that was in the way, drew his bow and shot down three or four peaches from the peach tree in the yard.
Yinger hurriedly took the basket to pick up peaches.
Four peaches, one for each of the three, and the remaining one was placed on top of Zhan'er's head by Nangongxian.
Zhan'er has a peach in her bun, which looks funny.
Nangongxian pointed to the distance and said, "Zhan'er, go and stand over there."
Zhan'er hesitated for a while, but still walked over. Standing where Nangongxian pointed, Zhan'er pleaded with Nangongxian in a low voice, "Miss, don't shake your hands, I'm afraid."
Nangongxian nodded with a smile, "Don't worry, this miss is the most compassionate!" After finishing speaking, she opened her bow, narrowed her eyes, and shot out a fierce aura from her whole body!
For a moment, Zhan'er thought that Nangong Xian would kill her.
But the long arrow hit the peach on top of her head.
Zhan'er's legs trembled, and she almost fell to the ground.
Nangongxian came over, put his arms around her waist, squeezed her waist deliberately, and said to her: "Don't be afraid, miss is not willing to kill you, miss will protect Zhan'er for the rest of her life."
A lifetime is too heavy.
Zhan'er leaned on Miss's shoulder, she gave her a weak look, and couldn't help asking: "Really, will it be forever?"
Nangong Xian bent her lips and gave a domineering smile, tiptoed and flicked Zhan'er's forehead, "Of course!"
Zhan'er: "I remember."
On the day of Qixi Festival, there is a palace banquet in the palace, and all the princes and princes must come to attend. On this day, all the candidates can see His Highness the Crown Prince.
Who is the princess will be revealed tonight.
After lunch, Nangongxian was pressed by Yinger on the stool to wash and dress up.
Her three-thousand black hair, which was always tied into a high ponytail, was combed into a double-knife bun and decorated with pink bead flowers under Yinger's skillful hands. Nangongxian put on a newly sewn phoenix-tailed skirt, stood in front of the bronze mirror, looked at the strange girl in the mirror, with a vaguely impatient expression.
"Where's Zhan'er?" The time has come, Nangong Xian has to go to the banquet, and she plans to take Zhan'er and Ying'er with her.
Ying'er leaned over and said: "I saw that the father-in-law from the queen's side called Zhan'er, maybe I have something to explain." After Zhan'er was disfigured, he can continue to stay in the harem to take care of these concubines, obviously he has some status of.
Hearing what Yinger said, Nangongxian didn't go into it. She ate a few pieces of pastries to fill her stomach, and then went to the palace banquet.
When setting off, Yinger asked: "Miss, what are you going to perform later?"
The purpose of tonight's palace banquet is to let all the candidates show their talents, and if they can be spotted by the prince, that is the merit of their ancestors. Nangongxian paused slightly, thinking of her half-level piano skills, she thought for a while and said, "Go, get me a Xiao Lai."
"OK."
When Nangong Xian arrived, the other beauties had already arrived.
As soon as Nangongxian appeared, everyone looked up at her, their eyes filled with jealousy.
Nangongxian doesn't know talent, but she is the daughter of the great general, and her face is charming and beautiful, even if she has no talent or virtue, it will be pleasing to the eye when married.
Several princes were amazed when they saw Nangongxian.
This legendary little general Nangong turned out to be such a beauty who can overwhelm the country and the city.
After Nangongxian sat down, she realized that the queen hadn't arrived yet, so she lowered her head and stared at the fruits on the table in a daze. After a while, both the queen and the queen mother arrived. Nangong Xian was concerned about Zhan'er's situation. Seeing the queen coming, she hurriedly looked behind the queen.
Nangong Xian frowned slightly, feeling a little worried when she didn't see her little maid Zhan'er.
Zhan'er must have done something wrong and was wiped by the queen! The more she thought about it, the more uneasy Nangongxian became, and she lost interest in the upcoming palace banquet.
At this moment, the father-in-law with a sharp voice shouted: "His Royal Highness is here!"
Hearing this, everyone except the Empress Dowager stood up and bowed towards the entrance to say hello: "Welcome Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
When the man walked in, Nangong Xian lowered his head, only to see two legs covered by the black robe passing in front of him. After a while, she heard the prince say: "All flattened!"
Nangongxian raised her eyes, and caught a glimpse of a sickly but very handsome face.
Huh
Nangongxian recognized at a glance that this prince turned out to be the elder brother who had met once in the Qingluo Banquet House that day. That day the prince was wearing snow-blue clothes, which made him look sicker and weaker, but now he is wearing a black python robe, which makes him even more majestic and domineering.
After greeting the Empress and the Empress Dowager, Dugu Jie sat down on the first seat on the left.
Beside him, sat several other princes in turn. After Dugu Jie sat down, he heard the fifth prince ask: "Your Highness, I heard that you were out of the palace for some time ago, where did you go?"
Dugu Jie cast a cold look over, and asked back: "Fifth brother has a job, and he still has time to watch Gu all the time, he really cares about Gu."
At a young age, the fifth prince is called dereliction of duty, but at an older age, he is coveting the position of Prince of the Eastern Palace.
Being blocked by Dugu Jie like this, the fifth prince felt like a choke in his throat, and he didn't dare to say any more. He smiled embarrassingly, and then said: "It's just that the fourth brother went to drink with you that day, but he was in vain. I was curious, so I asked a lot."
"Yeah." Dugu Jie took a sip from his wine glass, his red lips were stained with wine, and after a sip, he looked extraordinarily attractive.
Nangongxian stared at Dugu Jie's lips, thinking of the Yin peach in her front yard, when it was red, it was so alluring.
Nangongxian likes to eat cherries.
But she didn't want to eat the cherry of Dugu Jie, nor could she afford it.
Noticing Nangongxian's gaze, Dugu Jie raised his eyes and swept towards her. Nangongxian was slightly taken aback, then quickly lowered her head, pretending to be drinking.
When Dugu Jie lowered his head, a smile flashed in his eyes.
His Majesty the Emperor has arrived, and the palace banquet officially begins.
Fifty talented women candidates performed their carefully prepared talents one after another, ten of them played the piano, more than ten of them wrote poems and paintings on the spot, and there were also a group of singing and dancing.
When it was Nangongxian's turn, she stood up and said frankly: "My ministers are not as versatile as my sisters. Although they know a little about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, they are not proficient. Performing these in front of His Majesty, I am afraid that they will be out of class."
His Majesty the Emperor has met Nangongxian a few times, and he loves her very much. Her eyes are obviously much gentler.
The emperor said kindly: "What can the fairy do? Come here!"
Nangongxian picked up her Xiao and said: "A courtier can only dance swords, but weapons are not allowed in the palace, so I will replace the sword with Xiao."
After finishing speaking, Nangong Xian walked from behind the table to the stage.
Wearing a skirt, she danced the sword, but she still had a mighty aura. It seemed that what she was holding and playing with was not Xiao, but a real sharp sword!
His majesty the emperor saw the aura of Nangong Xianwu sword, his smiling eyes gradually became serious.
From Nangong Xian, he saw the aura of General Nangong.
It is said that daughters are inferior to men, but there is no man under the name of General Nangong, and Nangongxian's banditry and ruthlessness are somewhat more ruthless than ordinary men. If she is given enough room to grow, she might be able to kill all directions on the battlefield!
Nangongxian put away the Xiao in his hand, and gave the prince a provocative look, as if to say: I am so fierce, your sick physique can't stand it.
However, when Dugu Jie looked at her, his eyes were extraordinarily deep, just like a hungry wolf looking at his own food.
On the second day after the palace banquet, Nangongxian received the imperial decree, and she was chosen by Dugu Jie to become the crown princess!
After receiving the imperial decree, Nangongxian's head buzzed non-stop.
how so
How could she be a princess!
Despite every reluctance, Nangong Xian still had to marry Dugu Jie.
The wedding date is set in two months, and within these two months, Nangongxian has to stay in the general's mansion to learn how to be a princess. She can no longer practice arrows and bows, she has to learn to cook, learn to manage books, and learn how to manage the entire East Palace.
Nangong Xian haggarded day by day, and she lost weight.
On this day, the palace sent her former court lady Zhan'er to the general's mansion.
Zhan'er was very surprised to find that Nangongxian had lost weight after only half a month of absence. "Miss, why have you lost weight?"
Nangongxian hugged Zhan'er, "Where did you go? I thought you were given by the queen" Nangongxian wiped his neck.
Zhan'er was wearing a veil, and no one saw her blushing face.
After Nangong Xian let go of herself, Zhan'er said: "I went out of the palace to meet my family, and I just came back yesterday. Congratulations, Miss, I will be moving into the East Palace soon, and I will be the princess."
Nangong Xian immediately lost face, "Congratulations, it's so boring to be locked up in the palace for the rest of your life and compete with a group of women for a man's favor."
Zhan'er didn't expect Nangongxian to react like this, and a trace of hurt flashed in her eyes.
(end of this chapter)