The room was filled with fog.
Nangong Huoyue, dressed in a fiery red dress, sat at the table. Her beautiful and majestic face was hazy and unclear in the mist.
In the hot spring pool, flower petals are floating, and the water is calm and peaceful.
There was silence.
The old eunuch's voice came from outside again: "Your Highness, I have watched you grow up. I know your excellence better than anyone else, and the late emperor also knows it. Therefore, before the late emperor died, he did not let the princes and the prime minister serve as regents, nor did he let the queen mother rule behind the curtain. Instead, he asked you to assist His Majesty..."
"Your Highness, you have done a great job over the years. Although I have not seen it with my own eyes, I have often heard people in the palace praise you, and the Queen Mother also praised you highly. The ministers in the court and the people outside all love and support you..."
"The spirit of the late emperor can rest in peace now."
"It's just... Recently, I've been hearing some news that some of your actions, Your Highness, seem a little inappropriate and contrary to the wishes of His Majesty and some court officials."
"I know that Your Highness must have his own reasons for doing that. I dare not judge whether it is right or wrong. I just want to say that Your Highness should listen to everyone's opinions sometimes, especially His Majesty."
"Your Majesty is young, and some things may be wrong, but he is the emperor after all, and he needs to do things according to his own wishes, so that he can grow up quickly..."
The old eunuch stood outside with his head bowed, and continued to talk for a while before saying, "I know I shouldn't say these things. I dare not discuss the affairs of the court casually. But I don't want to see any rift between Your Highness and Your Majesty. After all, you are blood relatives."
"As for those rumors outside, I naturally don't believe them."
At this time, Nangong Huoyue suddenly said, "Eunuch Li, what rumors are there outside? Tell me about them."
Li Zhong lowered his head and remained silent for a while, then said, "Your Highness, since it is just a rumor, there is nothing to say. It is getting late, Your Highness, please go to bed. I hope that my nagging tonight did not disturb Your Highness."
After saying this, he bowed and took his leave, and soon disappeared into the night outside.
After a moment.
Yuewu Yueying comes in.
Yue Wu whispered, "Your Highness, Eunuch Li has left. The imperial guards are still guarding outside the palace. The people underground have also left. The formation has been reopened."
After listening to this, Nangong Huoyue said calmly, "I understand. You all can go out now."
The two bowed and left, looked at the bathtub, and closed the door.
Nangong Huoyue frowned slightly and remained silent for a while before turning her head and looking at the peaceful bathing pool. She said, "Come out."
As soon as he finished speaking, the petals in the water moved and a head popped out.
Nangong Huoyue looked at the petals and thought about how she had just bathed naked in them, scooping up the petals with her hands and rubbing them on her body...
Luo Qingzhou surfaced, glanced at the door, then got up from the bath, stood by the pool, all wet, bowed his head and said gratefully: "Thank you, Your Highness."
Nangong Huoyue's expression was majestic and cold. She stared at the water stains on his body and the petals in his hair for a while, then said calmly, "Eunuch Li has already discovered you."
Luo Qingzhou's heart suddenly trembled.
Nangong Huoyue said: "I forgot that there is a smell of your blood in the room. He is a master, and the queen mother can't smell it. Even if he is standing outside, he should be able to smell it."
Luo Qingzhou asked in confusion: "Your Highness, then why did he..."
Nangong Huoyue's eyes revealed a complicated look, and she said, "He watched me grow up. He has been teaching me how to practice and read since I was a child. In my heart, he is not just a eunuch, but my teacher and elder. The reason why he didn't come in to arrest you is because of the friendship between me and him. He probably doesn't want to break up with me in this way."
After a pause, she continued: "However, he is loyal to the emperor. If you appear there again next time, no one can save you."
Luo Qingzhou was silent for a moment, then said, "I will definitely not come again."
Nangong Huoyue's eyes flashed, and she looked at him and said, "That's not necessarily true."
Luo Qingzhou's heart skipped a beat, thinking that she had read his thoughts. Just as he was about to speak, she continued, "You are the only disciple of the Lingxiao Sect's leader. With your identity, you will still have many opportunities in the future. As long as you don't come as an assassin, no one will do anything to you."
Luo Qingzhou secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Nangong Huoyue stared at him with burning eyes and said, "Did you really come here by accident tonight? Or did you really want to be an assassin? Also, with your current strength and the ability to ignore the formations underground, you must have killed the people in Zijin Temple, right? What grudge do you have against them? Or do you have a grudge against the emperor?"
Luo Qingzhou bowed his head and said respectfully: "Your Highness, I did intrude unintentionally tonight. As for the matter of Zijin Temple, it has nothing to do with me."
Nangong Huoyue narrowed her eyes and said, "Is it really irrelevant?"
Luo Qingzhou said: "It really has nothing to do with anything. I can swear. If I have deceived Your Highness, God will strike me with lightning!"
Nangong Huoyue's eyebrows twitched, and she stared at him for a while, then said in a cold voice: "Even if you killed him, I won't say anything. But if you want to harm the emperor, you should know that I will never sit idly by."
Luo Qingzhou lowered his head and said, "Your Highness is worrying too much. I would never dare to do anything bad to the emperor, and I have no motive to do anything bad to the emperor."
Nangong Huoyue retracted the cold light in her eyes after hearing this, and said calmly: "As the most promising young disciple of Lingxiao Sect, there is really no reason for you to get involved in this kind of thing."
After a pause, she continued, "Chu Feiyang, you should recover here first. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. There will be a banquet and performance in the palace tonight. At that time, I will find a way to send you out."
Luo Qingzhou immediately said: "Thank you, Your Highness. Your Highness, I will remember your kindness in my heart and will never forget it!"
Nangong Huoyue looked at her deeply and said calmly, "I hope so."
After saying that, he stood up and said, "I am going to go back to rest. You stay here. You must not go out without my order. Do you understand?"
Luo Qingzhou said respectfully: "Yes."
Nangong Huoyue didn't say anything else. She left gracefully in her fiery red dress and with her waist-length hair loose.
Only when the door was closed did Luo Qingzhou breathe a sigh of relief.
The eldest princess's innate majesty and the powerful aura she developed on the battlefield over the years are too much for ordinary people to bear. Even he, who had just been stared at by the other party, felt a little breathless.
I wonder what level of cultivation the eldest princess has reached now.
He thought for a while, then walked to a dark corner and sat down, took out the message and looked at the message on it.
After Nangong Huoyue came out of the bathroom, she walked through the corridor and returned to her study.
In the study, the heater had already been lit and the incense had been burned.
Oil lamps and red candles illuminated every corner.
Nangong Huoyue walked to the window and pushed it open.
A chill came over me.
Outside the window, snowflakes are falling.
Today is the night before New Year's Eve, but it is bitterly cold outside with heavy snow. I wonder how many reunions will be interrupted again.
She asked him to go back tomorrow, certainly not so that he could reunite with his family during the New Year.
The day after tomorrow, members of the royal family will go to Lingxiao Sect to propose marriage.
As the chosen prince consort, he naturally had to be there.
To be honest, she really wanted to go with him that day to see his reaction and the expression on his face after he heard the news.
Is it excitement, excitement, or astonishment and disbelief
Or maybe, you don't want to
No, considering his protection and admiration for her in the palace that day, and her kindness to him today, she could imagine that when he heard the news, he would be shocked and unbelievable, and then he would be so excited that he couldn't sleep...
As a man, who doesn't want to marry a goddess in his mind? Who doesn't want to marry a high and mighty girl into his bedroom and slowly conquer her
Today he bowed his head to her, grovelled and obeyed her orders. When he thought that one day, he would marry her, press her on the soft wedding bed, strip her clothes off, and do whatever he wanted with her... Hmm
A cold wind blew outside the window, and Nangong Huoyue, who was lost in her wild thoughts, was suddenly awakened.
Thinking of the shameful scene that just appeared in her mind, two faint blushes suddenly rose on her beautiful and majestic face. She said, "Pooh," and said, "What am I thinking about? Disgusting!"
Then he snorted coldly: "Xiao Yue is just imagining things! How shameless!"
She stood in front of the window for a while, took out the communication token from her body, hesitated for a moment, and sent a message: Where are you now
The message came back quickly: Xiaoyue, I am safe now, you don't have to worry and don't need to come to me
While replying to the message, Nangong Huoyue secretly sneered in her heart: "Are you afraid that someone will disturb your meeting with the goddess of your mind?"
Then he snorted again, "Men, you are always fickle and ungrateful. Xiaoyue helped you so much and licked you so much, but now you are hiding in another woman's bathroom, licking her..."
In the corner of the bathroom.
After Luo Qingzhou replied to Xiaoyue's message, he also replied to Linghu Qingzhu and Long'er, telling them that he was fine.
Of course, the first person he responded to was Sister Yue.
After the flying sword was broken by the old eunuch, Sister Yue seemed to sense it and actually sent a message to ask him how he was doing now.
It seems that Sister Yue still cares about him a lot.
The message came back quickly: The flying sword can be repaired. Since you have advanced to the middle stage of the Spiritual Severing Realm, you naturally need a more powerful flying sword. When you come back, I will help you refine it again.
Luo Qingzhou felt warm in his heart: Thank you, Sister Yue. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, Sister Yue will also reunite with her family
Sister Yue: Yes
Luo Qingzhou: Is your sister treating you well
Sister Yue: Yes
Luo Qingzhou: So, is your ex-husband still in contact with you
The other party did not reply.
Luo Qingzhou waited for a while before putting away the message. Just as he was thinking about something, a cold voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Can I come in?"
Luo Qingzhou was slightly startled when he heard this, and said, "Please come in."
Yueying, wearing a black dress and holding a sword, pushed open the door and walked in. She looked at him coldly and asked, "Have you practiced sword?"
Luo Qingzhou's eyes flashed, and he said, "No."
Yueying looked at him coldly and said, "You have."
Luo Qingzhou shrugged and said, "Just consider it as mine. What do you want, young lady?"
Yueying held the hilt of the sword, slowly drew out her own sword, pointed at him and said, "Boring, practice with me. If you can dodge ten of my moves, I will apologize to you."
Luo Qingzhou frowned, raised his hand, touched the wound on his neck, looked at her and said, "I don't want an apology."
"What do you want?"
Yueying looked at him coldly.
Luo Qingzhou looked at the red string exposed around her neck and said, "I want what's on your chest."
As soon as these words were spoken, Yueying's face changed. She lowered her head to look at the towering chest. A cold light suddenly flashed in her eyes, and the sword in her hand hummed, emitting a flash of sword light.