C1 West chu

On March 20, the year of Long'an, the apricot flowers of Yongde Palace opened as usual, one tree after another, flourishing abundantly. Countless apricot flowers bloomed in the golden sunlight like ice silks, sparkling with a faint red hue, like the red on the cheeks of a young girl. On the other side, the same flowers were blooming.

"Chirp chirp chirp!" Two swallows flew over from the distance, shuttling between the apricot tree and the acacia tree as if they were playing hide-and-seek. Whenever their wings flapped across the lush clusters of flowers, the flowers would rustle and fall to the ground.

Under the tree, two palace maids were competing in kicking shuttlecocks. Two shuttlecocks made of different colored feathers flew between their feet. What kind of kicks, kicks, and connections? All sorts of different kinds of things were taking turns to come. It was very lively.

Not far away, a woman smiled lightly at them. Her eyebrows were like green feathers, and her muscles were like snow as she stood in the rain of apricot flowers, like a fairy. Although her appearance was a bit sickly, it didn't diminish her beauty in the slightest.

That was probably what it meant when the moon was closed and the flowers were in the sky.

This woman was the Empress of the West Chu. Four years ago, she was the world-famous and world-shocking genius Princess Mu Qianxue of the State of South Zhao. The princes and princes of the various countries had all rushed to the State of South Zhao to propose marriage, and even four years later, she was still the subject of great interest to the people of the world.

In the end, the fourth prince of Chu, Xiao Ruo Ao, made his mark and returned with the beauty in his arms. Three years later, Emperor Chu crippled the position of the eldest son, the crown prince, and changed Xiao Ruo Ao, who was born as a concubine, to the crown prince.

"Cough, cough!" A rush of spring wind blew past, causing Mu Qianxue to hurriedly cough while covering her mouth. Her slim body slightly trembled as she coughed, as if she couldn't bear the burden of it.

The palace maid by her side quickly massaged her back. After she stopped coughing, she asked with concern, "Is the Empress cold? This servant will help you enter and rest. "

"Sure." In just this short period of time, Mu Qianxue's complexion had turned a lot paler than before.

Just as the palace maid was helping Mu Qianxue retreat into the palace hall, a fourteen to fifteen year old petite palace maid ran over with a face full of joy. Before she could salute, she had already said in an anxious voice, "Empress, His Majesty has returned! His Majesty is back! "

Mu Qianxue was stunned for a moment before layers of pleasant surprise surfaced on her face, "What did you say? Didn't you say that His Majesty would only be able to return when it's time for the summer when you return?"

After many years of war, a few small powers were either annexed or massacred. In the end, only six powers remained, and they were known as the Six Nations, namely, East Ling, South Zhao, West Chu, North Zhou, Qi Guo, and Yan Guo. Among the Six Countries, the Northern Zhou was the strongest, followed by the Qi Kingdom, and as for the West Chu, they were only slightly stronger than the weakest country in Yan Guo.

The palace maid took a deep breath and nodded with a joyous expression, "It is absolutely true that His Majesty has returned. He is already at Myriad Temple, so the battle went smoothly. That's why he came back early."

"The battle went smoothly ?" Mu Qianxue muttered to herself as she said in delight, "In that case, the entire Yan Nation has already been destroyed?"

"This servant isn't sure, but it should be." Before the palace maid had finished speaking, Mu Qianxue had already anxiously said, "Quick, Xia Yue, help me get to Myriad Temple."

"Empress, you are in poor health and there is some distance to go to Myriad Temple. It would be better to wait for a servant to call for Bu Che." Before Xia Yue's voice fell, Mu Qianxue had already said, "Since spring, my body has already become much better. This little bit of road ahead of me is no problem, hurry up!"

Under Mu Qianxue's urging, Xia Yue had no choice but to follow another palace maid and support her on her left and right as they walked towards Myriad Temple.

When they were passing the Nine Flower Pond, they saw Xu Huifei standing at the edge of the pond with a box of fish food in her hand. She thought she was here to feed the fish, but now, she was staring at the palace maid in front of her with a surprised expression on her face, "What did you say? Her Majesty hasn't destroyed Yan Kingdom?"

"To be precise, it's not that His Majesty hasn't destroyed Yan Kingdom, but that His Majesty hasn't gone there yet." The cilantro earrings on the neck of the palace maid swayed slightly at her words.

Xu Huifei was confused by her words. "Explain what exactly happened."

After the king led the troops out of the capital, they immediately changed their route. Because the king had ordered the news to be sealed off, no one else knew about it.

As Xu Huifei nodded, a new question surfaced in her mind. "Since His Majesty hasn't destroyed Yan Kingdom, then what is this news of him returning victorious?"

The palace maid looked at her and stammered, "Your Majesty has won, but ?" Extinguished... It's not the Kingdom of Yan, but ? "But ?"

Xu Huifei waited for a long time, but still couldn't find her voice, so she urged, "What is it? Hurry up and tell me!"

"The State of South Zhao!" Hearing these words, Xu Huifei loosened her hands, and the box of Agarwood fell to the ground. The fish food inside the box scattered all over the ground.

Xu Huifei didn't even look at all this, she only stared at the palace maid. In the next moment, she shouted, "What nonsense are you spouting? South Zhao is the Empress' mother country, and His Majesty cares for her the most. How could he send troops to South Zhao?"

The palace maid said anxiously, "This servant is not spouting nonsense. The Empress knows that this servant's cousin is His Majesty's close bodyguard, so he went along with me on this expedition. Just now, this servant just happened to meet him when I returned from the inner division, and this is exactly what he said to this servant.

The palace maid's words caused Xu Huifei's rosy lips to lose all color. Under the spring sunlight, her face was as white as wax. After a long while, she recovered from her shock and asked in a low voice, "Why did Your Majesty do this?"

The palace maid shook her head and said: "This servant had once asked my cousin, but he did not know, all he knew was that this was an order personally given by His Majesty, including ? Slaughter the city! "

Hearing these two words that reeked of blood, Xu Huifei sucked in a breath of cold air. At the same time, she heard a panicked cry, "Empress! What's wrong with you, Empress? "

Xu Huifei turned her head in a hurry, only to see Xia Yue and Xia Chen Xi frantically supporting Mu Qianxue who was sitting on the ground. The latter had her eyes tightly shut and her face was as golden as paper; it was extremely frightening!

When she saw Mu Qianxue, Xu Huifei's complexion instantly turned even paler than before. She hurriedly rushed over, and was a bit calmer than Xia Yue and Mu Qianxue. Seeing that Mu Qianxue was unconscious, she used her right thumb to forcefully press down on her opponent's acupoint.