C5 North week

Mu Qianxue's pupils suddenly contracted. She remembered that before the two of them met with trouble, they would often whisper to each other with strange expressions. However, she was especially ill during that period of time and was often drowsy, so she did not ask too much.

"It's fortunate that they didn't know who was the one who drugged you, and that you were in such a bad spirits that you came to discuss things with me. This is truly a heaven that doesn't leave and Hell has no doors but wants to barge in. How foolish!"

Mistress Cao faced the spring light outside the hall with a smile on her face that was even more beautiful than a fingernail embedded with tiny crystals. "Since they insist on rushing on the road to their deaths, I will naturally grant them all, don't you agree?"

"Bitch, you will die a horrible death!" The chain of attacks caused Mu Qianxue to become hysterical. If it weren't for Xiao Ruo Ao tightly grabbing onto her and preventing her from moving, she would have pounced over to devour the Cao family's flesh!

Madame Cao pretended to be afraid as she said proudly to Xiao Ruo: "Your Majesty, listen carefully. Even before her death, she was still maliciously cursing her concubine!"

Xiao Ruo Ao pushed Mu Qianxue to the ground and fiercely kicked her twice. She was in so much pain that she was unable to move, and spoke without any emotion: "The Mu family is resentful, and went against the sect's order several times. They didn't go against it in their journey to" Close the door to the house ", but there was Lu, Huo Feng.

A trace of happiness flashed across Madame Cao's eyes. She immediately said, "Someone, strip her of her imperial concubine!"

Like evil tigers, they ignored Mu Qianxue's struggles and forcefully stripped her of her Nine Phoenix embroidered clothing. The pitiful Mu Qianxue, who had lived like a prince since she was young, had never been humiliated by someone stripping her of her clothes in public. The tears that she had endured for so long finally dropped!

In a single day, the world flipped upside down!

"Your Majesty!" An inner supervisor came in and said respectfully, "Someone from the inn has come to report that Northern Zhou Emissary is seeking an audience outside the palace!"

"Northern Zhou Emissary? What is he doing? " Northern Zhou was the most powerful country on the continent, bordering the West Chu and also the most terrifying enemy of the West Chu. However, because of the constraints of the Qi Empire and East Ling, the North Zhou had never found the opportunity to annex the West Chu, maintaining a delicate balance between each other.

The supervisor lowered his eyes and said, "This servant asked the envoy, but he said he will only be able to say so after meeting with His Majesty."

Mistress Cao's gaze turned and she whispered, "For Northern Zhou to send an envoy, could it be that they have come to probe the situation after learning that His Majesty had annihilated the State of South Zhao? But... North Zhou and South Zhao are separated by two great mountains, and should not have received the news so quickly. "

"Do you want to test the waters? Tell that messenger to come in and ask and you will know." With that, he said to the supervisor who was waiting at the side, "Send the envoy in."

After the inner sect elder obeyed and left, Xiao Ruo Ao shot a disgusted glance at Mu Qianxue before saying to the inner sect supervisor who had been standing by his side this whole time: "Take her to Yongde Palace and lock her up with those palace maids. Listen to my orders; without my permission, no one is allowed to enter!"

"Yes." Hearing the sharp and venomous curses of Mu Qianxue, Madame Cao shot a glance at Xu Huifei who was still in the hall, and sternly said, "What, is there anything else?"

Xu Huifei's body stiffened for a moment, then she quickly lowered her head and bowed towards Xiao Ruo, "Chenqie will take her leave." She left the Myriad Temple at a speed that bordered on escaping. Behind her was the disdainful smile of the Cao family.

Not long after they left, a thirty year old man in brocade robes with long eyes and thin lips walked into the Myriad Temple. When he reached the center of the hall, he stopped and bowed respectfully, "Northern Zhou Hong Dian Temple's official Jiang Yue greets the Chu Emperor. Long live His Majesty!"

Xiao Ruo Ao who was sitting on the Nine Dragons Palace throne slightly frowned. He was also a fourth rank official. Generally, envoys from other countries were at least third rank, second or even first rank. Northern Zhou's emperor simply did not put him in his eyes by sending a fourth rank official to the West Chu!

Xiao Ruo Ao's thoughts were always deep, she did not reveal these thoughts, and politely said: "Please forgive me."

After Jiang Yue stood up, the supervisor pointed at Madame Cao, who was standing next to Xiao Ruo Ao, and said, "Honored envoy, this is my imperial concubine."

He wanted Jiang Yue to bow to Madame Cao, but who would have thought that the latter only raised her head arrogantly and didn't have the slightest intention of bowing at all? This caused the supervisor to feel very embarrassed.

Mrs Cao saw Jiang Yue's rudeness in her eyes. She was angry and resentful at the same time, so she couldn't do anything but secretly vent her anger on the silk.

Xiao Ruo coughed lightly, breaking the awkward atmosphere in the hall, "May I know the reason for your visit?"

Jiang Yue took out a book with a yellow silk mask. Both parties held their heads high as he said in a clear voice, "On the orders of His Majesty, I am here to submit a letter. Please have a look at it!"

He took the letter and presented it to Xiao Ruo Ao. After the latter read it, his expression became strange. He stared at Jiang Yue and said, "Emperor Zhou wants to take Mu Qianxue to the Northern Zhou Empire?"

Jiang Yue lowered his eyes and said, "That's right. I hope that the Chu Emperor can hand over Princess Xuanji to me, and welcome her back to my country!"

Upon hearing these words, Madame Cao immediately said: "No, Mu Qianxue is the empress of our country, how can I hand her over to you!"

Jiang Yue cast a sidelong glance at Xiao Ruo Ao and said with a smile that wasn't a smile, "This is the first time I've been to Xichu. I didn't know that your family was so open-minded that even a woman could participate in political meetings!

Xiao Ruo Ao was displeased by his words, but this matter was indeed caused by Cao's disrespect, Jiang Yue was not wrong, he could only say: "Imperial Consort, this is a matter between Zhou and Chu, you cannot speak carelessly!"

Madame Cao also realized that she had made a mistake in her moment of carelessness. She bit her lips and kneeled down as she said, "Chenqie knows her wrongs, but chenqie knows that what I said was not wrong. Everyone knows that Mu Qianxue is His Majesty's personal queen and is the mother of the West Chu.

"I know." After saying this, he turned to Jiang Yue and said, "What Imperial Concubine said is not unreasonable. Mu Qianxue is my queen, yet Emperor Zhou wants to bring her to the Northern Zhou Empire. What is this logic?" In that letter of credence, Emperor Zhou had only written down the request, he had not written down the reason for doing so.

Jiang Yue smiled faintly and lowered his eyes, saying, "In fact, this is not the will of our king, but the will of the prince of Southern Wasteland!"

Xiao Ruo exhaled a breath of cold air. The royal family of the Southern Wasteland capital was almost completely slaughtered by him, and only one person had disappeared, and that was Prince Zhuang, Mu Linfeng.

He was well aware of the principle of 'there's no end to the wildfire, and spring winds are blowing again', so when he found that Prince Zhuang had disappeared, he ordered his men to search everywhere, but this person seemed to have gotten wind of something, and he could not find it at all. Seeing that time had passed, he could only return to the Imperial Court and leave behind a group of soldiers to continue his search in the city; now there was news of Prince Zhuang, which came from Jiang Yue.

"When did Prince Zhuang go to North Zhou?" "Of course! Prince Zhuang was lucky when Emperor Chu annihilated Nanzhao. On that day, he just happened to be out of the city hunting, which allowed him to avoid the disaster that killed his own body. I heard that in the entire royal family of the Southern Wasteland, he was the only one who survived the disaster; however, no matter what, he couldn't avoid it. Emperor Chu's actions were so decisive that even our Emperor had to praise him." When he said the last sentence, his words were filled with irony. He was from a orthodox Confucian family, and had always advocated mutual respect and trust.