C8 Oriental tracing

After repeatedly confirming that she hadn't seen wrongly, Xia Yue carefully said, "Empress, these fireworks are fine, they haven't changed at all."

Mu Qianxue said with a frown, "Why not? Look at it yourself. It's all dark now. If it's not mildew, then what is it?"

"I really didn't. Every single one of them was wrapped in red paper. They were very new and not black at all." If not for her normal expression, Xia Yue would have thought that Mu Qianxue had gone insane from the provocation.

"Impossible, obviously ?" Halfway through her words, Mu Qianxue suddenly stopped as she blankly stared at Xia Yue. She remembered that Xia Yue was wearing the yellow dress worn by the palace maids, but it had now turned gray and the jade earrings she had given Xia Yue had also turned gray.

No, it wasn't that they had turned gray. It was that from an unknown moment on, everything in her eyes had turned black, gray, and white. Other than that, there was nothing else!

She had once read about this in an ancient book. It was known as "color blindness". Anyone who had it wouldn't be able to distinguish between red and green, and they wouldn't be able to recognize any of the five colors.

According to the ancient records, most of these diseases belonged to the Upper Sky Realm. However, there were also a few cases in which, after receiving such a huge shock, one suddenly became perverted and could no longer see the colourful world.

When Xia Yue saw Mu Qianxue freeze in place, she worriedly asked, "Empress, what's wrong?"

Mu Qianxue came back to her senses and indifferently said, "It's nothing. It's just a small matter. Help me take apart the fireworks and pour out the gunpowder inside. My movements are a bit slower." Compared to the pain of being massacred in a country, it was nothing.

Although the amount of gunpowder in each box was not much, there were still two boxes of them. Once they exploded, the entire hall would be razed to the ground!

After tightly wrapping the gunpowder in a piece of sheepskin and hiding the sky fireworks, Mu Qianxue said to Xia Yue, "Tell the people guarding the entrance of the Yongde Palace that I know of a treasure buried within when the ancestor of the ancestors of South Zhao was established. The treasure contained within is priceless, and I am willing to use this treasure to exchange for a chance to live, to let Xiao Ruo Ao see me!"

"Treasure trove?" Is this true? " As Xia Yue was astonished, a trace of happiness surfaced on her face. With this treasure, perhaps it could be exchanged for Mu Qianxue's life.

A trace of sadness flashed past Mu Qianxue's eyes, "Of course it's true, go quickly!"

Xia Yue nodded her head repeatedly, her thoughts as pure as herself. She didn't think carefully about why Mu Qianxue would play with the gunpowder before talking about this matter.

Before Xia Yue could even touch the door latch, the door of the hall opened on its own and a few unfamiliar housekeepers quickly walked in. When Xia Yue saw them, she immediately became nervous. The sealing of Yongde Palace meant that these people were able to enter due to Xiao Ruo Ao's orders, that is to say ? His Majesty had decided to kill the Empress!

Thinking to this point, Xia Yue hurriedly spread open her arms in front of Mu Qianxue to protect her as she hurriedly said, "You are not allowed to hurt the Empress!"

Walking at the front was a man with clear facial features. He was extremely handsome, but his expression was too cold. It caused the fine lines on his face to be ruined, causing people to avoid taking a look at him.

That person ignored Xia Yue and spoke to Mu Qianxue who was behind her, "Quickly follow me."

When Mu Qianxue saw him for the first time, she knew that such a person definitely wouldn't be an internal guard. When she saw him for the second time, she felt a sense of d?j? vu.

She had always had a good memory. A single insight was enough to remember her for the rest of her life. After thinking for a while, a name that had been buried for four years suddenly appeared in her mind. "Are you Dongfang Yan?"

Dongfang Yi's eyes trembled at these words, but they quickly disappeared. He nodded and said, "Princess has a good memory."

Dongfang Zhi was the seventh prince of the strongest country in the Central Plains, Northern Zhou. Four years ago, he was also among the noble sons that wanted to marry Mu Qianxue, so he had met Mu Qianxue before.

After finding out the identity of the newcomer, a new doubt surfaced in Mu Qianxue's heart, "Why are you here?"

"When Xiao Ruo Ao led the troops to attack South Zhao, Brother Mu happened to be hunting outside the city, and was able to avoid the danger of death. He knew that since Xiao Ruo Ao had done such a thing, he would definitely not let the princess off, so he sent me to North Zhou to save the princess."

"Third brother isn't dead, he's still alive!" A trace of joy emerged from the depths of Mu Qianxue's sorrowful heart. After she calmed down from her agitation, she looked at Dongfang Zhi with a slightly exaggerated gaze. "Just because of a single word from Third Brother, you ran thousands of miles away and risked your life to save me?"

"Brother Mu is a close friend of mine. Since he entrusted me with this task, I naturally agree to his request." After saying that, he urged, "Please follow me immediately, Princess."

Mu Qianxue stared at him for a moment before suddenly saying self-deprecatingly, "I have always prided myself on being smart and knowledgeable, yet I made a mistake on the most important matter in my life and ended up bearing the bitter fruit of today's suffering!"

As her third brother, Mu Linfeng had heavily recommended Dongfang Zhi to her when she had picked her husband that year. He had said that although he seemed cold and indifferent, he was actually a loyal man who would carry out his promises. He was the best candidate for a husband.

Although Mu Linfeng had said all sorts of beautiful words before this, in the end, Mu Qianxue still rejected them. From her point of view, Dongfang Qing was the type of person that was taciturn and had a dark expression, not the person she wanted to marry.

In the end, she had chosen a husband with thousands of men to lead troops to destroy her country, kill her parents, and slaughter her people. The husband she had despised had come to save her without caring about the dangers because of a promise.

"There isn't much time. Let's leave this place first." As he spoke, Dongfang Wenyi's nose moved slightly. He furrowed his brows and asked, "Why does it have such a heavy smell of gunpowder?"

Xia Yue said from the side, "That's because ?"

Mu Qianxue interrupted her and said faintly, "It's nothing much. But you, how many people did you bring with you in total?"

"Including me, there's a total of twelve people." As these words were spoken, Mu Qianxue's expression instantly turned extremely strange. "It seems that this matter didn't get the permission of Emperor Zhou."

Dongfang Zhi was silent for a moment, then said, "Royal brother only agreed to send an emissary to negotiate. He should be in Myriad Temple right now to negotiate with Xiao Ruo Ao. As for the result ? I don't need to say it, the princess can already guess it! "

Although the Northern Zhou Country was powerful, there were still many constraints. East Ling and the Qi Country, none of them were easy to deal with. Thus, sending emissaries to pressure Xiao Ruo Ao was already the limit of what the Zhou Emperor could do.

"Just twelve people and you dare to barge into a foreign country's palace? Aren't you afraid of losing your life?"

"I've already promised Brother Mu that I would do it even if my body was smashed to smithereens." As Dongfang Qing spoke calmly, a spring breeze blew in from the gap between the windows that had yet to close, blowing his long jet-black hair behind him and causing it to fly in the air. His expression was obviously as indifferent as before, and he didn't smile at all, yet it gave Mu Qianxue a kind of warm feeling.

The corner of Mu Qianxue's mouth rose slightly as she said with a hint of a smile that could not be seen, "You may leave."

"You're not leaving?"

Mu Qianxue shook her head: "Xiao Ruo Ao will definitely not let me off. Once he discovers that I have disappeared, he will definitely seal off the entire city, and at that time, no one will be able to escape. Or do you think that just with twelve people, he will be able to contend against the entire Western Chu?" Without waiting for Dongfang Gu's words, she added, "Go back and tell Third Brother that he is the sole descendant of the royal family. We must restore South Zhao!"

Dongfang Bing stared at her and said, "What about you?"