Romance of the Resurrected Crown Princess and the Cold-blooded Wolf King

In the Tongxin Hall.

Seeing Duanmu Xue’s frown, Huangfu Che asked in a low voice, “Are you still worried about the frontier situation?”

Duanmu Xue nodded lightly, her face full of anxiety.

She was not afraid of being unable to defeat the Xuanwu Empire. Yet, when the two empires fell into a fight, the people had to suffer.

“Xue, isn’t the Xuanwu Empire in the reign of your grandpa? Why does it suddenly raid our northwest frontier?”

Seeing that Duanmu Xue was so worried, Huangfu Che felt a bit pitiful.

Duanmu Xue shook her head and sighed.

“Now, the Xuanwu Empire is no longer the empire when my cousin Xiahou Shen was in reign. At present, it is under the control of Zhuge Weiming, the Prince Regent. I’m afraid that he is the one who schemes the raid on the northwest frontier.”

Huangfu Che frowned, “Zhuge Weiming has been in power for a while. This time, he attacks our empire. It can’t be that simple. Xue, we must prepare ourselves for both eventualities.”

“Yeah.”

Duanmu Xue nodded and summoned Phoenix One.

“Bring my phoenix seal to the east and ask Peng Xin to come back to the capital with 100,000 soldiers as soon as possible. No delay is allowed.”

Duanmu Xue took out a golden phoenix-shaped seal and passed it to Phoenix One.

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Phoenix One took the phoenix seal and disappeared in the Tongxin Hall.

In Prince Zhan’s mansion in the Baihu Empire.

“How is the situation?”

Yu Ying answered with drooping eyes, “Your Highness, the general of the Xuanwu Empire is attacking the northwest frontier of the Zhuque Empire with 300,000 soldiers.”

Xuanyuan Mo frowned, “Do you know why the Xuanwu Empire suddenly launches the attack?”

“No, I don’t.”

Yu Ying shook his head and pondered for a while, saying, “But according to our spy around the Prince Regent of the Xuanwu Empire, Princess Jing of the Zhuque Empire keeps up a regular correspondence with him. I think the sudden attack of the Xuanwu Empire on the Zhuque Empire probably has something to do with this matter.”

Princess Jing?

It couldn’t be that simple.

“Prepare a horse for me. I’m going into the imperial palace.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

The Siyan Palace in the imperial palace of the Baihu Empire had been the residence of Xue Ruyan, the deceased mother of Xuanyuan Mo. Now, it was Xuanyuan Lie’s resting palace.

Xuanyuan Lie was sitting on the bed, looking at Xue Ruyan’s portrait. An eunuch came inside to deliver a report.

“Your Majesty, Prince Zhan requests meeting you.”

“Let him in.”

Xuanyuan Lie came to his senses and put down Xue Ruyan’s portrait.

“Father.”

Upon entering the palace, Xuanyuan Mo directly knelt before Xuanyuan Lie.

Xuanyuan Lie looked at Xuanyuan Mo in surprise.

His son rarely knelt before him and never cared about the etiquette between emperors and officials. Why did he act like this today?

“Mo, since when do you care about the etiquette? Just cut to the chase.”

Xuanyuan Lie put on a smile, the depths of his eyes full of affection.

“Please lend me 100,000 soldiers.”

Xuanyuan Mo directly told him the intent.

“What?”

Xuanyuan Lie jumped up from the bed in astonishment, “Did you say it wrong, or did I hear it wrong? Why do you want the 100,000 soldiers?”

Why did his son always scare him like this?

“To attack the Xuanwu Empire.”

Xuanyuan Mo’s reply made Xuanyuan Lie jump up again.

“Nonsense. Go back to reflect on yourself indoors.”

What was wrong with this boy? Why did he suddenly want to attack the Xuanwu Empire? Did he know how many people would die in a war?

A glint of disappointment flashed across Xuanyuan Mo’s eyes. Then, he rose with a straight face and left.

“Stop. Where do you want to go?”

Staring at Xuanyuan Mo’s back, Xuanyuan Lie felt so worried.

He knew his son too well, who would never go back for introspection docilely.

His guess was right…

“To the Xuanwu Empire.”

His cold reply just rendered Xuanyuan Lie completely anxious.

“Are you out of mind? Do you want to die?”

“Even if I die, I must go anyway.”

His reply was still cold and emotionless, which made Xuanyuan Lie tremble with anxiety.

Was his son sent by Heaven to punish him?

“Stop!”

Seeing Xuanyuan Mo leaving directly, Xuanyuan Lie said fretfully again.

Xuanyuan Mo stopped as told and yet didn’t turn his head.

Xuanyuan Lie looked at Xuanyuan Mo’s stubborn back and heaved a sigh resignedly.

“You should at least tell me the reason why you want to attack the Xuanwu Empire.”

Xuanyuan Mo turned around and gazed at Xuanyuan Lie.

“The Xuanwu Empire is invading the Zhuque Empire.”

Xuanyuan Lie’s eyes glittered. His guess was right indeed.

“She has been missing for three years. Why do you still not let go?”

“She is not missing.”

Xuanyuan Mo’s eyes were steady.

He believed that she would come back for sure.

Xuanyuan Lie had an idea, “I can lend you the soldiers on one condition.”

“What is that?” Xuanyuan Mo furrowed his brows.

“You must attend the ceremony of princess consort selection.”

After hearing the condition put forward by Xuanyuan Lie, Xuanyuan Mo turned around again and left.

“Okay. Okay. This is my tiger tally. Here you are.”

Xuanyuan Lie hastened to drag Xuanyuan Mo and handed the tiger tally to him.

He wondered whom his son took after.

“Thank you, Father.”

Xuanyuan Mo took the tiger tally and said to Xuanyuan Lie seriously.

…

In Flame Tower.

Duanmu Xi finally became a Fire Spiritual Deity from a Fire Spiritual Emperor through constant cultivation.

As a streak of dazzling red light rushed out of her body, the space where she stayed shrank again.

A flurry of loud phoenix chirp sounded suddenly. Duanmu Xi turned around.

A fiery phoenix appeared in the middle of the fiery pool behind her, crying at her.

The red phoenix was huge and beautiful with a cock’s head, a peacock’s tail and a swallow’s chin, showing powerful fire spiritual power all over. It was brilliant and dazzling.

This was probably the legendary mythical creature Rosefinch.

Duanmu Xi directly stepped into the fiery pool and walked to it.

She had purple eyes and the fire spiritual root.

Rosefinch smiled with satisfaction.

“Aren’t you afraid of the fire?”

Hearing the sudden pleasant voice, Duanmu Xi raised her brows.

“Since the Duanmu Family pays respects to the ancestors here and I am a descendent of the Duanmu Family, why would I feel frightened? Will my ancestor hurt me?”

“Good. You are smart and brave. You make my waiting here for several centuries quite worthy.”

Rosefinch nodded with appreciation.

What did it mean?

“You’ve been waiting for me here?”

“Yes and no.” Rosefinch lifted the corners of its mouth, “To be precise, I’ve been waiting for my contractor, aka, my mistress.”

Duanmu nodded with a hazy notion.

“Contract with me now. I also want to go out. I’ve been here for too long.”

It was so long that Rosefinch almost forgot what it looked like outside.

“Yeah.”

Duanmu Xi nodded and got a drop of her heart’s blood. Then, she dripped it into the middle of Rosefinch’s eyebrows.

“The life contract is successfully made.”

Duanmu Xi wiped the sweat off her forehead. She finally contracted herself with Rosefinch…

After they entered into a contract, Rosefinch found that Duanmu Xi not only contracted with it but also owned Water Qilin and an ancient mysterious elf.

This was too amazing. It could anticipate how marvelous its mistress’s future would be.

“Mistress, the fiery pool has the effect of washing the marrow and meridians. It can wash off the impurities in your body, which will help you cultivate more effectively with less effort. Yet, the process will be really painful. Mistress, you…”

Before Rosefinch finished talking, Duanmu Xi had been sitting in the middle of the fiery pool.

As time passed by, sweat kept coming out of Duanmu Xi’s forehead and her face also started to grimace. She seemed to be enduring extreme pain.

“Argh…”

Finally, Duanmu Xi suddenly opened her purple eyes and cried into the air.