Late at night.

“Xi…”

Xuanyuan Mo in the military camp suddenly woke up from his dream. His head was full of sweat.

“Yu Ying.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Upon hearing Xuanyuan Mo’s call, Yu Ying immediately showed up before him.

“I’ll leave the thing here to you.”

Meanwhile, Xuanyuan Mo turned over and got off the bed.

Yu Ying looked up in surprise, “Your Highness?”

“I have urgent things to deal with. Send a message to me if anything.”

After putting on the armor, Xuanyuan Mo walked out in a hurry.

“Yes.” Yu Ying lowered his head.

“Lishang.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Lishang guarding outside the tent stood there with a bow.

“Come with me to the Zhuque Empire with 3,000 elite soldiers.”

After saying that, Xuanyuan Mo directly rode away before Lishang realized what had happened.

Lishang and Yu Ying exchanged glances and executed the order resignedly.

In the imperial study of the Zhuque Empire.

Duanmu Xue was reviewing the memorials while Huangfu Che was accompanying her.

“Your Majesty, something is wrong.”

Hongye ran inside with a flurried look.

Duanmu Xue put down the jade pen and looked at Hongye with disgruntlement.

“Why are you in such a hurry?”

“Your Majesty, Princess Jing has risen in rebellion.”

Hongye paled and sweated.

D*mn it. Duanmu Shuang really dared to rise in rebellion?

“How is it going on now?” Duanmu Xue asked coldly with a grim facial expression.

Seeing Duanmu Xue’s unflustered look, Hongye also calmed down slowly.

“Your Majesty, Princess Jing has arrived outside the capital with 100,000 soldiers. Now the gate is closed. Princess Jing is clamoring outside the south gate. She says…”

Duanmu Xue knitted her brows and raised her hand indifferently.

“Just say it. I won’t blame you.”

Hongye looked down and braced herself, saying, “She said Your Majesty was a coward who would only hide in the imperial palace. Besides, she also said Your Majesty would only hide behind the man and…”

Hongye really didn’t dare to continue reporting. She could only stop.

Duanmu Xue slightly narrowed her purple eyes which were full of killing intent.

“Phoenix Guard Squad.”

Instantly, 14 women in black appeared in the imperial study.

“Phoenix Ten, Phoenix Eleven, guard the east gate; Phoenix Twelve, Phoenix Thirteen, guard the west gate; Phoenix Fourteen, Phoenix Fifteen, guard the north gate.”

“Yes.”

The phoenix guards receiving the order left quickly and rushed to the designated locations.

Seeing the few phoenix guards left, Duanmu Xue slightly squinted her eyes.

“Phoenix Five, guard the imperial palace and arrange soldiers to guard the Fengming Hall. Kill anyone who dares to trespass.”

Anyway, she must ensure Xi’s safety.

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Phoenix Five received the order and also left quickly.

“The rest of you, go to the south gate with me. I must see how capable my sister is.”

Her cold voice was full of disdain.

“Yes.” The phoenix guards all lowered their heads together.

“Xue, I’ll go with you.”

Huangfu Che rose and walked to Duanmu Xue.

Duanmu Xue nodded, “Okay.”

They got on the south gate with the phoenix guards.

Under the south gate.

Seeing their arrival, Duanmu Shuang had a glint of excitement in her eyes.

“Duanmu Xue, you wuss, there you are. I thought you would hide in a man’s arms forever.”

Duanmu Shuang’s arrogant words made Duanmu Xue and Huangfu Che frown at the same time.

“Princess Jing, how dare you talk rudely…” Hongfeng immediately went forward to shout at Princess Jing.

Duanmu Shuang’s eyes became grim. And then an arrow went at Hongfeng at once.

Phoenix Two immediately walked forward to ward off the arrow while Hongfeng staggered back for a few steps and stopped with reluctance.

“Haha… Duanmu Xue, you are doomed today. If you give up the throne and send Huangfu Che to me, maybe I can let you have a complete corpse after killing you.”

As she said so, Huangfu Che put on a cold face and Duanmu Xue’s veins stood out in anger.

This d*mned woman dared to profane her husband. She must tear the woman apart.

Two streaks of cyan light went at Duanmu Shuang simultaneously.

Duanmu Shuang felt startled and immediately leaned backward to dodge the light. Instantly, the cyan light hit the chestnut horse under her body.

The chestnut horse fell and died at once, causing Duanmu Shuang directly to fall to the ground.

Duanmu Shuang got up from the ground with a sorry figure and cast a fierce glance at Duanmu Xue. In the end, her gaze settled on Huangfu Che.

“Huangfu Che, you are lucky that I like you. Don’t be ungrateful. What’s good about Duanmu Xue? If you follow me, I can let you be the royal consort too.”

The royal consort?

Huangfu Che snorted, “You? I cannot even bear to let you wipe my shoes.”

He would only be Duanmu Xue’s royal consort.

“You…”

Pointing at Huangfu Che, Duanmu Shuang was lost for words in anger.

“Attack the city.”

Since he had no sense of propriety, she would show no mercy then.

Outside the capital.

Xuanyuan Mo traveled day and night and finally made it to the Zhuque Empire with 3,000 elite soldiers.

“Your Highness, the Zhuque Empire seems to be in trouble. The whole capital has been besieged by an army.”

Lishang rushed to Xuanyuan Mo hastily and reported.

Xuanyuan Mo frowned, “How many soldiers are there?”

Lishang thought about the collected information and said, “About 100,000.”

Xuanyuan Mo frowned more heavily.

So many. He wondered how Xi’s parents were. If anything untoward happened to them, Xi would be sad for sure.

“Go in through a place where there are fewer soldiers at night.”

“Yes.”



In the fiery pool of Flame Tower.

Duanmu Xi finally succeeded in washing the marrow and meridians after enduring extreme pain.

Now, she was not only stunningly talented in cultivation but also amazingly beautiful.

Her glistening skin was as crystalline as jade, fair as early snow, and tender as a newborn baby. Besides, her dark purple eyes were more profound and enchanting with her exquisite face even more beautiful.

She could be compared to a fairy maiden in Heaven before, and now, she was even ten times more fascinating than the fairy maiden.

Duanmu Xi rose and touched the fiery feathers of Rosefinch.

“Hongling. This is your name.”

“Thank you, Mistress. I will take you out.”

It stayed here for too long.

“Yeah.”

At night.

On the south gate of the Zhuque Empire, countless sharp arrows came at them. Huangfu Che was protecting Duanmu Xue carefully.

“Your Majesty, we are losing the gate.”

Like a drowned cat, Hongfeng ran to Duanmu Xue and reported, her body half bent.

Duanmu Xue frowned and a glint of worry flashed across her dark purple eyes.

Huangfu Che also looked stern, “Any news from Phoenix One?”

Now, they could only count on Phoenix One and Peng Xin.

Hongfeng shook her head, “According to the guards at the frontline, General Peng hasn’t shown up.”

Duanmu Xue’s eyes went dim. Would she really lose to Duanmu Shuang?

“Your Majesty, look.”

A voice of surprise suddenly interrupted Duanmu Xue’s thought.

“Here comes Mr. Xuanyuan.”

Seeing Xuanyuan Mo striving to kill enemies under the gate, Hongye appeared so excited.

Duanmu Xue and Huangfu Che looked down at the gate at the same time.

A handsome man wearing the black armor was slaying the soldiers around with his purple mysterious Qi quickly.

The man was Xuanyuan Mo indeed!

It had been three years. The man’s cultivation level had been improved a lot and he was a high-level Mysterious Deity now. What a young genius!

After killing the soldiers around, Xuanyuan Mo flew onto the city wall.

“Are you okay? I’m sorry that I arrived late.”

“No, you are not late. You came just in time.”

Huangfu Che patted Xuanyuan Mo’s shoulder in delight.

Xuanyuan Mo puckered his lips, “I’m glad that you are fine. Yet, the 100,000 soldiers I bring with me are still at the frontier of the Xuanwu Empire. Now, I’m here only with 3,000 elite soldiers. Currently, the rebel army consists of too many people. How about leaving with me first? We can think about the next move when the relief troops arrive.”

Duanmu Xue and Huangfu Che looked each other in the eye and nodded.

Now, dazzling red light glowed in the direction of the Fengming Hall in the imperial palace of the Zhuque Empire.

The red light shone the whole capital through the Fengming Hall.

“What’s wrong? Anything wrong in the imperial palace?”

Duanmu Xue frowned and looked worried.

“The imperial palace is guarded by Phoenix Five. It should be fine.” Huangfu Che also frowned.

The red light was too dazzlingly bright for Phoenix Five and the others guarding the imperial palace.

What was that?

It was so dazzling…

The rippling phoenix chirps reverberated through the whole imperial palace.

Gosh! What was that?

It was the mythical creature Rosefinch!

She saw the legendary mythical creature Rosefinch, on the back of which a fairy maiden seemed to be standing.

“Phoenix Five.”

Duanmu Xi was a bit amused to see the dumbfounded Phoenix Five.

Phoenix Five was lost for words.

She seemed to hear Her Highness the Crown Princess calling her. Her Highness the Crown Princess…

It was Her Highness the Crown Princess who was standing on the back of Rosefinch!

“Her, Her Highness the Crown Princess…” She finally got out of the training.

Phoenix Five even faltered out of excitement.

After a moment of thrill, Phoenix Five came to her senses quickly.

“Your Highness, please go to the south gate of the capital now. Princess Jing has risen in rebellion. The empress and the royal consort are both there.”

Duanmu Xi’s eyes suddenly became cold and she even gave off gloomy coldness. Luckily, Hongling was not afraid of cold.

“Hongling, let’s head to the south gate now.”

If anything untoward happened to her parents, she must make Duanmu Shuang pay for that.

“Yes, Mistress.”

Mistress?

Phoenix Five was struck dumb.

Her Highness the Crown Princess had contracted with Rosefinch? This was so shocking!

Duanmu Xi, standing on Hongling’s back, flew towards the south gate.

Where Hongling flew across, darkness turned into brightness. The people in the capital all got out of the door to discover why. Yet, they only saw a dazzling fiery phoenix flying across their roofs.

“It is the mythical creature Rosefinch. Oh my goodness. It is the mythical creature Rosefinch indeed.”

“Am I dreaming? I saw the living Rosefinch!”

“Look. A fairy maiden is standing on Rosefinch’s back.”

After expressing their excitement, they all knelt and kowtowed to Rosefinch.

Over the south gate, Duanmu Xue and her soldiers were taking the last resort.

The rebel forces were doing everything they could to break into the city, including climbing the city walls, putting up the ladders and banging the gate.

At the crucial moment, a clear phoenix chirp sounded from the distance and a red big bird appeared above the south gate.

Everyone froze and stared at the fiery bird in the sky blankly.

After a while…

“Gosh! What was that?”

“A person is standing on it…”

Seeing Duanmu Xue and the others were fine, Duanmu Xi was assured and then looked at the rebel forces coldly.

“Here is the mythical creature Rosefinch. You rebels, drop your weapons and surrender now.”

Duanmu Xi’s words instantly caused an uproar.

“The mythical creature Rosefinch?”

“Good lord! It is the mythical creature Rosefinch!”

“Her Highness the Crown Princess is back.”

The rebel forces were all horrified.

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