Heartless Phoenix Queen - C244

When she was taking control of the Northern Vietnamese government independently, she accidentally saw a very old secret report. It was something that happened decades ago. At that time, there seemed to be a great internal conflict involving a number of famous doctors, maesters, and members of the royal family. The famous doctor had a name that Zi Yuan remembered very clearly. It was called Xue Mingrui. Because she was curious about this incident, she decided to investigate it and test out the intelligence network of her Twin Stars. In the end, she did get some interesting information.

The internal affairs was about the health of the monarch. The maester and members of the royal family tried to control the monarch’s behavior by doing unorthodox things like concocting pills. This Xue Mingrui was the main physician in charge of the king’s health in the later stages. Not only did he not point out that the king’s health was already very poor, he even declared to the outside world that he had already cured the king of his illness. After that, there was an internal strife within his sect. After he dueled with his senior brother, it was rumored that he was no match for his senior brother. He fell off a cliff and died.

What Zi Yuan saw in this incident was that Xue Mingrui was not a pro-monarch, and the actions he did could not be ruled out as being related to those of the overthrown monarchs who were later crushed. Only, she hadn’t told Helian this information yet.

The lunch was very sumptuous. With the bamboo shoot, venison, and braised hare meat, the two meat dishes that Fen Ren often cooked, and Xue Mingrui, whose zhenqi had been temporarily sealed off by medicine, killed a wild boar, set up a wind stove, and roasted a wild suckling pig. She even went to chop up the bamboo and made a delicious bamboo bowl of rice.

Speaking of which, this was the first time Zi Yuan had eaten such delicious game in this time and space. She had been worried about the safety of her food, but Helian had begun to gobble it down. After weighing the pros and cons again and again, she concluded that the meal should still be safe, so she began to feel slightly more at ease.

After lunch, Zi Yuan asked when Helian left. Xue Mingrui, who had been fiddling with his medicine on the side, interrupted, “I told you, you can’t leave now.”

Violet Garden cast a fierce glance at Xue Mingrui. “Why?”

“I will need at least another half a year to learn the Pure Yuan Palm!” And my medical skills, I’ve only learned a little! ” The little old man habitually danced as he spoke.

“In another half a year, even Helian’s monarchy will be questioned. Are you responsible?” Zi Yuan was extremely dissatisfied.

“This little old man doesn’t know anything about monarchy. In short, you are not allowed to leave the valley for half a year.” Xue Mingrui said angrily.

“Heh heh, I’m taking Helian Lie away today.” Zi Yuan replied in a domineering manner.

“No, no!” Xue Mingrui loudly shouted.

“Your true qi has not been released. If you try to forcefully release it, you will lose all of your true qi.” Zi Yuan reminded Xue Mingrui with a smile.

“Alright, alright, stop arguing.” Seeing that Zi Yuan and Xue Mingrui were arguing over him, he hurriedly tried to be a peacemaker. “That’s good, I’ve indeed disappeared for a long time. I should return to the imperial court for a while. Master, I don’t think I need to stay here any longer.”

“No, no, I really can’t do it!” Xue Mingrui was truly anxious.

“Fine, then tell me, why not?” The aura of the Violet Garden instantly became very powerful.

“In short, no!” However, Xue Mingrui was still unable to say the reason.

The Violet Garden could not be bothered with him. She called for He Lian to clean up and prepared to leave this place with him. Qu Shuangshuang naturally helped from the side. The little tiger didn’t leave as it watched them from the side.

Helian didn’t have many things to pack, so he quickly packed his things. He and Xue Mingrui embraced each other, and then resolutely left with Zi Yuan.

Looking at their firmly leaving backs, Xue Mingrui couldn’t help but sigh and shake his head. Fu Ren slowly walked out of the shadows of the cave. He placed his hand on Xue Mingrui’s shoulder and said, “Don’t worry. The children have their own blessings.”

Helian, Ziyuan, and Qu Shuangshuang quickly left the area where Xue Mingrui and his wife lived. The little tiger kept close to them, and when Helian told him to go back, he was reluctant to leave. Helian had no choice but to turn to the den and find his mother, Huang Sisi, and let her look at his son.

The three of them bade farewell to the tiger mother and son, and continued to walk out of the mountain range. But the accident happened.

A group of heavily armed soldiers suddenly surrounded them on a dangerous mountain road. From the actions of these soldiers, Zi Yuan could tell that they were Murong Xiu’s Heaven Craft Armoured Soldiers.

The leader sized them up before taking out three paintings to compare them. With a wave of his hand, the group of people rushed over.

Zi Yuan and the others naturally wouldn’t just surrender, so the three of them started fighting with this group of celestial workers. Although they had already fought against Murong Xiu’s Heaven Armored Soldiers many times, this batch of Heaven Armored Soldiers seemed to be different from the previous ones. These tendons and bones all seemed to be made of fine iron. When the Purple Garden’s group went up, they only felt their bones shaking and aching, but the other party didn’t seem to feel anything. Besides the few people in the lead, the rest of the Heaven Armored Soldiers were all wearing steel-like masks, looking extremely eerie and terrifying.

Firstly, these people were not afraid of pain, secondly, they were not afraid of falling down, and thirdly, they did not seem to be tired. It had been almost two hours since the Violet Garden had fought with them, but these people still fought with them at a leisurely pace. In the eyes of the Violet Garden, they were like manipulated robots.

Zi Yuan felt that they would be at a disadvantage if this continued, so he discussed it with Helian and tried to find a way out.

However, as if the Heaven Armored Soldiers had seen through their intentions, the encirclement was completely watertight. Zi Yuan realized that it would be very difficult to find an opening to break out of the encirclement in a short period of time.

As for their side, they were beginning to show flaws. Qu Shuangshuang, who had relatively little actual combat experience, became anxious and was quickly knocked to the ground by a Heaven Armored Soldier. Just as the soldier’s spear was about to hit Qu Shuangshuang, Zi Yuan quickly rushed over and blocked it for Qu Shuangshuang.

The armored soldier obviously did not expect that Zi Yuan would protect Qu Shuangshuang in such a manner. He was stunned for a moment before Zi Yuan shouted, “Helian!” Helian, who shared the same thoughts, seized the opportunity to use this armored soldier as a way to escape.

However, after being shot through the left side of Violet Garden’s waist, it was still rather difficult for Helian Lie to escape while carrying the Violet Garden and dragging Qu Shuangshuang. Seeing the sky gradually darken, it was fortunate that Helian was quite familiar with this mountain range. Thus, under the cover of the sky and terrain, he quickly brought the three of them to hide in a bush.

The group of Heaven Armored Soldiers began their carpet-style search near the shrubbery. Although Zi Yuan’s recovery speed was relatively fast, the current situation was not very optimistic with only the simple Gold Sore Medicine that was used to treat her wounds.

Helian Lie suddenly understood why Xue Mingrui didn’t let them leave the valley. Xue Mingrui definitely knew that there were Murong soldiers lying in ambush here, but he was curious. Why wouldn’t Xue Mingrui tell them directly? Or perhaps, was it Xue Mingrui who told these soldiers about him?

The situation was getting more and more serious. Suddenly, the sound of a concealed weapon whistling through the air could be heard. Helian Lie peeked out from the shrubbery and saw that three to five Heaven Armored Soldiers’ heads had been cut off by indiscernible concealed weapons in an instant. The scene was extremely shocking.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!” The sound continued, and soon, more Heaven Armored Soldiers died. The Heaven Armored Soldiers seemed to realize that something was wrong. The scattered soldiers gradually gathered together and assumed a defensive posture.

Some people had been hit by a hidden weapon and moved their homes in an instant. These soldiers began to feel scared. Soon, the leader of the soldiers sent out a signal to retreat.

Helian Lie and the others waited in the bushes for a while before coming out from their hiding place. Standing in front of them was the silver thread of Helian Fen. She was dressed in white, and her body was stained with blood. Standing in the shadows of the trees, she seemed somewhat like Luosha.

Helian Lie smiled bitterly. “So it was my great-aunt who saved me …”

Helian Fu spoke faintly, “I told you not to come out, why did you insist on coming out?”

Zi Yuan frowned. “You can definitely say that there was an ambush, but why didn’t you say it out loud? Why did you still come to save us?”

“Little girl,” Freya’s tone was usually gentle, and her voice became very cold, “If you weren’t my grandnephew’s wife, I wouldn’t even be in the mood to pay attention to your life. There is a saying, “If you don’t listen to the words of the old man, you will be at a disadvantage.” Even if we say that you will be ambushed by Xi Li, would you believe it? Furthermore, we do not know when Xi Li will attack you. ”

“Aunt.” Helian Lie stepped forward and cupped his hands in greeting. “Violet Garden didn’t mean that. It’s just that Little Yi is also very curious. Why would you two know that there is an ambush in this place?”

“Hmph, these things cannot be called human. Even if we stay in the cave, we can still smell their stench.” At this moment, the manner in which Helian Fen spoke was that of a cold Rakshasi.

“Although the Violet Garden estimated that they might be ambushed, I didn’t expect it to be this fast.” Zi Yuan said slowly. Actually, she had arranged some Twin Stars in the vicinity of the mountain range as reinforcements. She was worried that her own people wouldn’t be familiar with the terrain and cause problems, so she didn’t teach them how to enter the mountain. Unexpectedly, they were ambushed before they even left the mountain.

“Hmph, I didn’t expect that after receiving such an injury, you would still act like nothing happened.” Helian Fen glanced at Zi Yuan’s injuries. “However, if we don’t do more, I don’t think you’ll be able to hold on for long.” Her last sentence gradually recovered some of the warmth of her speech.

Zi Yuan knew he was indebted to her, so he didn’t say anything more. He just let Helian hold her and follow Helian Fen back to the cave.

She didn’t even want him to treat her wounds. However, Helian Lie insisted that her master treat her, so she could only unwillingly reveal the place where she was injured.

Helian Fen lit up a very fragrant cave. Unknowingly, Zi Yuan fell into a deep sleep.