(1,000 years ago) Pang Lanzhou, Golden Purple Palace.

The night was dark, and the six-year-old Xia Yuqian wiped the fireplace with the palace maids for a day, and finally finished all the work and could go back to the room to rest.

The palace maids held hands with each other, chatting and laughing on the night road, and Xia Yuqian carried two large buckets and followed them a little staggeringly.

"Xiaoqian, put the bucket in the utility room!" ordered one of the eldest palace maids, "we are going to eat." ”

Although Xia Yuqian's stomach was already rumbling with hunger, she still honestly carried the bucket and walked towards the utility room far away from her. In fact, Xia Yuqian was very afraid to take that road, especially when she was alone at night. The path was remote and dim, and there were no lights.

There is also a small palace made of gold next to the utility room, which is said to house the pets of His Royal Highness the Emperor. Although Xia Yuqian hadn't seen it, she guessed that it should be some kind of precious cat and dog or golden peacock......

She walked faster and faster, and walked to the utility room and pulled the door open, but only stood in the doorway, carefully crouching down and pushing the two large barrels in. It's too dark inside, and she's afraid of ghosts.

After closing the door, Xia Yuqian was relieved, and was about to turn around and run back to eat, but suddenly found that there seemed to be a fire in the small palace next to her, and a figure flashed through the door. She remembered that because there were a lot of gems piled up in the temple, people were not allowed to enter casually, could it be thieves?

Driven by intense curiosity, she cautiously walked to the door of the golden temple and looked inside, but it was pitch black, and she could not see anything. Xia Yuqian shrugged her shoulders and was about to turn around and leave, when she suddenly heard a frightened scream from inside.

"Rao...... Spare your life!"

Like a man's voice, she rushed in to help because she was afraid that someone had been bitten by a dog, but just ran in when she suddenly heard a beast-like roar.

Xia Yuqian was so frightened that she didn't dare to move in an instant, leaning closely behind the entrance and not even daring to take a breath. She peered through the gap between the entrances, and by the faint light of the fire, she was astonished to find that above the dazzling pile of gems stood a golden lion and a silver white fox.

In front of them, a man in red fell to the ground on his back, looking panicked. Xia Yuqian looked at it, and that person turned out to be the prime minister!

"Brute, how dare you deceive the Emperor!" the golden lion roared at him.

"The Emperor...... When the little one went to find the witch before, she did promise that she could help the emperor transform into a human form!"

"Then why did she disappear now?" the golden lion glared at his flaming eyes, baring sharp fangs as if to tear him apart.

"This ...... The little one doesn't know," Prime Minister Yu showed a look of embarrassment, "But when we met before, she once gave the little one something." As he spoke, he knelt on the ground and pulled out a delicate little wooden box from his bosom.

"Your Majesty, please look!" he smiled flatteringly, holding the small wooden box high in front of the golden lion.

"Open!" the golden lion commanded, leaning over and tapping the tip of his nose to the small wooden box.

Prime Minister Yu pressed a mechanism on the side of the wooden box, and the wooden box opened with a "snap", but a black gas like a thick fog suddenly erupted from inside, and the golden lion had not yet reacted, but had already inhaled it into his nose.

"Bastard, what is this!" he roared angrily and was about to pounce on Prime Minister Yu, but the silver fox, who had been quiet on the side, suddenly took the lead, opened his mouth to show his sharp fangs, and bit the thick neck of the golden lion.

The golden lion roared wildly, struggling desperately to shake off the silver fox, but the silver fox bit its neck and didn't let go. At this time, Prime Minister Yu suddenly pulled out a sharp silver dagger from his cuff, raised it upward, and swooped forward and stabbed it into the throat of the golden lion.

Xia Yuqian looked at the scene in front of her, covering her mouth with her hands, and was speechless in shock. I saw that Prime Minister Yu, who had always been gentle and elegant on weekdays, was glaring at the golden lion with his eyes as if he was crazy.

"Brute!" he gritted his teeth as he squeezed out the words, and the arm holding the dagger was bruised by the exertion.

The golden lion's eyes gradually dimmed from anger, and then he fell to the ground with a loud bang. At this time, the silver fox that was biting its neck was willing to let go.

"Beast!" As if he hadn't relieved his anger, Prime Minister Yu kicked at its corpse again, turned his head and said to the silver fox: "Now that it's dead, your silver fox clan can now rightfully rank among the ranks of the holy clan, and be called the demon emperor along with the black-winged demon snake and vampire bat!"

"The Emperor will not forget what you have done today," the Silver Fox said to him in a low, cold voice, "but our task is far from complete. ”

"That's right, we are still under the rule of the Enma clan, and we still have to be suppressed by him!" said the Prime Minister Yu and looked around vigilantly, and after making sure that there was no one, he lowered his voice and leaned over the ear of the silver fox and said: "The rule of the Yama King is mediocre, and now all human races are in great anger, we might as well take this opportunity to join them inside and outside and take the opportunity to eliminate the Enma clan!"

"Prime Minister Yu, you are also a human being, it is not easy to get to this point in the realm of Enma, but this emperor is a demon clan, if you humans win, what benefits can this emperor get from it?"

"I can ask the shrine maiden to help you transform into a human form, and when you defeat the Enma, you and I will rule the world and make all humans submit to us!" he said, with an almost crazy glint in his eyes.

"You can kill the previous Demon Emperor Golden Lion, why does this emperor trust you?"

"Trust is mutual," said the Prime Minister with his chin raised, "as you said, I am a human being, and my lifespan is only a hundred years, if you trust me and help me conquer the country, my sons and grandchildren will be of your own use in the future." ”

The silver fox squinted at him. At this time, a beam of golden light suddenly floated from above the golden lion's corpse, and Prime Minister Yu hurriedly took out a small porcelain bottle and put the golden light into the bottle.

"The soul of the golden lion is a good cultivation material, and it will definitely come in handy in the future," Prime Minister Yu said as he put away the porcelain vase, and smiled at the silver fox: "Think about it, Silver Bun Demon Emperor! I'll go first, and when I go back, I have to think about how to explain the death of the golden lion to the Yama King tomorrow!"

Seeing him get up, Xia Yuqian cautiously and quietly walked out of the Golden Palace, and plunged into the grove next to him. Looking at the back of Prime Minister Yu's lantern in the distance, she suddenly felt a hairbreak in her heart......

At dusk, after taking a bath, the little princess plunged into the soft feather bed, and the palace maids pulled down the silk curtain in front of the floor-to-ceiling crystal window, lit roses and incense, and lined up to salute in turn before exiting the door.

"You stay. The little princess lying on the bed suddenly said to her when her eyes swept over Xia Yuqian.

After hearing this, the female official in charge of the palace maid immediately nodded to Xia Yuqian and motioned for her to stay.

Xia Yuqian walked towards the bed, the little princess stretched out her white and round little hand to hold her thin arm, looked at Xia Yuqian, whose face was a little pale, and suddenly asked, "Do you have something on your mind today?"

Xia Yuqian looked at the princess with some surprise, but she immediately shook her head resolutely and said that she had nothing on her mind, she didn't believe that the little princess could really easily guess what she was thinking.

The little princess's face showed a look of some disappointment, and after a long time, she let go of her hand and signaled that Xia Yuqian could go down.

Xia Yuqian left the bedside nervously, and just walked to the door, but the little princess suddenly said: "There is still one year before our agreed day, when you can leave here and go home, but we will meet again one day after that." ”

Xia Yuqian turned around in surprise and saw a sweet smile on the little princess's face, beautiful and simple, like a sweet dream, she comforted softly: "No matter what happens in the future, don't worry, because everything will be fine in the end." ”

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