At this time, the entire deep palace was plunged into gloom, and those lucky palace people were still very apprehensive because they escaped the sacrifice to Qingling Lake.

East Palace.

"Has Xiao Muyang entered the palace?" The prince lay on the stepping bed and said lazily.

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, Xiao Shizi has not yet entered the palace." The guard replied respectfully.

"Didn't you order you to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to invite Xiao Shizi into the palace? Why can't this little thing be done? The more the prince spoke, the darker his face became.

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the person who went to invite him was a step late, Xiao Shizi went to Qingling Lake on the outskirts of the capital, so he didn't find Xiao Shizi. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince might as well wait a little longer, the servant thought, if Xiao Shizi returned to the house and heard His Royal Highness the Prince's invitation, Xiao Shizi would definitely enter the palace quickly. Please also ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince not to be angry, in case he hurts his body. The guard admonished.

Hearing this, the prince's mind calmed down a little with relief.

The prince seemed to ponder deeply: "Qingling Lake..."

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, the two brothers of the Shen family have been escorted to the execution ground." The guard reminded.

"This prince knows, his father is not in the palace, this is a good time, go to Shen's house to inform Shen Changlin of the news, he must not be beheaded until noon, this prince wants to see how he can save his two sons." The prince's eyes flashed.

"Stand down." The prince waved his hand.

"Yes." The guard said and exited the dormitory.

Qingling Lake.

Outside the city, the lake stood on both sides of the dawn people, and the faces of the people were either curious, or frightened, or compassionate.

Looking into the distance, the full lake is magnificent, and the faint soft light of the sky is reflected on the surface of the lake, like a mirror, and the autumn breeze slowly blows through the weeping willows by the lake, which is also rippling on the mottled surface of the lake.

"Phoenix." Gao Yuncheng glanced at Qingling Lake, handed the phoenix a look, signaled the phoenix to act, and secretly applied aura to the entire lake to ensure that these palace people were not threatened by the lake.

The phoenix waved his hands, and the aura fused with a faint light appeared in Qingling Lake, and in an instant, the originally quiet lake surface undulated, rolling with the aura waves, and in an instant, the lake surface stopped abruptly, without a trace of ripples, and it was surprisingly quiet.

In the face of this, the faces of the hundred palace people in Qingling Lake gradually darkened, and they appeared either indifferent, or indifferent, or frightened, which was very strange.

"What about the little Taoist priest among you? Why is he still nowhere to be seen at all this time? That Taoist priest couldn't have seen the situation bad and escaped from the battle, right? The Emperor looked around nonchalantly, his eyes flashing.

"Your Majesty, without this person, we can still handle the matter of Qingling Lake, and the next matters will be handed over to us." Gao Yuncheng said in front of the emperor's dragon chariot.

The Emperor nodded and said, "Then let's get started." ”

Gao Yuncheng gave the order, and under the leadership of those dispatched soldiers, two hundred palace people lined up and were about to enter the lake, but those palace people appeared or compassionate, or frightened with tear-stained faces, and Gao Yuncheng realized the confusion.

"I see that these palace people are quite strange, they don't know that they just came to Qingling Lake to confirm the rumors, right?" The phoenix expressed its confusion to Long Yan, Qilin, Chang Shou, and Gao Yuncheng.

Gao Yuncheng and several people also glanced at each other with a tacit understanding, Long Yan, Qilin, and Chang Shou were all full of suspicion, it turned out that he was not the only one who saw something suspicious.

The phoenix secretly applied aura to the emperor, and only then did he understand it, and said angrily: "It seems that the emperor still doesn't believe in us." ”

This emperor is a good emperor on the surface, but after all, he still can't escape the ruthlessness of the heavenly family, he didn't tell those palace people the truth, thinking that if a few of us fail, he still ruthlessly wants to sacrifice these two hundred palace people to Qingling Lake.

When the phoenix turned around and wanted to find the emperor's theory, he was stopped and persuaded by Gao Yuncheng.

"Slow, this matter about Qingling Lake has been circulating in the capital for a hundred years, and the emperor doesn't believe us, which is also reasonable, since it is destined to be a rumor, those palace people will be fine, so don't worry about it anymore." Gao Yuncheng said softly.

"That's... These palace people? Long Yan stared thoughtfully at the palace people not far away.

Hearing the sound, Gao Yuncheng, Phoenix, Qilin, and Chang Shou gazed at those palace people with tacit understanding.

"Now I can only temporarily wronged them." Gao Yuncheng said.

Qilin's eyes were also staring at those palace people, his eyes turned back and forth between these palace people, and suddenly found that there was Su Xi in the team, this time Qilin Rao was one of the four ancient spirit beasts, but he was also frightened by this person.

Qilin saw that the phoenix was kept in the dark, and she didn't know yet, if she knew about it, she was afraid that it would be a big mess, there were 10,000 people in this palace, how could she choose Su Xi.

Qilin was also secretly close to Gao Yuncheng, Long Yan, and Chang Shou, and said softly: "Su Xi is in the queue over there. ”

As soon as the words fell, Gao Yuncheng was shocked, but he also said luckily: "Qingling Lake is a rumor, the phoenix has already exerted spiritual power, this Qingling Lake is not dangerous, so the phoenix will not make a rather crazy move on this, right?" ”

Qilin, Long Yan, and Chang Shou know the phoenix best, if she knew that Engong was selected and entered the lake, the consequences could be imagined, and she said in unison: "That's not necessarily." ”

"What are you guys discussing? Is there anything I can't say? Phoenix asked curiously.

"Nothing else, just... It's just—" The Kirin was stunned.

Who is the phoenix, Rao is that she did not exert her spiritual power, but in the eyes of the phoenix, several of them were sneaky, and their eyes were still dodging the phoenix unintentionally.

Phoenix felt that something was wrong, thoughtful, stared at Chang Shou and said, "You say." ”

Seeing Chang Shou's hesitation, he said with a sneer: "This is a good opportunity for you to atone for your sins, if you say panic, don't blame the phoenix, I'm welcome." ”

As soon as Chang Shou heard this, isn't this a good opportunity to release his previous suspicions? Chang Shou looked at Su Xi in the queue not far away, and motioned to the phoenix: "Su Xi... I'm also in the queue, eh, that's all right, I can't take out the deception of Eun Gong last night in the future, I'll tell you everything..."

The phoenix saw who else it was not Su Xi in the queue, which angered the phoenix.

Before Chang Shou's words were finished, he heard the phoenix say angrily: "So, you are trying to hide this matter from me? ”

Seeing that the phoenix's expression was wrong, he pointed to the unicorn and blurted out: "It was the unicorn who found out, and he didn't dare to tell you, for fear that you would be angry, so he discussed it with us." ”

Where did the phoenix still hear Chang Shou's explanation, and raised his feet to the queue,

"Chang Shou, don't you have a grudge against me, you betrayed me so quickly, fortunately Phoenix doesn't care, otherwise I will be killed by you... It's miserable. Qilin said tremblingly.

"Eh, you're the four ancient spirit beast Qilin, you're too embarrassed." Chang Shou said with a sigh.

"You're not afraid, you don't dare to provoke her, so you confessed to me." Kirin said disapprerovingly.

"Indeed, I'm afraid, I'm not afraid." Chang Shou also sighed.

"Heavenly reincarnation, after all, it's the turn of the two of you, when I thought that my divine dragon and the phoenix were arguing endlessly, the two of you didn't talk a lot on the side." Long Yan smiled happily.

Qilin and Chang Shou also said helplessly: "We don't have the courage to quarrel with her." ”

Suddenly, under the blue sky, a phoenix roared outside the sky echoed in everyone's ears, the timbre exerted aura, and everyone who heard this sound seemed to be in a ghost's soul, and the sound of words stopped abruptly, and Qingling Lake was originally full of voices, and it was silent in an instant.

The phoenix was already standing on the side of Su Xi's queue, and shouted angrily: "Who is it, who chose Su Xi to come to Qingling Lake to worship?" Come out for me. ”

Hearing this, everyone also felt inexplicable, which woman is this, this is naturally arranged by the emperor, and even the current emperor's arrangement dares to question it, the courage is really too great.

Those soldiers naturally knew that Gao Yuncheng and these people wanted to solve the Qingling Lake matter, so they didn't dare to dissuade them, but they didn't dare to ignore them.

"I don't know what's the problem? These people were selected from various palaces, and this person was the exception, he voluntarily came to Qingling Lake for the eldest father-in-law in the palace. The soldier replied.

"It's really hateful..."Before the phoenix finished speaking, it was stopped by Long Yan, Qilin, and Chang Shou.

"Phoenix, what are you doing here? Now you also know why he came to Qingling Lake, not to mention that this Qingling Lake is not in danger, why bother not to forgive, besides, so many people are watching, solve the matter of Qingling Lake first, and prove that the matter of Qingling Lake is a rumor in front of everyone's eyes, even if this matter is completed, it is not too late to calculate Su Xi's matter later. Long Yan persuaded with good words.

As soon as the phoenix heard it, Long Yan's words did make sense, and for now, it was better to deal with the matter of Qingling Lake first, however, the phoenix couldn't ignore Su Xi.

"Okay, I'll listen to you, I'll put that aside in advance, but if I know who chose him, I won't spare him." The phoenix shouted a warning between words, and then stepped aside.

Hearing this, those palace people also had a faint curiosity, however, it seemed that it was no longer important.

Su Xi also spread curiosity in the depths of his heart, but he didn't dare to say a word on this sacrificial occasion.

Those palace people indifferently under the leadership of the soldiers, they rushed into Qingling Lake.

This horrific scene really shocked and chilled the onlookers.

Suddenly, gusts of autumn wind hit, and in an instant, patches of white mist appeared on the surface of the lake, gradually spreading throughout Qingling Lake.

Seeing this scene, the people of Li who were watching were taken aback and thought that there was a water monster manifestation in Qingling Lake, and they all shuddered.

Qingling Lake was under the cover of mist, and those palace people fluttered on the surface of the lake, and they also floated on the surface of the lake, without sinking to the bottom at all.