The Royal Palace of Southern Xinjiang.

A woman in a gorgeous palace dress walked briskly on the palace road, and the two palace maids behind were panting, "Gong...... Princess, slow down...... Go, the slave and maid can't keep up. ”

The princess they called was Liusu, who had returned to southern Xinjiang, but she had now changed her name to Chu Xiu.

Although Chu Xu has not officially disclosed Chu Xiu's existence, everyone in the palace knows that the king of Nanjiang has brought back a princess from outside.

Chu Xiu heard the voices of the two palace maids behind him who couldn't catch their breath, and instead of slowing down or stopping, their footsteps sped up, "If you can't keep up, don't follow." ”

The two palace maids complained bitterly, and they could only catch up with great difficulty.

However, the two of them lost Chu Xiu in a corner, "Princess, where are you?" ”

"Princess!"

Chu Xiu hid in the shadows, quietly waiting for the two to walk away, and then left in the opposite direction to them.

Chu Xiu walked on the uninhabited path, and his face faded from a lazy and indecent look, replaced by a bone-deep sadness.

Relying on the information she had stolen from hiding by Wei Yan's side for so many years, those restless tribal leaders in southern Xinjiang also seized the opportunity of the current civil strife in the Ming Dynasty and sent troops to the Ming Dynasty.

If this battle is won, she will be a great hero in southern Xinjiang.

Princess?

Chu Xiu glanced down at the layers of exquisite and gorgeous dresses on his body, now this life is really not as comfortable as being a subordinate under Wei Yan.

She thought that she would be very happy when she returned to her homeland, but after betraying Wei Yan and Shen Yuan, and betraying her companions who had been born and died together for more than ten years, all that remained in her heart was endless desolation.

Loneliness to the extreme.

When I wanted to fight like before, there was no one around, not even Silvertreasure.

Chu Xiu went around and around and arrived at a palatial palace, unlike other palaces, in this palace, except for the guards who patrolled every day, no other palace people dared to approach.

Chu Xiu only took a few steps closer and felt a little cold seeping into her body, but this did not stop her from wanting to go in and find out.

Chu Xiu leaned on the door and listened for a while, but there was no movement inside.

Southern Xinjiang sent 300,000 troops this time, but it was not Chu Xu who led the troops, Chu Xiu thought that Chu Xu would stay in the palace, but he didn't want Southern Xinjiang to send troops, Chu Xu also disappeared, no one knew his whereabouts, and the government was temporarily handed over to the prime minister to take care of.

Chu Xiu pursed her lips tightly and pushed open the heavy carved wooden door, first of all she was startled by the python entrenched on the beams of the house.

But fortunately, the python seemed to smell Chu Xiu's breath of his master, so he was not hostile to her.

"Looks like this stuff works really well." Chu Xiu glanced at the sachet hanging from her waist, which she stole from Chu Xu a few days ago.

Chu Xiu reflexively closed the door and walked into the dormitory occupied by poison.

That's right, this is Chu Xu's bedroom, and no one can approach this room without his permission.

The sunlight outside was just right, but for some reason it couldn't shine through the window of this bedroom.

Chu Xiu knew that there was a "hot spring" in this palace, and she was going to this place, but she could only come in when Chu Xu was away.

"Strange, where is the mechanism? Isn't it clear that there are ghosts before......" Chu Xiu muttered to himself while groping on Chu Xu's bed.

This secret was still what the ghost had told her, two years ago, when the prince was in the south of Xinjiang, the ghost house lurked in the palace of the southern Xinjiang and found a lot of secrets.

She and Onisu are both members of the Suzaku group, and she likes to put some information out of Onisuku's mouth when she has nothing to do in private.

Finally, Chu Xiu felt an unusual crack on the edge of the bed, Chu Xu accumulated strength in his hands, clasped the gap with his fingers, and turned the bed up with force.

The secret passage hidden under the bed was finally revealed, Chu Xiu took off the cumbersome palace clothes on her body, and she was wearing a clean and neat suit under the palace clothes, she had been planning this a few days ago, so naturally it was impossible for her to come empty-handed.

Chu Xiu first threw down the dress she had taken off, and after hearing the slight movement, she roughly judged the height, and then jumped down as well.

The bed board turned over, and several small snakes wrapped around the beam were hanging over, spitting out letters at the position of the bed.

……

The extremely rich smell of blood filled the entire secret passage, mixed with an indescribable smell of medicine, which made Chu Xiu want to turn around and leave, and find a place to vomit his stomach.

Chu Xiu pulled a piece of fabric from the dress she abandoned and covered her mouth and nose, which was a little better.

The end of the secret passage lit up crimson, as if it was hot magma, but the cold environment in the secret passage allowed Chu Xiu to dispel this speculation.

She held a dagger in her hand that was as sharp as clay, and cautiously moved forward, and suddenly felt a black shadow rushing towards her, Chu Xiu leaned back, and the dagger in her hand swung down.

Only a "hiss" was heard, and a palm-sized spider was cut in half and fell to the ground, still dripping with green venom.

Chu Xiu looked to the side, the stone wall of this secret passage was full of spider webs, and several strange spiders were looking at Chu Xiu with fierce eyes, and there were still many cocoons hanging on the webs formed under them.

And those didn't look like ordinary insect cocoons, although Chu Xiu didn't know much about the secret techniques of Southern Xinjiang, he could tell that these spiders were the tools Chu Xu used to cultivate Gu worms.

Chu Xiu didn't dare to delay any longer, quickened his pace, and walked towards the strange red light in front of him......

Chu Xiu knew that Chu Xu was a little frustrated, but after she saw the "hot spring" in the secret passage, she said that he was afraid that he would lose his conscience.

This can't be called a hot spring at all, but...... Blood pools.

The end of the secret passage is actually just a protruding stone, and there can only be three people standing at most, Chu Xiu stood on it, and when he saw the blood pool below, he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

And in that pool of blood, there seem to be people soaking in it, and I don't know if they are dead or alive.

Chu Xu, what exactly does he want to do?

……

Outside the city of Chang'an.

Shen Yuan took advantage of the talisman given to her by Wei Yan and transferred troops in other cities and approached Chang'an.

The 50,000-strong army overwhelmed the city and was in a stalemate for three whole days, but Wei Sheng never showed up.

As a last resort, Shen Yuan didn't want to attack the city. Now that the border has started a war, if Chang'an City is chaotic again, the entire Ming Dynasty will be leaderless.

"Princess, Your Royal Highness allows you to enter the city alone to negotiate." Just when Shen Yuan was still thinking about countermeasures, Wei Sheng actually asked someone to find her first.

"Okay." Shen Yuan responded on the spot.

Wei Li and Shen Yu are both in Chang'an City, and if they don't go to see it in person, Shen Yuan doesn't know the situation in the city at all.

Shen Yuan spent half a day arranging the affairs in the army, "His Royal Highness the King of Qin should be almost here, if I don't come out in three days, you will obey His Royal Highness the King of Qin." ”

Compared with the thick and tall city gate painted with cinnabar, Shen Yuan stepped into the long-lost Chang'an City......