As the sound of sand and gravel rolling down in the underground snake's cave calmed down again, the assassination ended in a narrow victory.

Sima Ling didn't dare to imagine that if his true body was not stimulated at the critical moment, with his mortal form alone, he would still be able to kill Duo Ermu.

Remembering that Fang had really bitten like a beast, he closed his eyes, feeling as if he was in a dream. At the moment, I couldn't remember at all what kind of method it would take to turn back into my original body.

There were 100 people when they came, but now there are more than 20 people left. There will be only ten people who can fight again in the future.

"Young master. "A dead man came to report, and Guan Guan recognized him as the one who came to answer the door in the abandoned mansion that night.

"Rong Shen, how are you?" asked Sima Ling as he opened his eyes with difficulty.

"Back to the young master, I have the protection of the demon venerable, and I will be spared death tonight. The rest of the brothers...... Please give the young lord fire. Rong Shen said.

"Okay," Sima Ling took out another fuel-coated bamboo slip from his forearm armor and handed it to Rong Shen.

Rong Shen took the bamboo slip and turned his back, and the rest of the dead soldiers who could still stand up also stood in a row with him, surrounding the body of the dead brother on the ground, and using the bamboo slip as a guide, a raging fire was raised.

They are praying that the demon venerable will protect these dead souls and return to the strange peaks and mountains in their dreams, the paradise of the demon clan.

......

When I returned to the Qianhuan Palace, it was almost dawn.

It was the palace maid who often sent messages to Sima Ling to lead the door, and there was no one else along the way.

The palace maid was not surprised when she saw that both of them were exhausted and covered with scars, and she did not ask anything more.

Entering the dormitory, Sima Ling said to the palace maid:

"If the queen mother asked, she said that I was with the crown princess...... Not up yet. ”

"Yes, Your Highness, the slave understands. The palace maid retreated, leaving a nourishing meal on the table.

Guan Guan couldn't eat anything at this time.

This night's battle with the demon clan, now that I think about it, it seems like a lifetime away, and I can't believe that this is something I have just experienced personally.

"Is it true?" she muttered.

"I hope it's a dream. Sima Ling replied.

The dead soldiers who sacrificed their lives tonight, Sima Ling respected them, but they were also hot-blooded men, and he knew that they had died well.

However, they died as his tools, like daggers left in the snake's den.

There is no doubt that Guan Guan is cute.

But in the few days left in his life, it is impossible for him to fall in love with any woman again.

He really hoped that this troubled world was just a nightmare of his own. After waking up, the women in the original Qianhuan Palace, who had not yet entered the palace, were just happy girls under the knees of their parents.

Concubine Ning, who has not yet come out of the cabinet, is still the Tianxiang country color that talented people are vying to fight poetry for.

Roufei ...... There is no need to be his sister-in-law, she is still the gentle and virtuous lady of the Hou Mansion.

And also......

Their faces appeared in front of his eyes.

Tonight there was a fire that burned the snake's den clean.

Rong Shen asked him if he wanted to look for it again, but he said that he didn't need to.

The snake clan in midsummer takes reproduction as the first priority, and these women sent to it will inevitably ......

"Burn it. He said.

He really hoped it was just a nightmare.

The rest of her life will be spent in this nightmare, and how much will she hate herself if she knows that her use of her is not over?

Sima Ling couldn't imagine it.

He was just a troubled king who was worse than dead, a man of sin.

"You don't have a good face. She said.

"Guan Guan," he held back the discomfort in his chest, "after tonight, are you afraid?"

“...... I don't know," she replied, "but you're so uncomfortable, aren't you? ”

If it weren't for tonight's fight, she wouldn't have been able to relate to his despair.

The women in the Qianhuan Palace, now Guan Guan understands their role in this battle.

Looking at Sima Ling, who was still a teenager in front of him, this person was indeed terrifying.

But...... It's also pitiful.

She sighed softly, ignoring the wound on her wrist and gently brushing his cheek with her hand.

"If you're tired, rest it. ”

Sima Ling took her hand.

"Do you want to say, in the snake's den, what won't you let me see?"

"No," he shook his head, "it just makes me feel farther and farther away from you." ”

I can't tell what kind of emotion it is, these little hands seem to be the only life-saving straw he can grasp at the moment.

"If you don't say it, I know it," Guan Guan said slowly, "I can feel it in the snake's den, and then ...... I guessed it myself. ”

"What do you guess?"

"Your mother...... Where are the demons from?" she asked tentatively, "If you don't want to tell, I won't ask again." You don't have to force it. ”

Unexpectedly, he really replied: "Guanguan, my mother...... It is the body of the flame serpent. ”

Guan Guan was stunned.

So ...... tonight?

"You have a lot of questions," Sima Ling said, "and that was the last one just now." ”

"Good...... Got it. ”

"From now on, just keep this secret for me as if nothing happened, okay?"

"Good. ”

Both of them have their own concerns, and they are both extremely tired. In a short time, they all fell into a deep sleep.

......

Since Emperor Dazhao fell asleep, Sima Ling's mother came to the court to listen to the government.

The queen is the biological mother of King Anyang, and the only person Sima Ling can trust in the court.

After the death of King Anyang, the queen has been closed, except for the edict that changed the East Palace, Sima Ling did not get a trace of news from the queen's palace.

He knew that she was still immersed in the grief of losing her son, and at the same time gave him enough freedom to do those things that were not humane to outsiders, those fanciful schemes.

The queen is forty-six years old this year, and when she was sensible, there were no demons in the world.

When she was the crown princess, Dazhao was still a peaceful and prosperous world.

Until the appearance of the woman from the Western Regions, it confused the king's heart and also brought the curse of the great summons.

The woman who is called Ginhime has a charm that doesn't look like a human being.

When she first entered the palace, she couldn't even speak.

A moment of pampering.

Although Yinji didn't do anything wrong and was very kind, ten thousand styles were the biggest mistake she did.

The queen didn't want to think about it, although she didn't participate in those things back then, she didn't stop it.

Her indifference caused the final tragedy of Ginhime.

On the day of her death, she didn't close her eyes.

The golden pupils still exude a seductive luster until death, but the hatred in his eyes is like a curse.

The queen was frightened, and she ordered the imperial doctor to quietly leave Yinji's fetus - her guess was correct, this child was not viviparous, but wrapped in a small, silver egg.

The queen took this child under her knees to raise him, and indulged him in every way, even if her own son and son King Anyang were eyeing him, the queen kept him again and again.

It's just because she can't forget the cursed look in Ginhime's eyes when she died.

Now, the retribution of the Great Calling has finally come.

God still refuses to favor Yinji's child, if he doesn't be the end of this troubled world, he will be a sinner for the ages.

Isn't this the child's retribution?

This night, the queen dreamed of the dead Yinji again, and somehow, in this dream, she actually smiled......