"Sumya, my aunt asks you one last time, where did you go last night?"

This sentence fell on Zhuang Meiyan's heart word by word like a hammer, Rao is she is witty and intelligent, but at this time, she can't think of a perfect solution. Shu Qian looked at the little princess nervously, Su Muya also sensed that something seemed to be wrong with the situation, she looked at the queen in front of her with a gradually serious expression, and then turned her head to look at the always cold queen mother, and couldn't help but be a little afraid.

Su Miya's biological mother is a young daughter of Wan Yanlie and the half-sister of the Queen Mother, so she should be called the Queen Mother's aunt. Her biological mother was sent to the palace relatively late, and when she was pregnant with an heir, the Wanyan family had high hopes for her, and how they hoped that this daughter would bring a prince to the royal family! Unfortunately, Sumya's birth disappointed their hopes, and Sumya's biological mother also died of blood loss due to childbirth when she gave birth to her.

The Queen Mother's usual majesty was unapproachable, so although she was Sumya's aunt, in Sumya's young heart, this stern aunt was not even more trustworthy than the queen's sister, who had only met once. Su Miya couldn't help but lean closer to Zhuang Meiyan, pulling the corner of her clothes tightly.

The attachment of the child made Zhuang Meiyan unbearable, and she pleaded in a low voice: "Queen Mother, the princess is still just a child!"

The Queen Mother glanced at her calmly, meaningfully.

"Sumya, come to Auntie!"

Reluctantly, Sumya let go of her fingers and asked the slave girl to take her to the Queen Mother.

"Did you enter the lord's tent last night?"

"Hmm. The child nodded obediently, she didn't see the shadow in her aunt's eyes at all, but she felt that her aunt's hand on her arm was getting harder and harder, and she frowned in pain and pursed her mouth.

"Then did you get permission from the lord before you entered the king's tent again?"

"Brother of the lord of the country said that as long as Sumia likes it, she can go in and play at any time. ”

"I only ask if you got permission from the lord before you entered the king's tent last night?"

Sumya pursed her mouth hard, then lowered her head and whispered, "No! ”

The Queen Mother glanced up at Zhuang Meiyan, her eyes were as bright as knives, almost cutting her apart. When Concubine Yelu saw this, she sighed and said, "Sumya is just a child! But even if a child is not sensible, adults should not be ignorant. ”

This sentence seemed to be reproaching Zhuang Meiyan, but Concubine Yelu's eyes kept looking at the Queen Mother, the sneer on the corner of her mouth disappeared at this time, and the light in her eyes gradually became indifferent and ruthless.

The Queen Mother took a deep breath, she was still calm as usual, and asked her executioner word by word: "What kind of punishment should be given to enter the king's tent without the permission of the lord of the country?"

Nati was expressionless and replied, "Death penalty!"

These two words were like a thunderbolt from the sky, Zhuang Meiyan suddenly felt cold, and Chunju and the others also felt unbearable. Although Sumia was young, she also realized that the situation was very unfavorable for her, and although she did not understand what she had done wrong, nor what kind of terrible punishment she would receive, she just pursed her lips aggrievedly, and tears immediately welled up.

Zhuang Meiyan stared nervously at the face of the Queen Mother, as long as the woman's lips moved lightly at this moment, such an innocent and lovely little girl would die in an instant.

"Queen Mother!" Zhuang Meiyan finally said before she could speak, "This matter is Meiyan's mistake, Meiyan doesn't understand Wu Yang's rules, and it was Meiyan who let the little princess Sumya enter the king's tent." Punish me if you want to punish me, please spare the little princess, she is still a child!"

"Do you think that with the lord of the country protecting you, I won't dare to kill you?" The Queen Mother looked at her coldly, not moved by her sincere words at all, "I said a long time ago, this is Wuyang Kingdom, not your peerless country." If you don't follow the rules, you will be punished, no matter who you are. ”

The Queen Mother glanced at the corpse of the female slave on the ground, the executioner's whipping method was indeed handy, but the kung fu of a dozen whips made the female slave die on the spot, cleanly.

"All the people who served the princess last night were buried with the princess, Sumya is still a child, don't let her be too miserable!" The Queen Mother's last sentence seemed a little bitter.

The executioner, Nati, bowed respectfully and reached out to carry Princess Sumya away from the Queen Mother.

"You let go of me! Stop! I don't want you to hug me! Auntie!" Su Mya shouted, she looked at her aunt in despair, and then turned her eyes to Zhuang Meiyan for help, "Sister Queen, I don't want him to hug me!

The child was still ignorant, she didn't even know what death was, she thought she was going to be whipped, so she made a lot of noise trying to escape punishment. The corners of Zhuang Meiyan's eyes were damp, and she couldn't watch an innocent little life disappear in front of her eyes like this!

Zhuang Meiyan took a step forward and snatched the child from the executioner. Nati's strength was so great, he shouldn't have let Zhuang Meiyan succeed easily, but he didn't guard against someone coming to compete with him for the prisoner, and on the other hand, he was also intimidated by the majesty of Zhuang Meiyan's status as the queen.

"Queen Mother!" Zhuang Meiyan turned her head to the Queen Mother and said, "The lord of the country also knows about this matter, and he will definitely agree to pardon Princess Sumya's sins!"

The Queen Mother was still indifferent, and replied coldly and ruthlessly: "Sumya is a princess, she doesn't need anyone's mercy!"

"Then let the Wolf God decide!" Zhuang Meiyan said in surprise.

Everyone was a little puzzled, and even the Queen Mother looked at her suspiciously.

"I'm willing to make a bet in front of Lord Wolf God, if I win, even if Lord Wolf God pardons Princess Sumya. ”

"What if you lose?" asked the Queen Mother tightly.

"If I lose, I will move out of the king's tent and dispose of it with you. Zhuang Meiyan ignored Chunju and Snow Kite's pleading gaze and said resolutely.

The Queen Mother smiled coldly and was noncommittal.

Concubine Yelu clapped her hands and said, "It's a little backbone! This is just like our Wuyang woman." I don't know what the queen wants to bet on with the wolf god?"

Zhuang Meiyan took a deep breath, raised her hand and pointed to the northern horizon and said, "Give me a horse, I will now go to Dasola Mountain and return to Winkoor before dark." ”

Concubine Yelu laughed out loud, her voice contemptuous, and said, "Such an ordinary thing is also worth taking out as a gamble dedicated to the Wolf God?" The snow lotus flowers on Sola Mountain are blooming one after another in the current season, so why don't the queen pick a snow lotus and return to the royal court before it withers." ”

"Yeluyan is willing to gamble with the queen on this game with the wolf god, if the queen loses, please don't forget your agreement. The woman in black beside Concubine Yelu suddenly spoke, her eyes lowered, so that people could not guess her thoughts.

"Good. Zhuang Mei's face was fearless, and she happily agreed: "If Snow Lotus is brought back to the royal court safe and sound, I will ask the Queen Mother to pardon Princess Sumya." ”

The Queen Mother's expression was cold, and she acquiesced to this matter when she stopped talking.

Sola means "stone" in the Wuyang language, and Sola Mountain is a veritable stone mountain. There is no vegetation on the mountain, only the germanium-red stones are mothbed together to form a wall of smooth cliffs. The white snow lotus is rooted in the stone crevices of the cliff face, and only the brave can climb up and pluck it, and the snow lotus is a symbol of bravery.

Zhuang Meiyan has come to a stone wall on Sola Mountain, where the mountain style is extremely violent, blowing on the face like a knife cut. The cliff is straight and steep, smooth as a mirror, and if you look hard, you can see that about a dozen zhang down there is a cloud of snow white, weak and tenacious, blooming with the splendor of life. That's a snowdrop.

"If the snow lotus leaves Mt. Sora, it will remain for a maximum of an hour, and after an hour it will be like ashes and its petals will wither. So when you dig it up, try to dig out its roots along with the dirt and wrap it in a cotton cloth soaked in water, so that it can prolong its life to the maximum. That is it, you have only one hour left at most, and if you can't return to the royal court of Winkol within an hour, then you should understand the consequences. ”

"I understand, thank you!" Zhuang Meiyan glanced at Ye Luyan gratefully, they walked all the way, this woman was always expressionless, if it weren't for her guidance, Zhuang Meiyan would not have found the snow lotus in Sola Mountain so quickly.

The woman still held her face proud, as if she was disdainful of her gratitude. Yeluyan surveyed her surroundings, and she quickly removed the pile of ropes she had brought with her, one end of which was tightly tied to a large rock at the end of the cliff, and finally pulled hard to ensure safety. Then she threw the rope off the cliff with a strong hand, and looked at it, and the rope just went up to the snow lotus. Yeluyan pulled the rope back and made a gesture of please.

"Come, Queen. ”

The slightly raised brows were full of provocation, Zhuang Meiyan looked at the beautiful face, pursed her lips slightly, and stepped forward to take the rope without hesitation. Ye Luyan saw that Zhuang Meiyan wanted to slide down the cliff when she held the rope hard, and immediately sneered.

"Stupid! You're going to fall to your death because you can't hold the rope. ”

Yeruyan snatched the rope and tied the other end of the rope around her waist and tied it firmly. Ye Luyan saw that Zhuang Meiyan was very relieved of herself, and she didn't even recheck the rope buckle around her waist, so she sneered and said: "Aren't you afraid that I deliberately tied a slipknot, so that the rope will collapse halfway, there are only two of us here, and the bet contract was proposed by yourself, so even if you have any accidents, I don't need to bear any responsibility." ”

Zhuang Meiyan pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "Actually, you don't have to work so hard, as long as you don't teach me how to do it, don't you?" If you don't teach me, I'll die several times, in fact, I know that you are not a bad person." ”

A glimmer of light flashed in Yeluyan's eyes, and there was still no trace of a sincere smile on her face, she just looked up at the sun in the sky slightly, and now there were less than two hours left before the sun set. Ye Luyan exhaled hard and said leisurely: "No one is a bad person, and no one is a good person, we just follow the rules." ”

Zhuang Meiyan smiled, and she slowly slid down the cliff with the rope in her hand.

"If we had the chance, we might have been able to become friends. ”

These were the last words she said before the top of her head disappeared from the top of the cliff, and when her figure completely disappeared from front of her, Yeluyan closed her eyes and looked solemn.

Zhuang Meiyan had never done such a thing, and her heart was also very scared. She never considered herself a brave woman, but she always had to face what she was afraid of and had to do it. Now her whole body hangs at the bottom of the cliff, and her whole life is tied to a rope, although the rope is very thick and strong, but in Zhuang Meiyan's eyes, it is equivalent to a spider silk next to the cliff, and she is the poor spider hanging on this spider silk. The wind around her was so fierce that she could barely stand on her feet, swaying back and forth.

Yeluyan warned her loudly, probably teaching her how to stand firm and how to slide slowly, but the wind was so strong that as soon as her words came out of her mouth, the wind blew far away, and Zhuang Meiyan could only vaguely hear only a few words, barely guessing her meaning from her gestures.

This rope seems to have no end, Zhuang Meiyan felt that he had spent so much effort, after so long, why did the rope in his hand not go to the end? Suddenly, his hand tightened, Zhuang Meiyan looked down, the rope in his hand had been put to the end, Zhuang Meiyan immediately freed up his two hands to pick at the stone wall to stabilize his body. She looked left and right, why didn't she see the snowdrop? Could it be that she had slid in the wrong direction?

Just as she was wondering, Ye Luyan above her head shouted loudly, Zhuang Meiyan raised her head, and saw that her face was anxious, and her fingers kept pointing downward. Zhuang Meiyan suddenly realized, she looked down with difficulty, she still couldn't see the bottom under the cliff, and suddenly felt dizzy, and she didn't dare to move for a while. The snow lotus flower is very eye-catching, it is just below Zhuang Meiyan.

Zhuang Meiyan closed her eyes and calmed down, she tried to lie down, slowly moved down, and then stretched her arms hard.

It's just a little bit, what a shame!

No matter how hard Zhuang Meiyan tries, it is always a little bit worse. Seeing that the snow lotus was in front of her, Zhuang Meiyan felt a little unwilling. She looked at Yeluyan above her head and gritted her teeth. She found her foothold, tried to hold her feet steady, and then quickly untied the rope around her waist, wrapped her left hand around the end of the rope twice, and clenched it. In this way, the rope was a little longer in disguise, and Zhuang Meiyan finally descended in front of the snow lotus, carefully dug out the snow lotus, and then wrapped it in a damp cloth and put it in his arms.

At this time, Zhuang Meiyan no longer had the ability to climb back to the cliff by herself, and she couldn't hold on for long, although her left hand wrapped the rope around her several times, she still felt that the rope was slowly slipping off her palm. She clasped the stone wall hard, but there was no way to save this dangerous situation, she could only look up at Yeluyan.

"Please, pull me up!" Zhuang Meiyan pleaded loudly.

From her point of view at this time, the figure of the woman on the cliff became a little small, she looked down at herself under the cliff, her expression was proud, like a goshawk staring at her prey, and it was a prey that had no ability to resist.

"Where is she?"

Xiao Xuanchen rolled back to the king's tent like a gust of wind, he stared at the woman kneeling in front of the king's tent with a gloomy expression, Suna looked the same, and she didn't care at all in the face of the anger that the lord of the country might break out at any time.

"Where is she?"

The slave girls around him knelt on the ground, and no one dared to answer him.

"Suna, aren't you her companion? How can you leave her side without permission? You know how dangerous it is for her to be like a lone sheep meeting a pack of wolves if she acts alone!"

Suna calmly replied, "The sheep on the grassland have their own horns, and they know how to deal with wolves. ”

"So you're going to let her deal with it all on her own?"

Su Na didn't answer Xiao Xuanchen's question directly, she lowered her head silently and said, "Suna did something wrong, the queen punished me, let me kneel here, and I can't get up without her permission." ”

Xiao Xuanchen somewhat comprehended, and said with a wry smile: "This little woman who likes to be reckless is really a little trouble!"

Xiao Xuanchen slowly walked into the king's tent, and at the same time ordered: "Suna, come in! I have something to ask you." ”

"Yes!"

The queen mother's tent is on the north side of the king's tent, not too far and not too close, the two tents are far away from each other, and the royal court is connected into a straight line from north to south. The Queen Mother stood outside the tent and looked at the sun in the sky.

The sun was slowly setting in the west, and it would set in an hour or so, and if the queen could not return to the royal court with the intact snow lotus before sunset, the poor child would lose her life. The Queen Mother glanced at Su Mya, who was curled up in the tent on her low couch and had fallen asleep, there was no trace of human sorrow on her childish little face, she seemed to feel a little aggrieved when she first fell asleep, slightly pouting, there were tears on her face, and in a deep dream, she seemed to dream of something happy again, and suddenly the corners of her mouth were cracked, revealing a sweet smile.

Even when she saw such a childish and innocent smile, the Queen Mother's majestic face still did not see the slightest change in emotion, and she still turned her head indifferently and ruthlessly to the slave girl beside her and ordered: "You go and get my executioner Nati ready, and let Sumya continue to sleep, so that she will not feel pain." ”

"Yes!"

The slave girl hurriedly retired, but in an instant, the footsteps sounded behind her again, and the Queen Mother frowned and said, "Why don't you go?"

The slave girl had retreated to her side, her face timid, and she raised her finger. The Queen Mother turned around slowly, and it turned out that someone was coming.

The barren mountains of the Sola Mountains do not grow fertile pastures, and naturally there are no creatures, so they are extremely empty and lonely, and there is only the sound of the howling wind on the top of the mountain. As the sun sets, the dark red glow deepens the color of the germanium-red mountains, and the distant peaks have a golden sheen.

Zhuang Meiyan lay on the mountain rock weakly, panting heavily, and Yeluyan was also so tired that she bent over and gasped hard. Zhuang Meiyan glanced up at her, and couldn't help laughing, looking happy.

Ye Luyan frowned and said, "You will crush the snow lotus like this." ”

Zhuang Meiyan suddenly came to her senses, quickly turned over, took out the snow lotus, and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's fine." Thank you. ”

Yeluyan snorted and said, "There's no time to rest, if you don't hurry up and get on the horse, the sun will set." ”

Although Zhuang Meiyan felt that her body was about to fall apart at this time, she still insisted on getting up and ran down the mountain behind Ye Luyan.

"You're quite bold!" Ye Luyan said to her as she ran.

Zhuang Meiyan followed behind her with some difficulty, and said breathlessly: "Then, then thank you! If you hadn't helped me so much, I wouldn't even be able to find the snow lotus, even if I picked it in the end, if I didn't have your help, I wouldn't even be able to go up the cliff, and maybe I would have fallen off the cliff and my life would be lost, so I owe you a life." ”

Ye Luyan stopped suddenly, turned her head to look at her, this was a downhill road, Zhuang Meiyan couldn't recover her momentum, and hit her directly.

"Alas!" Zhuang Meiyan exclaimed.

"You can't talk nonsense about things that owe people's lives, in Wuyang Kingdom, you owe others your lives to repay them with your life. I'm not helping you, I'm just helping myself. In Wuyang, the weak have no right to survive. ”

The corners of Ye Luyan's eyes flashed with scathing mockery, and she looked at Zhuang Meiyan with almost disdain, such a gaze would be uncomfortable for anyone.

There was suddenly no common language between the two of them, and the little goodwill that had just been built up on the cliff was carried away in the blink of an eye by the fierce wind on Sola Mountain. Zhuang Meiyan followed behind Ye Luyan silently, and the two continued to run briskly down the mountain.

Zhuang Mei's face was like an arrow, and after getting on the horse, he twitched the horsewhip again and again, hoping to put on his wings and return to Wenkoer immediately. On the vast prairie, two horses, one red and one white, galloped one after the other.

From afar, Zhuang Meiyan was very happy to see that Wang Ting's majestic posture finally appeared on the horizon. She tugged on the reins and let the horses come to a slow halt for a moment of rest while she looked up at the sun in the sky. The outline of the sunset at dusk is clear, it is already very close to the horizon, and the time is almost coming to return to the royal court before sunset.

Zhuang Meiyan was not so nervous, judging from the distance of visual inspection, according to their speed, they would definitely be able to rush back to the royal court smoothly, and Su Meiya was saved! Zhuang Meiyan smiled and turned her head to Yeluyan and said, "Look, the royal court is almost here!"

"Now let's compare, who can return to the royal court first?" Zhuang Meiyan's smile was sincere and calm.

Ye Luyan also smiled, but her smile was a little strange. Zhuang Meiyan suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, and saw Ye Luyan bend down and roll up a stone with a horsewhip and deftly smash it into Zhuang Meiyan's mount. The white horse that Zhuang Meiyan rode screamed sadly, its front hooves bent, and it suddenly knelt on the ground, and before Zhuang Meiyan could react, the whole person had been thrown out.

Zhuang Meiyan lay on the ground and moaned weakly, she struggled to get up, when Yeluyan slowly drove forward, looking at her condescendingly, with disdain. Zhuang Meiyan stared at her quietly, her chest rose and fell slightly, but her expression was very calm, and she couldn't see her anger and hatred at all.

"Here you go!" Zhuang Meiyan didn't wait for her to speak, and took out the snow lotus from her arms.

"The Queen Mother promised me that as long as the Snow Lotus was sent to the royal court before sunset, she would pardon Sumya. Sumia was still a child, and she didn't deserve to die anyway. ”

Ye Luyan stretched out her hand to take the snow lotus, she didn't quite understand the behavior of this peerless person.

"Sumya is indeed a child, but she is also from Wuyang. In Wuyang, there are no adults, children, old people, men, women, only the strong and the weak, and the weak have no right to live. Peerless woman, you are too weak!"

She looked at Zhuang Meiyan with great mockery, then raised her whip and slapped the horse's buttocks hard.

"Drive!"

Yeluyan rode away on a brown-red horse, and soon turned into a small black dot and kept approaching the royal court, and finally merged with the magnificent building, and could no longer distinguish her appearance. The setting sun shrouded the Vozra steppes quietly, the wind gradually stopped, and the shepherd slaves in the distance were singing loudly, their voices rough and heroic, and they sang with great enthusiasm.

Zhuang Meiyan felt that she had exhausted the last of her strength, she lay on her back in the soft embrace of the prairie, watching the sky gradually darken, and finally the sun had collected its last bit of afterglow and fell below the horizon.

The sun set, night fell, Zhuang Meiyan slowly closed her eyes.

She lost!

It was already completely dark. Xiao Xuanchen stood upright on the prairie, the firelight reflected on his frowning eyebrows, and he was anxious.

Lady, you stupid girl, where the hell are you?

He asked the people of the "Ghost Bow and Wolf Knife" to carefully look for her traces on the prairie, and soon, the ghost Ges riding a black horse rushed over, and the man in black jumped down with agility, held a torch in one hand, knelt on one knee, and said, "The lord of the kingdom, the queen has been found." ”

Xiao Xuanchen nodded and asked eagerly, "How is she?"

"The queen is in good condition, she is sitting by the river in a daze, you don't let us alarm the queen, so we can't be sure if she is injured. ”

Xiao Xuanchen sighed, waved his hand, and said, "You guys go back first, I'll go see her." ”

Zhuang Meiyan sat next to the river, a very ordinary river in the Vozra steppe, and people didn't even name it. Zhuang Meiyan didn't know how long she had been sitting here, she struggled to get up from the ground, trying to pull the horse up to the ground, but the horse's front hooves were injured, probably broken, and she couldn't stand up anyway. The horse screamed, Zhuang Meiyan saw that tears welled up in the eyes of the big horse, and suddenly felt sour in his heart, so he had to let it lie in place.

She walked on foot, and at first it was a little faint, and she could barely make out the location of Winkol and the royal court. The funny thing is that no matter how she goes, the royal court is always so far away, as if it is as illusory as a picture scroll hanging in the sky.

She went around a small hill, and when she reached the top of the hill, she suddenly found that it was dark, and her target had merged with the darkness - she had lost her purpose, she had no direction, she was lost.

She had no target, she worked hard, she ran desperately on the prairie, what was the pursuit?

She doesn't know!

Zhuang Meiyan just felt very tired, and she groped her way forward until she heard the sound of water. She sat down by the river, and the lack of light in the darkness made her heart panic, and she preferred to sit next to the river, because the river reflected a little bit of heavenly light, and it felt a little bright.

There was pain in many parts of her body, and some of the pain had begun to numb, and when she sat down, the pain began to wake up. She silently washed her fingers, and there was a sticky feeling between them, perhaps because she had injured her arm when she fell off the horse. She tilted her head to check her elbows on both sides, the light was dim, but when her fingers touched the tip of her right elbow, a piercing pain hit her, and she couldn't help but let out a cry of pain.

Her nose was a little sour, she looked up at the sky, the night sky was starting to turn gray, there was no moon or stars, the air around her was humid and oppressive, it might rain. The feeling of soreness spread down the nasal cavity to the eye socket, Zhuang Meiyan tried hard to smile, and her eyes were finally moisturized.

She is not someone who has not experienced suffering, but that feeling is not the same as suffering.

Zhuang Meiyan sighed softly, lowered her head again, and looked at the water. Suddenly a bright light appeared on the water, the reflection of a torch, the light was so bright that she could clearly see the reflection of two people on the water, one was her sitting on the stone, and the other was him holding the torch.

Zhuang Meiyan felt a layer of mist in her eyes, her vision began to blur, she rubbed her eyes, it still didn't seem to work, the mist became thicker and thicker, and finally merged into water droplets and fell, one drop, two drops, three drops. Zhuang Meiyan couldn't tell why she was crying. Because of unwillingness, because of grievances, because of anger, because of fear? It seems to be all and it doesn't seem to be.

Xiao Xuanchen stuck the torch in the crack of the stone, put his arm around her weak shoulders and sat down slowly, he didn't say a word, just patted her back gently, caressing her gently. Every tear of her burned into his heart, making him feel distressed and uncomfortable, but he knew that at this time, he should not speak, ask nothing, and say nothing.

The weather changes so impermanently, in the evening, the sun is still shining, but at night it suddenly drizzles and drizzles, and the night wind rolls the autumn rain, bringing a little coolness. At this time, the cattle and sheep were already in the pen, and even the hardest working slaves could drag their tired bodies to crawl to their beds to rest, and the tents of the nobles were as bright as day, and the sound of music was loud and joyful. On the other hand, the tent on the royal family's side is particularly quiet, and there is a slightly smaller tent near the queen mother's tent, also with a white roof, which is the residence of the youngest princess of the previous king, Sumya.

The tent was so tightly covered that from a distance, there was not a glimmer of light or sound to be heard, and there was a dead silence.

"Is Sumya really okay?"

Zhuang Meiyan turned his head to look at Xiao Xuanchen, he couldn't see his expression clearly in the dark, but he could still see that his bright star-like eyes contained warmth.

"She's fine. A deep voice rang out, "If you can't rest assured, then let's go see her." ”

Zhuang Meiyan bowed her head and was silent, Xiao Xuanchen knew her thoughts, and slowly drove the horse forward.

As you get closer, you can see a faint light peeking out of the cracks in the tent, flickering and flickering. Suddenly, a child's mournful cry came from the tent, but the sound only rang for a moment before it abruptly stopped and turned into a dull whimper. The child seemed to be covered by someone to prevent her from screaming.

Zhuang Meiyan was startled, and immediately jumped off the horse and wanted to run into the tent, but her body was firmly embraced. Xiao Xuanchen sighed and said, "Don't go in, the slave girl is dressing the child." ”

"Didn't you say she's okay?" Zhuang Meiyan asked.

Instant pain and remorse all flowed back to the bottom of her heart, all the suffering of this child was because of her inadvertent words and a move, she hurt her, she thought he could save her, and the result?

Although Sumia was not executed, he was burned. Although the executioner chose the smallest soldering iron, this kind of punishment is a lifelong fear for a child.

"Don't shout anymore, princess. If the Queen Mother hears your cry, she will be angry. The slave girl whispered, "Princess, you must be careful of that woman in the future, she is an ominous scourge." ”

Sumya was speechless in pain, she moaned and whimpered softly, very aggrieved.

The last words of the slave girl gritted her teeth, as if she wished that she could eat Zhuang Meiyan alive to relieve her anger. Xiao Xuanchen frowned and immediately took a step forward. Zhuang Meiyan hurriedly blocked in front of him.

"Forget it! ”

This "Xiaobai" suddenly made Xiao Xuanchen soften his heart, he didn't reach out to open the curtain of the tent, but the people in the tent had already heard the noise outside.

"Who—who's out there?" the voice was wary.

A tall slave girl quickly brushed the curtain open, her slightly angry expression quickly replaced by fear.

"Queen!"

She quickly fell to her knees, and the slave girls in the tent also became alarmed, and knelt down one after another, not daring to lift their heads, for fear that something new would befall them.

Zhuang Meiyan almost trotted to Sumya's side, and the child leaned against the soft futon, her little face up, leaving a terrible ulcer on her right cheek, and the flesh was blurred. Zhuang Meiyan's heart was tightly clenched, it turned out that this was the so-called "branding", and this shameful brand was actually imprinted on people's faces, and it could not be washed away for a lifetime.

Zhuang Meiyan's eyes widened, she couldn't help covering her mouth, lest she scream, her chest was dull, and she felt pain even when she breathed.

She was at a loss, she didn't know how to comfort the child, she looked left and right, and finally asked.

"Did you medicate the princess?"

The slave girls looked at each other, but no one answered her.

"Why don't you give the princess medicine?" Xiao Xuanchen's voice was obviously more intimidating.

The slave girl, who knelt at the door of the tent, replied, "The princess is afraid of pain, and everyone is coaxing her." ”

"Sumya, don't be afraid, Sister Queen knows many famous doctors, and will find you the best trauma ointment, which will definitely not leave a scar on your face. Don't be afraid, you will still be beautiful when you grow up in the future, don't be afraid. Zhuang Meiyan persuaded eagerly, trying to squeeze out a smile on her face.

Sumya stared at her blankly, her gaze a little confused. Zhuang Meiyan stretched out her finger and touched the child's little face distressedly, Su Miya turned her face slightly sideways, and subconsciously avoided her fingers. This subtle action pierced Zhuang Meiyan's heart, but she still smiled and said kindly, "I'll help you with the medicine." ”

But Sumya shook her head desperately and shouted, "I don't want you, I don't want you to touch me." ”

"You hurt me, you hurt me like this. I hate you!" Sumya shouted indignantly, shaking her head vigorously.

The slave girls hurriedly gathered around her, trying to calm her down so as not to touch the wounds. Xiao Xuanchen scolded softly: "Sumya, don't mess around, it was the queen who saved your life, don't listen to your aunt's words." ”

Zhuang Meiyan gently pulled Xiao Xuanchen's sleeve, she looked at Su Miya, who was still crying, and smiled reluctantly: "Su Miya don't cry anymore, this matter is the fault of the queen's sister, the queen's sister should not bring you into the king's tent without authorization and cause you to suffer." If you're angry, then I'll come back to see you in a few days, and you have to listen to them, because if you don't take the medicine, she'll hurt even more and become uglier than me. You're a pretty girl, aren't you? So you have to be obedient. ”

"I'm not going to let your face get a scar. ”

As Zhuang Meiyan was about to leave Sumya's tent, the tall slave girl suddenly shouted.

"Queen!"

The slave girl lay on the ground and said clearly: "Tata knows that the queen loves Princess Sumya very much, and you feel very sad to see the princess hurt the queen. However, if the queen really doesn't want Princess Sumya to be hurt again, please don't come to visit her!"

Zhuang Meiyan's figure froze, Xiao Xuanchen finally couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, and his majestic gaze swept over everyone in the room. Zhuang Meiyan grabbed his sleeve tightly before he had a seizure, and whispered: "She is a very loyal slave, shouldn't the lord of the country reward her? If I have such a faithful slave to serve, I will also be very happy." ”

Her voice grew lower and lower, and her body slid involuntarily. Xiao Xuanchen copied her body in time.

In a daze, she heard Xiao Xuanchen's anxious voice as if coming from the sky, distant and empty.

"Lady!

It was dark in front of her eyes, and she finally lost consciousness.

Inside the royal tent, Xiao Xuanchen was pacing back and forth in the open space anxiously, and the assistants of the great witch doctor were obviously very nervous, and they all looked at the big witch doctor beside the low couch. In contrast, the Great Witch Doctor was clearly very calm.

"What's going on, what's wrong with my queen?" Xiao Xuanchen asked impatiently.

The Great Witch Doctor didn't immediately ask the Lord of the Nation, but beckoned to Suna and asked her a few words in a low voice. Suna also shook her head, she called Chunju and Snow Kite over again, and several people talked mysteriously. Chunju exclaimed, then pressed her mouth in a panic, looked left and right, and there was obvious pleasure on her face.

Xiao Xuanchen was even more depressed, the person lying unconscious on the bed was his queen, but this big witch doctor actually didn't inform him of the diagnosis, but muttered to this group of women What was he doing? If it weren't for the fact that he was wholeheartedly treating his own woman, Xiao Xuanchen wanted to exercise the power of the lord of the country and punish the old guy.

He suppressed the fire in his heart and frowned, "Great Witch Doctor, now you can talk about it." ”

The Great Witch Doctor stood up solemnly, stroked his chest with his right hand and saluted: "Congratulations to the Lord of the Kingdom, our happy event in Wuyang is here." In the near future, Lord Wolf God will give you a child. ”

Xiao Xuanchen was a little dazed, he looked at the great witch doctor in a daze, as if he didn't understand what he meant.

Suna smiled and knelt down and said, "Congratulations to the lord of the country, you are about to become a father!"

Father, what a sweet name!

Xiao Xuanchen finally came to his senses and turned his head to look at the pale woman on the bed, her eyes were gentle.