The temporary residence of the Thirteen Princes, backyard.

The backyard doesn't seem to be big, but after passing through the courtyard wall, it seems to have come to a vast and dense forest.

As far as the eye can see, the mountains rise and fall like a dragon roaring.

The mountains are full of exotic flowers and plants, Ganoderma lucidum fairy orchid.

The rich fragrance of the elixir makes people breathe as if they have come to a fairyland, and their cultivation is improved unconsciously.

There are also rare and exotic beasts frolicking in the mountains.

In the depths of this earthly wonderland, a three-storey green bamboo loft is hidden halfway up the mountainside, almost blending in with the dense and tall bamboo forest.

The loft is peaceful.

Quiescence.

Deserted.

In front of the door is a crystal clear stream, and you can see palm-sized fish with a faint white sheen all over their bodies, chasing and playing in the stream.

In front of the stream, a woman like a woman like a Xizi sits on a bluestone.

A gentle and flawless face.

Sad.

Delicate.

Dai's eyebrows frowned slightly, which made people pity.

Its skin is like clotted fat, and it seems to exude a layer of glazed treasure, smooth and flawless, whiter and more delicate than the most perfect porcelain.

The figure is graceful, concave and convex.

She is none other than the thirteenth princess, Bai Lingyu.

Suddenly, a black figure appeared out of thin air in the secluded mountain forest.

Its appearance is demonic.

The posture is erect.

It is the black-clothed monk, the most important thug of the Thirteen Princes.

"Princess, please."

The black-clothed monk stood behind the beauty, bowing slightly, as if saluting, but his expression was indifferent as if looking at an ant, and his tone was cold and almost emotionless.

Hearing the voice of the black-clothed monk, Bai Lingyu's delicate body shuddered, as if it was afraid.

She gently lifted her little feet carved from jade, and toe with the calm stream water, and said sadly, "Why? ”

"Why does it have to be me?"

At this, two lines of clear tears crossed the porcelain-like flawless face, and the voice was full of indignation.

Bai Lingyu was born in an ordinary tribe of the Bai Yi tribe, the Qingshui tribe.

Her parents were sorcerers in the tribe, and although they were not as prominent as the dignitaries of the Great Summer Dynasty and other kingdoms, at least they had no worries about food and clothing, and were much better than ordinary people.

Since birth, Bai Lingyu has received great attention from the entire tribe.

Because before she was born, there was a very famous great wizard in southern Xinjiang who passed through the Qingshui tribe. After seeing Bai Lingyu's mother, the great wizard was extremely surprised, and bluntly said that the fetus in her womb was unspeakably precious, and it would be the queen's order in the future.

What kind of character is the Great Wizard, known as a living immortal in the local area.

His words, the tribe naturally no one doubted.

People laughed and looked forward to the birth of the queen.

When Bai Lingyu was born, he enjoyed no treatment from any clan.

Although they didn't know who Bai Lingyu would eventually become queen, it didn't matter.

For a small tribe like the Qingshui tribe, which has only a few thousand people, the queen is a high-ranking and unattainable big man.

Does it matter whose queen she is?

Of course, they are also expecting Bai Lingyu to marry a powerful king, so that the tribe can also get some light and be protected by the strong.

In order for Bai Lingyu to be worthy of the identity of the queen, and also in order for Bai Lingyu to be loved by the king. The tribal patriarch and the wizard took great pains to hire a musician who was good at dance and rhythm to teach Bai Lingyu dance music from an early age. Bai Lingyu also did not live up to the expectations of the tribe and had an excellent talent for dance music.

At the age of ten, he had already surpassed his teacher.

At the age of twelve, Bai Lingyu was already able to choreograph her own dances and scores.

She is only thirteen years old, and she is already a well-known beauty and talented woman in the local area. I don't know how many tribes have come to propose marriage, wanting to take this beautiful and intelligent girl into the house.

However, the Qingshui tribe kept in mind the guidance of the great wizard, and did not agree to the proposal of the major tribes, so it offended many people.

When Bai Lingyu was fourteen years old, the Qingshui tribe felt Bai Lingyu's outstanding talent and superior conditions, and came to the mountain city hundreds of thousands of miles to participate in the famous beauty pageant in southern Xinjiang. I hope that Bai Lingyu can become famous in the world on this open stage to gain the recognition and favor of the royal family.

Although Bai Lingyu was only fourteen years old when she participated in the beauty contest, she was still childish, but with years of hard practice in dance and music, as well as her natural beauty, she easily reached the final and won the final victory.

After this incident, Bai Lingyu moved to southern Xinjiang and was familiar to many people.

During this period, there were also people who proposed to the Qingshui tribe.

However, the Qingshui tribe always firmly believed in the prophecy of the great wizard, Bai Lingyu had the order of the queen, and never agreed to the requests of those major tribes, major city-states, and major families.

Among them, there are also several southern Xinjiang royal families who propose marriage to the Qingshui tribe and want to marry Bai Lingyu.

But the condition they gave was not to marry Bai Lingyu as a princess, but only to bring her back as a concubine, which made the Qingshui tribe very dissatisfied.

Although the difference between the princess and the concubine is only two words, the status is very different.

The princess is the wife of the king and has great honor and power.

His descendants have the right to inherit the kingdom.

In many kingdoms, if the king has an accident and the heirs are young, the princess can even govern the country in place of the king.

The concubine is different, she is a king's woman if she says it is good, but she is just a plaything of the king.

Many kings, when they got tired of playing, would give their concubines to their ministers, or simply become toys for receiving guests. Moreover, the heirs of concubines are not eligible to inherit the throne, and they are even inferior to the king's slaves.

After all, slaves are the wealth of their masters, and the children born to these concubines will compete with their future masters for the source of wealth.

In this part of southern Xinjiang, it often happens that after the death of the old king, all the concubines and their children will either become the funeral objects of the old king, or they are directly driven out of the palace.

There were also some kings who were not picky and would include the concubines of these old kings in the palace.

But their status was still very low, only slightly better than that of slaves.

It was the queen who said yes, how could she agree to be a concubine.

That's it, one year, two years, three years.

In the blink of an eye, Bai Lingyu was almost eighteen years old.

At the age when a girl should marry at the age of thirteen or fourteen, eighteen is already a disliked old woman.

As Bai Lingyu grew older, there were even a lot fewer people who came to propose marriage.

Faced with such an embarrassing situation, the patriarch and wizard of the Qingshui tribe could not help but waver.

Could the Great Wizard's prophecy be wrong?

Why don't you lower the bar?

Just when they were wondering, a miracle happened.

In the summer, the thirteen princes came to southern Xinjiang to parade.

At this time, Bai Lingyu, who had just won three consecutive beauty pageant championships, met the Thirteen Princes in the mountain city.

With just one glance, the Thirteen Princes made a decision to take this southern Xinjiang girl as a concubine.

The news came back to the Qingshui tribe, and the entire tribe was boiling.

Astound.

Joy.

Excited.

They can't help but be happy.

The Thirteen Princes of the Great Summer Dynasty, who is that?

In the Great Summer Dynasty, the noble royal family second only to the Emperor of Heaven.

The king of Chuzhou!

Compared with the Thirteen Princes, the entire southern Xinjiang can barely be compared with the monarchs of the three major countries. As for other small countries and small tribes, they can't even compare to a single hair of the Thirteen Princes.

The thirteen princes want to take Bai Lingyu as a concubine, this is no longer a pie falling from the sky, but a rain of pies from the sky that can drown the entire tribe.

Although they had been looking forward to it for seventeen years, they hoped that Bai Lingyu could become a princess.

But this result is still too shocking for them.

I can't believe it.

The thirteen princes are also atmospheric, after determining that Bai Lingyu will become their own princess, they gave the Qingshui tribe a rich dowry that they could not think of, there are 100 million crystal coins alone, and there are countless other heavenly and earthly treasures, magic cheats, and magic treasures. The combined value of all the dowry gifts is enough to buy a hundred Qingshui tribes!

This kind of extravagant dowry blinded everyone in the Qingshui tribe.

It's so arrogant.

Don't let them see these things, even if they are dreaming, they don't dare to dream such a beautiful dream.

How much alcohol do you have to drink?

Under the extravagant dowry offensive of the thirteen princes, the Qingshui tribe finally believed in the thirteen princes' feelings for Bai Lingyu and the sincerity of this proposal.

With so much money, what else is there to hesitate about.

I have to agree.

When Bai Lingyu learned of the rich dowry of the thirteen princes, he was both shocked and joyful in his heart.

Sweet.

Full of girlish expectations.

This girl, who was born in an ordinary small tribe in southern Xinjiang, experienced the taste of being loved for the first time, and it was also the first time to feel the heroism of the strong!

In her eyes, the powerful patriarch, the sorcerer, was as humble as an ant in front of the Thirteen Princes.

That kind of strong impact brought the girl an unprecedented shock.

For the first time, she realized how small and humble the world she had been exposed to before.

After becoming the princess, Bai Lingyu once imagined a better life in the future, and what the legendary Great Summer Dynasty would look like. But after following the Thirteen Princes back to Chuzhou, she gradually realized that something was wrong.

Although the thirteen princes treated her very well, eating and drinking were all the princess's standards.

All of them are rare and exotic fruits that she has not even touched before, and they are delicious and delicious.

The Thirteenth Prince even invited a teacher to teach her to practice, and taught her to learn the writing, history and so on of the Great Summer Dynasty.

All kinds of resources, without mercy.

But the scene of her husband and children in her dreams, and the scene of husband and wife falling in love with each other has never appeared.

I haven't even seen the face of the Thirteen Princes a few times.

Occasionally, when they met, the Thirteen Princes only impatiently coped with a few words, which made Bai Lingyu very confused and sad.

She didn't understand what she was doing wrong.

Until she overheard the small talk of several maids.

[That village woman really thinks that she has a bit of a look, and our Highness will take a fancy to her, it's really ridiculous. 】

[Shhh 】

[What's the matter, our Royal Highness is the most beautiful man in Great Xia, and he is also a world-renowned virtuous king, how many Great Xia fairies and goddesses want to tie the knot with His Royal Highness. That village woman has nothing but a little look. I really feel worthless for His Highness, why should I find such a lowly ordinary person. 】

[Hmph, stupid, don't you understand it now.] His Royal Highness married her just to block Youyou's mouth. 】

[What? Plug the mouth of Youyou, how to say? 】

[Hey, is the legend really true? 】

[Oh, what's wrong with you two, what kind of riddle, what kind of legend is it. 】

[That's it, Your Highness is so manly. 】

[What, Your Highness, woo woo woo. 】

[You're crazy, you're yelling nonsense, you don't want to live anymore.] 】

[No, His Highness is really a good man, woo, people have been waiting for His Highness to be pampered. 】

[It's been twelve years since you came to the palace, think about when His Royal Highness was close to a woman. 】

[It doesn't seem to be true.] 】

[Yes, we have served His Highness for decades, and we have never seen His Majesty get close to a woman. Men, as long as it's normal, which one is not lustful. 】

[That's right, the Emperor of Heaven doesn't also have tens of thousands of harems, and every three years he will select a new batch of show girls to enter the palace. 】

[Woo, no wonder His Highness and Long Yangjun are so close. 】

[Hey, if Your Highness is a good man, why do you want to marry this village girl. Oh, I see, Your Highness is here to stop this rumor. 】

[In this way, our princess is a poor person. Although there is no royal wealth outside, at least there is freedom. But when you get to this place, you become a caged bird, even if you enjoy fine clothes and food every day, there is no freedom at all. 】

[Okay, okay, this kind of thing is less chewing the root of the tongue. Be kind to the princess in the future, she is also a poor person. 】

[You think, why does Your Highness have to bring back a woman from southern Xinjiang to be the princess, it is not because she is weak in the country and can only be at the mercy of His Highness. Even if she died of illness accidentally, no one would investigate it, only saying that her life was shallow and she was not qualified to enjoy wealth and wealth. 】

[Hey, Your Highness will kill the princess? 】

[Hmph, if the princess is obedient, of course Her Highness will not kill her. But if she is disobedient, do you think His Highness will keep her? 】

[Forget it, forget it, don't say it, it's too scary. 】

After the maids left, Bai Lingyu's heart seemed to fall into the cold Antarctica, and she almost died.

Only then did she realize that the good life she fantasized about was only a pitiful and pathetic fantasy after all.

In the palace, although she is a princess on the surface, she is actually just a caged bird of the thirteen princes, decorating the façade.

At that time, Bai Lingyu finally understood why the Thirteen Princes always seemed impatient with him.

Why did the Thirteen Princes marry him, but he never proposed the round house, and he didn't even look at himself.

She suddenly realized that she was just a pathetic, pathetic clown.

Because of the strong impact, Bai Lingyu suddenly felt dizzy and finally fainted to the ground.

When she woke up, she still didn't see the figure of the thirteen princes, and in the empty and luxurious bedroom, there were only some eunuchs and palace maids with low eyebrows and bowed heads.

At that moment, Bai Lingyu was completely dead.

And since then, she has never seen a few mouthy palace maids again.

She had inquired, but everyone was jealous.

Bai Lingyu had already guessed from their performance that those people must be more than lucky!

It was also then that she understood what it meant to be the most ruthless emperor.

She also learned to accept her fate.

Although it is very lonely, although it cannot leave the palace, although it is just a poor caged bird.

But she is just an ordinary woman, an ordinary person from a small tribe, what else can she do?

Bai Lingyu thought that his tragic fate was like this, becoming a fig leaf for the thirteen princes to decorate the façade, and just be a gentle and virtuous princess.

But this trip to southern Xinjiang once again shattered her illusions.

The Thirteen Princes need a child!

A child who can stabilize his heart!

And this child can only be Bai Lingyu's!

Bai Lingyu looked sideways at the black-clothed monk, her melancholy eyes flowing with sadness and anger.

Looking back on her more than ten years of captivity, she couldn't help but grit her teeth and ask a heart-rending question: "Why, why must it be me." ”

The beauty is angry, which is enough to make the hard-hearted man emotional.

But the black-clothed monk's face was expressionless, like wood and stone!

He clasped his hands together and said the truth indifferently: "Because you are born for this." ”

"Before you were born, everything was predestined."

Bai Lingyu was stunned for a moment, and then her pupils constricted a little, and she understood what the black-clothed monk meant.

Her pupils dilated, her face pale, and her voice trembled in horror, "The Great Wizard is also your person. ”

The black-clothed monk's eyelids drooped slightly, and he did not answer.

But this expression, as well as the expression of silence, told Bai Lingyu the answer to his question.

Everything is just a game.

Before she was born, the Thirteen Princes had already arranged everything.

After thinking about it, Bai Lingyu's heart was as dead as if she was dead, and she laughed self-deprecatingly.

The laughter was poignant.

Grieved.

There is nothing more absurd in this world.

My whole life has been manipulated by others, how ridiculous, how terrible.

Bai Lingyu seemed to have her vertebrae removed, and lay weakly on the bluestone.

She seemed to be self-deprecating, as if mocking, and sneered: "Your Highness is really calculating and ruthless. ”

"In order to cover up his shame, even his own princess can be sent out to other men to play with, and he can recognize a wild seed as an heir."

The black-clothed monk opened his eyes, and a faint helplessness and apology flashed in his cold eyes.

He sighed and said, "What His Highness wants is far more than the princess imagined. Covering up shame is just a layman's stupid speculation about His Highness, not His Highness's original intention. ”

"As for the child's problem, the princess doesn't need to worry. His Royal Highness will treat the child as his own and make him the prince. ”

"Princess, please."

"The guests have arrived, don't make them wait for a long time."

Bai Lingyu sneered, completely unbelieving the words of the black-clothed monk.

She has seen through the true face of the Thirteen Princes.

Heartless.

Ruthless.

"What if I don't?"

Bai Lingyu thought of the future, her eyes were red, tears slowly dripped down her flawless jade-like face, and she gritted her teeth in response.

"Even if the princess doesn't think about herself, she should think about her brothers and sisters."

The black-clothed monk seemed to have expected it, and just a bland sentence made Bai Lingyu completely speechless.

Her eyes were glazed, and she leaned weakly on the cold bluestone, but the coldness of the bluestone was far less than the coldness in her heart, like a broken beauty statue.

Sibling?

If you die, you die.

It's just relief.

But how innocent are his parents and brothers?

Bai Lingyu did not doubt that with the ruthlessness of the Thirteen Princes, he could do such a thing.

"Hongu."

"Got it."

Bai Lingyu's eyes were closed, her long eyelashes were covered with tears, and her voice was delicate and tired.

In the end, she chose to compromise.

Just like these more than ten years of captivity.

"Very good, please also ask the princess to wash and dress up, don't let the guests see the joke."

"The person that His Royal Highness has a fancy will not disappoint the princess."

Bai Lingyu slowly opened her eyelids, her long eyelashes were hanging with a drop of dew, trembling slightly, her eyes were full of mockery and sneer.

The people that the thirteen princes fancy are either the world's best or the strongest cultivators.

These cultivators are pretentious, when do they treat ordinary people as human beings?

After this incident, whether that person can escape the purge of the Thirteen Princes is unknown.

With the ruthlessness of the thirteen princes, how could it be possible to leave such a big flaw?

(End of chapter)