Although the Lantern Festival has passed, the New Year's flavor of Yandu City is still strong, and children can be seen holding incense sticks and setting off firecrackers in the streets and alleys.

Most of the pedestrians on the street looked leisurely and affluent.

Beggars are no longer visible on key streets.

This change alone is enough to make many people feel emotional.

You know, just seven or eight years ago, life wasn't like that at all.

At that time, the situation in the whole Dayan was turbulent, the government was tyrannical, the families with powerful forces were rampant, and the ordinary people lived a precarious life.

But everything changed after Yan Xizhao, the lady of the sky in Xijian Villa and the only remaining descendant of the Dayan royal family, ascended the throne and came to power.

First of all, we vigorously cracked down on the power of the family, split those who could not be broken, and then made a clear division of the responsibilities and powers of the government, which can be regarded as fundamentally putting an end to the phenomenon of rampant expropriation and extortion.

Immediately afterwards, he rectified the rule of officials, vigorously promoted education, made public martial arts, and strictly restricted the use of force by martial artists, especially the use of ...... against ordinary people.

Under such measures, Dayan, who was about to die, miraculously regained his life.

In just a few years, the flames of war that had been going on in various parts of Dayan were completely extinguished, and the rebels died down.

And under the light and meager endowment, ordinary people have finally been able to breathe.

Although Dayan doesn't dare to say how rich he is, at least there is no starvation death.

Even the people at the bottom can be filled, which is simply unimaginable in previous years.

In this case, Yanxizhao has almost unlimited prestige among the people.

I don't know how many families enshrine her immortal tablet.

Nowadays, you can scold anyone on the street, but if you dare to say a bad word about Yan Xizhao, you don't need the government, just the passers-by can make you walk around without eating.

In this rare prosperous era, it is reasonable for the New Year to be longer.

The weather became foggy, and with a few drops of rain falling, a spring rain sprinkled the entire Yandu City.

In the Dayan Palace, Yan Xizhao, who is admired by thousands of people among the people and even known as a living Bodhisattva, leans lazily on the chair, staring at the new green sprouting on the trees outside the window, and can't help but feel a little distracted.

"What is Sister Yan looking at, watching so fascinated?" A gentle voice came from the side.

Yan Xizhao was startled, and then turned his head to look at where the voice came from.

I saw a stunning girl sitting at the chess table, looking at herself with a curious face.

This girl is bright and moving, and the quiet and virtuous temperament naturally revealed between the key eyebrows and eyes is forgettable.

Without waiting for Yan Xizhao to reply, he saw that the woman on the other side of the chess table was already chuckling.

"Your sister Yan is probably thinking about the world's major events again, as an empress, of course she can't be like a little woman like you and me who only knows how to play chess and draw eyebrows all day long."

This woman was also extremely beautiful, but her temperament was completely different from the girl just now.

If this girl can be seen to be a woman with a gentle personality when she sits there, then this woman's expression and demeanor are full of aura.

In the face of these words, Yan Xizhao was not annoyed, but sighed helplessly, and then said with a wry smile.

"Luoluo, your mouth, sometimes it's really loved, and hate isn't. Can't you learn from the quietness of other people's drunken children? ”

That's right.

The two women sitting at the chess table were none other than Zui'er and Shang Luoluo.

Since Yan Xizhao ascended the throne and became the only empress of the Great Yan Dynasty, Shang Luoluo and Zui'er, as her only two friends, often entered the palace for the first time and became close friends.

Shang Luoluo smiled, "I don't want to learn from her, I'm stupid, and I'll call Sister Yan and Sister Yan all day long." ”

Zui'er's face flushed, and he said angrily: "What's the matter." ”

"Oh, this shy little appearance is really pitiful." Shang Luoluo grinned, then leaned over and hooked his fingers to the drunken chin.

Zui'er's face suddenly turned even redder, and he hurriedly raised his head to avoid Shang Luoluo's harassment.

"Don't do that."

"Tut-tut, fortunately I'm a woman, if I were a man, I guess I would have to be fascinated by this little girl who was drunk." Shang Luoluo laughed.

Yan Xizhao smiled and watched the second daughter frolicking, and the originally boring mood finally became much better.

Don't look at her current status, but in fact, there are very few people who can really make friends, plus after becoming the empress, she is entangled in chores, and her martial arts practice has been seriously hindered because of this, and the depression in her heart can be imagined.

At this time, the rain outside became heavier and heavier, and the raindrops fell on the eaves, making a pleasant sound.

Shang Luoluo and Zui'er stopped laughing, and they all crowded to the window to watch the rain outside.

After a while, I heard Zui'er whisper: "I don't know what Brother Xiaoya is doing now, whether it's raining over there." ”

Hearing the three words of Brother Xiaoya, Shang Luo's body shook slightly, and a look of confusion and melancholy appeared in his pair of wonderful eyes.

Although she rarely mentions Zhao Ya on weekdays, she actually has no less concern in her heart than a drunken child.

"yes, I don't know how he's doing now, this guy said he would come back in three or five years, but it turned out that he was gone for so long, except for sending someone back to deliver a letter, there was no news in the middle, what a bastard."

Shang Luoluo said with some hatred, but everyone could hear the thoughts in her words.

At this moment, a cold wind blew, and the swaying rain also fell on the faces of several of them.

Then the picture gradually became blurry, and then Zhao Ya raised his head and looked at Li Dao opposite.

"What's going on?"

"The distance is too far, and this kind of long-distance observation is very energy-intensive, so the peephole can't last long at all." Li Dao said.

It turned out that those pictures just now were all seen by Zhao Ya from the light curtain.

Zhao Ya frowned, wanting to say something but didn't say it in the end.

Li Dao saw what Zhao Ya meant, couldn't help but smile, and then said: "Don't worry, since I promised you, I will naturally do it, at least to ensure the safety of this outer land and Dayan." ”

It turned out that just now, Zhao Ya made a request to Li Dao, that is, to ensure the safety of Dayan and the outer land.

This is Zhao Ya's base camp, and there is no room for error.

But at this time, even after hearing Li Dao's assurance, Zhao Ya still didn't believe it, so he continued to ask.

"What do you want to guarantee?"

"Do you think that the fog of the Boundless Sea is just to isolate the people of the outside world from breaking in?"

"Actually, the fog is the result of years of research and was specifically designed to deal with it."

"With this layer of protection, coupled with the fact that the Great Swallow and the Outer Land have always been in a state of strict isolation, even if it comes, it will not affect there."

"And you have to understand that the real main battlefield is on this Endless Mountain, to be exact, in this ruined Heavenly Palace." Li Dao said very seriously.

(End of chapter)