Chen Ke and the three of them followed behind the fox demon female official and entered the palace of Qingqiu Kingdom.

It was the end of summer, and the afternoon sun shone on the brick walls of the palace, reflecting a dazzling light.

Listening to Xiao Lingwei, the entire Tushan Palace is made of white jade in the south of Qingqiu, which can shine under the sun, so it is also called Qingyang Palace.

The gorgeous and exquisite Qingyang Palace is huge and quiet, and the road corridor is tortuous, and there is no human figure in sight.

"What do you say Tu Shannujiao is looking for us?" Walking on the road, Chen Ke asked Bai Ze. He was a little scared, didn't he let the descendants of the Tu Shan clan die and be injured one after another, and the lord of the country wanted to find a place for the clansmen?

"I don't know. Let's take a look. When I was young, I saw a girl who was still a little girl. She was open-minded and generous at that time, and she shouldn't be the kind of person who settles accounts after the autumn. Bai Ze in his divine consciousness comforted Chen Ke and said.

"Old man, legend has it that Nujiao is the first beauty in the world. You've seen her, so is she really beautiful?" As soon as the red panda hiding in the stone corner heard Bai Ze say that he had seen Nujiao, he immediately became interested.

"Huh. Bai Ze in his divine consciousness grinned, "The appearance of the country and the city, the face of the moon and the flowers." It is not an exaggeration to describe the female Jiao. What's even more valuable is that she is also blue-hearted, smart and kind. ”

"Wow. Then I'm going to have to come out and take a look. Hearing Bai Ze describe Nujiao like this, the red panda's saliva was about to flow out.

Chen Ke is also a little looking forward to it, I don't know what the world's first beauty will look like.

At this time when they were talking in their consciousness, the female official had already brought everyone to a large hall.

At the entrance of the main hall, the curtain is still drawn, and on both sides of the passage, there are only a dozen palace maids on duty.

The female officer herself entered the main hall, and after a while lifted the curtain and walked out.

"My lord of the country is invited. ”

The female officer bent down and made an inviting gesture, motioning for Chen Ke to let them in, but she didn't follow.

Through the gauze curtain, Chen Ke and the others walked into the dormitory of the lord of Qingqiu and the female Jiao.

In the empty dormitory was a gilded bed, and in the middle of the delicate brocade cushions, a small, thin old man sat and half reclined.

She leaned on a soft pillow with a five-foot-long body, her face wrinkled and goosebumps. The two fox ears were so small that they were almost invisible. There are also nine long white tails behind him, although these tails are decorated with all kinds of dazzling gold ring gems, they still can't hide the embarrassment of yellow coat and bald skin.

As soon as the red panda came out of the stone corner, it was shocked by this reversal scene.

The legendary first beauty in the world, the lord of Qingqiu. turned out to be just a dying old woman.

Liuli and Xiao Lingwei also widened their eyes, they couldn't believe all this, and they forgot to give a gift in surprise.

"Why, am I not beautiful?" the old woman on the golden couch looked at her, and when she saw the three of them behaving like this, she opened her mouth, which was already toothless, and asked with a smile.

"Beauty~"

Chen Ke hurriedly bent down to salute and said this answer against his will, for fear of angering the legendary demon.

"Hahahaha. The old woman laughed even louder, "The young man speaks well." ”

"You don't have to coax Hongu anymore. After living for more than 9,000 years, it has long been an old bone. I know very well what this palace is like. Nujiao smiled at Chen Ke.

Chen Ke and Liuli Xiao Lingwei were both slightly relieved. It seems that Nujiao was not sensitive to her appearance just now, but just teasing them.

The three of them stood up, packed up their clothes, and officially made an audience and worship to the lord of Qingqiu.

"Alright, let's get flat. Nujiao motioned for Chen Ke to get up and sit on the chair next to them.

"Little monster, where did your flute come from?" asked Chen Ke kindly.

"Returning to the mother of the country. This is one of mine, uh, friend, he gave it to me. Chen Ke saw that Nujiao was interested in Qin Yan's flute. He bowed and took out the green flute.

Nujiao spread out her palm, and the green flute slowly flew up by itself and floated into her palm.

Chen Ke began to tell her about the origin of the flute.

"It turns out that she is interested in your blue bird flute. Bai Ze in his divine consciousness said, "There is a blue bird on the top of Kunlun, which is rumored to be the messenger and attendant of the Queen Mother of the West. Their singing and musical instruments are graceful to listen to, and the six senses of synaesthesia can inspire and soothe people's hearts. Your flute is even more of a superb treasure, and it was known to automatically protect you. ”

And Nujiao looked at this flute quietly, as if she was reminiscing about the past.

"I've never heard of a Western demon called Qin Yan. It took a long time for Nujiao to pull her senses out of her memories. returned the flute to Chen Ke, and said with some doubts.

"However, your flute reminds me of my stepmother. Nujiao remembered, "I was exiled when I first transformed, and it was my ancestor who adopted me." I remember that at that time, she had such a flute, and I used to pestering her to play all kinds of tunes to me. ”

"Now that I don't have much time, I will be able to go underground and meet her soon. She chuckled, "I don't know if my mother still remembers those tunes." ”

Then her eyes looked at her thin body, and her expression became a little irritable and lonely, "I don't know if Dayu still remembers me." ”

Chen Ke didn't know how to take over this girl's words. But fortunately, she was only lost for a moment. Then he looked at Chen Ke and said, "Say, what are you looking for me?"

Chen Ke respectfully took out Uncle An Xiao's jade letter and explained the reason why several people came here.

"I see. The girl held the jasper envelope in her hand, and then the beautiful jade turned into ashes.

"Do you know who attacked you these days?" Nujiao smiled again and threw out a question that had nothing to do with An Xiao's letter.

Chen Ke, Liuli, and Xiao Lingwei shook their heads together, indicating that they didn't know.

"My fox clan has lived in Qingqiu for 10,000 years. ”

"And the most outstanding of the fox clan are my Tushan clan and the Yousu clan. Nu Jiao Su said, "It's a pity that for thousands of years, Tu Shan's family has been complacent and does not want to forge ahead. There are fewer and fewer capable people and demons in the clan, and in the end, I have to rely on my old wife to support the scene. ”

"On the other hand, there is the Su clan, who have been forging ahead over the years, communicating with various countries, and making Qingqiu look new. Now, the reputation and prestige of the Su clan have surpassed that of the Tu Shan clan, and they also have plans to replace them. ”

"Then you, the lord of the country, aren't you going to interfere?" Chen Ke asked.

"Why should I interfere?" Nujiao asked with a smile, "The weakness of the Tu Shan clan is the result of their self-inflicted deception. And although I am the patriarch of Tushan, I am also the lord of Qingqiu. There is the Su clan, and they are also fox clans. There is nothing wrong with letting the more far-sighted fox demon lead Qingqiu. ”

"Besides, although the Su clan has been deliberately squeezing out the Tu Shan clan over the years, they have not persecuted them. Using folk merits to gain prestige is an upright conspiracy. ”

"So, wasn't the person who attacked us that day someone sent by the Su Clan?" Chen Ke heard the hidden flavor in Nujiao's words.

"The child can be taught. Nujiao took a fairly soft fox tail to cover her lips and teeth, and smiled with satisfaction, "It's just not all right, in fact, the people on the first night were indeed sent by the Su family." And the assassination during the day was done by my unsuccessful people. ”

"What's going on?" Chen Ke touched his head, very puzzled.

"There is the Su family, they want to wait for me to die and take control of Qingqiu, but they are afraid of me, an old woman. Therefore, there are several female officials and palace maids in Qingyang Palace, all of whom are spies they have planted to monitor my movements. But since she didn't do anything disobedient to me, the old woman went with them. ”

"They have also been active in Daxia over the years, hoping to get more support. When you came to deliver the letter that day, they were afraid that you had come to tell me about their affairs in Bactria, so they sent a dead soldier to steal the letter at night. ”

Speaking of this, Nujiao's face became a little unsightly.

"It's just a small thing. Unexpectedly, my unscrupulous people came up with a stupid idea. ”

"You mean, the Tushan Clan's fox demon saw that we were stolen that night, and thought of a plan to kill people with a knife. I hope to attack and kill the three of us, and then put the blame on the most suspicious Su clan, so that the Su clan can offend Donghai and my Immortal Palace?" Xiao Lingwei is also Bingxue smart, she immediately thought of the cause and effect.

Nujiao nodded a little annoyed and said with a wry smile: "I, the fox demon of the Tushan clan, is better than tenacious temperament and excellent talent. Now they are not doing the right path of cultivation. On the contrary, there is a strategic planning and conspiracy that the Su family is good at. It's really stupid, one generation is not as good as the next. ”

"I never thought that Tu Shangeng, who was still a little talented among the younger generation of my clan, would come up with such a strategy as killing people and causing trouble. Even if he is doing this for the so-called clan, it is contrary to my Tu Shan beliefs. ”

"Little monster, Tu Shangeng was defeated and killed by you, and he is to blame. After the girl finished speaking, she sighed.

Everyone fell silent. The descendants of the Tu Shan clan showed off their intrigues and tricks, but they harmed themselves. Now even the two most promising teenagers in their clan have died, and the other has had their talents destroyed.

"That girl, what should I do now?" Chen Ke felt a little guilty, although he did it himself, but after all, he was also helping the next generation of the Su clan who ruined Tu Shan. After the silence, he asked.

"That's why I'm here for you. Nujiao smiled and straightened up, "Now the Su clan has the absolute upper hand, but their personalities are not as good as the Tu Shan clan." I'll have to reconcile. No matter how you say it, they don't dare to persecute the Tu Shan clan and honestly wait to take over power. ”

"I'm old. But as long as I live in this world for one day, I will be the king of Qingqiu!"

Seeing Chen Ke and the others were a little embarrassed by their own momentum, Nujiao withdrew the coercion. She waved her hand, and a red leaf slowly floated out of a small box behind her.

"I don't know who the current Empress Chun of Great Xia is. But this is the name book left by the Su family's pure fox back then, and the red leaves are not destroyed, which proves that the pure fox is indeed alive. Within a hundred steps, pinch the name, and the demon will glow red and feel pain. ”

The red leaves slowly fell to Chen Ke's feet.

"Remember, I didn't give you this leaf. I don't want to get involved in the state affairs of Great Xia, I just want to destroy part of the layout of the Su clan in Great Xia and warn them. And Xiangkang's mother, after all, is from my stepmother's Xiling clan, so I can only help you get here. The girl sprinkled the red leaves, closed her eyes slightly and said.

"Let's go, when you're gone. I'll pick a day to spread out that the Qingyang Palace natal box has been stolen and some rosters have been lost. She waved her hand irritably, and turned her head to look out the window at the sinking sunset.

Chen Ke picked up the leaves, and the three of them gave a big gift to Nujiao again.

"Little monsters. Just as Chen Ke was about to get up to say goodbye, Nujiao called out to him.

"You don't have to do much with the Western demons, and you don't have too much to do with any immortal Great Xia. The old woman can live for more than 9,000 years, relying on the two words pure and inaction. Nujiao reminded Chen Ke as if admonished.

Chen Ke nodded, indicating that he had been taught.

Twilight enters the hall. Looking over from Chen Ke, the female girl just blocked the sunset outside the window, and the old fox demon straightened up his chest, and his silhouette was like a peerless beauty.