In the lower reaches of the Lingyuan River, a town called Grinster can be seen. At the end of the river is the location of the Mermaid Palace.

At the entrance to the palace there is a bust of a historic king.

The entire Tubbrick Bay is delicate and mysterious, as if woven with a milky white mist that will disappear at any moment. The waves were layer by layer, as if they were being blown by the wind and frowned slightly. The sound of lapping against the reef is the sigh of the sea god in the depths of the sea.

The mermaid dungeon is upside down below the coastline, holy and pure, like a white lotus hidden in the ground. There are pontoon bridges, minarets, and flat-roofed buildings where ordinary people live, which are no different from surface buildings.

Xi Yao, who was covered in bruises, was temporarily placed here by the Creation Messenger, and had already awakened at this time. She stood in the room for a long time with her hands clasped over her chest, not hearing any movement from the outside world.

The cold is barely felt in the underground palace.

The windowless basilica is illuminated by seven huge chandelabras, suspended overhead. The flames floated faintly upwards under the action of the spiritual power of the dungeon, lasting for a long time, like a warm color accidentally made on an oil painting.

The woman's blue eyes were as cold and distant as stars, and she walked slowly into the main hall without any expression on her face.

Her real name is "Ying", and she used to be the spirit envoy of the mermaids, but now she is the queen of Violet II, and the highest ranking person of the merfolk except for the merfolk patriarch, where the merfolk used to call her Lord Ying.

Dinner took place in silence. As a daughter, Xiyao gobbled up, and her movements with knives and forks were skillful and fast, but the cut pieces of meat were rough and rushed to her mouth. The queen at the other end behaves elegantly, drinking responsibly, eating things on the plate in moderation, and her gestures are very organized.

The silver-red candle flame flickered, and a few fish occasionally swam in the cobalt blue outside the window.

The tea was full, and Xi Yao called softly: "Mother." ”

"Child, elegant manners are the duty of the emperor. ”

"The queen mother has time to care about these things, it is better to care about my injuries. ”

"As an imperial woman, don't be mean. Ying Jue's thin eyebrows did not frown.

Xi Yao said in a sour tone, "The Queen Mother should know what happened in Saru Town......, right? If I had gone too late, I would have ended up as miserable as Monica!, and before I had even gone far, I met several creation messengers who were following me, and they followed me for a long time, until at last I was forced to get out of the carriage...... Mother, if you say that you don't know anything, I don't believe it. You already knew that Saru would give birth to a new emissary, right?"

"How could Empress Ben let her daughter take such a big risk to find an astrological envoy?"

Xi Yao didn't appreciate it at all, and said in a solemn voice: "Mother, tell the truth." ”

Ying Jue looked at Xi Yao's stubborn little face and sighed: "The people of their astrology clan have mastered too many secrets on the continent, and if a new spirit envoy is born, it will be a big trouble for us." In the past two days, I have sent someone to keep an eye on the Emperor Star Division, and there is no movement on his side, but the Rongmei Patriarch should have received someone to prepare to return to the royal capital. ”

"Oh, is it?" Xi Yao raised an eyebrow, "I was taken away by the Creation Messenger on that day, and I don't remember anything about the aftermath. When did you get the information from your mother?"

Ying Jue stepped forward and hugged Xi Yao, a tear fell from her eyes: "It's the fourth day, and there's no news outside...... Don't let me worry about you anymore, okay? You kid, you don't let the attendants follow, you go out and get so seriously injured, how can you let the queen mother explain to your father!"

"You...... Are you just thinking about how to report to the palace?" Xi Yao stiffened to meet this hug.

"What parent in the world doesn't feel sorry for their child!"

"I'm fine. The merfolk squires will definitely take good care of me, so you don't have to worry about these little things. Xi Yao comforted Ying Jue's back.

But in the girl's heart, there was already a nameless sense of decadence and disappointment welling up.

She didn't want to show it in front of the queen, she just wanted to talk about business now, so she asked, "If the astrologers don't do anything, what about the spirit clan?" I see that the Great Spirit Envoy Gwendrin has also gone to Saru Town, and the situation must not be as simple as we understand. ”

Ying Jue let go of Xi Yao and stared at her little face in surprise: "I still want to ask you, how did the Spirit Clan people also get involved in this matter? Aren't they busy holding a funeral for the dead Imperial Patriarch, so quickly they have free time to muddy the waters......"

Xi Yao stomped her foot anxiously and said to Ying Jue, "I also think it's weird...... It's certainly more complicated than we think. The Great Spirit Envoy of the Spirit Clan, Gwendrin, and Monica, both appeared in Saru Town at about the same time, and it is said that Count Shenlin and Count Grenville were also ......"

"The two of them came to join in the fun. Ying Jue muttered.

Xi Yao sighed helplessly, and said in a deep voice: "Queen Mother, our news is obviously top secret, why is it making a fuss and the city is full of wind and rain......? This must not be spread to the royal palace!"

Ying Jue turned his head and stared at the corner of the mermaid palace: "The king already knows. ”

Xi Yao exclaimed, "How did my father know?"

"He's the king, and of course there will be the most powerful intelligence network in the entire Violet Empire. ”

Xi Yao turned her face suspiciously and glanced at Ying Jue, "This is impossible...... I'm obviously the first merfolk to return, so it's impossible for the news to reach the palace......"

Ying Jue obviously didn't like Xi Yao's attitude, and snorted coldly, which was considered to be a response to her.

"Queen Mother!"

"You are the King's daughter!"

"When did you ever treat me like a daughter?"

Ying Jue's face suddenly changed, and he said softly: "You can't do things according to your own temperament anymore." The cause of this spiritual power fluctuation is not yet clear, you and Monica have been seriously injured, and the turmoil in Saru Town is no longer within our control. So...... You go and confess your mistake to the king first. ”

"Why did I admit my mistake?" Xiyao refused without hesitation.

"You are acting on behalf of the mermaid clan, and there is another emperor who has a conflict, and this is the mistake!"

Xi Yao wanted to speak and stopped, turned her head and said nothing.

"You don't think what the Queen Mother said is right, do you?"

"Queen Mother, I feel that I am ...... with my father" Xi Yao smiled helplessly, unable to see the true emotions in her heart, "I really don't want to be an emperor in the palace with peace of mind, because I think that the mermaid spirit makes this position more suitable for me." ”

"I've never seen a merfolk as stubborn as you. Ying Jue's face was full of anger, and then he retracted slightly, "Child, listen to me, you will always be the best imperial daughter, if you are so unreasonable, your mother will be very embarrassed." ”

"Of course I am, I definitely am!" Xi Yao bit her lower lip and continued: "I don't understand, why do you keep asking me to accommodate people like Monica! She humiliates me mercilessly inside and outside the palace, and you never let me talk back! You are the queen, her mother is nothing, where is it more noble than the mermaid clan, why let me let her go everywhere?"

"She's older than you, she's the eldest daughter, so you naturally need to give her half a cent. ”

Xi Yao said angrily: "Do you think my spiritual power is not as good as hers? Do you think I have no capital?"

"The marriage and childbirth of the mermaid clan for thousands of years have been unchanged, and we are the most noble race in the whole continent. There is no one on this continent who can achieve the manipulation of water like the mermaid patriarch...... Only by combining with the royal family and the Protoss can you produce offspring with stronger spiritual power. ”

Xi Yao twisted her eyebrows and pouted angrily.

"That Monica was born of a human race, and she has a lowly temperament. Ying Jue gently touched Xi Yao's head, smiled and said, "Your courtesy will become her capital to fly and dominate, isn't this a good thing?"

Xi Yao asked indignantly, "Why?"

"Silly boy, no one likes a domineering woman, and neither does the king. Let others do it if you are arrogant and misbehaving, my daughter of Lord Ying must be the best spiritual envoy, and she must also be the most sensible imperial daughter. ”

"Queen Mother, what secrets does the astrologers hold that make you sure to kill them?" asked Xi Yao instead.

"The secret is to rot in the stomach, Xi Yao. Even if you're my daughter and an envoy of the merfolk, I don't want you to be involved. Ying Jue's eyes flickered slightly, and there was a hint of helplessness on his good-looking face, "Sooner or later, you will know these things, it may be the day when our mermaid clan will be wiped out, and of course, it may be the day when their astrology clan will never recover......"

Xi Yao trembled all over, and for a while felt that her mother was extremely strange, and there was a terrifying sense of determination in her dark blue eyes.

Ying Jue sighed softly and said to himself: "The forces in the empire, how can it be as simple as you imagined. Saru has always been a battleground for the major races, and it would be better to make it a neutral city than to fight to the death, so it would be no harm to us. ”

Xi Yao could hear what she was saying, and said, "What secrets are hidden in Saru Town?

"What's the matter that their astrologers don't know?" Ying Jue continued, "Even if the Charm doesn't know, there is still a Quinn hidden in the Empire...... What doesn't Quinn know?"

"Okay. Xi Yao agreed, but she was very unfamiliar with the name "Quinn", and she thought that she should be a senior who was older than her mother, so she complied with her meaning, "In that case, we don't have to be in a hurry." How's Monica doing now?"

Ying Jue's smile suddenly retracted, and she seemed to have a headache about this topic: "Her spiritual power circuit has shown signs of reorganization, you know, her spiritual power is almost the same as that of the king, but because of her mother, her spiritual power is slightly inferior." I really don't know what will happen this time, but I'm afraid ...... I'm afraid that the astrologers should be the first to come to a conclusion. ”

Xi Yao couldn't help but show a shocked look, "In that case, isn't there going to be a new kind of spiritual ability...... Is it only the Witch Doctor's healer who has come to heal him? Did Bridget, the Immortal Soul Master, go?"

"Eternal Spirit Master Bridget, on the way to the palace, was suddenly robbed by the Spirit Clan's envoy, heh, I don't know what kind of heart that Feather Patriarch An has. Ying Jue smiled coldly, "However, I didn't intend to insert willows and willows, but it helped a lot." ”

"If the Spirit Clan Patriarch makes a move, it means that they have also withdrawn temporarily...... Mother, if it is really an ancient spirit beast with superior spiritual power awakening, the consequences are unimaginable...... The war has just ended, and with that feathered man's qualifications, I am afraid that it will not be possible, and now no one can stand up to defend the safety of St. Randall! Do you know what a terrible thing it is?"

"You are the imperial daughter, and there will be countless spiritual magicians in front of you who will be born and die for you. You didn't provoke it, and the spirit beast wasn't awakened by the people of the mermaid clan, what does this have to do with us...... Isn't there still the Beast Tribe's Beast Clan in front, what's the hurry?" Ying Jue looked at Xi Yao's eyes, a little impatient.

"But you...... Do you just let the people of Saru die like that?"

"Well, let the subject be put to rest, and leave for the palace at once, my child, for the king has some questions for you. ”