Chapter 417: Living Desperately

"Princess Xiangyi is in her prime, which is the most attractive time for a woman. How could she be old?"

A handsome man behind her was combing Xiangyi's hair and comforting her in a soft voice.

As the man was combing her hair, he discovered a white hair mixed in with Xiangyi's black hair. His eyes flashed, and then he calmly hid the white hair among the black hair. If he dared to say that Princess Xiangyi had white hair, he would definitely not see tomorrow's sun.

"I haven't been very strong lately, and everything I do seems boring. It seems my heart has also grown old."

Xiangyi was in a bad mood. She waved her sleeve and swept the bronze mirror in front of her to the ground. The maids in the hall immediately knelt on the ground.

The man also hurriedly put down the jade comb, then knelt on the ground and said:

"Princess, calm down! I heard a rumor that there is a Su Nu Palace among the martial arts sects. The Su Nu Mystical Skill they practice is the best for maintaining youth. It is said that the Palace Master of Su Nu Palace is over eighty years old, but looks like a young girl, and is very popular."

Xiangyi's originally bad mood suddenly turned into a good mood because of the man's words. She turned around and asked:

"Are you telling the truth?"

"Of course, I dare not lie to you, Princess. Please send someone to investigate."

The man knelt on the ground and said without raising his head.

"Okay, go down now!"

Xiangyi raised the corners of her lips, had a new goal, and waved her hand to let the man go.

"Yes, Princess!"

The man kowtowed in fear and trepidation, then backed out of the princess's bedroom.

After leaving the princess's sight, the fear on his face disappeared instantly, and his eyes turned cold, showing disgust towards Xiang Yi. When he met an inner guard face to face, he whispered:

"The message has been delivered to the princess."

The eunuch acted as if he didn't hear anything. He just bowed and left in a hurry.

The man returned to his own room and asked the boy to fetch him some water for a bath. After bathing for more than an hour, he dressed neatly and left the room.

After hearing what the man said, Xiangyi called the leader of his secret guards:

"Go and ask around to see if the rumor is true or not."

"yes!"

"How is Xu Fengze's son?"

Xiangyi asked suddenly on a whim.

"Princess, Xiao Qi has been sent to the death squad training camp for five years. He has been assigned a number, but he still needs to be trained for a while before he can be sent to the princess."

This man was the leader of the masked bandits who destroyed Yingze Villa, and was also the leader of Princess Xiangyi's secret guards.

"He's still too young. I don't want to wait until he grows up and I'm too old to feed him."

Princess Xiangyi smiled wickedly.

"I understand. I will find out the news as soon as possible and find a way for the princess to maintain her youthful appearance."

"You go ahead!"

Xiangyi then sent the leader of the secret guards away with satisfaction.

During these twelve years, Xu Fengze's son had a completely different life from Lianyi's. When he was young, he cried all day long because of a wound on his chest. Finally, the leader of the secret guards took the baby in his arms to see a ghost doctor, who used strong medicine to heal the baby's chest wound, but it left a scar that could not be healed.

This scar grew with the baby slowly, occupying the position on his heart. When he was able to walk and speak, he began to take care of the daily life of the secret guards, because there is no free lunch in the world. This is what the leader of the secret guards taught him.

He did what he could, washing clothes, shoes and socks, cleaning the room, making the bed, delivering breakfast, and then found time to learn the "Three Character Classic", first memorizing it, and then recognizing each word by himself. If he didn't understand something, he would ask the secret guards who were not on duty. In short, he seized every opportunity to learn.

He didn't even have a name since he was a child. The secret guards always called him "boy, kid", and he would respond every time. Since he was old enough to understand, he knew that his whole person and life belonged to Princess Xiangyi. All the things he learned now were for the purpose of serving the princess better in the future.

One of the secret guards couldn't bear to see this, so he avoided everyone and secretly told them his origins:

"Princess Xiangyi killed your parents and left you behind as an infant. If you want to find out your origins, you can't just think about being a male concubine. Becoming a secret guard will give you a chance to find out the whole story, and then you can decide whether to seek revenge."

For a seven-year-old child, these words were a bit profound, but he understood that Princess Xiangyi was not his benefactor, but his enemy. It was not necessarily out of kindness that she spared his life.

So for the first time he took the initiative to find the leader of the dark guards and wanted to join the dark guards' training camp. He said that if he learned martial arts well, he would be able to better protect the princess in the future.

The leader of the secret guards did not refuse his request. After all, after Princess Xiangyi ordered them to bring the child back, she never asked about the child's life or death. He also sympathized with the child's situation and sent him to the secret guard training camp the next day.

"You choose your own path. Only those who pass all the tests and leave the training camp alive can become secret guards. What your future will be like depends entirely on you."

"Don't worry, Chief, I will come back alive."

Then he walked into the training camp without hesitation. In the first three years, he didn't even have a code name and could only struggle on the brink of life and death. He wanted to live and find his family and his own surname.

Whenever he was knocked to the ground and couldn't get up, he would repeat this to himself over and over again, then grit his teeth, hold the notched dagger tightly in his hand, and charge into the crowd again.

He gets knocked down, gets up, gets knocked down again, and gets up again, until he is the only one left on the battlefield. Then there is a long period of healing. Healing does not mean letting you lie down and rest, but starting to learn the knowledge of becoming a secret guard.

Three years later, he finally got his own code name "Seven", which was what he fought for himself in the Dark Guard Camp. It gave him the right to continue living. There were more than a hundred children in their batch who entered the Dark Guard Camp, but only less than thirty of them had code names, and the rest had already reported to the King of Hell.

"Today we will learn about the various forces in the underworld."

A black-faced man with one arm missing stood in the front and began to explain the existing underworld forces to the remaining thirty or so people.

Three days later, the leader of the secret guards brought back accurate information and reported to Xiang Yi:

"Princess, there is indeed a Su Nu Palace in Jianghu. This sect mainly recruits female disciples. The palace master Su Minyi is over eighty years old, but she looks like a thirty-year-old. This is the result of her sixty years of practicing Su Nu Xuan Gong."

"It took me sixty years of practice to maintain my appearance. It seems that it is too late for me to practice now."

Xiangyi's face darkened.

"Would you like me to find this set of skills?"

"Of course, I not only want the technique, I also want Su Minyi's sixty years of internal energy, so that I can stay young forever."

Xiangyi suddenly said with a smile.

"this"

"Stop talking nonsense. Let's make the arrangements. We will set off tomorrow. I want to absorb her inner strength as soon as possible to prevent her from having her inner strength destroyed. You should arrange for someone to sneak in and provide support. This technique can only be practiced by me from now on. There is no need for the Su Nu Palace to exist anymore."

"yes!"

(End of this chapter)