"I……"
Of course she didn't want to, but the price was that she had to kill Wu Guoguo. Wu Guoguo had saved her, how could she...?
The old tortoise patted her head. "Princess, I know you can't bring yourself to do it, but you can't just think of yourself. You have to think of all the people in the world."
The little one looked up with tearful eyes, "Is it really necessary? Isn't there any other way?"
The old tortoise shook its head.
Sisi's heart sank further. "I understand."
“Princess, even if he doesn’t die, he will destroy the Dragon Palace, and your father, mother, playmates, and I will all die. He will also eat you.”
The old turtle deliberately made it sound serious; she was a child and didn't understand, but the adults knew perfectly well.
Tuoba Yan's meaning was clearly that he wanted to marry her and make her his demon queen, rather than literally "eat her".
"I understand, you can go now."
The old tortoise understood that she needed time to process this, so he didn't press her further. "Princess, three of the Four Immortals are now by your side. They will help you."
After saying that, the old tortoise disappeared.
Sisi lay on the bed, her little head filled with too many things, giving her a terrible headache.
And what Four Immortals? There are no Four Immortals around her!
Knock knock.
There was a knock on the door, and Xie Yan's deep voice came from outside, "Sisi, Mother is calling us for dinner."
"They're here."
The wheat sprouted, the grain harvest was plentiful, and cartloads of grain were hauled into the city. The city lord was overjoyed and dug out his treasured old wine, inviting a few brothers and everyone else to a meal together.
Several tables were set up, with only simple food on them. Food is hard-earned, and they couldn't afford to waste it.
Sisi sat with a group of children, who were eating happily, but she had little appetite.
"Little girl," Zhou Erqian called out furtively, shoving a small bowl into her arms. "Someone slaughtered a cow today and specially saved this for you. It's delicious."
"Second Brother, I'm not hungry."
She pushed the bowl back, and Zhou Erqian glared at her, "You have to eat even if you're not hungry. This beef is so precious, we can't waste it. I'll watch you eat, so someone won't snatch it away later."
Stared at by him, Sisi could only stuff the food into her mouth, while Little Gem beside her was drooling with envy.
"Sister, I want to eat too."
There was a food shortage a while ago. Although I didn't go hungry thanks to my sister, I hadn't eaten beef for a long time.
Zhou Erqian rolled her eyes at him, "Whose fault is it that you don't have a brother? This is for my sister."
Sisi gave him a strange look. Zhou Erqian awkwardly touched his nose. Well, he had wronged the little guy and came here specifically to apologize.
He only got this little bit of beef because he helped someone slaughter a cow, and he almost got kicked by that dead cow.
"Sister~"
Little Gem said coquettishly, and Sisi, taking advantage of Erguoguo's inattention, quickly stuffed a piece into his mouth.
Hehe~
He grinned foolishly, which made Zhou Erqian so angry that she wanted to pry his mouth open and then spit it out, but she was disgusted by his mouth full of saliva.
He could only leave in a huff.
"Would you like to eat four or five pots?"
Sisi picked up a piece and was about to hand it over when Yu Chen knocked it away. She was stunned and somewhat confused.
"That big bad guy is so annoying, wasting food!"
Little Gem glared at him, picked up the beef, blew off the dust, and stuffed it into her mouth.
"Fourth Brother?"
With a blank expression, he said, "Be vigilant."
Xie Yan felt it was unnecessary; she was his sister and wouldn't kill him. He was just being overly anxious.
He reached out to Sisi, "Give your brother another piece."
Sisi placed the bowl in his palm. "It's all yours. You and Siguoguo can eat together."
After saying that, she got up and ran out of the courtyard.
"Sister, wait for me." Little Gem followed behind her.
Her attitude towards him was clearly different.
Xie Yan ate all the beef, not giving a single piece to Chen Liu. "Fourth Brother, you should stay away from me."
"Aren't you afraid that person is Sisi?"
“It wasn’t her.” Xie Yan looked at her, his eyes firm. “Sisi wouldn’t want to kill me, she wouldn’t.”
Without conclusive evidence against Chen, and not daring to make any assertions, he pursed his lips and remained silent.
Sisi ran to a pavilion, and Little Gem chased after her, pulling out something like a treasure, "Sister, a meat bun, you can have it."
"I'm not hungry." Sisi shook her head. She had initially suspected that Little Gem was one of the Four Immortals, but Little Gem was clearly a snake demon.
Three of the Four Immortals were by her side, and...
Besides Little Gem, there's also Little White by her side. Could it be Little White?
Sisi then recalled that she had seen a figure similar to Xiaobai at the Queen Mother's Peach Banquet.
One of the immortals is probably Xiaobai.
"Little Gem, where did Little White go?"
Little Gem shook his head as he ate his steamed bun.
Sisi decided to go look for it. Little White wouldn't wander off; it must be sleeping somewhere somewhere.
When she found Xiaobai, it was watching Zhao Yuan and Qin Yu fight. It was protecting Zhao Yuan and kept pecking at Qin Yu's hair.
"Zhao Yuan, you're cheating! You're fighting me and you're getting this bird to help you? Just say you can't beat me!"
"Are you jealous because nobody's helping you?"
Qin Yu got angry again, and the two of them rolled on the ground, entangled and neither of them would give in, their faces red.
Sisi tugged at Guan Yize's sleeve and whispered, "Why are they fighting?"
A slight blush appeared on Guan Yizhe's pale face. "Qin Yu said that the Xiongnu were about to invade and that Wuzhou City was doomed. He said we would all die. Zhao Yuan said he was talking nonsense and that he was cursing people. The two of them started arguing and then fought."
Sisi knew the Xiongnu were going to attack, so how could they have reached Wuzhou so quickly? How did Qin Yu know?
Over there, Qin Yu was already pinned to the ground by Zhao Yuan. He cried out, "Zhao Yuan, you'll beg me! My mother has thought of a way! I'll live! If you want to live, kneel down and beg me! I'll..."
Zhao Yuan punched him hard. "You're dreaming! I'm not begging you!"
Qin Yu's nose started bleeding, and the other children rushed forward to break up the fight and pulled Zhao Yuan down.
Qin Yu said angrily, "Fine, then you can all die! It would be better if you all died, so you could stop bullying me!"
"How did you know the bad guys were going to break in?" Sisi asked.
Qin Yu gave her a smug, disdainful look and said, "My mother told me that, and she also said that today..."
"Qin Yu—!"
Not far away, Madam Qin stood with a stern face.
Qin Yu was so frightened that he trembled and quickly ran over.
"What nonsense are you spouting? Are you asking for a beating?" Madam Qin said fiercely, pulling him away.
Zhao Yuan clapped his hands. "I knew he was talking nonsense. With the city lord here, we won't die."
Sisi felt uneasy. She looked in the direction Madam Qin had left and chased after her. Zhao Yuan said, "Little ancestor, wait for me."
Xiao Bai followed along. Guan Yize hesitated for a long time, but decided to be willful this once. He would play this game and make up for today's homework tomorrow.
"Aunt Qin!"
Sisi called out from behind Madam Qin, who had no choice but to stop and said in a displeased tone.
"Is there something you need? We need to get home quickly."
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