Upon hearing Jin Zhu's address to Mu Junyu, Su Xuening realized that their previous guesses were probably correct.
My mother really is the Empress of Xiliang!
"Is Mother... alright?"
Jinzhu thought of Mu Junyu's hardships, and her smile was somewhat forced: "For now, we have overcome the difficulties. However, Madam cannot leave Xiliang for the time being. But Madam is worried about Miss and Young Master, so she asked me to come and pick you up."
Hearing that Mu Junyu still cared about her and her brother, Su Yun'an asked excitedly, "Has Mother regained her memory?"
Jinzhu paused for a moment, then shook her head: "It seems not."
...Su Yun'an was instantly disappointed again, and the spirits she had just lifted immediately wilted.
Su Xuening was also a little sad to hear that Mu Junyu had not yet regained her memory, but she still comforted Su Yun'an by rubbing his head: "Although Mother has not regained her memory, she still cares about us. Doesn't that mean that Mother has always had us in her heart?"
Su Yun'an snuggled into Su Xuening's arms, looking aggrieved: "Sister, I miss her!"
Su Xuening lovingly stroked Su Yun'an's little face, as if she had made up her mind: "Let's go to Xiliang."
Su Yun'an and Bai Shi both looked at Su Xuening in surprise.
Su Xuening looked at them and explained, "Actually, even if Mother hadn't let Jinzhu come to pick us up, I still wanted to bring everyone to live with Mother."
Upon hearing this, Bai Shi and Su Yun'an finally understood why Su Xuening had chosen to go west earlier.
Su Xuening sighed softly and said, "Now that Xuanyuan Zhan is trapped in the North, the Emperor has been bewitched, and the capital is controlled by Xuanyuan Yu and Xuanyuan Zhi, we definitely can't stay in the capital. But we can't go to the North to meet up with Xuanyuan Zhan either, and my pregnancy is too late. Rather than hiding and being hunted down along the way, it's better to take this opportunity to temporarily avoid Xiliang. With Mother protecting us in Xiliang, even if Xuanyuan Yu and Xuanyuan Zhi have extraordinary abilities, they won't be able to catch us. We can come back after I give birth, or after Xuanyuan Zhan returns to the capital!"
It has to be said that Su Xuening has thought things through very clearly.
Looking at Su Xuening's swollen belly, Bai slapped her thigh and said, "Alright, let's go to Xiliang!"
Kyoto is not safe now. Even if they hide in this bamboo forest, the western suburban valley has been exposed, and they probably won't be able to stay here for long.
Moreover, since our senior uncle and Doctor Luo are still unaware of the situation, it wouldn't be a bad idea for us all to seek refuge in Xiliang together.
The most important thing right now is to ensure Ning'er's safe delivery; nothing else matters.
Seeing that Bai agreed to go to Xiliang, Su Yun'an naturally had no objections.
After all, he missed his mother day and night. He would gladly go to hell to see her, let alone go to Xiliang to see her!
Let's go.
Jinzhu led Su Xuening to Huofeng.
When the fire phoenix saw Su Xuening's face, which was exactly the same as Mu Junyu's, it didn't even need Jinzhu to say anything; it instinctively knelt down in front of her.
Jinzhu helped Su Xuening onto Huofeng's back.
Afterwards, Bai Shi and Su Yun'an also boarded the Fire Phoenix.
When Jinzhu came up, Su Xuening said again, "I still have three people. I would like to ask the Vermilion Bird Divine Beast to help me take them down. I wonder if that's possible."
Jinzhu glanced at Huofeng: "It should be fine, right?"
The fire phoenix seemed to understand their conversation and nodded in a miraculous manner.
Su Xuening was overjoyed and affectionately patted Huo Feng's neck: "Thank you! They are just outside this bamboo forest."
As if understanding, the fire phoenix immediately took them into the air.
Su Xuening and the others were a little nervous sitting on the back of the fire phoenix. After all, they had never ridden such a large bird before, and it was going to fly into the sky. If they lost their footing, they would fall and be smashed to pieces. But after the fire phoenix took off, they found that the back of the fire phoenix was really big and stable. Moreover, even when flying high, they were not afraid of the wind at all. Its two big wings seemed to have the function of wind protection.
The fire phoenix flew out of the bamboo forest and headed towards the valley outside.
"It's a fire phoenix!"
The Imperial Guards, who had just been besieging Pei Luo and his group outside, cheered excitedly again upon seeing the Fire Phoenix.
"My God, it's so big!"
"This really is a phoenix!"
"It really is the Vermilion Bird divine beast!"
If the sight of the fire phoenix swooping down from mid-air had shocked them, then seeing this enormous fire phoenix up close now was truly awe-inspiring.
The Imperial Guards were all looking at the Fire Phoenix, but Xuan Yuan Yu immediately spotted Su Xue Ning, Su Yun An, Bai Shi, and others on the Fire Phoenix's back.
"Su Xuening!"
Xuanyuan Yu immediately shouted at Su Xuening on the back of the fire phoenix.
At this moment, Pei Luo, You Yi, and Dao Yi also saw Su Xuening and the others on the back of the Fire Phoenix.
Su Xuening gave Xuan Yuan Yu a cold look, then said to Huo Feng, "The people I want to pick up are the three people they're surrounding!"
The fire phoenix understood Su Xuening's words and flew straight into the middle of the crowd.
A huge, fiery bird swooped down on them, and the Imperial Guards were so frightened that they all retreated.
The fire phoenix stopped in the middle of the crowd and knelt down in front of Pei Luo and the others.
Just as Pei Luo and You Yi were completely bewildered, Su Xuening shouted at them, "Master, Uncle, come up quickly!"
Before Pei Luo and the other two could think any further, they flew together onto the fire phoenix.
As soon as the fire phoenix caught the three of them, it flapped its wings twice and took off.
The Imperial Guards were still completely bewildered, not yet realizing what was happening.
Xuanyuan Yu was the first to come to his senses and shouted urgently to the Imperial Guards, "What are you all standing there for? Quickly shoot them down for me!"
Upon hearing this, the Imperial Guards snapped out of their daze and immediately drew their bows and shot arrows at the Fire Phoenix.
As if sensing something, the fire phoenix flapped its large wings twice, and the arrows that were originally shot at it were instantly reflected back the way they came!
"Ah!" Soon, screams of agony rose and fell from below among the Imperial Guards.
The remaining Imperial Guards who had managed to survive, seeing how powerful the Fire Phoenix was, dared not shoot any more arrows. Wouldn't shooting arrows be tantamount to courting death?
Seeing that a large number of Imperial Guards had died, Xuan Yuan Yu dared not order them to shoot arrows anymore and could only watch helplessly as the Fire Phoenix carried Su Xue Ning and the others away.
Xuan Yuanzhi never expected that a fire phoenix would suddenly appear and take Su Xuening and the others away.
"Is that the Vermilion Bird divine beast?" Xuan Yuanzhi asked, frowning as he stared at the fire phoenix that had already flown very high and far away.
Xuanyuan Yu stared coldly at the fire phoenix that had flown away, without answering.
Xuan Yuanzhi narrowed his eyes and said, "I heard that the Vermilion Bird is the guardian beast of Western Liang, and only the Western Liang royal family, or even only the Empress of Western Liang, can summon it. Why would the Vermilion Bird come to save Su Xuening and the others?"
The answer is self-evident: Su Xuening has a very important relationship with the Western Liang royal family, and even the Western Liang Empress!
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