Female lead halo
How could Cang Jingye possibly declare himself king in Anzhou!
Isn't this tantamount to directly revealing that Cang Jingye is the leader of the rebels?
There must be something fishy going on here! The Third Prince of the Demon Clan is leading a rebellion that is disrupting the human-demon republic. Either the Third Prince has severed ties with the Demon Clan and is only representing herself, or it is equivalent to the Demon Clan actively destroying the human-demon republic.
The imperial court can now directly wage war against the demon realm.
But the Demon Realm is powerful, so the Emperor probably wouldn't do that, right?
Han Jiang followed Chi Jin to the Vermilion Bird Pavilion, where they happened to bump into Cang Jingqi at the entrance.
Cang Jingqi didn't say much, but silently glanced at the two of them.
"The meeting is to be held in the Vermilion Bird Pavilion. Everyone else, please leave immediately."
Han Jiang walked beside Cang Jingqi, feeling somewhat guilty.
"Wait for me at the post station, huh! Han Xiaoman, is your post station made of pure gold?"
Han Jiang ignored the sarcasm in Cang Jing's words and said, "That's true, but I just wanted you to be able to see the Pavilion Master in peace! Besides, I went with Chi Jin for clues!"
"What clue?"
"There aren't many tokens with gold trim. One is the Pavilion Master, and the other is some Lord Liu."
Cang Jingqi pondered, "Neither of the two deputy pavilion masters of the Vermilion Bird Pavilion has the surname Liu. What is the background of this Lord Liu?"
Han Jiang shook his head: "My intuition tells me that he is not simple."
"You're not simple either; you have some skills." Cang Jing chuckled.
"Of course!"
Cang Jingmo, who was at the post station, also received the news and anxiously awaited the two to discuss countermeasures.
Unable to see the emperor or fathom his thoughts, this step is truly difficult.
Han Jiang glanced at Han Qi, who remained silent to the side, thinking it might be time to take advantage of the female lead's aura.
When Li Yuan met Cang Jingqi, he exchanged a few polite words without revealing any useful information, deliberately delaying the meeting for a long time. However, as soon as he received news from Anzhou, he immediately ordered Cang Jingqi to leave.
They didn't want Cang Jingqi to enter the palace, but they also didn't want Cang Jingqi to know the news.
They practically had the words "guilty conscience" written all over their faces.
“Ah Ye would never do that. We’ll go to the palace this afternoon,” Cang Jingqi said.
Hanqi declined, saying, "You three go, I'll stay."
"No! You have to come with us!" Han Jiang was determined to drag the female lead along.
The Demon Palace had some informants in Jingzhou, and just after lunch, several men in black came to report to Cang Jingqi.
Cang Jingye's self-proclaimed kingship is no simple matter. She declared herself king in the name of the Third Prince of the Demon Clan, not only declaring war on the human realm but also proclaiming that she would let the demons rule and merge the two realms.
The imperial court's decision was even simpler: to accept the declaration of war by suppressing the rebels.
The war between humans and demons will shatter the centuries-old coexistence between them.
Entering the palace was not smooth; it would be more accurate to say that they stormed into the palace.
If it weren't for the fact that Cang Jingqi and Cang Jingmo fought their way from outside the palace gates into the palace, the emperor probably still wouldn't have agreed to let the four of them into the palace.
"Excuse me," Cang Jingqi said to the person who rushed over to deliver the message.
The emperor is young, but he becomes established at thirty.
He fell in love at first sight with the female lead.
Han Jiang was completely baffled by this melodramatic and outrageous plot.
She knew it! How could the male lead not have a love rival? Turns out, it's right here. In the original novel, this part of the plot involves the male and female leads entering the palace, where the emperor falls in love with the female lead at first sight, which not only fosters their relationship but also propels the plot forward.
“I do indeed lack an empress. If Miss Hanqi is willing…” Xiao Yu sat on the throne, looking down at everyone.
Han Qi spoke with righteous indignation and a serious expression: "Your Majesty, we have come here to discuss the matter of sending troops to Anzhou."
Xiao Yu was not giving up and continued to press for answers.
Han Qi spoke coldly, focusing solely on the deployment of troops and the rebels. For a fleeting moment, Han Jiang felt that she had reverted to her original self as the female lead.
Xiao Yu seemed to have just noticed Cang Jingqi, and said, "The demons have rebelled, there's not much more to say, just take down these two demons!"
In an instant, the people from the Vermilion Bird Pavilion surrounded the main hall, and Han Jiang noticed that Chi Jin had also brought a group of people.
The area where the four people stood was set up with an array, and Cang Jingqi and Cang Jingmo were unable to move.
"Xiaoman, you and your junior sister leave first. Amai and I are destined to be trapped. Someone will come to meet you after you leave the palace. Wait for me outside," Cangjingqi transmitted to Hanjiang.
Was being trapped part of his plan? No, it was inevitable. The imperial court had declared war on the demons, so they were bound to enter the palace, even knowing it was a trap.
So they had no choice but to accept this. Cang Jingqi and Cang Jingmo didn't even struggle, letting Li Yuan detain them.
Xiao Yu said to Han Qi, "Be my queen, it's better than staying with the demons."
Hanqi said, "Let me and my senior sister leave the palace. I need to go out and clear my head for a few days to think things over."
Thanks to Han Qi's protagonist aura, the two of them left the palace more easily than Han Jiang had imagined.
Even leaving the palace meant being monitored, and Han Jiang couldn't even go to find someone to meet him.
"Senior sister, what should we do next?" Han Qi's eyes suddenly became clear as soon as she came out.
It turns out that what happened in the palace was an automatically triggered plot involving the female lead in the original novel, which caused Han Qi to briefly follow the path of the original female lead.
Now that the story has ended, Hanqi has lost its core once again.
But this gave Han Jiang hope. Perhaps she couldn't stop this farce on her own, but Han Qi, as the original female lead, could.
There should be no war between humans and demons; finding the mastermind behind it will resolve the crisis.
In this way, Hanjiang can relax and slack off again! She really is not suited for work. Her mind is a mess right now, a jumble of thoughts piled up, as if she's just missing one more thing to connect them.
Since the female lead can still work, then this cannon fodder won't do it.
During the Cold Dew season, we still adhere to the principle of sitting rather than standing, and lying down rather than sitting.
Wen Xu once said that the female lead had flaws, and Han Jiang decided to try to fix them.
"Junior sister, we must stop this war. The Third Prince is not the type to declare war; there must be a conspiracy behind this!"
Hanqi lowered her head: "Senior sister, shall we go find Master?"
"No, we won't go to our master. We'll stop the war."
"Us? Senior sister, I really don't know what else I can do. I don't need revenge, and I don't need to find you... Is there nothing left for me to do in the future? I've thought about this for a long time since I came back from the desert. Actually, none of you need me..."
"Then do good deeds! Do good and accumulate virtue, speak up for the people! The people need you!" Han Jiang quickly stopped Han Qi from continuing, otherwise they would be talking about existential crisis.
Hanqi stared blankly at Hanjiang.
“Junior sister, look at the situation now—” Han Jiang hooked her arm around Han Qi’s shoulder, “Friends are in danger, a war is about to break out, the truth is shrouded in mystery, and we are the only ones involved who have a chance to change things. Don’t we look like the heroine in a storybook?”
Han Qi was skeptical of Han Jiang's words and said, "Senior Sister, have you been reading too many strange books? We're not in those books."
"No, no, no," Han Jiang said, feigning profundity. "I have a feeling that you, my junior sister, will definitely become a key figure in changing this world! If you don't know what to do, then protect the world!"
Don't female protagonists always protect the world? Han Jiang felt that there was nothing wrong with what she said.
"Protect the world? Senior sister, how about we go find a doctor first!"
Han Jiangzhen was dragged into a clinic by Han Qi. She fainted as soon as she entered. When she opened her eyes again, she and Han Qi were tied back to back and locked in a room.
From the time he left the palace to the time he was bound, less than half an hour had passed.
Three or four figures were moving back and forth outside; they were all demons.
They've been kidnapped by the rebels. Han Jiang never imagined there were rebel henchmen in the capital. Were those from the Vermilion Bird Pavilion just for show?
Hanqi hasn't woken up yet. He must have been hit by a spiritual sleep spell. Hanjiang is basically immune to it, so he woke up very quickly.
The rope around her wrists was tied tightly, and Han Jiang couldn't break free. She slowly bent over and then suddenly slammed backward, shaking her body, trying to wake Han Qi.
"Senior sister..."
Han Jiang said, "Shh! We've probably been captured by the rebels. We need to find a way out. Can you use your magic?"
Hanqi understood Hanjiang's meaning and said regretfully, "No, it's sealed off."
It seemed that a very important person had arrived, and the previously loosely guarded men all stood at attention.
"Two people, one to dissipate spiritual energy for the human-demon transformation, and the other to have abundant spiritual energy for the human-demon fusion. After knocking them unconscious, send them to that lord."
As he spoke, he pushed open the door, and Han Jiang and Han Qi immediately closed their eyes and pretended to be dead.
Fortunately, they weren't separated; instead, they were sent together to another location. During this time, Han Jiang secretly opened her eyes and squinted. Judging from the architectural style, they were still near Jingzhou City.
The rebel stronghold is so close to Jingzhou City, how could the Vermilion Bird Pavilion not have noticed? Or did they notice but simply choose not to take action?
"Aren't we sending it to Anzhou?" someone asked.
"These two identities are not simple; they will be discovered very quickly once we leave Jingzhou. That lord will come to Jingzhou in person."
Is that person... Cang Jingye? Or is he the mastermind behind the other side?
Judging by the time, the group blindfolded them and then woke them up. Han Jiang pretended to have just woken up and feigned confusion, asking, "Who are you? Where are we?" In reality, she had already silently memorized the route, waiting for Han Qi's spiritual power to recover so she could escape.
The escorts ignored Han Jiang's question, but Han Jiang didn't care either.
A long flight of stairs leading downwards, the sound of mechanisms turning, a familiar smell. Han Jiang remembered the large cauldron in the secret room in Anzhou; it smelled exactly like that.
"Breaking news, the higher-ups have changed their minds. It would be a waste to use two such rare physiques separately for one experiment. First, they'll convert the human into a demon; if that fails, they'll fuse them together."
"Why are you even doing this kind of reuse?" Han Jiang asked. "What are you going to do?"
"You'll find out soon enough."
"Senior sister, what should we do?"
"You're the female lead, why are you asking me?" Han Jiang continued to rely on Han Qi's female lead aura: "Junior sister, I'll go first, and then you can take the opportunity to escape. You're the female lead, you can definitely save everyone!"
"Senior sister, why do you believe in me? I haven't accomplished a single thing so far..."
"Then let's get this done!"
"What are you muttering about!" came a scolding voice from the side.
Han Jiang had no choice but to shut up. Was the female lead's character flaw so hard to fix? Did it have to be like in dramas, where one person's sacrifice led to another's awakening and outburst? But Han Jiang didn't want to die!
I thought I could get it done with a few words, but it seems that inspirational quotes are completely useless.
Since this is a "Shamate" novel, can't the plot be a little melodramatic at crucial moments? For example, the female lead suddenly awakens some superpower and saves Han from disaster.
Yes, that's possible.
Just as the two removed the blindfolds and Han Jiang was pushed onto the stone platform.
We meet again, Stone Platform. No joke, the most frequently seen prop since Han Jiang transmigrated into this book is this Stone Platform, used for human-demon transformation.
"No! Senior Sister!"
Han Jiang forced a smile: "My heroine, stop shouting! Transform! What's the difference between this and the hero jumping off a cliff and the male lead only knowing to call out the heroine's name?!" But she still maintained the basic professionalism of an actress: "Junior sister, don't worry about me, go quickly! We must save everyone!"
The plot may be dramatic, but it's effective.
Han Qi broke free from the spiritual energy restraints, the seal shattered, and the spiritual energy dissipated wildly. Han Jiang watched helplessly as everyone in the room except her collapsed to the ground in an instant due to the chaotic spiritual energy.
Han Jiang survived by being rescued from the stone platform by Han Qi.
Hanqi hugged Hanjiang and cried, "Senior Sister..."
"He's not dead," Han Jiang replied. "Let's go."
Sure enough, there was a pot when we stepped out of the room.
The overall design of the secret room is exactly the same as that of Anzhou. There is a pot in the middle, corresponding to three holes.
In Anzhou, Han Jiang only entered through one cave entrance, which was also the exit. The room we just saw was another corresponding cave entrance, presumably used for human-demon transformation.
And what about the other one? With Han Qi as the female lead, Han Jiang thought it would be a waste not to come and find out.
The people and demons inside the secret chamber were all infected by Han Qi, their spiritual energy disordered, and they had all lost their ability to move. This made things much easier for them.
The room corresponding to the third opening is a fusion room for humans and demons.
Although Han Jiang didn't recognize the formation, he could roughly guess what it was.
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