Shangguan Qing bit his finger and dripped blood onto the night pearl on the dagger.

In the blink of an eye, the dagger emitted a dazzling silver light, which made her unable to open her eyes. Youxuan was also shocked by the scene.

In the light, Shangguan Qing's figure was gradually swallowed up...

When she opened her eyes again, she had been brought into the interior of the blade. It was pitch dark inside, so dark that she couldn't see her hand in front of her face. She couldn't even see if it was mud under her feet or if she turned her head.

"You pulled me in here to tell me something?" She raised her head and asked the air around her.

Objects that have been recognized by their owners are all spiritual, not to mention that it is made of ancient black iron.

After a while, something seemed to be flashing a faint light not far away.

Shangguan Qing followed the light and walked over. When he got closer, he found that it was the night pearl on the scabbard that was floating in the air.

Inside the dagger, it was so huge that it was half her height.

However... in the next second, her eyes widened unconsciously in shock.

"What's going on?"

The Night Pearl was like a screen, showing her memories of being brought back to Zhou by Shangguan Yuji...

Inside the Zhou Palace.

Shangguan Yuji was summoned back to the palace before he had time to take off his armor.

Huyan Shaohuan was taken back to the general's mansion by his men.

King Zhou sat on the throne, looking majestic and righteous.

He looked at General Shangguan who was kneeling before the emperor, "General Shangguan, you have worked hard. Please stand up."

"I heard that this time, in addition to winning the battle, you also brought Princess Shaohuan back to the country?" His tone was stiff, as if he cared a little.

"Your Majesty, as long as Shaohua remains a captive in Zhou, Wei will not attack Zhou, and we can have fewer casualties."

"Liar!" The emperor slammed the dragon throne.

Seeing the emperor's rage, all the ministers in the court knelt on the ground and shouted in unison, "Your Majesty, please calm down! Your Majesty, please calm down! Your Majesty, please calm down!"

After shouting three times, King Zhou gradually calmed down his anger.

He questioned Shangguan Yuji, "You clearly know that Wei is already in our hands, and now you are telling me that as long as Huyan Shaohuan is here, they will not attack our country? Am I afraid that they will attack us?"

"I'm telling you, Shangguan Yuji, even if you have made great contributions on the battlefield, I hope you remember! You are a subject, I am the king, and the subject can only obey the king. Don't use your tricks to fool me!"

Every word and sentence makes sense, making people dare not refute, and have no way to refute.

Shangguan Yuji knelt on the ground with his head lowered, like a dog being scolded by its owner when it did something wrong, with a look of helplessness and stubbornness in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, I... I just heard that Princess Shaohua holds a very high position in the hearts of the people of Wei. If we use her as a hostage, we will be able to conquer Wei without wasting a single soldier."

With cold sweat on his forehead, he spoke a set of words that even he didn't believe.

There were mostly civil officials in the court, who knew little about the situation in the enemy country and all listened to reports from military officials. The military officials of Zhou followed the lead of General Shangguan, so no one corrected his mistakes.

King Zhou was also skeptical, "Really?"

"Really." He replied firmly.

At this point, King Zhou didn't know what to say. As for whether Princess Shaohuan lived in his mansion or in the palace for entertainment, it didn't matter.

Just a hostage, just don't die or escape.

......

The backyard of the general's mansion.

Green plants began to wither in the autumn. The servants in the mansion were busy running around, but she was idle and anxious. What's more, this was the general's mansion of the enemy country.

The two armies were fighting in the previous second, and in the next second they moved into his house.

Outrageous...

Huyan Shaohuan sat bored in the corridor, watching the withered yellow leaves being blown to the ground by the wind. To put it nicely, the fallen leaves return to their roots, but to put it bluntly, they are dead.

"Are you daydreaming?"

A clear and clean male voice came from behind her.

Shao Hua turned around and raised her head, revealing her watery, clean and clear eyes. In just a moment, Shangguan Yuji was struck by her eyes.

"Shangguan Yuji, what's the point of locking me up in your mansion?" She roared, a roar she had been repeating for the past few days. "You either kill me or let me go back. What do you mean now? Are you treating me like your canary?"

They were provided with delicious food and drink all day long, but were not allowed to touch swords or leave the house.

Once she sneaked out, and he took a whole company of soldiers to search door to door, and finally found her in a brothel.

What's more important is that she was performing on the stage with heavy makeup on and was enjoying herself when he interrupted her.

He flew onto the stage with a light Kung Fu move, took off his black robe and wrapped it around Shao Hua, who was wearing only a few pieces of cloth. There was more anger in his eyes than on the battlefield.

"Why are you here?"

The sound of his questioning voice was so terribly low that she could never forget it.

Shao Hua was frightened by his furious look. Usually he was calm and aloof, but now he was as scary as the King of Hell.

"An old lady said that the connections here are the most extensive..." So she wanted to try to find someone to take her back to Wei.

Of course, she didn't say the latter sentence.

Shangguan Yuji knocked her forehead in frustration, "This is a brothel. The person you are looking for is not there."

"Is this the brothel of Zhou State?"

Her eyes widened in surprise.

Usually he only knows how to lead troops to fight and practice martial arts, and has never been to a place of fireworks, etc...

"I was actually sold!" She suddenly realized.

She was so angry that she turned around and went to settle the score with the old lady who had just brought her in, but was stopped by Shangguan Yuji.

"I'll help you deal with her. Let's go back home." His mood calmed down and he was the same as before.

This was also the first and last time she saw him angry.

......

Days passed, from late autumn to early winter, but the State of Wei had not sent anyone to take her back.

All the green plants in the mansion had withered, with only a few forked branches still standing, looking lonely and pitiful.

She sat in the pavilion feeding the fish, but her ears were focused on the conversation of the maids next to her.

One of them said, "General Shangguan was coughing yesterday. He seemed to be sick. He probably didn't take medicine this time."

Another one replied to her, "Alas, the general is just like that. He will resist if he can. He just needs a wife to take care of him."

lady......

It seems so. At Shangguan Yuji's age, he should have started a family and even had children.

Could it be that he, like her, doesn't like the constraints of marriage?

While Huyan Shaohuan was thinking, the voices of the two maids suddenly stopped, which aroused her curiosity and she turned her head to look.

"Why are you making a sound when you come?" Shao Hua looked at Shangguan Yuji standing in the distance, puzzled, "Why are you standing so far away? I'm not fighting with you."

"I'm sick," he said in a hoarse and labored voice, "I'm afraid I'll infect you."

"......"

This man is really twisted.

Huyan Shaohuan strode over with a heroic and dashing aura, and finally stopped half a meter in front of him.

"I am a general after all. Why would I be afraid of such a minor illness?" She raised the back of her hand and placed it on his forehead. "It's so hot. Have you seen a doctor?"

Her tone was anxious and her eyebrows were furrowed.

Shangguan Yuji shook his head, staring at her with dry, sore eyes, "I can handle it, I'll be fine in a few days."

"What a fart."

When these words came out, the two maids behind him held their breath in fear.

In the Zhou State, everyone who saw General Shangguan had to be respectful. This was the first time anyone dared to act rudely in front of him.

Shao Huan ordered the maid to find a doctor, and then asked Shangguan Yuji to go back to the bedroom and lie down.

When the doctor arrived, there was no one in the bedroom.

"Where is he?"

Huyan Shaohua narrowed her eyes and glared at the housekeeper beside her.

"Princess, the general is in the living room..."

Before he could finish, Shao Hua dragged the doctor out of the room, her face as cold as ice.

The housekeeper stamped his feet anxiously behind him, tears almost coming out, "Princess, you can't go now! You can't go!"