Chapter 578 is really bad luck.
The young man's figure vanished instantly, as if he had never been there at all.
A hand gripped Zhao Ziyun's throat.
"You just don't understand, I am a god... Ah... How could you, a mere mortal, possibly harm me..."
His slender, fair fingers seemed to be gently and slowly contracting.
Zhao Ziyun, however, felt a sense of suffocation. His face turned red, and the veins on his forehead throbbed wildly.
His mouth was open, and his nostrils were even flared.
A beautiful face instantly deformed.
His vision was blurring from suffocation, and he tried to pry the young man's hands away.
However, the young man could not grasp anything; it seemed as if the person in front of him was just air.
An unprecedented fear gripped his mind.
Even in that fleeting moment, he saw the end of death, those blooming spider lilies...
"Bang!" He fell to the ground, looking extremely disheveled.
Zhao Ziyun was panting heavily, his chest heaving violently.
His bloodshot eyes were red.
"What bad luck!" The young man frowned slightly, and his figure disappeared from the spot in an instant.
Zhao Ziyun stared blankly at everything before him, a strange feeling rising from the bottom of his heart.
Are you alright?
Wang Mingtian's voice came through, but his expression looked even more grim.
Zhao Ziyun wanted to say something, but his throat hurt, as if he was injured.
Wang Mingtian sighed, then reached out and touched his forehead.
Zhao Ziyun immediately lost consciousness.
Wang Mingtian's hand landed on his leg, and after a moment, the blood started flowing backward, and his wound disappeared instantly.
"Fine, kid, the choice is yours this time!"
Wang Mingtian said softly, then casually touched the horse that was almost dead.
As his figure disappeared, Zhao Ziyun woke up shortly afterward.
He felt as if he had a dream in which he almost suffocated to death.
He touched his throat, but felt nothing.
Suddenly remembering that he had fallen off his horse earlier, he quickly glanced at his leg.
It really was a dream!
Zhao Ziyun breathed a sigh of relief; his leg and throat were both fine!
I did indeed knock myself unconscious!
He breathed a slight sigh of relief before looking at the horse beside him.
The horse, which had been on the verge of death, is now much better and looks much more energetic.
"I'll let you go when I get to the next stop!"
Zhao Ziyun looked at his horse, then leaped onto it again.
His figure quickly disappeared into the distance, and then, right where he left, the two people reappeared.
"Bai Jiu, don't go too far! You can't kill people!"
Wang Mingtian looked at the young man, who was sitting lazily on a tree branch nearby.
His fox-like eyes held a hint of coldness.
“I didn’t kill anyone. He’s a demon, not a human. Besides, he’s my pet. Haven’t you heard? I’m in charge of my pets. If they disobey, I kill them…”
"But you..."
Bai Jiu raised an eyebrow, her cool gaze falling on Wang Mingtian.
"You're always protecting a demon. What, have you run out of people in your god race? You've even managed to snatch this from me?"
Bai Jiu snorted softly, took a big bite of a dried fish in her hand.
Wang Mingtian looked at Bai Jiu with a complicated expression in his eyes. There was a lot of cause and effect between the two of them!
"Or are you saying that you, Di Xin, even covet the demons?" Bai Jiu's smile was extremely bright, and her movements as she ate the fish were smooth and fluid, making it an exceptionally beautiful sight to behold.
Wang Mingtian, however, did not appreciate his current attitude. He took a deep breath and said, "You should understand what he represents. If you ruin things, it will be bad for everyone!"
Bai Jiu paused slightly while eating the dried fish, but then her smile became even brighter.
"A beautiful beginning but a tragic end?"
"You already said it was a case of 'a beautiful beginning but a tragic end,' and you still want to change the outcome? Aren't you... contradicting yourself?" Bai Jiu sneered, then continued to look at Wang Mingtian, who had become old and ugly.
How glorious Di Xin was back then, how handsome he was! But now!
He's old and frail, and still sickly!
return……
Forget it, why bother worrying so much?
He's just a lousy old man!
"How boring!"
He snorted softly, turned around, and vanished from the spot in an instant.
Wang Mingtian also disappeared.
It seems like there's nothing here, as if nothing has ever happened.
Zhao Ziyun had just arrived at Shacheng, the border city between the Western Regions Kingdom and the Great Shang Kingdom!
Just like its name suggests, this place is filled with yellow sand, and the temperature here is higher than in most parts of the Great Shang Kingdom.
The temperature difference is quite large.
The town, which had been relatively peaceful, was now on high alert.
Zhao Ziyun arrived at the post station with a furrowed brow.
Now he has no way to leave the city.
He remained silent, pondering what to do.
War between the Western Regions Kingdom and the Great Shang Dynasty is imminent, and they are just waiting for Su Shan and his group to send a message!
Although Zhao Ziyun was unaware of what was going on, he understood that it was almost impossible for him to get out.
He was extremely troubled...
Just a few days after Xiao Su Bao disappeared, he had a dream in which Xiao Su Bao sacrificed himself!
This is different from the past; this has never happened before.
The young lady I met back then is already quite old!
If she was sacrificed, how could she have survived...?
But the little Su Bao in the dream was indeed sacrificed, and even... her body was never found!
He absolutely cannot let Little Su Bao be sacrificed!
She offered her sacrifice on New Year's Eve, and now there are not many days left.
Zhao Ziyun was extremely annoyed...
At that very moment, without his own awareness, a pair of dark eyes slowly opened between his brows.
Seeing that time was running out, he finally decided to take out the token that the Second Prince had given him.
He can only use this token once...
He held the token and went directly to the city's garrison general.
The general guarding the city was slightly taken aback when he saw the second prince's token.
These generals naturally knew the function of each token.
He looked at Zhao Ziyun: "What are you going to do?"
As long as it's not treason or betrayal, and as long as it's within his capabilities, he will agree.
"Princess Fu'an and General Tang are in the Western Regions. I must go and rescue them!"
Zhao Ziyun spoke earnestly, even though he was only a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy.
He seemed calm and composed, with impeccable manners, and appeared quite reliable, but now he was speaking in a completely unreliable way!
The general guarding the city was none other than Su Shan's father, Su Zhan.
He looked at Zhao Ziyun almost like he was an idiot.
Who doesn't know what the situation is like in the Western Regions?
His Majesty is already prepared to send them to attack directly and rescue his General Tang!
I've volunteered several times, but His Majesty won't allow it...
His son is currently in the Western Regions, but he has lost contact with him recently!
He didn't want Zhao Yun to go; he was too young!
Tang Bugui has been arrested, but there are plenty of insignificant newcomers like him...
"Young Master Zhao, it's not that I intend to make things difficult for you, but... you're not even as heavy as my armor. What can you do there? What can you change?"
He didn't mention that Su Shan was still over there with his daughter-in-law trying to save people!
The young man before him, driven solely by passion, truly impressed him...
How stupid!
"I……"
Zhao Ziyun wanted to say something, but when the words reached his lips, he found himself unable to utter anything!
Can he change it?
He rushed here with all his might, but now he can't even leave the city gate!
He wanted to change Xiao Su Bao's future and prevent her from being sacrificed, but could he enter the capital of the Western Regions Kingdom?
His face looked rather grim, and his brows were furrowed tightly.
"Hey, let's go back!" Su Zhan patted the boy's shoulder, his tone tinged with helplessness.
If possible, I would also like to let the boy give it a try!
That's clearly not going to work!
If he can't do it, how can a teenager do it!
Zhao Ziyun wanted to passionately declare that he could do it!
But his reason pulled him back time and time again, as if two little people were constantly tearing him apart.
Zhao Ziyun clenched his fists, but in the end, reason prevailed over impulse.
He returned to the post station, waiting for an opportunity, every hour was agonizing.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Xiao Su Bao and the others have had a relatively easy time these past few days.
Tang Bugui has returned, and they have been resting in the Western Regions Palace for the past few days.
The Queen has disappeared, and the High Priest has disappeared too!
Emil is now temporarily in charge of the imperial city.
She was the princess of the Western Regions Kingdom, and one of the only two princesses of the empress.
As for the eldest princess, she was seriously ill a few days ago and had no way to come.
Emil remained utterly silent in her mother's study.
Guzali's words that day stung her.
She was constantly thinking about the future of the Western Regions Kingdom, and also about her own future!
"Second Princess, the Eldest Princess has returned to the palace!" a maid announced as she entered.
Emil paused, then waved his hand: "Yes, let eldest sister come to the Imperial Study!"
Before long, a thin figure was seen being helped into the Imperial Study.
Emil rushed over and helped her older sister up.
The next instant, the eldest princess raised her hand and slapped Emil hard across the face.
"Emil, do you know your mistake!"
After saying this, the eldest princess suddenly started coughing violently.
Ignoring the pain in her own face, Emil quickly helped the eldest princess up and helped her catch her breath.
The eldest princess nearly choked on her breath.
Fortunately, Emil remembered the pills Little Su Bao had given her and forced one into the princess's mouth, which saved her from the brink of death.
"Big sister, are you feeling any better?" Emil asked anxiously, looking at her only sister.
Aitulan, however, looked at his younger sister with a cold expression.
Her eyes were filled with disappointment.
“I’m not good, not good at all, Emil. You used to be innocent and cute because you were one of only two princesses in the Western Regions Kingdom, and because my mother and I were there to support you!”
After saying so much in one breath, Ai Tulan felt unwell again.
The prince consort looked at his princess with heartache, and his gaze toward Emil also turned sour.
"Second Princess, do you know that you originally went to marry a foreign ruler and were supposed to bring back a consort?"
"But now, not only have you stayed in the Great Shang Kingdom, but you're also leading the people of the Great Shang Kingdom to attack your own people. Tell me, do you have any conscience?!"
The eldest prince consort grew up with them and was betrothed to the eldest princess when he was young.
In front of the second princess, he was no different from his brother.
Emil wanted to say something, wanted to explain, but...
The eldest princess wrote to him, asking him to come back, even if it meant abandoning Su Shan!
At that time, however, she absolutely refused.
Ai Tulan looked at his sister and sighed. After all, she was his sister.
Now that my health is failing and I can no longer have children, this Western Region Kingdom will eventually fall into my sister's hands.
She sighed, then said, "Emil, now that the Queen Mother... is missing... I want to support the Western Regions Kingdom, but I can't!"
“Emil, before, with your sister and mother supporting you, you could be willful and do whatever you wanted. But that's no longer possible. The Western Regions cannot do without you!”
She is destined to be the future empress, but will Su Shan stay with her?
Emil felt a little scared. She looked at everyone, and they looked just like she did when she was a child.
But this time, no one sheltered her from the wind and rain.
Emil didn't know how she had managed to send her older sister and brother-in-law away in a daze.
She slumped down in the imperial study, tears streaming down her face.
On the other side, Su Shan remained completely silent.
It's been three days, and he and Emil haven't seen each other at all; it seems they're avoiding each other.
Su Shan held a glass of wine and took sip after sip.
He remained extremely silent, but it was clear that he was deeply distressed.
Tang Bugui lay on the bed without saying a word, having been dozing off and sleeping most of the time.
"General Su Shan, are you alright?" Bai Yinjun looked at Su Shan and couldn't help but ask.
Su Shan glanced at Bai Yinjun indifferently, knowing that the young man had been rejected and kicked out.
Su Shan didn't reply, so the young man continued, "Let me tell you, a man should focus on achieving great things and not on relationships!"
"It's bad for your health and your heart; it's bad for you no matter what!"
Bai Yinjun thought that every time he thought about being with..., thunder would strike from the sky.
It was as if he wanted to kill himself!
"Snap!"
He felt extremely depressed, and now he couldn't even think about it anymore!
What kind of mess is this?!
Bai Yinjun also started drinking.
Su Shan noticed that his wine jar was soon empty and couldn't help but look at the boy beside him.
The boy was even more aggressive than me when he was drinking, and his eyes were gleaming.
Su Shan...
"roll!"
Su Shan cursed in annoyance.
Bai Yinjun, however, approached with a grin, his eyes sparkling.
This wine isn't spicy; it has a fruity and floral aroma, and it tastes very good.
"I don't want to!" Bai Yinjun resolutely refused!
He didn't know why Xiao Su Bao and the others didn't leave, but he really couldn't adapt to this place.
While they were drinking, Xiao Su Bao came over.
She was accompanied by a female imperial physician, and next to the physician was Emil, dressed in a princess outfit.
At this moment, she was incredibly noble, wearing a pearl necklace on her head that only royalty in the Western Regions could wear.
At this moment, she resembled a young empress.
When Su Shan saw Emil, his heart skipped a beat, but then he met a pair of distant and cold eyes.
Xiao Su Bao sighed, and thinking about what Emil had said to her before, she felt a little regretful.
If I hadn't brought Su Shan and Princess Emil together back then, perhaps this day wouldn't have come to this.
I was too young back then, and all I could think about was the red thread connecting us...
Little Su Bao opened her Heavenly Eye and looked at the two of them.
Their red line seems to have changed slightly!
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