late at night.

West Palace.

Tianwu Hall, the emperor's bedroom.

"Your Majesty, are you going to the Empress' place today, or to Concubine Qin's place?"

An old eunuch was asking the new emperor Wu Heng who had just ascended the throne today.

Today, the late Emperor Wu Zheng passed away, the Empress' whereabouts are unknown, and the Second Prince Wu Tai murdered the emperor.

There was chaos in the palace. The Sixth Prince Wu Heng was having fun with the Imperial Concubine in the mansion when he was suddenly summoned to the palace.

Then he watched helplessly as the newly promoted Marquis of Zhenguo, Si Minglan, killed half of the ministers, then carried him to the throne in Tianwu Hall and pressed him down.

Thus, Wu Heng innocently became the new emperor.

Before he could even rejoice, he suddenly met the eyes of the beautiful Marquis Zhenguo.

From that moment on, there was only one voice left in Wu Heng's mind:

"Si Minglan is my master."

"I will obey my master."

At this time, Wu Heng was wearing an imperial robe, sitting on the dragon chair, and waved to the old eunuch:

"I'm alone tonight."

"yes."

The old eunuch withdrew, and the Tianwu Hall, which had been washed clean of the blood, returned to peace.

Suddenly, an enchanting figure slowly stepped out. Wu Heng immediately stood up and knelt in front of the figure:

"Owner!"

Si Minglan was dressed in red, with an extraordinary grace, looking down at the new emperor:

"The Qinglian Sect will leave the city tomorrow. Have you prepared for the instructions?"

Wu Heng said quickly: "Everything is ready. I will go and see you off in person."

"Very good, from now on the Western Dynasty will be the ally of the Qinglian Sect."

Si Minglan nodded, and in a flash, she had already left the Tianwu Hall.

Not far from the palace gate, a girl in a plain white dress was standing in the alley.

She stared at the palace gate intently, obviously having been waiting for a long time.

After a moment, a seductive red figure slowly walked out of the palace, and the guards standing in front of the gate saluted.

The charming figure spotted Fang Xue standing in the distance at a glance. She smiled slightly and walked straight towards Fang Xue.

Fang Xue also walked out of the alley and walked quickly towards her.

The two women soon met each other, and Fang Xue said, "Sister Si, we will leave West Imperial City tomorrow, you should come with us."

Si Minglan held her hand, smiled and shook her head: "I want to stay in West Royal City."

Fang Xue quickly asked: "Sister Si, why?"

Si Minglan said: "This is my home. I want to guard the spirit tablets of our parents and my brothers."

She raised her hand and gently stroked Fang Xue's cheek: "You need to rebuild the Qinglian Sect and need support. I stay in Xihuang City so that I can firmly control Wu Heng and make Xihuang Dynasty your loyal ally."

"This is a favor I owe to Qin Gengyun and Xia Qinglian, and I must repay it."

"besides……"

Si Minglan looked at Fang Xue and smiled, "It's also for you."

"Xiaoxue, Chen Qingmo is not simple. It won't be easy for you to rebuild Qinglian Sect. You have to be careful."

Fang Xue's eyes were red, she could only shake her head but couldn't utter a word.

"Silly child."

Si Minglan smiled and gently hugged Fang Xue:

"Xiaoxue, you are more talented than me, and you are on a more righteous path than me. I will need you to protect me in the future."

"Sister, wait for me, I will definitely come back to find you!"

"Okay, sister will wait for you."

The snow has stopped long ago, the stars are shining tonight, and tomorrow will be a sunny day.

…

The next day.

West Imperial City, in front of the city gate.

Countless monks and common people stood on both sides of the road, looking back with curiosity, expectation, uneasiness and fear in their eyes.

"Have you heard? The Demon Sect Saint Xia Qinglian is not dead, and she will leave our West Royal City today!"

"Not only is she not dead, she killed all the immortal masters from the three major sects by herself yesterday!"

"She is so cruel? But I heard that the emperor will personally escort her out of the city today?"

"Don't talk nonsense. Yesterday, the head of the Zhenyang Sect almost destroyed the imperial city. Fortunately, the Saint stopped him. Otherwise, how could we still be alive?"

"You actually called the big devil a saint!?"

"What do you know? Xia Qinglian didn't kill the people of our West Royal City. She may not be a bad person!"

“Here it comes, here it comes!”

Countless monks and common people were discussing when a group of people appeared, led by a woman.

She was tall, wearing a black gauze robe with cloud patterns, her long hair was half red and half white, she was extremely cold and beautiful, with an alluring figure.

"A black gauze robe with cloud patterns, half of her hair is snow-white and the other half is fiery red..."

"She is really the Holy Maiden of the Demon Sect!"

"She is so beautiful, no wonder she was ranked second on the beauty list!"

"Now that the Saint has resurrected, shouldn't the Beauty List be revised?"

"She looked at me, and I, I couldn't move. She wouldn't kill us, would she?!"

When people saw Xia Qinglian appear, their reactions varied.

Some are amazed, some admire, and some are afraid.

"Miss, there are so many people! They all seem to be here to see you?"

Liusu followed Xia Qinglian and was shocked to see that both sides of the street were full of people.

Since the fall of the Qinglian Sect, she and Xia Qinglian have been hiding from place to place. Xia Qinglian has changed her appearance and even had to get married to conceal her identity.

Liusu was also forced to hide in a brothel and disguise herself as an oiran.

And today, she and Xia Qinglian could actually stand in front of so many people and stride forward with dignity.

Liusu was a little excited for a moment, and Xu Caihe beside her asked curiously: "Sister Susu, why are you crying?"

"Woo woo woo, Caihe, you will understand when you grow up."

"Sister Susu, why are you using my sleeve to wipe your nose?!"

Qin Gengyun stood beside Xia Qinglian, looking at the crowds of people with different expressions on both sides, and whispered:

"Ma'am, are they afraid of you or do they respect you?"

Xia Qinglian said calmly: "It's better to respect and fear at the same time."

Yun Wu said: "But I see that many men like Sister Xia very much."

Qin Gengyun laughed and said, "My dear, you are always jealous of me. Now you are also attracting bees and butterflies. We are even now."

"Qin Gengyun, you are so big! I love you!"

At this moment, suddenly more than a dozen female cultivators shouted loudly beside him. They should be the women who were conquered by him after watching the Feixian Ceremony.

“…”

Xia Qinglian looked at him coldly. Qin Gengyun was speechless and could only lower his head silently.

A group of people walked to the city gate under countless incomprehensible gazes. Wherever they went, the crowd automatically parted.

Although Xia Qinglian had an extraordinary beauty, she was also notorious for her evil deeds, and people did not dare to get too close to her.

"The Emperor has arrived!"

At this time, a golden carriage came from afar.

People knelt down one after another, and the golden carriage came in front of Xia Qinglian and his group.

The curtain was lifted, and the new emperor Wu Heng got off the imperial carriage. He came in front of Xia Qinglian and bowed deeply.

Wow!

There was a huge cry of surprise all around.

No one could have imagined that the Western Emperor would not only personally escort the Qinglian Sect out of the city, but would even pay such a great tribute to the Saint of the Demon Sect.

Even when facing the leaders of the three major sects, the Western Emperor did not need to be so respectful.

Amid the shocked gazes of the crowd, Wu Heng said loudly:

"Yesterday, something happened in the palace and the imperial city was in chaos. The Saint Girl led the Qinglian Sect to protect the people and prevented any casualties."

"Dark clouds are looming over the city, and the imperial city is in danger. The saint girl saves the people of the city with all her strength!"

"The grace of the Saintess and the Qinglian Sect will be remembered by me and the people of the Western Dynasty!"