As they fell, they found out that there was only a short segment of stairs, followed by a smooth rock tunnel going all the way down, like a natural slide. The two of them were sliding down quickly, but the slide seemed to be endless. After quite a while, there was light in front of them. Leng Changxi exited the slide with a thump. He swore that he'd never been in such a disorder for his whole life.
Leng Changxi was supporting himself with his elbows, with his face down. Hearing the scream of Qin Yunuan behind him, he quickly turned around, trying to catch her. Qin Yunuan's huge momentum knocked him over. She was staying in Leng Changxi's arms, as the slide-like tunnel scared her. She'd never experienced such speed before.
"Are you okay?" Leng Changxi cuddled Qin Yunuan and comforted her.
Qin Yunuan nodded. After a short rest, she raised her head and looked at the structure of the room down here. It was even brighter than the rock chamber up the
Mengman whisked the dust on his body and knocked toward the direction of the tunnel's opening, which seemed to be a cipher. Qin Yunuan and Leng Changxi heard the intensive sounds immediately. The moment Mengman raised his head to observe the surroundings, he looked at Leng Changxi and Qin Yunuan, who hung in the air. Now Leng Changxi and Qin Yunuan almost reached the opposite, and the handrail with iron chains intertwining was just near Mengman. The standpoints of both sides were very clear now.Leng Changxi used his split vision to observe Mengman while tried to move to the end with difficulty. Though he saved Mengman, he could not make sure that Mengman would never hurt them. After all, Mengman was from Chen Jingrui and regarded him as a deity always.Suddenly, another person fell from the tunnel, who had always been the senior follower of Mengman. The moment he saw Leng Changxi, a kind of murderous anger burned in his eyes at once. Looking at the countle
The smoke spread wide, so it was hard to find Leng Changxi hiding behind the stone column even if he made obvious moves. He reached out slender middle and index fingers to open the concealed box through the gap as narrow as a hair. It was lucky for Leng Changxi to find the hidden box at the stone top. Suddenly, Leng Changxi exerted his super strength and pulled out the stone which blocked the concealed out by his slender fingers. Immediately, a cool and moist wind blew from the dark hole."The wind is moist." Qin Yunuan felt it too, "Which means there is water at the other side of the hole."When the smoke dispersed, it was likely that Chen Jingrui would dispatch people to come in. Leng Changxi and Qin Yunuan could not hide here for a long time. Leng Changxi entered the hole with his half body to check if there were poison and bugs inside. After making sure that there was no danger inside, he turned back and said to Qin Yunuan, "Nuan, follow me."
Just at this time, there was a man in plain clothes outside the door. He bowed and scraped to Jing Yuanchu, "Your Majesty, the carriage is ready to go."Jing Yuanchu's sight went through Leng Changxi directly. He shouted to the back room, which was simply covered with bamboo curtains, "Bring her out."Leng Changxi and Qin Yunuan turned sideways slightly and saw someone lifting the curtain. The first person who came out was a woman dressed as a maidservant. She was about seventeen or eighteen years old. With the star-like shining eyes on her oval face, as well as her exquisite makeup, there seemed to be an unspeakable aura of luxury around her. If it weren't for her simple pink dress, others would have thought she was a lady of some noble family. She had a shrewd look. After a glance at Qin Yunuan and Leng Changxi, she pulled another woman out from behind without mercy. This woman was Elder Princess."Donghua." Elder Princess saw Leng Changxi bu
Dou Meishuang? How could it be her?Qin Yunuan pondered secretly in her heart, but she didn't make it obvious on her face. She smiled and said to Xinger, "Miss, you must have got it wrong. How could the thirteenth prince marry such an unbearable person?"Xinger raised her eyebrows and teased, "It's just a political marriage. Do you really think Your Highness would like this lowly woman? No matter how good he is to her, he was just acting according to the circumstance." After Xinger finished speaking, she looked at Qin Yunuan vigilantly, "I shouldn't have told you so much. Anyway, you have heard it. When you finally arrive in West Liang, I couldn't promise where you would end up."West Liang was the capital of West Xia. From Xinger's words, Qin Yunuan could already conclude that Jing Yuanchu must be perfidious.Jing Yuanchu seemed to be remarkably familiar to Yeren Valley. The team encountered almost no obstacles along the way. Exce
Lu Wuyi frowned deeply. The call in his ears was getting more real. He began to feel afraid, stretching his arms to wave away those horrible sounds. However, his hands were controlled firmly by a force. His face was burning. He was slapped by someone.Opening his eyes suddenly, Lu Wuyi only saw Leng Changxi's stolid face."You," Lu Wuyi got up in a hurry. He wanted to curtsey, but he was afraid that his movement would attract others' attention. So he lowered his voice, "Why do you come here?""I'm asking you. Do you know what's wrong with Elder Princess's food every day?" Qin Yunuan came straight to the point.The evening wind was blowing gently, bringing a chill to Lu Wuyi, which was nothing compared to the coldness in Qin Yunuan's eyes. It was the first time for him to see Qin Yunuan's decisive and sharp eyes. At last, she had guessed something.Lu Wuyi lowered his head, "I was also forced to do it.""It
High-pitched as the woman's voice was, she was strange to all the people. Her thin voice was mean. The next moment, a brisk woman in a red short jacket and trousers appeared at the entrance of East Garden. She had a pointed chin and a small face. She looked unruly and stubborn with the end of her eyebrows slightly up. There were silks tied to her wrists in the same color as her clothes, holding her slightly-open sleeves tightly to make it convenient for her to move. She was holding a soft whip made of fine cowhide in her hand, which was different from the long whip used for driving carriages. It was generally used for women to self-defense and learn martial arts because of its excellent hardness and toughness. It seemed that the woman was a martial artist."Miss..." Just when Qin Yunuan began to talk, she found that the lady in red was followed by many people, all in the same uniform as servants. The two servant girls behind the lady in red were also businesslike. It lo
Wanyan Ba, the Grand Prince in North Di, should have engaged with this infanta. Qin Yunuan listened to that woman carefully. This sounded like a coincidence, but after a closer look, it really made sense. Other than being brutal and hot-tempered, Wanyan Ba was a good match for her given his family background, status and appearance. It seemed that West Xia now was not as powerful as before. It should resort to the imperial matrimony with another country for peace."Mengzhu, shut up." Mu Qingyu frowned with her arched eyebrows knitted. "How can you talk about this casually? The emperor hasn't issued any edict, so stop your wild guess."The woman in red was in a sulk and pouted. Feeling aggrieved, she walked behind Mu Qingyu and hid herself. Mu Qingyu looked up at Qin Yunuan, and the latter just gave her a light smile. "I've heard that the emperor is not feeling well these days. So he won't ask you to marry the prince soon. Your Grace, don't worry."
The weather got colder. Situated in the southwest of Qi, though, West Xia welcomed snow in November due to its geographical location. It was snowing heavily with the height of snow on the ground reaching people's ankle. White snow piled up on the low red wall. It seemed as if the plain courier station had put on a piece of white fox-fur robe.A scarlet sedan chair that came out of the east district in West Liang was quite eye-catching against the white snow. It passed by the streets and arrived at the palace gate. Looking up at the sedan chair top, the doormen immediately bowed to it obediently and cautiously opened the gate. They didn't look up until the sedan chair went through the gate."Ho, who's that? So lordly. I haven't seen any official of the first rank has been greeted in this way." A new guard knew little about royal members."Brat. Shut your mouth up when you know nothing." An elderly soldier scolded him. "The sedan chair top is pai