()(I have been away for three days due to work, so I have been updating constantly. The chapters I wrote in a hurry will be revised to a certain extent when I come back.)
The blue sky is as clear and clear as it was two years ago.
In the morning grassland, a long caravan was driving slowly on the central road. The vines on both sides of the road were blowing in the wind, and grass seeds were flying all over the sky.
"...My faith and dreams dance together, and my heart will turn into a long sword, sharp and unyielding..."
There were many people surrounding a licorice cart in the middle of the motorcade. When the boy with a childish face finished singing a song, bursts of applause erupted from the ground.
"good!"
"You can do it, little bastard!"
The big men following the convoy were whistling below, and the businessman with a big belly laughed and hugged the boy to the ground, then turned his head and rubbed his hands.
"Come, I'm willing to admit defeat... everyone gives me money!"
The other big men looked at each other, smiled bitterly, shook their heads and took out their money bags.
"be cheated!"
"The king has raised a good son, but I didn't expect him to actually sing "Faith" by Her Royal Highness the Princess!"
They counted the tiny change and put it in the hands of the businessman. The businessman smiled from ear to ear - money was earned so easily. However, suddenly a golden gold coin appeared in front of him. The businessman swallowed his saliva and looked up.
A few weirdos in cloaks stood in front.
"Want this gold coin?"
A woman spoke, and her clear female voice was like a glass of ice water on a summer day.
"I want it! I want it!!" The businessman nodded wildly, how could anyone not want it?
"Then answer a few of my questions..."
The woman's voice brought a smile: "Who is the owner of that song just now?"
"Of course, Your Highness the Princess." The businessman was stunned. He glanced at the woman's dress with strange eyes, and then suddenly realized: "You must be from the Suzaku Continent! Oh, no wonder you don't know!"
However, as soon as these words came out, a burly man next to him shouted loudly: "Prince, don't pretend to understand... Her Highness the Princess's memory has long been sold to the Suzaku Continent by the damn mages."
"Haha, Old Chen, you told a joke again... How could the prince not understand!" Another big man patted the former's shoulder and joked: "The mages only sell their memories to the nobles of the Suzaku Continent.
The area there is vast and boundless, not as small as our Jade Empire... How can ordinary people know about Her Royal Highness the Princess!"
"Eh!"
The big man's face looked like he had seen a ghost: "My mother was nagging me a few days ago. I thought that no one knew about Her Royal Highness."
"Idiot, there is more than just the Emerald Empire in the world!"
The big men laughed together,
Several weird men in cloaks looked at them strangely. The woman who made a crisp sound before continued to ask: "Is that princess named Xia Han?"
"Yes." The businessman became more and more confused. This was the first time he met someone who knew the princess's name but did not know her identity: "The owner of the song "Faith" just now is our little imperial princess Xia Han."
"Her Royal Highness the Princess likes to sing everywhere, she..."
Before the businessman finished speaking, the woman casually threw the gold coins into his hand and left with the other companions. They did not speak, but walked along the convoy to the end, and then entered several beautiful carriages.
"Then the princess is really the child of the missing lord? He is too exaggerated...Humans everywhere are talking about him."
"Ladis... No, Bai Xue... Why is the little lord not as unknown as you said? It becomes more difficult to take him away now... What should we do?"
Several weirdos looked at the woman among them. The woman sat on the carriage and lifted up her cloak, revealing her shining blond hair and pointed ears.
"That kid wasn't like this before...the noise he made this time was really too loud."
After four years, the female elf Bai Xue set foot on the Qilin Continent again with her ears lowered and a frown on her face: "We'd better go to Jade City to look for him first."
"I hope he doesn't go anywhere else."
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Almost at the same moment, the high-ranking nobles began to quarrel in the Feilengcui meeting hall. The focus of their quarrel was the same as that of Bai Xue and his party.
"What little princess? We only have one true princess! How can a mere singer have such a big impact!"
A middle-aged nobleman who had always been steady was somewhat dissatisfied.
"That can't be helped! I have long proposed to kill the little princess, but who would have thought that Wujing would become so influential... The church is also unkind, and they help and publicize the little princess to confuse the untouchables.
..The Diva Project - the method used by that plan to propagate and promote saints, those guys are the best at doing this kind of thing!"
"Yes, the Diva Plan, that's it...it's the culprit!"
Someone immediately found the culprit, and others started arguing about it:
"Isn't the Diva Plan planned by the little princess herself?"
"Stupid, do you still believe this lie now? This must be the howl Wu Jing deliberately let out in order to lower our vigilance..."
"What a perfect imperial princess, protector of common people...that's just a liar!"
"Liar? Mr. Marquis, I heard that your wife bought a few tickets for that liar's concert."
"...That woman, what does she know! Besides, didn't your son also participate in the Princess Protection Association organized by young nobles?"
"What, that scoundrel!!"
The audience was noisy, and the nobles soon began to reveal each other's family background without any image.
The king of the empire, Xia Ming, squeezed the edge of the throne tightly with his hands. He had never been so angry as now.
"Shut up!"
At this moment, a female voice sounded cold, and the hall fell silent instantly.
The one who spoke to suppress the audience was the imperial eldest princess Xia Yun, who was about to come of age. Dressed in a tight-fitting emerald green robe, she was graceful and graceful, her words and actions were clear and her eyes were looking forward to, which was captivating.
"Stop talking nonsense, Xia Han's motorcade will arrive at the Emerald City soon, and you haven't thought of a countermeasure yet!"
She was so sarcastic.
"Yun'er..."
The anger in Xia Ming's heart subsided a little, and he looked at his daughter with praise - for so many years, this daughter has been his best helper. Nobles are all pig-brained waste... But there is nothing that can be done, after all
These nobles are completely different from the group nine years ago.
Xia Ming was very lucky to have a smart and sensible child. What was even more rare was that she was clean and self-respecting - she didn't have the squeamishness or scandals of other aristocratic ladies.
"That puppet took the initiative to return to the Emerald City. Although it has alien influences, this is also a rare opportunity... Please tell me how to deal with her problem."
The king looked around the hall and asked the quiet nobles.
Four months ago, some tall and strong aliens with wild beast ears and tails appeared in the Demonic Bone Desert on the west side of the Gale Grassland. These aliens were hidden behind the Curtain of Yellow Sand. Since they did not cause much problems, the empire did not treat them.
It takes it seriously.
However, Xia Han, who was singing in various places, suddenly announced to the outside world that these alien races would lead a large army to invade the Jade Empire. This claim made people all over the empire panic, and people all over the empire applied to the government, asking them to send troops to eradicate the alien races.
The words of a singer actually caused turmoil among the people of the entire country. This influence is really shocking, and it is also the reason why the nobles are quarreling today.
"No need to think about anything, just kill him."
A nobleman with a tyrannical mind proposed, but some more rational people immediately rejected him: "You can't kill her. The little princess who is so popular now is a hot potato. Besides, there are rumors among the people that His Majesty looks down on her... It would be wrong to kill her like this."
Your Majesty has a bad reputation."
"Actually, I think it's fine to just be casual... Anyway, she's not involved in politics, so just ignore it."
However, this concept was not recognized by others. Most of the nobles raised their alarm: "Your Majesty, this time the people are panicking and forcing us to send troops! Isn't this a sign of the little princess getting involved in politics?"
They all talked about it, and after a period of stalemate, this issue came to a final answer.
"Your Majesty... the spies reported that those alien races are far less terrifying than the little princess said. They have nothing to offer except their strange appearance. We can just flatter the little princess and send soldiers to eradicate the alien races, and then later claim that her statement is exaggerated.
, it will destroy the image she has built for two years."
They finally got an answer that satisfied everyone, and at the same time, this could also become a legitimate reason for Xia Ming to kill Xia Han.
Xia Ming thought for a moment and then smiled: "Then protect him first, and when we get rid of those aliens, we will convict him of deceiving others with evil words and have him executed!"
He looked at his daughter: "Xia Yun, go pick her up outside the city."
The king thought he had made a wise choice. Xia Yun was the person he trusted most. She could welcome Xia Han's return on behalf of the royal family - and also showed the world that the king did not look down on the old king's daughter.
However...
This really wouldn't be a good idea.
In August 998 of the bi-monthly calendar, Xia Yun, the eldest princess of the Jade Empire, greeted at the city gate the ‘Empire Diva’ who had returned after 2 years of absence—Xia Han, the prince of the Jade Empire.
In order not to cause chaos, the capital guards isolated the bustling crowd.
In the afternoon, the sun was blazing, the heat wave on the other side of the horizon was rolling with loess, and the huge motorcade belonging to Xia Han was slowly approaching.
However, there were no shocking scenes or worrying accidents. Xia Yun described countless scenes of reunion with her brother in her dream, but she did not expect that only a child appeared in front of her smiling.
"Thank you for coming to pick me up, Sister Xia Yun..."
Xia Han wore a smile without any hatred on his face, which made Xia Yun feel strange.
But...her brother is still so beautiful.
"Ding... plot discovery... activate new plot: The Romance of the Imperial Princess, difficulty level D!"
"The romance of the princess of the empire... Conditions for completing the plot: Get the romance of Princess Xia Yun of the Jade Empire... Reward for completing the plot: Unknown..."
"Ding... Plot discovery... Activate the legendary plot: King of Twilight, difficulty A!"
"The King of Twilight...Complete plot conditions: Xia Ming's death, Wu Jing's death, the romance of the imperial princess, hidden condition one, hidden condition two...Complete plot rewards: Jade Empire Royalty, King of the Four Royal Family Xia Clan
