At night, the clouds and mist filled the air, the stars and the moon were not visible, and the entire royal city and the imperial capital were shrouded in darkness.
The northwest corner of the imperial capital of Daxia is full of fish ponds, dilapidated houses, and cultivated land within the city.
This is the "civilian area" of the imperial capital of Daxia.
Unlike Kowloon City, a third-level town, the people living in the civilian areas of the Imperial Capital are not all ordinary people who cannot cultivate Xuan Qi.
After all, it is the capital of a country. It is difficult for ordinary people to move around in the city, and they have no choice but to be enslaved.
Therefore, the people living in the civilian areas of the imperial capital are also cultivators, but they are all cultivators with low qualifications and it is difficult for them to make progress in their Xuan Qi cultivation throughout their lives.
Most of them are only one to three-star warriors, and even four-star ones are rare.
This kind of people survive in the imperial capital by selling cheap labor, cultivating fields, raising livestock and fish, and providing ingredients for certain restaurants in the imperial capital.
It was already late at night in the dead of winter, and most people had already turned off their lights and gone to sleep, so the surroundings were dark.
In a certain fish pond, there was a human woman hiding at the bottom of the fish pond.
She covered herself layer by layer with the soft mud at the bottom of the pond, and buried her whole body in it. Only her mouth was exposed, holding a small hollow bamboo in her mouth, which stretched all the way to the surface of the water to breathe.
"I made myself covered in mud just to cover my breath with these cold things. In addition, the pool is three feet high, so Her Royal Highness will definitely not be able to find me."
"Hee hee hee, this time the peek-a-boo lady will definitely win!" the woman in the mud thought happily.
This girl is none other than Chen Shen's old friend, and she is also one of the Xuanfu disciples he accepted as "Master Tianqi Pavilion": the little lolita Ma Jingjing.
The princess she spoke of was naturally the little princess Xia Qingchan.
It turned out that since Chen Shen left the imperial capital, his disciples were completely in a state of "freezing".
Xia Qingchan and Ma Jingjing are similar in age and have similar spirits. They are also the only two women among the disciples. They naturally become good sisters after they get to know each other more.
The little princess is very playful, and Ma Jingjing's lolita nature is also undiminished, so the two of them will think about some fun things from time to time, such as the ongoing hide-and-seek game, also known as hide-and-seek.
Two people decide on an area, and then take turns hiding and catching each other. Whoever can escape the other's "catch" in half an hour will be the winner.
This gameplay is not only fun, but most importantly, it can also exercise the soul energy of the two people——
The method of searching for targets by relying on their soul consciousness can invisibly exercise their soul power. The strength of their soul power is very important to them as Xuan Fu Masters.
Therefore, Ma Jingjing and Xia Qingchan had a great time playing.
If they weren't worried about being disturbed when playing in other urban areas, I'm afraid the entire imperial capital would become their "playground".
At some point——
"Well? There is movement in the northwest. It's probably Qingchan who's looking for it? No, I have to restrain my consciousness to avoid being noticed by the princess."
After a few breaths, a figure actually landed on the edge of the fish pond.
However, this person was dressed in black and had a black scarf wrapped around her face. Although she was also a woman, she could tell from her figure that she was not Princess Qingchan as Ma Jingjing had guessed.
After a while, another figure came quickly and stopped ten steps away from the previous man in black: "Hahaha, Queen Fu is the mother of a country. This outfit is extremely rare. I have it."
What a blessing to the eyes!”
This woman in black is none other than Empress Fu who left the palace through a secret passage and came here!
And the person in front of her is Xia Yuanlong's younger brother, the idle prince with a well-known reputation in Daxia Kingdom: Prince Gong!
Unlike Xia Chunqiu, although Prince Gong was quite old, he was an "old dude". No one in the imperial capital really regarded him as a prince.
Therefore, the people only recognized one King of Huainan. As for Prince Gong, he had long been forgotten in an inconspicuous corner...
And now, this inconspicuous "dandy prince" seems to be causing trouble!
"Humph, the prince sent a letter to make an appointment, and specifically stated that he wanted me to come alone and secretly. Naturally, I had to disguise myself."
Queen Fu said coldly: "Tell me, what do you want before you are willing to keep that secret in your belly forever?"
It turned out that Prince Gong still stated in his letter to Queen Fu that he happened to see Queen Fu slit the throat of King Daxia at the banquet.
Although Queen Fu moved quickly and turned her back to the ministers, thinking that she had blocked everyone's eyes and ears, the jade mirror next to the throne inadvertently reflected the scene of her poisoning the King of Great Xia into Gong's eyes.
The eyes of the prince.
If Queen Fu does not come to see you tonight, or if Prince Gong cannot come back, his loyal servant will open the letter he left at home in advance and tell the world the truth!
Empress Fu thought that her method was clean and neat, but it might not really stand up to a detailed investigation, so she couldn't take the risk.
That's why she was willing to come to the appointment alone, naturally because she wanted Prince Gong to remember what she saw forever!
"Hehehe, don't rush, don't rush, you have to put up the mysterious energy barrier first, just in case the wall has ears!" Prince Gong said with a playful smile.
He was just about to start sacrificing his profound energy, but was stopped by the beautiful woman opposite: "Slow down!"
"This is a civilian area, and soldiers rarely patrol here. Besides, it's already this hour, and the people living around have already gone to sleep."
"Given the low level of their mysterious disciples, they can't hear what we are saying even though they are so far away. There is no need for you to use a mysterious energy barrier."
"In addition, you and I also need to reduce the soul's perception and profound energy to a minimum. A slight change may arouse unnecessary suspicion, and I don't want this."
Hearing this, Prince Gong smiled eerily: "Hehehehe, Queen Fu is really cautious."
"You don't let me use the mysterious energy barrier, and you don't allow us to use soul energy and profound energy, just to protect ourselves, right? Why, you and I are both two-star profound masters, are you afraid that this king will kill you?"
Empress Fu said sternly: "You must be on guard against others."
"It's important to be on guard against others! Well, I will treat you as such."
Immediately, Prince Gong shrugged his shoulders and said as if he was careless: "After the Queen killed His Majesty, she also banned the heroes and their families in the palace in the name of blocking the news."
"With them as hostages, the queen is not afraid that those heroes will not obey your instructions after returning to the imperial capital, right?"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk... I have to say, your actions at the celebration banquet were really a clever plan to kill two birds with one stone! Is it possible... that you want to personally regent and become the first queen since the founding of our country? This is a rule.
It’s a difficult road to walk through thorns and thorns!”
Hearing this, Queen Fu's face turned cold again, and her whole aura was in vain, like a sharp sword about to be unsheathed, with a sharp edge...