A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 483: Passing the test and strengthening the determination for revenge

The ground was covered in silver, pure white, with only the green pines and red plums adding some color to the garden. The empty swing swayed gently under the tree. The scene before my eyes seemed familiar. A palace maid stepped forward, bowed and smiled:

"Princess, happy birthday, and may everything go well for you."

Shocked to see the vivid Liuli, Luoying realized that she had returned to the palace of Langguo. But was this a dream or reality? After hesitating for a moment, she carefully pulled Liuli's hand and asked:

"Liuli? Are you really Liuli?"

"Little sister, today is your birthday. Tell me what you want."

Liuli nodded. Ning Xi's voice suddenly sounded behind Luoying again. She turned around in ecstasy and found that all her relatives who had died with the demise of Lang Kingdom were now standing in front of her:

"Big brother? Sister-in-law? Brother Lixu? Yingyan?"

Luoying cried with joy and threw herself into Li Xu's arms. Although her tears were tearing up, she was filled with joy of surviving the disaster. They were not dead, they were still in this world.

"Princess, happy birthday."

After Li Xu coaxed his sister in his arms for a while, Chen Ming suddenly walked out from behind him, handed a food box in his hand to Luoying, and smiled dotingly.

"Brother Chen Ming, are you guys okay too?"

Luo Ying stood up and looked at Chen Ming and the other three secret guards behind her brother. She breathed a sigh of relief. She wiped the tears from her face in joy. She was about to reach out to take the food box, but she saw that the food box suddenly turned into a ball of fire. She was so scared that she quickly retracted her hand. When she raised her eyes again, she was shocked to find that Chen Ming was covered in blood and smiled at her with tears in his eyes. Before she could react, her two brothers, the emperor's wife and Ying Yan also turned into ashes in front of her. Luo Ying seemed to fall into an endless abyss again.

It turned out to be just a dream.

The originally peaceful and tranquil Lang Palace suddenly turned into a miserable hell, with thick smoke everywhere, endless killing, and screams and cries mixed in Luoying's ears, making her cover her ears in fear. Then she found that the palace behind her was on fire, and Liuli rushed towards the fire like a moth. Luoying wanted to stop her but fell in the snow, watching Liuli being swallowed by the ruthless sea of ​​fire.

"Tumi!"

Luoying fell into despair and cried heartbreakingly. Yan Han's evil and murderous face suddenly appeared. She shuddered and woke up. Hatred surged in her heart, but she lowered her eyes and smiled faintly, pretending to be Tumi again and called out:

"Your Majesty!"

"woke up?"

Nuanxiang calmed her mind and Luoying slowly opened her eyes and saw that she was lying in an unfamiliar room. She sat up in shock. Before she had time to look around, she suddenly heard a voice as mellow as tea but with a hint of imperial power. Luoying looked in the direction of the voice and was surprised to see that Xiyue Emperor Yan Qiao was also sitting in front of the window in the room, drinking tea. He was dressed in a dark dragon robe, looking at her with his phoenix eyes slightly narrowed, as if smiling.

"Tu Mi greets His Majesty!" Luo Ying was surprised but had no time to think about it. She quickly got off the bed and knelt in front of him.

"Get up." Yan Qiao stared at her for a long while before responding calmly. However, seeing that she was still unmoved, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why? Do you like kneeling?"

"Tu Mi doesn't understand what the emperor meant today?" Luo Ying shook her head, hesitated for a moment, and then asked tremblingly.

"Eunuch Zhang took you to the prison to identify someone without telling you why?" Yan Qiao's handsome face showed a hint of smile, and he continued to speak gently.

"But there are many pilgrims coming and going in Anxiang Temple every day. Why did His Majesty ask Tumi to identify the four thieves? I wonder what they have done to deserve such severe torture?" Luoying lowered his head and pretended to be frightened, and continued to ask with a slight tremor in his voice.

"They are the remnants of Lang State, and they should be strictly interrogated." Yan Qiao said with a smile, and leaned over to gently pinch her chin. The fairy-like beauty appeared in front of him again, which made him feel distracted, but soon the unfinished cause of Xiyue State woke him up, and then he smiled slowly and said: "Your origin is unknown, but you are going to become the Princess Han of my Xiyue State. As the head of the Yan family, I have to be more careful. Today is just a test for you."

Luo Ying couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief after hearing this. She was still here in good health, so she must have passed the test. But Brother Chen Ming and the others... Thinking of this, Luo Ying quickly suppressed the grief that was about to burst out, and boldly raised her eyes to look at the other party, pretending to be innocent and obedient and asked: "Did Tu Mi pass the test?"

In the past, when she was in Lang Palace, she heard her eldest brother mention Yan Qiao of Xiyue Country. At that time, they were both princes who had met once because of diplomatic relations. Her eldest brother praised him with just one sentence: "Jiaojiao is as beautiful as jade, and she is graceful and rich." Luoying sneered when she heard it. These two sentences were clearly used to praise women. How could they be used on a prince of Xiyue Country? However, today, Yan Qiao's handsome and elegant face was magnified in front of Luoying, and she sighed that her eldest brother's praise was not exaggerated.

"Of course. From now on, you just stay in Ziyuan and wait peacefully to become the Princess of Han." Seeing her innocent and well-behaved appearance, Yan Qiao felt even happier. Unfortunately, he couldn't be a tyrant and couldn't openly turn against his brothers for a woman and bring shame to the Yan royal family. Thinking of this, his eyes turned cold. After letting her go, he stood up and walked out of the side hall.

"Princess Shuyi, you were frightened today. I will take you back to Ziyuan now." After Yan Qiao left, the palace maid who brought Luoying to the imperial city today also walked in, bowed and smiled at her.

"Go back to Ziyuan? What time is it? I still have to see the Queen." Luoying slowly stood up and saw the eunuch Zhang frowning again and asked.

"It's almost noon, Princess Shuyi, don't worry, the Queen has not summoned you today." Eunuch Zhang continued to lower his eyes and smiled.

Luoying realized that Yan Qiao had summoned her into the imperial city in the name of Queen Rong to test her, so she said nothing more and followed Eunuch Zhang out of the side hall. After passing through the garden, she saw the maid Helian waiting in front of a carriage.

Seeing that the princess looked depressed, He Lian did not dare to say much. After all, Eunuch Zhang had warned her not to tell anyone about what happened today, including the Queen Mother and Prince Han.

Luoying returned to Ziyuan in a daze, and locked herself in the room without paying attention to anyone. Even if no one was around, she only dared to hide in the quilt and cry bitterly. At the same time, she blamed herself. Brother Chenming and the others were caught in Anxiang Temple because she was targeted by Yan Qiao, who discovered them. In the end, she was the one who harmed them.

Three days later, in the downtown area of ​​Shangjing City, four traitors from the Lang Kingdom were hanged. Upon hearing the news, Luoying couldn't help but feel heartbroken again. However, she also knew that she shouldn't indulge in pain and regret at the moment. The task of revenge can only be accomplished by her alone. For the sake of her brother and sister-in-law, for Ying Yan, and in order not to let her brother Chen Ming and the others die in vain, she must cheer up.