Listening to the mad voice of the Female Emperor of Canglan, Luo Xuan's eyes were filled with endless disappointment.
From the very beginning, he had chosen the wrong wife.
If it weren't for his arrogance, his family could have remained detached, living a carefree life in the Tianshan Mountains, just as they had before.
"Luo Xuan, don't give me that lifeless expression. On my way here, I already sent an urgent letter to that wretched Ming Zhu. I want to see if she dares to come to Canglan for Ye Yi, Murong Hai, and Gu Shan.
And before that wretched Ming Zhu arrives, you better stay alive.
If you dare to seek death for Ye Yi, I will use Ye Yi's head to mourn you on the seventh day after your death."
After saying this, the Female Emperor of Canglan stood up and walked away.
In this life, Ming Zhu was still an immature child. She didn't believe she couldn't defeat her.
The National Master and the Grand Priest were indeed able to take the lives of her and the Female Emperor of Fengshuo.
However, their lives were also connected to that wretched Ming Zhu.
Unless Ming Zhu took action personally, no one in this world could kill her.
Otherwise, how could Han Ye and Han Xibei tolerate them still being alive?
When Ming Zhu arrived in Canglan Country, on her territory, who knows who would kill whom!
Now, let her go crazy once again!
If she succeeded, she would truly be the Female Emperor of Canglan, the true master of this world's destiny.
If she failed, she would take all the people of Canglan Country with her to hell.
After all, the destiny of Canglan Country was beyond saving.
When Ming Zhu arrived in Canglan Country, she would definitely seize her destiny, becoming the true Female Emperor of Canglan, no longer having to fear the retribution of Heaven!
Once she became the child of destiny in this world, what could those so-called National Master or the Grand Priest from Han Country do to her!
Everything they did for that wretched Ming Zhu would become stepping stones on her path to immortality!
Luo Xuan watched the departing figure of the Female Emperor of Canglan, filled with regret.
If he could regret it, he would never have married her because of the Female Emperor of Canglan's deliberate flattery.
If he didn't marry her, then Luo Xuan would still belong to the vast world outside the palace walls.
And his people could freely soar in the vast world instead of lying in this cold coffin like living dead.
"Oh, God! I regret it. I know I was wrong. Can you save me this time? Save my people, save my only child.
Oh, God! I beg you, please save them! Ye Yi cannot die; he is the only heir of the Baichi Clan.
If even little Yi dies, what will happen to the secrets that the Baichi Clan has guarded for so many years? Xiao Xi and Xiao Nuo are already dead, oh God! Yi cannot die; he cannot die..."
As Luo Xuan's cry resounded, the already overcast sky suddenly unleashed a fierce wind.
The gusts of wind blew so violently that Luo Xuan, with his frail body, couldn't even stand steady.
Under the onslaught of the strong wind, Luo Xuan's body, like a fallen leaf, toppled backwards.
In that moment, as he fell to the ground, all that filled Luo Xuan's eyes was boundless regret.
And more than that, a dimness that obscured any glimpse of the future.
Is there truly no hope left for their Baichi Clan?
"Father! Father, how are you? Father!"
Upon hearing the familiar cry, Luo Xuan's eyes slightly shifted. He tightly grasped the hand of the person before him and anxiously spoke.
"Yi, don't worry about me anymore, and don't worry about our clansmen. We won't survive this.
Yi, you need to immediately, right now, take your remaining trusted followers and flee from Canglan to Han Country.
Your wife is now the Empress of Han Country, and she will be able to protect you. Hurry, leave quickly!"
While speaking, Luo Xuan forcefully pushed Yi towards the door.
"Father, what exactly has happened? I heard from the palace maids that the Empress Mother came to see you earlier. Did she tell you something?"
"Yi, your wife is willing to exchange fifty thousand Canglan prisoners of war for you, Murong Hai, and Gu Shan to go to Han Country.
Although your Empress Mother agreed, she wants the Empress of Han Country to personally come to Canglan to fetch you.
Yi, you know, your Empress Mother has gone mad. She's been killing people indiscriminately.
If the Empress of Han Country comes to Canglan, your Empress Mother will definitely kill her.
I've already reached this point in my life, and I've resigned myself to it, but I can't harm you. Leave now, don't stay here with me."
As he listened to Luo Xuan's urgent urging, Ye Yi's body involuntarily trembled.
Does he truly want to trade fifty thousand Canglan prisoners for a powerless prince burdened with liabilities?
But he can't leave. If he leaves, his father and his clansmen will undoubtedly die.
Yet, if he doesn't leave, once the Empress of Han Country arrives in Canglan, his mother will surely kill her.
He can't let anything happen to Zaozao.
He is Zaozao's husband, and he has never been able to protect her properly. Since he couldn't protect her well, he mustn't burden his beloved, his Empress.
Yes, he needs to find a way. He must convey the message to Han Country.
He must tell Zaozao that he already knows her feelings for him, so no matter what happens, she mustn't come to Canglan.
If Zaozao comes to Canglan, it will undoubtedly be a death sentence.
However, as Ye Yi reached the palace gates, he was blocked by the imperial guards.
"Third Prince, His Majesty has stated that until your wedding with the Empress of Han Country approaches, you must stay by the side of Prince Luo Xuan and wait to be married!"
Ye Yi looked at the closed palace gate, took a deep breath, and turned around to call his own personal guards.
If he can't leave through the main gate, then he'll find another way.
But after calling for a while, his personal guards, who had always been by his side, had also vanished at this moment.
What's going on?
The dark guard who could stay by his side was carefully selected by Gu Shan from the Eighteen Floors, and they were top-notch assassins. The assassins on the Eighteen Floors were extremely powerful. Even for skilled experts, it was not easy to defeat them, let alone find their hiding place.
So what about his dark guards?
Could something be holding them back?
Just as Ye Yi was wondering to himself, the tightly closed door was pushed open from the outside.
Ye Yi turned around and saw his four dark guards being thrown in by several guards dressed in golden robes.
"Third Prince, His Majesty said that you are now a bride-to-be. So these little rats by your side will be taken care of by her," one of the guards in golden robes said.
After speaking, the guard waved his hand, and the open door was closed again.
As Ye Yi watched the door close once more, his lips trembled slightly. He quickly lowered his head and looked at the four dark guards lying on the ground, their fate unknown.
He half-supportively lifted one of the guards and placed his hand on the pulse on his neck.
Fortunately, he was still alive.
But he was just one breath away from death.
Ye Yi forcefully removed the skull mask from the guard's face, revealing a face that had not seen the light of day for a long time, pale and lifeless.
Ye Yi looked at the guard's pale face, the dark circles under his eyes, and knew that he had been poisoned by the concoctions of the Female Emperor of Canglan Country.
His mother, who was supposed to be a high and mighty empress of a country.
But why? Why did she have to spend so much manpower and resources to develop these poisons with the empress of Fengshuo Country?
And she insisted on using those poisons on their Baichi Clan?
"Xiao Yi, what happened?" Luo Xuan walked out from around the corner and saw Ye Yi half-holding a dark guard, sitting on the ground like a soulless doll.
"Xiao Yi, did your mother do this again?"
Facing Luo Xuan's concerned gaze, Ye Yi's eyes were now filled with despair, devoid of any light.
"Father, I'm trapped here too. Mother, she really wants to kill Zaozao. She has stripped me of all my abilities and left me no way out. Father, I can't send the message to Zaozao now. I can't let her come to Canglan Country. If she comes, Mother will definitely kill her. Zaozao can't die. She finally made it back to Han Country. How can she die? Zaozao is my wife, I can't watch her come to Canglan and die. But I can't help her..."
Ye Yi looked at Luo Xuan, his voice numb.
"Xiao Yi, don't lose hope. Han Country's Empress has Han Ye, the Grand Priest, protecting her.
Right, there's also the National Master. The National Master has always been in favor of your wife. He won't let your mother harm her.
Right, we still have the National Master. Xiao Ye, do you have any way to contact the National Master? Let him help you send a message out and prevent your wife from coming here?"
"Father, our communication with the National Master has always been one-sided, with him reaching out to us. And unless it's absolutely necessary, he never meets with us.
It has been a month since my last meeting with the National Master," Night Yi's voice sounded dejected as Luo Xuan looked at the four lifeless guards lying on the ground.
At that moment, he wasn't sure how to resolve this matter. He had been trapped in this deep palace for many years, with no influence left by his side.
"Xiao Yi, things haven't reached the point of no return yet. For now, let's carry these four guards back and administer some medicine to keep them alive.
I believe that the National Master, out of respect for the Empress of Han Country, will contact you voluntarily.
By the way, what about Demon Lord Gu Shan? Isn't he free to act now? We can have him deliver a message for you, so that your wife won't have to come to Han Country."
"Father, the Eighteen Floors of Gu Shan are in chaos now.
Because, because my mother, she and the Prosperous Empress secretly sent a thousand children to Purgatory Valley.
In order to save those thousand children, Gu Shan has mobilized all the members of his Eighteen Floors. It's difficult for Gu Shan to even protect himself now."
