Along the jungle path, the clear blue sky reflects the lush green of the distant mountains. The dust in the forest rises lightly, and a few fireflies surround the leaf tips.
Balian walked behind her and finally asked the doubts in his heart.
"What is the relationship between grandma and the eldest princess Zhao Wenjun?"
In the midsummer sap, the bright red cannas on the wild edges of the mountains and forests are in full bloom.
Ying Ji seemed to have completely forgotten Baili Yu at this moment, and she bent down to hold the flower.
The long and delicate hand bone falls on the flower stem, breaks it gently, puts the flower horizontally in the mouth, and takes a sip. The flower juice is like honey, overflowing between the lips and teeth, and it is very sweet.
She turned and played with the flowers in her hands, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "As you can see, we were once love rivals."
Balian rubbed his brows and said: "You let her take advantage of you in vain because of your love rival. That's your spiritual root. It's you who will suffer, but she will enjoy the benefits."
Ying Ji smiled and said, "How did you know she was just sitting back and enjoying the success?"
Balian looked puzzled.
Ying Ji sighed: "I just gave an answer that all three of us were looking forward to."
"I know Bailiyu very well. When he asked that question, his truest thoughts were revealed in his eyes for a split second.
He comes from a Qingliu family and cherishes his reputation most. As the leader of the Tianxi Sword Sect, he wields a sword to control demons in troubled times.
However, the evil way is rampant and the righteous way is in decline. He is ashamed to associate with the evil way, but he has to rely on the power of the Zhongyou Dynasty to help him help the world. "
Ying Ji smiled bitterly and continued: "This alone was enough to trap him for many years. He thought that as the master of the Tiandao Sword, he should lead by example, but he married the Empress Zhongyou and received the favor from Zhongyou.
For a man whose self-confidence is stronger than his life, your unreserved and dedicated efforts to help him will only make him feel heavier.
I think he is more willing to accept that a woman he doesn't love but comes from a pure and orthodox background has sacrificed his future to save him from fire and water.
Xiao An, you don't have to show such an expression. To me, it doesn't matter whether Bailiyu knows the truth or not. Do you think I still expect his tenderness in return?
I saved him back then because I wanted him to live. That was my original intention. It was as simple as that.
As for Zhao Wenjun...heh, maybe you have guessed it, yes, she is indeed the true master of the dark city?
The frail princess who needs to rely on the Holy Medicine of Tianxi to extend her longevity is actually the master of the darkest and most filthy place in the world. It seems ridiculous when you think about it, doesn't it? "
Balian's mood was complicated: "Sure enough, only women understand women best?"
Ying Ji said: "Do you know which kind of person is the most amazing in this world? Not a savior hero like Bailiyu who is born with a strong sense of justice, has a noble voice, and has great achievements.
He is not a small person like Yin Dufeng, who came from a humble background, fought against fate, and rose up from the bottom step by step.
What is truly remarkable are those people who have all the reputation, rights, background, and origins since birth, but still pursue their original dreams that remain consistent?
People who do not hesitate to defile themselves and let themselves be covered with dust and fall into the abyss without fear.
She is not like me, the born empress of Zhongyou, who is feared by the world and has always been with death.
She personally knocked herself off the altar and ran into the darkness alone, carrying her sins. This alone was far beyond what a spiritual root could compare to.
I used to be stupid and narrow-minded, so narrow-minded that I only pretended to be the next person, but Zhao Wenjun was different. Compared to Bailiyu...
I think she is the one who truly cares about the world.
She is ambitious, strategic, and able to sacrifice petty loves for the greater good. In this regard, I am not as good as her, and Bailiyu is far inferior to her. "
Speaking of this, Ying Ji paused, as if she had realized something, and she looked at Bai Lian steadily:
"You know everything about Zhao Wenjun being the Lord of the Dark City and the matter between the spiritual roots. Looking at you like this, I'm afraid you have already met her in the human world, and every line of your words is full of resentment towards your mother.
Don't you... think that Zhao Wenjun fell in love with Bailiyu and carried out the insidious act of seizing love with a knife? "
Balian's eyes suddenly looked away with guilt, not daring to look at her.
Ying Ji narrowed her narrow phoenix eyes, turned his head straight up, pinned the red canna between her son's ears and temples, and smiled?
"With your little head, don't you think that you have imagined a intrigue and intrigue, in which the snake-hearted eldest princess covets the husband of Empress Zhongyou?
While she was viciously trying to alienate me, I, the stupid and ignorant empress, suffered a lot of secret injustice at her hands.
She used all kinds of tricks and tried her best to win Bailiyu's trust, which gradually caused my husband and me to drift apart.
It was after I cut out the spiritual roots that I cried and explained to Bailiyu pitifully and humbly with tears in my eyes that the spiritual roots under your chest were dedicated to him by me.
Then Zhao Wenjun appeared with a pitiful appearance, full of dimples, a demon-stricken body, and tears streaming down his face, like a delicate flower shining in the water or a weak willow supporting the wind.
Then she nestled pitifully in Bailiyu's arms, gasping for breath and crying as sickly as Xizi.
Bailiyu had no doubts about her gift of spiritual roots, so this couple hit it off and trampled on me, humiliating and ridiculing me in every possible way? I had no choice but to look like a brainless old lady with a yellow face and a serious illness. I couldn't win against the vixen who was flirting with me outside. I could only be so angry that I secretly vomited three liters of blood, which was extremely painful. "
Ying Ji was eloquent and catchy, and the more she spoke, the more it sounded like that, and every word she spoke spoke to Balian's heart.
This was what he was thinking when he knew that it was Ying Ji who dug out the spiritual roots and rescued Baili Yu, but Zhao Wenjun sat back and pretended to be sick for two hundred years.
At that time, he almost felt sorry for his mother's suffering.
So out of anger, he would...
Snapped!
There was a crisp sound.
Balian's cheek was slapped hard by Ying Ji's two palms, and her facial features were tightly clamped between her palms. Ying Ji made a long face:
"My mother knows that you are a bad-tempered and protective person. Tell me honestly, what did you do to Zhao Wenjun?"
It is said that a child is better than his mother. Seeing that he could no longer survive, Balian had no choice but to bar his fangs and said with a sad face:
"The eldest princess is just like my mother-in-law, she has a stubborn temper. She hasn't told me the whole story clearly, and she looks complacent about your spiritual roots being in vain.
I was so angry that I was dizzy. I was seriously injured in the Tianxi Sword Sect. I lost too much blood and was not very clear-headed.
When she reacted, she was almost fucked by me. Fortunately, Zhao Wenjun was not just sitting around waiting to die. With a strong desire to survive, she instinctively bit me.
In this way, the promise granted by the Corpse Demon Clan is considered successful, and now... she should be considered half of my descendants. "
Ying Ji opened her eyes bit by bit, and suddenly burst into laughter. This feat could no longer be tolerated, and she burst into laughter.
"Grant me a contract, that stinky guy Zhao Wenjun was actually granted a contract by my son.
She is considered your descendant now. When he sees me in the future, he is not allowed to call me grandma?
Hahaha...I can't wait to see her now. "
How could Ying Ji not know about Zhao Wenjun's temperament? She just liked to pretend to be her identity and play unpredictable tricks.
Presumably she didn't necessarily have bad intentions towards Bailian at that time, and she definitely had the intention of deliberately irritating and irritating him and playing with him.
Who would have known that he would actually be playing with fire and getting himself involved in it.
Balian: "..."
He finally discovered that he did not misunderstand A Niang.
Grandma is really at odds with the eldest princess Zhao Wenjun.
It is true that she admires Zhao Wenjun and sympathizes with Zhao Wenjun, but it is also true that she takes pleasure in others' misfortunes, and it is even more true that she wants to be her grandma and crush her!
Women, their thoughts are like the ocean, and the situation is so changing.
Not long after, Yin Baishuang ate melon seeds and slowly came to meet Bai Lian's mother and son.
Seeing her light smile and crooked eyes, Balian thought something good had happened.
Unexpectedly, Yin Baishuang shook off the melon seed shells from her palms, smiled sweetly, and said: "Nothing, just chatting with Senior Sister Yun Rong of Tianxi Sword Sect.
In the past, I only knew the reputation of this swordsman, who was so powerful in the world. Today, when I took a closer look, I realized that Senior Sister Yunrong is really a beautiful woman with a natural beauty. My little Anke is really lucky. "
Under Yin Baishuang's beautiful smile, Bai Lian's body trembled slightly, and the back of his neck suddenly felt chilly.
She really cared about that matter.
Ying Ji looked shocked and asked after Bagua: "Xiao Yunrong?"
Then he looked at Balian with a meaningful look, nodded, and then shook his head with a very rich expression.
"It's been many years. I remember that Bailiyu still thought about allocating Xiaoyunrong to Xiaojunhe. After all, Xiaoyunrong admired her senior brother the most.
Unexpectedly, when Bailiyu brought up this matter, Xiaoyunrong was unwilling in every possible way, saying that he had no man in his heart and was a god of nature who drew his sword.
At that time I thought she didn't like Jun, but now it turns out that it wasn't that she didn't like Jun, but that Xiao Junhe wasn't handsome enough.
Hmm... I just didn't see you grow up, so how could I accidentally develop you to have such a carefree temperament?
Why doesn't the rabbit eat the grass next to the nest? That is your fourth senior sister, who has watched you grow up since childhood. She is almost eighty years older than you. She is more than qualified to be your grandmother. She is not as young and beautiful as Xiaoshuang.
I would like to warn you, be content with your life, as long as you have Xiaoshuang, don't mess around with other women. "
Empress Ying Ji was very fair and impartial, expressing her special preference for Yin Baishuang. She scolded Bailian's behavior in a rare and stern and righteous manner, and said that his behavior was extremely immoral.
After Yin Baishuang was successfully coaxed by Empress Ying Ji, she jumped up and down and said that she was going to pick cannas for her.
Bailian naturally looked like he was open-minded and willing to be taught.
But after a while, the empress pulled Bailian to the side of the woods with a stern look.
"Xiao Yunrong has a weird temperament, but I think she is pretty good. She is the most transparent person in the entire Tianxi Sword Sect.
Others regard your father as a god, but she is the only one who can defend herself. If she encounters something your father did wrong, she will refute it when she needs to, and question it when she needs to question it. This is what my mother is most optimistic about.
To be honest, I was quite unhappy when your father proposed marriage to Xiao Yunrong.
Xiaojunhe is good at everything, he just likes to be perfect. If he is too perfect, it will not be true.
They say good things don’t go to outsiders. In fact, back then I secretly made a divination with your birth dates.
The hexagram says that the two of you have a three-life covenant, and you should be a good match as husband and wife.
As expected, you see, her marriage to Xiao Junhe failed. "
Balian: "..."
Didn’t you say that rabbits don’t eat grass near their nests? How is it that in the blink of an eye, all the wealth is saved from going to outsiders?
Didn't he say that eighty or so would be more than enough to be his grandmother?
Why did they make a promise of three lifetimes, the fate of husband and wife?
What do you mean by appreciating Yun Rong's life in the most transparent way?
Back then, when he went up the mountain to worship Yun Rong as his master of swordsmanship, she starved him to death and became seriously ill. At that time, your son, your old man, was secretly scolding her for being short-sighted...
When you are scolding someone for being careless, you secretly use someone's birthday and horoscope to predict whether she is destined to be married to him?
Balian remembers how old he was at that time, right?
So scary! Mr. Yue Lao doesn't dare to pull the strings like this. His mother-in-law really has no moral integrity in this regard.
Ying Ji's compliments were unreasonable. Bai Lian squinted his eyes and pointed it out mercilessly:
"Auntie? How could it be such a coincidence that you just used Senior Sister Yunrong's birthday and horoscope for fortune telling?
Tell me the truth, do you tell the fortunes of all the female disciples of the Tianxi Sword Sect who have survived? "
Ying Ji: "..."
Why does this kid have so many evil thoughts?
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The Kingdom of Zhao has been destroyed, but there is no news about the underground city. In addition, the Tianxi Sword Sect has made too much noise this time.
Bai Lian guessed that with Zhao Wenjun's vigilant temperament, most of the underground cities in various countries would be closed in the near future.
I'm afraid it will be a little difficult to find out information through the underground city.
After some thought, Bailian decided to go directly to Shifang City.
In March next year, Shifang City will officially hold the auction conference, but Jinxian Fengxu moved into Tianquan City in advance.
Tianquan City is one of the main cities of Shifang City, specially used to receive the immortals from the heaven.
As for Balian, who holds the Tiange City Seal, if he is lucky, he may be able to meet the Golden Immortal before March next year.
Balian looked at the sea of clouds in the north. It was clearly midsummer, but his deep and dark eyes seemed to reflect the flying snow in the sky and the flying frost outside the wall.
Shifang City, the city of wind and snow.
Farewell to Xianling City.
Are you okay?
"If you want to enter Shifang City, you will definitely not be able to do so with your current status."
Yin Baishuang said solemnly: "Shifang City is a famous and wealthy city in the six realms. Although it is not as powerful as the three Tiandao sects, it has more rules and regulations than my Cangwu Palace.
What's more, businessmen value profits but not sentiments, and Shifang City has taken this snobbery to the extreme.
Shifang City does not accept white men, poor people, bandits, lone heroes, loose cultivators, and even poor people.
After all, just entering the outer city of Shifang City requires paying 300 high-grade spiritual stones as entry fee. Needless to say, the four major cities are sky-high prices.
Well... four years ago, after the third lady of Shifang City returned to the city, she made another move and refused to accept dogs and Yingxiu. "
Yin Baishuang's eyes joked: "Xiao An, if you want to show off with this face, it won't work, and Shifang City does not accept unknown people.
This means that if you want to enter the city, you must have both fame and fortune, or you must be an inner disciple of the three sects. Only with such status can you be qualified to enter the main city. "
