"A strange fire descended from the sky?" Xiaoyun couldn't help but asked in a daze.
"Fire of Heaven's Punishment?" Queen Changsun murmured to herself.
"This is the news from Baijin City. Your Majesty, you can also write to the Queen of Taoyuan. On the day of the incident, she sent Elder Li Yun and Dongfang Yu'er to deal with the matter. She should know better!"
When Li Xiuyuan saw the fire from the sky on the day he left, he couldn't help but look at Xiaoqing with admiration. This guy finally lived up to his efforts in finding the elixir for her.
"Is it possible that you are dissatisfied with Her Majesty the Queen?" Changsun caught his speech error and asked.
"Me and her? Haha, she is not my queen." As the saying goes, serving a bowl is controlled by others. Li Yun is afraid of the queen, but Li Xiuyuan is not afraid. There is no one in Shura Heaven that he is afraid of.
Changsun glanced at Li Xiuyuan and watched him quietly boiling water, changing tea and washing cups. He couldn't help but sigh and said, "I know you are not afraid of anything in the Shura Realm, but there is no need to mess with her."
Li Xiuyuan recognized the methods that Changsun had cultivated in the deep palace, and looked at her and nodded heavily.
He smiled and said, "As long as she doesn't mess with me... I would also like you to tell Qin Qianshan that I don't have to deal with the past, but don't cheat your own people when you go to the Shura battlefield."
"I will write to him and tell him that he should understand these principles." Changsun comforted him and said: "Who do you plan to enter on behalf of? Do you want to follow us? After all, Tianfeng Kingdom and Taoyuan have formed an alliance, so you can rest assured."
Li Xiuyuan smiled and thought, how could he take sides at this time?
Looking at her, he sighed and said: "I will go there alone with Xiao Long'er, and I do not represent any force in the Shura Heaven."
Xiaoyun couldn't help but laugh, pulled his sleeve corner and said, "Then, if I follow you, will you ignore me, sister?"
"Do you want to live?" Li Xiuyuan looked at her and asked coldly.
Somehow, Xiaoyun shuddered after hearing what he said. "What do you say? Don't scare me."
"If you want to live a good life, I advise you not to step into the Shura battlefield. It will be a hell on earth."
Li Xiuyuan looked at her and replied coldly, without leaving any trace of emotion.
When Li Yun heard this, she was so frightened that she was speechless.
Li Xiuyuan shook his head, looked at her and said softly: "I am too lazy to care about what will happen to others. But I hope you can live a longer life. At least you can always be by your side, and don't try to wade in the sewage."
"How do you know these things? Who told you? That woman from Taoyuan?"
The eldest grandson frowned when she looked at Li Xiuyuan, because her son Qin Qianshan and his wife were about to set foot in that place, which was something she had been worried about.
Li Xiuyuan looked at her and shook his head, smiling: "How could she know? I won't tell you the truth, and you won't believe it if I tell you. It's better not to tell."
"It's okay if you don't tell me." Changsun rubbed his brows, seemed a little depressed, and asked, "Why don't these guys come back?"
"There's no need to wait for them. Let's have a drink with my wife. We won't talk about these heavy topics in the future."
Li Xiuyuan picked up the food box Xiaoyun brought and went to the kitchen behind to heat it.
"This guy has such a bad temper, please don't get angry." Xiaoyun took Li Xiuyuan's tea ceremony and said softly to Empress Changsun.
"Can you not be angry? This guy will make me angry." Queen Changsun laughed angrily.
"Are you happy when you go up the mountain today, or are you more angry?" Xiaoyun poured her a cup of tea and said with a smile: "Since he came out of the academy, he has become more and more courageous."
Queen Changsun looked at her and sighed, and said: "You don't understand him. His wings are getting harder and harder, and they are already so hard that he can no longer rely on any force in the Shura Heaven."
Xiaoyun nodded and replied: "This guy is a versatile man in both civil and military affairs. What a pity..."
The eldest grandson looked at her and pondered for a moment, then shook his head and replied: "It's no pity. Tianfeng City can't keep him. You see, even the academy can't keep him. He doesn't belong to the Shura Heaven..."
While he was talking, Xiao Long'er's shout came from the backyard: "Brother, Xiao Long'er is going to starve to death."
Xiaoyun was happy and said with a smile: "This pistachio is back."
As he spoke, Xiao Longer, dressed in a red dress and covered in snow stains, rushed into the hall. Li Xiuyuan was nowhere to be seen but he looked at Changsun and Xiaoyun at the table.
"Queen, where is my brother? Is Sister Xiaoyun here to bring food to Xiao Long'er?"
Xiao Long'er rushed up to hug Xiao Yun and started shouting. The little guy was thinking about the delicious pastries in the palace.
Xiaoyun reminded her: "I brought the food, and your brother can eat it after it has been warmed for a while. You are indispensable for the snacks and pastries. Let's talk about it after the meal."
The eldest grandson looked at her and smiled: "Xiao Long'er, what did you fight for back in the back mountain, or did you almost get eaten by a wild beast?"
Xiao Long'er pointed behind him and said, "I asked my brothers and sisters to carry them. It seems there isn't enough food, right?"
While he was talking, Hua Tianyu walked in with Xiao Qing and Hua Chenyu.
Xiao Long'er didn't mind the trouble and introduced the two of them: "This is Sister Xiao Qing, this is Sister Yu'er, and this is Brother Hua. They are all Xiao Long'er's good friends."
Hua Tianyu looked at the gentle smile on Queen Changsun's delicate face and thought that Tianfeng City was not far down the mountain, and couldn't help but think about it.
He stepped forward and said softly: "Hua Tianyu in the Demon Realm, this is my roommate Hua Chenyu. This is Li Xiuyuan's junior sister Xiaoqing. I have met Queen Changsun."
Xiao Qing watched the two of them quietly without making a sound. As long as Li Xiuyuan was not around, she would not take the initiative to say hello to anyone.
Changsun looked at the three of them and replied calmly: "Although I didn't know that you were also on the mountain, fortunately I brought a lot of food today. You can go to the kitchen to have a look. I guess Li Xiuyuan will be very busy alone."
Upon hearing this, Xiaoqing turned around and went into the kitchen. After seeing the ceremony with the two of them, Hua Chenyu also walked to the kitchen, leaving only Hua Tianyu and Xiao Longer to accompany the two of them in the main hall.
Xiaoyun looked at Hua Tianyu and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that the princess of the Demon Realm was actually friends with Li Xiuyuan." While speaking, she poured tea for him and Xiao Long'er.
Hua Tianyu took a sip of tea, looked at Xiao Longer and said, "Be careful of burning your mouth." Then he twisted and replied, "I knew him many years ago when I was in the academy."
Empress Changsun said with emotion: "I didn't expect that you two would still have such a long-lasting relationship. It's really not easy."
Just when Hua Tianyu wanted to continue, Xiao Qing came over with a pot of soup, looked at Xiao Long'er and said, "Sister, go wash your hands, or Li Xiuyuan will scold you when he comes."
Xiao Longer made a face and ran towards the backyard with a huff.
When Xiaoyun saw that the food was ready, she also got up and went to the kitchen to help serve the food. In just a moment, a group of people were chatting around the table.
Li Xiuyuan opened a jar of wine and poured it for everyone.
Looking at Hua Tianyu, he said: "Originally, I stopped making wine after leaving the academy... Who knew that each of you is better than the other? Please go down to Tianfeng City to buy some wine-making materials, and take advantage of the spring. Come, I’ll make some more apricot wine.”
The eldest grandson raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "I've done all the making of this wine, and I've got a third of the wine... After dinner, come with me to the palace to play for a few days. Xiaolonger has to go play with me for a few days."
When Xiao Long'er heard this, he cried out: "Xiao Long'er wants to go to the palace to play."
Li Xiuyuan glanced at his eldest grandson, then looked at Xiaoqing and others and said with a smile: "You will go to the city with my wife in a while. The poverty in the mountains is really not worth lingering on."
Upon hearing this, Xiaoyun frowned and asked, "Li Xiuyuan, aren't you going?"
Li Xiuyuan picked up the wine glass in front of him, looked in the direction outside the hall and replied quietly: "I won't go down the mountain until all the flowers on this mountain bloom."
Changsun also frowned slightly, looked at him and asked, "Just to see the flowers on this mountain?"
Li Xiuyuan replied: "I have worked hard to plant thousands of apricot flowers, but I have to see them bloom all over the mountain. Even if I go to the battlefield tomorrow, I will remember the mountain of apricot flowers on Luoxia Mountain."
...
After having enough wine and food, it was just past noon.
Li Xiuyuan took out a handkerchief to wipe off the oil stains on Xiao Longer's face, and said, "I have told you many times that you will be a big girl soon. You will have to learn to wipe your mouth by yourself in the future. It's not like you don't have a scarf."
Xiao Long'er hummed, put her head on his shoulder, and said with a smile: "As long as my brother is here, Xiao Long'er will learn from it later."
Xiao Long'er didn't seem to be sad about parting, knowing that she would be back in a few days, she just watched quietly as Li Xiuyuan cleaned herself up for her.
Because he was going down the mountain, all the things that Changsun brought from the palace were piled in Li Xiuyuan's room, waiting for the four of them to divide them up when they came back from the mountain.
The time is right, the wind and snow are still, it is a good time to travel.
Li Xiuyuan sent everyone to the intersection, looked at the eldest grandson and said with a smile: "Mother, you have also seen my place on the mountain. It is very small. If you don't move a few guys up, you won't be able to put it down."
Changsun, who had reached the intersection, smiled, then turned to look at Li Xiuyuan, who was dressed in white and looked heroic, and said lightly: "You know I am very greedy."
Li Xiuyuan had no choice but to wave and say: "Come down the mountain and slide. Madam, walk slower. Xiao Long'er holds my sister's hand tightly. Brother, I leave my two sisters to you."
Hua Tianyu shook his head, waved his hand and replied: "We are going to the palace to see the world, not to fight. Why are you worried?"
Hua Chenyu looked back at him and asked, "Do I need to buy you anything?"
Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but feel a little surprised when he saw her asking him, and replied: "Thank you, senior sister, nothing is needed!"
Li Yun looked at him and smiled and said: "Li Xiuyuan, you are really a weirdo. You would rather hide in the mountains and be in a daze than come with us to the palace to have fun. Xiao Long'er, let's go."
"Everyone, go slowly." Li Xiuyuan waved his hand and said.
...
On the way down the mountain.
Xiao Yun looked at Xiao Long'er and asked: "Xiao Long'er, what are you doing on New Year's Eve?"
A gust of mountain wind blew, Xiao Long'er stretched out his hand to caress his little face, and said seriously: "Sister Xiaoqing, sister Hua, brother, me, and grandpa are all drunk...only the brother is watching."
Hua Tianyu, who was walking behind, shook his head and sighed, "We drank two jars of wine that day, and we were all drunk."
Xiaoyun said with emotion: "How did you break through? That night."
Hua Tianyu smiled and replied: "I was confused in my dream, and I woke up like this the next morning."
Changsun, who was walking in front, also laughed, and then asked seriously: "Why didn't Li Xiuyuan break through?"
Hua Tianyu originally thought that I didn't know, but after thinking about it, he still said: "He is a monster, you know."
"What do I know?" Xiaoyun on the other side quit.
"Since the day I met him, I have never seen him practice seriously. He has helped me break through several realms, but he himself is motionless."
Hua Tianyu would get a headache whenever he thought about Li Xiuyuan's cultivation.
From his shocking song in the academy back then to his return safe and sound two years after the ruins of death disappeared, Li Xiuyuan has undoubtedly become a legend in the academy.
Queen Changsun thought for a moment and said softly: "They are in a dream, and Li Xiuyuan is sitting in the hall. Maybe they really don't know what happened that night?"
"What happened that night?" Brother and sister Hua Tianyu and Hua Chenyu asked in unison.
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