Chapter 68 Reap What You Sow

  "Unexpectedly, Princess Huangfu Yu is actually a beast tamer!" Someone whispered to the person beside them in the grand hall.

  "Who would have thought! The Southern Xī country has hidden her too well, no wonder the Emperor is so fond of her." Another person also chimed in.

  "But, a beast tamer actually has to compete with someone who isn't a beast tamer? That's just too unfair!" Another person chimed in, speaking was a very young man, clearly speaking up for Leng Ruoxue.

  Although the three of them spoke in hushed tones, many people present were strong enough to be above the Ling Wang level, so most people heard their whispers. As a result, many people's gazes at Huangfu Yu contained a hint of disdain. Unfortunately, the person involved didn't notice at all and even thought that everyone was looking at her with admiring eyes.

  "Bring them in." As soon as Huangfu Yu's voice fell, several attendants carried two large baskets into the hall.

  Everyone's gaze was suddenly drawn to the spiritual beasts in the cages. One cage held a golden giant python with a single white horn, while another held a black fox with a glossy black body. Both spiritual beasts were lazily lying in their cages, their eyes filled with mockery.

  "Black Fox!"

  "Mei, what's wrong? Do you know it?" Leng Ruo Xue asked Mei in her heart.

  "Master, it's a Purple Eyed Ink Fox, a rare variant of the Purple Eyed Snow Fox. Master, please save it!" Mei exclaimed in her mind to Leng Ruoxue, unable to bear seeing one of its own kind trapped in that small cage.

  "Dear master, your treasure begs you to save it." The treasure also pleaded in its heart, the Fox tribe could not tolerate the existence of the Ink Fox, and now this Ink Fox was caught by humans, it's really too pitiful.

  "Don't worry, I'll think of a way." Lan Ruoxue comforted, how could she bear to let Mei and Bao Bei be disappointed!

  "What does this mean?" asked Leng Ruoxue, looking at Huangfu Yu with a feigned puzzled expression.

  "We each tame one, whoever succeeds in the shortest time wins." Huangfu Yu explained that these two spiritual beasts were borrowed from the Beast Tamer Association with great effort.

  "How are these two spiritual beasts going to be divided?" asked Leng Ruoxue, the levels of these two spiritual beasts were different, that fox was a 9th-level sacred beast, as for that single-horned golden python...

  She gazed carefully at the golden python in the cage, no, this wasn't a single-horned golden python, although it had a single horn on its golden head, but the horn of a single-horned golden python was pure white, while its horn was as white as jade. This should be... the single-horned golden boa that was said to have been extinct for a long time. The single-horned golden boa was the closest spiritual beast to the dragon tribe's bloodline, and it also had a special ability, which was to hide its own level. So this single-horned golden boa...

  "Of course, it's decided by drawing lots. This fox is a sacred beast, and that 'Unicorn Golden Python' is a 9th-grade spiritual beast. Whoever draws which one will tame which one." Huangfu Yu said with an seemingly very fair tone.

  "Master, this python is not a 9th-grade spiritual beast!" Mei reminded Ling Xue in her heart, smiling very slyly.

  "It's very fair then, let's see who has better luck." Leng Ruoxue nodded and said in agreement.

  "You're the guest, you go first."

  "Brother Feng, would you mind helping me draw a lottery ticket?" She was too lazy to move.

  "No problem, Brother Feng will definitely help you draw that ninth-grade spiritual beast." Feng said with a guarantee, then walked directly to the already prepared lottery box and drew out a small piece of paper.

  "Mò Hú." The wind suddenly opened the note and read out the words on it in front of everyone, sigh! As expected, this Huangfu Yu was indeed not a good person!

  "Cold as snow, looks like you're not lucky enough!" Huangfu Yu said with a pleased tone.

  "It's not good enough, congratulations to the princess." Leng Ruoxue said somewhat perfunctorily.

  "Now let's start the competition, but the loser will have to accept punishment." Huangfu Yu said with a calculating expression.

  "What punishment?"

  "The loser will be a slave to the winner, no matter what the other person wants you to do, you must unconditionally obey." said Huangfu Yu.

  "That's no problem, but what I want to know is that if the beast is successfully tamed, who does it belong to?" asked Leng Ruoxue calmly, she didn't want to do something for nothing.

  "Whoever tames it successfully, of course, it belongs to whoever." Huangfu Yu was certain that Leng Ruo Xue was unable to tame the spiritual beast, otherwise he wouldn't dare say such a thing.

  "Can the princess really handle being the host? If she can't, it's better to cancel this competition." Cold Snow taunted.

  "Of course I can handle it myself!" Huang Fu shouted angrily.

  "As long as you can handle it properly, I don't want any future disputes. Miss doesn't like trouble." Cold Snow said with a calm and serene face.

  "I trouble everyone present to bear witness for me, Princess Huangfu Yu said that whoever tames this spiritual beast will own it." Cold Ruo Xue continued to say to all the people in the grand hall.

  "Cold as snow! What do you mean? Are you doubting the words of this princess?" Huangfu Yu bellowed in disbelief.

  "I really don't believe it unless Princess gives me a written guarantee." Leng Ruoxue said very honestly, good kids should be honest.

  "Alright, I'll write it for you." Huangfu Yu was somewhat unsettled. How could this Cold-as-Snow be so troublesome!

  "Someone, bring paper and pen!"

  Huangfu Yu finished writing the letter and handed it over to the maid, who walked in front of Leng Ruoxue and handed her the letter. However, Leng Ruoxue did not take the letter.

  "Cold as snow! What else do you want?"

  "There's nothing, I just want the princess's mother to be a witness for us." Leng Ruoxue said innocently, anyone who dares to scheme against her must be prepared to suffer the consequences, humph! She is not some kind and gentle little white rabbit.

  "In that case, I'll just have to bear witness for you." Xu Guifei said with some confidence, but it was clear that Leng Ruoxue was stalling for time, which wouldn't do.

  The maid heard the noble consort speak, and hastily handed over the document to Empress Xu. After Empress Xu signed her name on the document, it was then handed over to Leng Ruoxue.

  Leng Ruoxue took over the document and carefully read it through once, confirming that there were no errors before putting away the document in her hand.

  "Is everything all right now?" Huangfu Yuqiang asked, suppressing his anger.

  "It's all right now."

  "Can we start now?" Huangfu Yu asked with gritted teeth, and now she really had a chill in her heart.

  "Of course!" Lan Yuexue smiled faintly.

  "Let's get started!" Huangfu Yu said and walked directly to the cage holding 'Dugu Jin' to begin taming.

  "Cold as snow! Why haven't you made a move yet." Xugui Fei couldn't help but ask, what is Cold Snow thinking of doing? Has she given up voluntarily? At this time, Xu Gui Fei's heart was filled with countless doubts.

  "The princess's mother, speak softly, if you disturb the princess's beast-taming and make her become an idiot, you will regret it." Cold Snow reminded indifferently.

  Xu Guifei's face turned green with rage when she heard Leng Ruoxue's words, but she didn't dare to speak again.

  "Girl, why haven't you gone to tame the beast yet!" Autumn Elder said with some curiosity. During his time on Thousand Birds Mountain, he already knew that this girl was capable of taming beasts, but back then she had only tamed a 5th-level sacred beast, whereas this one was a 9th-level beast. Could it be that this girl wasn't confident? Autumn Elder couldn't help but start thinking wildly in his heart.

  "Good food isn't afraid of being late, what's the hurry!" Leng Ruoxue said nonchalantly, as if she was completely unrelated to the person trying to tame her.

  "I'm telling you, Old Autumn, don't be like an emperor who's not in a hurry, but the eunuchs are anxious, okay?" Leng Qing Tian said intentionally to provoke.

  "You say I'm a eunuch? You old thing, looking for a beating!" Autumn Elder shouted with puffed cheeks and glaring eyes.

  "Can you beat me up?"

  "You're too much, ugh... you're bullying me too much." Autumn Elder said with tears in his eyes, as if he was about to cry, but unfortunately, no one cared.

  "Autumn is old, being a eunuch isn't bad at all, at least it's still a civil servant." Leng Ruoxue teased.

  "What is a civil servant?" Autumn Old Man looked at Leng Ruoxue with a puzzled expression.

  "It's just doing things for the emperor."

  "Oh, I don't want to be a civil servant." Autumn Old Man said thoughtfully.

  "Haha!" Leng Ruo Xue couldn't help but laugh out loud, this Autumn Elder was really too adorable, teasing him from time to time was also a kind of fun!

  In the center of the grand hall, Huangfu Yu was taming a beast, but Leng Ruoxue, who was sitting in her own position, seemed like an uninterested spectator, not showing any intention to take action. This couldn't help but make everyone present wonder if Leng Ruoxue was going to give up directly?

  "Mei, go! Bring back that black fox to me, I've got a hook on it." Leng Ruo Xue said to Mei, who was lying in her arms.

  What's flirting? The fluffy little face is covered with black lines, master! Don't be so ambiguous when you speak, okay?!

  Leng Ruo Xue's voice was not loud, but it was enough for everyone present to hear clearly. They also had black lines hanging from their heads like Mei, so did Leng Ruo Xue plan to let her little beast pets flirt with the spirit beasts?

  Because of Meiling's adorable appearance, no one thought she was very strong, and many people even regarded the small white fox as a pet. Letting a pet flirt with a spiritual beast is a big joke to many people. If spiritual beasts are so easy to flirt with, then they would let their own spiritual beasts do it too. Who doesn't know how to use the beauty trap?

  Mei jumped out of Leng Ruo Xue's arms, then walked very elegantly and slowly to the front of the cage where Mo Hu was locked up. First, she stared at Mo Hu for three seconds, then started speaking in fox language that no one could understand.

  "Amethyst Eyed Snow Fox!" The ink fox in the cage said softly, it had just discovered this fox, but what it didn't expect was that the noble and majestic Amethyst Eyed Snow Fox would actually acknowledge a human as its master.

  "Black Fox! How did you get caught by humans?" Mei asked with some curiosity, although the purple-eyed snow fox's strength was recognized as the strongest in the fox tribe, only they knew that the black-attribute variant of the ink fox was actually the most powerful in the fox tribe. However, since the fox tribe viewed black as an ominous color, any variant ink foxes that appeared would be expelled from the tribe and left to fend for themselves. Alas! This was also the sorrow of the ink fox.

  "Bored." The ink fox in the cage said faintly, it had been living alone for too long, feeling very lonely. Its own kind wouldn't accept it, so it would rather be caught by humans. In fact, its purpose was simple: it just wanted to find a companion and some warmth. However, it still hadn't found a human who could match up with it as its master, nor had any human been able to tame it.

  "That... that, my master told me to come and flirt with you." Mei Hou said with a thick face, but Mo Huo wasn't so easy to deal with, so it had to make this ink fox willing.

  Mo Hu looked at Mei Liang with a strange gaze for a long time before finally spitting out a sentence, "I'm straight, I have no interest in the same sex."

  "I'm not interested in the same sex either." Lian said with a black face, wooo... embarrassing!

  "What I mean is, you can follow my master." Mei explained.

  "What's so special about that girl?" Mu Huo asked in a very calm tone, not knowing what was so special about the girl that she could make the highest-ranking Purple-Eyed Snow Fox and Purple Fox in the Fox tribe acknowledge her as their master.

  "Ah, my master is the best master, following her, you will absolutely not regret it, and you won't be lonely anymore." Mei Dong said with a charming tone. Although it had been a long time since a variant ink fox appeared in the Fox tribe, she had been interested in ink foxes since childhood and had even studied their psychology specially, so she knew that ink foxes were all lonely, but at the same time, they also had the natural pride of Zixuan Snow Fox.

  Mo Hu looked at Leng Ruo Xue and then glanced at Mei, falling into deep thought...

  "Will Mei succeed?" Ye Chen asked with some curiosity. Mo Huo, having been treated coldly since childhood, was not easily moved.

  "I have faith in Mei," said Leng Ruo Xue, earlier Mei and Bao Bei had a conversation with her in their hearts about the Ink Fox, so she also felt some pity for this Ink Fox. To be honest, she wasn't someone who was overflowing with sympathy, if it were a human who had such an experience, she might not have had such feelings. But, alas! She just couldn't bear to see cute little animals being treated this way.

  Mei Xian didn't disturb the Mo Hu, who was still deliberating, but instead quietly waited for its decision on the side. At the same time, she kept an eye on Huangfu Yuruo's beast and snorted in disdain. Anyone daring to plot against her master would be lucky to die.

  "I agree to acknowledge her as the master." Mo Hu thought for a long time before slowly speaking out, hoping that his decision would not make him regret it. His request was simple, as long as he could feel a hint of warmth, it was enough.

  "You won't regret it." Mei said very affirmatively, as for other things, let Mo Hu experience them himself.

  "I'll help you open the cage."

  "No need, I'll do it myself." Mo Hu said, and immediately broke free from the cage. This kind of beast cage can generally hold sacred beasts, but if they don't want to leave, it's impossible to hold them back. After Mo Hu came out, he glanced at Du Jiao Jin Jiao, then followed Mei and walked towards Leng Ruo Xue.

  Most people in the audience stared at this unbelievable scene with their eyes wide open, and... it actually worked! From now on, can they also let their spiritual beasts use the beauty trick or something? For a moment, everyone's thoughts became active.

  "I am willing to acknowledge you as master." Mo Huo, who had transformed into a small fox, said as he walked in front of Leng Ruo Xue.

  "Good." Leng Ruo Xue nodded, happily hugging the adorable little black fox in her arms. Why do spirit beasts' disguises always have to be so cute? It's simply impossible not to love them!

  The ink fox being held in Snow's arms was extremely uncomfortable and a bit shy, fortunately it was black and had fur blocking the view, otherwise its red face would have definitely been discovered.

  "Don't be shy! My lovely master is very easy-going." The baby said with a understanding tone.

  "I'm not embarrassed at all." The exposed Ink Fox let out a slightly angry hiss, how could it possibly be embarrassed, it had been an adult for several hundred years already.

  Gently stroking the black fluffy fur of the ink fox with a calm and soothing touch, Ah! What an adorable little fox.

  "Then just call you Yào!" said Lěng Ruò Xuě after some thought.

  "Thank you, master," said the ink fox, although it had yet to acknowledge a master.

  "Let's leave this place for now!"

  "Uh-huh." Yào nodded his head, perhaps acknowledging that this master would not let it regret.

  "Master, that golden python..." Yao opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something.

  "What's wrong?" Ling Ruo Xue looked at Yao with some confusion, although Jiao had the blood of a dragon, but it was also cold-blooded like a snake, and she never liked snakes.

  At that moment when one person and one beast were chatting, the originally quiet central hall also started to show abnormalities. Amidst everyone's cries of surprise, Leng Ruoxue looked up at Huangfu Yu.

  At this moment, Huangfu Yu's face had already shown an extremely painful expression, his forehead was covered with sweat, and his complexion was getting paler and paler. This was clearly a sign of being counter-attacked. Unless someone could tame the Golden Python right now, Huangfu Yu's life would be over. However, even if someone tamed the Golden Python now, although Huangfu Yu's life could be saved, he would still become an idiot.

  As for the golden python in the cage, it was still extremely calm, as if it had nothing to do with it. This python is quite interesting, thought Cold-as-Snow as she looked at the scene before her.

  "When are you going to make your move?" Ye Chen asked in a low voice, Snow should not just watch as Huangfu Yu loses his life!

  "No rush, let's just watch the excitement for now." She'll definitely make her move, but it won't be now!

  "Someone, someone, quickly go to the Beast Tamer Guild to find Master Sui." Xu Guifei, who had discovered that something was amiss, hastily stood up and shouted, disregarding her usual demeanor.

  "Reported to the noble consort, someone has been sent to invite him, but Master Sui seems to be not in Moyuto recently." A eunuch beside him said cautiously.

  "What? Go and find it quickly, you must bring it back." Xu Guifei said with some urgency.

  "My dear queen, please calm down, I have already sent someone to invite him." Huang Fu said reassuringly.

  "Your Majesty, you must think of a way to save our precious daughter!" Empress Xu said tearfully, her appearance so pitiful that any man would find it hard to refuse.

  "Sister, His Majesty will definitely find a way, don't worry too much." The empress comforted somewhat perfunctorily, but her gaze turned to Leng Ruoxue, sighing that if anything happened to Huangfu Yutian, Xu Guifei would surely hold her accountable.

  "You... must be you, you've done something, it's definitely you who harmed my Yu'er." Suddenly, Xu Guifei pointed at Leng Ruo Xue with a somewhat crazed expression, the hatred in her eyes seeming to want to flay Leng Ruo Xue alive.

  "Is this a competition I'm supposed to participate in? Or is this spiritual beast something you're providing?" Cold Snow sneered at Xu Guifei.

  "You must have done something!" Empress Xu said with a mouthful of certainty.

  "What a joke, everyone saw that I didn't even stand up, how can I move my hands and feet? Or, you try moving your hands and feet for me to see?" Is this woman crazy? Leng Ruoxue was speechless, originally she still wanted to let Huangfu Yushao suffer less, humph! Now she changed her mind.

  "Your Majesty, quickly have someone seize Leng Ruo Xue. She must be the one who harmed Yu'er." Xu Guifei turned to request of Huangfu Zhen.

  "Dear wife! I know you're worried about Yu'er, but you must calm down, so many people are watching. Miss Leng really doesn't have the opportunity to do anything." Huang Fu Zhen somewhat impatiently comforted her, now if he were to really take Cold Ruo Xue into custody, then Cold Ying Tian would definitely fight him to the death.

  "Your Majesty!"

  "Gui Fei, why don't you go back to the palace and rest for a while?" Huang Fu gave a signal with his eyes to the eunuch beside him, and the eunuch half-supported and half-held Xu Gui Fei as she was led away.

  "Miss Leng, I'm truly sorry! The emperor's love for his daughter is deep, and he hopes you can understand." The emperor said with a face full of apology.

  "I understand." Leng Ruoxue said calmly, how unexpected!

  Leng Ruo Xue turned her gaze back to the golden python in the cage, this python was quite interesting, it was actually playing with Huang Fu Yu, otherwise with Huang Fu Yu's spiritual power, he would have died a long time ago, haha, just because of this python's abdominal black power, she took it.

  "Your Majesty, Wu Da Shi has arrived." At this time, a guard walked in and reported.

  "Hurry up and invite him in." Huang Fu said hastily, his face looking very anxious.

  As soon as Huang Fu's words fell, a middle-aged man in his fifties walked into the main hall.

  "Your Majesty." The middle-aged man slightly bowed.

  "Wu Dashi doesn't need to be so polite, please hurry up and save Yu'er." Huang Fu said hastily. Wu Dashi was the vice president of the Beast Tamer Association, he should have a way.

  "Your Majesty, don't panic, let me take a look." After saying that, Wu Da Shi walked closer and carefully observed.

  "Your Majesty, I am powerless." Wu Daishi said after a while. He's not an idiot. A beast tamer who can't tame this spirit beast means there is only one possibility - everyone has misjudged it. Since the level of this golden python cannot be determined, he will not take risks. If he loses his life for someone unrelated to him, it would be too much of a waste.

  "What's going on?! Master Wu, Master Sui have returned?" The empress asked with some concern.

  "Shixiong has gone to the Mystic Forest and won't be back for a while." Wu Dashi's words completely dashed their hopes.

  "Wang Changlao, can we invite a beast-taming genius from your academy to give it a try?" Huang Fuzhen asked tentatively.

  "Your Majesty, even Wu Da Shi couldn't grasp it, how could others possibly tame it?!" Wang Zhang Lao refused implicitly, "Isn't it enough that your daughter became an idiot alone, do you want to turn the geniuses of their college into idiots too?"

  "When he heard Wang Changlao say this, Huang Fuzhen also didn't force it."

  "Why don't I let my beast try it then!" Leng Ruoxue suddenly said when she saw that the time was almost up.

  "Good, good." Huang Fu Zhen hastily and excitedly said.

  "Yao, go and get that 'Golden Python' for our master." Cold-as-snow gave the order calmly.

  "Master!" Yào's face was filled with dark lines, his eyes overflowing with resentment as he gazed at his future ruthless master. He let out a low growl... He had no interest in that guy, and didn't want to get entangled, but he couldn't ignore his master's words either.

  Yao, under the watchful eyes of everyone, steeled himself and walked to the cage where Jin Jiao was locked up. He looked at the calm and collected Jin Jiao in the cage with a hint of resentment. "Hey, my future master told me to come flirt with you." It also started similarly to Mei's opening line, but it spoke in beast language.

  "I'm not interested in foxes." The unicorn chameleon also gave a similar response.

  "I'm not interested in snakes either." Yoru said angrily, stupid snake.

  "You're the snake, your whole family are snakes." The golden basilisk hated being called a snake the most. Humph, how could it be like a snake? Do snakes have such beautiful scales as it does? What an eyesore of a fool.

  "I'm a fox, and I don't have a whole family either!" Yào roared, he was really angry.

  "What are they saying?" asked Leng Ruoxue, seeing that the two small beasts seemed to be quarreling.

  "They're at it again!" said the one with black lines all over his face. These two are a real pain! If he didn't mind revealing his true strength, he'd give them a good thrashing. They're really too much trouble.

  "Alright! I accept your challenge." said Du Jiao Jin Jue and Yao Shuang after they had argued enough.

  "What are you waiting for? Come with me to see the master." Yào said in a commanding tone.

  "What's wrong with this woman?" The unicorn looked at the clever but misguided woman and asked with some disdain.

  "Let her become an idiot then, just don't kill her." Yao thought for a moment, daring to scheme against his master's woman, absolutely cannot be easily let off.

  "Good." The Qilin said, increasing its spiritual pressure until it was certain that Huangfu Yu had been stunned to the point of being unable to be any more stunned, before recalling its own spiritual power.

  Huangfu Yu's body went limp and fell to the ground, losing all his strength. The Golden Horned Snake, on the other hand, broke out of its cage like Yao, and its cold golden eyes scanned Wu Dashi briefly before transforming into a miniature snake as thick as a finger, following Yao towards Leng Ruoxue's direction.

  Not far away, Wu Da Shi was only glanced at by this cold golden gaze, but he felt a chill run down his entire body.

  Leng Ruo Xue held the golden small snake in her hand, playing with it. The snake's body was cool to the touch, its scales were very soft, and its entire body was a beautiful gold color. Hmm, it could make for a nice bracelet.

  "That... Miss, these two spiritual beasts are from our Beast Tamer Guild. We hope you can return them to their rightful owner." Wu Dashi said, looking at the golden python on Cold Ruo Xue's wrist and the black fox in her arms, trying to put on a brave face. He could tell that Cold Ruo Xue was not an easy person to talk to, so he didn't mind giving up the python, but the fox had to be returned - it was a 9th-level sacred beast and the guild's treasured mascot!

  "What you say is yours is yours? What evidence do you have?" Cold as Snow said lightly, once something was in her hands, it was hers, and if you wanted it back, forget it!

  "This..." Master Wu was speechless, how could he prove it! Even if he went back and called the Beast Tamer Guild's people as witnesses, she probably wouldn't admit it.

  "These two spiritual beasts were borrowed from our Beast Tamer Guild by Princess Huangfu Yu." Master Wu continued to say with an unyielding attitude.

  "Oh, then let's call the princess to confront her. The princess said that whoever tames these two spiritual beasts will be their owner, and she can vouch for it. Everyone present can bear witness." Cold Snow said calmly, with an expression that dared anyone to try to deceive her.

  “……”

  This stinky girl is going to rely on their guild's spirit beast, let him find the princess to confront? The princess has already fainted, and even if she wakes up now, she'll probably become an idiot, what's the point of confronting her?! Master Wu thought of this, and his heart was filled with anger!

  "Miss, offending our Beast Tamer's Guild won't bring you any benefits." Wu Dashi said with a warning tone.

  "Is Master Wu threatening me? I only recognize beasts, not people. These two beasts are mine now, and no one should think of snatching them!" Cold Snow used the word "snatch", implying that one shouldn't bully others with their power.

  "That's right, when we first competed, it was all settled, but now that our young lady has won, you want to go back on your word? What kind of person are you! Can the Beast Tamer Guild really bully people like this?" Feng Da chimed in with a very clever tone.

  "You... you"

  "Is it Master Wu? Since it's the princess and you guys borrowed, why don't you go find the princess instead? Why bother my family's young lady?! You're too old!" Lin Yuan also chimed in, even hinting that Master Wu had ulterior motives.

  "Your Majesty." Wu Dashi was so angry that he couldn't speak, and turned his head to look at Huangfu Zhen.

  "This... Master Wu! Yuer is currently unconscious, let's talk about everything after she wakes up!" Huangfu Zhen said, he couldn't clean up this mess.

  Master Wu saw the emperor like this, although he was very unwilling, but he also had no choice. He couldn't just rush up and grab it, and even if he did, he wouldn't be able to grab it anyway!

  "Something has happened that will spoil your fun, so let's end today's banquet here!" Emperor Fu continued.

  "Xue Er, let's go back!" Leng Qing Tian said, today's play has been performed almost.

  "Good." Leng Ruo Xue and the others stood up and walked out of the palace, but just as they reached the Imperial Flower Garden, they were stopped by a maid.

  "Miss Leng, Her Majesty the Queen requests your presence." The maid said respectfully.

  "Sorry, I'm not familiar with your queen." Lan Yuexue replied indifferently.

  Just as Leng Ruo Xue and others were about to leave, a handsome young man appeared before them.

  "Leng Xiaojie, I am Huangfu Liang. The Empress Dowager asked me to invite you." The Empress Dowager had said that in front of Leng Ruoxue, don't put on the airs of a prince.

  "Xue Er, you go!" Leng Qing Tian said, since the prince himself has come to invite someone, they should at least show some respect.

  "Okay, listen to Grandpa."

  "Xue Er, I'll go with you," Ye Chen said, he didn't trust this so-called prince.

  "Grandfather, you can go back first, no need to wait for us." Leng Ruoxue nodded and said to her grandfather, then followed Huangfu Jiang with the two of them towards the empress's bedroom, Fengyi Hall.

  Arrived at Fengyi Hall.

  "Empress Dowager, Miss Leng has arrived." Huang Fu said to a middle-aged beautiful woman sitting in the Fengyi Palace.

  "Ah, Ruoxue, you're here." A middle-aged beautiful woman stood up and came out to greet her.

  "Your Majesty, we don't seem to be that familiar, do we?" asked Leng Ruo Xue, unable to help herself. Was this empress really so forward?

  "I and your mother were good friends." The queen smiled and explained that when she first saw Leng Ruoxue, she only thought she was beautiful and looked a bit like an old acquaintance. However, it wasn't until later that she found out she was actually the daughter of that old acquaintance.

  "I've never heard of it, my mother has a friend who is an empress." Leng Ruoxue said calmly, not knowing what the empress's intention was in calling her over. Just now in the grand hall, the empress's expression clearly showed that she didn't recognize her, but now she actually came to get close to her.

  "This is normal, because few people know that I and your mother are friends." The queen said nonchalantly.

  "Oh, I don't know what Her Majesty the Queen wants with me?" Leng Ruo Xue said directly.

  "I just want to remind you, be careful of Empress Xu, she won't let you off." The queen's beautiful face was filled with worry.

  "Thanks for reminding me, Princess. I'll be careful, Ruxue will too. If there's nothing else, we'll take our leave."

  "Be careful on the road, I'll let Lian'er arrange a car to send you off!" The queen said warmly.

  "No need, we have spirit beasts."

  Yu, who had been staying in Leng Ruo Xue's arms, immediately flew into the air and enlarged his body after hearing his master's words. After Leng Ruo Xue and Ye Chen sat on its back, it flew out of the imperial palace.

  "Empress Dowager."

  "Your Majesty?"

  "The Emperor has gone to Huangfu Yu's palace," said Huangfu Lian.

  "Lian'er, let's go and take a look too!" The empress said after some thought.

  "Your Majesty, you must avenge Yu'er! It was all because of that vile woman Leng Ruoxue that our Yu'er..."

  The queen and the crown prince had just entered the imperial concubine's palace when they heard Xu Guifei crying and talking inside.

  "Dear wife, everyone saw what happened just now. If we go to trouble Leng Ruoxue because of this matter, it will be a self-inflicted wound. So, even if we want revenge, we need a good excuse!" Huang Fu Zhen coaxed with a gentle expression, but his eyes were filled with impatience.

  "Your Majesty is right. Even if we want revenge, we must plan for the long term. How can we just take revenge as soon as we say it?" The empress who walked in echoed.

  "The queen is right." Xugui Fei said obediently, but the hatred in her eyes was unmistakable.

  As cold as snow, you're dead for sure...

  Leng Ruo Xue and Ye Chen sat on a feathered vehicle and soon returned to 'Ya Lan Pavilion'.

  "I'll go back to my room first," she said to the demon, and then directly entered her own room.

  Ye Chen stood in the corridor, staring at Xue Er's tightly closed door, feeling suffocated.

  Leng Ruoxue returned to her room and first put on a 'Qiankun Chui'.

  "Xue Er." Leng Ruo Han saw his sister and hastily walked over.

  "Brother, don't worry." said Leng Ruoxue reassuringly, she was very clear about what her brother was afraid of.

  "Brother, they are the new spiritual beasts I've just received." Leng Ruo Xue said, pointing to the two small beasts that had entered with her and were now in a dazed state, changing the subject.

  "Ah, brother has seen it." Although he was stuck in the 'Dry Universe Ring', he could still see what was happening outside.

  "Master, I'll be right back." Mei said suddenly, then picked up the fox and turtle, and had Qing Jue find a place for it to do what it had always wanted to do in the palace.

  "Brother, are you going out?"

  "Hmm, when they come back and can't see me, they'll worry." said Leng Ruohan.

  "Then I'll see my brother off."

  After sending her brother away, Leng Ruoxue returned to the 'Dry Universe Ring', but as soon as she entered, two small beasts pounced into her arms, crying so sadly! Moreover, their appearance was quite pitiful. The soft and shiny black fur on Yao's body had fallen off a lot, and many were stuck together. Several scales had also fallen off Jin Jiao's body, and there were bloodstains on the golden python's body.

  "Master, it's so unfair to us!" Yao was the first to complain. That damned Snow Fox, who would have thought that it had become a divine beast? It was humiliating for him. The snow fox had clearly trained for less time than him, yet it had already become a divine beast. This was really too much of a blow to this old fox who had been training alone for hundreds of years.

  "Master, you must take charge for us vulnerable groups! We can't let the evil forces continue to run amok!" The usually proud Golden Unicorn also said with a pitiful look.

  Her face as cold as snow, a few drops of cold sweat dripped down her forehead. What's going on here?! It never occurred to her that these two little beasts were actually two living treasures. Alas! It seems her future life will be quite lively.

  Charm.

  "Master." The charming and clever one jumped into Leng Ruo Xue's arms, her beautiful purple eyes looking at the two informants with a hint of complacency, today was the day to let them know who was the real boss here.

  "You all stay here for the time being!" Leng Ruoxue said to the fox and python, then left with Mei and Bao Bei together from the 'Qian Kun Ring'.

  "Master..."

  The next day, when Leng Ruoxue entered the 'Qiankun Ring' again, she found that the two small beasts were lying on the ground with a lack of energy, but the injuries on their bodies had already recovered.

  "What's going on with you two?" asked Leng Ruo Xue with some curiosity.

  "Alas! Our master has abandoned us." Yao said, without lifting his head. Having stayed here for a night, it had transformed from being humble to extremely humble, because it discovered that its future masters were not ordinary beasts, even the bird was a divine beast... Oh, divine beast! It also wanted...

  "Who said that?" Leng Ruoxue was somewhat puzzled, had she ever expressed her dislike for them?

  "It's not like we have a choice, with so many beasts around, and we're not the strongest ones. Of course, our master won't have many chances to use us, what status do we have then!" The single-horned golden python said dejectedly, lowering its head... it still doesn't even have a name yet!

  "Pfft!" Leng Ruo Xue couldn't help but burst out laughing. These two beasts were so adorable, it was unbelievable that they could come up with this.

  "What's so funny!" The irritable unicorn shouted angrily and raised its head.

  "Master..." I'm done for! How did it become the master?! It's all over, and now the master's impression of it will probably be even worse... Waaah...

  "Master?" Upon hearing the word "master", Yoru also lifted his head, took a glance, and, uh, it really was the master! What did he just say? Quick, hide!

  "What are you two hiding from? Come out!" Cold Snow looked at the two small beasts that had seen her and were now hiding behind a tree, feeling somewhat speechless. Yesterday when she saw them, they seemed quite steady and mature, but how did they change overnight like they'd been switched with someone else?

  "Master, you...you can't abandon us." Yào said cautiously.

  "Have I ever said that I dislike you? I came here to make a contract with you." Cold Snow explained, why do these two little guys have no sense of security at all!

  "Really!"

  "Really!"

  After hearing Leng Ruoxue's words, the two little beasts hurriedly ran out from behind the tree, looking at Leng Ruoxue with expectant faces.

  Digression

  Thank you for sending diamonds with an empty heart.

  Thank you Qīn Huálí, Miányáng Tūtū and jenhui for the flowers.