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After repeatedly confirming that he was not mistaken, Xia Yue carefully said: "Empress, these fireworks were fine, they haven't changed at all."

Mu Qian Xue frowned: "Why not, look for yourself, it's all dark, if it's not mildew then what is it?"

"I really didn't. Every single one of them was wrapped in red paper. They were very new and not black at all." If not for his normal expression, Xia Yue would have thought that Mu Qian Xue had gone insane from the provocation.

"Impossible, obviously …" Halfway through his speech, Mu Qian Xue suddenly stopped, and looked at Xia Yue blankly. She remembered that Xia Yue was wearing the yellow robe that the palace maids used to wear, but it had turned gray at the moment, and the jade earrings she gave Xia Yue were all turned gray.

No, it wasn't that they had turned gray. It was that from an unknown moment on, everything in her eyes had turned black, gray, and white. Other than that, there was nothing else!

She had once read about this in an ancient book. It was known as "color blindness". Anyone who had it wouldn't be able to distinguish between red and green, and they wouldn't be able to recognize any of the five colors.

According to the ancient records, most of these diseases belonged to the Upper Sky Realm. However, there were also a few cases in which, after receiving such a huge shock, one suddenly became perverted and could no longer see the colourful world.

Xia Yue saw that Mu Qian Xue was frozen and asked worriedly: "Empress, what's wrong?"

Mu Qian Xue regained her senses, and said indifferently: "It's nothing, just a small matter. Help me open up the fireworks and pour out the gunpowder inside. Compared to the pain of being massacred in a country, it was nothing.

Although the amount of gunpowder in each box was not much, there were still two boxes of them. Once they exploded, the entire hall would be razed to the ground!

After tightly wrapping the gunpowder in a piece of sheepskin and hiding the sky fireworks, Mu Qian Xue said to Xia Yue: "Go tell the people guarding outside the Yongde Palace that I know of a treasure buried in the Nanzhao during the time of the founding of the Nanzhao. All of the treasures inside are extremely valuable, I am willing to use this treasure to exchange for a chance to live, let Xiao Ruo Ao come see me!"

"Treasure trove?" Is this true? " As Xia Yue was surprised, a hint of joy surfaced on her face. With this treasure, maybe she could really exchange it for a chance for Mu Qian Xue to live.

A trace of sorrow swept past Mu Qian Xue's eyes, "Of course it's true, go quickly!"

Xia Yue nodded her head repeatedly, her thoughts as pure as she, did not think too carefully about why Mu Qian Xue would play with the gunpowder before talking about this matter.

Before Xia Yue could even touch the door's latch, the door opened on its own, and a few unfamiliar internal supervision s walked in quickly. Upon seeing them, Xia Yue became nervous, since the Yongde Palace was sealed, and these people could enter, it must have been Xiao Ruo Ao's orders, which also meant …. Your Majesty decided to kill Empress!

Thinking to this point, Xia Yue hurriedly spread open her arms in front of Mu Qian Xue to protect him, and said in a panic: "You are not allowed to hurt Empress!"

Walking at the front was a man with clear facial features. He was extremely handsome, but his expression was too cold. It caused the fine lines on his face to be ruined, causing people to avoid taking a look at him.

The man did not care about Xia Yue, and spoke to Mu Qian Xue who was behind her: "Come with me quickly."

The first time he saw him, Mu Qian Xue knew that this person was definitely not internal supervision. When he looked at him for the second time, Mu Qian Xue felt a sense of déjà vu.

Her memory had always been good, and a single observation was enough to remember her for life. After thinking for a while, a name that had been left unlived for four years appeared in her mind, "You are Dong Fang Su?"

These words caused a ripple to appear in the bottom of Dong Fang Su's eyes, but it quickly faded as he nodded his head: "Princess has a good memory."

After he confirmed the identity of the newcomer, a new question surfaced in Mu Qian Xue's mind, "Why are you here?"

When Xiao Ruo Ao was leading his troops to attack the Nanzhao, Brother Mu happened to be hunting outside the city, and was able to avoid the danger of death. He knew that since Xiao Ruo Ao had done such a thing, he would definitely not let the Princess off, so he sent me here to save the Princess.

"third brother isn't dead, he's still alive!" A trace of happiness rose from the bottom of Mu Qian Xue's sorrowful heart. After calming down her emotions, she looked at Dong Fang Su somewhat falsely, "Just because of one word from third brother, you ran far away and risked your life to save me?"

"Brother Mu is a close friend of mine. Since he entrusted me with this task, I naturally agree to her request." With that, he urged, "Princess, please follow me immediately."

Mu Qian Xue stared at him for a moment, then suddenly mocked himself: "I have always prided myself on being smart and knowledgeable, yet I made a mistake on the most important thing in my life, and ended up suffering today's hardships!"

Back then when she had picked her husband, Mu Lin Feng, as her third brother, had strongly recommended Dong Fang Su as her husband. She said that although he looked cold and indifferent, she was actually a loyal man who kept her promises, and was the best candidate for a husband.

Even though Mu Lin Feng had said a hundred things, in the end, she was still rejected by him. In her opinion, Dong Fang Su was the type of person that was quiet and taciturn with a gloomy face, and not the person she wanted to marry.

In the end, she had picked a choice of husband, led troops to destroy her country, killed her parents, and slaughtered her own people. The husband that she had disdained had come to the West Chu to save her because of a promise she had made, disregarding all the dangers.

"There isn't much time. Let's leave this place first." As they spoke, the tip of Dong Fang Su's nose moved slightly as he furrowed his brows, "Why does it have such a heavy smell of gunpowder?"

Xia Yue said from the side, "That's because..."

Mu Qian Xue interrupted her, and said indifferently: "It's nothing, but you, how many people did you bring in?"

"Including me, there's a total of twelve people." When these words came out, Mu Qian Xue's expression immediately became extremely strange, "Looks like this matter didn't get Emperor Zhou's consent."

Dong Fang Su was silent for a moment, then said: "Brother Huang promised to send envoys to negotiate, and at the moment, brother Huang should be negotiating with Xiao Ruo Ao, as for the results … There's no need for me to say it, Princess can already guess it! "

Although the Northern Week was powerful, there were still constraints. The Tung Ling and the Qi were not easy to deal with, so sending an envoy to pressure Xiao Ruo Ao was already the limit of what the Emperor Zhou could do.

"Just twelve people and you dare to barge into a foreign country's palace? Aren't you afraid of losing your life?"

"I've already promised Brother Mu that I would do it even if my body was smashed to smithereens." As Dong Fang Su spoke calmly, the spring breeze blew in through the cracks of the window that had yet to close, blowing up the jet-black hair that hung down his back and floated in the air. His expression was obviously as cold as before, and he was not smiling at all, yet it gave Mu Qian Xue a warm feeling.

The corner of Mu Qian Xue's mouth rose slightly, and with a hint of a smile that could not be seen, she said: "Go."

Dong Fang Su was startled, "You're not leaving?"

Mu Qian Xue shook her head: "Xiao Ruo Ao will definitely not let me go. Once he discovers that I'm gone, he will definitely seal off the entire city, and at that time, no one will be able to escape. Or, do you think that just with twelve people, he can contend against the entire West Chu?" Without waiting for Dong Fang Su to speak, she continued, "Go back and tell third brother, that he is the only bloodline of the imperial family, that he must reestablish his Nanzhao!"

Dong Fang Su stared at her and asked: "What about you?"