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Hibiscus vulgaris subconsciously raised its head. A white eagle flapped its white wings above its head, hovering in the air.

She was curious, why would there be a white eagle at this time?

From the looks of it, the white eagle had no intention of leaving.

"Do you like it?"

Suddenly, a voice sounded by his ear.

Hua Mujiao withdrew her gaze and turned to the man beside her. "This eagle was raised by you, little imperial uncle?"

Mu Yuze smiled and nodded, "Not bad, you sure know how to guess. Do you want to?"

With an awkward smile, Hua Mujie wanted to tell him that she didn't really want it.

After all, she wasn't very good at raising eagles, so she couldn't be bothered to do so.

Mu Yuze seemed to have seen through Hua Mu Jin's lack of desire. He lifted his head and blew on the whistle in his hand. Afterwards, he saw the white eagle fly straight down and land on Mu Yuze's arm.

It can travel a thousand miles a day, faster than a horse. If you send a message, it will only take a few days for the Huan Yue Country to arrive in the Southern Kingdom. I gift it to you for the sake of what happens in the past; if you encounter any troubles in the Huan Yue Country, let it send a message.

The eagle's flying speed was indeed very fast, but Hua Mu Jin had no idea how fast the falcon was.

She looked at Mu Yuze, then at the king and the queen, feeling very warm inside.

However, if she said she didn't want the falcon, she was afraid she couldn't.

"Alright, I'll take it."

Mu Yu Ze smiled and handed the bone whistle in his hand over to her.

"This is a bone whistle. If you need it to send you a message, blow the bone whistle. However, these eagles are a pair. Normally, they are used to going out in pairs. If you blow on them, you blow a few more times. "

Holding the bone whistle, Hua Mu Jin slightly frowned.

This bone whistle was very similar to the one that Nanyu had given her before she died.

"What about the other one?"

Hearing Hua Mu Jin's question, Mu Yuze turned her head to look at the walls of the palace. He raised his eyebrows. "Nah, it's over there."

Hua Mu Jin followed Mu Yuze's line of sight, and indeed, she saw the white falcon.

However, no matter how they looked at it, it seemed as if the white falcon was avoiding them.

"Why is it standing there? You're not shy, are you? "

"You're right, it is shy and normally doesn't interact with people. Although I have raised it since young, it rarely comes close to me. But don't worry, it will still listen to the Bone Whistle's orders."

Hearing Mu Yuze's words, Hua Mu Jin felt that this was a bit funny.

However, looking at the white eagle on the wall, it did give off a human feel.

"Thank you, little imperial uncle. Then I'll accept it. Wait until I'm able to form a relationship with you, don't ask me to return it. At that time, I won't return it to you."

"Haha, alright. Don't come back."

After bidding farewell to the Southern King, Hua Mujiao boarded a horse carriage and set off for Huan Yue.

However, when she left, she did not see Mu Xuanyin's figure. It was unknown if he was busy or did not want to see the scene of the departure. In any case, he did not show himself.

Just as they left the city gates of the Southern Kingdom, Hua Mujiao's group suddenly stopped.

When the curtain of the carriage was lifted, Hua Mujiao saw that familiar figure.

"Eldest Imperial Uncle, aren't you …"

"Following father's orders, His Highness will send you to the border of the Southern Kingdom. What? You don't want me to send you off? "

On the steed, Mu Xuanli's white clothes fluttered in the wind, as if she was an immortal that had descended to the mortal world.

"How could I dare? I am here to give it to you personally as a gift. I am honored!"

After saying that, the two of them smiled at each other and the team set off.

When she arrived in the Southern Kingdom, Mu Jin didn't stay for long, but the Southern King, Queen, Mu Yuze, and Mu Xuanyin, these few people who should have had nothing to do with her, made her feel a sense of kinship.

Sometimes, she felt very guilty.

Guilty that he had taken over someone else's body and was enjoying what belonged to the body itself.

Three days later.

Mu Xuanyin had safely sent Hua Mu Jin and co. to the border. During these three days, surprisingly nothing had happened, which made Hua Mu Jin feel a little strange.

"Huan Yue emperor, I'll be sending her to this place. Please be careful on the rest of the journey. Please be sure to protect her well. If anything happens to her, then the friendship between Huan Yue and the Southern Kingdom will also come to an end!"

Mu Xuanli spoke bluntly without the slightest trace of euphemism.

His goal was to let this king of Huan Yue know about the existence of Hua Mu Jin, which was very important.

"She is my woman, and I will protect her perfectly. There is no need for you to remind me."

Upon hearing those words, Mu Xuanli smiled.

He rode his horse to the side of the carriage, looked inside the carriage, and said: "Girl, be careful along the way. If anything happens, let the white falcon send a message, this prince will definitely rush to your side."

Pursing her lips, Hua Mu Jin smiled and nodded, but didn't say anything.

She was extremely moved in her heart.

"Then Your Highness will go back to report first. Emperor Huan Yue, farewell!"

After he finished speaking, Mu Xuanli reined in the reins and led the escorting soldiers to turn around, returning back the way they came.

After that, Bai Zhan Ke gave the order to return to Huan Yue.

However, after walking for a short while, Mu Xuanyin, who was in the distance, suddenly stopped her horse.

In the next few days, Hua Mujiao and his group travelled day and night without much rest.

Fortunately, there were no assassins lying in ambush these days.

"Empress, with this speed, we'll reach the imperial city in less than four days."

Within the carriage, Hua Mu Jin narrowed her eyes and dozed off. She lifted the curtain of the carriage to look outside as she spoke.

"As long as nothing happens, it should be fine."

Upon hearing Hua Mu Jin's words, Green Bamboo put down the curtain and looked at her.

"Now that we have already entered the Southern Kingdom, there shouldn't be anyone who dares to make a move on us, right? Furthermore, we still have officers and soldiers to protect us.

After entering the Huan Yue country, Bai Qi sent people to find officials from a few nearby counties to escort them.

This awe-inspiring squad had at least several hundred people present.

"I hope that as you wish …"

"Phew …"

Before Hua Mujiao could finish her words, the horse carriage was suddenly reined in and stopped.

She lost all her weight and almost fell to the ground.

Green Bamboo hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Empress, are you okay?"

"It's nothing. Go and take a look. See what's going on outside."

At this moment, the sound of swords clashing could be heard from outside.

Hua Mujiao smiled coldly. As expected, the empress dowager had sent an assassin to prevent Bai Zhan Ke from safely returning to the palace.

"Empress, Empress, so many assassins in black came from outside …"

The green bamboo drew back the curtain of the carriage and saw the scene of the soldiers and the assassins in black fighting.

Although she was used to it, she was still afraid.

"You stay in the carriage. You are not allowed to get off, do you hear me?"

Hua Mujiao took out her sword from beneath the carriage seat. At the same time, she instructed the green bamboo to let her properly stay in the carriage. However, she lifted the curtain of the carriage and prepared to leave.

"Esteemed Empress, you can't go, you can't go out, esteemed …"

Seeing this, the green bamboo grabbed Hua Mu Jin's waist from behind and stopped her.

"Green Bamboo, let go. I have to help them."

"No, that won't do. Empress, you're still carrying the little prince in your stomach. Even if you know martial arts, you still have to take care of the little prince. If you harm the little prince, even if this servant has a hundred heads, it's still not enough for the emperor to chop them off."

The green bamboo didn't care about her life; she cared about the safety of the hibiscus flower.

But after hearing Green Bamboo's words, Hua Mu Jin also became angry.

She looked outside, but didn't see Dan Yu and Yan Hua's figures, so she shouted, "Dan Yu, Yan Hua, I know you guys are here, protecting the emperor. If anything happens to the emperor, I'll ask you guys!"

As soon as Hua Mu Jin finished speaking, the figure of Yu Yu and Yan Hua appeared beside the carriage.

"Yes, princess!"

With that, the two drew their swords and went to help Bai Zhan Ke.

However, this time, the assassins were not simple. The assassins that came out seemed to be endless. There were only dozens of men left in the hundreds of men.

Looking at the corpses on the ground, the pungent smell of blood made Hua Mu Jin feel extremely uncomfortable.

Resisting the urge to vomit, she tore the bone whistle from her waist and blew on it.

A whistle sounded, and the cry of a white hawk came from above.

"Aiya, I took the wrong one."

Hua Mu Jin was a bit vexed, but he kept the bone whistle Mu Yu Ze gifted him. He then removed another bone whistle and blew with all his might.

After a long time, nothing happened.

Hua Mu Jin forced a smile, as if she was talking to herself and also talking to the green bamboo.

"True, since the South Island is dead, how can this bone whistle be useful?"

She raised her eyes, the bone whistle given to her by Nantan tightly held in her hand. Her gaze stayed on Bai Zhan Ke for a long time.

"Mistress, there are more killers."

In the midst of the fight, Nan Ge finished off the Assassin who was already close to him, and quickly moved to the side of Bai Zhan Ke.

Bai Zhan Ke turned his head, and saw that on both sides of him, countless assassins dressed in black were charging towards them.

"You guys, go to the carriage. Don't let anything happen to her!"

He looked to his side at Dan Yu and Yan Hua, commanding them.

The two of them looked at each other and nodded at the same time.

However, before they could reach the carriage, they saw Hua Mu Jin, who was holding a sharp sword in her hand, and the black-robed assassin.

In the blink of an eye, both of them panicked.

With a tap of their toes, they flew towards Hua Mu Jin, taking care of the killers around her.

"Princess, please return to the carriage!"

He looked at her and said respectfully.

Hua Mujiao shook her head, "No, there are more and more killers. You definitely won't be able to deal with them. I know a bit of martial arts, so I can at least help out a little."

"Princess, this subordinate's duty is to protect you. If there is no other choice, this subordinate will only bring you along to escape."

Yan Hua's expression was solemn, his words were from the bottom of his heart.

After all, the order of the Southern King was for the two of them to protect Hua Mujie with their lives.

Giving Yan Hua an angry look, Hua Mu Jin flew towards Bai Zhan Ke.

"Go back!"

Seeing that Hua Mujiao had come to his side, Bai Zhan could only utter two words in a stern voice.

Raising her eyes, Hua Mu Jin smiled, "It's too late, we've already been surrounded."

If she really did not have a life to return to the palace, Hua Mujiao was not worried that she would die. She was afraid that she would be separated from Bai Zhan Ke.

"Stop this pointless struggle. This time, no one will come to save you!"

Amongst the black clothed men in the lead, a familiar female voice suddenly sounded out. Hua Mu Jin, Bai Zhan Ke, and the others all looked towards the owner of the voice.