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This year, as Midsummer transitioned into autumn, the once-dominant Hero Yuan Cang finally fell. In the battle of Liang City, five hundred thousand troops were completely annihilated, and that mysterious man, who had been the subject of much admiration and rumor, vanished along with the war...
The Crimson Kingdom stood alone in its glory, swiftly occupying the capital Chang'an of Yuan Cang, with all members of the royal family captured in an instant. Crown Prince Qi Rong of Yuan Cang, along with his concubines, intended to escape but was discovered and saved just in time by a Eunuch. The Red Nation Monarch, Jun Ye Su, sympathizing with his loyal heart, granted him the title of Rong Tan Hou and bestowed upon him a villa on the outskirts of the city, allowing him to enjoy a hundred acres of land.
Prince Qi Che and Prince Qishen retained their titles but moved their families away from Chang'an, forbidden to enter the city unless summoned.
The grudge for the destruction of the nation was considered avenged...
Su Peijiu stood before the Yuan Cang Emperor, observing his feeble state with a cold smile at the corner of her mouth: "Hua Qian, I need a stick of incense's worth of time." Hua Qian understood and stepped forward to insert three needles into the old emperor's spiritual cover.
Instantly, the man who was on the verge of death regained some spirit; he opened his eyes to see the person standing before him wearing a Cat Face Mask.
"You... who are you?"
Su Peijiu pulled down her mask: "Does Your Majesty recognize this face?"
"You are the Legitimate Daughter of the Su Family... that Phoenix Maiden." He trembled as he pointed at her, his eyes filled with astonishment, but soon he calmed down.
"Phoenix Maiden? Just a rumor; it's laughable that you royal people actually believe it." She narrowed her eyes: "City Full of Beautiful Young Women, one dance captivating a city—Soul Calibur. Phoenix Arrives at the Copper Sparrow Canal, Linglong Mountains and Rivers, Phoenix as the Spine..."
Softly reciting these lines, Su Peijiu's eyes glimmered with a faint cold light: "Of these four lines, only two are correct."
"Which two...?"
"Linglong Spine." She uttered these three words under the emperor's astonished gaze.
"The Linglong Spine is indeed within you! What a Su Chi; I should have killed him long ago—should have killed him! Cough cough... In the end, he even dared to think about killing me. Cough cough... This is my Yuan Cang's downfall! Yuan Cang's!"
“Yuan Cang?” Su Peijiu Willow Brows slightly raised her eyebrows: “Your Majesty seems to be mistaken. The current Yuan Cang has already been recorded in history, and the present Sovereign is Crimson Kingdom Jun Ye Su! Your Yuan Cang is no more…”
“You dare—! You Demoness, how can you say that Yuan Cang is gone! I will kill you! Guards—! Kill this Demoness!”
Su Peijiu laughed loudly, almost to the point of tears. She looked at the emperor who had rolled off the couch and said with a sarcastic and sorrowful smile: “Didn’t you think about this outcome when you were conquering the neighboring countries?”
“Su Peijiu! You are also a subject of Yuan Cang, how can you say such things?” The emperor glared at the woman standing before him with fiery red eyes while lying on the ground.
Su Peijiu took the jade seal from Hua Qianshou, placed it on the ground in front of him, stepped on it, and spoke in a strange tone: “Yuan Cang? My existence is to destroy your Yuan Cang! As for you… just watch slowly in hell! Everything I have suffered will be returned.”
“You wicked woman!!”
“Wicked?” Her expression was subtly strange; “I am evil, but so are you…” She turned and left… Behind her, the once invincible ruler of Yuan Cang Kingdom spat blood and fell to the ground, dead.
“Qi Mo is not dead yet.” She stood atop the city wall, watching the colorful falling leaves in Chang'an City, which painted the once bustling city with a touch of desolate yellow.
Ji Yu, dressed in red, stood beside her, leaning against the city wall and gazing into the distance where people were scarce. “What do you plan to do?”
“Senior Brother, I have just reached my Coming of Age.” She changed the subject, placing her fair jade hand on the bricks of the city wall, her expression obscure: “But… I am already pregnant.”
Ji Yu’s phoenix eyes changed dramatically, complex and difficult to understand. He narrowed his eyes slightly, then moved his lips, his throat somewhat dry: “...Is the child his?”
Su Peijiu merely gazed at the distant curling smoke from cooking fires for a long time before speaking: “Yes.”
“What do you plan to…”
“Give birth to it.” She turned to look at him and repeated: “I want to give birth to it.”
"During the time just after my rebirth, I dreamt every night of being engulfed in flames, surrounded by blood on the ground, and feeling utterly alone, waiting for death..." She placed her hand on her abdomen. June's last moment, she learned she was pregnant, and the child belonged to that person.
That day beneath the ancient wall, she didn't know how to face him, so she chose to escape, forcing him to leave. In the end, she calculated and won.
"I once thought that in this life, all I could have was revenge, killing, and blood... but now I have a child."
"Senior Brother... how much of what you pursued in this life has been achieved? When I saw the Yuan Cang Kingdom fall, my heart didn’t feel as happy or relieved as I expected. When that Dog Emperor died before me, I actually felt a bit sad... Senior Brother, I'm tired. I want to find a place to rest, at least to safely give birth to it..." Her gaze lingered on her abdomen, her delicate palm gently pressing against it.
There is a life within...
"Ge'er." Ji Yu called her.
"Mm?"
"Let's go into seclusion."
Su Peijiu looked at Ji Yu in surprise and then smiled brightly, as if ten peach blossoms had bloomed, beautiful enough to take one's breath away.
...
Nan Xie Tower was getting back on track. Su Peijiu handed over responsibilities to Flower Mother and became a nominal Master of the Building. When she proposed to retreat into the mountains, Flower Mother was momentarily surprised but then noticed that this girl was still just a fifteen-year-old maiden; her Water Eyes were filled with worldly frost. The words she had almost spoken were swallowed back.
"Take Hua Qian and Yan Bai with you; they will be better off following you than me." Flower Mother said, then glanced at the ranking above Nan Xie: "As long as you are alive, you will still be our Master of the Building. This vow shall never change."
That day, Su Peijiu entered and exited through the door with a man and a woman and floated away. On the way, she encountered Xiao Chuxin's carriage. Just as she intended to pass by, unexpectedly the other party blocked her carriage first.
"What does Xiao the Manor Master want?" Hua Qian's cold voice came from outside.
Xiao Chuxin coughed lightly and said, "Is the one sitting in this carriage the Master of the Building from Nan Xie Tower?"
"What's it to you, whether it is or isn't?"
"I have a few words I would like to share with the Master of the Building..."
"Please refrain..." The words were cut off as a delicate hand, resembling White Jade, pulled back the curtain. Inside the carriage sat a woman who was elegant and stunningly beautiful. She slightly parted her red lips and spoke with graceful eyes, "May I ask what matters Xiao Master wishes to discuss?"
"Flower Mother... I would like to ask the Master of the Building to say a few good words for me in front of Flower Mother..." He felt somewhat embarrassed, not expecting that the Master of the Building from Nan Xie Tower would be a young woman. Now he had to shamelessly ask her to speak well of him so he could win over the beautiful lady.
"Does Xiao Master not understand that relying on others is not as effective as putting in your own effort? If you truly care, how could Flower Mother not see it?" She was refusing him.
Seeing no hope, Xiao Chuxin dejectedly turned to leave when Su Peijiu suddenly remembered something: "Wait a moment, Xiao Master."
"What else is there?"
"Please convey to Xiao Zhan that I, Su Peijiu, will be visiting soon." She let down the curtain, and Hua Qian immediately urged the horse to leave. Xiao Chuxin stood frozen in place, momentarily at a loss for words.
The coachman spoke up: "Zhuang Master, are we still going to Nan Xie Tower?"
"We're not going anymore; let's head back." A glimmer of doubt flashed in his eyes before he hurriedly got into the carriage.
...
Jun Ye Su had specially conferred the title of Princess Ping'an upon Su Peijiu and granted her a Princess Mansion. However, she had not acted like a princess for long before wanting to resign, which left her feeling somewhat upset.
"Pei Jiu, have you thought about it some more? If you stay by my side, I can take good care of you for my aunt," Jun Ye Su said while sitting on a cushioned chair, lightly coughing.
Su Peijiu smiled and shook her head, "No, I'm just a bit tired these days and want to find a quiet place to stay for a while."
"… Uncle, you don't have to worry too much about me. I can take care of myself." After thinking for a moment, she finally called out to Jun Ye Su as "Uncle," and almost at the same time, she saw the young yet ailing emperor with red-rimmed eyes.
"If you miss home, come back anytime, okay? This Princess Mansion will always be here for you."
"Mm."
After she settled everything, she got into her master's carriage and followed him back to Changbai. On the way, she jokingly asked her master, "What will happen to Nangong Li when you leave?"
"Nonsense, that's just one of my identities; it shouldn't be taken seriously." Su Peijiu's master, Master Mu Chu, had a head of snow-white hair and a jade-like face that resembled a snow lotus on an ice mountain, distant and unapproachable.
Her senior brother had once told her that her master was not originally silver-haired but became this way because of a certain talent.
What exactly happened during those two years when she was gone?
Su Peijiu had no way of knowing. She lifted the curtain to look back; the city of Chang'an was getting further away from her. The carriage clattered along; she was merely a passerby.
"What about my senior brother? Wasn't he supposed to accompany me in seclusion? Could he really not bear to part with that Demon Cult Leader position?" Taking the candied fruit handed over by Hua Qian, she popped it into her mouth and smiled at the jade-like man brewing tea across from her.
Mu Chu chuckled lightly, "Your senior brother still has some matters to attend to. Am I not here with you? Do you think I can't compare to that scoundrel?"
Su Peijiu stuck out her tongue and ate another dried plum.
"Master, I want to build a House on Changbai Mountain."
"Alright."
"All the flowers are planted in front of the House."
"Flowers?" Mu Chu had a strange expression.
Hua Qian interjected, "Master of the Building, can we plant herbs?"
Su Peijiu stared at Mu Chu, "Does Master disagree?"
"As long as you're happy," Mu Chu said, pouring tea and bringing it to her lips, a glimmer of amusement in her eyes.
This Changbai was covered in snow all year round; how could ordinary flowers grow here? Her disciple, even in this life, remained so innocent that it was somewhat foolish.
But that's fine; what he feared most was that even she would become unrecognizable. At that time... how would he face that person?
Su Peijiu smiled warmly while touching her belly; this unexpected life was the only joy she had ever known.
Even if happiness would eventually turn into unhappiness... of course, that was a matter for another time.
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