The Monkey King

When Yunxiang walked out of the underground palace, she was already wet, and she couldn't tell whether it was the cold sweat or the water vapor in the underground palace.

Looking at the firelight pouring in from outside the door, I was in a trance and a little panicked.

The three generals standing outside the door bowed respectfully, expressionless.

"Your Majesty, are you going back now? They are still in the palace. We can prepare well during the night."

"Go back..." Yunxiang's breathing was trembling slightly, her long eyelashes fluttered slightly, and she forced a smile to look at the red-robed female general.

It was obvious that people outside the underground palace, at least the three female generals in front of them, already knew the content of Nuwa's order.

After a slight pause, Yunxiang said softly: "What are you preparing for? If you can send the Great Sage away safely, it is already the best result. Your Majesty does not know the strength of the Great Sage... Once you take action , we are definitely no match for the Great Sage, when the time comes..."

"Not necessarily." The female general took out a small white bottle from her sleeve and presented it to Yun Xiang.

Yunxiang looked at the bottle and laughed in a panic: "As early as six hundred years ago, the Great Sage was a cultivator of heaven. How could he use just poison to..."

"Your Majesty." The female general interrupted Yunxiang's words in a cold voice and said, "This elixir was given by the empress."

Yunxiang looked at the priest aside in horror.

The priest nodded slightly.

At this moment, there was a "buzz" in Yunxiang's mind, and everything went blank.

…

In the palace.

On the cornice. The monkey sat side by side with the canopy, looking up at the moon.

Everyone else had already gone to bed, and according to the original plan, the monkeys should have been keeping vigil. But for some reason, Tianpeng also insisted on keeping vigil, so that's why. There were two people on the eaves.

However, even if the two of them were to stay up all night, they would definitely not fall asleep due to their cultivation, but it was still quite boring after all. Having someone to talk to is not a bad thing after all.

In the dark and silent palace, a maid carrying a lantern walked through the distant corridor. Canopy watched quietly and said softly: "There are five guards over there in the dark. There are two more hidden in the attic. There are twelve beside the palace wall. On every guard post. Except for the two on the bright side. Besides, there are at least ten people hiding in the dark."

After saying that, Tianpeng smiled faintly and pointed to the attic next to him: "There are more than thirty people in the attic, all of whom are at the level of refining gods or above. It's so late, and they don't sleep or talk. They don't do anything. Just stay there."

"What do you want to say?" asked the monkey.

"There are so many secret whistles in this palace, don't you think it's a bit strange?"

"Perhaps this has always been like this in this palace?" The monkey took a deep breath and said, "The king of the Daughter Kingdom, the lord of a country, has hundreds of people in the palace who are on duty at night, what's so strange about it?"

"The Daughter Kingdom is different from ordinary countries. Besides, if it is a simple night shift, shouldn't they be stationed on the outside? Not only are they arranged on the inside, but they also happen to have heavy troops next to us. This should not be a coincidence. Bar?"

The monkey said "tsk", looked back at the canopy, and then sat motionless while hugging his knees and staring ahead.

"Do you suspect they want to attack us?"

"It doesn't have to be physical, but at least it's not as welcoming as it seems on the surface. And didn't the Queen leave the table today and not return? Maybe it has something to do with us."

for this statement. The monkey didn't answer, just sighed.

Overall, monkeys have a good impression of rue so far.

A maidservant in Qitian Palace became the king of a country, with a cultivation level comparable to Tianpeng. How much have you gone through here?

Pies will not fall from the sky for no reason. In order to cultivate immortality, I traveled thousands of miles and endured countless hardships. Tianpeng didn't know how many tough battles he fought, and all the monsters in the world were killed by him and fled... For a thousand years, he relied on various resources obtained from this to improve his qualifications.

Monkey doesn't know how much a maid must go through to get to where she is today, but what is certain is that it won't be that simple.

Birds of a feather flock together, and generally speaking, monkeys appreciate rue. Of course, it’s not to the point where I can use my personality to guarantee others and have no doubts about it. However, with such a huge gap in strength, is it really possible for the other party to attack me rashly?

The monkey didn't quite believe it.

Of course, this is no reason to relax your vigilance. This night is still worth it.

"By the way, didn't you tell Master Xuanzang to go and save those baby boys who were sacrificed?"

"This question..." Monkey turned back and glanced into the room through the half-open window, and said leisurely: "He himself seems to have not recovered yet. I originally thought that there would be an opportunity to force him. . However, it’s not good to be a cannibal with a short mouth and cause trouble just after being invited to a banquet. Let’s forget it.”

…

The long night passed slowly, and at dawn, Yunxiang and the three female generals landed in front of the palace.

That's pathetically slow.

This whole journey can almost be said to be escorted by the three female generals. At the gate of the palace, the prime minister in green was already waiting for him.

"Your Majesty." After a simple salute, the prime minister in green looked at Yunxiang silently.

They probably already knew everything that happened in the underground palace of Nuwa Temple.

Yunxiang didn't even look at her, her face was indifferent. He stood like this for a while, then slowly walked towards the palace. The whole group followed closely.

An icy wind swept by, the sky was already gray and bright, but the entire palace was still in shadow.

The group of people walked along the deserted palace road, but it was so quiet that there was not even the slightest sound.

With every step she took, Yunxiang felt that the eyes behind her were staring at her. As long as he makes any rash move, they may swarm him at any time.

Can they take down themselves?

uncertain.

He is at the pinnacle of Taiyi Golden Immortal. And them. At best, they are just golden immortals, not even Taiyi loose immortals. With such a level of cultivation, let alone ten or eight, even fifty would not necessarily be able to subdue himself.

Empress Nuwa gave herself this magical power. Isn't it because during her long period of dormancy, no matter what happens in her daughter's country, Yunxiang can suppress it by herself? It is precisely because of this that she can maintain her strong prestige in front of tens of thousands of subjects in her daughter's country.

However, this prestige was given by the Empress. If the order to deal with the Empress was reversed, there would be no way out.

This daughter's country, after all. It belongs to Empress Nuwa. Her so-called queen. Although it seems to have unrivaled power for the subjects of the Daughter Kingdom, it is actually just a decoration. You can do whatever you want on a normal day, but once the empress personally intervenes...

It's ridiculous to say that he should have been directly ordered by the empress to monitor the entire daughter country. As a result, now, in the blink of an eye, it's the other way around. It's them who monitor themselves.

Pursing her lips, Yun Xiang smiled helplessly.

Behind him, the prime minister in green was holding a white bottle brought back from Nuwa Temple and followed closely.

Do you really want to poison me?

Does the empress know that the Great Sage was once a cultivator of heaven?

If you don't know, it's easier to do. It won't work anyway, just do it if you do it, and there shouldn't be any problems.

If you knew... knew that the Great Sage was once a cultivator of heaven, he would also give you the elixir and order you to poison him. Then, this elixir must be effective for cultivation of Heavenly Dao. Once poisoned...

On one side is the Great Sage. Being kind to yourself is also the person you have always admired. On the other side is Empress Nuwa, who is also kind to him. She supports him on the throne with one hand and can change his head at any time.

How should I choose this bottle of elixir?

For a moment, Yunxiang was in a state of confusion.

The door opened slowly. Yunxiang saw her personal maid standing with a group of civil and military ministers who were close to her.

When they saw Yunxiang, they all remained silent and bowed.

"His Majesty……"

Yunxiang waved her hand gently, and the little maid had to swallow the words that came to her lips.

"You should step back first and rest early."

All the ministers in the room looked at each other. After a while, they all bowed and handed over their hands.

"promise!"

As the ministers on the Queen's side exited the door, there were also several other ministers who accompanied the prime minister to wait outside the palace gate, as well as three female generals who had returned from the Nuwa Temple. However, the ministers who were close to the queen really left, but the three female generals quickly led their troops to surround Yunxiang's residence.

The door was closed tightly, and only Yunxiang, the prime minister, and Yunxiang's personal maid were left in the spacious room.

Yunxiang glanced at the prime minister lightly and said, "Aren't you going to go back and rest? It's almost dawn. Even if you want to poison, you can only wait until they are eating, not now."

"It is true that we can only wait until they are dining, but, Your Majesty." The prime minister said expressionlessly: "Our preparations should start as early as possible. The demon monkey is powerful and this matter is of great importance. As a minister, at this time Where do you dare to rest?”

"Yes... you are right. The prime minister is indeed the pillar of the country." Yunxiang smiled lightly, then turned to the maid beside her and said, "You have worked hard too, go and rest first."

The maid looked up at Yunxiang, then turned to look at the expressionless prime minister, silently saluted, and exited the door.

When she came to the door, the prime minister gave her a meaningful look.

"Those outsiders are just passing by. I advise your Majesty to put state affairs first."

"Why, does the Prime Minister think that the king does not take state affairs as a priority now?"

"I don't dare. Sir, this is just a friendly reminder."

Turning around, Yunxiang walked towards the back room step by step, drops of cold sweat falling on her forehead.

The hand hidden in his sleeve tightly held the jade slip used to communicate with his maid.

…

At this time, the maid who had left Yunxiang's residence was deliberately slowing down her pace, lowering her head, and walked slowly along the corridor in the palace towards the attic where Monkey and his party were staying.

The hand hidden in the sleeve is also tightly holding the jade slip used to communicate with Yunxiang. (To be continued ~^~)

PS: Well, you must have thought that there will be no updates today, right? But we were wrong, there is more to come today. But I really have to take leave tomorrow and I have to attend an event~Thank you for your support~