Early in the morning, Yuan Fang came to deliver breakfast to Xia Wanan as usual with a basket.
But today was a little unusual. He knocked on the door for a long time, but there was no response. Yuan Fang had a bad premonition. He didn't care about etiquette and kicked the door open.
"Your Highness …"
His voice stopped abruptly. The room was empty, and there was no one in sight.
"Your Highness!"
Yuan Fang was anxious. "Someone, the Fourth Princess is missing. Hurry and find her!"
The originally neat and orderly military camp instantly became noisy and chaotic. The soldiers all moved out to search for Xia Wanan's whereabouts.
…
At this moment, Xia Wanan, who was worried about by the soldiers, was flying between famous mountains and great rivers.
She returned to the Imperial Mausoleum this time only to pack up her underwear and start her journey of cultivation. She didn't expect Jia Youde to walk right into her trap. This was a pleasant surprise for her.
After dealing with Jia Youde, she went out completely.
The mysterious immortal hiding behind the scenes gave her an unprecedented sense of crisis. He was on a completely different level from Jia Nanfeng.
In the memory of the Ink Deer, she clearly understood how big the gap between her and the other party was. At least before she could break through the void, she was definitely not his match.
She had to raise her strength to the same level as the mysterious immortal before he destroyed the Great Xia Dynasty. Only then could she turn the tide and save the Great Xia Dynasty. Only then could she complete the mission of the Internet cafe owner.
Therefore, she decisively decided to go far away and make full use of the help given by the Internet cafe owner. She went to farther places and signed in more.
[Detected that the player is currently at Xiyue Hua Mountain. Do you want to Sign in here?]
[Signed in at Xiyue Hua Mountain successfully. Player is rewarded with 40 years of cultivation.]
[Signed in at the One-Line Sky successfully. Player is rewarded with the Tianyuan Sword Technique.]
[Signed in at the ancient battlefield successfully. Player is rewarded with the Heart of Slaughter.]
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Xia Wanan was like a tireless signing in machine. She pushed forward all the way to the west of the Great Xia Dynasty, constantly looking for scenic spots to sign in. This cultivation journey was unprecedented. There was no destination and no end.
Just as Xia Wan 'an was desperately trying to raise her cultivation for the impending crisis of her country's destruction, Xia Qingshan welcomed the darkest day of his life in the Great Xia Imperial Palace.
The incident of the assassins invading the palace last night was a heavy blow to him. The group of black-robed men had already planned it. Before they came to kill him, they sent out a small team to kill all the children of his concubines in the palace. It seemed that they wanted to destroy the Xia Dynasty from the inside.
Not only had Xia Qingshan lost his beloved empress, even the other princes and princesses had died in this storm. He had practically become a loner overnight.
There was no time left for him to grieve. Early that morning, he received a piece of bad news in the ruined palace.
"Your Majesty, something bad has happened! The four-nation coalition has officially launched an invasion. The number of enemy troops is as high as a million. Our country's border defense line is in a state of emergency. We urgently need reinforcements! "
The Minister of War anxiously reported.
Xia Qingshan's face turned ashen as he scratched his head in pain.
"A million strong army? How could there be a million strong army? How can I have so many soldiers to send?! "
"Emperor of Zhou, Emperor of Qin, Emperor of Qi, Emperor of Han, you are all determined to kill me!"
The Minister of War hesitated. "Your Majesty …"
"Don't say anymore. Order the three armies to fight to the death and not retreat! Even if there is only one person left, we must defeat the enemy! "
"…"
The Minister of War was silent for a moment. "Yes, Your Majesty."
He walked out of the ruined palace, and a layer of haze shrouded his heart.
He smelled the scent of the collapse of the country. The Great Xia Dynasty was already facing a national crisis. At this critical moment, the emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty, as the ruler of the country, not only could not give any effective instructions, he was also on the verge of collapse. This was a sign that the country was about to collapse.
Not long after the Minister of War left, Eunuch Liu also hurried over to report the bad news.
"Your Majesty, Commander Yuan Fang, who is guarding the imperial mausoleum, just sent back an urgent message saying that the Fourth Princess has suddenly gone missing!"
"The Fourth Princess?"
Xia Qingshan was stunned. It took him a while to react.
"Xia Wanan has gone missing?"
Actually, when the Zhou Dynasty broke off the engagement two days ago, he should have sent someone to bring Xia Wanan back from the imperial mausoleum. However, he deliberately ignored this daughter of his and completely ignored her.
"So what if she's missing!" Xia Qingshan said coldly, "I can't even care about my own life now, how can I have the time to care about her!"
"Her life is as cheap as her mother's. If she had agreed to the marriage alliance with Zhou Qian in the imperial court that day, the Zhou Dynasty might not have declared war on us. If the Zhou Dynasty didn't declare war, the other dynasties wouldn't have declared war either. Things wouldn't have turned out like this."
"At the end of the day, the cause of all the chaos is her. It's good that she's dead. If she's not dead, I'll kill her myself!"
Eunuch Liu was frightened out of his wits and hurriedly retreated.
That night, Xia Qingshan disregarded the urgent situation at the frontline and held a grand funeral for Jia Nanfeng. He ordered the entire country to mourn for seven days, including the soldiers at the frontline. In the name of war, he even collected taxes from the commoners for the next ten years. This caused the morale of the army to drop, and the commoners all complained.
All the ministers came forward to persuade him that now that the country was in danger, the emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty should take the responsibility of fighting against foreign enemies. He couldn't muster so many people for a funeral, let alone exploit the commoners at this time.
Most importantly, everyone knew how Jia Nanfeng died. The more grand her funeral was, the more resentment they felt towards the mysterious expert. What if she came to kill them in a fit of anger? What would they do?
Xia Qingshan completely ignored the ministers' advice and insisted on doing things his own way. He even executed a few ministers in order to show his power.
He was actually confident that the mysterious powerhouse wouldn't kill him. If she wanted to kill him, she wouldn't have saved him last night.
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"It seems like my father is determined to destroy the Xia Dynasty," Ye Futian murmured.
In a village, looking at the soldiers wearing plain clothes going from house to house to collect taxes from the people, a wave of anger rose from the bottom of Xia Wan'an's heart.
She originally hoped that Xia Qingshan could stabilize the situation and delay the destruction of the country as much as possible to buy time for her to improve her cultivation level.
However, she didn't expect Xia Qingshan to be so stupid as to collect taxes for ten years in one go. Wasn't this forcing the commoners to a dead end? He would destroy his own country before the allied forces of the four countries attacked.
If she had known that Xia Qingshan would do this, Xia Wanan would rather not save him last night. An emperor like him might as well be dead.
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