The Azure Dragon Race originally had the opportunity to form a marriage alliance with the Black Dragon Race, but a few months before the wedding, the Dragon Lady of the Azure Dragon Race suddenly ran away and disappeared. Not only did the marriage alliance come to an end, but it also completely angered the Black Dragon Race.
Now that the Black Dragon Race's elders and Dragon King came to question them, the Azure Dragon Race had to give them a satisfactory explanation. Otherwise, the Southern Sea would never have peace again.
The Azure Dragon King looked at one of his race and said coldly, "Ao Qin, look at how much trouble your daughter has brought to the Southern Sea!"
The middle-aged dragon lowered his head and said apologetically, "It's all my fault for not teaching her well. Please punish me, Dragon King …"
The Azure Dragon King waved his hand and said, "Punish? What's the use of punishing? If I punish you, will the Black Dragon Race let us go? The most important thing now is to get your daughter back and solve the problem the Azure Dragon Race is facing."
Ao Qin looked troubled and said, "I also don't know where she is."
The Azure Dragon King glanced at him and said indifferently, "Don't think I don't know. You are still in contact with her. In the past, the Black Dragon Race didn't force you, so I could turn a blind eye. Now that we are facing a strong enemy, I can't ruin the entire Azure Dragon Race because of her …"
Ao Qin lowered his head and was silent for a long time. Finally, he sighed and said with difficulty, "Okay, I will call her back …"
…
Li Mu brought Yin Xin and Ting Xin to play for a few days and then returned to the Divine Capital.
Ting Xin and the Empress hadn't seen each other for a long time and went to the Imperial Garden to catch up. Ling Long helped her look through the memorials in the Changle Palace. Li Mu looked around and found that something seemed to be missing in the hall. He thought for a while and asked, "Where's Cheng Xin?"
In the past, when he came to the Changle Palace, Cheng Xin would always be leaning on a pillar in the corner, gnawing on chicken wings, duck neck, or the pork shoulder made by the imperial chef. Today, he didn't see her. There was no aura of her in the entire palace.
Ling Long raised her head and said, "Something seemed to have happened at home. She went back to the Southern Sea."
"Southern Sea?"
Li Mu was surprised. She was forced to escape from the marriage. How could she run back? He continued to ask, "What happened at home?"
Ling Long shook her head and said, "She didn't say anything, but she left in a hurry. There must be something urgent."
For her to return to the South Sea, the matter must be very important. Li Mu took out the Sound Transmission Dharma Artifact that Mo Li had specially made for him and activated it with his mana. After a long while, a voice came from the other side.
"Lord Li …"
Cheng Xin's voice was somewhat downcast. Li Mu asked, "I heard from Ling Long that you returned to the South Sea. What happened?"
Cheng Xin was silent for a while before she said, "It's because I've been away from home for too long. Mother misses me, so I came back to see her."
She had indeed left home for a long time, so it was normal for her family to miss her. After confirming that she was fine, Li Mu didn't ask any more questions and said, "Then you should accompany your parents …"
At that moment, in the South Sea Dragon Palace, Cheng Xin put away his voice transmission Dharma artifact and lowered his head. The disappointment on his face deepened.
Beside her, a man sighed. "Father and Mother have let you down."
Cheng Xin shook her head and said, "It's not Father and Mother's fault. I was too stubborn. I should have prioritized the South Sea …"
After her parents left, Cheng Xin sat by the bed alone. She curled up her legs and buried her head between her knees. Images flashed through her mind.
Sister Empress, Sister Mei, Sister Ah Li, the duck neck and chicken wings from the imperial kitchen, and the braised pork shoulder …
The time she left the South Sea was the happiest time of her life.
At first, when she was captured by Lord Li and became his mount, she was unwilling. Later on, she realized that there was nothing wrong with being a mount. She had food, drinks, and fun to play with. Even her cultivation had reached Realm 6 in advance, surpassing her parents.
She originally thought that her beautiful life could go on like this.
It wasn't until her father sent her a message that her mother was sick that she hurriedly rushed back to the South Sea from the Immortal's Capital. However, when she found that her mother was safe and sound and that the Black Dragon Tribe was already waiting here, she realized what had happened.
It turned out that she couldn't escape in the end.
The Black Dragon Tribe was the most powerful tribe in the four seas. If she continued to resist, it would bring a huge disaster to the South Sea and even implicate her parents.
She would make her parents sinners of the Green Dragon Tribe.
Therefore, she chose to obey.
Marrying a dragon that she didn't like and had never even met was the fate of every dragon girl. Her fate had changed before, but it returned to the beginning.
Cheng Xin lowered her head and clenched the sound transmission ritual implement in her hand. This item carried the most beautiful memory of her dragon life. It was a person that she feared, admired, and secretly admired.
However, all of this would become a dusty past, sealed in her memory forever.
In the Changle Palace, Li Mu didn't know what happened in the South Sea. He put away the sound transmission ritual implement and asked Exquisite, "During this time, did anything major happen in the Great Zhou?"
During the time that Li Mu wasn't here, Exquisite had been helping the Empress deal with these matters.
Exquisite shook her head and said, "Nothing …"
During this time, the people of the Great Zhou lived and worked in peace and contentment. The people's faith steadily increased. The existence of the Department of Consecration and the Department of Demons ensured that the security of the 36 counties was stable. The various decrees of the imperial court were aimed at continuously raising the living standards of the people. Today, the Great Zhou's internal troubles had disappeared and its external troubles had been quelled. It had entered a long-term period of stable development.
Compared to the Great Zhou, the situation of some countries was completely different.
The surrounding countries in the south were also stable. Only the Shen Nation encountered some trouble.
The Shen Nation was located in the southwest of the Zu Continent. Its north was bordered by the Great Zhou, and its southwest was bordered by Yanzhou. Yanzhou was also a continent with a large population. Unlike the small countries in the Zu Continent that relied on the Central Dynasty, Yanzhou had dozens of countries. There were endless conflicts between countries.
During this time, some of the countries bordering Yanzhou and the Shen Nation spread the flames of war to the Shen Nation. The Great Zhou court also received some news.
After all, the officials of the imperial court were very aware of the danger in times of peace. The Great Zhou and the Shen Nation had finally settled down with great difficulty. If the Shen Nation was destroyed by Yanzhou, the southern border of the Great Zhou would be threatened again.
Fortunately, the Shen Nation couldn't withstand a single blow from the Great Zhou. However, in the eyes of the Shen Nation, the countries of Yanzhou were all its younger brothers. The moment their borders were invaded, the Shen Nation gave them a head-on blow. A large country in Yanzhou suffered tens of thousands of casualties and immediately retreated from the Shen Nation's borders.
This matter didn't affect the Great Zhou, so Li Mu didn't take it to heart. After discussing political matters with Exquisite for a while, the sound transmission magical artifact suddenly vibrated. It was actually Ao Run calling.
In order to facilitate communication, Li Mu also gave one of this magical artifacts to the Black Dragon Clan.
Li Mu picked up the sound transmission magical artifact. After a while, he asked doubtfully, "Your Black Dragon Clan wants to give me a surprise. What surprise?"
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