Chapter 228

In the Xuelan House of Prince Zhan’s mansion.

With his eyes closed and his head full of sweat, Xuanyuan Mo clutched the quilt as if being immersed in some terrible nightmare.

A white snow wolf was tied up on the sacrificial altar, dying with its eyes closed.

The people down there were shouting, “Demon. Demon. Burn the demon to death…”

Xuanyuan Mo stared at the snow wolf dying on the sacrificial altar and felt so painful as if his heart had been ripped out. He strived to run onto the sacrificial altar, but he just couldn’t get on there.

“Stay away from my mom. She is not a demon…” He could only cry like that but no one paid attention to him.

The firewood under the sacrificial altar was lit up. The fire engulfed the familiar figure bit by bit.

“Mom…” His gut-wrenching shout resounded through the whole sky.

“Mom…” Xuanyuan Mo suddenly sat up, his amber eyes full of fear. He directly lifted his quilt and dashed outside, wearing a suit of underwear.

“Snow…” Duanmu Xi, who was far in the Wilderness Jungle, was awoken by the nightmare.

Duanmu Xi covered her chest, her eyes slightly flashing. Just now, she dreamed about Snow. In her dream, Snow was so helpless and sad. Even in the dream, she could still feel Snow’s gut-wrenching sorrow.

She worriedly looked at the starry night sky and wondered whether anything happened to Snow.

At the back hill in the imperial palace of the Baihu Empire, Xuanyuan Mo walked into the cave alone again.

The cave was dark as always, but Xuanyuan Mo felt it was as bright as heaven here. The beautiful woman on the rock wall was glowing white. The smile on her face was the best healing medicine in the world.

Xuanyuan Mo stared at the beautiful woman on the rock wall, his eyes full of affection, “Mom…” His low voice contained infinite sentimental attachment to his mom.

He thought, “Mom, you know what? The woman who caused your death is dead. And Guo Hui’er is also dying, but I want her to stay alive and suffer the consequences of what she had done. Mom, will you blame me?”

The beautiful woman on the rock wall seemed to be smiling at him. Xuanyuan Mo’s eyes were a bit moist. He stroked the woman’s pretty face, “Mom, if I have an afterlife, I’ll definitely remember your appearance.” He must make up for his biggest regret if there was an afterlife.

In the Le’an Palace.

Xuanyuan Lie stared at Guo Hui’er lying in bed with weaker breath. He knitted his brows and hastened to shout at Doctor Liu aside, “Come and take a look at the empress.”

Doctor Liu immediately went forward and flipped Guo Hui’er’s eyelids. Then, he took Guo Hui’er’s pulse.

Feeling her faint pulse, Doctor Liu shook his head helplessly and knelt in front of Xuanyuan Lie, saying with his head lowered, “Your Majesty, I’ve done my best. I can’t save Her Majesty Empress.”

Hearing that, Xuanyuan Lie staggered and then fell back.

Eunuch Hu immediately took a step forward and held Xuanyuan Lie, “Your Majesty, take care!”

Xuanyuan Lie stroked his forehead, his dark eyes full of agony.

“Your Majesty, Yu Feng, the subordinate of His Highness Crown Prince hopes to meet you,” a eunuch reported outside the bedding palace. Xuanyuan Lie frowned and looked at Guo Hui’er, who was breathing faintly in bed. Then, he turned around and got out of the room.

Upon seeing Xuanyuan Lie come out, Yu Feng saluted at once, “I’m Yu Feng. Greetings, Your Majesty.”

Xuanyuan Lie looked at Yu Feng and arched his brows, “Is it Crown Prince who sent you here?”

Yu Feng immediately replied respectfully, “Yes, His Highness Crown Prince asked me to bring this Soul Keeping Pill to Her Majesty Empress.” Then, Yu Feng passed the wooden box to Xuanyuan Lie.

Hearing that, Xuanyuan Lie was shocked. Soul Keeping Pill was the legendary earthly-grade pill that could save one’s life as long as he was still alive.

Xuanyuan Lie fetched the wooden box and stared at Yu Feng excitedly, “Is this really the Soul Keeping Pill?”

“Yes, the Soul Keeping Pill is refined by… Her Highness Crown Princess.” Yu Feng was a bit proud to see Xuanyuan Lie’s thrilled face. The earthly-grade pill couldn’t be seen by ordinary people, but Her Highness Crown Princess could not only refine it but also the pill made by her was top-level.

Having learned that the pill was made by Duanmu Xi, Xuanyuan Lie nodded with inward relief. He almost forgot that Mo’s wife was an earthly-grade refining pharmacist, who also had a more advanced master. It was not surprising that she had the earthly-grade Soul Keeping Pill.

Xuanyuan Lie grasped the wooden box tightly, his eyes flashing, “Go back and thank Crown Prince and Crown Princess.” Given Mo’s character, it was pretty reluctant for him to offer the Soul Keeping Pill. For years, Guo Hui’er had been assassinating him by all means. Besides, she had been engaged in the matter back then.

Yu Feng immediately replied with a bow, “Yes, I’ll deliver Your Majesty’s message.”

The man in black at the corner of the corridor heard their conversation, his amber eyes flashing.

Yu Feng walked to the man in black and said with a bow, “Your Highness, His Majesty said…”

“I heard him.” Yu Feng was interrupted by Xuanyuan Mo before he finished speaking.

Yu Feng touched his nose with embarrassment and stood behind Xuanyuan Lie.

Very quickly, a merry shout came from inside Guo Hui’er’s bedding palace, “Her Majesty Empress is awake…”

Hearing the cries, Xuanyuan Mo turned around and walked out of the Le’an Palace.

Yu Feng immediately followed and asked in confusion, “Your Highness, why did you save the empress?” As far as he knew, the empress was against His Highness and used to send people to assassinate His Highness. Why did His Highness save the empress’s life this time?

Xuanyuan Mo hedged and yet, gave no reply.

Not getting an answer, Yu Feng pondered with a frown and didn’t come to his senses even when Xuanyuan Mo had gone afar. Staring at Xuanyuan Mo’s back, Yu Feng patted his head. Oh no, he forgot to give His Highness the letter sent by Yu Ying.

“Your Highness…”

Yu Feng reached behind Xuanyuan Mo and said out of breath, “Your Highness… Yu… Yu Ying has sent a letter to you…”

Xuanyuan Mo finally stopped and turned to glare at Yu Feng, “Why didn’t you tell me earlier? Give me the letter now.”

“Oh,” Yu Feng immediately took out a note from his chest and passed it to Xuanyuan Mo.

Staring at the small note in Yu Feng’s hand, Xuanyuan Mo put on a fierce look, giving off his cold energy constantly.

Noticing that Xuanyuan Mo didn’t take the note, Yu Feng looked up with confusion only to see that Xuanyuan Mo was gazing at the note in his hand with a cold face.

Feeling Xuanyuan Mo’s anger, Yu Feng shivered subconsciously and lowered his head to look at the note in his hand. The corner of his mouth twitched. He had reminded Yu Ying to write a bit more. It seemed that Yu Ying would really be sent to train the Iron Eagles.

While Yu Feng was feeling sorry for Yu Ying, Xuanyuan Mo directly seized the note from him furiously.

However, to Yu Feng’s surprise, when His Highness opened the note, the cold face became soft instantly and the angry eyes also turned affectionate. Yu Feng was so curious. He really wanted to figure out what on earth Yu Ying had written to make His Highness soften instantly.

Xuanyuan Mo stared at the note for an hour.

An hour later, Xuanyuan Mo put the note into his arms carefully and said to Yu Feng without turning his head back, “Let’s go to the Wilderness Region.”

Yu Feng blinked in a daze. Did he hear it wrongly? His Highness wanted to go to the Wilderness Region rather than his mansion.

Noticing that Yu Feng didn’t follow, Xuanyuan Mo looked back at Yu Feng and said, “Are you going or not?”

“I’m coming.” Yu Ying immediately caught up with Xuanyuan Mo, “Your Highness, are we really going to the Wilderness Region?”

“We’ll set out today.” Xuanyuan Mo curled his lips. He just couldn’t wait to meet his wife.

In the Wilderness Jungle.

Staring at Duanmu Xi who was lost in thought with a frown, Situ Kong had to call her in an increased voice, “Xi?”

“Yes?” Duanmu Xi heard him and came to her senses. She looked at Situ Kong and asked in confusion, “Chief Master, are you calling me?”

Situ Kong answered with a frown, “What are you thinking? I called you three times but you just didn’t reply.”

Duanmu Xi hesitated and curled her lips, “Oh, nothing. I was thinking about when we could get out of the jungle.”

Hearing Duanmu Xi’s obviously perfunctory words, Situ Kong felt confused but didn’t ask further. He just said, “Soon. We’ll get out in three or four days.”

Duanmu Xi nodded and spoke no more. She looked at the jungle ahead and knitted her brows, wondering if Snow was doing fine.

In the imperial study.

Xuanyuan Lie pondered for quite a while and finally wrote down an imperial edict. After reading it for a while, he passed the imperial edict to Eunuch Hu.

“Cheng’en, announce the imperial edict!”

Eunuch Hu was slightly dazed to see the imperial edict in his hand and then said with a slight frown, “Your Majesty, are you really gonna issue this imperial edict?”

Upon hearing that, Xuanyuan Lie waved at Eunuch Hu, “Go ahead.”

“Yes.” Eunuch Hu immediately bowed himself out of the imperial study.

Xuanyuan Lie looked at Eunuch Hu’s back, his eyes slightly flashing. Maybe this imperial edict should have been issued 20 years ago.

Very quickly, the imperial edict that His Majesty dismissed the harem was spread throughout the imperial palace. Some were happy while others were worried. Some cried, wishing to stay while others packed their things up with delight. No matter how the concubines and consorts reacted, they still left the imperial palace, where they were granted an extravagant life and spent their youth.

By far, Xuanyuan Lie only had Guo Hui’er, his empress. It was said that this empress seemed to be a psycho.