Chapter 1148 - Chapter 1148: The Infatuated Yan Xiaosi!
Chapter 1148: The Infatuated Yan Xiaosi!
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Actually, what Prince Yan was really worried about was not the Sacred Clan’s army. It was impossible for the army to pass through silently, and they would not arrive here so quickly. Prince Yan was not sure how many people there were in the Sacred Clan, which also caused him to be unable to accurately predict the number of people in the Sacred Clan’s army.
However, from the fact that the Sacred Clan had chosen to outwit them and not use force as their number one method, the Sacred Clan army should not be powerful enough to easily flatten the Great Zhou.
This did not mean that the saints would definitely lose if the two sides fought, but at the very least, the price they had to pay was something the saints were unwilling to bear. Since that was the case, they should try their best to hide their identities when they entered the country and after they entered the country, not to harass or slaughter the local people.
Of course, this was all under the premise that the saint army thought that they were safe enough. Once their identities were exposed, Prince Yan could not guarantee that they would not capture the local people as hostages and fight to the death with the Great Zhou’s authorities.
Therefore, Prince Yan let Shadow Six use his wits and made up his own reason for sealing the city. In short, he tried his best to delay the Saint Army and wait for the reinforcements of the Imperial Court to rush over.
After Shadow Thirteen conveyed Prince Yan’s order to Shadow Six, Shadow Six took the national jade seal and set off.
To be cautious, Prince Yan also imitated the Emperor’s handwriting and drafted an imperial edict. Therefore, Yan Jiuchao could not be blamed for sending a fake imperial edict. The source was Prince Yan. He inherited it from his father.
He had the imperial edict and the jade seal because he was worried that Shadow Six would encounter a situation that Prince Yan had not considered. At that time, Shadow Six would be able to use the jade seal to order the officials.
Shadow Six was stupid when it came to small matters, but he was never muddle-headed when it came to big matters.
Shadow Thirteen returned to the study to report to Prince Yan. Seeing that Prince Yan was still at his wits’ end, he could not help but ask, “Your Highness, are you worried that Shadow Six won’t be able to stop the saint army?”
Prince Yan said, “I believe Shadow Six. Besides, the Saint Army didn’t meet
Shadow Six so quickly.”
Shadow Thirteen asked, “Then Your Highness… are you worried about Young
Master?”
Young Master had been in seclusion for a few days, and he didn’t know how the situation was. Although Old Cui kept promising that the antidote was definitely right, Shadow Thirteen was still very worried about Young Master.
After all, the process of detoxifying was too torturous. One had to be extremely meticulous. One could not be careless at all in order to discover every trace of poisonous gas in their bodies.
Perhaps Young Master could still hold on for a day or two, but what about ten days to half a month? Wouldn’t Young Master really be a little irritated day after day?
Prince Yan shook his head. “I also believe in Cong’er. He will definitely detoxify the poison seriously and return safely.”
Shadow Thirteen nodded. Even if the entire world thought that his Young Master was unreliable, after following his Young Master for so long, he knew his Young Master’s temper very well. In the past, he did not care about his life. Now, he cares about his life. He had someone he wanted to protect and a reason not to die.
Prince Yan picked up a book and put it down before he could open it. “I’m worried about the Saint King of the Sacred Clan.”
Shadow Thirteen was puzzled. “Wasn’t the Saint King of the Sacred Clan chased away? He’s not strong enough and he knows it in his heart. He shouldn’t come looking for trouble easily again.”
Looking at his desire to live after being crushed by the Little Saint King’s strength, Shadow Thirteen did not believe that he would tempt fate again.
Prince Yan asked, “Do you know… the Sacred Clan doesn’t only have one Saint
King?”
This stunned Shadow Thirteen. Could it be that there were a few Saint Kings in the Sacred Clan?
It was no wonder that Shadow Thirteen was so surprised. It was really because the Sacred Clan and the Sorcerer Clan were both powerful clans that had ancient inheritances. He would always subconsciously use the situation of the Sorcerer Clan as a reference. Currently, there was only one King in the Sorcerer Clan, and there were only two after Zhou Jin broke through. However, Zhou Jin’s breakthrough was not easy. He had the bloodline of the Saint King and the Sorcerer King, he was like a god-like existence.
It could not be the same for the Sacred Clan.
He thought that the Sacred Clan only had one king.
But in fact, the structure of the Sacred Clan was completely different from that of the Sorcerer Clan. In the Sorcerer Clan, the highest ruler was a king, but in the Sacred Clan, he was an emperor. The political structure of the Sacred Clan was more rigorous than that of the Sorcerer Clan, and they were more ambitious.
If not for the fact that the Sorcerer Clan’s residence was not very attractive to the Sacred Clan, they would have fought them countless times.
Back then, they had sent Zhou Jin’s mother to the Sorcerer Clan to be a spy because the environment of the clan was not suitable for the Sacred Clan to reproduce. They wanted to see the situation of the Sorcerer Clan, but the results of Zhou Jin’s mother’s feedback to the Sacred Clan was that it was very unsuitable.
Therefore, the Sacred Clan gave up on their plan to start a war with the Sorcerer Clan. After a few years, the Sacred Clan discovered the precious land of the Great Zhou.
Prince Yan said, “I also obtained the situation from the captive that day. There were a total of five Saint Kings in the Sacred Clan. Zhou Jin’s mother was the youngest Saint King in the clan at that time. She has already passed away, so let’s not talk about her for the time being. Now, there are still four Saint Kings left. The one who attacked us that day should be the East Saint King of the four.”
Shadow Thirteen gasped. “In that case… there are three other experts as powerful as him?”
This was terrifying. No matter how powerful the Little Saint King was, she could not fight four big fellows at the same time.
Prince Yan shook his head. “Not three experts as powerful as him. Three experts stronger than him.”
Shadow Thirteen gasped again. He never thought that the other party’s strength was not strong enough just because he had lost to the Little Saint King. He would not underestimate his enemy because of this.
If so many Saint Kings really came, Young Master would probably have to come out of seclusion and join forces with the Little Saint King to win against them. However, Young Master had just started to detoxify and would not be out for a while.
“Could they… be already on their way to the capital?” Shadow Thirteen held his breath and asked.
Prince Yan nodded. “The Sacred Clan’s reinforcements have been divided into several groups. One group is the army, and the other is these few Saint Kings. Logically speaking, the four of them set off together to leave the Sacred Clan, but only the East Saint King has appeared for the time being. I guess the East Saint King is in a hurry to scout the way and is ahead of the three of them, but the three of them shouldn’t be too far behind. They should have arrived in the capital in two days at the latest.”
The Saint Kings were not some ostentatious mercenary. They were skilled in martial arts and had deep internal energy. Even though the city gate of the capital had been closed, the city gate was nothing to them.
This was what Prince Yan was most worried about now.
Yan Jiuchao was still in seclusion. If the four Saint Kings really worked together to attack them, it was another matter if they had a chance of winning. Prince Yan was worried that Yan Jiuchao would interrupt the detoxification to protect them. If that happened, all his efforts would be for naught.
Old Cui had said that he only had one chance to detoxify. If he interrupted it, he would have no chance to live.
Prince Yan’s worries were not without reason because on the night he ended his conversation with Shadow Thirteen, the other three Saint Kings of the Sacred Clan successfully arrived in the capital.
Just as Prince Yan had expected, the towering city wall could not stop them at all. They used their qinggong and easily flew in.
At this moment, Yan Xiaosi did not know that the rookie she despised had been called for help. Soon, they would come to suppress her. She had just taken a shower and was taking a comfortable bubble bath.
Yan Xiaosi was a little girl who liked to be clean. Other than drinking milk, bathing was her favorite thing. She was cooperative.
The wet nurse had brought up many children, but she had never seen someone who liked to bathe so much. The moment the handkerchief touched her chest, she knew to turn her head and let her wash her little neck.
Her change was also huge. She was not heavy when she was born, and she was even smaller than other babies. However, the increase after she was born was very shocking. Others changed once a day, but she could change twice a day!
Those who didn’t know better would think that someone was secretly feeding her.
“Alright, we’re done,” the wet nurse said gently as she picked up Yan Xiaosi.
She was already very beautiful when she was born. There were no creases on her face at all. After growing for a few days, she had become even fairer and tender. Her little fingers and toes were pink, and she was so beautiful that one could not take their eyes off her.
Her hair was also grown extremely well. It was black, shiny, and thick, but it was not heavy. Others had messy hair, but her hair was different. Every strand was smooth but not messy. It was as if the heavens had specially combed it. The Great Zhou had a custom of cutting fetal hair. Prince Yan originally planned to cut her fetal hair and personally make a fetal brush for her, but when the scissors arrived, she cried and shouted. Prince Yan had no choice but to give up on touching her hair.
The wet nurse helped Yan Xiaosi put on her clothes. Ping’er suddenly had a whim and took a mirror for her to shine on. “Isn’t our Little Miss very beautiful?”
Logically speaking, such young children shouldn’t know how to look at things, but was Yan Xiaosi an ordinary child? She immediately stared at the little person in the mirror and was stunned. Then, she began to drool.
In the next second, she fainted gorgeously.
Ping’er was stunned. She looked at Yan Xiaosi drooling and the infatuated expression on her face and could not help but be at a loss.
What was wrong with Little Miss? Although it was strange to say that, could it be that Little Miss had fainted from her own beauty?