A bolt of lightning tore through the night sky as heavy rain poured.Xiao Xiaoshen's roar from the ground suppressed even the thunder."Don't touch her."As soon as he drew his broadsword, An Hong swiftly beckoned the Western Depot guards to swarm up.Two of them protected their Master Ming Lan while the rest armed men surrounded Xiao Xiaoshen.The swords scraped out of the sheaths and swished in the rain with a chilling shine.The fierce fighting unfolded immediately with the bladed flickering in the glaring storm. The clank and rattle, along with the thunder, shook the sky.On the other side, Gu Yunxi hardly rose from a rain puddle, her ears ringing and her eyes seeing stars.Her head was numbed by the heavy raindrops, yet she gritted her teeth and forced herself to look up into Ming Lan's eyes.His eyes were muffled by the curtain of rain, but the slender figure lo

Seeing her slender hands holding up the two night-shining pearls, Ming Lan showed a panic expression and screamed in a shrill voice, "Gu Yunxi, if you dare to make waves again."He kept chattering but didn't stop getting closer.Being not afraid of Ming Lan's approach, Gu Yunxi just smirked with a pair of narrowed eyes and hurled the pearls in her palms at him.With a flicker of panic in his stern eyes, Ming Lan subconsciously dodged sideways.One of the night-shining pearls hit a maid in the small of her back after rebounding from the wall. With a groan, she covered the painful spot with her hand and burst into tears.Another night-shining pearl directly hit a eunuch on his forehead."Ouch!" The eunuch moaned and fell on his back, and a livid "horn" immediately showed on his forehead."You wicked girl."Ming Lan couldn't help but curse at seeing Gu Yunxi's mischief.

West out of the Baishui Gate, thousands of miles away, was the boundary of Udan. Udan was a powerful country more than 20 years ago. It united with many small countries around it and marched eastward with 100,000 troops in five routes, invading the Central Plains' territory.At that time, it was an unprecedented and long-lasting war.To drive the strong enemy, the Country of Dayi had sent several diplomatic envoys and eloquent people to lobby primarily, combat as a supplement, which had retreated three troops.The remaining two armies amount to fifty thousand, precisely the strength of the country of Udan.In the end, the Country of Dayi adopted the strategy of facing the enemy head-on. To boost the morale of the army, the first emperor of Dayi, Huanan Hongyi, regardless of the opposition of his officials, led the army to the front.Outside the Baishui Gate, the two armies of Dayi and Udan fought for many days at the b

The pungent smell of green onions choked Xiao Nianzi's nose and eyes, and he sneezed a few times. Then he turned back with difficulty, looked at Gu Yunxi with red and swollen eyes, and asked, "Oh, my little madam, why do you chop so many green onions?""To make shortening green onion pancakes of course!"Gu Yunxi made a valiant attempt to resist the astringent discomfort in her eyes, and put on a joyful face. She said in a low and muffled voice which sounded extremely cute with the handkerchief covering on her face, "Although the green onion smells so spicy, if it is baked into a pie with duck fat and wheat flour, it will taste crispy, soft and so delicious.""But... "Xiao Nianzi looked worried and spoke haltingly.Ignorance could always be forgiven.He expected that Gu Yunxi was the new comer and was not familiar with the Master's eating habits.The Master had strict requirements on diet and

Maybe because Shiliu was born ugly, when she shouted in scariness at Gu Yunxi, her expression appeared even uglier. As expected, she stopped Gu Yunxi from resisting.Just as she stopped struggling, a maid beside her stretched out her big hand to buckle Gu Yunxi's jaw, forcing her small mouth to open."Umm..."A depressed groan rose from Gu Yunxi's throat. Her expression was extremely painful.Seeing this, Shiliu was satisfied. Her smile appeared grimmer.Her twisted waist bent forward and arched like a straight hook. Smiling coldly with teeth bared, Shiliu took the porcelain basin closer to Gu Yunxi's face."There is plenty of betel nut alkali water here. We specially warmed it for you to clean your mouth and body. Please enjoy it!"Gu Yunxi opened her eyes wide in astonishment. She gazed primly at the water in the big porcelain basin to fall upon her face.She wanted to shout and