PRECIOUS PRINCESS

ONE HUNDRED AND SIX

Physician Bao could no longer tell how much his affection and longing was to Xuan Lan as well as prince Zhan. The two brothers have given him the meaning of a real family. They both live in the midst of a very difficult situation, healer Bao himself could not imagine if he became one of the two of them maybe he would choose suicide because of the cruelty of the real palace life.

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In every empire there is a slight shock because there is a letter stating the implied message that a great war is imminent. The entire empire inevitably had to gather to the Zhong empire immediately because of its location which was in the middle of the entire empire.

"Did you all get the letter?" emperor Wang asked as he saw that the entire emperor had already gathered before him.

"Yes, Zhen got it" said the other emperor in unison.

"Was there still a living person from the Moon empire back then? Why did the letter state that the Moon empire was about to rise?" ask the Tang emperor.

"We don't know for sure either but it's possible that it could happen" Emperor Li said, exhaling violently.

"We are still crown princes, right? It must have been the Moon emperor at that time had saved at least one of his descendants in order to avenge him" Emperor Zhong said in a statement.

"True, if we were attacked like that we would definitely do the same thing by smuggling one of our descendants out of the palace safely even though somehow his life would be like" the emperor of Tang.

"What should we do now?" asked Emperor Xiao who had been silent.

"Of course we will prepare a lot of troops. Do not forget that we must also provide strict guard in every empire. We do not know if they also want to destroy our empire" said emperor Wang.

"Did Gold Tiger already know this?" ask emperor Zhong.

"Come, but they're still quiet. Do we need help from them?" ask emperor Xiao.

"I don't think it's necessary. They will definitely go down by themselves if they already feel wrong with this war" the Tang emperor said.

"For now there is still no movement in any area. If from your territory there is a suspicious movement then we must immediately contact each other" said emperor Li.

"Well" said the emperors simultaneously.

After that brief meeting the emperors then returned to their respective empires to prepare the troops they would send to fight as well as the troops they would send to guard their respective empires.

Gold Tiger actually already knew that there would be a major assault for the entire empire. The vice reine still chose to be silent and had not acted in the least. According to him, everything must be carefully thought out and not rushed. Physician Bao and the chiefs at Gold Tiger will hold a meeting first to determine their next move.

Same with prince Zhan. He knew absolutely nothing of the great war plans that were about to take place. He was just busy practicing and waiting for Xuan Lan to return from behind the waterfall.

"Enough, Zhan. Tomorrow you should take a break from your training. You've been training too much today" Shi's grandfather said as he looked at Prince Zhan who had not rested at all since this morning.

"But the cake" said Prince Zhan to refuse.

"Just obey what I say!" said grandfather Shi then left just like that.

Prince Zhan stared at the departure of grandfather Shi. After all he had to stick to her because it was grandfather Shi who taught her to get to this stage. Not practicing one day is unlikely to make his muscles freeze, right? Prince Zhan already thought that tomorrow he would just stretch like Xuan Lan used to.

"Zhan, do you remember it wasn't the cave we used to go to when you wanted to practice cultivation in your early days of practice?" ask Grandpa Shi to prince Zhan.

"Certainly remember" replied Prince Zhan.

"If Xuan Lan were to return later. Take him there but when you meet the two aisles then you have to go left and not even to the right as usual" said Shi's grandfather again.

"Why indeed?" prince Zhan asked curiously.

"Later you will know too" said grandfather Shi with a smile.

"Ask me" said grandfather Shi not minded.

"Why did you say that you were going to the mountain of hope for the third time?" ask prince Zhan.

"Because it's my duty to pick up my third guest" grandfather Shi casually said.

"So anyone's been here before us?" ask prince Zhan.

"Extension even the first person and the second person still have blood relations" Shi's grandfather said.

"Zhan" called Shi's grandfather to Prince Zhan.

"Yes cake?" ask prince Zhan.

"I'll tell you what's inside the cave I meant earlier. There is a heavenly sword. I asked you and Xuan Lan to take out the sword that was already stuck in the stone because you guys are going against the person who has the hell sword in his hand" Shi's grandfather said.

"Sword hell?" the prince Zhan.

"You know that next to where you were cultivating there was a crushed stone?" asked Grandfather Shi who was replied in a nod by prince Zhan.

"There is someone who has taken it by force and he is my second guest. He crushed the stone with the power of the dragon he had. The sword was not his right and he used the sword for evil" Shi's grandfather said.

"What crime did you mean?" ask prince Zhan.

"Destroying all of humanity on this land" grandfather Shi said as he looked straight ahead.

"Then why didn't Grandpa stop him?" ask prince Zhan.

"I told you he has a dragon so there's no way I can fight him" Shi's grandfather said.

"He has a fire dragon" Shi's grandfather said softly.

"He's already taught his dragon to be evil so I'll die if I insist on defending that hell sword" Shi's grandfather said.

"Alright cake. Me and Xuan Lan will take the sword but how?" ask prince Zhan.

"You two can try to unplug it. If the sword can be detached from the stone then that person is the owner" Shi's grandfather said.

"Alright cake, we just have to wait for Xuan Lan's arrival" prince Zhan said with a smile.

"But I don't know when the boy will return" said prince Zhan, chuckling slightly.

"Here you go, let's go in. It's night" said Shi's grandfather.

They then went inside Shi's grandfather's hut to rest him. At midnight, prince Zhan dreamed of meeting Xuan Lan. The dream felt so real that he even hugged Xuan Lan in his dream. He fell asleep smiling because of his dream.

In the morning, Prince Zhan opened his eyes. He was still smiling when he remembered his dream last night. He then realized if he was hugging something, he then looked at the object he was holding. His eyes suddenly opened wide, he spontaneously shouted.

"Xuan Lan!"

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