The little princess was torn, and the demon emperor patched her up

Chapter 143 The Emperor's Sweetheart is the Orange Tree Demon

Xiao Baojing was so tired that he was out of breath. When he sat down to rest, he suddenly slapped his head.

She took the peddler's basket out of the persimmon bag, put her arm in and rummaged through it, hoping to find one or two useful things.

There were a lot of miscellaneous things in there, but small things like rouge and powder were of no use in this damn place.

"Mohele?"

She held out a clay doll about a foot tall. The doll had its eyes and eyebrows closed and looked lifelike, as if it was asleep.

This kind of doll was popular in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and children especially loved it.

As she was watching, the Mohelo suddenly opened its eyes, beat its chest with a terrified expression, and let out a series of childish screams: "Horrible! So terrible! This place is so terrible! Ahhhhhh——"

It jumped from her palm to the ground and fled into the darkness.

Xiao Baojing: "..."

Well, this is probably a little monster that has just developed consciousness. It is impossible to expect it to save me.

She rummaged through the basket again and pulled out a palm-sized dice from the depths of the basket.

The dice have twelve sides, engraved with various expressions such as sadness, joy, greed, stupidity, anger, etc.

"What is this thing for?"

Xiao Baojing threw it to the ground with a curious look on his face.

The dice rolled past the edge of her embroidered shoes. She looked down and saw that the side with the smiling face was facing up.

She breathed a sigh of relief, patted her chest and said, "Since it's a smiley face, it must be a hint that our next trip will go smoothly and we will always smile--"

"Whee!"

The dice suddenly let out a strange and clear laugh, interrupting Xiao Baojing's words.

It jumped up and down, and said in a cheerful tone: "You are going to die, you are going to die!"

It was the peddler's voice.

Xiao Baojing: "..."

After all this time, it turns out that the smiley face on the dice doesn't mean that her trip will be worry-free, but rather that it's a joke on her!

Covered in dust and fury, she reached out to grab the dice, but it was extremely agile and easily avoided her hand, humming an ancient tune as it disappeared into the darkness.

"What a mess this basket is filled with!"

Xiao Baojing couldn't help but curse, and he buried his head and searched for a long time, and finally found a mountain ghost copper coin bracelet.

She held the bracelet and remembered that it had the same effect as the red lantern in exorcising evil spirits, so she quickly tied it around her wrist.

She was a little hungry, so she rummaged through the basket again, hoping to find something edible, but she pulled out an old, faded vermilion lacquer box from the bottom of the basket.

Inside the box was a rolled-up flag.

Xiao Baojing unfolded the flag. On the black flag was a totem of the head of a Tengu beast embroidered with gold thread. A chaotic and evil aura lingered around it, which was completely different from the feeling that the Pangu Banner gave her.

It's like...

This flag hides some evil and strange power.

She thought, turning the flag over to its back.

There were three ancient and complex characters embroidered on the back, but it was unknown what language was used and Xiao Baojing could not understand it.

She shook the flag against the cold wind, trying to smooth it out before rolling it up again.

The girl sneezed into the frost and snow while shaking the flag, completely unaware that the black aura lingering on the flag was becoming increasingly dense.

In the darkness in the distance, undercurrents were surging. Countless dangerous and treacherous creatures seemed to have been summoned by something. They emerged from underground, mountains, caves and other places, slowly moving towards the direction of the flag, gradually gathering into an overwhelming tide of beasts.

In the sky there were strange birds flapping their wings densely.

They flew very low, circling right above Xiao Baojing and Shang Bingjiu. Years of living in darkness had already enabled them to develop extraordinary eyesight, and they stared at the two with ferocious and greedy eyes.

Xiao Baojing was about to put the black flag back into the box when he belatedly heard strange noises coming from all directions.

She subconsciously raised the red lantern.

The light in the cage is dim.

In the surrounding darkness, pairs of glowing animal eyes flickered, representing the long-hungry gazes of goblins and monsters.

Xiao Baojing's breath was choked.

There weren’t so many monsters just now...where did they come from?

She didn't dare to move, but just lowered her eyes nervously and glanced at the flag in her hand.

She suspected that this thing had summoned those ferocious beasts!

The demon-summoning banner...

This thing can't be a demon-summoning banner, right? !

Xiao Baojing was sweating profusely.

Strange birds gathered above the wasteland, like an endless black cloud.

Demon Temple.

A girl who looked similar to Xiao Baojing stood quietly by the railing, staring into the distance with a frown on her brows.

The monsters and ghosts formed a beast tide, densely surrounding a faintly glowing place like a whirlpool.

She looked into the distance, but because it was too far away she couldn't see the specific situation at the center of the vortex. The blood in her body was quietly boiling. She used all her strength to restrain herself and not be affected by the Demon Summoning Banner and leave the Demon Temple.

"Miss Jiang, the young emperor is back."

I heard an excited voice behind me.

"Um……"

The girl stared in the direction of the demon-summoning flag, her breathing became a little faster, and a blush of anticipation quietly appeared on the tips of her fair ears.

She wore an orange brocade bodice with a light green belt that highlighted her slender waist. The chilly north wind blew up the hems of her intricate and delicate orange skirt, setting off her billowing snow-white sleeves, making her look like a fairy who was crushing the stars and riding the wind.

The monster behind her has two heads, one male and one female.

The woman's face showed a teasing expression: "The young emperor has been away for so many years. This time he comes back, I'm afraid he wants to marry Miss Jiang."

The man gazed at Jiang Ju's back with admiration: "For thousands of years, who doesn't know that the emperor's sweetheart is the orange tree demon? Congratulations, Miss Jiang, you are about to become the demon queen!"

Ginger Orange smiled.

Her beautiful eyes moved as she spoke softly, "Pass the order down and prepare a welcoming banquet immediately to welcome the young emperor!"

The red lanterns in the palace gradually lit up.

But in an instant, the palace in the darkness became like a towering jade building, becoming the brightest and most brilliant place in the polar night.

...

Xiao Baojing's pupils dilated slightly.

She was not mistaken, there was indeed a palace standing there!
There must be people living inside, as countless red lanterns are lit, outlining the outline of a majestic palace in this extremely cold place!

"Peddler!" She quickly carried the Shangbing wine on her back again, "Are your men still there?! They might have discovered us. We are saved!"

She ran forward hurriedly, and the red lantern hanging around her waist became dimmer and dimmer, barely illuminating half of the two people's bodies.

The monsters and ghosts from all directions let out vicious roars, no longer bound by the red lanterns, and attacked them at the same time.

However, their outstretched sharp claws seemed to have touched the rolling thunder and lightning, and they screamed miserably and turned into charcoal!

The mountain ghost bracelet tied on Xiao Baojing's wrist emitted a dazzling red light, and they could not touch Xiao Baojing at all!
Xiao Baojing took advantage of the fact that they were injured and afraid and ran forward with all her might. Unfortunately, it was too dark around her and she stumbled before she ran far and rolled into a big mud pit!

"Don't come over here! Don't come over here!"

She screamed and struggled, and felt what was left in the mud pit - many dry and withered tree roots.

Xiao Baojing grasped the tree roots.

Some images flashed through my mind.

There should have been a tree planted in this mud pit before, an orange tree hung with colorful ribbons.

She looked around blankly, and through the gaps in the beast tide, she vaguely saw the mountains of white bones piled up behind them.

That was the Mountain of Bones that she had seen on the Yin-Yang Pisces bronze mirror. It was something that Lan Ji had created.

This place was the one she had seen in the Pisces bronze mirror.

So these roots...

These are her roots.

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