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After everything was arranged, Liu Chenxiang went down the mountain. After they got married, Yin Congyun had taken her to walk the mountain road several times, so she was familiar with it.

When they arrived in Anluo City, people were coming and going, and Liu Chenxiang found the steamed bun shop that Yin Congyun thought was delicious. "Boss, I want ten meat buns."

The boss was wrapping the dumplings and putting them on the steamer. "Excuse me, sir. The last basket just sold out and we need to steam more now. Do you want to wait?"

The buns were already in the pot, and it wouldn't take long. Liu Chenxiang saw that there was still room for her to sit at the table, "Then I'll wait."

"Okay, please take a seat."

Liu Chenxiang found an empty table and sat down. There were four women sitting next to her, eating buns and talking about something. Liu Chenxiang couldn't help but listen closely.

"Hey, have you heard that Prince Chen is going to marry Princess Xiangliu of the Northern Kingdom? Do you think it's a good idea or not?"

"The two of them match in appearance and status, so what's wrong with that?"

"Princess Xiangliu? Didn't she die in the war between the two countries?"

"It seems you haven't been out for a long time, so the Northern Kingdom's Crown Prince came to look for you and found you in our area!"

"Is it true? Maybe we have encountered this before!"

"Yes!"

When Liu Chenxiang heard this, his breathing stagnated and he stood up suddenly, scaring the four people.

"Sir, your buns are ready!" The bun shop owner greeted Liu Chenxiang and handed the buns forward.

Liu Chenxiang didn’t care about anything else. He took the buns, left the silver, and ran back to the mountains.

Not good.

This feeling is very bad.

Liu Chenxiang didn't care about anything else and took a shortcut along the stream and ran straight to the bamboo house. She didn't care that she was in a mess and covered with leaves.

When they walked out of the woods and into the open space, they found that the entire bamboo house was surrounded by a barrier with a raging fire inside. Daqing and Xiaoqing attacked the barrier again and again, but to no avail.

Seeing Liu Chenxiang coming back, Daqing ran to her, extremely anxious. The giant snake that was taller than the peach tree was at a loss.

Liu Chenxiang was unusually calm, so calm that it was scary.

She fed the buns to Daqing and said, "It's not your fault. Take Xiaoqing back first."

Daqing was reluctant to leave, but there was nothing he could do. He just looked back every few steps and took Xiaoqing into the woods.

This is her fault.

Liu Chenxiang walked to the barrier and reached out to touch it...

She couldn’t get in…

She should have thought that Yin Congyun was seriously injured and his enemies would definitely take advantage of the situation to pursue him, but she still left him alone in the bamboo house...

A man in black suddenly jumped out from outside the bamboo house and stood behind Liu Chenxiang, on alert. He was Yunchuan's secret guard.

"Princess, the master has ordered me to take you back." He seemed to be afraid that Liu Chenxiang would run away, so he kept a close eye on her movements.

Liu Chenxiang: "Have you been here all the time?"

"Yes."

Liu Chenxiang: "Did you set the fire?"

"No!" The princess' tone was so scary...

Liu Chenxiang: "Where are the people inside?"

Secret Guard: "I have never seen anyone come in or out."

After hearing this, Liu Chenxiang completely gave up. She could detect that there was no trace of living things in the bamboo house, and the secret guards had never seen anyone come out...

In silence, a mysterious magic circle emerged under Liu Chenxiang's feet, and spiritual energy overflowed from his body. In just a moment, Liu Chenxiang's appearance changed, becoming more gorgeous but colder than before, seeming more alienated from the human world.

The seal has been broken and the divine power has been restored.

Ten years have passed, and Liu Chenxiang thought that after experiencing such great sorrow, nothing could annoy her anymore, and she had become very Buddhist. But today, she was determined to find the arsonist and cut him into pieces!

Liu Chenxiang just waved his right hand lightly, and a water dragon leaped out of the river, breaking through the barrier and extinguishing the fire, with wisps of black smoke rising.

Liu Chenxiang walked into the ruins at a loss... "Congyun! Yin Congyun!"

Ten years ago, she had also stood under the ruins of the Northern Kingdom, the young princess calling out for her parents and people.

She was too kindhearted and her divine power was not able to exert its full force.

But now, she won't make the same mistake.

The secret guard realized that she seemed to be looking for someone and hurried over to help.

Liu Chenxiang went from being expressionless and calm to being devastated. All the items that carried memories had turned to ashes, and Yin Congyun's body was still missing. Could it be that he had also become...

"Princess! I found this!" The secret guard was holding a wedding dress protected by Yin Congyun's divine power...

Seeing this, Liu Chenxiang couldn't help it. She walked to the secret guard crying, took the wedding dress, and her face became even colder.

The secret guards didn't even dare to breathe. The princess had changed a lot. She was no longer the naive little princess. Especially after the seal was lifted, her voice had also changed, becoming colder and more emotionless.

Liu Chenxiang used his divine power to search for traces of Yin Congyun in the ashes, but extracted a trace of divine power fluctuations from a broken beam.

The secret guard looked at the divine power fluctuations in her hand and said, "Princess, this is the divine power of the Southern Kingdom's royal family."

The Southern Kingdom's royal family is prone to anger. Liu Chenxiang should have thought that Yin Congyun's enemy was not an ordinary person, and this matter was closely related to the Southern Kingdom.

The secret guard regretted speaking out these words. How could he marry into the royal family of the Southern Kingdom when the princess had made enemies with them?

The fire had just broken out when he arrived at the bamboo house. He couldn't enter the barrier, couldn't save anyone, and hadn't even seen the murderer. He was really useless!

Liu Chenxiang stood in the ruins holding her wedding dress, suffocating as if she was at a loss...

Secret Guard: "Princess, let's... go back."

He wanted to take her away from this sad place.

Go back?

Liu Chenxiang thought, go back to marry? Marry the enemy?

“…Let’s go down the mountain.” Everyone in the Southern Kingdom’s royal family will become her target.

Her back as she walked down the mountain holding her wedding dress looked extremely lonely. This mountain that she had always wanted to escape from could not keep her in the end.

In the inn, Yunchuan heard the secret guard say that the princess could be brought back today. He was very happy for a long time and waited obediently in the inn, ready to welcome his sister.

The door was opened, and the secret guard welcomed in a woman, covered in dust and dead leaves, with a lot of dust on her face and hands. But leaving aside other things, she looked exactly like his sister, exactly the same as when she was a child.

"Sister Liu?" Yunchuan leaned forward and asked tentatively.

The thing in Liu Mei's arms looks familiar...

Liu Chenxiang raised her eyes and looked at Yunchuan, with no emotion in her eyes, "Brother, Congyun is gone."

Yunchuan was stunned for a long time. This voice sounded familiar... and this outfit...

"Chenxiang? You are Chenxiang?!!"

Yunchuan could be sure that although the voice and appearance were different, this person was Liu Chenxiang.

He looked at the dark guard in disbelief, and the dark guard then remembered the two good friends on the mountain that Yunchuan had always told him about...

Yunchuan: "What happened to Congyun?"

Secret Guard: "My Lord, the bamboo house has burned down, and the people inside... could not be saved..."

Yunchuan took a step back weakly, not daring to believe this. He had not been up the mountain for a day because of Liu Mei's matter. How could this happen...

Then he remembered something and stepped forward to ask about Liu Chenxiang, "Sister Liu, are you hurt?"

Liu Chenxiang shook her head, then looked up at Yunchuan, "It was someone from the Southern Kingdom's royal family who burned him to death." She stared at Yunchuan, as if questioning, "Do you still want me to go to the marriage?"