Cannon fodder and female supporting role, a match made in heaven

The funeral bells tolled for a long time, and the news of Emperor Dazhao's sudden death reached the people about an hour later, and the Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations came to an abrupt end.

The fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar is also Yu Miaoyi's birthday. They had originally planned to go back and set off fireworks to celebrate her birthday after shopping.

Now that the plan had fallen through, the few people could only hold a simple celebration for her.

Yu Miaoyi returned to her room holding the gifts given by everyone, and suddenly saw an exquisite box placed by the window.

She walked over and opened the box, inside which was a ceramic rabbit, a box of peach blossom cakes and a string of candied haws.

When she was in the palace, there was always an exquisite box by her window after her birthday banquet every year.

The things inside have changed a lot, the only thing that remains unchanged is her favorite ceramic rabbits, rabbits in various shapes.

She had always thought that it was a birthday gift from Lu Jin, but Lu Jin had just handed his own gift to her.

Yu Miaoyi searched around the box but did not see any signed note.

She thought about it for most of the night, but still couldn't figure out who would give her a gift.

The next day, the sun was shining brightly. Yu Miaoyi, with two big dark circles under her eyes, took Shen Zhaozhao to a street stall to eat wontons.

Shen Zhaozhao saw her listless look and asked, "You didn't sleep all night, did you?"

Yu Miaoyi propped up her chin and said vaguely: "Well, I can't figure out one thing."

Shen Zhaozhao put down his chopsticks and listened attentively: "What's wrong?"

Yu Miaoyi told her about the gift.

After listening to her, Shen Zhaozhao understood everything and nodded, "It's King Xuan."

When Yu Miaoyi heard this, her first reaction was shock and disbelief: "You said Xiao Shengan, this is impossible. Besides, why does he give me gifts every year without telling me directly?"

Shen Zhaozhao wanted to knock her on the head: "Why else could a boy secretly give a girl gifts every year?"

Of course I like her, but no, I should say I have a crush on her.

Yu Miaoyi recalled some past events. When they were young, she, Lu Jin and Xiao Shengan were very good playmates.

In the past, Lu Jin always liked to bully her. Whenever this happened, Xiao Shengan would beat Lu Jin up severely, then comfort her and take her to eat delicious candied haws.

Xiao Shengan has a gentle personality and is kind to her, and he looks like a beautiful porcelain doll.

She has liked beautiful things since she was a child, so she was closer to Xiao Shengan at that time.

After growing up, Xiao Sheng'an became a prince and gradually distanced himself from them, and his feelings for them gradually faded.

At first, she wanted to ask Lu Jin to take the initiative to find Xiao Shengan to reconnect with them, but Lu Jin said that Xiao Shengan had changed and they were not the same kind of people, so she was unwilling to go.

Later, she got engaged to Lu Jin, and the two families held a banquet in a restaurant.

She arrived late and went to the wrong place, and then saw Xiao Sheng'an drinking and having fun with several notorious playboys from Jian'an, each of them hugging several beautiful women in cool clothes.

When a few playboys saw her, they came up to tease her, but he just watched indifferently from the side, without any intention of helping.

She felt really bad at that time and couldn't understand why he became like this.

Later, she heard more and more about his romantic affairs. She hated such men, and Lu Jin did not allow her to go to Xiao Shengan alone.

She and Xiao Sheng'an met very rarely, and when they met in the palace, their friendship was no more than a polite exchange of greetings.

How could Xiao Shengan like her?

Seeing that Yu Miaoyi still couldn't figure it out, Shen Zhaozhao waved at her, and the two of them leaned over and whispered.

"I thought about it carefully, and that's what I thought."

"How to say?"

Shen Zhaozhao analyzed it and said, "Think about it, the things were placed on your windowsill like in previous years, so it must have been sent by the same person. Besides us, the only person who knows that you are in the Marquis' Mansion is King Xuan."

She pinched her chin and said with a smile: "King Xuan has always had a crush on you!"

Yu Miaoyi shrugged her shoulders and said, "Don't talk nonsense. People like him fall in love with every girl they meet."

Shen Zhaozhao shrugged: "Sometimes what you see may not be the truth. Don't be too rigid in your impression of a person."

From the first time she met King Xuan, his eyes, full of inquiry and scrutiny, might have already noticed that they were monks.

How could such a secretive person be a playboy with no scheming in his heart?

At this time, two men, one fat and one thin, came to the table next to them with wontons in their hands, and talked about some recent events while eating.

The two of them saw that there were only two girls at the next table, so they had no taboos in chatting.

The fatter and more rugged man among them said, "Have you seen the notice? The new emperor will hold a coronation ceremony in three days."

The other person quickly swallowed the wonton in his mouth: "Ah? I don't know, who is the new emperor?"

"Who will be the emperor? You can guess it with your toes. Now the only one with royal blood is King Xuan."

The thin man whispered, "But I heard that King Xuan spends his days with women and gets scared to death when fighting a war. If such a person becomes the emperor, how can we still have a good life?"

The man sneered, "No matter who is the emperor, we ordinary people can't live like this. Besides, is there any emperor more incompetent than the previous one? The notice says that the new emperor will grant amnesty to the whole country, exempt corvée and taxes, and give 100 taels of gold to each family that built the imperial mausoleum before."

The thin man put down his chopsticks and said mysteriously, "Actually, I also heard about something. One of my cousins ​​went to the immortal sect to become an outer sect disciple. He came back to visit his family yesterday and said that the immortal world might not be peaceful recently."

Is the world of immortal cultivation not peaceful?

Shen Zhaozhao pricked up his ears to listen to their conversation.

The man continued, "Some time ago, Jingming Dao and Bidong Sect got into trouble with the demons, and many disciples were killed or injured. The leaders of Jingming Dao and Bidong Sect have already sought help from Qingwei Sect. Many disciples from other sects went down the mountain and mysteriously disappeared in Jian'an. Xianmen suspected that it was the work of the demons, and they also wanted to join forces to eradicate the demons."

Shen Zhaozhao's pupils suddenly shrank and his heart skipped a beat.

Those disappeared disciples...

Although the bodies of those disciples had been turned into dust and it was impossible to find out who killed them, the people just disappeared out of thin air. How could the Immortal Sect let this go?

She and Chu Yu got into trouble.

The man didn't believe it: "My ancestors have been fighting with the immortals and demons for many times. How can it be so easy to start a war? Besides, this matter has nothing to do with the Qingwei Sect. How could they help?"

The thin man looked very proud: "You don't know this, right? The leader of Qingwei Sect hates the demons very much and has been eager to get rid of them as soon as possible. Now that all the sects have agreed to join forces, this battle must be fought."

After saying that, he became a little worried: "I hope that it won't affect ordinary people like us. We don't have as much power as they do."

Shen Zhaozhao no longer had the heart to listen and pulled Yu Miaoyi to go back.

On the way, Yu Miaoyi saw Shen Zhaozhao looking worried, and thinking of what the two said, she couldn't help but worry: "The immortals and demons are going to fight, are you going to the battlefield too?"

Shen Zhaozhao pursed his lips, feeling uneasy all over his body: "If a war breaks out, all the disciples who have gone down the mountain to train will have to go back."

She glanced at the gray sky, just like her mood at the moment.

Heaven has changed.

From the moment she was reborn, the entire trajectory of time changed.

The battle between immortals and demons was supposed to take place six years later, but it might happen earlier.