Oops, the princess is surrounded by the male protagonists

As soon as Bai Yue finished speaking, the room fell silent.

Mo Sijin blinked and spoke with a somewhat blank expression.

"I just turned sixteen this year..."

"We are seventeen."

Su Ling Shuang and Su Ling Bing exchanged a glance and spoke almost simultaneously.

"Great!"

Bai Yue silently thanked God, then spoke solemnly.

"That's the problem. I have a principle—"

She paused, her gaze sweeping over the several young faces in front of her.

"I will never date anyone under the age of eighteen."

"What?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, while Mo Sijin said with a wronged expression.

"Why does it have to be eighteen? My parents got married at sixteen!"

"Because I still have a bottom line. If this were modern times, you little guys would still be protected by the 'Law on the Protection of Minors'!"

After silently cursing to himself, Bai Yue said seriously.

"Anyway, these are the rules I set, so we can discuss the things you just mentioned after you turn eighteen."

After saying that, she looked at Ruoxu, who was standing beside her in shock, coughed, and then said...

"Ruoxu, you're coming with me to take care of some important business. As for the rest of you, stay here and keep an eye on Yang Xuechen!"

After Bai Yue finished speaking, she quickly pulled Ruo Xu out the door, not daring to look at the expressions of the three people behind her. After they had run for about half a cup of tea's time, Ruo Xu hesitated for a moment before speaking softly.

"Your Holiness, I am actually nineteen years old!"

"What do you mean? Are you going to confess your feelings to me too?"

Bai Yue looked at Ruo Xu with a blank expression, but the other party waved his hands repeatedly, his ears turning slightly red.

"No, no, no! We're both women, how could I possibly have those kinds of feelings for you..."

"Yes, Xiaoshuang is a woman just like you, so her expression of affection just now probably didn't mean anything else, right?"

Just as Bai Yue was completely confused, a notification sound from Xiao 1 rang in her mind.

"Congratulations, host, on successfully unlocking the love confessions of three Easter egg characters: Su Ling Shuang (activated), Su Ling Bing (activated), and Mo Si Jin (activated)."

"So Xiaoshuang really does have those kinds of feelings for me? Xiao1, has the bar for this game been lowered again?"

"No, it's because you're a heartthrob, not a heartthrob for every man. Since you're human, of course you can be male or female!"

The system retorted confidently, then gave Bai Yue a look that said, "Are you stupid?"

"A heartthrob? How did I become a heartthrob?"

Bai Yue shook her head blankly, clearly not agreeing with Xiao Yi's statement. Then, as if remembering something, she quickly asked.

"Speaking of which, what exactly is the master that queen bee was talking about? Could it be that you really are from outer space?"

Xiao 1 remained silent in the face of this question. Bai Yue called it three times in a row, but it did not respond.

Bai Yue frowned but didn't press the matter. After all, some things will be known when the time is right.

"Your Holiness, what should we do next?"

Seeing that Bai Yue didn't speak, Ruo Xu could only call out to her, and Bai Yue quickly came to her senses and looked at her to ask.

"Ruoxu, do you know where Xiao Yi is being held?"

"Yes, I've been trying to find out about him these past few days, and I have a rough idea of ​​where he is!"

Seeing that Bai Yue wanted to see Xiao Yi, Ruoxu immediately nodded.

"Let's go see him together."

Ever since learning that Master Yinian's real name was Xiao Yi, Bai Yue had felt an awkwardness that lingered in her heart. Ruoxu immediately led her toward the place they had discovered, and about half an hour later, a mansion surrounded by high walls appeared before them.

"This is it."

Ruo Xu lowered his voice and pointed to the tightly closed vermilion gate.

"I've searched everywhere else, but I haven't checked the Xiao residence where the priests live yet!"

Bai Yue looked at the black-tiled, white-walled building in front of her and couldn't help but ask in confusion.

"The style of this house seems quite different from the bamboo houses of the Wu people."

"Because the Xiao tribe, to which the old priest belonged, were originally 'barbarians' who fled from outside a long time ago! The Queen Bee at that time was kind-hearted and took them in, allowing them to settle in Wudi and intermarry with other tribes."

Ruoxu quickly explained to Baiyue.

"But decades ago, the Xiao family, for some unknown reason, harbored ulterior motives and secretly contacted martial arts forces outside the region, hoping to use external forces to eliminate other tribes and seize power over Wudi. After the plot was exposed, the Yang clan joined forces with other tribes to fight back and almost wiped out the Xiao family, leaving only a very small number of clansmen who did not participate in the rebellion. They were ordered to serve as priests for generations and to serve the Bee Queen."

"Huh? What kind of arrangement is this?"

Bai Yue was completely confused.

"According to you, the Xiao family were traitors who colluded with outsiders to exterminate other tribes. How can you let such people be sacrificed? Isn't that like raising a tiger to cause trouble?"

"Well..."

Just as Ruoxu was about to explain, the sound of a whip cracking and a painful groan came from the courtyard.

"Ruoxu, let's go take a look right away!"

Bai Yue's heart tightened, and she gestured to Ruoxu to take her to the Xiao residence. Ruoxu simply sighed and pulled Bai Yue up the wall of the Xiao residence.

"That's over there!"

Following the sound, the two quietly made their way to the main courtyard. When Bai Yue looked down, she saw the old priest named Xiao Qiyuan, whom she had met a few days ago, kneeling on the ground with a group of elderly people.

Each of them wore only a thin undergarment and held a rough thorny branch in their hand. Without being forced by others, they raised the thorny branch and gritted their teeth as they whipped themselves hard on the back!

"Crack! Crack!"

The sound of flesh being struck heavily was particularly clear and piercing in the quiet night. However, what was even more chilling than this self-torturing whipping was the almost uncontrollable screams of pain that followed.

"Ugh—!"

"Ho...ho..."

Even while enduring the excruciating pain of being whipped, some people still clutched their heads tightly, curling up like shrimp. Their appearance was exactly the same as Elder Miao's, who had suffered a splitting headache earlier, only seemingly even more intense and unbearable.

"They are..."

Bai Yue lowered her voice and asked Ruoxu beside her.

"Holy Maiden, this is the 'curse' that the Bee Queen cast upon their Xiao clan. It is said that at that time, all members of the Xiao clan had to endure this excruciating headache for at least half an hour every day!"

Seeing the miserable state of Xiao Qiyuan and the others, Ruoxu explained with a look of pity.

"And if they don't want this curse to be passed on to their descendants, they must stay in the U tribe and whip themselves every day, using their piety and physical pain to appease the Queen Bee's anger."

"I didn't. I only asked the Ukrainians to contribute a girl as a vessel for incubation... I didn't do anything else..."

Just then, a faint, childish voice rang in Bai Yue's ear.

She was taken aback, then looked at her left shoulder and saw that the Gu worm in the space had somehow ended up lying there.