Chapter 723 Nineteenth Opening

In the second half of the night.

The heavy snow gradually subsided, but the weather became colder and colder.

"Your Highness, do you want some more firewood?" Outside the entrance of Changle Palace, a man with the appearance of a eunuch stood at the entrance and said softly through the crack in the door.

Fang Ziyu, who was sitting in the hall and looking down at the books in her hands, raised her head. In front of her desk was a large number of books, almost piled up into a small hill, covering her body.

Fang Ziyu, who heard the voice outside the room, thought for a moment and then nodded, "Alright."

"Yes." When the eunuch outside heard this, he nodded and gently pushed open a crack in the hall door. Then, he squeezed his body into the hall door and hurriedly closed it. It was as if he was afraid that if his movements were bigger, the wind and snow outside the house would blow into the hall and disturb Fang Ziyu.

However, he was still cautious when he arrived at the palace gate. He gently placed the firewood into the braziyu's braziyu not far away. Finally, he carefully adjusted the braziyu's position to make sure that the green smoke wouldn't affect Fang Ziyu. Only then did he arch his body towards Fang Ziyu and prepare to retreat.

"Wait." However, before he could step out, Fang Ziyu's voice rang out.

The eunuch's body paused for a moment, and he quickly stopped walking. He stood still and lowered his head, saying, "What else does Your Highness have to say?"

However, Fang Ziyu stood up at that time. Then, she walked over to the man and her gaze fell on him. For some reason, Fang Ziyu's gaze was cold, but he did not speak. This silence was more like a torment to the eunuch. He was somewhat uneasy, and his lowered head was filled with panic as his eyes wandered everywhere.

Fang Ziyu's gaze suddenly paused. "Something's wrong," she said.

When he said this, the eunuch was instantly shocked, and his body almost collapsed to the ground. However, he managed to keep his body from collapsing with just one breath. Then he whispered, "Is there something wrong?"

The eunuch was not old enough, and his mind was clearly not firm enough. As he said those words, his forehead was covered in dense sweat. From time to time, he looked at Fang Ziyu with a sidelong gaze, as if wanting to see some clues from her face. However, Fang Ziyu's expression was extremely solemn. The little eunuch could not read much, but his heart became even more nervous, so much so that his standing body began to tremble slightly.

Just as he was almost unable to control himself and was about to be swallowed up by the fear in his heart, Fang Ziyu suddenly turned his head to look to the side and asked with a frown, "Why does this wood smell so fragrant?"

The eunuch heaved a sigh of relief as if he had been granted an amnesty. He quickly explained, "This wood is His Majesty's favorite dyed wood. It is made from the best wood core of the tree. It is made with various spices. It will only be taken out after a full month. In this way, not only will there be no smoke, there will be a faint fragrance."

"Is that so?" Fang Ziyu nodded and muttered, "This Chen Xuanji is quite capable of enjoying himself."

Fang Ziyu was probably the only one in the entire Chen Kingdom who dared to address Chen Xuanji by his name. The eunuch naturally did not dare to refute him. He hurriedly lowered his body and said, "If the Empress has nothing else to do, the little one will retire now."

After saying this, the eunuch was about to quickly retreat.

Fang Ziyu nodded and was about to answer when the corner of her eyes caught a glimpse of the eunuch. She frowned again and asked in a puzzled voice, "Huh?"

"Why do I remember that you seem to be Chen Xuanji's eunuch?"

The little eunuch's heart tightened and his expression became panicked. In order to prevent Fang Ziyu from seeing the flaws, he could only lower his head a little deeper. He said, "Go back to the Empress, His Majesty is afraid that those servants will not take good care of him, so he sent the little one to watch."

"Hmph." Fang Ziyu snorted coldly, "Do you want to look at them or at me?"

"Your Highness is joking. How dare this little one have that courage? Naturally, he is looking at those servants." The little eunuch hurriedly replied, and the sweat that had dissipated from his forehead once again appeared.

Of course, Fang Ziyu could see the eunuch's panic, but she did not doubt him. She only thought that she had seen through Chen Xuanji's little thoughts, so she did not want to embarrass him. She said at that time, "Where is Chen Xuanji? I want to see him!"

Speaking of which, Chen Xuanji had disappeared from sight ever since he had sent her this pile of small mountain-like books that day. Now that Fang Ziyu's books were almost finished, she just happened to want to see him and find out what this guy was up to.

But who would have thought that the little eunuch would kneel on the ground and say, "Your Highness, don't make things difficult for me. If there's anything wrong with this little eunuch, Your Highness will admit that she wants to punish this servant. Don't poke her into His Majesty's place."

Fang Ziyu was stunned. Only then did she realize that the eunuch had misunderstood her intentions. She thought that she was going to go to Chen Xuanji to complain about him. She couldn't help but laugh. She shook her head and said, "I'm not going to complain. I saw that he has other matters to attend to."

The eunuch still knelt on the ground. "It's so late, Your Majesty has already gone to bed. Why don't you talk about it tomorrow? I don't dare to disturb Your Majesty so much."

Hearing this, Fang Ziyu felt that it made sense, but he also felt that the little eunuch's behavior was somewhat strange. However, it was hard for her to guess what was going on. Adding on her innocence, she could not bear to make the eunuch feel embarrassed. After thinking for a while, she decided to do it. After all, although she had been flipping through the book day and night, she was still lacking today. She might as well wait until after today to memorize all the contents of the book before looking for him. She also made up her mind that if Chen Xuanji wanted to deny it and refuse to let her go, she would definitely turn the Changle Palace upside down.

Thinking of this, she waved her hand and told the eunuch to leave.

When the eunuch saw this, he let out a long sigh of relief. He fled and left the hall. Then, he looked at the heavy snowfall outside the hall. His chest heaved violently, and it took a long time for him to calm down. With lingering fear, he took out a letter from his bosom that was sealed with the Emperor's Seal. He thought of His Majesty's instructions and put the letter back into his bosom.

…

When Xu Han returned to the flat top of Great Abyss Mountain, the flat top of Great Abyss Mountain was already in chaos.

The army of the Dark Asura Palace had already surrounded the Great Abyss Mountain to the point of being completely blocked. With Dark Asura Palace's usual style of handling things, they would definitely bring their army to the mountain tomorrow. However, at this critical juncture, Xu Han had disappeared. Everyone immediately felt as if they had lost their backbone and were restless. So much so that after searching the green forest on the top of the mountain, they couldn't find Xu Han, so they sat on the flat roof and didn't sleep until late at night.

Of course, they believed that Xu Han would not leave without saying goodbye, much less escape. He must have something important to do when he left, but without Xu Han discussing countermeasures with them, it would be difficult for him to fall asleep peacefully.

It was precisely because of this that when Xu Han appeared in front of them, everyone present, apart from Guang Lingui and Liu Dingdang, who was sleeping in the straw shed, stood up one after another, and their gazes fell on Xu Han.

Xu Han didn't seem to have expected his return to cause such a huge commotion. He was slightly stunned and then smiled, "Are you all waiting for me?"

"Xiao Han! You're finally back! I fucking thought you ran away without me, someone from Chu!" Everyone didn't know how to respond to these words. Only Chu Chouli walked forward carelessly, patted Xu Han's shoulder, and shouted loudly.

This seemingly anachronistic joke caused the solemn expressions of everyone on the stage to reveal smiles. All of a sudden, they began to laugh. The tension that lingered on the flat roof seemed to have dissipated quite a bit.

"I've made everyone worried. I'm just going to take care of some small matters." Xu Han took a deep look at Chu Chouli. The light in his eyes was complicated, as if he was reluctant to part with Chu Chouli, as if he was struggling. However, this expression was quickly suppressed by him. He returned to his normal state and smiled as he looked at the crowd, saying this.

The army of the Dark Asura Palace was at the foot of the mountain. Apart from the green forest at the top of the Great Abyss Mountain, there was no living thing left. Where could Xu Han go to take care of anything? Obviously, he was hiding something from the others, and apart from Xiao Nineteen and Su Mu'an, the rest of them were well aware of this. However, they also firmly believed that Xu Han would not do anything harmful to them. Thus, without Xu Han saying anything, none of the people present asked.

"It's good to be back. Shall we discuss how to deal with the army of Dark Asura Palace tomorrow?" Meng Liang stepped out and asked Xu Han.

"Yes!" However, before Xu Han could reply, Chu Chouli shouted, "Xuan'er and Fei Lian said they wanted help from the demons. They've been gone for quite some time now. The army of the Dark Asura Palace has already arrived. They're lucky they haven't heard anything. You have to make a decision about how we should fight the Dark Asura Palace, Xiao Han!"

Although Chu Chouli's words were somewhat unpleasant to hear, they also touched the hearts of everyone. At this time, it seemed that only Xu Han could think of a way to bring back the dead. Of course, everyone also understood that Xu Han was not able to solve this situation. It was just that people would inevitably have some luck at this time.

Xu Han sensed the hopeful gazes of the crowd. He smiled again. Then, his gaze swept across the crowd. A certain emotion surged between his eyebrows when he looked at Chu Chouli. However, because he focused more on what Xu Han was about to say, no one noticed the change in expression in Xu Han's eyes in that instant.

Xu Han paused for a moment, not knowing whether he was intentionally or unintentionally. "I am extremely grateful that everyone is willing to come here to help. As for the method you all want …" Then, his body suddenly took a step to the side. Only then did everyone realize that behind him stood a figure wrapped in a black robe.

Chu Chouli, who was standing beside Xu Han, was shocked by the figure hiding behind Xu Han. After a while, he finally regained his senses. Then, he pointed at the tall figure and stammered, "This … this is?"

Xu Han did not respond. He only focused his gaze on the figure. Seeing this, the crowd also came to their senses and cast their gazes at that person.

The black shadow did not have the mood to appease everyone, so he slowly took off his hood at that time.

…

Black clothes, white hair, handsome as a picture, peerless genius, young emperor.

These were probably all words that could describe Chen Xuanji.

Of course, these senses weren't very profound to most of the people present, and what they remembered the most was that he had used Meng Liang and the lives of the others as a threat to force Fang Ziyu to marry him. It was also because of this that everyone present clearly did not like this man very much in their hearts. But even so, when he appeared in front of the crowd, the crowd couldn't help but be stunned, their faces filled with astonishment.

Chu Chouli regained his senses after a long while. He pointed at the handsome Chen Xuanji and bluntly asked, "What is he doing here?"

Before Xu Han could respond, Chen Xuanji himself stepped forward. He smiled and glanced at Chu Chouli. Then, he said, "Naturally, I came to help."

"Help?" Chu Chouli coldly snorted in disdain, "If you don't come to disturb me, I, someone Chu, will be thankful to heaven. Do you still expect your help?"

These words echoed the hearts of everyone present, but they did not stop on Chen Xuanji's body for too long. Instead, they looked at Meng Liang one after another after another. Meng Liang liked Fang Ziyu. To everyone, this was no secret. Chen Xuanji snatched Fang Ziyu away with such a despicable method. No matter which angle he thought about it, everyone would unconsciously stand on Meng Liang's side.

Surprisingly, Meng Liang, who was supposed to be the angriest person among the crowd, had a calm expression. He even walked over to Chen Xuanji and calmly asked, "Have you arranged for Ziyu?"

Hearing this, Chen Xuanji turned to look at Meng Liang and immediately nodded, "I've already prepared it. You can rest assured."

Everyone was confused, and they couldn't understand what the two were talking about.

"That's good. In this way, you and I will be able to take a risk in tomorrow's battle." However, Meng Liang clearly did not have the mood to explain it to the crowd. Instead, he nodded his head again, as if he was grateful to Chen Xuanji.

"Tomorrow?" The smile on Chen Xuanji's face became even more intense. As he said this, a strange expression appeared in his eyes.

Meng Liang was stunned. The expression on his face changed, as if he had sensed something at that time. In order to support this idea, he cast his gaze towards Xu Han, who was nearby. Xu Han also seemed to feel something.

He turned to look behind him. Beneath the flat roof, birds and beasts suddenly flew out from the dense green forest. The forest trembled faintly, and thick footsteps, from light to heavy, from extremely close to far, were rushing towards him at an astonishingly fast speed.

Chen Xuanji turned to look into the depths of the forest and said.

"You want to wait until tomorrow, but some people can't wait anymore…"

Xu Han remained silent as he stared in the direction of the voice with a deep brow.

He knew that the opening of the nineteenth war had finally arrived, but the difference was that this time it seemed to have arrived earlier than usual.

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