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Occasionally, he would hug the little fox and say to himself, "Little fox, tell me, if Big Brother Xiao Qi isn't a monk, how great would that be?"

At this moment, the little fox in her embrace was not Li Qianqiu, but Jun Wu Yi.

He had secretly transformed into the little fox. Hearing this, the sharp ears of the fox immediately pricked up.

Her small, fleshy claws clutched at Ruo Lan's soft chest, and she wanted to ask, Why?

Ruo Lan sighed, looked ahead, and said dejectedly, "Brother Xiao Qi, if you don't want to be a monk, then he can marry me, right?"

The little fox raised its head in a daze as it looked up at the woman's perfect profile. Blood almost flowed out from its nose.

"Ever since Brother Xiao Qi saved me that time with the Buddhist magic, I felt that he changed a lot. It's so strange …" "But I don't know why, but I still like what he's doing …"

As she spoke, the little girl's face suddenly blushed.

She tugged on the fox's tail and answered her own question, "Little fox, I don't want to marry anyone else at all. Even when I sleep at night, I dream of Big Brother Little Seven. What do you think we should do? "He is a monk …"

She didn't notice that within her bosom, the little fox's deep and bright eyes had sunk.

In the blink of an eye, it had regained its former splendor.

Ruo Lan, tell me, what you like is that monk who saved you, right?

That's me, I'm Jun Wu You, I'm not your Xiao Qi gege, I'm not a monk.

If I appeared before you, would you recognize me?

Will you marry me?

The little fox organized its thoughts. Too many things had happened in the past few days, including the internal strife of the demons, the turmoil in the God Realm, and the disputes around Ruo Lan …

He needed to think carefully about how he could resolve all the matters according to his own thoughts.

However, the heavens didn't give him the chance to do so.

Rowland only wanted to live peacefully in the Thousand Buddha Village. She had never thought that she would marry into the Imperial Palace, nor did she ever think that she would have anything to do with the high and mighty Emperor Jiu Wu.

However, on this day, she was sitting at home with her father as they dried the herbs they had gathered.

With a bang, the wooden door was kicked open by two burly men.

At this moment, a group of tall and strong men rushed into Ruo Lan's home.

Following closely was a group of neighbors who loved to watch the show.

Papa Hua was scared silly. He immediately stood up and saluted the townsman respectfully.

However, the townsman blew his nose and glared at him. Without even looking at him, he threw him off and walked over to Ruo Lan.

"Stop right there!"

Ruo Lan let out a loud shout, and in an instant, her killing intent surged. The entire area was filled with a deathly aura.

The powerful aura suddenly made the townsman not dare to take another step forward.

Ruo Lan walked up to her father and supported him. She asked, "Father, are you alright?"

The current her was no longer the powerless Hua Rulan. Although she did not know where that strange power had come from, she was secretly grateful. This power allowed her to protect her loved ones.

And she would never allow anyone to bully her father.

Father Flower waved his hands and panted, "Dad is fine. This is the village head, and he is in charge of the town's affairs. Don't be rude, quickly invite the village head in."

Since father has spoken, Ruo Lan could no longer treat him coldly. She snorted and said, "Come in."

The village head stopped his chest and swaggered in. His appearance was as smug as it could get.

The burly man behind him also charged in.

Around them, some of the townspeople were muttering, "Master Guo has just died, and the townspeople are here again. Even their subordinates are using chicken feathers as tokens, they're nothing special."

The blind date beside her quickly made a gesture and stopped her in a low voice, "Don't say anymore. We'll be done if you're heard by the village officials."

Upon entering the inner hall, father Hua helplessly asked, "Lord Village Chief, do you have some business with this commoner?"

"You have to kneel when you speak to an adult, do you not know?"

As he spoke, the big man stepped forward and was about to press father Hua to the ground.

Ruo Lan raised her eyebrows and snorted coldly.

She did not speak, but the power she radiated caused the big man's shoulders to suddenly shrink back. His body trembled as he fell back.

Weird, this is only a sixteen year old little girl, why is her eyes so terrifying.

The village chief had originally planned to take advantage of Ruo Lan's power, but after seeing Ruo Lan's appearance, he had to restrain his thoughts. He could only take out the official text from his sleeves and read: "According to the heaven's will, the Emperor's edict arrives after three years. The Thousand Buddha Village's Hua Ruo Lan follows the decree to enter the palace to select the beautiful maiden."

He threw down the imperial edict, and said with a squint: "Kneel down and receive the edict to express your gratitude? Don't tell me you want to disobey the decree? "

This imperial edict was genuine. It was sent from the palace every year, but the name of the woman in the selection was blank. It was filled up by the village.

Upon hearing these words, Mr. Hua's face instantly turned pale as he frantically kneeled down and hurriedly shouted: "Thank you for your grace."

When Ruo Lan saw her father kneeling down, she had no choice but to kneel down as well.

But in his heart, he was thinking, entering the palace to choose a consort?

Firstly, I am not a beauty, and secondly, I have no family background. If the Emperor were to choose an imperial concubine, why would he choose me?

If I leave, what will father do?

Besides, he didn't even know what the emperor looked like. The emperors in the script all had heads full of white hair that were so old they could faint a ruler. Why did he marry them?

After thanking him, he respectfully placed the imperial edict on the roof of the main hall. Flowfather's face was filled with worry, but he suffered greatly.

Those neighbors also had faces full of indignation.

These simple villagers had lived in the Thousand Blessings Village for generations. They had never been outside of the village, and the farthest they had ever been was in the town next door.

Even though she had married into the imperial palace and had endless delicacies and wealth, she had been separated from her family from then on and could not meet them even if she died. Where did she get her happiness from?

People, all you want is for your family to be safe and happy, that's enough.

Immediately, whispers of discussion arose again.

This bunch of people, they really don't know what's good for them!

However, looking at the killing intent on Ruo Lan's face, he actually started to fear for no reason. He didn't dare say any harsh words, and instead smiled as he comforted her: "Choosing an imperial concubine is a good thing, it's a blessing cultivated by your Hua family's ancestors! Think about it! "Once favoured, she would become a concubine and the house would be filled with gold and silver. Miss Ruo Lan, your father and you will be able to enjoy a happy life together."

Without waiting for Ruo Lan to think, he gave a look to his underlings.

Those tall and strong men were originally prepared, but if Hua Ruo Lan resisted, they would directly tie her up and take her away.

But now, when they saw Ruo Lan's ice-cold gaze and her murderous aura, none of them dared to step forward.

Ruo Lan stared coldly at the countryside and said sternly, "Who cares about what Emperor's orders? Even if the Emperor himself were to order it, this lady will not marry him!" I am not leaving today, let's see who dares to touch me! "

The village head had a troubled expression on his face. He had never thought that a little girl would be so hard to deal with.

It looked like Master Guo's words hadn't been a lie. This girl was indeed shrouded in demonic qi.

If the hard one didn't work, then the soft one did.

The village head's shifty eyes rolled up as he rubbed his hands and chuckled, "Miss Flower, this is His Majesty's decree. This official was only following his orders, I hope Miss Flower doesn't make things difficult for me!"

"Humph!" I'm making things difficult for you, so what? What can you do to me? "

At this moment, how could she be as delicate as a sixteen-year-old girl?

The village chief wasn't stupid. He stroked his goatee and laughed, "I can't do anything to you, but Miss Hua, you have to think this through. If you disobey the decree, you will be executed for a heinous crime."

"Ah — this …" "What should we do …"

Some of the neighbors who were watching the show exclaimed in surprise.

In this Thousand Blessings Village, almost half of the villagers were named Hua and all of the ancestors had some relatives. Within nine generations, they were all considered to be part of the family. If that happened, wouldn't half of the Thousand Blessings Village be destroyed?

Hearing what she said, Ruo Lan's black eyes flashed with killing intent.

The village head could clearly see that killing intent and could not help but shudder.

However, there was only one slot for each year's selection. He'd filled Ruo Lan in this year's slots, and things had already gotten to this point. If he didn't deliver her up, not only would he lose his position, he'd also lose his life.

Of course the weaker ones would be the ones to weigh them.

He then said with a smile: "The flower girl is young and insensible, so this official will not blame her. Father Flower, think about it, as a daughter, even if you have the ability to see the light of day, how far can you go? Once the imperial edict was rejected, the emperor would send his troops down and exterminate the entire family. At that time, the entire Thousand Buddha Village will be covered in blood and corpses. You all will be the sinner of the ages! "

These words caused his father to break out in a cold sweat.

He only had such a daughter. Back then, he had truly loved Ruo Lan's mother to the bones.

However, he was just a normal person after all. He couldn't keep any fairies around.

Back then, if Lan's mother had left, he wouldn't have been able to hold her. But now, her daughter was also going to leave him and marry into that man-eating palace?

He was naturally unwilling. If possible, father Hua was even willing to use his own life to exchange for Ruo Lan's happiness.

However, if Ruo Lan disobeys the decree, then the entire family will have to bear the crime of disobeying the decree. The villagers in half the village will die along with it, but father Hua can't bear to do so.

Hesitation, wandering, suffering.

Human nature was after all selfish.

Upon hearing the village leader's words, those neighbors who originally sympathized with Rulan immediately turned around.

All of a sudden, he urged father Hua, "Being an imperial concubine is a good thing too. It's a good thing that the gates to light up one's ancestors are shining!"

"That's right. Besides, the palace isn't worried about food and clothing. Dressed in gold and silver, it's not as comfortable as our poor mountain valley, where people live with their backs towards the sky and the earth."

"Father Flower, just agree …"

Ruo Lan stared coldly at these neighbors. She naturally knew what their intentions were.

Under her cold gaze, all of the neighbors lowered their heads in shame.

In the crowd, Aunt Pang suddenly said loudly, "All of you touch your hearts. Think about it, if you were your own daughters, would you be willing to send them to the palace?"

Rowland's heart warmed, and he threw a grateful glance at Fat Aunt.

When his gaze landed on the small stone beside his fat aunt, he hesitated.

Was he really going to implicate the entire village because of his selfishness?

When the time came, she would have the ability to protect herself and perhaps her father. Where's Little Rock?

What about these neighbors?

Even though they were selfish, they just wanted to live.

"Aunt Pang, no one wants Ruo Lan to enter the palace, but you said that if she doesn't enter the palace, we'll be in trouble. If you change your daughter, even if you're unwilling, you still have to give her up!"

Another woman in the crowd spoke up.

Ruo Lan coldly glanced at the woman and slowly spoke.

"Alright. I will enter the palace! "

The village man stroked his goatee, a proud smile flashing across his crafty eyes.