hotmtlnovel Chapter 106 The King is Captured
Chapter 106 The King is Captured
Xuan Yue heard the sound of the wind whooshing past her ears, and frightened, she closed her eyes tightly. It was a long while before she slowly opened her eyes again and curiously looked around.
Countless white clouds floated by her side. She curiously stretched out her hand to gently touch one, but caught nothing. Looking down, she could clearly see that the ground beneath her feet seemed to have shrunk. At that moment, the fear in her heart vanished, and she began to excitedly take in the view below.
The mountains and rivers that she had once walked through appeared in her eyes from a unique perspective, giving her a different experience.
"We're almost there!" Lu Yu's gentle voice came from beside her, and it was then that Xuan Yue raised her head to look ahead.
A city came into view, a Kingdom of Women which Xuan Yue had never seen before. The majestic city that she remembered seemed somewhat small from up high, and she couldn't help but think, could this be the perspective of an Immortal?
Lu Yu brought the cloud to a stop not far from the Kingdom of Women. When Xuan Yue's feet were back on the solid ground again, the hanging fear in her heart finally fell, and being on solid ground provided her a sense of security.
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Only then did she realize that her hand was still tightly clutching Lu Yu's sleeve. She couldn't help but blush and quickly let go of her hand, not daring to meet Lu Yu's eyes.
However, Lu Yu didn't concern himself with the girl's feelings but walked towards the Kingdom of Women with big strides. After taking a few steps, he realized that Xuan Yue was still standing in place, evidently lost in thought.
"Why aren't you walking?"
Lu Yu's voice awakened Xuan Yue from her daze, and only then did she lift her head to see that he had already walked a distance. She touched her somewhat heated cheeks and hurriedly took a few steps to catch up with Lu Yu.
Together, they headed towards the city. Just as they reached the city gates and saw the three big characters for the Kingdom of Women, they witnessed a troop of cavalry hastily departing from the city and charging westward.
The galloping horses kicked up a storm of dust. Lu Yu was surrounded by a faint light that kept him untouched by the dust, while Xuan Xue, standing beside him, had it worse, her face smudged with dust and unable to stop coughing until it finally subsided after a good while.
"This isn't right, that's my sister's woman army. Why are they in such a hurry?" Xuan Yue watched the fading silhouettes of the cavalry, and the familiar equipment and banners evoked an ominous feeling in her.@@@@
"A Monk?" Xuan Yue was even more astonished.
"Indeed a Monk. They say he is the Holy Monk who is heading to the Great Thunderclap Monastery in the Western Heaven to seek the True Scriptures from Buddha Tathagata. But this Royal Younger Brother, I was fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of him when he entered the city; indeed, he is very handsome, stirring joy in one's heart upon sight," the passerby reminisced about the image of the Tang Monk.
They couldn't help but add, "With such good looks, it's no wonder His Majesty took a liking to him. If it were me, I wouldn't let him leave either. It's just unfortunate that his disciples look quite frightening!"
Xuan Yue, however, felt dizzy with the shocking news. She hadn't expected that in the short time since she left the Kingdom of Women, such an event would have taken place; that the sister she remembered as majestic and aloof would actually consider marriage, and to a monk at that—it was astonishing.
"But why were they taken down? And I saw the guard of the women's army leaving the city in a hurry just now. Has something else happened?"
"Alas! The Monk ran away!" the passerby sighed.
"Originally, that day, His Majesty went to send off his disciples with his fiancé. But then one of the disciples, I don't know what sorcery he used, froze all the guards accompanying them on the spot, and then kidnapped His Majesty and headed west," the passerby recounted.
Upon hearing this, Xuan Yue was even more stunned. A worried expression promptly surfaced in her heart as she wondered, "If the Monk didn't want to marry His Majesty, he could have just run away on his own. Why would he inexplicably kidnap her?"
"You're telling me! Who knows what he was thinking. Could it be that he couldn't bear to part with His Majesty and decided to take her to the Western Heaven too?" the passerby speculated.
Xuan Yue, however, didn't believe it. If his heart was set on seeking the True Scriptures, taking a woman along didn't make sense and would bring him no benefit.
"Who was accompanying them at the time?"
"The Prime Minister was bedridden with illness that day, so only the Co-Prime Minister accompanied them. This is all according to what the Co-Prime Minister said, which is why the women's army quickly mobilized to search for His Majesty," the passerby finished.
Having heard the passerby's account, Xuan Yue already had her suspicions. The matter was undoubtedly related to the Co-Prime Minister, and it was very possible that her sister had not actually been abducted by the Monk from the Eastern Land, but was secretly imprisoned by the Co-Prime Minister.
After thanking the passerby, Xuan Yue proceeded toward the Imperial Palace with a heavy heart. At that moment, her mind was in turmoil, unsure of how to deal with the situation or how to rescue her sister from the hands of the Co-Prime Minister.