CHAPTER 1155: 1233: TWO MAJOR EVENTS

Plans can’t keep up with changes.

When the couple set off, two pieces of news spread wildly among the people. One was about Yun Ge and the Eighty Thousand Souls.

Miao Qing, the Gu Girl from Dajin, openly confronted the Imperial Court, with the cause of the incident being a complete mistake. Even Miao Qing herself was baffled, unable to wrap her head around it.

Miao Qing wanted to slaughter the Eighty Thousand Souls over a chicken, but because Dong Huiying found out, she secretly tipped off Yun Ge and the others. Miao Qing, unfamiliar with the terrain, took several wrong turns. By the time she arrived at the valley where the Eighty Thousand Souls lived, based on the information Charles gave her, it was already deserted, leaving her with nothing.

Disappointed by the empty valley, Miao Qing was vexed, and the clues about the Eighty Thousand Souls were thus severed. Just as she was feeling despondent, the Eighth Princess extended an olive branch, sending people to persuade Miao Qing.

The Eighth Princess valued Miao Qing’s Gu Art, and amid the strenuous battles at the border and The Outside, fires raged everywhere, with many soldiers and civilians dying. With the lands of Dayuan being steadily invaded by enemy forces, the Eighth Princess could no longer sit idly and sought Miao Qing’s help.

But Miao Qing was quite quirky, with little interest in Royal Family affairs, let alone being from Dajin. Even though her concept of the nation was vague, she had made some agreements with the Eighth Princess due to certain matters in the past. However, these agreements expired after the Ninth Princess fell from power.

Convincing Miao Qing was already challenging, not to mention the unreliable envoy the Eighth Princess sent.

The Imperial Court minister was a close associate of the Eighth Princess, bearing the imperial decree. Among the party was a blonde-haired, blue-eyed woman. This Fanbang woman’s identity seemed prestigious, and it was rumored that even in the Capital, the Eighth Princess treated her with utmost respect.

Coincidentally, claiming boredom, this Fanbang woman accompanied the minister.

Neither the Eighth Princess nor the trusted minister knew that this Fanbang woman harbored ulterior motives.

The group found Miao Qing, and the minister, representing the Eighth Princess, made various promises to Miao Qing. She initially had a nonchalant attitude, but things went wrong because of the Fanbang woman.

It turned out this Fanbang woman had past dealings with Charles and believed the rumors from Jiangnan, convinced that Miao Qing had killed Charles. Arrogantly, she dispatched her guards to capture Miao Qing alive, which stirred up a mess.

Feeling irritable, Miao Qing exterminated these people, including the trusted ministers from the Imperial Court, leaving only the Fanbang woman, who narrowly escaped.

After this, the Imperial Court was furious, and the Eighth Princess’s anger grew, thinking Miao Qing was truly ungrateful. Having suffered such a loss at Miao Qing’s hands, the Fanbang woman became even more furious. Soon, a troop crossed the Dayuan border under her orders, scouring for Miao Qing everywhere.

This gave Miao Qing a headache, as she realized the Fanbang people were well-prepared, clad in armor that was quite peculiar, covering them completely from head to toe, even hiding their faces and necks.

The Gu Art she used required skin contact to be effective, but now against them, it felt like iron lumps, causing her considerable trouble.

For a while, she wasn’t in a hurry to track the Eighty Thousand Souls, as she was already overwhelmed.

And the second piece of news was that after the New Year, Dong Huiying and her group had entered the border of the Pingchang and Qingfeng counties...