The Monkey King

"Great Sage, please take a seat." Yunxiang held her long sleeves and made a "please" gesture.

Although the whole palace has been given a familiar flavor from the past, for some reason, there is an indescribable discomfort in Monkey's heart. To be precise, it is a bit awkward.

Nodding silently, Monkey walked up the steps without saying a word and did not refuse.

"Everyone, please take a seat." Yunxiang nodded friendly towards Xuanzang and others.

Seemingly sensing something, Yunxiang filled a glass of wine herself and presented it to the monkey table through the hands of the maid. She said softly: "This is considered a family banquet. Please don't be too formal, Grand Sage."

The monkey nodded as an answer.

After everyone sat down, Yun Xiang clapped her hands gently, and more than ten maids filed in from outside the hall, presenting various dishes.

The drums and music were playing in unison, and the whole hall suddenly became lively and alive.

At this time, Monkey noticed that not only for himself, but also for Xuanzang and others, the meat and vegetables seemed to have been deliberately matched according to their respective identities.

Lowering his voice, Monkey said: "Isn't this...a bit too much?"

"What does the Great Sage mean?"

"I heard that men are not welcome in the Women's Kingdom. Not only were we welcomed, but we were also treated like guests and entertained. Isn't this a bit..."

Yunxiang covered her lips, smiled faintly, and said: "If it is other men, the daughter country will naturally not welcome them. But you are the Great Sage. Right..."

He glanced at the maid serving beside him. Yunxiang looked at the dancers in the middle of the hall in front and continued: "The Great Sage is kind to his slaves, so naturally it cannot be generalized."

"Huh? How do you say this?"

Picking up the wine glass, Yunxiang whispered: "The Great Sage saved the entire demon clan, and Yunxiang is also a demon. Isn't this considered a favor?"

After saying that, she turned to her courtiers and shouted loudly: "Respect our distant visitors!"

Upon seeing this, the civil and military officials of the Daughter's Kingdom who had not yet figured out the situation at the steps immediately picked up their wine glasses and said, "Welcome to our guests from afar!"

Xuanzang and others also politely picked up their wine glasses.

The monkey also raised the glass in a symbolic gesture to retaliate, but he just lowered his head and took a sip, and said softly: "I know whether I have done merit or demerit to the demon clan."

Hearing this, the smile on Yunxiang's face suddenly disappeared.

Although there are many banquets in the daughter country. liquor. But it is not a common thing. All the courtiers attended this banquet purely out of politeness at the Queen's request. Xuanzang and others are even more so. Naturally, under the high-pitched music, the atmosphere is always low.

The people on the left and right just nodded and smiled politely when their eyes met occasionally.

The monkey had such a gloomy expression from beginning to end, even when watching the specially arranged dance. He also looked absent-minded.

This reminded Yun Xiang of the celebration held in Huaguo Mountain many years ago to welcome the monkey back. In the first half of that celebration, the monkey was also so dull and absent-minded. Until I left midway to watch the fireworks with Yang Chan, after that, my whole person was completely different. No one knows what the Third Holy Mother said to the monkey in the attic.

At that time, Yunxiang could only look at the great sage he had always admired from a distance, and could not even take a step closer. Who would have thought. One day I will be able to sit beside him in a dignified manner.

The positions of the Three Holy Mothers and the Great Sage at the banquet seem to be similar to now, right?

No, it should be closer. At that time, they were sharing a table.

But...this is all in the past, the past.

Taking a deep breath, Yun Xiang calmed down a little and straightened up. He looked at the monkey again.

This banquet was actually not a success at all. Maybe it's because she's too familiar with herself, and the relationship between Monkey and the others is more boring than the last.

The monkey barely touched the dishes on the table, and only took a few polite sips of the wine. Xuanzang's cup was filled with clear water. Canopy sat cross-legged with his knees propped up, his eyes constantly scanning back and forth. As for the black bear spirit and the roller blind, they both looked indifferent.

The music reached its climax, and a red-dressed dancer waved her sleeves in the middle of the hall.

Yun Xiang picked up the wine glass and saluted the monkey again: "The Great Sage said that he knows his merits and demerits, and Yun Xiang cannot comment on it. However, the Great Sage's kindness to Yun Xiang is real. If there were no Huaguo Mountain, Yunxiang may have died a long time ago, and she will not have the chance to learn to read, let alone become the king of this daughter's country. Therefore, Yunxiang must offer this cup to the Great Sage."

The monkey looked as if he had just woken up from a dream. He turned his face and glanced at Yunxiang. He picked up the wine glass and responded symbolically, saying, "When did you arrive at Huaguo Mountain?"

"Yunxiang was born in Nanzhan Buzhou, and arrived at Huaguo Mountain in the twenty-fifth year of the Great Sage's conferment of Bi Ma Wen to Heaven."

"At that time, Yang Chan was taking care of Huaguoshan. You should thank her, not me."

Lowering her head and taking a sip, Yunxiang gently placed the wine glass on the low table: "The Great Sage would like to thank the Three Holy Mothers, who are naturally indispensable... If there is a chance to see the Three Holy Mothers again in this life, Yunxiang should personally thank the Three Holy Mothers."

"There will be a chance, in a few years. In a few years, I will go and get her out."

"Yes." Yunxiang nodded silently.

…

Twenty miles away, on the shore of Mother Lake, which is boundless but as calm as a mirror, a Buddhist temple-like temple covering an area of ​​100 acres stands quietly.

In the middle of the temple is a seven-story tower-like building.

Different from ordinary Buddhist pagodas, the base of this tower-like building is extremely thick and square. The bottom two floors are ten feet wide. On the third floor, it suddenly shrinks to only three feet in size. When it goes up, it no longer shrinks, just like a pillar.

Three women will come from the east and land in front of the temple in a hurry. As soon as he landed, the guarding female soldiers came up to him one by one.

…

Not long after, a female official hurriedly walked into the main hall where the banquet was still being held. She carefully avoided the sight of the officials in the hall and walked to the corner. He secretly waved to the little maid waiting beside the queen.

The little maid calmed down, looked left and right, bowed and took two steps back, quickly turned behind the screen, and soon came to the female official's side.

Yunxiang glanced at the two people who were whispering, intentionally or unintentionally.

Not long after, the maid returned to Yunxiang's side. Taking the opportunity to pour wine. She whispered something to Yunxiang.

Yunxiang's eyes widened slightly, and she looked at the prime minister in green who was sitting on the second seat to her right with a hint of horror.

At this time, the prime minister in green looked at the dance without changing his expression, smiling and applauding from time to time.

The little maid whispered: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the priest is trying to hold them back. It won't be possible for them to enter the mausoleum for a while."

Yunxiang nodded slightly and looked towards the monkey. It happened that their eyes met.

Yunxiang quickly withdrew her gaze. After a moment of hesitation, he whispered: "Yunxiang is in a hurry. I'm afraid I'll have to be with you for a while. Please don't take offense, the Great Sage."

"Don't be afraid, we don't need anyone to accompany you." Monkey picked a melon seed, threw it into his mouth, and smiled at Yunxiang.

Yunxiang quickly responded with a smile. He nodded, stood up, dragged his skirt and left. The maid hurriedly followed him out.

"Where is she going?" Canopy's voice sounded in Monkey's mind.

"have no idea."

"Have you asked her about practicing?"

"Not yet. Let's wait until she comes back and ask."

The prime minister in green raised his wine glass to the monkey from a distance, and the monkey returned the favor from a distance.

…

At this time, Yunxiang had already rushed outside the palace gate with her long whip.

Several female soldiers guarding the palace gate were startled by Her Majesty the Queen's anxious look.

Putting a piece of jade slip into the hand of the maid, Yunxiang whispered: "Remember not to neglect the Great Sage and the others."

After saying that, she turned around and took off into the air, roaring towards the west at an extremely fast speed.

…

In the temple, outside the closed stone door of the high tower. A group of female soldiers were forming a human wall to block several female generals.

"Get out of the way!" The leading female general in red robe had already pressed one hand on the hilt of the sword.

The female soldiers were motionless.

Standing in front of the female soldiers, the priestess in gray robes said softly: "Your Majesty is sleeping, how can we allow others to intrude?"

"My Majesty has told me that if there is any emergency, we can report it immediately."

"How do I know what you want to report? Is it really an emergency?"

"Your Majesty allowed outside men to enter the palace without your Majesty's permission. He broke the rules set by your Majesty. Isn't this an urgent matter?"

"As you just said, the intruders are powerful. Maybe your Majesty is just conceding?"

"Since you also know that the other party is powerful, you should report it to the empress!"

"That's wrong." The priestess raised her head slightly and said, "I think that since Your Majesty did not order to report to the Queen, it means that Your Majesty does not think it is necessary to report to the Queen. Since Your Majesty thinks that we can solve it ourselves, why bother? Are you bothering me and disturbing my sleep?"

"you!"

"It is the rule set by the empress that men are not allowed to enter the territory of my daughter's country. The subjects of my daughter's country have regarded serving the empress as their bounden duty for generations, and this is also the rule set by the empress. If you disturb the empress because of such trivial matters that you can solve by yourself If we are sleeping, wouldn’t it turn into the empress to serve us?”

Hearing this, the red-robed female general became furious and shouted: "What if the empress broke the rules of her country because of her old love outside her country?"

Looking at the furious female general, the priestess said slowly: "Your Majesty, you are the queen appointed by your Majesty. Since your Majesty made this decision, it means that your Majesty your Majesty. Do you want to question your Majesty's decision?"

In the end, it is civil servants versus military generals.

For a moment, the red-robed female general was so pushed that she opened her mouth wide, could not speak, and took a step back.

The two colleagues behind him quickly helped him up.

"What should we do? They don't recognize the Prime Minister's order."

"How about we go back first and discuss it with the Prime Minister."

"No, there's no time. They must have informed His Majesty. If we go back like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to come back again." After a slight pause, the red-robed female general asked in a low voice: "Do you dare to enter the mausoleum with me? ?”

After saying that, the red-robed female general looked at her two colleagues with wide eyes.

After a while, the two men nodded hesitantly.

Almost at the same time, the hands of the three people grasped the hilt of the sword, and the female soldiers and the priestess on the opposite side were suddenly surprised.

This mausoleum is located in the center of the Daughter's Kingdom, at the very center of the Daughter's Kingdom's layers of defense circles. On weekdays, they are the most sacred existence in the hearts of the subjects of the Daughter Kingdom. If the enemy can come here, then it is almost certain that all the defense lines have been broken through, and the daughter country has no soldiers available. It is precisely for this reason that the guards in front of the mausoleum are only symbolic, and more often they actually serve as a guard of honor. If they really want to fight, who are the opponents of these three female generals?

"What are you going to do?" the priestess exclaimed.

The three female generals said nothing, holding the hilts of their swords with their hands and moving forward step by step, forcing the female soldiers to retreat step by step.

"Stop! Are you going to rebel?"

At this moment, there was only a loud "bang" sound, and a figure fell from the sky like a thunderbolt, hitting the two parties in an instant.

Everyone was stunned.

When the smoke and dust dispersed, everyone saw Yun Xiang standing steadily in the center wearing an orange dress. The long whip was coiled around her left hand like a poisonous snake, trembling slightly under the surging spiritual power.

There was deep hostility in a pair of widened almond eyes.

If standing next to the monkey, Yunxiang behaved like a complete little woman, then now, she is a complete queen.

"See Your Majesty!" The priest and the female soldiers all knelt down. The three female generals still stood motionless, looking at Yunxiang, the look of terror on their faces not dissipating. The hand holding the sword hilt was slightly clenched.

"Go back with me immediately, otherwise, you will suffer."

After saying that, Yunxiang swung the war whip in her hand, and there was a loud noise, like a bolt of lightning, directly scraping a deep mark on the hard stone slab next to her and setting off bursts of smoke and dust.

The whole ground trembled slightly.

At this moment, even the priest, who was firmly on the queen's side, was a little dumbfounded.

The kings of the Daughter Kingdom in the past dynasties took serving the Nuwa Empress as their duty. This is the Nuwa Temple. As the king of the daughter kingdom appointed by the Empress Nuwa, Yunxiang, are you going to take action here?

This kind of thing has never happened in the thousands of years since the founding of the Daughter's Kingdom.

Is there any reason to force the majestic King of the Daughter Kingdom to take action with a few of his subordinates here?

Knowing that they were not strong enough, at this moment, the three female generals helplessly glanced at the closed stone door behind Yunxiang and knelt down.

"I will obey your orders!"

Seeing that they had surrendered, Yunxiang breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay, let's go back. Go back with me and forget about this matter."

Having said that, Yunxiang was about to take steps. At this moment, I heard a roar, and behind me, the huge stone door slowly opened... (To be continued ~^~)

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