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nWhen Long Xiaoyuan got stiffened, Lady Shan already stood before him and kowtowed.

n“Your Majesty, greetings. May you live long and prosper.”

nHe said lightly with a nod, “Stand up.”

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nShe then stood up. Since she got poisoned, she had behaved well and rested in her palace for such a long time.

n“Your Majesty, this is the first time I’ve seen the little prince. What an adorable baby…” acclaimed she with her bright eyes fixated on the little prince.

nHe said while looking at the baby in his arms, “Yeah.”

nShe took two steps forward and continued, “It’s a nice day and it’s a good thing that the little prince gets some sunshine. He looks lively…”

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nHer tone was very soft and kept talking about the little prince.

nHence, his rejection of her was reduced much.

nSeeing this, Lady Shan felt happy and found more topics, enabling Long Xiaoyuan occasionally to talk to her.

nAs young as the little prince was, he would feel tired and dazzled if he stayed outside too long.

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nNow, the little prince turned drowsy.

nShe directly said goodbye to Long Xiaoyuan and didn’t say anything to bother him.

nSubsequently, Long Xiaoyuan returned the Qiankun Palace with the little prince.

nOver a dozen of days since then, Long Xiaoyuan occasionally encountered Lady Shan when going to the Imperial Garden with the little prince.

nHe didn’t mind talking to her if she didn’t want to develop a relationship with him.

nHaving roughly understood this, she always talked about the little prince.

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nAs time went, he didn’t find her so loathing.

nThis day, he wanted to go out of the palace.

nThe good news was still sent back from the battlefront.

nDuring the two battles lately, the Northern Barbarians didn’t get a victory and even suffered heavy causalities.

nHowever, what Long Xiaoyuan didn’t know was that Shi Qingzhou received intelligence of him.

nIn his tent, Shi Qingzhou was thinking about the next strategy while looking at the sand table.

nThen, the intelligence sent by Ying Qiu arrived. When Shi Qingzhou left the palace, Ying Qiu, the deputy leader of Shadow Guardians, naturally stayed at the imperial palace.

nShi Qingzhou only asked Ying Qiu to deliver the information.

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nUnexpectedly, problems popped up.

nShi Qingzhou originally wanted to know what Long Xiaoyuan would do upon his departure. Would Long Xiaoyuan get angry or miss him?

nThus, Shi Qingzhou asked Ying Qiu to pass messages along.

nHe was quite cool-headed on the battlefields over these days.

nBut late at night, he sometimes felt lonely.

nDuring the months when he was together with Long Xiaoyuan, they ate and slept together. How could he not fall for Long Xiaoyuan?!! After all, he wasn’t a cold-blooded person.

nIn addition, on this birthday, they confessed their love to each other and already made a vow to each other that they would stay together forever until death did them apart.

nHe trusted and also missed Long Xiaoyuan.

nThus, upon the arrival of the intelligence, he directly asked someone to send it over and opened it.

nHe even didn’t believe that he got fast heartbeats.

nHowever, he narrowed his eyes with his hot heart cooling off when learning that Long Xiaoyuan had met Lady Shan in the Imperial Garden several times.

nDeep down, he was soon overwhelmed with anger.

nExcept for this, he was still cool.

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nLady Shan was smarter than other women and knew what Long Xiaoyuan liked hearing.

nShe used to be self-centered due to the love the original emperor gave her.

nOver the past few months, the emperor’s indifference made her understand that it wouldn’t do her any good if she opposed the emperor. She could passively receive the emperor’s love, but sometimes, she could take advantage of it.

nBut when she lost it, she would lose more if she still acted bossily.

nShe was shrewd and changed her style of actions from the bloody lessons. See, she was putting an act of tenderness. He had to admit that the timing was perfect.

nNow, he wasn’t with Long Xiaoyuan.

nLong Xiaoyuan might feel sad at his departure.

nThen, a beautiful and considerate woman showed up…

nLooking at the paper-note in his hand, he turned more indifferent.

nLady Shan? Huh? He would like to know how far she would do and whether Long Xiaoyuan could control himself or not…

nTo be frank, this was a good chance to test Long Xiaoyuan.

nUndeniably, he felt uncomfortable, though.

nDrawing a deep breath, he tore the paper-note into pieces and tried to stay focused on the sand table.

nDamn it! He found himself unable to calm down!

nWhen Shi Qingzhou couldn’t calm himself down, Long Xiaoyuan already got out of the palace.

nYing Feng, together with other Shadow Guardians, followed him.

nHe didn’t know that how many of those Shadow Guardians had sworn allegiance to Shi Qingzhou, for this wasn’t described in detail in that novel. He only knew that Ying Feng wasn’t, for Shi Qingzhou let Ying Feng die hero.

nOf course, the above-mentioned things didn’t happen for now.

nAs long as he was with Shi Qingzhou with his heart, those terrible things would never take place…

nAs time went on, he more missed Shi Qingzhou.

nHowever, tut…

nThe history had witnessed how time-consuming a war was…

nTherefore, he had no idea about when Shi Qingzhou would come back.

nIt was only a month since Shi Qingzhou left. Alas! Time flew so slowly!

nAs Long Xiaoyuan was lost in his thoughts, something happened in front of him.

nLong Xiaoyuan looked up and saw a small and thin teenager coming toward him.

nWhen the teenager brushed past Long Xiaoyuan, he said, “Shit (it’s English).”

nLong Xiaoyuan got stunned first. Did he hear it wrong? Or…

nHe heard his quick heartbeats at the moment.

nAs the old saying went, “To meet an old friend in a distant land is like refreshing rain after a long drought,” which was the most exciting thing.

nHe originally had no feeling about this, but in the unfamiliar world…

nIf… if he could meet someone from the modern world…

nThat teenager cursed and then ran away, which showed that his lightness skill was very good. Seeing this, Long Xiaoyuan said, “Ying Feng, follow him and don’t lose him.”

n“Yes!” It was Shadow Guardians’ sole responsibility to obey their master.

nThus, Ying Feng instantly chased that man, leaving a residual shadow, which Long Xiaoyuan was unable to see because of his bad martial arts.

nEven so, Long Xiaoyuan then became calmer.

nHe got nothing to do outside, so he just wandered about in the street.

nAfter one hour, he said to another Shadow Guardian, “Let’s go find Ying Feng.”

n“Yes”. Following the leads left by Ying Feng, they came to an inn 15 minutes later.

nThe inn was near that street. That teenager took a walk and came back in the end, which was a surprise.

nWith his lips puckered, Long Xiaoyuan went into the inn with interest.

nYing Feng silently showed up and told him about the whereabouts of that teenager.

nThat teenager was in a room…Long Xiaoyuan nodded on the sly.

nSince that teenager stayed in his room, Long Xiaoyuan would be found suspicious if directly knocking on the door.

nHowever, Long Xiaoyuan wanted to test that teenager to see if they came from the same “hometown”.

nIn that case, getting suspicious didn’t matter at all.

nAfter some thoughts, Long Xiaoyuan directly knocked on the door.

n“Who is it?” asked that teenager vigilantly.

nLong Xiaoyuan said with a smile, “Your friend.”

nThe teenager inside the room directly rolled his eyes and said, “You’re barking up the wrong tree. I’m a newcomer here, so I have no friend here.”

n“Oh, well… Based on your accent, I originally thought I met someone from my hometown.” Long Xiaoyuan continued with a smile, “But…I might make a mistake. I’m sorry for disturbing you. Shit (it’s English)!”

nThe boy originally had no interest and wanted Long Xiaoyuan gone quickly. But, he was stunned when hearing the last word.

nAfterward, he opened the door out of his instincts.

nOf course, Long Xiaoyuan didn’t leave. When the door was opened, Long Xiaoyuan stared at the teenager up and down with his eyes narrowed, so did the teenager. The teenager looked wicked, especially when he narrowed his eyes as if he was thinking of some bad ideas.

n“You…” The teenager looked at Long Xiaoyuan and asked, “It’s you who talked just now?”

n“Yeah, it’s me.” Long Xiaoyuan nodded with his eyes fixed on the teenager.

n“I heard you say a dirty word,” said the teenager slowly.

nLong Xiaoyuan winked and asked, “Did I? Oh… It was you, not me who said ‘**’. I heard you say so.”

nThe teenager took a deep breath and said, “Did I? Do you know its meaning?”

nLong Xiaoyuan slowly nodded. “Yes, I do. But, do you know?”

nThe teenager said after a pause, “Earth.”

nLong Xiaoyuan smiled and stretched out his hand. “Hello, China.”

nAs the smile on the teenager’s face was widened, he grasped Long Xiaoyuan’s hand and said, “I’m from Tianjin (one of the municipal cities in China).”

nLong Xiaoyuan said with a smile, “S City, but it doesn’t matter anymore. Let’s get inside and talk?”

n“Sure.” The teenager warmly welcomed Long Xiaoyuan inside.

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