Chapter 328 The End
Snap, snap—

The spring rain caused some water to accumulate on the tiles of the palace floor. Long boots made slight sounds when they stepped on them, and the ripples on the water surface reflected the dim yellow color of the lanterns. Later, as people walked by, the surface of the water returned to calm.

Mu Lier held a lantern in one hand and an oil-paper umbrella in the other. She looked up at the sky, a look of worry on her pretty face. She sighed lightly and walked towards Kunning Palace.

As one of the few martial arts masters in the capital, she was patrolling here and there, but Zhao Wumian was unconscious, so she wanted to make three trips to Kunning Palace in an hour.

Later, I learned from the little palace maid that Shen Xiangge took the food box to Kunning Palace… Maybe Zhao Wumian has woken up?

Thinking of this, Mu Lier’s steps became lighter.

However, with her superb five senses, she could occasionally hear the faint breathing sounds of the palace maids rubbing against each other’s ears in the surrounding rooms, accompanied by the occasional whispers in her sleep such as “My lord, please hurry up” and “My lord, it’s so big”.

Mu Lier has been inspecting the palace these days and has almost gotten used to the noises of these little palace maids starting to become aroused late at night, unable to control themselves, and falling asleep.

The royal family of Dali was in decline, and there was only an empress dowager living in the harem. Even the secret guards in the harem were all women, and male descendants were extremely rare.

It is not surprising that the man the young palace maids have seen the most in this deep palace is Marquis Wei Ming, who often goes to the harem.

Mu Lier didn’t pay attention to these little palace maids. She quickly walked to the outside of Kunning Palace. Seeing that the lights were off, she frowned slightly and thought to herself, why didn’t you turn on the lights even though Shen Xiangge came?

But after taking a few steps forward, she noticed that there seemed to be movement in the hall, and it was also a slight panting sound. Perhaps in order to prevent others from hearing, she deliberately suppressed it, but how could the melodious voice be hidden from Mu Lier?
The martial art she is best at is the sword. Even among all the martial arts masters, her perception is among the best.

It would be fine if other people couldn’t hear it, but how could she not hear it?

There was a hint of doubt in Mu Lier’s eyes. She thought that there was also a young maid in Kunning Palace who was in love. Wasn’t there a personal maid named Lian Xue beside the Queen Mother? There was something wrong with the way she looked at Zhao Wumian.

Mu Lier was suspicious, so she concealed her breath and sensed carefully, and heard another sentence, “My Lord, go slower…”

Snapped–

There was a crisp sound, as if something was hitting a hot water bottle, making it tremble.

“Call me husband…”

There was a hint of doubt in Mu Lier’s eyes.

She recognized it, this was Shen Xiangge…

She was not very familiar with Shen Xiangge, she only knew that she was the empress dowager’s niece. The empress dowager had often mentioned the marriage between Shen Xiangge and Zhao Wumian in front of her in the past. Has it come to fruition now?
It was probably because his disciple killed Tong Congdao.

This is not bad either. Although Mu Lier also selfishly hopes to have the disciple all to herself, this is what the Queen Mother talks about every day… The Queen Mother will definitely be happy to know this.

But judging from the noise, Shen Xiangge has a pretty good figure, maybe even comparable to that of the Queen Mother.

Mu Lier smiled, pondered for a few seconds, and thought to herself that Shen Xiangge was dressed up and obviously came here to have sex with her disciple, so she shouldn’t get jealous and interfere. Besides, she didn’t have the status to be jealous…

Thinking of this, Mu Lier turned around and was about to leave with brisk steps… Seeing that Zhao Wumian had woken up and even had the mind to tease the girl, Mu Lier felt relieved and even in a good mood.

As long as you are healthy, it’s good.

But unexpectedly, before Mu Lier had taken a few steps, she heard Shen Xiangge’s angry voice coming from the hall.

“You, you’re pressing me down, but you’re patting your aunt…what are you doing!?”

Mu Lier suddenly stopped and turned her pretty face to look towards Kunning Palace. Her beautiful eyes widened and her head went blank.

“I patted the Queen Mother, but her reaction was extremely violent, like a jade dragon closing its mouth…”

“Pah!” The Queen Mother spat, “Can you please stop saying these dirty words in front of Xiangge?”

“Oh… Then I won’t say anything more. Save your energy and work honestly.”

“You, you let me go!” The Queen Mother struggled continuously like the Queen of Chastity.

“My lady, the Queen Mother looks like this when she is with you, but she used to look completely different when she was with me. Look…”

“Zhao Wumian! You, you are just humiliating us…”

Mu Lier couldn’t hear the rest of the words.

Her eyes were dull, her expression blank and filled with disbelief. She stood there unable to think of anything, and even forgot why she came here.

I originally thought that as a master, having sex with her disciple was the most immoral thing in the world, but I never thought that you, Your Majesty, are even more shameless than her.

It would be fine if you were secretly communicating with Wei Ming Hou, as long as you were in love with each other, but you were actually with Shen Xiangge…

In the past, you always said dirty words to me like the defiled harem, and I thought you were joking, but I didn’t expect you were serious.

She felt that her affair with Zhao Wumian was too shameful and was afraid to tell the empress dowager. However, she never imagined that the empress dowager had already regarded her as the heroine of “Secret History of the Harem” and had been playing with Wei Minghou in Kunning Palace day and night, singing and dancing in the morning and night.

Mu Lier’s delicate body swayed slightly. She always felt that the name of her sword should not be called “Zijian”, but “Cilu”.

This doesn’t seem like a bad thing. The two sisters are more immoral than each other, so let’s not criticize each other.

Mu Lier’s little head was in a mess. She just felt dizzy and walked out of the hall in a daze, even forgetting to conceal her breath.

The faint sounds in the hall suddenly stopped, and then only a faint rustling sound was heard. Zhao Wumian put on his coat and left Kunning Palace. He looked around and saw nothing, so he raised his hand to call the secret guard who was hiding in the corner outside the hall.

The secret guards were obviously not as good as Mu Lier in martial arts, and had no idea what was happening in the palace. They bowed and said, “My Lord, are you well? Should we inform His Majesty?”

Zhao Wumian shook his head, “The emperor is already asleep, don’t disturb her… Did my master come here just now?”

“Master Mu Jian just stood outside the hall for a while and then left on his own. No one knows why…”

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Wumian nodded slightly, climbed over the wall, and saw a graceful figure in a white dress holding an umbrella and a lantern, walking alone in the palace.

Zhao Wumian knew at a glance that Mu Lier must have known about his relationship with the Queen Mother, so he quickly followed and asked, “Master, why don’t you go in?”

“Ah?” Mu Li’er’s body trembled, and it was obvious that she was distracted and her attention was scattered. She didn’t even react to Zhao Wumian coming behind her.

Looking back, Zhao Wumian was wearing a thin coat, and his body was wet, perhaps from rain, sweat, or something else.

Seeing her disciple and lover, Mu Lier couldn’t help but reveal a touching smile on her pretty face. She never expected that her disciple would actually come out to find him.

But soon after she realized the current situation, her smile disappeared immediately. She sighed softly, took a few steps forward to hold the umbrella for Zhao Wumian, and frowned, saying:
“Your injuries haven’t healed yet, why did you run out in the rain? Do you really think you won’t catch a cold because of your martial arts skills?”

Zhao Wumian saw Mu Lier’s worried expression, smiled, and asked, “Master, do you know about me and the Queen Mother?”

Mu Lier heard this and then said quietly: “How dare I go in? You and sister are in love, and as a teacher, I would just be unreasonable if I went in. How can I catch an adulterer so blatantly?”

“Since it has already been discovered, why not tell the Queen Mother about it?”

Mu Lier’s face turned slightly red, and she shook her head repeatedly, saying:

“What she did with you was immoral, isn’t it the same for me? There’s no point in comparing the bad with the bad. I’m not ready yet. When you go back later, don’t tell her that I know about the two of you.”

“Then when will Master be mentally prepared? We can’t keep this a secret forever. I also want to give Master a name.”

“Come on, if you really give us a name, who knows how the Mu family will be criticized by the martial arts world.”

“Who dares?” Zhao Wumian snorted coldly, “I don’t have a good temper. I will kill anyone who dares to talk nonsense about Master.”

Mu Lier laughed dumbly, “With such a murderous nature, how can you still look like a prince?”

“Master, how can I not be angry when someone secretly criticizes me?”

“Alright, alright, I don’t care about these things. Back when I was in Mount Emei, I was mentally prepared to be stabbed in the back by the martial arts world.”

Mu Lier smiled, raised her hand to smooth the slightly messy hair on Zhao Wumian’s forehead, and then continued:
“But regarding my sister’s matter… I am very confused right now. Whether it is me who bumped into her or she who bumped into me, it would be embarrassing for both of us sisters… I’d better wait for you to go back and think about it carefully.”

Mu Lier had already said this, so Zhao Wumian certainly couldn’t take the initiative to tell the Queen Mother everything, so he could only nod and ask, “Master, are you patrolling the palace?”

“Hmm, after all, the capital is now empty. If Mo Jingxue or someone from the Western Region Saint Church sneaks in, it will be bad.”

“Is there still no news about Governor Xu and Chief Constable Su?”

Mu Lier recalled for a moment, “Chief Constable Su just sent a message this evening. With the news that Tong Congdao was killed by you, and Canghualou also defecting to the court, Mo Jingxue seemed to be planning a chaos, so she left in a hurry, but she hid from the world…”

“Robbed?” Zhao Wumian raised his eyebrows slightly.

Mu Lier nodded helplessly, “Commander Xu took the Sheath and ran all the way from Cangzhou to the East China Sea. He ran thousands of miles, but he couldn’t get rid of Mo Jingxue. Fortunately, Chief Constable Su arrived in time, otherwise Commander Xu would have died at the hands of Mo Jingxue.”

Zhao Wumian pondered for a moment, then shook his head, “It’s good that the people are fine. If the Nine Bells are gone, we can still get them back. We will remember this grudge. Now that Tong Congdao is dead, Lady Canghua has become my wife…”

Mu Lier looked up at him.

Zhao Wumian silently changed his words, “Empress Canghua also belongs to the imperial court. Huanzhen Pavilion is on the verge of collapse. Wait for me to kill Mo Jingxue, and then I will snatch the Fushishao…”

Zhao Wumian paused for a moment, then suddenly thought of something and asked, “Where is Master Guiyi? Why can’t we see any trace of him?”

Mu Lier was stunned. “Ever since the battle in Taiyuan, I heard that Lady Canghua chased Taoist Guiyi for thousands of miles, and then Taoist Guiyi disappeared without a trace. Maybe he was killed by Yan Rongfei?”

“I know whether she killed Taoist Guiyi or not. The Taoist must be alive. His injuries have probably healed in the past six months…”

Zhao Wumian pondered for a while, then raised his eyes and looked towards the East China Sea, and said faintly: “Mo Jingxue…I guess she is not doing well now.”

Mu Lier frowned. She was not a dull girl. She knew what Zhao Wumian meant after hearing this. Her beautiful eyes widened a little:

“You mean, Guiyuan deliberately betrayed Governor Xu to attract the thieves from Huanzhen Pavilion, and when the situation came to an end, Guiyi took the Sheath of Ecstasy from Mo Jingxue.

So, on the one hand, they were obedient and handed over the Sheath of the Hidden World. Everyone in the martial arts world knew about it, but it was taken away by thieves. The court could not find any fault with Wugong Mountain. On the other hand, they secretly took the Sheath of the Hidden World back… from left hand to right hand. “

Zhao Wumian nodded, “Guiyuan escorted the Bishishao to the capital, and Governor Xu couldn’t have made a big fuss. Logically speaking, Huanzhen Pavilion couldn’t have ambushed Governor Xu in advance, but if Guiyuan deliberately revealed his whereabouts, then everything would make sense…

…We don’t have any substantial evidence that Guiyi stole the Sheath, and we can’t believe Mo Jingxue’s words. Even if we are sure that the Sheath is in Guiyi’s hands, he can just play dumb… No wonder Guiyuan ran away in such a hurry.”

Mu Lier gritted her teeth, “What a calculation!”

This time, the three parties were all scheming against each other. Wugong Mountain was scheming against Zhao Wumian, Zhao Wumian was scheming against Huanzhen Pavilion, and Huanzhen Pavilion wanted to sow discord between Zhao Wumian and Wugong Mountain. But Huanzhen Pavilion lost a Wu Kui and another Wu Kui, and maybe even the Sheath of Retreat that they had worked so hard to obtain would be robbed.

On Wugong Mountain, Gui Yuan was seriously injured and Zhao Wumian was thinking about him…

Zhao Wumian didn’t suffer any losses, but his uncle was stabbed in the back by Gui Yuan and was almost beaten to death by Mo Jingxue and Tong Congdao.

As for the Secluded Sheath, Zhao Wumian didn’t think from the beginning that Wugongshan would hand it over so easily, so he was mentally prepared. It was just a pity that he had never seen what the Nine Bells looked like.

Zhao Wumian smiled faintly, “Nothing, this just gives me an excuse.”

“what?”

“Lady Canghua was surrounded and attacked by Guiyi and Guiyuan back then. I want to avenge her, but this is a private matter after all… But if Wugong Mountain really dares to plot against us like this, then it will become a public matter.”

Mu Lier squinted at him and repeated Zhao Wumian’s words in a voice without any emotion, “I want to avenge her~”

Zhao Wumian paused slightly, thinking it was adorable, and moved forward, and with a “bo” sound, he kissed Mu Lier’s red lips.

Mu Lier’s beautiful eyes widened, her pretty face held motionless by Zhao Wumian, while her beautiful eyes looked around, fearing that others would see the incest between the two of them as master and disciple.

Her perception was so sharp that she immediately noticed a palace maid holding a lantern preparing to come around the corner. She quickly pulled Zhao Wumian by the collar and quickly climbed over the wall, hiding in an unused house.

There is nothing else in the harem now, but there are so many empty rooms.

With a creak, the door was opened lightly and then quickly closed.

“Oh?” Zhao Wumian snorted meaningfully, “Master can find a place by himself…”

Zhao Wumian hugged his master’s warm and soft body, and the lust that had not been released on the Queen Mother and his wife was rekindled.

Mu Lier was concentrating on sensing the outside world. She was surprised when she heard the words, “No, you, how come you still have time to talk to me… You, you are not going back to Kunning Palace?”

Before she finished her words, Mu Lier felt a hand pinching her skirt and lifting it up, and at the same time, a plump long leg was carried on the shoulder of the disciple in front of her.

Zhao Wumian rubbed his ears against hers, bit her ear and whispered, “Come on…”

“Teacher doesn’t believe it… woo woo…”

……

Half an hour later, Mu Lier, dressed neatly and with a stern face, walked out of the house quietly. Although her face was expressionless and serious, for some reason there was a lingering blush on her face.

She was afraid of being seen, so she didn’t dare to stay and left immediately. As a result, her boots suddenly went limp when they lightly touched the wall and she almost fell. Fortunately, she adjusted her posture in time, landed gracefully, and then walked away quickly.

But for some reason, her plump legs under her white skirt would squeeze together from time to time, as if she was afraid that something would leak out…

Zhao Wumian walked out of the house slowly, getting wet in the rain to get rid of the hot smell from his master, and then returned to Kunning Palace.

The house was lit with incense and was warm, so Zhao Wumian, who came in the rain, breathed a sigh of relief as soon as he entered the house.

Outside the curtain, the Queen Mother and Shen Xiangge’s crimson dresses were still casually thrown on the ground. The furnishings in the room were no different from when Zhao Wumian left, except for two empty cups on the table with traces of rouge on the rims.

I guess the two girls just had some free time to drink a few sips of water.

You have to drink it. The spring rain is fine outside and continuous inside.

Zhao Wumian came to the bed and pulled open the curtain. Shen Xiangge was still wearing the bellyband and was leaning on the soft couch with a book titled “Secret History of the Harem” in his hand… Isn’t this the pornographic book that the Queen Mother confiscated from Zhao Wumian?
There was no blanket covering her, and her two snow-white, plump legs were crossed, long and straight, white and pink…

The jade dragon under the bellyband closed its mouth, and at this moment, because Zhao Wumian was not coming back for a long time, it was really closed. Just from one glance, one could tell the strength of its bite, which was likely to be able to bite off the wooden stick with ease.

The empress dowager was much more well-behaved. She had already changed into a new dress and was kneeling beside Shen Xiangge, carefully folding two white handkerchiefs dyed with red plum blossoms.

Two-sided handkerchief…

The Queen Mother saw Zhao Wumian and glared at him, “Why did you take so long?”

“Master came to see me and talked about official business for a while.”

Zhao Wumian sat down beside the soft couch, playing with Shen Xiangge’s little feet, then climbed up and pinched her calves, enjoying the smoothness of his wife’s skin.

Shen Xiangge looked at the pornographic book seriously and did not slap Zhao Wumian’s hand away.

His expression was full of amazement. He hadn’t expected this thing to be so interesting. It was bad enough that the empress dowager of the previous dynasty had a lover, but she actually brought her own princess to play with him.

Compared with this, the relationship between me and the Queen Mother doesn’t seem to be too immoral, tsk tsk tsk…

The Queen Mother became nervous upon hearing this, “Could it be that Li’er sensed something? Could it be that she, could she know that I…”

“Don’t worry, I fooled you.” Zhao Wumian was a little speechless in his heart. Why did the two sisters react exactly the same? But the two girls were not prepared at the moment. Zhao Wumian was caught in the middle and could only help cover up.

“That’s good. I’m not ready yet…” The Queen Mother breathed a sigh of relief, folded two handkerchiefs and stuffed them into her arms, sighed softly, and glanced at Zhao Wumian.

The Queen Mother originally wanted to wait for Zhao Wumian to admit that he liked her more than Xiao Yuanmu before giving it to her, but after watching Shen Xiangge and him get married with her own eyes, the Queen Mother couldn’t help but think of herself and had complicated thoughts.

It is a pity that Xiangge can marry Zhao Wumian but she cannot.

When Xiangge caught the adulterer, Zhao Wumian kept talking about her and spoke for her, fearing that Shen Xiangge would misunderstand that his aunt didn’t care about her…

The Queen Mother saw all these details.

Even Xiangge didn’t pursue the matter between her and Zhao Wumian, so why was she still insisting on it? She was so stubborn, and in the end she was the one who suffered.

She and Zhao Wumian have been through a lot, so they should cherish each other…so what’s there to be awkward about?

Zhao Wumian didn’t know what the Queen Mother was thinking, so he just asked curiously: “Why did the Queen put on her dress again? It’s not even daybreak yet…”

The empress dowager rolled her eyes at Zhao Wumian, slowly untied the ties of her dress, pinched the collar of her dress with her bare hands, and gently pulled it down.

The snow-white and slender shoulders were exposed, and then there was a bellyband with a deep red background, gold thread embellishments, and iris embroidered on it…

It’s just that this bellyband seems a little small, which makes it look very wrap-around.

Zhao Wumian was slightly stunned, and glanced at Shen Xiangge. The style of this bellyband…

Shen Xiangge snapped shut the Secret History of the Harem and glanced at Zhao Wumian, “This should have been what my aunt wore when she got married… She didn’t wear it when she entered the palace to become the empress.”

Hearing this, Zhao Wumian, even though he had just given it to his master, felt his whole body burning with heat and crawled into the curtain…

He was vaguely thinking that he had just been with his master a few minutes ago, and now he was with the Queen Mother… Did he also control this pair of sisters?

Tap tap tap——————

Thousands of miles away in the East China Sea, on a forest path, a dark horse was galloping in the forest, and the sound of its hooves was like thunder in the sky.

Chief Constable Su was wearing a black robe, a straw hat, a goose-feather knife on his waist, and riding a thousand-mile horse. On the horse’s back lay Xu Ran, who was wrapped in bandages all over his body.

The bandage was covered in blood and had a lingering smell of medicine.

However, the horse was extremely bumpy as it galloped, causing Xu Ran to grimace in pain. “Su Huaixi, can’t you slow down? Don’t you know I’m injured?”

“It’s good enough that I can save your life. Come back to Beijing as soon as possible.”

Xu Ran was silent. “I have lost the Sheath, I am too embarrassed to go back. You should go slowly so that I can prepare myself mentally.”

“Come on, you can’t get it back now anyway. Going back to discuss with Wei Ming Hou how to encircle and suppress Mo Jingxue is the most urgent task.”

Xu Ran said nothing, just looked at the scenery passing by quickly on both sides. Suddenly he remembered that when he was in Jin, he seemed to have carried Chen Qiyuan in the same way.

Alas, things change.

……

Wow ————

And the vast ocean a hundred miles away from the two of them seemed extremely deep in the night.

Bang!
Occasionally, a few sea fish with excess energy would rush out of the sea, splashing and leaping, and suddenly their bodies would explode and turn into a bloody mist.

A few seconds later, a “whoosh” sound was heard, and the sea water rushed to both sides, and a groove appeared out of thin air in the middle of the sea surface.

However, there were two figures running rapidly on the sea, one in front and one behind.

“Mo Jingxue, considering that you were once a disciple of Wugong Mountain, you should honestly hand over the Sheath of Seclusion, so that you can have a chance of survival… I know that you spent a lot of effort to hunt down Xu Ran!”

The figure at the back spoke in a loud voice. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be an old man wearing a dark purple Taoist robe. His hair and beard were all white, but he had a youthful face.

He put his hands behind his back, tapped the sea surface with his boots, and suddenly moved forward dozens of feet. His posture was leisurely but his speed was extremely fast.

Mo Jingxue was fleeing in front and laughed when he heard this.

“Even if I let this Sheath sink into the deep sea and disappear with the waves, I will never let you, a stinking bull nose, snatch it back!”

“This is a lose-lose situation!”

“So what? Huanzhen Pavilion still has nine bells, but you have lost the Sheath of Seclusion in Wugong Mountain. What do you have left? A few poor and stinky Taoists? You’d better ask your Taoist nun to seduce Zhao Wumian as soon as possible. I guess you can get another nine bells. Hahahaha——”

“Mo Jingxue!”

Their voices rose and fell with the tides on the vast ocean, but no one could hear them.

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A transition chapter. Haha, this volume is almost over.

The next volume will go to a new map.

(End of this chapter)