Chapter 300: The Dilemma of Baiye Country
When Xiao Qingque reappeared in her best attire, not to mention everyone else, even Shen Cheng, the person who had been with her the longest, was slightly dazed for a moment.

Xiao Qingque's appearance was extremely high, but she was a little casual in her daily life and didn't wear much makeup or dress up.

At this moment, with exquisite makeup and wearing a gorgeous white princess dress, she looks like a real princess who has walked out of a story.

Just like Ruan Qingsha who made a stunning appearance at the ball.

Shen Cheng suddenly said inwardly, "Oh no!" When he saw Xiao Qingque's new look, the suppressed desire in his body began to stir again.

How come he didn't know before that Xiao Qingque was so attractive to him?

Seeing that everyone was surrendering to her beauty, Xiao Qingque was not humble at all. She immediately became complacent and couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth.

She retreated tactically and asked, "What do you mean by princess?"

Ji Chan and Leng Li shook their heads secretly. Xiao Qingque's appearance was definitely good enough to be a princess, but her speech and behavior were far from that of a princess.

But then again, she has to pretend to be a princess who has been stranded for many years, and this slightly casual personality is more in line with her character.

Xiao Qingque was already happily discussing the princess dress she was wearing with Yan Qiuli who had come over.

Shen Cheng could no longer hold back his anger, but under the circumstances he could not execute Xiao Qingque on the spot, so he could only say goodbye in a hurry and leave, preparing to go back to find Bai Qiu Ning.

Let her COS herbal tea to help relieve the internal heat.

Not long after he went out, he suddenly realized that someone was following him. He turned around and found that it was Ning Qing.

"Why are you following me?"

"I saw you leave in a hurry. Is there something wrong? Do you need my help?"

"No, I have something to talk to Bai Qiu Ning about, you can go back first."

Ning Qing looked at Shen Cheng's hurried back, and of course she knew why he was in such a hurry to find Bai Qiu Ning.

But she was very confused. At first, she thought Shen Cheng was the reincarnation of a sex maniac. He was in estrus all the time. Every once in a while, he would have sex with Bai Qiuning or Xiao Qingque in broad daylight. He didn't even care about his dignity.

Ning Qing originally thought that as Shen Cheng's personal maid, she would be murdered sooner or later, and she had already prepared herself mentally for this.

However, during this period of time, Ning Qing discovered that something was wrong.

Shen Cheng was indeed very impatient, but he seemed to only target Bai Qiuning and Xiao Qingque, and turned a blind eye to other women.

Especially during the month he lived on the edge of the Black Sea, except for Shen Cheng, all the other people around him were women.

At that time, if Shen Cheng was willing, he could have easily succeeded with either Cheng Ying or Wei Yiting. However, he did not do so. The only people he had sex with were Bai Qiu Ning and Xiao Qingque. To other women, he was not hypocritical, but at least he was very polite and never said a word of teasing or harassment.

This was totally inconsistent with his occasional impatience. For example, now, he suddenly wanted to find Bai Qiu Ning to do that thing without any sign.

After thinking for a moment, Ning Qing turned around and went back to find Xiao Qingque in private to ask what was going on.

……

There were many twists and turns in the process of Luo Yue's death.

There were some die-hard followers in the Astrology Palace who were recruited by him and tried to rescue him from prison, but they were caught by Ning Qing who was well prepared.

There is a law enforcement agency in the Astrology Palace. After trial by the court, Luo Yue was sentenced to death for the crime of assassinating the prophet and was executed immediately.

After learning that he was sentenced to death, Luo Yue immediately attempted to escape from prison.

However, although he possessed the power of a master, he had no combat experience and was caught by several extraordinary officers just after he escaped and was beaten half to death.

Finally, in front of all the fortune tellers in the Astrology Palace, Luo Yue was taken to the execution ground to be executed.

During the execution process, Luo Yuesheng was still shouting at the top of his lungs that he was innocent, but the evidence was overwhelming and no one believed him.

In fact, Luo Yue was indeed wronged, but as he was a bribed mole, the death penalty was the lightest punishment for him.

Another prisoner, Xin Xuan, did not make any trouble. She stayed in the cell obediently, hoping that the person behind her would come to rescue her.

Ji Chan "died" as he wished, and Leng Li returned to power. He then closed his doors to visitors in the name of internal rectification and gradually terminated the Astrology Palace's open external communications.

Shen Cheng and his group also stayed in the Astrology Palace.

He rebuilt a laboratory for Tian Xuanxing and Bai Qiu Ning so that they could continue to study Xiao Qingque's physical characteristics.

Yan Qiuli began to learn divination again with Leng Li, while Xiao Qingque was forced to undergo short-term training to teach her how to impersonate a princess.

Of course, Shen Cheng was not idle either. With the assistance of the Astrology Palace, he began to collect information about the Eternal Blood.

Just as Leng Li said before, eternal blood does not require divination.

Over the years, except for a small portion that flowed into the Human Federation and Dragon Territory, the Eternal Blood within the Eternal Empire had long been collected by the three major forces.

The Astrology Palace originally held a portion of the Eternal Blood, but was later forced to hand it over when a certain Blood King came in person to ask for it.

Most of the eternal blood is concentrated in the bodies of the three blood kings. It is with this eternal blood that they are able to dominate all the eternals.

But there is still a part of the Eternal Blood that has not been absorbed by the Blood King, and is used as a reward to be given to meritorious subordinates.

Shen Cheng's goal is this part of the eternal blood used as reward.

……

White Night Country.

Although it has not yet established an independent country, the younger residents of Baiye Kingdom have long regarded themselves as members of an independent country. If Bai Jun had not disappeared twenty years ago, the Eternal Empire would most likely have already split.

The royal capital of Baiyue Kingdom has long since become a splendid city after years of expansion, especially the royal palace in the center of the city. Judging from its size alone, it is not an exaggeration to call it an imperial palace.

In a luxurious office in the palace.

Regent Minister Yan Yin is dealing with a mountain of work.

This is an elegant and beautiful woman, about thirty years old, with a unique temperament and charm, and she can be the absolute protagonist in any banquet.

However, at this moment her face was gloomy, and there was an inextricable gloom between her brows, which slightly destroyed her charm.

Since the disappearance of Bai Jun, the Bai Ye Kingdom has been getting worse day by day. Without the deterrent power of the Blood King, the other two forces began to stir.

Although they will not launch open military operations, frictions on the border are becoming more and more frequent, and they frequently create conflicts in commercial dealings and personnel exchanges, putting pressure on the Baiye Kingdom.

Having lost the support of the Blood King, the Baiyue Kingdom could only keep giving in and compromising, which only aroused the enemy's arrogance.

Over the past twenty years, the Baiye Kingdom has lost a large amount of territory and has reached a point where it has no room to retreat.

In recent days, Yan Yin received secret intelligence that the border troops led by King Qin were secretly preparing for a special military operation. They planned to use the missing soldiers as an excuse to forcibly invade a town on the border of Baiye Kingdom, drive away the residents there, and occupy the land.

For more than 20 years, they have relied on this method to swallow up the territory of the White Night Kingdom bit by bit.

The Baiye Kingdom, which had compromised and given in countless times, could finally not give in any more this time, because that was their last strategic buffer zone. Once it was taken away, the core areas of the Baiye Kingdom would be indefensible and completely exposed to the enemy's attack.

As a pro-war faction, Yan Yin naturally hopes to fight back fiercely and cut off the enemy's outstretched claws.

However, although she is the regent, she cannot completely decide the military and political affairs of the entire country. Behind her is the White Night Parliament, whose voice is no less than hers. The nobles in the parliament are all a group of peace advocates and will never allow war to be declared.

Just as Yan Yin was pondering over how to deal with this complicated situation, there was a knock on the door outside the office.

"Come in."

The young female secretary pushed the door open, walked slowly to the desk, and handed a letter to Yan Yin.

"Lord Yan Yin, this is an official letter from the Astrology Palace. We hope to have a personal conversation with you."

"Astrology Palace?"

Yan Yin picked up the invitation in confusion: "Wasn't the prophet assassinated some time ago, causing the Astrology Palace to close its doors to visitors? Why would they send me another meeting request?"

The assassination of the prophet should have become a hot topic in the entire Eternal Empire, but now the three major forces are in an atmosphere of tension, and naturally they have no extra energy to pay attention to this matter.

Afterwards, the Astrology Palace closed all official channels of external communication on the pretext of reorganizing its internal affairs, and even several envoys from the White Night Kingdom stationed there were driven back.

Now he suddenly has to meet with her, the regent, which seems weird no matter how he looks at it.

When opening the envelope, Yan Yin was still a little worried, fearing that the Astrology Palace would link the assassination of the prophet to their Baiye Kingdom.

Bai Ye is now facing domestic and external troubles and cannot afford any more trouble.

However, after reading the official letter, Yan Yin felt relieved.

The official letter was indeed just a simple request for a meeting. There was no accusation or blame, and even the wording was very friendly and harmonious.

After thinking for a moment, Yan Yin decided to agree to this request and see what the Astrology Palace wanted to do by meeting with him.

On the bright side, maybe the Astrology Palace has already found Bai Jun's whereabouts - although the possibility is very low, people should be allowed to dream.

Yan Yin wrote a reply letter personally and asked his secretary to mail it back for him.

In fact, a phone call would be enough, but communication between the two forces still needs to be formal and leave official documents as records.

Just three days after both parties agreed to meet, Yan Yin met the three envoys from the Astrology Palace in the royal city of Baiye Kingdom.

She only knew one of the three messengers, her name was Ning Qing, and she was the chief maid of the prophet.

Yan Yin had gone to the Astrology Palace many times before and asked the prophet to help find Bai Jun's whereabouts, so she was very familiar with Ning Qing and the two had communicated more than once.

Logically speaking, Ning Qing holds a very high status in the Astrology Palace. However, to the outside world, she is just a maid after all, and has no qualifications to represent the Astrology Palace to meet Yan Yin.

However, Yan Yin was well aware of the current predicament of Bai Ye Kingdom and did not want to make too many enemies, so he was naturally not interested in such trivial matters of etiquette.

After all, she herself is deeply troubled by gender and identity, and she believes that one should not do to others what one does not want others to do to you.

As for the other two envoys, Yan Yin had never seen them.

One was a young, handsome man with an extraordinary demeanor, and the other was even more outrageous. In such an occasion, he had a veil on his face, and only a pair of beautiful big eyes could be seen.

While Yan Yin was curious about this strange combination, Shen Cheng and Xiao Qingque were also looking at Yan Yin with strange eyes.

The two were surprised to find that Yan Yin and Xiao Qingque looked 50% similar, and at first glance they looked like relatives.

If the missing Bai Jun looked similar to Xiao Qingque, it could be considered a surprise, then why did the regent minister also look like Xiao Qingque?
Could this Baiye Country really be Xiao Qingque’s happy hometown?
"Your Excellency the Regent, this Mr. Shen is the special envoy of our Astrology Palace."

Ning Qing introduced Shen Cheng's identity to Yan Yin: "He is now in full charge of all external affairs of our Astrology Palace. His opinions are the opinions of Palace Master Lengli."

Yan Yin politely shook hands with Shen Cheng and said hello, but she was very surprised in her heart. When did such a person appear in the Astrology Palace?
After the two sides exchanged a few simple diplomatic words, Yan Yin couldn't help herself.

"I wonder what exactly the Astrology Palace wants me to meet this time?"

What she said now was completely a statement, that she was very busy, so she had no time to waste here, and just wanted to finish her business quickly and send the guest away.

On the other side of the border, the army led by the King of Qin could invade at any time, and she might receive urgent news before she could finish her words.

Shen Cheng noticed Yan Yin's uncontrollable anxiety, so naturally he wouldn't keep her in suspense.

"Your Excellency the Regent, we are here this time specifically to help the White Night Nation resolve its predicament."

"Solve the dilemma of the White Night Nation?"

Yan Yin didn't like people who boasted, but the status of the Astrology Palace was extraordinary after all, so she could only be patient: "Thank you for the concern of the Astrology Palace. How do you plan to help our Baiye Kingdom solve the dilemma?"

Shen Cheng said, "Because of the disappearance of His Highness Bai Jun, Bai Ye Country has lost the confidence to be tough with the outside world. The constant compromise and concession over the years has also greatly hit the morale of the people of Bai Ye Country, leading to the rise of the peace faction and the surrender faction. The whole country is filled with a mentality of muddling through, and many people are trying to find their own way out. I wonder if what I said is correct?"

Shen Cheng's words can be said to accurately describe the current predicament of Baiye Kingdom.

However, this cannot impress Yan Yin. Anyone with a little insight in the entire Eternal Empire can clearly see this.

She would rather Shen Cheng tell her the solution instead of repeating their difficulties.

What they need is a helper, not a repeater.

"That's right. If we can find His Highness Bai Jun, all the difficulties in our country will be solved."

Yan Yin asked in a neutral tone: "Can your Astrology Palace help us, Baiye Nation, to find His Highness Bai Jun?"

(End of this chapter)