The National Master immediately understood that their master-disciple pair wasnât welcome here!
"In that case, let the great phoenix carry away the Eldest Princess, His Majesty, and Miss Xie, who canât perform martial arts!"
As long as Xie PanâEr, who canât perform martial arts, and His Majesty leave, they wonât be so vulnerable.
As for the Eldest Princess, sheâs someone he absolutely cannot touch.
No one present objected to the National Masterâs words.
"That would be for the best. Suisui, you and the great phoenix should take His Majesty and your Aunt PanâEr and go first!"
Ji Youzhi immediately said.
Xiaosuisui nodded, "Alright, Seventh Uncle, then Iâll go with His Majesty Father and the beautiful..." Xiaosuisui suddenly showed a puzzled expression.
"Seventh Uncle, did you say it wrong? How did the beautiful sister become my aunt?"
Ji Youzhi opened his mouth, just about to explain, when Xie PanâEr interjected, "Donât listen to your Seventh Uncleâs nonsense. Iâm still your beautiful sister. If he wants to randomly pick a sister, he can do it on the Main Street. I donât want to be recognized by him!"
Xie PanâErâs words made the scene awkward for a moment!
Ji Youzhi rubbed the back of his head, looking foolish.
Dugu Xiao, as if he couldnât figure out the situation, nudged Ji Youzhiâs arm.
"Ji Lao Qi, whatâs wrong with your mind? How can your sister let Suisui call her aunt?
She should be called Auntie!"
Xie PanâEr opened her mouth. Is this really about seniority?
Sheâs only fourteen. How did she become someone elseâs auntie?
Even Princess Ata thought Dugu Xiaoâs words were wrong and chimed in, "Nonsense. PanâEr hasnât even married yet, so how can she be called Auntie?"
Xie PanâEr looked helplessly at Princess Ata, "Whose side are you on, exactly?"
Princess Ata said, "I just want to set things straight. If you really became Ji Youzhiâs sister, then before youâre married, Suisui should call you Little Aunt, and only after youâre married can she call you Auntie!"
Dugu Xiao didnât understand the connection, "Is there a difference?"
Princess Ata glared at him and said, "Of course there is! PanâEr is so young and you want Suisui to call her Auntie? That makes her sound much older!"
No one could argue with Princess Ataâs words.
The Emperor, smiling and folding his fan, said to Xiaosuisui, "How about calling her Little Aunt to see how it sounds?"
Xiaosuisui obediently changed the term and called her Little Aunt!
Xie PanâEr was dumbfounded, watching everyone present burst into laughter while she felt both sour and helpless.
She smiled bitterly and nodded.
She had been raised as a servant since childhood and had to learn to read people to survive.
But she never hesitated when an opportunity to rise appeared.
"Since everythingâs decided, let His Majesty, the Eldest Princess, and Miss Xie leave first!"
The National Master urged.
The Emperor nodded and first helped Xiaosuisui onto the back of the great phoenix.
Then it was Xie PanâEr, and finally the Emperor.
Li Yanyan started crying again, though it was internal crying. After the Emperorâs previous scolding, even if she was jealous of Xiaosuisui, she didnât dare voice it.
The National Master, with a stern expression, gave Li Yanyan a steady gaze. Feeling the National Masterâs displeasure, Li Yanyan quickly restrained her emotions and timidly stood aside.
"Great phoenix, letâs go!"
Xiaosuisui, sitting at the front, patted the great phoenixâs neck and spoke to it.
The great phoenix let out a low cry, then soared into the sky, flying straight down the mountain.
"What a beautiful bird! Look at those dazzling feathers, Iâve never seen anything like it in my life!"
Halfway up the mountain, the soldiers of Nanjiang suddenly looked up and saw the great phoenix soaring into the sky. They couldnât help but exclaim, and everyone craned their necks, watching as the bird got closer to their position!
"That looks like a phoenix!"
A soldier suddenly said.
The words made MoâErâs eyes sharp. Realizing the potential trouble, he immediately said, "Bring the bow."
His trusted subordinate quickly handed him a bow and arrow.
MoâEr, the master archer of Nanjiang, drew the bow with a sharp gaze, aiming directly at the great phoenix and pulling hard before releasing.
In the moment between pulling and releasing, the arrow flew straight toward the great phoenix.
Sitting on the back of the great phoenix, Xiaosuisui, with her extraordinarily sharp hearing, turned serious and struck out with a palm toward the incoming arrow, the wind from her palm deflecting the arrow by three inches, causing it to narrowly miss the right wing of the great phoenix.
Seeing his arrow miss, MoâEr was furious, "Again!"
He shouted, and his trusted men handed him another arrow, but as soon as he drew the bow, the colorful creature was no longer in sight.
"Damn, didnât Mr. Wu say the entire mountain was set with a no-fly array?
Why could that phoenix still fly away?
And carrying several people on its back?"
General MoâEr was beside himself with anger, his face turning unsightly!
His trusted subordinate asked, "Strange, with Mr. Wuâs skills, how could he allow those people to leave?
He clearly said that even if he couldnât kill the National Master of Great Han, the others would definitely die at his hands, but just now the people on the phoenixâs back were a child, a woman, and a young man. That young man didnât look like the National Master of Great Han at all!"
The National Master of Great Han was very recognizable with his silver hair.
But among the three, the young man clearly wasnât the National Master!
"Not good! That little child must be the Lucky Star Mr. Wu mentioned. Mr. Wu said if we want to enter the Central Plains directly, this Lucky Star must be eliminated!"
MoâEr suddenly realized and ordered his trusted subordinate, "Take half the troops and continue up the mountain. Iâll take the other half and go to Yunhang County. That Lucky Star must die today!"