Chapter 53
Chapter 53: The God of Rescue, Little Fox!
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My name is Luo Chenxi, and I am the nominal princess of the Great Xia Dynasty.
But for me, this is nothing more than a long, cold solitude.
I don’t know who my mother is, and even that lofty father emperor has never looked at me with even half a bit of warmth.
I am merely an insignificant speck of dust within the palace walls.
Life in the deep palace is filled with daily bullying.
Even the lowest palace maids dare to mistreat me at will, their cold stares and harsh words piercing through each lonely day and night like needles.
I often curl up on my cold bed, hugging my knees and hoping, hoping for someone to reach out and pull me from this endless cold night.
Only in dreams is there a glimmer of light.
In the blur, there’s always a figure, like a hero wrapped in warm sunlight, protecting me from behind when I’m most afraid and helpless.
I desperately try to see her face clearly, but when I wake up, there are only tear stains on my pillow.
I searched year after year, and until now, the palace walls remain, the cold wind remains, and that person who could save me has never appeared.
At last, that hero seems to have appeared.
Though she is also a young girl, she fills my broken heart.
Warmth finally nourishes my cold heart…
…
“Holy cow, sneaking in was this easy?”
Following Luo Chenxi’s reminder, Lin Muyu disguised herself as a cleaning palace maid along with her, successfully sneaking into the palace without any conflict with the guards outside.
“It’s not that sneaking in is easy, it’s just that when court isn’t in session, security here isn’t usually that tight.”
Luo Chenxi explained in her childish voice.
“If it were really during court session, no one would be able to get in.”
Looking at her petite body and cute face, Lin Muyu suddenly felt the urge to stay a little longer.
After all, the Luo Chenxi after leaving here would be completely different from this current appearance that filled one with protective instincts.
She quite liked the current Luo Chenxi, but unfortunately, people can’t grow in reverse.
But staying longer would add more risk of exposure.
She quickly shook her head, dispelling these impractical thoughts.
Noticing Lin Muyu’s distraction, Luo Chenxi stared at her with bright eyes:
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing, nothing,”
Lin Muyu somewhat unnaturally averted her gaze.
“You’re too cute, I couldn’t help but look a couple more times.”
If she were facing the grown-up version of Luo Chenxi, she would never say such words.
But the current small appearance was truly endearing, and she momentarily lost control of her mouth.
Luo Chenxi didn’t respond, only glared at her fiercely, though her small face quietly flushed red, unclear whether from anger or embarrassment.
Given Luo Chenxi’s personality, Lin Muyu figured it was probably the former, and awkwardly touched her nose:
“Cough cough, we should get going first.”
She was afraid that after getting out, Luo Chenxi would be petty and want revenge, so she hurriedly changed the subject.
Before long, the two stood in the throne hall.
The hall was currently empty, with only that magnificent dragon throne standing straight, silently emanating intimidating majesty.
“You mean, sitting on it will let us get out?”
Luo Chenxi’s eyes flashed with excitement, her tone involuntarily rising.
Perhaps, besides the person beside her, that dragon throne was also a form of comfort to her.
“Theoretically, yes, but…”
Lin Muyu instinctively frowned.
“Haven’t we been going too smoothly?”
As soon as she finished speaking, the scene before them suddenly changed.
In an instant, countless ministers poured into the hall, shouting in unison:
“Long live Your Majesty! Long live! Long live!”
“Rise.”
On the originally empty dragon throne now sat a majestic emperor, casting a scrutinizing gaze toward the two.
‘We’re done for, I jinxed it.’
Seeing this, Luo Chenxi’s lips immediately turned pale, her face panicked, and she nervously gripped Lin Muyu’s soft hand.
“You two, why don’t you kneel when you see His Majesty?”
The eunuch beside the emperor scolded with his shrill duck voice, the sound harsh and unpleasant.
A heavy pressure instantly descended.
Lin Muyu, having just recovered her cultivation, could still handle it.
But young Luo Chenxi seemed to have some terrible memory triggered, her eyes full of terror, her body uncontrollably weakening.
Lin Muyu noticed something was wrong and quickly pulled her into her arms, shouting angrily:
“Why should I kneel to someone who can’t even protect his own daughter?”
The throne hall instantly fell silent, everyone staring at her in shock.
Lin Muyu couldn’t be bothered with more words, grabbing the court tablet from a nearby minister’s hand and pointing it at the person on the dragon throne without courtesy:
“Hey, old man, hurry up and get down from that chair, it’s your daughter’s turn to sit!”
“Ah?”
Luo Chenxi, originally gripped by fear, suddenly froze, the terror in her heart vanishing in an instant.
She was surprised by Lin Muyu’s boldness, and her heart was also quite unsettled.
‘Could it be… she already knows my purpose for approaching her?’
“Guards… Ouch!”
The furious eunuch was about to call for people when Lin Muyu slapped him away with the tablet, sending him crashing heavily to the ground, his fate unknown.
Then, under Luo Chenxi’s shocked gaze, Lin Muyu held the court tablet and smashed it toward the emperor.
But the emperor only glanced at her with a dark expression, and a tremendous pressure came crashing down, violently throwing Lin Muyu away.
“No… this emperor isn’t just a shell!”
Lin Muyu crashed into a pillar and panicked in realization.
When she snuck in, she discovered that most of the guards in the illusion were just empty shells with no real power.
But this emperor was clearly the strongest being nurtured by the illusion.
Can’t win…
Then there’s only one method, Lin Muyu’s heart stirred, and she shouted:
“Xiao Bai!”
Starlight ripples through the universe, this fox makes a shining entrance! (Not)
Fox tail makes a shining entrance!
Behind the dragon throne, a white fox tail instantly emerged, sweeping away the person on the throne.
“Ah?”
Luo Chenxi was immediately stunned.
Having spent so much time together, she naturally knew who the “Xiao Bai” Lin Muyu was calling was.
It was that white fox that slept in the trees all day, waiting for Lin Muyu after school.
She had thought it was just an ordinary pet fox.
She never expected it to have such power.
She couldn’t see through her father emperor’s strength, but gathering all the illusion’s power, he was certainly not weak.
Yet now he was easily swept away…
But this way of appearing was hardly commendable.
Instantly, the illusion shook.
The emperor on the dragon throne also stopped maintaining his dignity, releasing his full pressure to struggle with the tail.
The originally docile ministers seemed to also sense the external invasion, their eyes turning blood red as they attacked Luo Chenxi.
Seeing this, Lin Muyu directly protected Luo Chenxi behind her, holding the court tablet and knocking down one with each swing.
Waiting for the arrival of the second white tail.
Soon after, another tail extended from behind the dragon throne, charging straight over to sweep away the crowd.
Wrapping the two up.
At this moment, the two facing each other pressed together felt somewhat awkward.
Feeling each other’s soft bodies.
Lin Muyu quickly changed the subject.
“Um, does the promise about not bullying me after we get out still count?”
But her only response was the flushed face of young Luo Chenxi, who looked very angry.
“Hmph.”
As a childish huff reached her ears.
Lin Muyu knew that this casually made promise no longer existed.
Indeed, women’s words cannot be trusted!
Women’s mouths, deceiving ghosts!