A stirring unlike anything she had ever felt filled the Princess's heart.
That stirring mingled with the whispered conversation between Zeng Anmin and Sai Chuxue at the door.
For some inexplicable reason, it left the Princess feeling a little jealous.
She pressed her lips together, her eyes turning misty and lost.
"What is wrong with me?"
For no reason at all, her memories slowly began to surface.
From the first time she met Zeng Anmin, to the poem Zeng Anmin had composed.
Then later, when she went to the battlefield with Zeng Anmin and conquered Qinghai Bay.
On that mountain.
Zeng Anmin had stood alone with nothing but an axe, blocking countless demon soldiers to save her...
Her face flushed slightly.
"Zeng Anmin..."
The Princess bit her lip.
Her fair hand clenched without warning, the jade-like veins on its back clearly visible.
To put it bluntly, she was old enough to be Zeng Anmin's mother.
How could she suddenly be seized by such an impulse?
"Phew~"
She took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the stirring in her heart.
She slowly shook her head.
"My martial path has yet to reach great completion. How can I grow lax over the tender ties between men and women?"
"All of this was bought for me?!"
Sai Chuxue's eyes had already lit up with delight.
She looked at the steaming Food Box in her hands.
Inside were all kinds of pastries Zeng Anmin had specially bought for her in Two Rivers Prefecture.
Their fragrance rushed straight at her delicate nose.
An immensely delighted smile filled her face.
By then, the two had already arrived outside the imperial palace.
Among the clouds.
The Fire Phoenix flew onward.
Zeng Anmin stood atop the Fire Phoenix, gazing down below.
The entire capital of the Great