"Your Highnesses, please escape through the North Gate! The Dark Phoenix Guard cannot be trusted, the Slave Army cannot be counted on, and the few guards left in the palace can no longer hold back the enemy!"
A eunuch came running, blood still staining his sash.
Daji was about to give birth. Empress Jiang, Noble Consort Huang, Consort Yang, Long Ji, Deng Chanyu, and the other consorts were all attending her in Shouxian Palace.
Thus, they learned together that rebel troops were attacking the palace.
"Sisters, hurry and leave the palace..."
Daji was dazed, her belly hugely swollen. Even a Thousand-Year White Fox was terribly weak during childbirth.
Fortunately, Long Ji was still in the palace. Although concerns over cause and effect and karmic debt made it inconvenient for her to slaughter mortals indiscriminately, keeping the consorts safe would be no problem.
"Rest easy and look after your baby, Sister. We'll be back in no time."
Through Daji's haze, a slender, exceptionally tall figure appeared before her.
Deng Chanyu's long, slightly wavy hair fell loose behind her, with red gauze wrapped around the phoenix bun atop her head.
She wore emerald-green leather armor, with a short saber hanging from the embroidered sash at her waist.
Most alluring of all was her lower half. Her jade-green short armor overlapped in several layers, with sheer gauze hanging from the lowest layer, offering tantalizing glimpses of her long, slender, jade-white legs.
Even women found it difficult to tear their eyes away from those long, tender-white legs.
Beside Deng Chanyu stood Noble Consort Huang in red armor. Her proportions were not as voluptuous as Deng Chanyu's, but her face was sweet and charming, and a heroic spirit uncommon among ordinary women shone between her brows. She looked even more like a military commander than