Exile Queen is Beloved
Chapter 53 - The Residence of General Ye

When the hands of the two intertwined, a bright beam appeared forming a pattern that Qing 'Er had created. The woman's face turned towards Yuan Shi with slightly raised brows, to Yuan Shi this strange occurrence was the second time he had seen it after previously witnessing such an unexpected thing to Yun Shan in the palace.

Yuan Shi's heart was pounding, believe it or not if this was the best path according to Qing' Er then he would do it. Even so, the formation carried him into a deep abyss while being with the empress was no problem.

A glint of light dazzled Yuan Shi's eyes, a strange feeling as if his body was torn apart like a tiny shard of dice then put back together. Before the two of them were finally thrown into a gloomy forest, both of them smashed into the fallen trees. In the middle of the night like this, it was not a good thing for them to stay there.

Withstanding the pain in his chest, Yuan Shi grabbed Qing'Er's hand to make sure her queen was fine. "Are you okay?" the man asked as he shifted his body to get closer and clenched Qing Er.

"I'm fine, my back just hurts a little" Qing Er muttered while grimacing.

"Miss, thank goodness you're safe. Sure enough, they are all surrogate. They look confused when you disappear from the room." Nemo who had just returned to meet Su Mian then explained the situation in the previous place.

"Please give me a path light!" qing Er said to Nemo.

"Well, here it is!" Not long after a bright light appeared not far from them. Su Mian who already knew that the object was a gift Nemo immediately moved without a word then took a light in his hand.

"What is that thing? Why would a magical object like this appear instantly?" Yuan Shi furrowed his brows then stood up and walked over to Qing Er.

"It's a light bulb, using battery power to power it." Clearly Qing' Er then grabbed Yuan Shi's hand and directly walked towards the front following the navigation instructions given by Nemo.

"Little looks like a lantern," Yuan Shi replied dazzledly.

"You're right, this is a modern lantern!" Qing Er gave a subtle grin before they finally continued on their way out of the forest.

After passing through the winding and steep road, began to see some bright light from the houses around. Yuan Shi had since taken over the lighting lamps and had not forgotten to firmly grasp Qing Er's hand to make sure the woman was safe.

"Is Qing' Er tired?" asked Yuan Shi who finally directly bowed in front of the empress making the woman slightly turn her back.

"Slightly," Qing 'Er replied briefly.

"Go to my back, I don't want you to get tired!" pinta Yuan Shi on Qing Er.

"Alright," Qing Er's footsteps swallowed as she approached Yuan Shi who was still waiting for her to climb onto his back. Qing Er comfortably embraced Yuan Shi from behind and leaned her head on the shoulders of the emperor's field.

Qing' Er directed Yuan Shi to walk as per the instructions of Nemo, not long after the clues of the road ran out they had finally made it out of the lush forest before. Yuan Shi turned his head to the left right to make sure they were in a safe place.

"This place is General Ye's territory" Yuan Shi murmured.

"You don't even think about me" complained Nemo who was on Qing Er's shoulders.

"Sister Yuan, please put me down! Let me walk with both of my sturdy legs." Qing 'Er stretched her embrace on Yuan Shi as well as the man who removed his hand from Qing 'Er.

"If the formation is truly magical, why don't we do it over and over again?" Yuan Shi raised the corner of his left eyebrow while waiting for Qing Er's reply.

Qing Er let out a long sigh, she wrapped her hands around her chest then took it off and patted Yuan Shi's shoulder twice. "That formation doesn't always work, it can only be used when times are critical and it doesn't always get you where you want to be. That formation, is not like a magic teleportation tool that can be used as you please." explained Qing Er who was now starting to walk past Yuan Shi who was still speechless.

Yuan Shi turned around and held Qing Er's hand. "Teleportation? Like the thing we did before?"

"True, it's called teleportation where you can switch from one place to another quickly. In my time, all of this is impossible. We already have such tools that are just starting to be developed!" qing Er's explanation made Yuan Shi amazed, instantly the shadow of Su Mian's world was drawn in his mind.

"If I could see it firsthand," muttered Yuan Shi then grabbed Qing Er's hand and led her forward to look for General Ye's residence.

The desolate streets and dim light faintly illuminated their steps. After arriving at General Ye's residence with a characteristic that Yuan Shi could recognize they stood for a moment in front of the building. The two guards who were looking at the two from a distance started to approach with two swords on their waists.

"What do you want to do at the general's residence?" ask the burly guard.

"Say that the emperor wants to meet him!" timpal Qing' Er quickly.

Yuan Shi turned his head towards Qing Er who was squeaking sharply towards the guards.

"Don't fool us, the emperor is dead. General Ye was now passing-" the guard's words came to a halt when the sword held by Qing Er had pressed right against his neck.

"Speak a lot! Which people do not know their emperor, must be beheaded! Didn't we?" Qing Er turned her head towards Yuan Shi, she did not want to waste time by arguing over unimportant matters.

"Well, wait a minute we'll be right back." the two men ran away, they were also worried that what the two strangers in front of General Ye's residence said was true.

Yuan Shi smiled then turned his head towards Qing Er. "No patience" he said, shaking in admiration.

"We don't have much time, if it's too late Wu Zetian will first ascend the throne rather than your return!" Qing Er returned the sword she took without permission from Yuan Shi.

Not long before the two guards returned and finally allowed them inside. Qing Er walked ahead of the emperor, inside there was a statue of General Ye riding a horse also holding his sword up. Qing Er chuckled, "really a narcissistic man!" muttered