Warlord of the Xili Kingdom
The Challenge of the Queen Mother

Just now Xin'er was relieved that the concubines had dispersed without being expelled, now the matter had already come again without having to be searched.

After the concubines left the Xin'er residence, several people came back. They were wearing warrior clothes, complete with weapons in their hands.

The soldiers lined up facing each other in front of the entrance, then one of them shouted loudly. "Suri's mother arrived,"

Hearing the Suri Mother's name, Xin'er let out a heavy sigh. Surely that old granny will make a big deal again to him. Xin'er.

The old woman in the typical attire of a great ruler, walked in arrogantly while throwing a sharp glare towards Xin'er and her two servants. Behind the Queen Mother, two servants and two bodyguards followed her with similarly arrogant gazes.

There is something different from the arrival of the Queen Mother this time. In addition to carrying a few soldiers with full armament, there was a woman wearing clothes like a swordsman. The woman is beautiful with a slim body shape and high, shiny black hair that is only in the ponytail. A sheathed sword was held with his left hand wrapped in white cloth from the palm to the top of the wrist.

Xin'er and her two servants bowed respectfully before the Queen Mother to greet her. "Long live for the Queen Mother" said the three together.

Without saying a word, the old woman passed Xin'er and immediately sat on the gazebo bench of Zhoseng Palace, followed by her servants and guards, and the female swordsman.

Xin'er glanced at the female warrior who had been trailing behind the Queen Mother. The woman's expression was similar to Zhaoling's when she first met. Cold and flat.

'Who is he? Why did the Queen Mother bring a female warrior here?' That was a question that Xin'er couldn't ask right now, because the Queen Mother herself gave the answer straight away.

"Ming He is the Swordsman of White Stork College. He has a high level of martial arts, and has the ability of medicine." said the Queen Mother without looking at anyone. Then, the old woman said while turning her eyes towards Xin'er cynically. "Didn't the Third Prince prefer a tough girl to protect him? Heh, I'll give her a girl stronger than you!" he continued while glancing at Ming He.

From the way the Queen Mother spoke and glanced at the woman named Ming He, Xin'er was sure that the old grandmother wanted to get rid of herself from this place as well as Zhaozu. That's how much the Queen Mother hated Xin'er, to do everything possible to get rid of Xin'er.

But, Xin'er was so curious as to why the Queen Mother hated herself? She never offended her husband's grandmother. In fact, he is always in the straying of his tranquility in this place. "Sorry, Suri! I don't understand what you mean! Why did you get to know the woman and say that the Third Prince prefers tough girls?"

The Queen Mother chuckled while shaking her head. "It turns out, other than you don't have any special talent, and also the familiarity of a princess, you're also very stupid." he sneered while laughing with satisfaction. "All right! No need to beat around the bush and get straight to the point. I want you out of my grandson's life willingly. If not, then you must be prepared to bear all the risks. How's it?" the current grin of the Queen Mother's face is scarier than that of the witch in the film series. Even the giggling of his laughter made my feathers stand up.

However, fearlessly Xin'er shook her head while answering loudly. "I will not leave the Third Prince at any time. Because ..." he seemed hesitant to say the next word, ". 'cause I love him!" that was what came out of Xin'er's mouth after quite a while of thought.

"Haha. Youlove her? Oh, what a romantic! But, I don't see any taste from you for my ugly grandson. Surely you don't want to leave because you're used to wealth, luxury, and power, don't you!" charge the Queen Mother with a contemptuous tone. "Listen to me, Xin'er! If you want to leave at your will, I'll give you some of my treasure, as long as you leave Zhaozu right now" the Queen Mother said next.

Xin'er sighed so heavily. It felt, he was upset by the figure of an old woman who should be a role model in the future. But, instead this old woman asked Xin'er to leave her grandson and choose a fortune. Can the sacred relationship of marriage be bought with wealth? Xin'er was completely inexhaustible with this Suri Mother's line of thought.

While looking down respectfully and smiling kindly, Xin'er immediately opened her voice. "Sorry before, Your Majesty. Until any moment, I will not leave the Third Prince." he firmly said.

However, before the Queen Mother left, Xin'er immediately stopped her with a question. "What if I win?"

The Queen Mother stopped again and said without looking at her. "I won't bother you anymore!" he then just left.

Everyone who followed her left immediately after the Queen Mother came out of Zhoseng Palace. There was not the slightest friendly gaze or courtesy from them to Xin'er. There were only cynical gazes visible from the faces of all of the Suri's followers.

Xin'er's body trembled with clenched hands restraining emotions. He could do nothing to the Queen Mother, even though the old woman always insulted him. The Queen Mother was the mother of the Emperor and the grandmother of the Third Prince. It was impossible for her to disrespect the Queen Mother, even though she continued to be humiliated by the old woman.

Xin'er sat down lethargic thinking about the thing that the Queen Mother said earlier. Although to be honest, he did not love the Third Prince. But, the affection for her husband as a friend is certainly there. Moreover, from the small Third Prince was always ostracized and humiliated by his other family. Xin'er kept trying to make the Third Prince happy in his own way.

"Mr Princess. Didn't the Queen Mother hate the Third Prince? But, why did He find a mate for the Prince? I'm confused" Mengshu said.

"Really! I also want to ask the same thing earlier," Yuelie chimed as she glanced at Mengshu.

Xin'er simply shook her head in response. Indeed, he himself did not know the true intention of the Queen Mother's actions. Yang Xin'er believed that the Queen Mother hated herself a lot because Prince Zhaohan and Zhaoyan liked her. In fact, he never teased the two princes.

Prince Zhaoyan is the Second Prince, as well as younger half-brother and half-mother to Prince Zhaohan. The man once passed directly to Xin'er during Consort Wang's birthday party. Xin'er's pretty face was able to captivate Prince Zhaoyan's heart back then. In fact, Xin'er herself did not show any kind of hospitality to him. The girl tends to be strict when in the presence of other men, other than the Third Prince and the Warlord.

Even so, the Second Prince still likes Xin'er who is always cold and jutek. He did the same thing that Prince Zhaohan often did, which was to harass and seduce Xin'er. He tends to demean Zhaozu and elevate himself with the intention of getting Xin'er hooked. But in fact, not a single bit of the girl glanced at him.

Prince Zhaohan knows about Prince Zhaoyan's love for Xin'er. He is furious and challenges Zhaoyan to a power match. Whoever wins, then he can approach Xin'er freely. In fact, whoever wins from them, Xin'er still won't choose between the two. Because, Xin'er had chosen her own dream man.

Eventually, gossip spread throughout the palace, that Xin'er had the two Princes at odds until fighting. The two princes also said if Xin'er wants to be married by one of them, then they will expel all concubines in their respective harem palaces.

Looking at the silent Xin'er, Mengshu and Yuelie looked at each other before touching her shoulders softly as she said. "Mr Princess. It seems that the woman named Ming He was not an indiscriminate person," Yuelie said.

"What if he's not just anyone? I'm pretty sure that the Princess can defeat him easily! Yes, Princess!" cetus Mengshu was full of spirit.

"I'm also very confident that the Princess can defeat that woman! But, I'm afraid that the Queen Mother would cheat to get the woman to win and the Princess to be expelled from the palace!" yuelie tukas sad.

Xin'er smiled in response to the words of her two servants. He said nothing and just stared at the two servants meaningfully. His mind drifted somewhere. 'I must be able to prove to the Queen Mother, that I am not a girl who is easily oppressed! But, how do I defeat that woman named Ming He?'

...Connect, gaess ......