Chapter 223: True and False Queen

The carriage was very fast, which significantly shortened the time Baixue Gongzhu had to spend with her new friends.

As the Chief Guard to the Queen, Weisite easily drove the carriage into the city, even reaching the Neicheng without any obstruction along the way.

Even the King and the Queen had brought a group of nobles and officials to Rongyao Guangchang to welcome the carriage's return; everything seemed to have been foreseen.

Weisite was a bit dazed, not expecting to receive such treatment one day; his choice had indeed been the right one.

He hurriedly stopped the carriage at the edge of the square, knelt on one knee, and said with his head held high, "Respected King, Qu... Queen, I have rescued the Princess!"

"Hahahaha!" King Aotuo's laughter was filled with genuine emotion. "Weisite, you are worthy of being the Queen's loyal guard; your Loyalty shall surely be rewarded as it deserves!"

"Your Majesty, this is what your subject ought to do!"

"Good, very good! Now, let my poor Baixue come home!"

Weisite immediately stood up straight, ran to the side of the carriage, and gently knocked on the door; he said nothing, just stood quietly in place waiting.

Inside the carriage, Baixue Gongzhu had long been stunned.

The Queen?

There was another Queen outside!

Then what was the deal with this Queen sleeping on her shoulder?

Impossible, Father could not possibly have made a mistake, and the many nobles and officials in the city could not have made a mistake either!

Baixue Gongzhu looked with pleading eyes at the strange gentleman sitting opposite her; the gentleman's gentle and gentlemanly actions along the way and Xiao Anni's cute and well-behaved appearance had filled Baixue with great affection, and in a situation where the development of events was uncontrollable, Baixue Gongzhu instinctively sought help from a friend she trusted.

Unfortunately, the strange gentleman just smiled and did not say much.

He merely reached out and pointed outside, signaling to Baixue Gongzhu that it was time to go out, while he himself sat in the spot Baixue Gongzhu had just vacated, resting the sleeping Queen's head on his own shoulder.

Biting her lip, Baixue Gongzhu stepped out of the carriage under Xie Yaoyao's encouraging gaze.

Weisite, who was guarding the side of the carriage, closed the door the moment Baixue Gongzhu stepped out, and then drove the carriage away from the square quietly, as if this primary hero who had rescued the Princess had other, more important things to do.

The moment Baixue Gongzhu stepped off the carriage, her gaze was drawn to the Queen standing beside the King.

Identical, exactly the same as the Queen in the carriage!

No, they just looked identical.

Baixue Gongzhu immediately and keenly sensed a difference; compared to the noble temperament of the original Queen, this Queen's temperament was more alluring.

Although the Queen was Baixue Gongzhu's stepmother, after so many years of contact, Baixue Gongzhu still accurately discovered the difference.

Her gaze turned to her father.

Uh, no mistake, this was her own biological father; Baixue was very certain of this point.

Although the King was displaying much more unusual happiness and excitement than usual, Baixue was still very certain that this was her own father.

Baixue felt a sense of relief in her heart, a smile immediately climbed onto her cheeks, and tears began to well up in her eyes.

"Father, Mother, I... I am back!"

Sob sob sob, Father, do you know that your most beautiful and cute daughter almost died out there!

Watching his daughter throw herself into his arms and cry, the King could not help but whisper comfort, but if there were a careful person, they would notice that the King seemed somewhat absent-minded, his eyes having drifted three times toward the direction where Weisite had driven the carriage away.

This careful person was the Queen.

When the King's eyes drifted for the fourth time, the Queen spoke.

"Your Majesty, now that Baixue has returned safely, I think she must be tired and hungry. I will go first to instruct the kitchen to prepare a sumptuous meal, and then have the servants prepare hot water and a comfortable bed for her!"

"Ah, the Queen is as thoughtful as ever! Go and prepare, go and prepare, make sure to prepare everything thoroughly!"

With the corners of her mouth raised, the Queen lifted her skirt and bowed, then turned and walked toward the Wangong with her guards and maids.

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"Tap tap tap tap!"

Weisite drove the carriage into increasingly remote areas; the surrounding environment became quieter, and the sounds of the horse's hooves and the carriage wheels became clearer.

It was hard to believe that there were such remote places within the vast Neibao of Mingxing Cheng.

Inside the carriage, the corners of Xie Yaoyao's mouth curled higher and higher, because he knew they should be arriving at their destination soon.

The carriage had already circled about half of the Neibao, which meant they had now reached the very back of the castle.

Beside the slightly desolate Neibao wall, a black iron gate appeared before them.

Two strange men wrapped entirely in black cloaks were guarding the gate; if Weituo and Salvatore had not been kicked out of the plot world, they would have been able to recognize that these two strange men were dressed exactly like the group they had seen in the Dungeons and the Torture Room.

Upon seeing the carriage and Weisite, the two strange men opened the gate without asking a single question.

Weisite drove the carriage inside steadily; it was clear this was not his first time coming to this place.

After entering the large iron gate, there was a long downward passage; the passage wound downward, and its width was surprisingly just right for the carriage Weisite was driving, which had no crests or decorations, to travel through.

Continuing downward, the carriage finally officially entered the underground, and the originally stone-paved ground gradually turned into a dirt road; the dirt road had two deep wheel ruts visibly pressed into it, showing that this road was usually quite busy.

Gradually, echoes appeared in the ears of Xie Yaoyao, who was sitting in the carriage, and these echoes grew louder and louder; when the carriage finally came to a complete stop, Xie Yaoyao could be certain that they had arrived at an Underground Cave almost the same size as his place of seclusion.

'Hehe, interesting! I knew there was a deeper plot in this world; as expected, it was the right choice not to directly kill Baixue Gongzhu to complete the mission!'

"Crack!"

Weisite opened the carriage door and signaled for a person in a black robe to help him carry the sleeping Queen Sailina down.

At the same time, Xie Yaoyao's figure appeared in an inconspicuous corner of the Underground Cave, beginning to examine the appearance of the entire place.

In the huge Underground Cave, the damp air was filled with the smell of decay and sulfur; several clusters of flames made the space appear even gloomier, the firelight reflecting on the stone walls and casting swaying shadows.

In the center were two parallel pitch-black altars, their surfaces carved with runes, with dark red traces remaining on the edges. A group of people in black robes surrounded them, their hoods covering their faces, their footsteps slow and heavy.

The air was silent, and even the movements of Weisite and the black-robed man carrying the body of Queen Sailina were incredibly quiet.

A huge pentagram array was drawn between the altars, its silver lines drawn with Precision and complexity. On each corner were placed withered bones, a heart, feathers, liquid, and gems, emitting an unsettling aura.