Prehistoric: The female saint Shiji, brilliant and talented

Shiji shook her head and said awkwardly, "Nothing, is this okay? There won't be another magic circle like before, right?"

Man Rong shook her head firmly: "No, very few people know how to get in. Even if someone comes, they are our own people, so we won't set up a formation."

After saying that, she walked in.

Shiji followed closely and stepped into the world behind the wall.

The scene here is completely different from that inside Mingxin Pavilion, it is simply a world of difference.

"What are these?" Shiji asked puzzledly, pointing around.

"It's files, weapons and the like." Manrong replied.

When Shiji heard this, he immediately became interested.

"May I take a look at it?"

Man Rong saw what he was thinking and nodded: "You can take a look, but don't take it."

"Don't worry, I'm not that kind of person." Shiji said, and began to flip through the pages carefully.

After flipping through the pages for a while, he felt a little bored. Turning back, he saw Man Rong following him.

"Aren't you looking for something? Are you afraid that I will steal it when you aren't paying attention?" Shiji said with a smile.

Manrong saw that he had misunderstood, and shook her head helplessly: "No, it's just that I can't remember where I put the thing I'm looking for."

"Do you need my help?" Shiji asked.

"No, the thing should be here, but I forgot the exact location." Manrong said, lowering his head in thought.

Seeing that she was thinking seriously, Shiji didn't want to disturb her, so he looked at the weapons nearby out of boredom.

"I really want to play with it." Shiji felt itchy.

But he didn't dare to act rashly, for fear of accidentally triggering some mechanism, which would end badly.

When Shiji finished counting the weapons for the third time, Manrong finally stood up.

"Have you thought about it?" Shiji asked.

Manrong nodded and looked in one direction.

"It's probably there."

"Or..." Shiji was about to ask if she needed help when she saw Manrong flying over to get something.

Shiji curled her lips helplessly: "Okay, just pretend I didn't ask."

After a while, Manrong came back with something in her hand.

"Found it?" Shiji asked.

Manrong nodded, then shook her head, and Shiji looked confused.

"Is this found or not?"

"The empire's files have been found, but there is one thing missing," Manrong said.

"Maybe it's not here?" Shiji asked tentatively.

Manrong said with certainty: "Impossible, it should still be here, let me take another look."

After saying this, she left Shiji alone and continued her search.

Shiji watched her looking here and there, not knowing whether she had found it.

Manrong searched everywhere for a long time but still couldn't find the awakening. Just when she was at a loss, she finally found the awakening that was covered by other things.

"finally found you!"

After a long time, Manrong finally came back with a smile on her face.

Shiji couldn't help but yawn and asked, "Is it over?"

Manrong noticed that he was sleepy, and realized that she was too focused and neglected Shiji, and felt a little sorry.

"Found it." She said, and showed Shiji what she had in her hand.

Shiji didn't ask much. The most important thing now was how to leave here.

"Shall we go then?" he asked tentatively.

Manrong followed Shiji out without thinking.

Shiji quickly grabbed her and said, "Wait, there are people outside. We can't just go out like this, right?"

"Of course, there is no other exit here." Manrong said as a matter of course.

When Shiji heard this, she was stunned.

"There are guards outside. If you go out directly, you will definitely be caught. You are so confident, so you must have a solution, right?"

Manrong took out something and said to Shiji, "I have this."

Shiji looked closely and saw that it was a seemingly ordinary bell.

"That's it?" he asked.

"This is the Mystical Bell. As long as I shake it, people can enter a dream." Manrong explained.

"Will we be fascinated by it as well?" Shiji was a little worried.

Man Rong smiled and said, "No, it recognizes its master and can distinguish the people it wants to charm."

Shiji nodded.

"Besides, I can manipulate dreams. As long as I let them have a dream where they accidentally fall asleep, they won't suspect us."

"What a good thing." Shiji looked at Mi Youling in surprise. She didn't expect that Manrong had such a treasure.

Manrong rang the bell in her hand, and then there was the sound of a guard falling to the ground. Shiji used her magic power to break the lock again.

The two men carefully walked around the guards, and looking at the guards lying in all directions, Shiji felt very happy.

Manrong restored the door lock to its original state.

"Okay, let's get out of here."

Afterwards, the two quickly fled from Mingxin Pavilion.

On the way out of Mingxin Pavilion, we ran into the guard who had been there when we came.

"What should we do if there are guards? Should we use the old method to deal with it?" Manrong asked worriedly.

Shiji hesitated for a moment and replied, "Don't worry, I have a way. You hide in the space ring first, and I will go there alone. They shouldn't be suspicious."

"Okay, this is the only way. You'd better be careful." After saying that, Man Rong hid in the space ring.

Seeing that she was already hidden, Shiji straightened her clothes, walked over as if nothing had happened, and patted the guard on the shoulder. "Hey, you're still here." The guard turned around and saw that it was him, with a complicated expression, after all, he had suspected him just now. But the guard who had been speaking for Shiji seemed very happy to see him. "It's you, big brother, are you done?"

Shiji nodded, sighed and said, "It's done, but I'm so tired. To be honest, that job is really hard to handle."

The leading guard narrowed his eyes, still half believing and half doubting. But he thought, if this person really sneaked into Mingxin Pavilion, then the guards at the door would not have been silent when he came out.

"Have you been to Mingxin Pavilion?" the leading guard asked directly. Shiji didn't expect him to be so direct, and pretended to be ignorant and said: "Mingxin Pavilion? Why would I go there? It's a forbidden place, I dare not." He lowered his head in fear.

Seeing this, the leading guard's doubts were mostly dispelled.

"Look at how cowardly he is, how could he be the one who sneaked into Mingxin Pavilion? Maybe I'm overthinking it." He thought to himself, and his expression towards Shiji softened a lot.

"Yeah, I just thought it wasn't you. Brother, you look like a decent person, how could you do that kind of thing?" said the guard.

Shiji feigned surprise and exclaimed, "Could it be that a thief sneaked into Mingxin Pavilion?"

When the leading guard saw that it was not him, he didn't want to say anything more and waved his hand to signal him to leave.

"Okay, okay, just leave now since there's nothing for you to do." This was exactly what Shiji wanted, so he said no more and turned to leave.

When they reached a deserted place, he asked Manrong to come out of the space ring.

"You are really good at chatting. If I give you some more time, you will be the captain of the guard team." Man Rong joked.

"Stop joking. Where are we going next? Back to the palace?" Man Rong put away her smile and shook her head seriously: "No, we can't go back to the palace now. The time is not right yet."

"Okay, let's leave the Broken Jade Palace first and then make plans." With that, the two of them walked east along the way they came. They met many more people along the way than when they came here.

Manrong approached Shiji and whispered, "There are a lot of people here now. Let's observe for a while before leaving. It will be difficult to explain if we are seen by others." Shiji nodded in agreement.

Soon, they arrived at the place where they came in. Someone happened to pass by, and the two of them stopped immediately. Manrong pretended to pass by, walked around, and when there was no one around, she quickly pulled Shiji away from the Suiyu Palace.

After changing his clothes, Shiji finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm finally free. I was so scared in there, afraid that I'd be discovered at any moment." Manrong looked at him with amusement, but she was also obviously relieved.

After all the hard work, Shiji looked a little tired, unlike Manrong, who at least slept for a few hours.

He had broken through the formation along the way and walked around with Manrong in his arms. Now that he was relaxing, he felt exhausted.

"Are you sleepy?" Man Rong asked with concern as she watched him yawning repeatedly.

"Running around a bit, indeed." Shiji said lightly.

But Manrong knew that it would definitely not be easy to carry an unconscious person around.

"Come on, I'll take you to rest." Shiji hadn't reacted yet and asked in confusion, "Where to?"

Man Rong explained: "I have another house on the outskirts of the city. If we can't go back to the palace, we can go there to rest."

Afterwards, the two came to her house in the suburbs. The house was much bigger than Shiji had imagined.

"It's really nice, much bigger than I thought. I underestimated you." Man Rong smiled bitterly and said nostalgically, "I am the second princess of the Rose Empire after all. Of course I have a house like this. It's a pity that now..."

Shiji knew that he had accidentally touched her sad memories again, so he stopped talking. He comforted her, "Don't be sad, this time, you will definitely get what you want back." Manrong looked at his serious expression and couldn't help laughing.

"Yes, so you should go and rest now." Shiji was attracted by her smile and didn't hear what she said at all. He just nodded repeatedly. Then, Manrong took him to a room.

"Just be patient and rest here. Everything inside should be clean. Feel free to use it." Shiji looked around the room. In fact, it was more luxurious than the rooms he had lived in before, so it was not a shame at all.

"Okay, you are tired today, so go and rest if you have nothing to do." After saying that, he went into the room to rest.

When Shiji closed the door, the smile on Manrong's face gradually disappeared.

After a short rest, she decided to go out and find out what was going on in the Rose Empire, especially what her "good sister" was doing.

She knew that teahouses were gathering places for gossip, so she walked towards the busiest teahouse nearby, hoping to find some clues there.

When I walked into the teahouse, I happened to hear a storyteller telling the history of the Rose Empire.

"Speaking of the current queen, we have to mention her two princesses, the eldest princess Xiaoqing and the second princess Manyong." As the storyteller finished speaking, sighs were heard in the teahouse.

A woman's voice came to Manrong's ears: "There is no second princess anymore. There is only the eldest princess now." These words made Manrong's heart tighten.

"What? Only the eldest princess is left?" she thought to herself, unconsciously clenching the teacup in her hand.

Seeing this, the lady at the same table quickly reminded her: "Girl, what are you thinking about? You are about to crush the teacup."

Manrong came back to her senses, let go of her hand, and smiled awkwardly: "Sorry, I was too absorbed in thinking."

The old lady looked at Manrong's weak appearance and felt pity for her: "Girl, what's wrong with you? Are you trapped in love? I tell you, it's not worth it to be sad for a man..."

Manrong quickly interrupted the old lady: "Auntie, you think too much, it's not because of this."

She paused, then asked, "Auntie, can you tell me what happened to the second princess?"

The old lady looked at Manrong strangely and asked doubtfully, "How come you don't know about such a big thing?"

Manrong's curiosity was aroused. Has she "disappeared" in the hearts of the people?
"I was in poor health and was in a coma for a long time. I just woke up recently," Manrong explained.

When the other ladies at the same table heard this, they all expressed their sympathy.

"Oh, you look like a weak little girl. I didn't expect you would encounter such an experience." Others also echoed.

Manrong smiled sweetly: "So I don't know much about the recent news. I remember that the second princess was a nice person. What happened to her now?"

As soon as these words were spoken, several people began to talk at once, and Manrong couldn't hear what they were saying at all.

"Stop!" The lady who had originally spoken to Manrong realized that this was too chaotic and shouted, "Come one by one."

Later, Manrong gradually learned the whole story from the ladies. It turned out that after she disappeared after being hunted down by Xiaoqing, there were rumors that she was dead. At first, the people of the Rose Empire did not believe it, but as time went by, no one saw the second princess again, so everyone believed the rumor that she was dead.

"The eldest princess? Humph, it must be you who spread the rumor. But I'm afraid you will be disappointed." Man Rong thought angrily in her heart.

Just then, everyone started discussing who would be the next queen.

"Need I say more? Originally, there was a competition between the second princess and the eldest princess. Now that the second princess is dead, the throne must belong to the eldest princess." Others also joined the discussion.

"The throne belongs to the eldest princess. It is rumored that she will succeed to the throne soon." When talking about sensitive topics, everyone lowered their voices.

"Is this true? Is it settled?" someone asked.

"The news is accurate, it's confirmed!" someone answered in a low voice. Everyone exclaimed, and then fell silent.

"The news must be accurate. It is obvious that my good sister spread the rumor herself. First she spread the news that I was dead, and then she spread the news that she would succeed to the throne soon. What a good plan." Man Rong thought sarcastically in her heart.

After a moment's silence, someone spoke up: "It's a pity that the second princess died at such a young age..." Although he didn't finish his words, everyone understood what he meant.

The sigh sounded again. "That's right, I originally thought that the second princess was more suitable to be the queen than the eldest princess."

"Yes, the second princess is a better person than the eldest princess. If she hadn't died young, the throne might not have been passed down to the eldest princess." Although others thought so too, they did not dare to speak out as bluntly as these two.

"Stop talking, or the princess's men might hear you and arrest you." After these words came out, no one dared to speak anymore.

Manrong felt it was ironic. It turned out that in everyone's mind, the eldest princess was not worthy of her position. She couldn't let the eldest princess succeed. (End of this chapter)