I am aging gracefully in the world of famous books

After the audience with the king, the palace held a grand welcome banquet for the distinguished guests who came from afar.

At the banquet, Pei Xiang specially got acquainted with Archbishop Douglas of the Burleigh Kingdom, and asked some rumors about the warrior He Qiu with a pen and paper.

"I have been interested in the stories of the warrior Heqiu since I was a child, and every time I hear the soul-stirring adventures told by bards about thousands of years ago, I am always yearning for them.

"But as I got older, I found that the adventure legends spoken by the bards are really hard to distinguish between true and false. When the warrior Heqiu did what, their accounts have never been consistent.

"Therefore, I have always had an idea, that is, I can personally come to the country of Burai, the hometown of warriors and the land of glory, to find out the real history of that year."

The amiable archbishop showed a gentle smile after reading the passage written by Pei Xiang in advance.

For the archbishop, this situation has been encountered too many times in these years.It seems that every foreigner who comes to the Kingdom of Bolai has to ask about Heqiu.Of course, Archbishop Douglas is absolutely not disgusted with this phenomenon.

At the same time, he is also very willing to communicate with the future queen about the history and eternal glory of the Bole Kingdom, so that she can have a better impression of this land and its people.

Therefore, Douglas patiently answered several specific questions written by Pei Xiang in the notebook, helped her identify and explain the truth of some rumors, and enthusiastically added some details that had never been circulated outside.

After some exchanges, Pei Xiang established a simple friendship with the archbishop.Most importantly, she received a generous promise from the Archbishop, allowing her to consult some precious historical records in the library and archives inside the Holy See of Burleigh.

"Thank you so much for your invitation. To be honest, I can't wait. Oh, I really want to go to the next day."

Pei Xiang wrote beautiful and gorgeous words quickly, and her fluttering handwriting showed her excitement.

Archbishop Douglas smiled and said slowly:

"Your Highness, don't worry, those ancient materials have been lying quietly on the bookshelf, waiting for one intelligent being to touch and interpret them. They never reject curious seekers, so you don't have to be anxious at all. .Come and enjoy the grand banquet prepared for you first, and I guarantee that when the sun shines on everything tomorrow, the door of the library will be opened for you on time."

Pei Xiang showed a slightly shy smile, and once again thanked Douglas sincerely.

Sure enough, on the morning of the next day, Pei Xiang successfully entered the library and reference room inside the Holy See, and obtained the highest level of data access authority specially approved by the archbishop.

Pei Xiang flipped through the documents so fast that Archbishop Douglas, who was accompanying him, felt strange.

"Princess Lilia, you seem to be looking for a specific piece of information, and you don't intend to read through the historical records of that year?"

Pei Xiang nodded without hesitation, without any intention of hiding.She gestured a few times, indicating that she was looking for the deeds of a certain friend of Heqiu.

"What can I do for you, Your Royal Highness?" the kind-faced archbishop asked with concern.

Pei Xiang tilted his head and thought for a while, a trace of hesitation flashed between his brows.

However, when she looked at the rows of bookshelves full of paper books, she resolutely abandoned the little hesitation in her heart and chose to ask the managers here for help.

"Actually... the reason why I am particularly interested in He Qiu's story is that apart from admiring his heroic deeds, it is also related to a dream I had recently."

"Dream?"

"Yes, a very strange dream," Pei Xiang wrote. "On the night I left my hometown and set out for the country of Burai, I dreamed of a fairy who lived in the deep sea. She seemed to be trapped in a dark and cold place. It looked very pitiful. I asked her what happened and she said she was betrayed by a human being she trusted, but she didn't want revenge because hatred is ugly. She just wanted to find her good friend He Qiu and asked me Can you help her?"

The word "deep sea" made the archbishop subconsciously pay attention to Pei Xiang's dream, and then, as he read it, the gentle smile in his eyes gradually disappeared.

Pei Xiang seemed to be ignorant of the changes in the archbishop's expression, she lowered her head and continued to write:

"In the dream, I said to the poor fairy that I would like to help her, but I don't know if I can do it. After listening to my words, the fairy named Helena was very happy. She said, as long as I marry The country of Bo Lai - the hometown of the warrior He Qiu, I have the ability to help her.

"I was very curious, so I asked her about the specific method, but she didn't explain it all the time, she just said that when I became queen, some things could start. Immediately afterwards, I suddenly woke up.

"After waking up from the dream, I have been wondering what happened to the fairy Helena. Why is her name not mentioned in all the stories related to the warrior Heqiu? Frankly speaking, I only remember the witch Alice and the warrior's sweetheart Alice. Miss Si."

When Pei Xiang wrote the name "Helena", Douglas' pupils constricted instantly.

He immediately thought of some secrets that only the archbishops of the past could know, the deep-sea witch named Andy Alice and the man disguised as He Qiu, and the calculations of the Holy See of Burleigh Kingdom against the Lord of the Sea Clan thousands of years ago.

"Just because of a dream, did Her Royal Highness want to explore that period of history?"

Archbishop Douglas said in a persuasive tone:

"Have you ever thought, Your Highness, that dream...maybe it's just a day and night dream? You said before that you have been interested in Heqiu's story since you were a child, and yearned for his life of adventure as a warrior... When Your Highness the Princess After leaving for the country of Burleigh, perhaps due to emotional or nervous excitement, some weird fantasies subconsciously occurred, and thus I had such a dream."

These words made Pei Xiang sigh silently.

She shook her head slightly, and took out an extremely beautiful mermaid scale from the small bag she carried.

"This..." the Archbishop was taken aback, "These are the scales of the mermaid? Oh, they were donated by the mermaid on their own initiative, otherwise they wouldn't emit such a gentle glow. It's rare now. It turns out that Her Royal Highness still has such a treasure, Is it a gift from your father?"

"No," Pei Xiang silently denied, and wrote earnestly, "After waking up from the dream, at first I thought it was because of my wild thoughts during the day, until I found that I was holding this in my palm."

Pei Xiang raised his hand, and brought the scales given to her by the mermaid princesses before the archbishop's eyes, so that he could see clearly.

"The moment I saw this mermaid scale, I knew that the dream was not illusory, but that a fairy trapped under the sea really asked me for help. This is the evidence. I am very worried about her, Archbishop Douglas .”

The archbishop carefully looked at the mermaid scale in Pei Xiang's palm again, and found that this scale was really rare, at least much more beautiful and delicate than those in the Burley Palace.

"It's even rarer and more precious than the collections in the palace..." Douglas was secretly surprised.

You know, because the warrior Heqiu defeated the lord of the sea clan, all the kings of Bolai were very keen on collecting underwater treasures.After 1000 years of accumulation, those treasures can rank first in the royal collections of mainland countries in terms of quantity and quality.

"It's more perfect than the mermaid scales collected in Burley's palace...it's not easy. It's more reasonable to say that it was a gift in a dream." The bishop thought to himself.

Immediately afterwards, he was quite startled and thought:

"If I'm not wrong, the so-called suffering fairy in Princess Lilia's dream is very likely to be the witch Alice back then. What Helena, maybe it's a lie! After all, He Qiu who pretended to be Helena didn't even know How many years have you been dead?"

Pei Xiang saw that the archbishop kept looking at the scales and remained silent, so he continued to write:

"Although Helena said that as long as I can become the queen of the Bole Kingdom, I can help her out of trouble. But I really can't bear to see a weak woman like her endure pain, so I thought, it's best to help her escape from suffering earlier.

"I thought about it, but I didn't know where to start. I could only tell myself to look up the information first, to see if there were any written records about Helena and Heqiu. Perhaps, I could find some useful clues from it. .”

The archbishop's eyelids twitched, he no longer looked at the mermaid scale, but began to look at Pei Xiang calmly.He thinks that with his age and life experience, he can see through a 16-year-old girl.

After a while, the high-ranking archbishop could almost conclude that the little princess on the opposite side really didn't know some secret inside information.

"Yes, I don't need to be suspicious at all," the Archbishop smirked inwardly, thinking to himself, "There are many stories about how Heqiu defeated the Lord of the Sea Clan in the heroic stories circulated outside, but none of them are true. In short, Not many people know that Heqiu used the identity of 'Helena' to get close to the witch Alice, and no outsiders know the other details. But how can the relevant people who know the inside story let those terrible secrets leak out?"

The determined Douglas didn't know that there was still a magical magic book in this world, and what the previous owner of that book wanted to know most was an interesting story.As a result, some details that the Holy See and the royal family of Burleigh had wanted to hide for thousands of years were easily known to outsiders.

"Your Highness, Princess Lilia, you are a kind girl. You are right. We really can't stand by and watch an innocent girl suffer. It's just... I've read all the information here, and there is no 'Helena' in it, maybe There was an error in the recording, after all, it happened thousands of years ago."

"Then what should we do?" Pei Xiang looked at Douglas trustingly for answers, and at the same time was truly anxious for the stranger.

The archbishop cleared his throat, and suggested in a gentle voice:

"How about you carefully describe the appearance of the fairy Helena, perhaps, we can find similar people in these old volumes."

Pei Xiang nodded happily, and immediately sketched the appearance of "Helena" according to the information she inquired from Mr. Dagger. In fact, she was sketching the facial features of the witch Alice.

After a while, Pei Xiang finished her sketch: "This is the Helena I saw in my dream."

The archbishop frowned. Of course, he had never seen the witch Alice thousands of years ago, so he couldn't immediately determine whether the woman in the painting was her.However, compared with some secret and undisclosed written records, the person in this painting does have some features of Witch Alice.

"His Royal Highness's painting skills are very superb," ​​the archbishop praised, while pacing in front of the rows of bookshelves, as if thinking about where to extract the information, "but, I don't seem to have read any similar appearance in various documents. Girl, could it be that I'm getting old? Well, let me think about it."

Pei Xiang gestured twice quickly to comfort Archbishop Douglas that there is no need to worry.

Douglas took a few more glances at the portrait, and felt even more that this "Helena" was the witch Alice.

This afternoon, Pei Xiang used gifts from the mermaid princesses, an undisclosed story, and information provided by Mr. Dagger's friendship to convince Archbishop Douglas of Burleigh that she had been hidden in the dark by the witch Alice. Stared at, and became a part of the conspiracy.

Once Her Royal Highness becomes the queen of the Burleigh Kingdom, it may trigger a revenge action that has been postponed for 1000 years...

When Pei Xiang left the Holy See Library, the corners of her eyes and brows were full of disappointment.Because she and the archbishop did not find traces of "Helena" in those heavy materials.

Before getting into the carriage, Pei Xiang sighed at the portrait in her hand, but after a while, she cheered up again, and a gentle and friendly smile appeared on her beautiful face again.She stopped and looked in the direction of the palace, a trace of expectation and determination flashed in her eyes.

Archbishop Douglas standing behind Pei Xiang noticed Pei Xiang's expression and felt a little heavy.

He thought of the young princess's interest and eagerness in government affairs, her dreams and witch Alice, and suddenly felt that an invisible conspiracy was descending from the sky above the Burley Kingdom.Perhaps, the witch Alice's revenge has already begun.

Pei Xiang left in a carriage.

The archbishop then hurried into the palace and met the old king in a luxurious and spacious dressing room.He quickly and clearly described what he had seen and heard today, and expressed the deepest concerns in his heart.

"Your Majesty, Princess Lilia's desire to save people is true, but how much of it is out of pity and sympathy is still open to question."

"What are you worrying about, my archbishop?"

The old king put down the new belt in his hand, his expression was not very good:

"I think we only need to worry about the immortal witch, not a little girl who's been tricked by dreams."

The archbishop shook his head slowly, and said in a deep voice:

"More than that, Your Majesty. Princess Lilia really doesn't know about the entanglement and hatred between the Burley Kingdom and the witch Alice, but her enthusiasm for saving people is definitely not purely because of kindness."

"What's that for?"

"Your Majesty, assuming the fairy Helena is real, saving her is absolutely profitable. A queen with the support of a fairy is not to be underestimated. If that fairy is also a friend of the hero Heqiu and has experienced the adventures of thousands of years ago, that's even more so. Awesome. As long as someone with a heart releases a little news, the fairy Helena will immediately gain the support and respect of all the people in Bolai. At that time, Her Royal Highness, who saved the fairy, will also gain a great reputation, and even... among the king and the princes and princesses above."

"...Princess Lilia may not have thought that much." The old king looked at the loyal archbishop uncertainly.

The archbishop looked back in silence and shook his head slightly.

At the same time, on the way back to Danfeng Castle, Pei Xiang was also analyzing her approach to Esfar in his mind.

"Who would believe that Her Royal Highness, who is interested in government affairs and can offer a few good suggestions, is really soft-hearted and stupid? Well, maybe some people will believe it, but definitely not those who have been immersed in intrigue and fraud for many years. powerful people."

Esfar responded lightly, he was actually more curious about another thing:

"How do you know that the Holy See and the royal family of the Bole Kingdom will be particularly afraid of the witch Alice? If the witch from 1000 years ago makes a comeback, shouldn't her primary target of revenge be the hero He Qiu and his descendants?"

Pei Xiang smiled lightly and said:

"Although I don't know the plot of the story of the triumphant return of the Lord of the Sea Clan, judging from the previous foreshadowing, it should be He Qiu who used his identity as a good friend of the witch to do something that caused His Majesty Asfar to be sealed. See it this way Come on, the witch Alice and He Qiu really have a deep hatred, and it is only natural for her to take revenge on him.

"However, taking revenge on He Qiu doesn't mean letting go of other enemies. There should be many behind the matter of sealing the Lord of the Sea Clan, but they haven't managed to eradicate it. Therefore, some people who benefited from it will probably feel panic Uneasy, they must find a way to remind the heirs and future generations to be careful of the missing witch Alice."

"Are you sure that the upper echelons of the Burleigh Kingdom will always remember the warnings of their ancestors? After all, 1000 years have passed." Esfer asked quietly.

Pei Xiang raised his eyebrows slightly, and said in a rambling voice, "It depends on how important the role those predecessors played."

If it's just a small supporting role and only gets some petty profits, then they really don't need to remind future generations to be careful.

But if someone plays an important role in the whole thing, even if he is the mastermind behind the scenes, then no matter how careful you are, you can't be too careful.

After all, the final outcome is that the great majesty is only sealed, and the witch Alice may return at any time to avenge the enemy.

Esfar nodded thoughtfully: "Amy, since you choose to 'intimidate' the dignitaries of the Burleigh Kingdom with the reputation of the witch Alice, it means that you are more inclined to believe that the Holy See and the royal family of the Burleigh Kingdom 1000 years ago important role."

Pei Xiang gave a "hmm", and while looking at the bustling street scene outside the car, she replied in her mind:

"Archbishop Douglas's reaction today has already explained a lot. Next, it depends on the attitude of the emperor. If my guess is correct, they have already wavered about the marriage of the two countries at this time. Well, it is on the verge of collapse. When I add the last straw, this marriage contract will be completely destroyed. At the same time, I have also confirmed some speculations, and I have a little more understanding of the secrets of the year."

Esfar didn't ask what Pei Xiangdu had guessed, but just reminded her slowly:

"The one who can really defeat that majesty has never been an opportunist. After reaching a certain level, strength, only strength can overcome. At that time, Esfar had not been completely dazzled by a series of victories, so he immediately chose himself The seal preserves power. If you insist on investigating the truth of the year, it is best to stop here. Amy, your soul is special, so don't disturb some narrow-minded existences because of curiosity."

Pei Xiang's eyebrows twitched, and a flash of understanding and vigilance flashed in his heart.

So, while sincerely thanking Mr. Dagger for his kind reminder, she once again ignored his crumbling camouflage vest in a face-saving manner.

——Hey, today is another silly little fairy!