Martial arts skills that surpass the ages

  Xiao Dezi sat beside me and asked in a low voice, "But Princess, if you go back, won't you be our empress? The emperor will be very sad." This guy really knows which pot not to mention, knowing I'll be sad, why say it out loud. "Yes, Princess, what's wrong with this place? Why do you still want to leave?" I know they're both the Empress Dowager's people, sent to protect me but also to monitor me. Whatever thoughts or grievances I have can't escape their eyes. Everything I do here is unfree, and it's hard to bear. This place doesn't belong to me anyway, why should I be their empress? But I know I shouldn't say that out loud, or they'll be sad. "You don't understand, everyone has their own way of living. I'm not from this place originally, although I may not be able to go back now, but I know one day I will return because my family is there waiting for me. They must be worried sick since I suddenly disappeared." I wonder how Dad and Mom are doing now? I miss you so much, Dad and Mom...

  Doudou didn't know when he walked to my side, gently holding me and softly saying: "Feifei, don't think too much, you will return to the place that belongs to you, but now you still have me, I won't leave you, no matter where you go, I won't leave you." "Princess, we also won't leave you," Dangdang and Xiaodezi said in unison as they walked over.

  Right, I still have them, no matter what the future holds, but now we are one, so without thinking, I excitedly said to the three of them: "Right, I still have you three, from now on I will take good care of you," and even patted their shoulders, but immediately came under the intense stare of Little Dezi, that kid must be thinking, "Princess, it's us who are taking care of you, duh"

  Anyway, I'm still very happy. There are a few hours before dawn, and I fell asleep leaning on the knife. In my dream, I was smiling with narrowed eyes, haha. I am not alone.

  I don't know what my world will be like after dawn, but I know I have confidence and the courage to face everything. I must be able to make it to the 21st century...

  When I woke up, the sky was already bright. Knife and the others looked like they hadn't slept all night. Why didn't they sleep? Look at me, I'm well-rested now, not like them with their panda eyes. I don't know where Dongdong got those fruits from, but he handed me three or four of them, saying it was breakfast. After eating, I asked them which temple the monk Ci'an was in. Xiaode said it was in a temple called Blue Dragon Temple, not far from here. When I asked how far "not far" was, Xiaode replied that if we walked, we would definitely arrive before evening; if we took a horse carriage, we would arrive within an hour; and if we rode horses, we would arrive within half an hour. After saying this, he looked at me with a gaze that clearly said, "Princess, I think it's likely we'll only arrive at Blue Dragon Temple tomorrow." I realized that I was getting better at reading people's minds from their eyes. However, it wasn't until years later that I found out I had misunderstood everything. Knife told me that the three of them had actually been using their internal energy to protect me from the cold all night, not letting any chill enter my body. Moreover, Knife also told me that Dongdong and Xiaode's kung fu was truly impressive, with only a few people in the imperial court who could match them. And every time I thought I understood Xiaode's gaze, I was wrong - his eyes didn't mean what I thought they did; it was just my own misunderstanding. Also, from the very beginning, Dongdong and Xiaode had treated me as their master, never betraying me...

  After eating their fill, he stood up and said to the three of them, "Let's go! Let's just pretend we're out on a picnic, no need to rush. We can take our time and enjoy the scenery along the way." And with that, they set off...

  I walked forward with a stride, and after I had gone about ten or twenty meters, Xiao Dezi shouted from behind: "Princess, the Blue Dragon Temple is this way, not in that direction..."

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