"I believe it. That person told me it might be a bad fate, just a destined person, nothing more. I'm just curious and want to take a look..." Hei Xue said while looking away, whether from embarrassment at being seen in her current state or lost in thought.
"This is definitely a bad fate, a cursed relationship. Any man here is better than that little brat just now!!"
"Perhaps…”
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The Great Tang Empire's founding celebration is one of the most lively celebrations on the continent. Many nations will send envoys to offer congratulations, and many tourists will come to watch.
Within the Great Tang Empire itself, there will be personnel movements. Even generals guarding the frontiers will be summoned back to celebrate with the nation. This should be seen as an opportunity for the frontier generals to rest a bit while also having an audience with the emperor.
Not everyone can do this. These are all people who have distinguished themselves in battle in recent years. They come here not just to rest or have an audience, but also for promotion and ennoblement!!
Of course, they won't relax their defenses. If anyone wants to take advantage of this opportunity to launch a sneak attack, they'll be very unlucky and will often end in failure.
Among the frontier generals coming this year, there are two very special people. Extremely special. Their military achievements are brilliant, overshadowing everyone else's glory, but their identities are quite special. They have never received imperial appointments. Their military ranks and positions were all granted within the army.
Through military achievements established in several major battles, they rose from common soldiers to colonels. If it weren't for the fact that the highest rank the army could grant had already been reached, they would have risen even higher.
...
They are now legends in the army. This kind of experience is already legendary, but what's even more legendary is that they accomplished all this in less than two years. This speed is unprecedented.
What's even more unbelievable is that "they" are actually "she" - they are two women, and two extremely young girls at that, just over twenty years old.
They now have a title in the army: the Twin Female War Gods, because they joined together from the beginning, fought together, commanded together, and were always together, inseparable.
Now the two of them, wearing battle armor and riding war horses, are walking on the main road of the Great Tang capital, enjoying the glorious welcome from the entire city, an honor every victorious soldier gets to enjoy.
"Wow, so these are the legendary Twin Female War Gods? They really are women not yielding to men, and they're beautiful too..."
"More than beautiful - they're absolutely stunning!!"
"Damn, I never thought the Twin Female War Gods would be such beauties. If I could marry one of them, my whole life would be worth it!"
"Get lost! With your looks, you still want to marry them? I think only someone like the Third Prince, who excels in both literature and martial arts, could be worthy!!"
"Exactly..."
The appearance of the Twin Female War Gods made the entire city boil with excitement...
"Hehe, I didn't expect us to be so popular. If I'd known, I would have asked that little guy to come and welcome us, let him see how powerful we are," One of the twin girls said with a giggle. Of course, her voice only reached the other twin beside her; no one else heard it.
"How powerful? Don't forget, we only have our current achievements because of the books he gave us. The miracles we've created were all learned from his books," The other twin said somewhat irritably, not wanting to deal with the first twin's comment.
It seems their relationship isn't as harmonious as their nickname suggests.
Indeed, anyone who knows them knows they have nothing to do with harmony. The reason they're always together is because it's more convenient for them to fight, sometimes verbally, sometimes physically...
"Yes, we learned from his books, but once I learned it, it became mine. Who cares which book you learned something from? They only care whether you have the ability, Now it's obvious that I do," the first twin said proudly.
"..." The other twin fell silent, because she felt this argument made perfect sense and she couldn't find anywhere to refute it.
Indeed, although they learned from his books, books are dead things. Being able to learn and apply the knowledge is their own ability, which is beyond reproach.
However, saying this is really too heartless, only she could say such a thing.
If people nearby heard the twins' conversation, they would definitely wonder who this "he" they're talking about is. It sounds like they owe their current achievements to him.
Who has the ability to create two female war gods?
"How about we go find him now,"
"We need to report to the palace first. Besides, do you know where he is? Didn't Guxing say he can't find him lately and doesn't know where he is?"
Guxing? Why would they mention Guxing? Guxing doesn't know many people, and among those who went to the army, it seems there were only—
Nangong Suxin and Miss Mo Yu!!
That's right! If Xiaoyao were here, he would definitely stare wide-eyed with disbelief, because these Twin Female War Gods are actually Nangong Suxin and the Young Miss who went to join the army. That they could achieve such high accomplishments in two years is something Xiaoyao never imagined.
Perhaps it should be said that these two women were truly born to be soldiers, intelligent and violent, showing no mercy to enemies. They once led troops to annihilate a hundred thousand enemy soldiers in one night, leaving no survivors.
In less than two years, there were many coincidental events, the most important being when their army unit was ambushed by enemy forces, completely wiping out their commanders and leaving them leaderless. They used iron-fisted methods to kill a group of incompetent officers, stabilized the army, and led the survivors in a successful surprise attack on the enemy's strategic town.
In that situation, everyone would have expected them to flee, but they didn't. When no one expected it, they circled around to the enemy's rear and launched a surprise attack on the enemy's somewhat relaxed strategic town, cutting off the enemy's retreat route and becoming the turning point of that war.
It was because of this event that people came to know how terrifying these two women were. Many people began to submit to them, and they gained a group of supporters in the army, forming a core force.
Through subsequent battles, their prestige grew higher and higher, they gained more and more, and their army unit became stronger and stronger. They transformed from temporary unit commanders to official ones.
It's said that besides considerable luck, their current achievements are also due to help from one person, their military strategist.
Their military strategist also came with the army today and is right beside them.
It's said this military strategist is also a very beautiful young lady...
"Young Miss!"
"Who? Who's calling me?!"
When Miss Mo Yu entered the palace, she heard a voice that seemed to be calling her, but she wasn't certain because this was the palace with so many young misses present.
Moreover, the situation was somewhat noisy with many people cheering, so the voice wasn't very clear. Even others didn't hear it, only she felt the voice was calling her, and it was from someone very familiar.
"Me! I'm over here!" the voice called out again.
"Xiaoyao?" This time the Young Miss heard clearly. She could be certain this voice belonged to Xiaoyao, but she was puzzled about how Xiaoyao could be here.
This was the palace's moment of welcoming soldiers like herself, a very solemn moment.
Ordinary people couldn't possibly enter this place. From the sound, Xiaoyao should be nearby, but the area was full of court nobles. How could Xiaoyao be here?
Could he be with Le Youran? Only Le Youran would have the possibility of being here.
"What? Xiaoyao? Is he here?" Nangong Suxin asked.
"Yes, I heard his voice. He's nearby. Help me look!" the Young Miss said, then began searching left, right, and behind. The only direction she didn't search was where Great Tang Emperor Ning Zhiyuan was located, because that was where the imperial family was, and even Le Youran couldn't possibly have the qualifications to be there.
Nangong Suxin was the same, she also searched nearby, likewise ignoring Ning Zhiyuan's direction.
"You two female war gods, what are you looking for?" Ning Zhiyuan asked with a smile. "Why don't you look over here at us?"
Ning Zhiyuan naturally knew the identities of the Young Miss and her companion. As generals of the Great Tang Empire, how could he not know? Their identities were quickly investigated. Although neither could really be considered citizens of the Great Tang Empire, this didn't matter much anymore.
From them, it was naturally easy to trace back to Xiaoyao, because Xiaoyao had accompanied them all the way here. At the same time, Xiaoyao had previously been a servant of the Mo family, and the Young Miss was his young miss.
"Your Majesty, this subordinate was impolite. Just now I heard... Huh? Mo Yu, Mo Yu, look ahead..." While Nangong Suxin was bowing to Ning Zhiyuan, she suddenly discovered Xiaoyao's face in the crowd ahead. Although only partially visible, she could be certain it was Xiaoyao.
"What? What's so interesting ahead? It's just the emperor and his family... Damn, how is that bastard in there too?" the Young Miss said these jaw-dropping words while casually looking ahead. After seeing what was in front, her expression became very interesting.
Because the Young Miss saw Xiaoyao right there in front!
(End of Chapter)