Incarnation Of Gods: Endless War

Third-person POV   Huayun was on her way to the city border to ask the person

in charge of writing the name of the people that went in and out of the city. She

indeed noticed that there were so many carriages that were parked in the

market.   Huayun: 'Merchants?'   Huayun went to ask the shopkeeper that owned the shop that

the carriages parked at.   Huayun: "Excuse me, why are there so many carriages parked

outside?"   Shopkeeper: "They paid me for spaces to park on. Why do you

ask?"   Huayun: "I'm just curious about what is in there."   Shopkeeper: "Maybe some stuff they were going to sell? I

don't know, they said that they were just a group of merchants that passes by

this city to get into the other city in the north."   Huayun: "Thank you for the info, brother."   Shopkeeper: "You are welcome, little girl."   Huayun walked out of the shop and glanced at the carriages

in suspicion. Then she accidentally made eye contact with a guy that was

watching over the carriages. The guy immediately turned his head away and

pulled his hood further down.   Huayun narrowed her eyes and proceeded to the border. As

soon as she arrived at the border, she showed her badge that she worked under

the Empress and the guards ran to call their superior.   The lieutenant governor invited Huayun for tea but Huayun

politely rejected him. Without beating around the bush, Huayun asked him the

questions regarding the drastically increasing of the people that entered Chang

An.   The lieutenant governor explained everything that he knew.   Lieutenant governor: "They arrived just a few days ago and

in the forms that they filled, they would stay here for about a week."   Huayun: "Did your subordinates check the carriages?"   Lieutenant governor: "I personally checked it. My

subordinates found it weird that the group brought so many huge carriages with

them so they called me.   It only filled with food like stinky tofu and salted

vegetables and fishes. They were thinking about selling this food to the

cities in the north."   Huayun: "En. Anything else that you find weird?"   Lieutenant governor: "Hhmm, I don't think that this is

important but they have lots of earring holes despite the fact that they are

men."   Huayun: 'Earring holes?'   In Da Qi, men and women can have their ears pierced but the

men in general rarely pierce their ears. Even most of the women-only pierce one

hole on each ear lobe. Only a tribe that obliged the men of its tribe to have

ear piercings.   Huayun: "Bei Zhou…"   Huayun clicked her tongue and glared at the lieutenant

governor.   Huayun: "Close the gate and increase the security around the

border!"   Lieutenant governor: "Wh-what is happening?"   The lieutenant governor became anxious.   Huayun: "I have no time to explain! Just do what I said!"   Lieutenant governor: "Yes!"   (A/N: If I wrote 'ran', that means 'ran by using their

qinggong'. It is hard to put that into every sentence and it would sound

repetitive if I kept using those words.)   Just when Huayun was about to run back to the Royal Palace,

an ear-piercing shriek was heard from far away. Huayun looked up to the sky and

her back immediately drenched in cold sweat.   Huayun: "Divine eagle."   The eagle flew towards Huayun's direction and its body size

grew as it spun in the air. Huayun jumped onto the eagle and with a single

powerful flap of its wide wings, they glided through the falling snows.   The soldiers that were standing near the eagle almost got

themselves blown away by the wind pressure. They were in a daze for a moment but

they quickly came back to their senses after the lieutenant governor yelled at

them.   While Huayun was riding the eagle, she scanned the city with

keen eyes. And when she passed the shop that she entered not long ago, the

carriages that were securely locked were emptied.   Huayun: 'They used the stinky tofu to cover the metal odor

of the weapons! They smuggled the weapons into Chang An to…'   As they were closer to the Royal Palace, Huayun then noticed

hundreds of black-clothed men hiding on the roofs and alleys. The black-clothed

men looked up when an enormous shadow passed by them.   Black clothed men: 'Sh*t! Damn Xu dogs! They noticed us!'   A black-clothed man that seemed like the leader signaled his

subordinates to silently charge forward. Just as Huayun passed the Royal

Palace's gate, she saw three black-clothed men were climbing the wall. She

summoned her fan and made a slashing motion, three ice spear emerged from the

ground and stabbed the three men.   Huayun: "Intruders!"   Huayun shouted. The guards quickly shut the gate and some of

them rang the bell to alert the other posts. The eagle didn't bother to stop

and continued its way to Hong er's courtyard. As soon as Huayun saw Ah Xi and

Ah Tong, she shouted.   Huayun: "RUN!!"   Ah Xi and Ah Tong instantly alerted, Princess Yue and Xue

Lang was bewildered by the dreadful atmosphere around them.   Huayun jumped off from the eagle and ran to Ah Xi and Ah

Tong's side.   Huayun: "The Bei Zhou managed to get into Chang An without

us knowing and now they are heading towards this way. Quick, take the Prince

and Princess to safety! Tell Her Majesty Empress that we are leaving here, they

outnumbered us!"   Ah Xi: "We can't…"   Huayun: "What do you mean 'we can't'?"   Ah Tong: "Her Majesty Empress is poisoned and had to go into

labor. But I think we can leave this place in 2 minutes, the baby is safe."   Huayun: "Poisoned? How is she right now?"   Ah Tong: "For now, she is fine but only Zhiruo know the

detail."   Huayun: "Then we have to leave as soon as possible."   Shu Zhiruo: "She can't!"   Shu Zhiruo yelled from inside.   Shu Zhiruo: "There is another baby but the neck is strangled

by an umbilical cord! It will take some time!"   Everyone including

the mid-wives gritted their teeth in frustration.   Hong er: "Take Xue

Lang and Princess Yue to safety!"   Hong er screamed.

Tears started to form on Xue Lang and Princess Yue's eyes.   Xue Lang: "N-no, Xue

Lang won't leave mother behind. I don't want to go…"   Princess Yue: "I

promised Imperial Brother to protect you, so I won't leave."   Ming Yu: "Your

Majesty Empress, please don't say that."   Hong er: "Ming Yu!

Huayun! Take them away whenever they want it or not! This is an order!"   Huayun bit her lips

to the point blood seeped out from her lip. She roughly wiped her tears with

her sleeve, the look in her eyes changed.   Huayun: "Yes! Your

Majesty Empress!"   Huayun entered the

room and pulled Ming Yu with her. Ming Yu resisted as she trying to grab Hong

er's hand.   Ming Yu: "No! No! I

want to stay beside Her Majesty Empress!"   Huayun turned Ming

Yu around and swung her palm across Ming yu's cheek.   Huayun: "Get a hang

of yourself! This ain't a game!"   Ming Yu's body froze

in fear. Taking the chance that the door was opened, Xue Lang slipped into the

room and ran to Hong er's side. Tears poured out from his eyes when he saw the

white sheet was covered with blood.   Xue Lang:

"Im-Imperial Mother…"   Hong er: "Xue Lang…"   Hong er weakly

called out to Xue Lang.   Hong er: "Give me

your hand."   Hong er stretched

out her hand and smiled tenderly at Xue Lang. Xue Lang quickly grabbed Hong er

hand and rubbed the cold hand.   Hong er: "Here, take

this."   Hong er took off her

thumb ring that was given to her by Weisheng a decade ago and slipped it into

Xue Lang's finger.   Hong er: "Listen to

Aunt Huayun's word, okay? If she says run, then run. Don't look back. Do you

understand mother's word?"   Xue Lang tearfully

nodded his head as he kissed Hong er's hand.   Hong er: "Good…Don't

cry, mother will catch up to you very soon."   Then another cry

from the baby was heard, Jin Momo passed the baby to the other mid-wife to bath

it with warm water. After both babies were cleaned, Jin Momo gently placed

it on Hong er's arms.   Jin Momo: "The cord

around the Prince's neck is quite tight but this servant did its best.

Congratulation Your Majesty Empress, you had given birth to a handsome prince

and a beautiful princess."