The fairy world collapsed, and the down-and-out gods were laid off and re-employed.

Jiang Zhixia frowned and stood on the carriage looking at Xie Zezhi, Gong Zexue who was holding back a smile, and Ni Shuang who was gloating about his misfortune. The three of them concealed their immortal aura and pretended to be envoys from an unknown country.

She watched with her own eyes as the surprise on Xie Zezhi's face gradually turned into grievance, and then into questioning, which made her feel like she was Chen Shimei, who had achieved fame in high school and abandoned her husband and son.

She quietly used her voice transmission technique to ask him: What are you doing here instead of trying a public case?

Xie Zezhi: Of course it’s for the public case! Please explain to me carefully, why the person next to me was not mentioned in the letter that day?

Jiang Zhixia: He wasn’t there yet.

Xie Zezhi: Now that you have him, how do you plan to choose?

Jiang Zhixia: What to choose?

Xie Zezhi: Are you planning to stay with him tonight and ignore me?

Jiang Zhixia: Nonsense, isn’t it weird that I’m looking for you now? It makes it look like I was sent over in advance.

Xie Zezhi: Is there anything strange? Just say that I am your long-lost husband or that you fell in love with me at first sight. Anyway, women are respected here and you can freely express your love.

Jiang Zhixia: Women are respected here, not shamelessness. Am I crazy for teasing an envoy from another country in broad daylight?

Xie Zezhi: What happened to the teasing? ! I volunteered, what can others say?

Jiang Zhixia: You...

"Thank you, girl? Thank you, girl!"

"Ah?" Jiang Zhixia heard Xiao Song's voice and turned around to find that both he and Li Xuchu looked unhappy, "What's wrong?"

Xiaosong said in a bad tone: "What's wrong? My master has been calling you for a long time. Are you so handsome? Your eyes are almost falling out."

"No, I'm sorry." She smiled, avoided Li Xuchu's hand and jumped down from the side. After standing firm, she told him that it was the first time she had seen such a big battle, and she had some stage fright, and she was stunned for a moment.

"Don't be afraid, I'm by your side." Li Xuchu smiled gently, stepped forward and grabbed her wrist, "It's cold outside, let's go in early."

"Okay."

Jiang Zhixia wanted to take her hand out, but found that Li Xuchu's strength at this time was terrifying.

Li Xuchu looked as usual, ignoring the other foreign envoys who came to greet him, and led her towards the main hall.

The reception minister had seen him look so cold. In order to avoid envoys from other countries feeling embarrassed, he hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over and led everyone towards the reception hall.

Jiang Zhixia felt that Li Xuchu was a little strange. Her wrist was so painful from his grip, but she was afraid that her struggle would be too strong and push him into the snow.

After all, he is also a national master. How can he meet people after falling to the ground? she thinks.

"I've never seen such a superficial woman like you." Xiaosong followed and scolded Jiang Zhixia, "Isn't she just a man? I'm crazy."

It's not enough for this woman to have his master, she also misses others. It’s true that women are so carefree, and they still think about Nafu’s waiter when they “bark in on the door”, they are simply scum!

Jiang Zhixia didn't know Xiaosong's inner thoughts, but she understood what he was talking about, so she opened her mouth and started talking nonsense: "You can be reasonable, I am superficial. Ask yourself, isn't he good-looking?"

Even better looking than your master in private. She added in her mind.

Xiaosong met Xie Zezhi for the first time, but he had to admit that his appearance was comparable to that of his master, and their temperaments were also very similar. However, Xie Zezhi is a little more elegant and noble, and a little less ethereal than Li Xuchu.

After listening to her words, Li Xuchu pursed his lips, showing no emotion or anger, "Xiao Xia, do you like him?"

"I just said he is good-looking." She laughed dryly, "I like..."

"It seems to be just a matter of time."

"These are two different things!!" She glared at Xie Zezhi who walked up to talk quickly, "Can you stand farther away? You are everywhere?"

"Miss Xie, did I poke the center of things?" He bit the word "Xie" hard, stared at the extra hand on her wrist, and said in a strange way: "Although Cuiwu Country respects women, men hold on so tightly. Are women’s wrists reasonable?”

It's not that he's jealous, or that he's petty, he just feels that men and women are not close to each other, and it's unreasonable to hold on to them like this.

He is for justice!

If there weren't others around him, Jiang Zhixia would have given him a kick. She just took her hand out, waved her red wrist in front of him, and said, "Let go, let go. Is that okay?! It's snowy and the road is slippery, so everyone supports each other. This is friendship." Witness! Friendship lasts forever! Please think better."

"The girl is gesticulating in front of me, so be careful not to cause a diplomatic incident." Xie Zezhi said quietly: "Although our country's national power is not as good as Cuiwu's, I will ask for an apology from the bride."

"you……"

"That's enough, Your Excellency!" Li Xuchu couldn't bear it anymore. He blocked Jiang Zhixia behind him and glared at him, "Your Excellency is also a representative of a country. How can you speak so frivolously?"

As if provoking, he touched Jiang Zhixia's hand again, held her tightly, and suppressed her struggle.

"This is a private matter between me and her, what does it have to do with adults?" Because his tone was too excited, he coughed several times after speaking. But he didn't want to be looked down upon by Xie Zezhi, so he gritted his teeth and suppressed the urge to cough.

"Where do you have this private matter?" Xie Zezhi narrowed his eyes slightly and took a step forward.

The atmosphere froze for a moment, and everyone behind them didn't understand why the two people were suddenly at war with each other, and neither of them gave way to the other. But the person involved clearly understood the emotions in the other person's eyes.

The people around them and the ministers who received them all whispered to them to restrain themselves and not to cause conflicts between the two countries. Ni Shuang glared at Jiang Zhixia and secretly cursed her as a disaster. Gong Zexue winked at Jiang Zhixia, but she didn't take it seriously.

At this moment, she was staring at something in the middle of the palace roof.

Due to the influence of the culture of the Central Plains Dynasty, these small countries not only retained their own characteristics when building palaces, but also imitated the Central Plains Dynasty and placed some sculptures of mythical animals on the roof ridges to pray for blessings.

So is the palace here. There was a small sculpture in the middle of the palace roof within Jiang Zhixia's field of vision. It was very conspicuous, but it was too far away to see what kind of mythical beast it was.

"What is that?" Jiang Zhixia's shout broke the slightly serious atmosphere.

Li Xuchu looked in the direction of her finger and said softly: "This is the country's auspicious beast. It is placed here to protect the queen from the invasion of evil spirits, and at the same time pray to God for good weather in Cuiwu Country."

"Auspicious beast? What is it?"

"Fox." Xie Zezhi got ahead of him and glared at Li Xuchu: I'm looking at you, aren't I?

Li Xuchu was dissatisfied because he was ahead of him.

Will anyone pay tribute to the fox? Jiang Zhixia became more and more confused. Suddenly she saw a cloud of black energy rising in the distance, but the black energy disappeared very quickly and disappeared in the blink of an eye. If she hadn't happened to be staring in one direction without looking away, it would have been difficult to notice anything strange.

"Where is that over there?" she asked again.

"Harem." Li Xuchu deliberately stood closer to her and whispered in her ear: "You can't enter the banquet today. If you are curious, I will take you in another day."

"You can also enter the harem at will?"

"You can enter as long as you are with me." Li Xuchu said with a smile.

"Then you're pretty good." She complimented him carelessly.

But Xie Zezhi felt very uncomfortable when he heard this. Being able to enter the harem is worthy of her praise. When she first became an immortal, he took her wherever she said she wanted to go. Why didn't she praise him?

Li Xuchu looked at him provocatively, and he became more and more angry.

Gong Zexue saw Xie Zezhi's expression getting more and more ugly from the side, and said loudly: "Master Jiang, it's getting late, and the Queen should be here too. Let's go in first."

Jiang Zhixia was called back to her attention by this shout, and she smiled at him and said: Ah~ Master Jiang~"

"Miss Xie, what's your advice?"

"It's nothing, I think the last name is quite nice." After she finished speaking, she took out her hand and walked towards the reception hall, with Li Xuchu following closely beside her.

Xie Zezhi also caught up with her in a few steps and walked side by side with her. He said in a nonchalant voice, "I think it sounds good too. The surname belongs to my wife. I love her very much, so I use my wife's surname."

Other envoys/officials behind him: What is he proud of?

"Ha! Then you are great, Mr. Jiang!"

"Thank you for your compliments, miss."

The officials wiped their faces and thought: Why is the envoy coming back so weird? The girl next to the Imperial Master is even stranger, and she doesn’t know her background. I hope this banquet will end smoothly.

Everyone came to the main hall and took their seats according to the instructions of the reception official. Although Li Xuchu has no official position, he has a high status in Cuiwu Kingdom, so he is the first on the right hand side below the queen's seat, followed by the prime minister, first-rank officials of Cuiwu Kingdom, etc. Behind each seat were placed two seats of family members or subordinates brought to them.

The seats to the Queen's left are provided for envoys from various countries. Countries are ranked in descending order according to their national strength. The country represented by Xie Zezhi is not too strong and sits in fourth place. After he sat down, he looked sadly at Jiang Zhixia, who was sitting behind Li Xuchu. He didn't say anything, just pretending to be greatly wronged.

Jiang Zhixia was upset by his gaze. She held her chin and turned her face to the side. She pointed her finger on the table and looked around the palace.

The decoration here is not much different from the palace she has been to before. The pattern on the wall behind the Queen's seat is a golden dragon soaring in the clouds and mist, and the pillars in the main hall are also carved with dragons. Just to distinguish it from the Central Plains Dynasty, the dragons here all have four claws.

The totem of imperial power is related to status and has nothing to do with gender. If necessary, the dragon can also be female. Jiang Zhixia could understand this, but what she didn't understand was that if Cui Wu used a dragon to show his identity, then there should be nine dragons on the roof instead of a fox. Moreover, the fox is not around the eaves, but in the middle of the roof. It doesn't look like it is used to pray for blessings and protect the house, but more like - to suppress people.