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Chapter 3552: 4.1152 Scheming

"Our Master Dan Shi Su has been waiting this long, aren't you going to announce her? Why are you dawdling here with us?!"

The young servant was even more displeased. "Who are you two? Do you have a calling card? I already said our Crown Princess isn't seeing visitors lately."

The young maid glared with wide eyes, an incredulous expression on her face. "This is our renowned Master Dan Shi Su, famous throughout the three continents! How many people are hoping for our Master Dan Shi to visit them! You, you actually, actually!!"

She was so angry she was speechless, but Dan Yi Su tugged at her sleeve and said to the young maid, "Alright, Meilan, don't argue with this young man."

"This young man, I have an important matter to discuss with your Crown Princess today. I hope you will announce me!"

The young servant looked at her, shook his head, and said, "The Crown Princess said she's not seeing visitors these days."

With that, he shut the gate with a "bang."

"Hey?" Meilan was half-dead with anger, muttering, "I've never seen such arrogant servants in a prominent household!"

"Miss, look at him! He clearly just woke up! What kind of servant sleeps until evening? And he dares to be so disrespectful to you! I should have slapped him twice just now!"

Dan Yi Su sighed, shook her head, and said, "Never mind. Since the Crown Princess doesn't want to see us, we needn't bother her."

Meilan stamped her foot. "This family has no manners! No wonder their servants are like this. Making Miss wait so long in the scorching sun, it's simply outrageous!"

"Miss, you shouldn't have come to invite this unpleasantness!"

"I was thinking that His Highness the Crown Prince's safety is precarious, so I wanted to give the Crown Princess a few pointers," Dan Yi Su sighed softly.

Inside Peach Blossom Star, Immortal Venerable Peach Blossom was holding half a pot of wine, swaying on a tree branch, observing everything outside.

"Ah, why isn't this play over yet?" He sighed and poured himself another cup of wine. "What a pity, my Qiao Qiao is in seclusion. She can't see such a terrible play."

The little treeman stood on his shoulder, waving its two branches. "Immortal Venerable, what's so pitiful about that? Master surely wouldn't be interested in this play!"

Immortal Venerable Peach Blossom blinked, then flicked his sleeve and leaped down from the tree. "I'm not watching anymore! I'm going to see how my Qiao Qiao's cultivation is progressing."

Outside, after Meilan helped Dan Yi Su into the carriage, she still couldn't help but grumble a few more words. "Miss, are we returning to the manor now?"

A faint, cold light flashed in Dan Yi Su's eyes. She shook her head and said, "No, we're leaving the city now."

"Leaving the city?" The maid Meilan exclaimed in surprise.

—The Lotus's Dividing Line—

Before them lay a vast expanse of reddish-yellow sand. High and low sand dunes, undulating rocks. As far as the eye could see, there was a boundless, desolate, and barren sea of sand.

Mo Lian's expedition brought a total of sixty thousand troops.

The army had been stationed here two days ago.

Upon their arrival, Mo Lian couldn't help but be stunned by the appearance of Gray Plain Village.

He had initially thought it was just an ordinary small village, but he hadn't expected it to be backed by thousands of miles of barren sand.

For the past two days, he and Fu San, who was accompanying the army, had been researching, and none of them could understand the reason.

Where did this ten-thousand-mile stretch of barren sand come from?

It was said that just a month ago, this place was perfectly fine.

Gray Plain Village and several nearby villages, forming a town, were simultaneously attacked by barren sand on a certain day a month ago.