"Guards! Your Excellencies! His Majesty! His Majesty! His Majesty is alive!!"

The atmosphere inside the tent was tense, so tense that a single cough from anyone present could ignite a fierce battle. Just then, a palace servant outside the tent suddenly shouted.

"What? His Majesty is alive?"

"His Majesty has awakened?"

"How is that possible?"

The moment the man uttered the impossible question, he was immediately silenced by the others, who knew something was wrong with what he had just said!

Are you implying that His Majesty should die?

A large group of people escorted away the person who had heard His Majesty wake up and looked unwell. As Mingmei watched everyone leave in a hurry, she suddenly realized how terrifying her life, full of ups and downs, had been.

"Phew—" Mingmei breathed a sigh of relief. The master chef, who had been standing in the crowd with tears in his eyes, was finally able to walk up to her.

"I told you to stay in the back and cook, and what did you do... Look what you're going to do now?!"

The uncle still had a fierce look on his face, but his red eyes and the words he spoke revealed a hint of concern to Mingmei.

"Now you understand, right? Your status is far inferior to His Majesty's. It's good that His Majesty is alive, but what if one day..."

As she spoke, the other person quickly glanced around, and seeing that no one was there, hurriedly pulled Mingmei aside and whispered, "If it really comes to it, you should leave, the farther the better. Who knows how long His Majesty will last after waking up? His wounds are so severe..."

Although the head chef was relieved that the emperor had woken up when the palace servants called out to him, what if that was his last breath before he died?

The head chef's heart clenched at the thought that Mingmei might still die: "Girl, listen to your uncle. Although you survived today by chance, you have offended those powerful figures. Even if someone protects you, it is only temporary. These people have many ways to kill a nobody. You... should leave."

As he spoke, the uncle went on and on about how to send Mingmei out, saying that after the envoys and merchants from Hualan Star arrived today, he would have her go out with those carriages.

"No, Your Majesty... are they really coming?"

"Isn't His Majesty already awake? If... the army should be setting off by now. Who's waiting for the other side to come begging for peace?"

Mingmei didn't expect that the tyrant was still alive. The storyline was directly revised, and the assassination team would still arrive as scheduled.

"Don't go anywhere tonight. Just stay in the kitchen. I'll get you out of here once I've pulled some strings, understand?"

The uncle repeatedly told Mingmei not to move around unnecessarily, but His Majesty summoned Mingmei as soon as he woke up.

Uncle: "..."

Mingmei: "..."

...

"Ouch—it hurts."

Upon entering the game, Mu Chen immediately discovered that he had entered the script of "The Assassin Emperor" and immediately logged off and switched to the identity of the tyrant.

Sure enough, as soon as I logged in, I found myself in a makeshift coffin, thankfully without being nailed shut. cascoo.net

This caused Mu Chen to sit up abruptly, startling several palace servants into fainting on the spot.

His dried wounds on his waist, abdomen, and chest reopened. If it weren't for Mu Chen's timely treatment and the benefits given by the online system, he would probably have been logged off in a second.

Where could Mingmei apply medicine to him?

“You never used to cry out in pain.”

Mingmei frowned, looking at the medicine she had poured onto Mu Chen's chest with a troubled expression. The wound was still so shocking to behold when she looked at it up close.

Although she was ruthless in her words, she became much gentler when bandaging the wound.

"Knowing you've suffered such a serious injury, you didn't even let the imperial physician treat you. Look at your wounds..."

Mingmei grumbled on, then looked up and glared at Mu Chen, saying, "What's wrong with you? Why are you using this identity?"

"There's no other way. If we don't, Chu Rong's iron cavalry will crush Hua Liang's capital in no time. Besides, the tyrant was killed in this round before the players even had a chance to act. That must have been the work of that bug. Rather than starting with a hellish game where the players log in, it's better to use the boss."

Mu Chen laughed, but his wound almost reopened. This startled Ming Mei, who tightened her grip during the final bandage. As a result, Mu Chen's already fragile wound, which was about to burst open, was completely ripped open by Ming Mei's tightness.

Bright and beautiful: 0.0!!!

Mu Chen: =. =

...

Compared to Mu Chen and Ming Mei's tense and chaotic start, Lu Xiao Yao was terrified ever since she entered the game!

Given her status as a socialite, how could she not have heard about what Mu Chen had inquired about that day?

Upon entering the game and discovering that she had entered the Assassin King's world, Lu Xiaoyao was so frightened that she almost wanted to hang herself and quit the game.

Fortunately, her older brother pulled her back.

However, when it comes to Lu Gui, Lu Xiaoyao said that she understands the game less and less.

After the Zerg messed up and crashed the game, are the developers really so carefree now?

After the previous round of Zhen Po's gruff and cringeworthy cross-dressing, in this round, Lu Xiaoyao stared at her brother's slender, fair skin. Although he didn't look effeminate, he was wearing a dancer's oversized dress, and she was momentarily stunned.

This is what you call a cross-dressing master!

Lu Gui, who was sitting in the carriage pretending to be asleep with his eyes closed, couldn't stand Lu Xiaoyao's infatuation any longer. He reached out and covered Lu Xiaoyao's face completely with his large hand, saying, "If you do something stupid like you did when you played this game before, don't blame me for killing you before the game even starts!"

Lu Xiaoyao: "..."

Is this his biological brother?

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