Chapter 139: Saving the Blackened Tyrant 2

After eating the sweet potatoes, Xiao Quanzi yawned and prepared to rest. Before leaving, he reminded Xingjian several times that he must not tell anyone about the sweet potatoes, as it would cost him his life. These days, Xiao Quanzi begged the old eunuch to let Xingjian rest for one more day.

Xiao Quanzi told Xingjian several times not to go out alone, but after Xiao Quanzi left, Xingjian forgot all his words.

Seeing that there were not many eunuchs and palace maids outside, he slipped out through the crack in the door.

After several years of absence, the layout of the palace was no different from that of the past. In order to avoid the eunuchs and palace maids on the palace roads, Xing Jian chose to take a small path. In the past, he liked to take Xiao Jiyun to sneak into the imperial garden through the path to pick flowers. Now that Xing Jian had become a little eunuch, he was even thinner than before, so it was even more convenient for him to drill through this small hole.

Standing at the cave entrance, Xing Jian vaguely heard some noises coming from the imperial garden.

Several crisp and loud slapping sounds came from the imperial garden.

Realizing that there was someone in the Imperial Garden, the Star Sword Cat didn't dare make any sound at the entrance of the cave.

"Eunuch, I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong!"

The crying voice seemed to be that of a little palace maid. After a while, Xingjian heard the voice of the eunuch who was punishing him.

"What's the point of knowing you're wrong? How dare you speculate on the emperor's will? If His Majesty hadn't been concerned about the Empress, he would have cut off your tongue long ago, not just slapped you in the face."

The crisp sounds of slaps continued to ring out. Xingjian leaned against the stone wall of the garden, wondering what he was thinking.

The slapping sound lasted for a long time, and Xingjian stayed in this stone cave for a long time. After the slapping sound disappeared, Xingjian stuck his head out and saw that there was no one in the imperial garden, so he crawled out of the cave.

Looking at the scenery in front of him, he was stunned. The late emperor loved red plum blossoms, so the imperial garden was full of red plum blossoms. Every winter, he liked to bring Xiao Jiyun here and pick some plum branches to bring back to the palace under the cover of night.

The place where red plum blossoms were once planted is now bare, with no trace of red plum blossoms to be seen.

Suddenly, a faint smell of blood came from Xingjian's nose. He moved closer to a nearby tree trunk and looked around for the source of the bloody smell. Suddenly, a drop of warm liquid fell on the tip of Xingjian's nose.

Xing Jian suddenly looked up and saw a palace maid hanging on the tree trunk he had just leaned on. The warm liquid that had just dripped onto the tip of his nose was the blood dripping from the corner of the palace maid's mouth.

Facing the palace maid's eyes that were still open, Xing Jian retreated repeatedly and fell to the ground.

"Where did you come from, little eunuch? Go back now." The eunuch who suddenly appeared looked at Xing Jian with blood dripping from his face, his face pale, and shouted angrily.

But before Xingjian could get up and escape, he heard a familiar voice.

"What's going on? Who's making such a fuss here?"

The owner of this voice turned into ashes, but Xing Jian recognized him. It was the voice of Xiao Guizi, the young eunuch who had served Xiao Jiyun since childhood. Since he appeared, that person must have been there too.

Xingjian's back stiffened and his limbs became somewhat uncontrollable. He tried to get up several times but failed, and was pinned to the ground by the old eunuch by his collar.

The old eunuch beside him shouted, "Your Majesty, please forgive me." His voice was filled with panic.

Xing Jian buried his face deeply in his hands, kneeling on the ground, not daring to make a sound or raise his head.

The twelve jade beads hanging from the crown swayed slightly, making a crisp and clear sound. Xiao Jiyun looked at the two eunuchs making a fuss in front of him and frowned in dissatisfaction.

Xiao Jiyun was not in a good mood because he had just dealt with a palace maid who dared to use her little star to compete for favor.

The new emperor had been on the throne for more than three months, and the first thing he did was to make the deceased man his empress, which caused a sensation in the court.

However, the new emperor was very capable. He killed three important ministers in a row and finally got the decree promulgated.

Three months later, the new emperor still did not mention the selection of concubines. The court officials who had girls of marriageable age in their families could no longer hold back, and the poor palace maid was the work of one of the officials.

Almost no one knew the queen's name, but this little palace maid found out that the queen once liked to secretly roast sweet potatoes in the imperial kitchen with His Majesty, who was still a prince.

She even teamed up with a young eunuch from the imperial kitchen to bake some sweet potatoes and served them to His Majesty during his dinner.

Upon seeing the inconspicuous roasted sweet potato, the usually sinister emperor lost his composure in a rare way and sat alone in the Queen's Palace all night.

On the second day, he had the maid taken to the imperial garden and had her slapped in the face. However, just as his men had carried out the punishment, the man behind the maid hanged her in the imperial garden.

As soon as this happened, Xiao Jiyun ordered the entire imperial garden to be sealed off. As for how could this unfamiliar little eunuch suddenly appear in front of him, Xiao Jiyun narrowed his eyes and looked at Xing Jian with murderous intent in his eyes.

Star Sword's entire body was almost buried in the ground. He held his breath, not daring to make any sound, silently repeating in his heart, "Don't notice me, don't notice me."

But how could Xiao Jiyun easily let go of Xingjian, the sudden intruder.

"Raise your head." Xiao Jiyun's voice came from above Xingjian's head. Xingjian felt the old eunuch beside him gently touch his arm. He understood that Xiao Jiyun was talking to him.

Against the light, Xingjian slowly raised his head and looked at the new emperor mentioned by Xiao Quanzi - his former fifth prince.

Xiao Jiyun was an extremely unpopular prince when he was a prince. Because his mother had Hu blood, Xiao Jiyun's eyes were not pitch black like those of the Central Plains people, but had a hint of blue, which was particularly obvious in the sunlight.

The first emperor of the Dalan Dynasty with Hu blood, the first thing he did after ascending the throne was to raise an army to conquer the Hu people. It took only one month for the Hu people to retreat dozens of miles, and he took the head of the Hu prince alone. It took another month to conquer all the lands of the Dalan Dynasty occupied by the Hu people, and forced the Hu people to sign a vassal state contract.

Some people hated this ruthless new emperor who killed his father, brothers and sisters all the way from the palace, while others admired him from the bottom of their hearts. From what Xiao Quanzi had been muttering in his ears these two days, Xingjian already knew most of it.

Looking up at the person he hadn't seen for a long time, Xingjian's eyes were a little moist. Looking at the terrifying emperor in front of him, being stared at by those blue eyes, the tears in Xingjian's eyes flowed shamefully.