Chapter 298: If I don’t kill you, will you keep me alive for the New Year?
The two swords collided with each other, making a crisp sound. The sword wind was sharp and the attack was fast and fierce.
Xie Jinyu retreated half a step, just avoiding Yan Sheng's fatal blow. Seeing the flaw, he touched his wrist with his fingertips, turned around, used the force, and counterattacked in an instant, with the long sword across Yan Sheng's neck.
"This is the result of underestimating your enemy." Xie Jinyu grabbed his hair crown with one hand, approached with the sword, and drew a bloody mark on his neck.
Yan Sheng's body tensed up nervously, but the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. "I never realized you were so capable, but my men have already gathered outside the city. Even if you defeat me, what good will it do?"
"If you'd known better, let go. I might have spared your life." Yan Sheng chuckled and said slowly, "If you insist on going your own way, you'll only end up dead."
Xie Jinyu raised her eyebrows slightly, her thin lips curled up into a playful smile, "Are you threatening me?"
Yan Sheng couldn't help but sneer, his eyes narrowing slightly. "I've already asked you, Xie Jinyu, you like your brother's fiancée, right?"
Xie Jinyu remained silent, with most of his handsome face hidden in the darkness. His eyes were obscure, like a dormant beast, waiting for an opportunity.
"Xie Suzhou is Yan Ci's man. They will be defeated tonight. When Xie Suzhou dies, your nominal sister-in-law will be yours alone." Yan Sheng pulled his lips, and his low and hoarse voice sounded, with some kind of temptation, tempting people to jump into the deep pit he set.
Sister-in-law Xinyue is so shameless.
He had not believed what the informant had reported before, until he secretly saw the handsome man kneeling in the carriage, with red eyes, looking up and begging the woman in front of him to love him. Only then did he realize that Xie Jinyu's handsome appearance hid a dirty heart.
The palace was silent for a while, and the emperor's heart beat faster and faster, until he was almost in despair, then he heard the man's chuckle.
The candlestick had been knocked over during the fight just now, and the room was pitch black. The chuckle came so suddenly that it made people's hearts tremble.
"It's a good suggestion." Xie Jinyu closed his eyes slightly, his bony fingers gradually tightening their grip around the hilt. "It's a pity you underestimated how much your brother means to me."
Yan Sheng paused.
"You even underestimated my patience. What I hate most in my life is being threatened."
The next moment, the sharp sword slashed his throat. Yan Sheng's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked down at his collar stained with blood. He murmured, "How could you kill me..."
Even if he doesn't follow his own ideas, he should be taken as a hostage to force the rebels outside the city to retreat.
Why did you just... do it?
"If I don't kill you, will I keep you alive for the New Year?" Xie Jinyu was afraid that his death was not thorough enough, so he stabbed him in the heart again. A frivolous look spread across his handsome face. "Anyone who knows my secret should not be alive."
"Does that also include me?"
The figure in front of him fell down. Xie Jinyu paused and slowly turned his head, meeting the pale-faced emperor's gaze.
I forgot, there was also a spectator.
"emperor."
"Jinyu, whether you believe it or not, I didn't hear anything." The emperor laughed dryly and looked extremely embarrassed.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. Even if I had ten times the courage, I wouldn't dare to attack the emperor." He put away his sword, raised his thin lips, and turned back into the gentle and polite Doctor Xie. "I still hope that Your Majesty will marry me to the Princess Fanghua as her lover."
"Mian...Mian Yan Shou?" The emperor could hardly believe his ears and murmured, "Jin Yu, are you serious?"
Since ancient times, we have only seen two sisters serving one husband, but have never heard of two brothers serving one wife.
Xie Jinyu smiled softly, and spoke in a very calm tone, as if discussing what to eat tonight. "I only pray that the emperor will consider my humble service in protecting you and allow me to be the county lord's first concubine. This would be a great reward."
Of course you have to fight for your own happiness.
If he can't beat his second brother, can't he beat A Ming?
The emperor pursed his lips and coughed twice to hide his embarrassment. Before he could say anything, the palace gate was suddenly pushed open.
“Father!” Yan Ci’s face turned pale. He rushed into the courtyard with his sword in hand, but saw corpses scattered all over the ground. His legs suddenly became weak and the corners of his eyes flushed. “Father…Father!”
"I'm here, not among the dead!"
Half a candle flew over and hit Yan Ci's head.
Yan Ci looked up at the sound and saw his father still alive and standing in the house. He breathed a sigh of relief and strode over, "I am late in coming to your rescue. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
"It's nothing serious. It happened suddenly. It's not your fault." The emperor waved his hand, not caring much. He slowly walked to a corpse and squatted down, his eyes red. "Fulu, you have been following me for so many years, and it has been hard for you."
"Father, Eunuch Fulu..."
"To save me, he used his body to block the blade of that beast Yan Sheng." The emperor, unfazed by the filth, raised his hand to close his old friend's eyes. The sob in his voice was palpable. "I... am ashamed of him."
Xie Suzhou stopped him and frowned, saying, "Your Majesty, don't be sad yet. Eunuch Fulu may still be saved."
The emperor was stunned, a trace of suspicion in his eyes, "He's already dead, how can he be saved?"
Xie Suzhou slowly took out a familiar brocade box from his sleeve.
The emperor was startled and stared at the brocade box with a fixed gaze, "This is—"
"Before I left, Ah Cheng gave me a lot of pills, saying they could save my life." Xie Suzhou took out a thumb-sized pill, pinched Eunuch Fulu's jaw, forced him to open his mouth, and stuffed the pill in. "Ah Cheng said... as long as the body is still warm, this medicine can pull people back from the Yama Palace."
The emperor raised his hand with a dull expression and wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes. "No need to say more. I am more familiar with this pill than you are."
"Here, there are still many pills inside. Feed them to the soldiers outside one by one. Ah Cheng has ordered that we must minimize casualties among our soldiers." Xie Suzhou handed the brocade box to his brother beside him with a solemn expression. "I will follow the prince to defend the palace. Ah Ming has already led the troops to the city gate. The emperor is now in your hands."
Xie Jinyu took it with a smile, hiding the smugness and provocation in his eyes, and said with a slightly rising tone, "I understand, second brother."
Xie Suzhou was stunned for a moment, staring at him intently, a flicker of surprise in his peach-shaped eyes. Somehow, he felt that his brother's smile was particularly arrogant tonight.
It's as if there's some happy event.
"This is... Yan Sheng?" Yan Ci turned the corpse over with his sword. Seeing the dead man's appearance, he was shocked. "Why did he die here?"
"Your Highness, I killed him." Xie Jinyu raised the corners of his lips slightly. The deeper his smile became, the stronger his murderous intent became. "He was a traitor and should be killed on the spot. Moreover, he knew things he shouldn't have known. He must not be allowed to stay."
Yan Ci frowned, and couldn't help but feel a little curious, "What's the matter?"
"Nothing, nothing!" The emperor glared at his son secretly and pushed him out. "Go quickly, guard the Qinzheng Palace, and get out of my sight!"
This rebellious son is here purely to cause trouble!
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