It was obvious that they were coming to arrest her.
Otherwise, why would a princess and a group of little girls need a royal guard?
Any group of guards will do.
The reason why the Imperial Guard is called the Imperial Guard is because this army is the royal army of emperors of all dynasties.
Generally speaking, it is impossible to send it out.
Xiao Xu's idea was half right. What she didn't know was that the old emperor not only sent the imperial guards, but also came along himself.
…
"Is Xiao Shisan here?"
A small voice from within the temple replied uncertainly, "Are you... Father?"
"yes."
The temple door was opened, and a petite figure immediately rushed out from inside and threw herself into the arms of the old emperor wearing bright yellow hunting armor.
He sobbed, "Father, I am so scared."
The old emperor patted her shoulder gently, touched her little head lovingly, and said, "My child, you have suffered a lot. Don't be afraid. Isn't Little Thirteen protected by the Imperial Master?"
National Master?
Everyone who walked out of the temple slowly had a puzzled look on their faces, but because the other party was the emperor, they did not dare to ask.
Little Thirteen was not afraid. She asked softly, "Father, is the Imperial Master you're talking about the masked girl? She..."
Gently pushing the old emperor away, Little Thirteen looked around excitedly at all the people who came out. He looked for a long time but did not find that figure.
She looked again in surprise, but still couldn't find it.
"Little Thirteen, why don't you quickly introduce the Imperial Master to your father?"
Seeing the child's distressed face, he thought she was waiting for him to speak, so he added a sentence.
Unexpectedly, Little Thirteen ran back into the temple without a word. When she came out again, her face was full of dejection, and her tone revealed sadness: "The Imperial Master is gone. She...she was clearly humming a ballad to soothe us to sleep last night."
If she had known this, she wouldn’t have slept!
I didn’t even have the chance to thank the Imperial Master.
The old emperor's amiable expression changed slightly, and he asked again: "Gone?"
"I looked around but didn't see the Imperial Master. Besides, I didn't have time to thank him."
Little Thirteen sobbed and wanted to throw himself into his father's arms, but he was afraid that he might cause his father's dissatisfaction.
I could only squat on the ground, hug my knees and bury my cheeks in them.
The people coming out of the temple were also affected, their eyes were red. After spending time together last night, their heartfelt respect and closeness to Xiao Xu became very strong.
To them, Xiao Xu is not only their spiritual support, but also their pillar. Without her, they would not exist.
Now that Xiao Xu suddenly left without saying goodbye, everyone, regardless of whether they had spoken to Xiao Xu or not, felt so upset that they couldn't control their sadness.
They didn't want to say goodbye to Xiao Xu like this.
Among all the people, only three were relatively calm.
After Liu Si'er and Zhao Xiaozhen left the temple, they stood silently with the other girls, with their heads lowered and rarely raised.
Because they guessed that the reason why Xiao Yan left quietly was because of the emperor in front of them.
Xiao Xu was hiding from the emperor, otherwise she wouldn't have covered her face with a veil and signaled with her eyes not to let them call her surname. Now she was sneaking out through the window. All these phenomena combined were enough for the two of them to guess what was going on.
If they didn't look up, they wouldn't expose Xiao Ling. They were young, and if the old emperor saw them, it would be revealed, which would be bad for both of them and the sneaking Xiao Ling.
Liu Yunshang was the calmest. She was dignified and indifferent. She stood out among the bunch of girls because she was so beautiful.
When the old emperor arrived, he noticed her at first sight.
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