"Sister-in-law, are you and brother alright?"
"It's nothing, it's nothing. How about you? How are you?" Azi shook her head and asked with concern.
"I'm fine, I'm fine, these assassins are so annoying!" Di Jinghan put her hands on her hips and glared at the assassin's back.
"Alright, let's go in." Di Jingcheng put his arm around Azi and turned to go inside. "Azi didn't finish her pastries, let's continue eating."
Di Jinghan stepped inside and said, "Sister-in-law, my courtyard is too dangerous. Can I stay here tonight?"
Azi turned around with a smile: "Of course!"
"Go stay in the side room." Di Jingcheng interrupted his younger sister's whining. This girl was always begging his precious sister for this and that; it was really outrageous.
"Alright! Ning Hui, have someone move my things over here!"
"Yes, Princess."
Ah Zi slowly ate what she was holding, and asked worriedly, "Ah Cheng, why are so many people trying to kill us?"
Di Jingcheng couldn't bear to see her troubled, so he gently stroked her eyebrows and eyes: "Baby, think about it, your husband is the emperor, and you are the emperor. Being in a high position, isn't it natural that everyone is eager to take your place?"
Azi knew this principle, but was this high position really that good? Perhaps she obtained it too easily and didn't know its importance, but it certainly brought a lot of trouble.
She saw the many advantages that came with her high position in the palace: being served, and being feared and envied by others. Of course, her concubines also saw her as a thorn in their side because of this so-called Empress's position. However, this was not what she wanted; she only knew that she wanted to be with the man she loved and become his wife.
Even though she knew the idea might be absurd in the context of the polygamous culture of the Central Plains, she couldn't change her mind. Perhaps the assassin was sent by them.
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