"Princess, they are on the roof!" shouted the driver.
Shi Mingyue had no time or energy to look back. She immediately changed the direction of her horse and rushed into the woods beside the main road. She chose a narrow area that was just wide enough for a carriage to pass through. The extra branches on the tree trunks became an obstacle to the men in black.
The men in black had no choice but to jump out of the carriage, but once they entered the forest, the carriage was no longer at an advantage, and the men in black had the advantage.
The two men in black had already passed them on horseback and circled in front of the carriage. Shi Mingyue would rather die with them than stop the carriage.
But at this moment, the two men in black in front suddenly separated on a horizontal line, and their speed gradually slowed down.
Shi Mingyue didn't understand what he meant at first, but when she saw the long line of silver light reflecting in the moonlight, she understood what the man in black was doing.
Two men in black stretched out a piece of metal wire, which was as effective as a knife when stretched. If the wire touched the horse's legs, they would be cut off.
Shi Mingyue could only drive the carriage to stop only an inch away from the metal wire.
The men in black gathered around the carriage. The driver, Shi Mingyue, and Lu Lingjing stood beside it. Two of the men in black dismounted and drew their swords.
"Who are you and what do you want to do?" Shi Mingyue asked calmly.
A man in black deliberately lowered his voice: "You don't need to know. As long as you cooperate with us, we won't hurt you."
Another man in black took a sword and quickly stabbed the driver to death.
Lu Lingjing was so frightened that she grabbed Shi Mingyue's clothes tightly.
Shi Mingyue was shocked and angry: "You just said you wouldn't hurt us, and then you kill people right away?!"
The man in black said calmly, "He's just a slave, and slaves are not human beings."
"What about you? Aren't you slaves?" Shi Mingyue asked back. She knew she had spoken without thinking, and that saying these things would only anger the other party, but the driver's life was also his life, and she couldn't just obey him.
Unexpectedly, the man in black was not angry at all. Instead, he laughed softly: "Yes, we are also slaves, not human beings, but just tools of the master." After saying that, he glanced at another man in black, and the man in black walked towards Lu Lingjing.
Shi Mingyue hurriedly stood in front of Lu Lingjing, "Don't move!"
"Don't be afraid, we won't kill her, we'll just knock her out." The man in black came over and comforted her.
Shi Mingyue could no longer tell whether what was happening was reality or a nightmare. The man in black pressed the acupoints of the two people, placed Lu Lingjing under a tree, covered Shi Mingyue's eyes with a black cloth, and put her on the horse.
This sleep seemed to last for a long time, but also seemed not long. When Shi Mingyue woke up, she found that her eyes were covered with a black cloth and she could not see anything. She wanted to move but found that her hands were tied to the railings at the head of the bed.
Fear spread within her. Who had kidnapped her and brought her here?! She forced herself to remain calm, repeating to herself in her mind the need to remain calm. She calmed her breathing, listened to the sounds, felt the fabric of the sheets with her face, and sniffed the air.
The sheets were made of a luxurious, long-staple cotton material, grown only in New South Wales, where production was extremely limited, and therefore supplied exclusively to the royal family. She smelled a faint, peculiar sweet scent: ambergris. She had already identified her kidnapper.
She immediately found it quite ridiculous. Could the emperor do such a despicable thing? So why could such a person become the king of a country and govern the country?
Soon she heard footsteps, which came closer and closer until they reached the bed.
"Is it you, Your Majesty?" Shi Mingyue asked coldly.
Fu Xingkai didn't expect her to wake up so quickly, and even guessed it was him. He said, "It's me. You guessed it was me so quickly. Have you imagined that I would treat you like this?"
Shi Mingyue retorted, "Only Your Majesty could do such a despicable thing."
Fu Xingkai gently touched her face with the back of his hand. As expected, Shi Mingyue showed very strong resistance.
"The love letters you wrote to Qin Zheng were truly heartfelt, but I never expected Li'er to be unmoved." Fu Xingkai sighed. "It seems Li'er is deeply in love with you. He would rather offend Xie Qichang than reject the daughter of the Xie family I specially picked for him. Do you think you cast a spell on him to make him so devoted to you?"
"If Your Majesty still has Fu Yueli in your heart, please let me go. I can pretend that this incident never happened." Shi Mingyue said.
Fu Xingkai said, "I have more than one son."
Shi Mingyue felt heartbroken. His answer meant that Fu Yueli was a son who could be abandoned.
"Did you cast a spell on me too?"
"Your Majesty, you're only attracted to my appearance. It's up to you. Do as you please." Shi Mingyue knew she couldn't escape this day, and she didn't intend to die. She didn't want to suffer this. She wasn't the one who should be ashamed; the other person should be.
Seeing that she was as still as a piece of wood, Fu Xingkai smiled and said, "Are you so opposed to me?"
Shi Mingyue did not answer, silence was her answer.
Fu Xingkai remained silent. He stared at Shi Mingyue silently, not intending to remove the cloth from her eyes. He hadn't figured out how to meet her gaze. He slowly leaned down, wanting to get closer to the person he'd been thinking about day and night. Just as he was about to touch her, a loud bang suddenly came from the roof.
A man fell from the sky. The emperor turned around in surprise and saw a masked man glaring at him: "You are so shameless!"
At this time, seven or eight secret guards rushed in from outside. Seeing the masked man pointing a sword at the emperor, they did not dare to act rashly.
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