It’s all because it’s too dark. I kept touching it and finally touched the tiger’s butt.
"I deserve death, Your Majesty, please forgive me."
Humph, what crime has she committed?
If she hadn't thrown out Ban Jian to warn you, your head might be blowing in the wind on the Changmi Terrace right now.
"No matter how I punish you, this thing is broken. How can you fix it?"
Xiao Nanhui squirmed on the ground, staring at the jade sword that had been shattered into pieces, and was distracted for a moment.
This emperor is so bored that he picked up the broken pieces one by one, just to show her his guilt?!
No, no, a wise man never suffers a loss in front of him. She can't die here today.
She closed her eyes, gritted her teeth, and said it with a quick mind.
"I, your humble servant, will find a skilled craftsman, melt the gold Your Majesty has awarded me, and re-inlay this sword with gold. I will then hang it in the most auspicious spot in my home, and I will kneel before it day and night, never forgetting it, whether I live or die..."
"Very good. Rise." The emperor's voice was filled with a rare joy, even his tone rising. "I also ask the Right General to remember the promise he made, otherwise you will be charged with deceiving the emperor."
Xiao Nanhui stood up in a daze, and suddenly felt that something seemed to be wrong with his journey today.
The next second, she looked up and saw the filigree hollow gold ball on the incense table, and this feeling became even stronger.
She did not recognize the exquisite and complex object, but she recognized the translucent green color that appeared in it.
It was a unique sight in the world, and she would never forget it once she saw it.
"This, this wasn't at the festival..."
Isn't the secret seal placed in that golden ball the one that she had to climb up and down like a monkey and soak in the mud for a night to obtain?
After a moment of shock, she immediately realized: the secret seal is still there, and the jade seal that was taken away at the ceremony could only be a fake.
She had thought earlier that the loss of the secret seal was a major event, but it was strange that Ding Weixiang didn't seem to be panicking at all. Now it seemed that it had been a trap set from the beginning, and she was just an unwitting outsider.
As early as in Huozhou, this jade seal had been faked and authenticated many times. Now that the same thing happened again, she felt more and more like a fool.
"Your Majesty, a good plan. Since the national seal is safe, I will return first. I will find the craftsman as soon as possible and carry out Your Majesty's will..."
"What are you in such a hurry for?"
She was anxious to escape this strange atmosphere, anxious to understand what she had overlooked, anxious to calm the growing uneasiness in her heart...
Turning her head secretly, Xiao Nanhui suddenly discovered that the eunuch named Shan who had brought her here had disappeared at some point, and the palace gate was empty, without a single figure in sight.
Tonight, the thin moonlight poured into the corridor inside the palace, stretching her own shadow very long.
Then she saw another shadow emerging from the darkness in front of her and slowly walking towards her.
"Do you know what this thing that holds the imperial seal is?"
The golden flower ball spun in the man's hands, as if he was playing with an insignificant ornament.
"I don't know."
"This is an exquisite niche. Once closed, it requires twisting nine layers of mechanical mechanisms to open. I once made a pact with Qing Huai Hou: if he could unlock this exquisite niche, I would grant him a request. What do you think he asked me for?"
Xiao Nanhui's heart began to beat rapidly.
"I don't know."
"Serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. The closer you are to me, the more dangerous it is. I thought Lord Qinghuai would request that you be transferred from the position of Right General, but he asked me to allow him to fight in Bijiang."
"If he transfers you, I will never use you again in my life, nor will I have any more contact with you. But if he gives up on you, I will not let you go. Your future will no longer be under Qing Huaihou's care, but will be entirely decided by me."
Xiao Nanhui listened silently, and only realized that his voice was a little hoarse when he opened his mouth.
"Father has never given up on me, he just..."
He just had things he had to do.
Recovering Bijiang, wiping out the Bai family, and avenging his father and brother are Xiao Zhun's lifelong wishes.
This thought has been circling in her mind for so many days and nights, but for some reason, she can't say it out loud now.
But at the same time, the uneasiness of tonight suddenly dissipated a little, and another emotion occupied her heart.
Xiao Nanhui finally raised his head and looked straight at the emperor who had spoken rudely.
"My future is naturally in my own hands. How dare I trouble Your Majesty with your concerns?"
She didn't know if it was her illusion, but the other person's eyes seemed to become brighter against the dark backdrop of the surroundings.
"Xiao Qing seems dissatisfied. I wonder what he is dissatisfied with?"
She stared at the golden flower ball and asked solemnly, "I wonder if there was a secret seal in this niche when my adoptive father opened it?"
"There is no secret seal."
"Are there any treasures?"
“No treasure either.”
She finally let out the anger in her chest: "If it's empty, why does Your Majesty ask people to go to the trouble of solving it?"
Her words were a bit presumptuous, implying that she was accusing the emperor of using these strange and tricky tricks to make things difficult for others. Xiao Zhun was just a general going to the battlefield, disregarding his life and death. As the king of a country, he still wanted to set up obstacles for him. Wasn't he deliberately making things difficult for him?
However, when placed in the current situation, this statement has some implied meaning.
It was as if she was questioning the emperor: Why did he play tricks on her with his words again and again, making her unable to guess his true intentions?
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