Moans and screams escaped, and the young woman's face was distorted in pain.
The blue-clothed guard glanced at her, then turned around and reported.
"It was an emergency, and I was a little off-center. I beg Your Majesty to forgive me."
The man didn't answer, but walked up to the woman.
"Some things haven't been clarified yet, so you can't die yet. Of course, after everything is over, if you want to die, I won't stop you."
Outside the tent, the eunuch who heard the noise lifted the curtain and walked in. When he saw the situation, he lowered his eyes and clapped his hands. Several eunuchs in crimson palace robes came in, swept away the mess on the ground, and finally pulled Cui Xingyao up and carried him away.
Shan Jiangfei finally picked up the cut tip of the silver hairpin on the ground, carefully wrapped the poisoned part in a handkerchief and put it away, then looked at the swordsman standing beside him.
"Lieutenant Ding, long time no see."
Ding Weixiang glanced at the eunuch with a kind face and snorted.
Shan Jiangfei ignored the other party's arrogance and turned to look at the emperor.
"Your Majesty, there is still about an hour until dawn. Should we..."
He was halfway through his words when he was suddenly interrupted by a sound outside the tent.
It was a crisp sound like the collision of metal and stone, not as heavy as the sound of a drum, but it traveled farther than the sound of a drum.
The spring hunt begins and ends with the sound of gongs and drums.
Strike the gong when starting and beat the drum when closing.
The time for hunting is divided by sunrise and sunset.
The bells are ringing before the sun rises, which is different.
"Report!"
A shadow stood outside the tent, as if it had appeared there in an instant.
"The Black Feather Ren Camp reports that there are intrusions into the fourth palace of Gen and the eighth palace of Xun, involving a thousand men."
"Report!" Another shadow came up and said in a low and urgent voice, "The Black Feather Xin Camp is reporting that there are invasions in the seventh palace of Dui, the first palace of Kan, the third palace of Kan, and the ninth palace of Kun. Ten thousand people are here."
"Report!"
"No need to report." The emperor in the tent raised his eyes, his dark pupils filled with a dead silence, without a ripple. "Inform all Black Feather camps that everything will proceed as planned."
"yes."
Three voices responded simultaneously outside the tent. Before the voices fell, there was no one outside the tent.
The long-sword guard subconsciously looked at the emperor, who was placing the soup bowl on the high-legged table beside him, and casually glanced at the piles of memorials and the opened copper box.
"Not yet in flight, but about to fly."
The two of them responded respectfully in unison.
"exist."
"Do you think tonight is an auspicious day?"
Ding Weixiang said without hesitation.
"Your Majesty says it is an auspicious day, so it is an auspicious day."
Su Wei's voice was a little hoarse.
"Auspicious day, inauspicious day. Just one word difference."
Ding Weixiang paused, and before he could think of how to start speaking, Shan Jiangfei continued softly.
"Your Majesty has never lost. This has been planned for years, and today we will be able to conclude everything. After today, there will be no more worries. Your Majesty should be happy."
"No more worries? I hope so."
There was a rare hint of confusion on the emperor's face, but it was fleeting, and he quickly regained his composure.
"The Black Feather Armored Battalion will fly and obey orders."
"I am here."
Shan Jiangfei immediately put away his servant-like expression, and his movements became nimble, not at all like a eunuch who walked around the palace all year round.
"Tonight may bring many unexpected events. No matter what happens, you must stand by the throne and not let anyone take advantage of you."
"yes."
"Heiyu Dark Guards Commander Ding Weixiang, listen to my orders."
Ding Weixiang stepped forward, knelt down and saluted with a solemn expression.
"I am here."
"Set up the Beast Subduing Platform and send orders to all camps to defend their positions."
"yes."
"Have you prepared everything I taught you to prepare?"
"Everything is ready, awaiting your Majesty's orders."
"good."
The emperor turned around, waved his long sleeves, and the gauze curtain opened to both sides, revealing the empty darkness in the east.
"Bai Heliu, I have been waiting for you for a long time."
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Xiao Nanhui had been riding her horse through the dense forest for half an hour. The constant noise in her ears made her hearing dull. The sharp friction sound had been ringing for a while before she realized that it was not her tinnitus.
At first, she thought it was the sound of another flock of night bats approaching.
But then she realized something was wrong because the sound was a little irregular, sometimes light, sometimes heavy, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes paused, sometimes started again.
In just a few ups and downs, the group of night bats that had been in front of her suddenly dispersed. The original black mass turned into a few scattered black dots and quickly disappeared into the night, leaving no trace of them.
Xiao Nanhui did not give up. He stepped onto the saddle and jumped off Jixiang's back. He grabbed a thick pine branch and used it to climb up. In a few steps, he reached the treetops.
The moment she poked her head out from between the branches, she felt the long-lost breeze blowing from the open sky, mixed with a slightly damp smell, cool and clear.
Surrounding it are dense treetops with no visible boundaries, and above the treetops is the vast and boundless night sky.
The bright moon that had been guiding her tonight had become somewhat blurry, and the stars had also faded. A thin mist drifted in from the south on the wind, and light clouds began to swirl between the stars and the moon. Yu'an's rain was coming again.
Xiao Nanhui realized that he didn't have much time left.
Once the clouds completely cover the night sky, she will lose her way in the endless mountains and dense forests.
And now, the only clue is the sound she just heard.
Taking a deep breath, Xiao Nanhui looked around intently, concentrating his mind and using all his concentration to observe the quiet and boundless treetops around him.
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