Ding Weixiang's face, which had always been a little dull, was turning red at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Just when Xiao Nanhui almost thought that the other party was shy because he had a secret crush on her, a roar that was as strong as the air in her dantian came towards her face, almost lifting the top of her head off.
"You think I want to?!"
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If you don't want to, then don't want to. Why can't you just say it nicely?
Xiao Nanhui changed his hand to hold the torch and held the jade pot in his other hand.
The stone steps in this dark secret passage were badly worn, and because there were no torches, it seemed that there was no end in sight.
Half a minute ago, she realized from Ding Weixiang's almost gritted teeth explanation that the person who came to see her was not him, but the emperor who had just woken up today.
The emperor's awakening seemed to have remained largely unknown within the Tiancheng Army. In other words, the fact that he had been in such a critical condition for several days due to an enemy attack on the day of Xiaoxue was unknown to most.
This secret history, though brief and swift, is of great significance. However, due to reasons that are well known to all, even as a major participant in writing this history, her name will never appear in the history books.
She had taken on this mission south with such a heavy heart, but she didn't know what kind of reward she would receive in the end. She was afraid that she would only receive gold and silver, and not the fame and honor she had so longed for.
Sighing, she looked towards the road ahead, then back at the darkness behind her.
This secret passage was hidden under the dilapidated stone house where Ding Weixiang decocted medicine. It looked like it was the dungeon used by the prefect Sun to imprison criminals, but it was much deeper than the place where she was tortured that day.
It seems that the conference room may not be fake, it’s just not in the open.
After walking about a dozen steps, she finally saw the faint glow of fire ahead. As the secret passage turned a corner at the end, a stone chamber that could accommodate a hundred people appeared before her.
The grooves on the surrounding stone bricks show that this place was once full of torture instruments, but now it is empty, which makes the person sitting on the stone chair particularly conspicuous.
"Your Highness, I, Xiao Nanhui, come to see you."
Su Wei did not stand up. His loose fur coat was buttoned tightly at the collar, making his face look even thinner than before.
"After enduring life and death, and surviving a catastrophe, Xiao Qing and I only have these two words to say to each other."
She had previously felt an urge to come and see if he was okay, but now that he asked her this, she didn't know how to start.
After thinking for a moment, she still said stiffly, "Is your Majesty well?"
"I'm fine." The man said calmly, as if he was quite dissatisfied with the plain question. "It's just that my chest hurts a lot."
Chest pain? He said he had chest pain?
How should she answer?
Yes, my Lord. You were shot in the chest with an arrow, so it's normal to feel pain.
Her tongue cramped, and she felt her eyebrows twitching. "Your Majesty has the body of a true dragon and is blessed with great fortune. He will surely be safe. I just wonder why Your Majesty summoned me here..."
"Don't you have anything to give me?"
She then remembered the jade pot in her hand and quickly handed it over.
"Lieutenant Ding brewed the medicine. I dare not take credit for it."
Slender fingers opened the lid of the jade pot, and a pungent smell of medicine spread in the stone chamber, but he seemed not to smell it at all, and drank the medicine in the pot without blinking.
"I originally wanted you to boil the medicine, but it seems he still refuses and insists on doing it himself."
Xiao Nanhui began to feel a little grateful to Ding Weixiang for his hands-on attitude.
"My hands and feet are clumsy, and I'm afraid I might ruin the herbs. I also know that I failed to provide adequate protection this time, and I deserve the punishment. If Your Majesty has any orders, Xiao Nanhui will definitely fight to the death..."
"Besides you and me, only Weixiang knows the details of this matter. From now on, there's no need to mention it to anyone else. Do you understand?"
She shuddered and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
How can this be as simple as just doing your job well?
She knew the emperor's secret. If he wanted to kill her, it would be understandable. But if Ding Weixiang were to take action, she would have no chance of winning.
Poor her, she had been sleeping for three days and three nights, her head was muddled and she hadn't thought about this at all. When Ding Weixiang came to see her, she actually thought it was a personal grudge over serving tea and medicine.
What had happened to her? After just a few days with that man, had she already considered him her own, completely forgetting that he was an emperor in a high position who couldn't tolerate any grain of sand in his eyes?
"I understand." She answered, her voice a little hoarse.
He didn't say anything, but looked at her deeply. His expression was helpless for a moment, and seemed a little funny, but finally he calmed down.
"I came to you for something else."
As he spoke, he turned the beads beside the stone chair. A dull rumbling sound was heard, and one wall of the stone chamber slowly sank, revealing half an acre of bottomless black water.
She was startled and realized that there was another person in the stone chamber.
The person had been submerged in water and seemed to have lost his life, so she did not detect any trace of the third person.
After a splash of water, a slightly swollen face emerged from the black water, with wet hair sticking to the face, which was vaguely covered with tiny wounds.
After trying hard to distinguish them, Xiao Nanhui was shocked.
He is actually still alive?
"Anlu, we meet again."
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