It really was created by a curse; their styles of doing things are so similar.
Qiao Qiu's eyes flashed with intense hatred. The female lead couldn't die, but surely killing a male supporting character would be acceptable.
Qiao Qiu sat up and pushed open the car door.
"Madam, please go inside quickly, it's dangerous."
"Danger my ass! If I go back in, you'll all be dead here."
The emperor, who was about to pull her up, was speechless at those words. He withdrew his hand, stroked his chin, and clicked his tongue. His beloved concubine was truly... bold and forthright.
Sure enough, just as Qiao Qiu stepped onto the threshold, dozens of men in black suddenly appeared from the sky and surrounded the carriage.
The carriage was forced to stop, and Wei Xu almost stopped breathing, his pupils filled with despair. The other guards who had followed him on horseback formed a circle around the carriage, drew their swords, faced the man in black, and prepared to fight to the death.
"Your Majesty, Consort Ronghua, did you have a good time on this trip?"
Qiao Qiu chuckled, "Do you know a saying?"
"What did you say?" The leader of the men in black was taken aback.
"The villain dies from talking too much."
After Qiao Qiu finished speaking, she jumped off the carriage. The emperor knocked on the carriage door, and Wei Xu reacted and also jumped off the carriage, opening the door. The emperor sat in front of the carriage door and sneered, "Third brother, how have you been?"
The leader of the men in black gleamed and chuckled, "Even dressed like this, you still recognized me."
“Everyone’s voice is very distinctive. Didn’t the Third Prince think of that?” Qiao Qiu stood with his hands behind his back, a slight smile playing on his lips.
"It was my oversight." Zhao Yucheng pulled off his face mask and the black cloth covering his head, revealing his true appearance. He wore a jade crown, had a gentle and refined appearance, and wore his signature smile.
"Third brother, I have treated you well, why did you do this?" the emperor asked sternly.
"Hehehe, Your Majesty, you've treated me well? Treating me well means taking the woman I've set my sights on as a concubine? Treating me well means indulging this woman in slashing Dong'er's face? Dong'er's face can't be restored yet, and that old bastard Qiao Tianzhi kicked her out of the house. Do you know how Dong'er has been these past few days?" Zhao Yucheng became more and more distressed and resentful as he spoke.
The emperor burst into laughter, but quickly stopped, looking at him coldly, his imperial majesty fully revealed. "What a joke! As the Son of Heaven, I have always been exceptionally lenient towards women. If you really want to be with her, you can go to the Prime Minister's residence to propose marriage before I hold the imperial selection. I will absolutely not stop you. You and Qiao Dong have done something shameful, and now you still have the nerve to question me here. Zhao Yucheng, please at least have some class in being shameless."
Qiao Qiu almost burst out laughing when she heard the rest. This emperor was always sharp-tongued, and even in this kind of situation, he didn't forget to be sarcastic, truly making a good target of hatred.
Zhao Yucheng's face turned ashen with anger. "You dog emperor, Dong'er and I did nothing. I will not allow you to slander her."
"Tch." The emperor rolled his eyes at him, his gaze full of disdain.
"You!" Zhao Yucheng was furious and embarrassed, and waved his hand, "Go!"
With a death wish, Wei Xu and the others drew their longswords, roared, and charged toward the men in black.
Qiao Qiu was overjoyed by the emperor's reaction, never expecting Zhao Yucheng to act so swiftly. She looked around; Wei Xu and the others had all sustained minor injuries, and these newcomers were clearly a level above the weaker ones. In the blink of an eye, each of them had surrounded several others.
The emperor sat in the carriage, staring blankly at Zhao Yucheng, but his hands were secretly clenched.
Qiao Qiu bent down, grabbed something from the ground, leaped up, and with a flick of her wrist, threw a pebble as a hidden weapon, hitting the black-clad men who were besieging Wei Xu and his group and who were also close to the carriage, knocking them to the ground.
The encirclement opened a gap, and Wei Xu and the others, without even seeing who had helped them, rolled to the side of the carriage.
Qiao Qiu darted out, a blur of motion, passing through all the assassins, and arrived in front of Zhao Yucheng.
Zhao Yucheng was startled and raised his sword to stab her. Qiao Qiu turned her head to dodge, and at the same time grabbed his wrist holding the sword and squeezed it hard.
Zhao Yucheng cried out in pain, unable to grip the longsword. As the sword fell, Qiao Qiu caught it and placed it against his neck. With her left hand, she tore off a handful of jade hairpins from her hair and shot them out. The seven or eight men in black closest to the front of the carriage were instantly struck, screaming as they fell to the ground, some dead and some seriously injured.
"Stop!"
Everyone stopped and looked in their direction, their eyes filled with disbelief.
Wei Xu and the others, who were rescued by Qiao Qiu, were utterly dumbfounded.
Zhao Yucheng laughed, the laughter coming from his throat, "I never expected that I would miscalculate you, Consort Ronghua."
"Your Highness is too kind. If it weren't for your shamelessness, I wouldn't have had the chance to show my skills today," Qiao Qiu said with a smile.
Zhao Yucheng's face darkened. "Qiao Qiu, don't go too far."
The emperor stepped down from the carriage and said, "Zhao Yucheng, you're about to die and you still don't know how to repent. What has my beloved concubine done wrong? She's much better than that ugly hag like you. Let me tell you, this time I'm not only going to kill you, but also that bitch Qiao Dong. You've brought her from the Cold Palace to the Prince's Mansion for several days now, haven't you? Hmph, don't think I'm kept in the dark about everything."
"Qiao Qiu, I can't beat you. Today's plan has failed. However, I won't admit defeat so easily." A murderous glint flashed in Zhao Yucheng's eyes. He swiftly thrust a dagger toward Qiao Qiu's stomach with his left hand, a cold white light flashing and disappearing in an instant.
"My beloved concubine!" The emperor looked up and saw her, his eyes wide with horror, his heart pounding so hard he almost stopped. He wished he could sprout wings and snatch the dagger from her.
However, just as the stab was about to land, it suddenly stopped. The emperor's peach blossom eyes revealed a strong joy of regaining what he had lost. Qiao Qiu's two slender, fair fingers pinched Zhao Yucheng's wrist. It seemed like a gentle pinch, but it made Zhao Yucheng completely unable to move.
Qiao Qiu sneered and pinched hard. Zhao Yucheng screamed and broke out in a cold sweat. Another of his hands was crippled.
The dagger fell into Qiao Qiu's hand. Just as she was about to stab Zhao Yucheng in the chest, she hesitated. Although she was highly skilled in martial arts, she rarely killed anyone. She wasn't a good person, but she wasn't the kind of person who enjoyed killing.
In that moment of hesitation, Zhao Yucheng couldn't bear the humiliation of having both his hands crippled by the woman. He slashed his neck across the sharp blade, and blood stained the blade.
Qiao Qiu removed the sword, and Zhao Yucheng collapsed, blood flowing continuously from the wound in his throat. He couldn't speak, staring intently at the emperor, his body trembling uncontrollably.
"I wanted to kill you, but I didn't really intend to. Why can't a grown man live a normal life instead of trying to kill himself?" Qiao Qiu sighed, and as she looked at Zhao Yucheng, she suddenly noticed something fall out of his chest. She squatted down, picked it up, and unfolded it. Suddenly, something clicked in her mind, and just as she understood, the world went dark.
"Depend on!"
Before she could say anything, Qiao Qiu used this one word to express her most direct feelings. Then she was swept into darkness. In the moment before she lost consciousness, she seemed to hear the emperor calling her.
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