A feeling of unwillingness welled up in Hu Tianhao's eyes.
He subconsciously looked at Xiaoqi.
At this moment, Xiao Qi was standing beside Chu Ci, with his hand on Chu Ci's waist.
Chu Ci completely condoned his insolence and just raised her eyebrows and looked curiously at the captured assassin.
Xiao Qi noticed his gaze and turned to look at him.
There was clearly no emotion in his eyes, but Hu Tianhao felt that Xiaoqi was mocking him in his heart.
His grip tightened unconsciously.
In the past, he envied Xiaoqi. He was free and unrestrained. No one controlled him. He could do whatever he wanted and didn't have to learn all kinds of things for his future wife whose name he didn't even know.
But at that time I was just envious, until Chu Ci appeared.
Chu Ci is different from other women.
She is always gentle and smiling, seems easy to get along with, but a little pale and thin, which makes people want to protect her.
This feeling is quite subtle.
But Hu Tianhao felt a little yearning for it, but also a little regretful about the decision he made to let his mother make such an agreement.
He couldn't regret it now. Xiao Qi had always looked down on Chu Ci, but now he was in the position...
Hu Tianhao's fingers kept tightening, and his fingertips were pinching into the flesh.
Brings waves of pain.
"go back."
Only after Hu Xun scolded him again did Hu Tianhao turn around and leave.
But Xiao Qi over there had already looked away.
Followed Chu Ci to the front.
The empress was frightened and felt unwell, so she returned to her room to call the imperial physician. Chu Mu always loved to prove his filial piety to the empress.
Also, those assassins were originally targeting Chu Ci.
He simply ignored her and followed the empress hastily, looking like a filial son.
There were not many assassins, and only one was captured alive. Poison was hidden in his teeth, and the guards removed his jaw, tied him up and threw him aside.
Even with his jaw removed, he could still vaguely make out a few words.
This was outside, and the guards had no orders and didn't know what to do with the assassin, so they just stood by and watched.
The remaining guards went to evacuate the crowd.
Chu Ci raised her hand and nodded to the hand that was still on her waist.
He raised his eyes and glanced at Xiao Qi.
Xiao Qi paused, then lowered his eyes and withdrew his hand.
Only then did Chu Ci step forward.
When the guards saw Chu Ci, they quickly retreated to both sides.
Chu Ci squatted down and glanced at the token with a small corner exposed in the assassin's arms.
It was only a small corner, but it was still easy to see that the word "xiao" was written on it.
When the assassin saw Xiaoqi, a fierce look flashed in his eyes, but then the fierceness disappeared and he reached out to grab Xiaoqi.
He gave a look of 'save me'.
"This acting is a bit poor..." Chu Ci twitched the corners of his lips and said in a low voice, then raised his hand and moved very quickly, taking out the token from the assassin's arms in a place where no one could see.
The assassin was stunned, watching Chu Ci stuff the token into Xiao Qi's hand and whisper something to Xiao Qi. Xiao Qi looked down, his face changed, and then he walked away and approached the other fallen assassins calmly.
"Your Highness, should we take her back for interrogation as soon as possible? She is seriously injured and probably won't live long."
It must have been the work of those people who wanted to drag the Xiao family into trouble.
The calculation is quite clever.
If they could kill her, they would not only remove an obstacle to them, but also drag the Xiao family into the water, killing two birds with one stone.
After planning for a few years, I still failed.
I don't know if I could find out in advance what the current situation of the Xiao family is. Those things must have been dealt with by Prime Minister Xiao long ago.
Chu Ci tutted softly, and hearing this, she blocked the view of several people with her body. She raised her hand and quickly clamped the man's jaw shut. She whispered to the assassin, "If you want to bring trouble to the Xiao family, at least try to struggle and show an attitude of preferring death to surrender first, right?"
Knowing that this person will definitely bite the Xiao family...it would be better for you to die.
Chu Ci's strength was extremely great, and his pupils contracted at this moment. After hearing these words, the poison in his teeth was broken by Chu Ci's impact, and he lost his breath in a few breaths.
Chu Ci quietly withdrew her hand and rubbed her fingertips against each other.
Oh, it’s been so long since she’d used it that she almost forgot she knew how to set bones.
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