Tears seemed endless, flowing more and more with each wipe. Chu Xiao comforted her tenderly, "Don't cry, don't cry. I'm perfectly fine here. Look at that tiger on the ground, I killed it. If I were truly seriously injured, I wouldn't have the strength to kill a tiger."
Yun Chaoxi sniffed, glanced at him again, and felt ashamed to cry in front of so many people. She couldn't help but bury her face in his arms and secretly wipe her tears with his clothes.
Chu Xiao took a deep breath, leaned against the tree trunk, and raised his hand to touch the head in his arms.
His inner state was anything but as calm as he appeared.
When the tiger pounced, he didn't even have time to turn his horse around. He managed to block it with his left hand, and the tiger's claws left several deep, bone-revealing wounds on his arm.
He instinctively used his body to block the tiger, thinking he was about to be devoured. However, the tiger seemed to be bounced away when it touched him, giving him the opportunity to draw his bow and nock an arrow.
In the past, Chu Xiao didn't care about life or death. He was already the emperor, and apart from the empress dowager, he had no other attachments. If he died, he would die. But since he had Yun Chaoxi and their child, Chu Xiao was unwilling to die at all.
Looking at the Empress sobbing, Chu Xiao thought that Xi'er could cry her eyes out even when he was injured. What would happen to her if he died? Would she cry day and night and ruin her eyes?
Thankfully, he survived.
Recalling that moment just now, Chu Xiao felt a burning sensation in his chest. He reached out and took out the talisman he had placed on his chest. He saw that the talisman had turned into black ash and dissipated in his hand when the wind blew it away.
Chu Xiao smiled; Xi'er was his lucky star.
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