The guard commander's blood splattered all over the ground, and his face turned deathly pale with pain, but because he had lost his tongue, he couldn't even cry out in pain.
Filled with overwhelming hatred, he turned and drew his sword, intending to stab Si Jin to death.
But Si Jin's sword, with even greater speed, severed his legs and arms.
The guard commander was reduced to a torso, completely incapacitated, and lay half-dead on the ground.
Si Jin, however, seemed unfazed by the little incident and continued to ask, "Didn't I tell you to move the chairs? Didn't you hear me?"
The other four guards were terrified by their commander's behavior and quickly went back to the house to bring chairs to help Si Jin sit down.
Soon after, Zhu Ziqing, the emperor of the Southern Liang Dynasty who had been murdered by heaven, arrived at the Jiaofang Palace, the office of the Minister of Ceremonies, led by a palace maid.
When he arrived, Mu Siyu was lying on the ground, his face deathly pale.
The other four surviving guards stood beside Si Jin, serving him obsequiously.
The longsword in Si Jin's hand was still dripping blood.
The once peaceful and tranquil Jiaofang Palace was suddenly left in a mess.
Upon seeing Zhu Ziqing, Mu Siyu immediately propped himself up and got to his feet.
She grabbed his dragon robe with one hand, crying with tears streaming down her face.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you've finally arrived! You must do me justice!"
"Your Majesty, I just came to see Jinjin. Seeing that he's inexperienced, I wanted to explain to him the etiquette of the Empress of Southern Liang's night-time service, so he can serve you well in the future."
"But he drew his sword to kill me! He wanted to kill me, Your Majesty!"
Mu Siyu is delicate and soft-bodied, and even better at pleasing people than a woman.
Ultimately, Zhu Ziqing did have some affection for him.
Seeing him crying so hard, I felt a pang of pity.
He hurriedly helped him up, kissed away the tears from the corners of Mu Siyu's eyes, and comforted him.
"Don't be sad, I'll fight back for you."
"Your Majesty, please don't~" Mu Siyu changed her previous ruthless attitude, bit her lower lip lightly, and looked innocent and pure: "I am worried about you, please don't go near that madman."
"Okay~" Zhu Ziqing liked to see him acting like this: "I can avenge you even if I don't get close to him."
After handing the man over to the Imperial Guards, he took a bow and arrow from one of them and aimed it at Si Jin's shoulder.
He soothed her, "My darling Yuyu, watch closely, I'm about to fire an arrow!"
After speaking, his ruthless gaze was fixed on Si Jin.
Damn it, this Mu Sijin looks like a woman, but I never expected her to be so troublesome.
It seems that just administering drugs won't work. After teaching him a lesson today, I'll have to sever the tendons in his hands and feet.
Only then will Mu Sijin obediently become his empress and let him manipulate her on the dragon bed.
As Zhu Ziqing imagined how he would humiliate Si Jin, he released the arrow.
Swoosh—
The arrow left the bowstring and shot through the air at an extremely high speed.
Si Jin, however, leisurely put down his sword without making any attempt to parry.
In her mind's eye, Xiao Yao frantically ran around in terror: "Master, run! Run! We're going to be stabbed!"
No, don't worry.
Bang--
Sure enough, just as Si Jin finished answering Tongzi, a piece of paper with a stone attached flew down from a rooftop not far away.
The arrow struck in mid-air.
Once the arrow lost its support, it fell limply to the ground, like a kite with a broken string.
Zhu Ziqing was startled, turned around angrily, and was about to question him when he saw that beautiful figure in crimson on the roof.
The newcomer was dressed in red, with handsome features and long, black hair concealed by a square black gauze hat.
The python pattern outlined in gold thread on the red robe swayed gently in the breeze, displaying a unique majesty.
With a slight turn of her phoenix eyes, she exuded an air of dominance over the world.
Wei Linyuan, looking nonchalant, casually brushed the petals that had fallen on his shoulder, then easily leaped down from the rooftop and came to Si Jin's side.
Upon seeing this, all the Imperial Guards and palace maids immediately bowed their heads and kowtowed, saying, "Greetings, Your Majesty!"
Wei Linyuan didn't let anyone get up, but instead stood in front of Si Jin for a while.
After confirming that no one was hurt, he bent down to pick up the torn piece of paper and said regretfully.
"Your Majesty, this is a list of prisoners to be executed in the autumn that I just compiled. Are you just going to destroy it like this? Isn't that a bit unfair to my hard work?"
Zhu Ziqing's arrogance was immediately suppressed in front of Wei Linyuan.
He could no longer maintain his imperial dignity, and hurriedly threw down his bow and arrows, knelt down and admitted his mistake: "I had no intention of doing this, please forgive me, my godfather."
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