Xiyao might not know how sinister and murderous her expression was at the moment, but everyone present saw it clearly and was shocked. Then they began to think slowly, would this young prince from Sheng Kingdom really be disliked by their general?
Xiyao changed the direction of the sleeve arrow in his hand and shot it directly at the guard who attacked him with his bare hands. The guard who was shot by the arrow had no time to escape as his thigh was hit by Xiyao's arrow and he fell to the ground with a groan.
This series of events happened so quickly that the emperor on the throne didn't even react. When the chief eunuch beside him reacted, he shouted loudly: "Protect the emperor! Protect the emperor!"
The imperial guards swarmed in and protected the emperor in a safe zone, leaving Qing'e outside the door speechless.
That arrow was obviously aimed at my master. It's no use for you to protect the emperor. It's my master who has to protect the master. Look at his domineering look, so cool!
As if he realized belatedly that the arrow was aimed at him, Sheng Mozhao was so scared that his face turned pale, his eyes rolled back, and he fell towards Xi Yao.
Seeing that Sheng Mozhao was about to pretend to faint, Qing'e and Hao Siming rushed into the hall and cooperated with Sheng Mozhao in acting.
"Your Highness!"
Xiyao, who was beside Sheng Mozhao, quickly caught the person. A familiar cold fragrance came from him. Sheng Mozhao rubbed him without worrying about being exposed. He was exhausted and relied entirely on Xiyao's arm to support himself.
Different from the cold fragrance that Sheng Mozhao felt from Xiyao, Xiyao only felt that his whole body was surrounded by a sweet breath, and his heart was beating so fast that it seemed like it was about to burst out.
Xiyao, who had never faced such a scene before, stood there stiffly, his back straight like a pillar supporting a roof.
"Quickly call the imperial physician to see the Prince," the emperor on the throne finally spoke. The eunuchs below hurried to find the imperial physician, and the whole hall finally quieted down.
Everyone held their breath, fearing that something might happen to the Prince of Chen.
Hao Siming had already grabbed the guard and brought him to the center of the hall. He then bowed slightly to the neighboring emperor and said, "Your Majesty, there is no need to summon the imperial physician. Siming is the physician who has been with the prince since he was young. I have just taken the prince's pulse and he is fine. He can just rest. Your Majesty does not need to worry."
After saying that, Hao Siming glanced at Sheng Mozhao and continued, "It's just that our prince is weak. After this scare, I'm afraid he will have to stay in bed for a long time. Should this matter be reported to the Emperor Sheng? The prince will make the decision after he wakes up. We volunteered to marry for the sake of the century-old diplomatic relations between the two countries. I didn't expect to encounter an assassination attempt at the first palace banquet. It shows that there must be people in the neighboring country who don't want the two countries to have a century-old friendship. If you really want to restart the war, our Dasheng will not be afraid. Just come."
"But I think there may be other reasons for this. But right now, the prince's health is the most important thing. Please allow us to send the prince back to the general's mansion for treatment. As for finding out the truth, please give our prince an explanation."
After saying this, Hao Siming still bowed his body, waiting for the response from the neighboring emperor.
"I will definitely find out the truth of this matter as soon as possible and give an explanation to the Sheng Kingdom. Since you are a doctor, you can take the prince back and treat him yourself. If you need any medicine, you can go to the Imperial Hospital to get it."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Hao Siming bowed and stepped back to return to Sheng Mozhao.
"General, could you please lend a hand and carry our prince back?"
When Qing'e saw Hao Siming coming back, she was afraid that he would snatch Xiyao's benefits, so she quickly spoke in a low voice and asked Xiyao.
Hearing this, Sheng Mozhao, who was pretending to faint, gave Qing'e a thumbs up in his heart.
Xiyao didn't think much about it when he heard it. The moment he picked up Sheng Mozhao, he found that this feeling was familiar, so familiar that it seemed like it was engraved in his bones.
Xiyao's heart was still beating fast even as he got on the carriage at the palace gate.
After the carriage had traveled for a while, he regained his composure.
"May I ask how Your Highness Prince Chen is sure that I can intercept that arrow? I will intercept it."
What responded to Xiyao was Sheng Mozhao's clear and steady breathing.
It's not that I fainted, but I fell asleep.
“……”, fell asleep already?
Xiyao tilted his head to look at the head resting on his shoulder, his gaze slowly moving downwards from Sheng Mozhao's forehead.
This person is so beautiful, like a fairy from the sky.
Xiyao's eyes were always on Sheng Mozhao, and he never moved his eyes away even though the carriage had been stopped at the gate of the general's mansion for a long time.
Outside the carriage.
"Lord Chushen and Lord Mozhao will not have to sleep in the carriage for a night, right?" Hao Siming looked at the sky where snow was beginning to fall and saw the motionless carriage, and asked Qing'e softly.
Upon hearing this, Qing'e glanced at him indifferently and told Hao Siming with her eyes: If you have the courage, go and remind me now, I will never stop you.
Hao Siming shook his head: No, no, I still have to keep the position that I worked so hard to get promoted to, I can't do this recklessly.
Qing'e: "...", I don't know what's so rare about a job that involves writing melodramatic stories every day...
The two of them communicated with each other through eye contact for a long time, and Xiyao finally lifted the curtain of the carriage.
"Is the fox fur coat of His Royal Highness Prince Chen available?"
"Here," Qing'e reacted quickly. She immediately took out the silver-white fox fur and handed it to Xiyao. She also took out an umbrella and opened it next to the carriage so that Xiyao could avoid being invaded by the white snow when she got off the carriage holding Sheng Mozhao.
When entering the mansion, Zhuo Yue, who had been guarding in the front hall, immediately stepped forward and saw Xi Yao hugging Sheng Mozhao with her mouth slightly open and her eyes wide open.
After a long pause, he came to his senses after Xiyao and his group had gone far away. He hurriedly chased after them and found that Xiyao was holding Sheng Mozhao and was heading to the main courtyard. He couldn't help but remind them: "General, His Highness's courtyard is in the North Courtyard."
Xiyao paused, pursed his lips and was silent for a while, and finally decided to carry Sheng Mozhao back to his own courtyard, "Your Highness Prince Chen was frightened, and the cold weather in Beiyuan is not suitable for recuperation, so he should stay in my courtyard first and recover."
"But General, your yard doesn't even have floor heating in winter, how can it be worse than Beiyuan..."
The voice stopped abruptly, and Zhuo Yue realized belatedly that what he said was simply destroying his own general's marriage. He quickly stopped talking, saying that he had something important to do and fled away.
Xiyao successfully placed Sheng Mozhao on his bed. After tucking in the quilt, he quietly left the room and called Qing'e and Hao Siming to go to the study.
After entering the study, Xiyao first called the maid and asked her to inform the housekeeper to install floor heating in all parts of his yard as quickly as possible starting tomorrow.
After instructing the maid on some other chores, he turned to face Hao Siming and Qing'e. His expression was inexplicably cold, even to the point of being apathetic. "Could you two tell me the real reason why His Royal Highness Prince Chen lowered his status to marry me?"
"General, there is no need to worry. For His Highness, the only person with whom he can grow old together is you."
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