Cen An was carried here by the silver-armored guards, and his legs, which had just recovered, were almost broken again due to the bumpy ride.
It was said that the empress was dying, so they carried him on the road with all their might, and finally arrived.
Looking at the empress slowly washing her hands, and then looking at the bloody Rong Qing, are you sure it is the empress who needs treatment?
Xiao Li wiped his hands and glanced at him unhappily: "Why are you standing there? Save people."
Cen An barely caught his breath, but he didn't dare to object and just went ahead to save the man. However, when he tore off Rong Qing's clothes, the wound became more and more shocking.
It’s not that the wounds were particularly scary, after all, he had seen more severe injuries. The main thing was that the knife seemed to have stabbed into the person from the front, and each one almost pierced the person through.
Judging from the Empress's attitude at the crime scene, it was clearly her doing.
He said the empress was very scary!
Of course, Rong Qing was also very scary. He looked so calm that he didn't even frown, as if the person with several big holes in his body was not him.
Each one is calmer than the other, as if he is the abnormal one.
After all the trouble, it was almost dawn without even sleeping.
Everyone packed up and set off again. It was not safe for the emperor to be away, and they just wanted to escort the empress back to Yanpingzhou as soon as possible.
However, they had not walked far, less than a hundred meters away from the dilapidated temple they had seen yesterday, when they met an unexpected person.
"Xiao Jingyi, stop right there!"
"Did you hear that? Stop!"
A woman with a straw ring and a bandit-like appearance was chasing after him with a stick in her hand, while a man in cloth clothes in front of him was running away as if there was a flood or a beast behind them.
Xiao Jingyi? These three words sound familiar.
Looking closely, wasn't that the King of Wei who had been missing for more than two months?
Xiao Jingyi was also dumbfounded when he saw this team. He never dreamed that he would meet his beloved imperial sister here.
He was so shocked that he forgot to speak, and was caught off guard by the female bandit behind him. She kicked him and he fell flat on his face.
"Ha ha......"
Niu Jiuhua, who had finally kicked someone, was about to laugh triumphantly, but was frightened by the team in front of him, and the smile froze on his face in an instant.
This majestic figure looks even scarier than the bandits in their village.
Niu Jiuhua felt his body and found no weapon, only the stick in his hand.
"Xiao...Xiao Jingyi, is this your...your enemy?"
Seeing the leader slowly draw his sword, Niu Jiuhua grabbed Xiao Jingyi and ran without thinking.
"Ahh, I hate you so much, you troublemaker. Why do so many people want to kill you?"
Xiao Jingyi was caught off guard and was dragged away by her, and he almost lost his life.
But he reacted quickly, broke free from Niu Jiuhua's grip with a clever move, turned around and ran back.
Niu Jiuhua was frightened by his action: "Come back, what are you doing?"
Xiao Jingyi ran back without looking back. Even when he saw Xiao Li's knife coming down, he didn't even blink and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, I, Xiao Jingyi, pay my respects to you!"
Niu Jiuhua was stunned, looking at Xiao Jingyi who was kneeling on the ground. He was a prince, so why did he have to kneel down to others?
Xiao Li placed the tip of his knife against Xiao Jingyi's shoulder and said with a smile, "Isn't this our Prince Wei? What a coincidence!"
Xiao Jingyi straightened his knees and said, "I am guilty. I made a mistake in judgment, which resulted in my team being unable to react when attacked, resulting in heavy casualties for the Silver Armor Guards. This is my first crime. I lost the artillery. This is my second crime. I have not been able to report for many days. This is my third crime. I asked Your Majesty to come and find me personally. This is my fourth crime."
"I have committed serious sins. Please, Your Majesty, punish me."
He admitted his mistake sincerely and knelt respectfully, but this was not the answer Xiao Li wanted.
"King Wei, your previous crimes were all excusable. I don't blame you, but you... shouldn't be here."
Xiao Jingyi's heart skipped a beat. He felt so helpless that he couldn't even cry out for justice. "I was injured in an assassination attempt and was rescued by Miss Niu. To avoid the assassin, I have been hiding in the mountains. Not long ago, I learned that Your Majesty appeared in Yanping Prefecture, so I have been walking along the mountain road. Now I am heading down the mountain to the town ahead, hoping to find a way to get to Yanping Prefecture quickly."
"I do not know where I am wrong at this moment. I beg Your Majesty to clarify."
Xiao Li squatted down, glaring at him with a cold gaze. "Last night, I came here to hunt down Prince Xian's advisor, Xu Nianqing. Less than a hundred meters away, he was rescued by people from the Southern Territory and killed twenty of my Silver Armored Guards."
"How come the King of Wei just happened to appear here?"
Xu Nianqing? King Xian's advisor?
Xiao Jingyi vomited blood: "Your Majesty, that Xu Nianqing is not yours..."
Xiao Li turned the blade: "What is he to me?"
Xiao Jingyi immediately swallowed the words back and looked at Xiao Li eagerly, almost wanting to cry: "Royal sister, I know him and have met him before, but he and I really have nothing to do with each other. I swear, I really ended up here by accident, Royal sister."
Xiao Jingyi raised his hand and tugged at Xiao Li's sleeve, his eyes looking at her face with attachment: "Royal sister, it's been two years. I haven't seen you for two years."
"I was out patrolling the city and couldn't return to the court. You were sick and unconscious but you wouldn't let me go back. I've been looking forward to seeing you again every moment of the past two years."
As he spoke, he was so excited that he actually fell into Xiao Li's arms: "Imperial sister!"
Xiao Li was weak and almost knocked over by him. Rong Qing strode forward and lifted Xiao Jingyi up: "Prince Wei, His Majesty is not feeling well. Please restrain yourself."
Xiao Li put away the knife and did not mention the suspicion again. Xiao Jingyi followed Xiao Li on horseback, grinning so foolishly that his teeth were showing.
He was still thinking about how to get to Yanping Prefecture to see his imperial sister, but his imperial sister just appeared in front of him. He was so surprised that it felt like a dream.
As for the fact that the imperial sister seemed to want to kill him, it didn't matter. The imperial sister wouldn't really kill him anyway. Of course, if the imperial sister really wanted to kill him, he wouldn't be able to escape, so there was no need to care about it.
Niu Jiuhua also got a horse, but she didn't dare go up and talk to the Empress, and the guards around her were very fierce.
In the end, she could only glare at Xiao Jingyi's back angrily. This man was so hateful that he ignored her as soon as he saw her sister.
Xiao Li was not feeling well and was in a very bad mood. He disliked everyone and had no time to pay attention to Niu Jiuhua.
The group headed towards Yanping Prefecture. As noon approached, they stopped in a town to have lunch.
Niu Jiuhua was a woman, so the guards didn't want to arrange her at the same table with them, so they prepared two dishes for her separately. Niu Jiuhua was so angry when she saw the King of Wei who was having dinner with the empress and didn't even look at her. Finally, she couldn't bear it anymore and ran out by slamming the table.
Not to mention how dissatisfied Rong Qing and the Silver Armor Guards were, even Cen An, who had always thought that the Empress was bad, couldn't help but frown.
Being so rude in front of the empress and being charged with disrespecting the emperor was enough to cost her her life.
Cen An always thought that the empress was cruel, but sometimes he felt that the empress had a good temper, like now.
She was not angry because of the woman's rudeness. She just glanced at her lightly without any anger.
Of course, this could also be called arrogance. She was noble enough not to bother with ordinary people.
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