Chapter 974 Woman, how can you be so cruel?
Faced with Yimei's provocation, everyone thought that the imperial concubine would be angry.
And this is exactly what Yimei wants to see.
She is the third princess of the Thousand Islands and a distinguished guest of the Emperor Dasheng. If the imperial concubine attacks her in public, it means that she is ignorant of the overall situation, relies on the emperor's favor to act tyrannically and does not take foreign guests seriously.
By then, she will be able to occupy the moral high ground and destroy the imperial concubine's reputation.
Many people present thought of this.
For example, Concubine Yan was secretly delighted, as it seemed that the imperial concubine had hit a wall this time.
But to their surprise, Xiao Xixi was not angry at all. Instead, she sighed quietly, appearing quite helpless.
"Since the Third Princess insists on killing the cat, please do it."
Everyone was stunned.
Old Wang widened his cat eyes and looked at Xiao Xixi in disbelief.
If it could speak, it would definitely grab Xiao Xixi's clothes and question her in a roaring manner.
Woman, how can you be so cruel?
Have you forgotten the vows we made to each other?
Yi Mei asked doubtfully, "Are you serious? This is your cat. Can you really watch it being killed?"
Xiao Xixi: "Life and death are determined by fate. The fact that it died in your hands only means that it was destined to die this way."
Yi Mei couldn't help feeling proud when she saw that she spoke seriously and didn't seem to be pretending.
It is said that this imperial concubine was deeply loved, but now it seems that she is just so-so. She can't even protect the pets around her. She is so useless!
Xiao Xixi said sincerely, "Since it has been with me for a while, I want to touch it one last time before it dies. I hope the Third Princess can help me do this."
Yi Mei subconsciously opened her mouth to refuse: "No!"
Xiao Xixi turned her head to look at the emperor beside her and asked eagerly.
"Is it really impossible?"
Luo Qinghan met her watery eyes and agreed without thinking.
"OK."
Xiao Xixi smiled with two dimples: "Thank you, Your Majesty, you are so kind to me."
Zhao Xian followed the emperor's order and prepared to take the orange cat over.
Yi Mei immediately became anxious and scolded in a soft voice: "Your Majesty, this cat just stole my things and almost hurt me. Even if it is the concubine's pet, you can't be so partial to it!"
Luo Qinghan said coldly: "Didn't it hurt you?"
Yimei: "But it stole my things!"
Luo Qinghan: "It's just a sachet. Haven't I already returned it to you?"
From childhood to adulthood, Yimei has always been the one favored by her father, the emperor, and her mother. She has become accustomed to this situation, but this time it is someone else who is favored, which makes it difficult for her to accept. She felt so aggrieved that her eyes turned red.
However, Luo Qinghan didn't care about her feelings at all. In his eyes and heart, there was only the imperial concubine.
Zhao Xian took the orange cat from the guard and respectfully presented it to the imperial concubine.
Xiao Xixi didn't pick it up.
She took out a thin red rope with a small and exquisite lucky bag hanging on it.
She hung the red rope around Lao Wang's neck and stroked his forehead.
"Okay, send it to the third princess."
Zhao Xian thought he had heard it wrong, and he couldn't help but confirm it again: "Do you really want to send it back?"
Xiao Xixi nodded: "Well, send it back."
Not only Zhao Xian, everyone else thought that the imperial concubine would take the opportunity to detain the orange cat. Anyway, Yi Mei couldn't snatch the cat from her.
But I didn't expect that the imperial concubine would actually do what she said. She said she would just touch me, and she really just touched me.
Zhao Xian was full of doubts, but he didn't ask too many questions and just obediently handed the orange cat to Yimei.
Xiao Xixi: "Would you mind sending a knife to the Third Princess, General Zhao?"
Zhao Xian drew out his sword and handed it horizontally to Yi Mei.
Yimei grew up in a pampered environment and had never done anything to kill. When she saw the gleaming blade in front of her, she couldn't help but feel a little frightened.
But she didn't want to back down at this time.
She pretended to be calm and snorted coldly, scolding the guards around her.
"What are you still standing there for? Get started!"
The guard had surrendered all his weapons before entering Bigui Pavilion, so he could only take the sword from Zhao Xian.
Just as the guards were about to take action, Xiao Xixi suddenly spoke.
"Third Princess, this cat offended you first, and it deserves your punishment. But I have to say this: you only have one chance to kill it. Now that you have the chance, no matter whether it lives or dies in the end, you can no longer complain."
Yi Mei found this statement really incomprehensible.
She curled her lips and said disdainfully, "It's just a cat. I can kill it with just one knife."
Xiao Xixi said meaningfully.
"You don't know, Third Princess, that the real owner of this cat is actually His Majesty, who later gave it to me. It has the aura of a true dragon and is protected by heaven. A mortal's flesh and blood may not be able to hurt it. If you don't believe me, just try it."
Yimei felt that the imperial concubine was just making up stories to scare her, and she would never be fooled!
She signaled the guards to act quickly.
The guard raised the knife and chopped at the orange cat's forehead without hesitation!
The concubines present were so frightened that they turned pale and looked away, not daring to look again.
However.
I waited for a long time but didn't hear the cat's scream.
Instead, I remembered a crisp clanging sound, which was the sound of weapons hitting the ground.
The concubines were puzzled. They opened their eyes carefully and looked closely, only to see that the orange cat being held in someone's hand was still fine. On the contrary, the guard was frightened and turned pale. He backed away repeatedly and even lost his grip on the knife in his hand, which fell to the ground, shaking.
Yimei opened her eyes wide, her pretty little face filled with shock and disbelief.
She just saw with her own eyes that the guard's knife was suddenly bounced away at the moment it was about to touch the orange cat!
It was as if there was an invisible barrier that protected the orange cat tightly.
Could it be that...
Could it be that what the imperial concubine said was true? Was this fat dead cat really tainted with dragon energy and protected by the heavens?
Not only Yimei, but the entire Thousand Islands delegation was stunned.
They all stood up in unison.
The scene before them was beyond their understanding and almost overturned their three views.
So much so that they almost thought there was something wrong with their eyes.
Eunuch Chang reacted very quickly.
He knelt down without hesitation, put his forehead on the ground, and shouted at the top of his voice.
"Your Majesty is the true dragon emperor. You will surely lead the Great Sheng Dynasty to unify the world and create an unparalleled prosperous era! Long live Your Majesty!"
Zhao Xian and a group of guards also knelt down and shouted in unison.
"Long live His Majesty!"
Seeing this, the officials and concubines present dared not delay any longer and quickly knelt down.
"Long live His Majesty!"
Xiao Xixi originally wanted to kneel, but Luo Qinghan held down the back of her hand, so she had to remain sitting still.
In the end, in the entire Bigui Pavilion, except for the emperor and the imperial concubine who sat motionless on the first seat, the only people who did not kneel were the envoys from the Thousand Islands.
(End of this chapter)
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