This sudden change made my head buzz. Li Chengqian was not a prince? Then who was he? The emperor or a usurper? Oh my god, there was too much information, I could hardly keep up!

Before I could sort out my thoughts, Li Chengze's eyes fell on me, which made me feel creepy. The corners of his mouth were raised with a playful arc, and his eyes were like a prey staring at its prey, which made my back cold.

"Long time no see, Lin Qingya." He spoke in a long tone, and each word seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth. "Do you still remember...how you treated me back then?"

Back then? Me and him? I tried to search my mind for memories about Li Chengze. Apart from knowing that he was the son of the emperor's favorite concubine and was arrogant and domineering, there shouldn't be much connection between him and me, right?

I was confused, and Xiao Rui suddenly protected me behind him, staring at Li Chengze fiercely, and said in a cold tone: "Your Highness, what happened today has nothing to do with Qingya. If you want revenge, come after me."

"Oh? The emperor's uncle wants to be a hero and save the beauty?" Li Chengze smiled contemptuously, "It's a pity, I don't want to let anyone go today!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the imperial guards behind him suddenly turned their guns and pointed them at the emperor and Xiao Rui!

Holy shit! The plot twist is so fast!

"You traitors and thieves!" The emperor was so angry that he trembled all over. "I am your king! How dare you..."

"The victorious king defeats the bandits, it has always been like this since ancient times." Li Chengze looked at him coldly, without a trace of emotion in his tone, "Come on, take this old thing down for me!"

"Let's see who dares!" Xiao Rui roared, unsheathed his long sword, and pointed it directly at Li Chengze, "Li Chengze, you murdered the emperor and usurped the throne, aren't you afraid of being punished by God?"

"God's punishment?" Li Chengze laughed as if he had heard something funny. "Hahaha, uncle, you are too naive! In this world, the strong are respected after all. As long as I sit in that position, who will remember how you died?!"

Having said that, he suddenly drew out the sword from his waist, pointed it at Xiao Rui, and shouted fiercely: "Kill them all! Don't spare a single one!"

For a moment, the flashes of swords and the sounds of killing shook the sky, and the originally wide official road instantly turned into a Shura field.

Xiao Rui protected me from behind, and I watched everything in front of me with fear and trepidation. This ancient palace fighting is too terrible! Fighting and killing at every turn, my life will not end here like this, right?

I was lost in thought when I suddenly felt a sharp pain from behind. Before I could react, everything went black and I lost consciousness...

When I woke up again, I found myself lying on a soft bed and the room was filled with a faint scent of medicine.

I struggled to sit up, but found that my whole body was sore. Where... was I?

"Are you awake?"

A deep, magnetic voice rang in my ears. I turned my head sharply and saw Xiao Rui sitting beside the bed, looking at me with a worried look on his face.

"Xiao Rui?" I looked at him and asked weakly, "What's wrong with me?"

"You were injured and were in a coma for a day and a night." Xiao Rui reached out and touched my forehead, with a hint of relief in his tone, "Fortunately, you are fine."

"I..." I opened my mouth, but didn't know what to say.

"You don't have to say anything, just have a good rest." Xiao Rui interrupted me and said softly, "Everything is up to me."

His deep eyes seemed to carry some kind of magic, which made me want to trust him and rely on him.

I nodded and lay back down obediently.

"Oh, by the way," I suddenly remembered something, grabbed his hand, and asked anxiously, "Where's Li Chengze? How is he? And the emperor..."

"Tsk..." Xiao Rui made a gesture to keep quiet, with a complicated look in his eyes, "Qingya, there are some things that are not yet yours to know..."