Ji Xiaoxiao was getting weaker and weaker, and Liao Kongmin could clearly feel it as he supported her.
"Is she going to die? Is she going to leave me?"
This thought filled Liao Kongmin's mind, preventing him from thinking about anything else.
"But I don't want her to die, I want her to live, to live well."
Liao Kongmin's hand shrank back, gripping Ji Xiaoxiao's fragile wrist tightly.
Ji Xiaoxiao felt a slight stinging pain, raised her eyelids, and revealed her big, spirited eyes.
"What's wrong?" Liao Kongmin seemed a bit strange, so Ji Xiaoxiao asked.
"It's nothing." After a pause, Liao Kongmin added, "Really, it's nothing."
Some things are better left unsaid.
A quarter of an hour later, the two arrived at the Imperial Study.
"Xu Xu and Liao Kongmin were summoned to an audience."
Ji Xiaoxiao and Liao Kongmin entered in response.
Inside the imperial study, a burly man nearing fifty sat on the dragon throne. He wore a dragon robe, exuding an imposing and extraordinary aura. His physique was robust, and his bearing was majestic and spirited. His black hair was parted in half with white hair, and his sharp, hawk-like eyes, even with a casual glance, were enough to frighten a child.
"You are Master Xu?"
Ji Xiaoxiao's legs were too weak to support her body, so she leaned against Liao Kongmin and said weakly, "I am unworthy of the title of Master."
Despite this, Ji Xiaoxiao's expression remained arrogant.
The Emperor snorted and said, "Ashamed to accept such praise? I think you're just incredibly audacious."
Zhan Yi was right. If she hadn't been so petty and taken Zhan Feiyang and Hong Fu to court, they wouldn't have ended up in jail, and the zombies wouldn't have appeared.
The nation is in this predicament today, and it is all the fault of that woman before us.
Ji Xiaoxiao responded with a soft "oh".
The Emperor said with great distress, “Today, zombies roam freely within the capital, soldiers have suffered heavy casualties, and civilians have been killed or wounded, leaving the city nearly deserted. If you had not deceived me and had told me everything that happened in the Ministry of Justice prison, this would not have happened.”
Ji Xiaoxiao twitched the corners of her mouth, her laughter barely audible.
"Deceive your superiors? Your Majesty, lying against your conscience will send you to hell."
The Emperor was speechless upon hearing Ji Xiaoxiao's words.
"I trust Lord Liao's character. Now that I have told him everything about the Ministry of Justice prison, given his concern for the country and its people, he couldn't possibly remain silent. Your Majesty, it's not right to discard someone after you've served your purpose. To frame such a loyal subject as unrighteous, unfilial, and disloyal—you truly are a virtuous ruler for all time! I admire you wholeheartedly!"
Ji Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth as she wrote the four characters "a famous ruler throughout the ages".
The emperor roared and slammed his hand on the table, "How dare you!"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me." Liao Kongmin was a native of this era, and he had a deep-seated awe and respect for imperial power and the emperor.
The Emperor's wrath can cause millions of corpses to float and blood to flow for miles. Liao Kongmin, fearing that the Emperor would severely punish Ji Xiaoxiao for her disrespect, hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to admit his mistake, begging the Emperor not to blame Ji Xiaoxiao. At the same time, he secretly pulled Ji Xiaoxiao aside, telling her that a moment's impatience could ruin a great plan, and that she should be patient. As the saying goes, a moment of patience brings peace, and a step back opens up a vast sky.
Knowing her days were numbered, Ji Xiaoxiao, no longer bothering with pretense, spoke frankly, "Your Majesty, I'm giving you face by calling you Your Majesty. If you refuse to listen to reason, don't blame me for being blunt. The capital is your territory; everything, big and small, happens here right under your nose. You couldn't possibly be unaware. For the sake of the people, I've escaped death several times, nearly losing my life. I don't need your reward, but I can't be framed and falsely accused for no reason. I don't believe you don't know who the culprit is in today's zombie calamity. Wishful thinking, daydreaming, and oblivious to your own ignorance. Prince Gong is your blood relative, a commoner like me. Should I, a mere commoner, bear the blame for his crimes? Your Majesty, there's no such thing as a free lunch in this world!"
Every word and phrase comes from the bottom of my heart.
The emperor was speechless, coughed, and cleared his throat.
After a while, the Emperor turned around and said, "Falsely accusing a member of the royal family is a heinous crime that results in the confiscation of property and the extermination of the entire clan. Guards, seize Xu Fu."
Before the Emperor's voice had even finished, the sound of the Imperial Guards' orderly footsteps rang out.
Ji Xiaoxiao remained calm and patted Liao Kongmin on the shoulder, telling him not to worry.
If the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked too; no wonder Zhan Yi had the audacity to break the seal she set up.
"You old codger, you dare to arrest me? Zombies are rampant now. Without my intervention, your swords and spears can't even scratch them. Although you are the ruler of the world and protected by dragon energy, they can't do anything to you for the time being. But don't forget, once all the people of the imperial city become zombies that everyone fears, and the evil energy overwhelms your dragon energy, or even devours it, let's see how long you can remain arrogant and domineering."
Ji Xiaoxiao's words were so forceful that they instantly turned the over-fifty-year-old emperor pale with fright.
After some thought, the Emperor learned from intelligence reports that mortal weapons were indeed unusable, and that Ji Xiaoxiao had to make her appearance to eliminate the zombies.
"Stop!" the Emperor shouted.
The Imperial Guards, without suspicion, immediately stopped what they were doing.
"Master Xu," the Emperor said obsequiously.
The emperor is the noblest person, and he also possesses the turtle's ultimate skill—the ability to stretch and shrink.
Shaking her head, Ji Xiaoxiao slumped onto the cold obsidian floor.
The gilded pillars stand on all four sides, with a lifelike golden dragon above them.
The sparkling light dispelled much of Ji Xiaoxiao's pent-up frustration.
"Hmm, what is it?" Ji Xiaoxiao asked casually, her eyes closed.
The emperor swallowed hard, sensing something was wrong.
Is Master Xu angry?
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