He watched himself collapse to the ground exhausted, and the eunuch raised his dagger, ready to stab him in the neck. He was a weak scholar, and he had no power to defend himself...
At this moment, a muffled sound——
Jiang Xu was startled, and then he saw a woman holding a stone she had picked up from somewhere. The stone was covered in blood, and she was looking at him with horror.
"Ms. Shen...Ms. Shen?" Jiang Xu was stunned. "Why are you in the palace?"
Shen Qingtang didn't know where she got the courage from. She only knew that if Jiang Xu died, Zhiyi would not be able to bear the grief, and if she was not careful, there might be two deaths... Thinking of this, she rushed forward.
As for the other questions, they were too long to answer. She just threw the stone away, grabbed Jiang Xu's wrist and dragged him up, shouting breathlessly: "Run!"
Jiang Xu still had an injury on his leg, but he was dragged along like a dazed man, running wildly.
At this time, the heavy rain that had been held back for a whole day poured down, pouring down on people's heads. The crackling sound of the rain was painful, and the scenery in front of people was a little blurred.
He only saw Shen Qingtang looking back from time to time. Her face was a little pale from the rain, water was hanging on her hair, and her wet eyes were filled with panic, like a panicked deer.
He was stunned for a moment, watching Shen Qingtang holding his hand, and felt a subtle strangeness in his heart. The past scenes seemed to flash quickly in his mind: on the way to Jiangzhou, Shen Qingtang rushed into his carriage in a hurry, and Shen Qingtang looked angry at him in the Tang Mansion...
He thought, it's human nature to be moved by his savior...
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