Chapter 21: The King Does Not Attend the Morning Court
Shen Tingyu turned around, staring straight at the tyrant, and said word by word with great seriousness: "But I'm used to An Chi following me. I only want An Chi."
The tyrant said nothing more and carefully fixed her hair into a bun. Since she refused to change it, he would send another secret guard to hide in the dark. As long as he could ensure her safety, it would be fine.
However, a hint of fierceness quickly flashed in Xin Hongying's eyes. An Chi failed to protect her master well. It seemed that she had been living a very comfortable life with the National Master for a while, and her skills had become slack.
Those who make mistakes should be punished!
Then punish her by having her go to the Blood Hall to be punished, and increase the amount of training this month. She must remember this mistake and never make it again.
With a gentle push of his fingers, he inserted the ancient wood hairpin into his hair. Xin Hongying showed admiration in her eyes: "It's done."
Shen Tingyu was a little surprised that the tyrant could actually do a bun. His big hands were surprisingly skillful. She tilted her head to admire her new bun, her eyes full of novelty.
His gaze shifted slightly in the mirror.
The man stood quietly behind her. The soft morning light enveloped him, revealing a tall figure. The contours of his bony face became softer, making him appear elegant and gentle.
He stretched out his finger, gently tapped her little head, smiled, and said in a low and sexy voice: "It's really beautiful."
Looking at the rag doll's shy little movement of lowering its head, Xin Hongying said in her heart: So cute!
Under the puppet mask that the tyrant could not see, Shen Tingyu's face flushed and then flushed again. She pushed his fingers and said, "Your Majesty, it's time for you to go to court."
Xin Hongying was stunned. At this moment, he finally understood why the king would not attend the court early in the morning because of such a beauty.
A cold, distant, and defensive person wouldn't smile easily, but a genuine smile blossomed at the corners of his mouth, melting the frost. Xin Hongying said happily, "I'll accompany you after I leave court."
[Ding! Xin Hongying's Darkness Points -5, the progress of the Wise Ruler Cultivation Quest +4%, now the progress of the Wise Ruler Cultivation Quest is -1%!]
The slight excitement that Shen Tingyu had just ignited was completely extinguished by the -1% task progress.
“Why is the mission progress still negative?” Shen Tingyu was frantic and went crazy silently in the empty bedroom.
[Hey, host, have you found a way to complete the task? ]
"No." Shen Tingyu lowered his head, sighed slightly, and was a little depressed: "I don't know why, the task progress value has been advanced."
"Is it because I urged the tyrant to attend court today?"
[It's quite possible~! Encouraging the emperor to be diligent in government affairs is also a way to complete the mission! Host, you've done well. Just one more point... just a little bit, and the mission progress will no longer be negative~]
Shen Tingyu was embarrassed. The system was really a mess. It hadn't appeared for a long time, but when it appeared, it specifically poked her pain points.
Shen Tingyu was going to see the injured An Chi, so he asked the system to get her location, and found her under the system's navigation command.
She climbed in through the window with a sound of sex. As expected, in this huge palace, without An Chi by her side, it was a little inconvenient for her to move around.
Not only were there many people around, but he also had to avoid the palace servants and choose hidden routes, just like a thief.
"An Chi, it's me. How is your injury? Have you seen the doctor?"
An Chi lifted the quilt. She was about to get up despite the pain and find herself a glass of water when she suddenly heard the voice of the Imperial Master. She thought she had misheard.
Her face was pale. She sat up on the bed and looked at the imperial teacher waving his big hands in the window with her cracked lips.
She wanted to get up anxiously, but pulled the wound on her body, causing the corner of her mouth to twitch in pain, and a few cold sweats appeared on her forehead. She knelt down in the direction of Shen Tingyu with a thud.
He said with immense guilt, "It was all An Chi's incompetence that caused the Imperial Master to be abducted by the assassin. Please punish me, Imperial Master."
"Get up quickly...get up quickly, I'm fine." Shen Tingyu jumped and walked in front of An Chi, waving his hands, signaling her to stop kneeling.
"How about you? How's your injury? I saw you vomiting blood."
An Chi blinked rapidly and said unnaturally, "My injury is not serious. I just need to rest for a while."
She was really not good at lying. Noticing her dry lips, Shen Tingyu sat on the spout of the teapot and carefully poured her a glass of water. "You want to drink water, right? I'll pour it for you."
An Chi knelt on the ground, his closed heart touched by her kind gesture, his cracked lips opened, not knowing what to say.
Not only did the Imperial Master not punish her or care about her injuries, he even poured water for her personally, even though she was just a rag doll, her body not even as big as a teapot.
"An Chi thanks the Imperial Master." She drank it in one gulp, and Shen Tingyu waited quietly until An Chi drank the entire pot of water.
She remembered that An Chi's injury was on the front of her body, but it seemed that her back was also injured.
At first, when Shen Tingyu heard the tyrant say that he wanted to replace An Chi, she was a little worried, because she knew the tyrant's methods, and she was worried that she would never see An Chi again.
Fortunately, Anchi is okay.
Shen Tingyu didn't ask any more questions. She slowly said, "You can't see your back. Let me apply medicine for you. When your injury is healed, I still need you to continue to protect me."
An Chi's back was covered in blood and flesh, stuck to her clothes. Her injuries were terrible. She didn't dare to ask the imperial teacher to apply medicine for her and quickly refused.
If His Majesty knew that the Imperial Master had seen the injuries on her body, he would probably kill her directly.
She was awkward and refused to let Shen Tingyu help her apply medicine. Shen Tingyu left with a sad face. Before leaving, he could only ask An Chi to take good care of his injuries.
The tyrant was in court, An Chi was not by her side, and no one could stop the ignorant palace maids for her.
Shen Tingyu didn't know what to do for a moment.
She found a tree and lay quietly under it. The warm sunlight between the leaves warmed her body, and she felt a sense of comfort as if her soul was cleansed. She closed her eyes and fell asleep, making up for the time that was disturbed last night.
Compared to Shen Tingyu's leisurely time, Concubine Yu in prison felt much more tormented. The Dali Temple was suddenly no longer safe. There were several spies around her, and pairs of secret eyes were staring at her.
This caused her to endure the pain of longing for the prince for a long time. Not only could she not have sex with him, she couldn't even meet him.
The panic in my heart is about to spread out.
She has been in prison for such a long time, and His Majesty has never visited her, not even once.
Why?
Did His Majesty change his mind? No, no, His Majesty and she were childhood sweethearts, and she was always the most special one. Maybe His Majesty was just angry.
Or... she has lost her usefulness and become a useless chess piece!
Her eyes were solemn, and her father had not come to see her. Was she going to be abandoned?
No!
She bit her finger and thought to herself: No... She still has the prince, and she knows that the prince is the only one in this world who truly loves her.
She hugged herself with her arms, and the warm sunlight shone through the iron window into the dark and damp cell, but it could not dispel the vague and uncontrollable uneasiness in her heart.
My Lord, you must rescue me. You are the only one I have.
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