"His Majesty has arrived!"
When the voice rang out, everyone present was shocked. The few generals who were prepared to capture Xing Jue instantly froze. At that moment, everyone cast their uneasy gazes toward the tightly shut door. Their faces were filled with shock and confusion.
They could not understand why the Emperor would come here at this time. It should be known that the Emperor should be waiting for Marshal Xiao Ding in the palace of the Heavenly Secret Camp's headquarters at this time.
Marshal Xiao Ding's palace was very far away from here. Furthermore, they had also sealed off the news of Xing Jue and General Zhao's return. Logically speaking, the Emperor should not know that Xing Jue and the others had returned.
However, when he swept his gaze across the crowd's shocked and confused expressions, a faint smile appeared on Xing Jue's face.
Xing Jue already knew that Wang Qiang did not call him here for anything good. Therefore, before he entered the palace, Xing Jue had already contacted the Emperor through the Heavenly Secret Token.
Of course, Wang Qiang and the others did not know that Xing Jue had the Heavenly Secret Token that allowed him to directly contact the Emperor.
Although Hao Zhen of the Heavenly Secret Camp's Heavenly Branch knew, he did not report this matter to the generals here. That was why the people in the palace were so shocked as to why the Emperor would come here.
"Creak ~ ~ ~ ~"
Accompanied by an ear-piercing sound, the heavy door slowly opened. Following the opening of the door, everything outside the palace appeared before everyone's eyes.
"Your humble servant greets His Majesty and Princess Xin Xin!"
When the door opened, all the generals in the palace, including Wang Qiang who was high and mighty earlier, uniformly knelt on the ground and performed the standard etiquette of a subject.
It was because at that moment, outside the door, the supreme Emperor of the Starfall Dynasty was leading a large group of Embroidered Uniform Guards into the palace.
Moreover, behind the Emperor was an extremely sweet-looking young girl. That was Princess Xin Xin.
In the Starfall Dynasty, anyone who was related to the Emperor by blood was a supreme existence. Even a minister like Wang Qiang had to show respect to Princess Xin Xin. This was an unchangeable rule.
"Xing Jue -gege, I'm so glad you're okay!"
"Wuu ~ ~ ~ ~ Xinxin, I thought I would never see you again!"
But just as everyone was kneeling on the ground to greet the Emperor, Princess Xin Xin suddenly jumped out from behind the Emperor. She actually drilled into Xing Jue's arms and tightly hugged Xing Jue's neck. Then, she began to cry bitterly in Xing Jue's arms.
"This …"
The scene before their eyes caused everyone present to be greatly shocked. Disbelief was written all over their faces, and they were completely at a loss. They were completely stunned by the scene before their eyes.
Who was this Princess Xin Xin? There was not a single person here who did not know. Princess Xin Xin was the Emperor's most doted child. She was someone no one in the Starfall Dynasty dared to offend. At the same time, she was also a well-known unruly princess who was extremely difficult to please.
But, it was precisely this Princess Xin Xin, who was like a little demon in everyone's eyes, that actually drilled into Xing Jue's arms.
Looking at her appearance, she was simply like a well-behaved kitten acting coquettishly in her master's arms. This was simply unacceptable to the crowd.
"This … this can't be real, right?"
Facing such a scene, an Embroidered Uniform Guard who had once served Princess Xin Xin could not believe his eyes. He forcefully rubbed his eyes and even pinched his face, telling himself that this was a dream.
But when he opened his eyes again and felt the pain on his face, he discovered that Princess Xin Xin was still in Xing Jue's arms, acting coquettishly and intimately in his embrace. At this moment, he collapsed. He simply felt that the most inconceivable thing in this world had happened.
This Princess Xin Xin, who was the hardest to please, actually had such a gentle and well-behaved side to her. Furthermore, the person who enjoyed such preferential treatment was actually only a mere high-level Battle-Saint, a mere Head Captain of the Heaven's Secret Battalion.
However, at this moment, there were many people like this Embroidered Uniform Guard present. They were all stunned by the scene before their eyes and suspected that this might be a dream. This was especially true for those generals from the Iron and Blood Continent who wanted to kill Xing Jue. Each and every one of them had an unsightly expression like a purple eggplant.
At this moment, they seemed to have realized why the emperor valued Xing Jue so much. Not to mention anything else, just based on Princess Xin Xin's current actions, everyone could guess that there was an unusual relationship between Xing Jue and Princess Xin Xin.
And for Xing Jue to have such a relationship with Princess Xin Xin, it was even rarer than being favored by the emperor. Furthermore, offending Xing Jue was equivalent to offending Princess Xin Xin, and offending Princess Xin Xin was equivalent to offending the emperor.
However, they had just offended Xing Jue, and now, both Princess Xin Xin and the emperor were in the main hall. How could they not be afraid?
At this moment, even the Prime Minister of the Imperial City, the acting Marshal of the Heaven's Secret Battalion, Wang Qiang, couldn't help but feel his heart tighten. Cold sweat involuntarily dripped down his forehead as he suddenly felt a little regret.
"..."
In truth, Xing Jue was also a bit embarrassed by Princess Xin Xin's sudden hug and the various gazes from the crowd. Although Xing Jue had long since considered her as a younger sister, Xing Jue didn't dare to hug this imperial princess in this kind of situation.
This was because the princess's status was supreme and he was only a small head captain of the Heaven's Secret Battalion. Thus, he could only blankly crouch on the ground and allow Princess Xin Xin to cry and wipe her snot in his arms. He didn't dare to move or even speak.
"That's enough, Xin Xin. The ministers of the empire are all here. What are you doing?" Right at this moment, Xin Xin's father, the current emperor, who knew the truth and understood the relationship between the two, finally spoke.
"Hee ~ Imperial Father, seeing that Big Brother Xing Jue is fine, I'm happy."
However, what no one expected was that when Princess Xin Xin heard the emperor's words, not only did she not let go of Xing Jue who was tightly hugging her, she instead turned her head and stuck out her tongue at the emperor. However, she didn't listen to the emperor at all!
"Sigh ~ ~ ~"
However, when they saw Princess Xin Xin's appearance, not only were the ministers shocked, but even the emperor was helpless. In truth, he had never been able to do anything about this daughter of his.
"Xin Xin, aren't I fine now? Stop fooling around and let go of me first, okay? "
"There are ministers of the empire here. As a princess, you'll be laughed at by them. When we leave this place later, I'll let you hug me as much as you want. What do you think?"
When he saw the emperor's awkward expression, Xing Jue hurriedly sent a voice transmission to Princess Xin Xin and told her to let go of him.
As for why he was sending a voice transmission? It was because he couldn't let the ministers hear this. Otherwise, they would easily misunderstand. After all, this kind of words sounded too ambiguous. Thus, he could only send a voice transmission.
"Yes, you said it. Don't go back on your word!"
However, what Xing Jue didn't expect was that although he sent a voice transmission, Princess Xin Xin didn't send a voice transmission to him. Instead, she said it in a loud and clear voice in front of everyone.
At this moment, everyone's gaze uniformly turned to Xing Jue. It was as if Xing Jue had abducted their wives. This was because they all knew that Xing Jue must have secretly said something to Princess Xin Xin.
However, what they were most curious about was what Xing Jue said to make Princess Xin Xin, who didn't even listen to the emperor, so obediently break free from his embrace.
"My beloved ministers, you may rise!" At this moment, the embarrassed emperor waved his hand and signaled for everyone to stand up. In fact, he wanted to use this as an excuse to break this awkward situation.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After hearing the emperor's words, everyone didn't hold back and respectfully thanked him. After all, no one wanted to kneel on the ground for no reason.
"Hey! Old man, did you just say that you want to behead my brother Xing Jue? "
However, just as everyone stood up, Princess Xin Xin, who was standing next to Xing Jue, pointed at Wang Qiang in the depths of the hall and shouted loudly.
At this moment, everyone who had just calmed down was stunned again. Even Wang Qiang couldn't help but tremble. His face was filled with an ugly expression, and cold sweat seeped out of his forehead again.
This was because he knew that the thing that he didn't want to happen the most had finally happened.
In fact, Wang Qiang was currently fearless in the Starfall Dynasty. However, there were three people that he couldn't help but fear.
One was the current emperor, the most supreme man in the Starfall Dynasty. The other was Xiao Ding, the most powerful man in the Starfall Dynasty.
The third was Princess Xin Xin. Although Princess Xin Xin's status wasn't as high as the emperor's, and her strength wasn't as strong as Xiao Ding's, she was the one that Wang Qiang feared the most. This was because behind Princess Xin Xin, there were two men with the highest status and strongest strength who doted on her.
Therefore, the person that he didn't want to provoke the most in the Starfall Dynasty was Princess Xin Xin. This was also the reason why Wang Qiang was so afraid when he saw Princess Xin Xin being so intimate with Xing Jue.
"I … I … I …"
Facing Princess Xin Xin's merciless questioning in front of so many people, the domineering Prime Minister actually stuttered because he was afraid.
Wang Qiang's action shocked everyone once again. This was especially true for those generals from the Iron and Blood Continent who relied on Wang Qiang as their backing. Each and every one of them were extremely flustered. When even the person they relied on was afraid, how would they feel?
After all, the reason why they dared to disregard Xing Jue's backing was because of Wang Qiang's existence. However, now that even Wang Qiang was afraid of Princess Xin Xin, and Princess Xin Xin had such a special relationship with Xing Jue, it meant that a great disaster was about to befall them.
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