"Xingke!?" Hearing Li Xingke's name, Jiang Lihua subconsciously called out.
"Lihua, you can't call another man's name in front of your beloved." Seeing this, Kagura lowered her head and lectured Jiang Lihua.
"I'm sorry," Jiang Lihua carefully glanced at Sei Itō, who was standing next to Tong Lun, and said in a low voice.
"Lord, this humble one understands." At the same time, Tong Lun, who also heard the question, immediately clasped his hands and bowed to Sei Itō.
"Li Xingke, born in the family of a low-level official. He's proficient in martial arts and strategy. He studied in the Federal Military Academy, and because of his excellent grades, he was promoted to a military officer. He's currently on leave, and is temporarily serving as Gao Hai's bodyguard." Tong Lun then introduced him to Sei Itō.
"I didn't expect you to know him so well." Sei Itō glanced at Tong Lun and said.
Tong Lun, who didn't understand Sei Itō's meaning, directly responded with silence.
"Go and find Li Xingke and a woman called Zhou Xianlin." Sei Itō didn't do anything to Tong Lun's silence, and directly turned around and walked towards the Son of Heaven while ordering.
"Yes." Tong Lun respectfully responded. Then, without raising his head, he left the room in a saluting posture, then straightened his back and asked the nearby guards to summon Li Xingke and Zhou Xianlin to the palace.
"Is that person called Li Xingke very important to you?" Sei Itō slowly walked back to the Son of Heaven and looked down at Jiang Lihua and asked.
"It's just that I had a promise with him." Jiang Lihua looked up at Sei Itō and said.
"A promise of marriage?" Kagura on the side asked.
"No, it's a promise outside, six years ago." Jiang Lihua slightly shook her head.
"Oh." Kagura looked meaningfully at Jiang Lihua and said with a drawl.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Lihua, who was a bit uncomfortable under Kagura's strange gaze, asked.
"It's nothing." Kagura's expression changed as he giggled. Then, he leaned forward and put his face in front of Jiang Lihua's, and continued with a serious expression, "But Lihua. You're already engaged to Darling, so you can't think about other men, even if that man was the one who had an engagement with you. Got it? "
"Oh," Jiang Lihua replied with some confusion. "I see."
"Yes, that's more like it." Kagura quietly observed Jiang Lihua for a few more seconds before a smile appeared on her face again. She straightened up and walked over to Sei Itō. She hugged his arm and said.
Itou Seiji, who fully understood the meaning of Kagura's actions just now, raised his left arm, gently placed it on Kagura's head, and gently rubbed it.
Kagura, who had her head rubbed, closed her eyes comfortably like a kitten. She rested her head on Sei Itō's arm and enjoyed Sei Itō's massage.
Then, Sei Itō took back his hand and sat down next to Jiang Lihua with Kagura, who was practically hanging on his arm, waiting for Li Xingke and the woman named Zhou Xianlin to arrive.
Not much time passed, only about 20 minutes later, Li Xingke and Zhou Xianlin, who were wearing the traditional Chinese Federation clothing, walked into the Emperor's bedroom under the lead of Tong Lun.
Li Xingke, who walked into the bedroom, frowned as she looked at Sei Itō sitting next to the Emperor. At the same time, she unconsciously opened and closed her hand several times. Then, together with Zhou Xianlin, who was half a body's length behind him, she knelt down on one knee and saluted the Emperor. "Minister Li Xingke (Zhou Xianlin) greets Your Majesty the Emperor."
"You two may rise." After so many years, Jiang Lihua, who saw Li Xingke again, first turned to look at Sei Itō sitting next to her, then said to Li Xingke and Zhou Xianlin who were kneeling on the ground.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Xingke and Zhou Xianlin said in unison. Then, he stood up from the ground.
"I wonder why Your Majesty has summoned me this time …" Li Xing glanced at the eight eunuchs standing on both sides of the bedchamber, looking like loyal servants, and said to the Emperor.
"The one who summoned you this time wasn't me, but the one next to me, Sei Itō." Because he was familiar with Li Xingke, the Emperor didn't feel afraid.
Hearing the Emperor's words, Li Xingke and Zhou Xianlin looked up at Sei Itō at the same time. However, compared to Zhou Xianlin's simple observation, Li Xingke's gaze was much sharper and more murderous.
"Let me introduce myself first. My name is Sei Itō. I'm the one who has an engagement with the Emperor." Sei Itō looked at Li Xingke and Zhou Xianlin and said lightly.
"What!?" Li Xingke was furious when he heard this. He turned his head and looked at the eight eunuchs standing on both sides. Obviously, in Li Xingke's mind, Sei Itō was a bastard who made some private deals with them.
"You don't have to look at them. This matter has nothing to do with them. It's the Emperor's own will." Sei Itō said lightly, guessing Li Xingke's thoughts from his actions.
"Is it true? Your Majesty? "Li Xingke looked at the Emperor and asked with a frown.
"Yes." Jiang Lihua looked at Sei Itō and Kagura beside her, then looked at Li Xingke standing there and confirmed softly.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for my presumptuous behavior." After hearing the Emperor's confirmation, Li Xingke lowered his head and respectfully apologized. Then, without waiting for the Emperor to speak, he directly looked up at Sei Itō. He slowly pulled out the sword at his waist and questioned sternly, "Who are you? What's your purpose in coming to the Chinese Federation? Why did you approach the Emperor? If you can't give me a satisfactory answer, don't blame me for being merciless."
"Li Xingke, you're really presumptuous." Sei Itō narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Xingke coldly and said, "Let's not talk about who I am, what's my purpose in coming to the Chinese Federation, or why I approached the Emperor. With my current status, I'm the Emperor's fiancee, and I'm not someone you can question so rudely. What's more, you're just a subordinate. What status do you have to question the Emperor's decision? "
"Sei Itō, Xingke …" Jiang Lihua, who saw the atmosphere between the two suddenly changed, called out to the two with a worried expression.
"Matters between men are not something that women like us should intervene. What's more, in this situation, it's even less of a place for us to intervene." Kagura, who was sitting next to the Emperor, whispered to Jiang Lihua with a smile.
"As a subordinate, I must be loyal to the Emperor! As a subordinate of the Emperor, even if I have a bad reputation, I must eliminate all threats around the Emperor! "Li Xingke, who was in a swordsmanship stance, stared at Sei Itō without blinking and said in a deep voice.
"Heh, as a subordinate, I must be loyal to the Emperor." Sei Itō, who was slowly standing next to the Emperor, sneered. Then, as he walked towards Li Xingke, he questioned coldly, "Is interfering with the Emperor's private affairs something a subordinate should do? Dancing with a sharp weapon in front of the Emperor, is this what a subordinate should do? Using your own decision to decide the Emperor's decision, is this what a subordinate should do? Are you kidding me!? "
Following Sei Itō's questioning, Sei Itō, who was standing a meter away from Li Xingke, condensed his aura and rushed towards Li Xingke.
"The Emperor is young, his mind is not mature, and there are eunuchs around him, so he is easily confused by illusions. Therefore, as a subordinate, we must speak clearly to correct the Emperor's mind, use reason to correct the Emperor's eyes and ears, and protect the Emperor as the Emperor. Even if it is written down in the history books of later generations, we will not hesitate! " Under the pressure of Sei Itō's aura, Li Xingke, whose body trembled slightly, and sweat appeared on her forehead, relied on the loyalty in her heart to not fall. She looked at Sei Itō with shining eyes and said.
Sei Itō quietly looked at Li Xingke for a moment, then coldly snorted. When Li Xingke vomited blood and fell to the ground because of his cold snort, he withdrew the aura around him, turned around, walked back to the Emperor, and sat down.
"… Xingke …" The Emperor looked at Li Xingke, who was vomiting blood on the ground, and called out worriedly.
"Karin, come back." Sei Itō called out to Karin, who was confronting Zhou Xianlin.
Hearing Sei Itō's call, Karin did not hesitate and slowly retreated to Sei Itō's side.
Sei Itō looked at Li Xingke, who stood up from the ground with her hand on her chest and sword, and said coldly, "Seeing that you are loyal to the Emperor, I can tell you my purpose, but if you want to use your own body to stop my cause, even if Lihua is sad because of it, I will kill you on the spot!"
"Hmph." In the short confrontation, Li Xingke, who lost inexplicably, knew very well that she was not Sei Itō's opponent, so she did not refute. Instead, she snorted coldly and listened to Sei Itō's plan with Zhou Xianlin.
"My purpose is very simple. Borrow the power of the Chinese Federation to achieve the unification of the world. Then establish a new centralized country and ascend to the throne! "Sei Itō narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Xingke.
"You are pushing the Chinese Federation to the edge of destruction!" Li Xingke's expression changed when she heard that and said coldly.
"That's just because you haven't seen my power. Once you see my power, you won't think so." Sei Itō sneered when he heard that.
"Then what do you plan to do with the Emperor?" Li Xingke did not dwell on the so-called power that Sei Itō mentioned. Instead, she directly asked what she was most concerned about.
"She is my fiancee. Naturally, she will become the princess of my newly established empire." Sei Itō said as if it was a matter of course.
"Don't you think your plan is a bit ridiculous?" Li Xingke looked at Sei Itō with a mocking expression and said, "Borrowing the power of the Chinese Federation, the Emperor's rights, and in the end, only giving the Emperor the position of princess. Your plan is really good."
"It doesn't matter what you think. That's my purpose. The reason I summoned you here today is to ask you if you are willing to be under my command. For me, or for Lihua, who will definitely become my princess in the future, you will contribute your strength to achieve my great cause! "Sei Itō looked at Li Xingke and asked slowly.
Li Xingke looked at Sei Itō, then looked at the Emperor who was sitting beside Sei Itō and looking at her with a face full of concern. She fell into deep thought.
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