Chu Xiang had just discovered the Emperor, but before she could do anything, the Emperor had already entered the room.
When Xiao Yuanzhao saw that she was being held hostage, his expression changed, but he immediately calmed down. He thought that since she was doing this on purpose, she definitely wouldn't be hurt. However, he was still a bit worried. Anger appeared on his face as he stared at Imperial Concubine Xi and said word by word, "If you dare to hurt the Imperial Gui Fei today, zhen will kill your entire family."
Imperial Concubine Xi froze for a moment, then her face was filled with jealousy and hatred, "You're actually doing this for her? Why? Just because she saved you before? Saving the Emperor is what she should do. Why do you need to remember her kindness? "
Xiao Yuanzhao slowly stepped forward, "Don't say anymore. The lives of your entire family are in your hands. Do you want to be the sinner of your entire family? "
Imperial Concubine Xi's face turned pale. She entered the palace for her family, so how could she let her family be destroyed? However, if she didn't do this, she would definitely die. If she died, what did the prosperity of her family have to do with her? She wouldn't be able to enjoy anything, so why?
With this thought, the hairpin in Imperial Concubine Xi's hand pressed closer to Chu Xiang's neck. Chu Xiang's original plan was ruined. She didn't interrupt the confrontation between the Emperor and Imperial Concubine Xi. Instead, she used the Heaven and Earth Mirror to quickly investigate the surrounding situation.
As a result, she was shocked to find that this place was completely surrounded. It was as if they wanted to eliminate the Regent Prince, which was enough to make it impossible for the people inside to escape. Especially the Emperor's secret guards, who were tightly guarding several directions. Even if she cultivated, she still hadn't reached the first layer of Qi Condensation. She couldn't fly, so how could she escape?
Since she couldn't leave for a while, Chu Xiang gave up on this plan. She leaned on Imperial Concubine Xi and looked at Xiao Yuanzhao. Since Xiao Yuanzhao was here, she wanted to see how Xiao Yuanzhao would deal with this matter.
Xiao Yuanzhao met Chu Xiang's gaze and once again stepped forward to have Imperial Concubine Xi release Chu Xiang.
"Stop!" Imperial Concubine Xi coldly said, "If anyone comes closer, I'll kill her! In any case, I won't have a good ending. Even if I die, I'll drag someone down with me. Your Majesty, I don't want much. I only want you to issue an edict to let me out of the palace, to let me spend the rest of my life in Jiangnan, and not to make things difficult for my family. I promise that I will never harm Chu Xiang. "
Her body tensed as she quickly said, "This won't affect you at all. My father's position as an official is already gone. It doesn't matter whether I'm dead or alive. Why won't Your Majesty let me off? "
If this decree was issued, there would definitely be people who would follow suit in the future. Then, not only would the emperor be in danger, everyone in the imperial family would be in danger. Everyone knew that they couldn't set this precedent.
Xiao Yuanzhao narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice, "You are very bold."
Xi Fei sneered, "In order to survive, I can do anything!"
"Men, prepare the brush and ink." Xiao Yuan Zhao snorted coldly. With one hand behind his back, he quickly made a few gestures.
Liang Zhong immediately responded, lowered his eyes, bowed, and retreated. Imperial Concubine Xi didn't suspect anything. Instead, she was shocked and angry. "Are you really willing to agree to my request for her?"
Xiao Yuan Zhao didn't say anything else, as his gaze fell on the golden hairpin. Seeing that Chu Xiang's skin had been scratched red, he couldn't help but frown.
Imperial Concubine Xi froze then suddenly began to laugh loudly, "You are the emperor, yet you actually fell in love? You've fallen in love with Chu Xiang, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have come today. You wouldn't have put yourself in danger. You would just give orders from afar. You're worried about her. You're worried that she'll get hurt. You're so close to me. Aren't you afraid that I'll try to assassinate you? "
Imperial Concubine Li anxiously shouted: "Your Majesty, she's gone crazy. Your Majesty, stay away from her. Don't hurt yourself!"
Xiao Yuan Zhao remained unmoved. Seeing Imperial Concubine Xi tighten her grip on the golden hairpin, he coldly said: "If the imperial gui imperial concubine gets hurt, everything you want won't happen!"
Imperial Concubine Xi stopped smiling, and her expression became gloomy. Looking at Xiao Yuan Zhao then looking at Chu Xiang, she sneered, "You're quite skilled. You actually managed to capture the emperor's heart! But so what? He just hasn't seen many beauties. In the future … … the palace will be filled with beauties. When he has someone new, he definitely won't look at you. Sooner or later, you will end up like me! "
"Shut your mouth! Qi shi, impudent! " Xiao Yuan Zhao's expression changed, and he immediately looked at Chu Xiang's expression. But Chu Xiang had her head lowered, so he couldn't see anything.
He was a little anxious. Chu Xiang already disliked him for having too many women and wanted to run away. Now that she heard Imperial Concubine Xi's words, he feared that she would be even more unwilling to stay.
Liang Zhong brought people back with him and placed the brush, ink, paper, and inkstone on the table. Even the imperial jade seal was placed on the table. He then picked out a brush and presented it to Xiao Yuan Zhao. Xiao Yuan Zhao saw this and knew that Liang Zhong had already arranged his orders. This brush was the signal.
He raised his head to look at Imperial Concubine Xi, only to see Imperial Concubine Xi nervously clutching the golden hairpin as she stared at him. He made a gesture of putting down the brush, and Imperial Concubine Xi subconsciously looked at the imperial edict. Xiao Yuan Zhao took this opportunity to throw the brush down. The roof suddenly broke open, and two black clothed secret guards fell down. At the same time, Xiao Yuan Zhao rushed towards Imperial Concubine Xi and reached out to grab Chu Xiang. He shouted, "Stop playing, don't hurt yourself!"
Imperial Concubine Xi jumped in fright. She subconsciously raised her head to dodge, and her hand loosened. Xiao Yuan Zhao had already grabbed Chu Xiang's arm.
Chu Xiang was surprised. Did the emperor believe that she could escape danger? Why? Because she saved him in the lake? So he felt that she had skills?
Chu Xiang decided to bide her time. She only dodged when Imperial Concubine Xi reacted. She leaned into Xiao Yuan Zhao's embrace and quickly retreated with him. In just a moment, the two secret guards had already grabbed Imperial Concubine Xi and firmly restrained her on the ground.
Xiao Yuan Zhao held Chu Xiang's shoulder and looked at her from head to toe. He worriedly asked, "Are you hurt? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere? "
Chu Xiang thought of Imperial Concubine Xi's words of love. Seeing him like this, she had a strange feeling. She shook her head and said, "I don't feel uncomfortable. The emperor came in time. If the emperor came a bit later, I would have suffered."
Xiao Yuan Zhao looked at her and snorted coldly in his heart. If he came a bit later, she would have disappeared without a trace.
He held Chu Xiang's shoulder and turned to look at Imperial Concubine Xi. His expression was cold, "Take her away. Imperial Concubine Xi tried to assassinate zhen and the imperial gui fei. Throw everyone in the Qi family into prison and interrogate them strictly. "
"You can't! You — — "Imperial Concubine Xi had just shouted when she was knocked unconscious. The two secret guards dragged her away. Everyone who saw them consciously took a few steps back.
This was the first time they knew that the emperor had secret guards. After the crisis was over, they were afraid of the emperor. They didn't even dare to speak to the three concubines.
Chu Xiang looked at him and her heart moved. She didn't think that he would send out secret guards to save her. In that kind of situation, it was difficult to save her without a scratch. However, the secret guards were nimble and caught Imperial Concubine Xi by surprise. Naturally, they were different from the imperial guards.
Also, Xiao Yuan Zhao personally went to pull her away. He was so close to Imperial Concubine Xi. If Imperial Concubine Xi waved the golden hairpin in panic, it was possible that he would be attacked. Why did he save her like this?
Xiao Yuan Zhao knew what she was thinking and felt a burst of anger. Why else would he do it? Of course it was because he didn't want her to get hurt. Heartless!
However, he didn't think much of it and just did it. Rationally, he didn't know why he saved her like this. Imperial Concubine Xi, he had feelings for Chu Xiang. In the end, it affected him a bit. Now, he felt a bit uncomfortable facing Chu Xiang.
He lowered his head to look at Chu Xiang and asked softly, "Are you frightened? Let's go back. Zhen will call the imperial physician to take a look at you. "
Chu Xiang nodded. The three concubines saw that they were about to leave and immediately became anxious. Imperial Concubine Hui pretended to be worried and said, "Your Majesty is right. You must take a good look at Imperial Concubine. Imperial Concubine has a precious body and is the future Mother of the Nation. Nothing can happen to her."
Xiao Yuan Zhao's footsteps paused, "Future Mother of the Nation?"
Imperial Concubine Jin was at the side, "Imperial Concubine has already told us this good news. His Majesty is going to make Imperial Concubine Xi Empress. We are all happy for Imperial Concubine, but Qi shi was shocked and actually … "
The two of them explained Chu Xiang's flaunting of the Empress in a few words. Since the Emperor didn't publicly state his position, it meant that this matter hadn't been decided yet. Wouldn't it be inappropriate for Chu Xiang to flaunt it in private?
Xiao Yuan Zhao knew what the two of them were thinking with a single glance. He lowered his head and chuckled. Looking at Chu Xiang, he said, "You're really impatient. Zhen just finished talking with you and you already told them. That's good. Zhen will mention it in court tomorrow and let the Ministry of Rites prepare. "
"Good." Chu Xiang smiled at him. Glancing at the slightly shocked Imperial Concubine Jin and Imperial Concubine Hui, she left with Xiao Yuan Zhao.
She knew what they were shocked about. They didn't think that Xiao Yuan Zhao would dote on her so much. It was as if he didn't care about anything and indulged her in everything. Don't mention them. She didn't even think about it. She thought that Xiao Yuan Zhao would at least be a little unhappy.
If Xiao Yuan Zhao liked her, she didn't think much about it. The moment she came, Xiao Yuan Zhao "doted" on her like this. Every time she mentioned the concubines, he didn't say anything romantic. Those scumbag Emperors would occasionally say something romantic to the people they doted on, right? Only when there was a new one would they abandon the old one. Could it be that Xiao Yuan Zhao was the reserved type?
The two of them rode on the dragon carriage together. Xiao Yuan Zhao's expression was serious as he listened to her wild thoughts. He suddenly realized that she was suspecting him.
Chu Xiang closed her eyes and leaned into Xiao Yuan Zhao's embrace, but used the Heaven and Earth Mirror to observe his expression. She wondered why he suddenly rushed over. It didn't seem like he was afraid that she would be bullied, but more like … he was afraid that she would run away.
She was the only one in this world who knew about this. How did he know?
When there were too many coincidences, there would always be some unusual traces left behind. Chu Xiang started to recall the details of their interactions bit by bit.
There was once when she drank tea. She felt that the taste was not good, so she put it down and didn't touch it again. After that, she heard that Xiao Yuan Zhao ordered the servants to throw away the tea, but Xiao Yuan Zhao didn't drink the tea at all.
Every time Xiao Yuan Zhao saw her, he would hold her hand; every time they ate, he would sit next to her; there were a few times when he was unhappy for no reason …
There were many details that she didn't care about and didn't take to heart. Now that she thought about it, there seemed to be something that was about to come out, but she couldn't think of that point.
Chu Xiang frowned slightly. Once again, she carefully thought through all the details. Then, she realized that Xiao Yuan Zhao's body was tense.
Xiao Yuan Zhao was nervous. He felt that he had been exposed. Anyone who had such a special ability would not want others to know. Even his heart beat faster. However, he was also curious. Chu Xiang's eyes were closed, how did she know what his expression was? Could it be that … she was like him, she also had a special ability?
He thought about how Chu Xiang was in the palace, but she knew a lot of things. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't find out Chu Xiang's power. Maybe Chu Xiang didn't have any power at all, but she had a special ability that allowed her to check the situation of any place.
His heart tightened. If that was the case, wouldn't Chu Xiang know what he was doing at any time? However, right after that, there was a hidden joy in his heart. It was the joy of finding someone of the same kind, the joy of having a companion.
It was unusual if he was the only special one in the world. However, if both of them were special, they would be companions.
If Chu Xiang was his companion …
He felt happy just thinking about it.
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