Xia Yingxin couldn't help but find it a bit amusing to see Wei Wu's red-rimmed eyes, as this man who was so powerful and intimidating on the outside would only show such a tense and flustered expression in front of him, making him understand his own uniqueness and satisfaction.
He slightly stretched out his hand, supporting the tightly clenched shoulder of Wei Wu Emperor, and a faint smile appeared on his handsome face: "Your Majesty doesn't have to be like this, it's my honor as a humble minister to block this sword for Your Majesty." If not for the critical moment, he wouldn't have known that Ah Tu had become so important in his heart, important enough that when he encountered danger, his heart was tied up in knots.
The Emperor's hands trembled with rage as he hugged his arms, his eyes blazing red as he bellowed at the eunuchs guarding him: "Don't you go call the imperial physician! If anything happens to Xia Taishi, I'll have all of you buried alive!" His gaze turned dark and menacing towards the black-clad figure, "Kill without pardon!" No one could harm the person he cherished most in his heart and still live to tell the tale!
The man in black faced the increasingly fierce swordsmanship and simply parried it quickly, then suddenly jumped out and lightly tapped the ground to escape.
"Chase!" Nan Qi frowned and parried the sword thrust by the black-clad man, and when he looked again, all he saw was his back.
"Yes!" Several dozen guards quickly followed, along with the dark guards on the roof, after all, their mission to escort resulted in the assassin getting in, it was all their fault!
If I can't make up for it with achievements, I'm afraid I'll drag down my family!
The grand hall, once in an uproar, slowly fell into silence. The silent crowd looked up at the high platform where Emperor Wei was holding Xia Yingxin. Just a moment ago, it was Xia Taishi who had saved him from danger. These people were all stunned, and it could be seen that the emperor's trust in Xia Taishi was not without reason. After all, they still couldn't bring themselves to truly sacrifice their lives for the country.
"Your Majesty..." Empress Liang frowned at the intimidating posture of Emperor Wei and Chancellor Xia, and gently advised, "Why not let General Su support Chancellor Xia instead? Must you personally exert yourself? General Su, is this how you serve the emperor?"
Su Yongwen was secretly worried, Ah, Empress, this is not that he can't serve the Emperor! Xia Taishi's relationship with the Emperor is not like others, if he really went to support him, it would be a big mistake! Xia Taishi suffered injuries for the Emperor, and the Emperor might not even care about his well-being. This Empress was truly asking for trouble!
On the surface, however, was a very humble bow: "Ah! Your Ladyship is right! I know my mistake!" But in reality, there was still no intention of going to help Xiangying Shen.
Wei Ai's eyebrows furrowed, his entire body exuding an aura of cold fury. He gazed at Xia Ying Shen in his arms, whose breathing was unstable, and the wound on his chest continued to bleed profusely. Wei Ai felt as though all the blood in his body was boiling, and his hands trembled as he held him. This fear was something he had never experienced before. Even when Ah Shen had said they would be apart, he hadn't been this afraid. If they were apart, he could still find him again, but if Xia Ying Shen disappeared from this world, he would truly never see him again!
Thinking of this, at the moment he heard Empress Liang's words, he was extremely angry and couldn't help but scold: "Shut up!" If not for a thread of rationality telling him that they were currently in a palace banquet, he might have even overturned the table.
Empress Liang was scolded into a daze, stiffening in the motion of wanting to stand up, staring blankly at Emperor Wu who had forgotten to react.
Empress Liang, who was standing beside him, spoke up with a worried expression: "Your Majesty, please calm down. The Empress Dowager is only worried about you because she's too anxious! She didn't mean to forget that Minister Xia was injured while saving Your Majesty. Why don't you take Minister Xia to the palace next door and have him rest until the imperial physician arrives?"
Wei Ai suddenly remembered, and also knew that if he left with Ah Shen now, he feared that tomorrow the whole court would be talking about Ah Shen's 'colorful' service to him! This was something he did not want to see happen! Ah Shen was a rare talent of his time, with many methods for governing the country, he was his own heart's white moonlight, how could he bear to let Ah Shen be looked at by others with strange eyes?
Su Yongwen followed Wei Zhi Emperor for so many years, and with just one glance from Wei Zhi Emperor, he knew what to do. At this moment, he ordered the people to bring in the sedan chair directly: "Your Majesty, hurry up and take Xia Taishi away!" He also knew that at this time, nothing was more important than Xia Taishi in the emperor's eyes, so why bother with the palace banquet?
Wei Yi helped Xia Ying Shen into the sedan chair and left in a hurry without even saying goodbye.
"Sister is also really concerned about the Emperor." Princess Liang didn't care about Empress Liang's expression, looking at her with a worried face and sparkling eyes full of schadenfreude. "It's just a pity that she didn't see clearly the Emperor's favor towards Prime Minister Xia, which made the Emperor unhappy." After speaking, she bowed slightly to the ambiguous-looking Empress Dowager, "Your Majesty, the Emperor has left, what about us?"
"The Empress Dowager nodded slightly: 'Let's disperse.' The Emperor is no longer here, what's the point of continuing the palace feast?"
She looked at Xia Tian Meng who was somewhat bewildered and sighed: "Mengmeng, go take a look at your father." I reckon she had never encountered such a situation before, the clever little girl is now stunned!
"Empress Dowager!" Xia Tian Meng suddenly came back to her senses, hastily curtsied and then quickly ran out while holding up her skirt.
As she left the grand hall, her eyes suddenly became deep and profound. This is a scene that was not in the original text! In the original text, Ah Mu only attempted to assassinate Wei Wu Emperor but failed, then escaped. However, here Xia Ying Shen personally blocked his way!
It's her fault, knowing she's the butterfly that stirs up the plot, can't always rely on the original text as a golden finger! She had already guessed that Amu would come to assassinate Weixi, but still thought nothing would happen and let it go like this!
Let's not discuss whether Xia Yingxin is worthy of the original master's mother, but he is truly loving and caring towards the original master. He just doesn't love his own wife, but who stipulated that he must love her after marrying her? Moreover, in this era of three wives and four concubines, he gave the original master's mother all the dignity of a legitimate wife and gave her capital to have a face outside!
It's just because I fell in love with someone who can't be openly together with me...
She can't feel the resentment of the original owner, so she can understand how difficult it is for Xia Yingxin and Wei Jue to love each other directly.
She wouldn't be so resistant, let alone when she felt a sharp pain in her heart as she blocked the sword with Xia Yingxin's body.
Blood is thicker than water, how could the original owner truly hate to the point of being unforgivable?
Nan Jiu, upon seeing Xia Tian Mo rush out, also looked at the Empress Dowager with anxiety. Nan Yi Ke worried that he would say something shocking and hastily requested: "Your Majesty, I, your son, and Ninth Brother also want to take a look!"
Nan Qi also stood out: "Xia Taishi is the guardian of the son, and the son should go take a look!"
The Empress Dowager nodded in satisfaction: "You may all go!"
Nan Jiu glanced at Nan Ge and felt inexplicably strange in her heart.
Perhaps it's because of Xia Taishi that Big Brother rushed over?
