"Your highness, your highness has wronged this servant. Even if this servant had a hundred guts, this servant wouldn't dare.”Feng Ling stood at the side and raised his eyebrows. This Eunuch An was putting in a lot of effort in his acting. He wondered what kind of imperial edict the Emperor had given to His Highness. He looked at the military counselor, who was carefully looking at the formation map at the side and no longer paid attention to the matter here. He could not help but feel a little depressed. What did the military counselor mean? Could it be that this matter had nothing to do with him?
"Humph, this king thinks that you are very daring. This place is so far from Yongle City, and it would take six days for a horse to arrive. This king has just won, so how did he know? Someone, pull him down and cut him down." Xia Zihou stood up from his chair. With a wave of his purple robe, the two groups of men immediately drew their swords and prepared to fight. Eunuch An tactfully said to Xia Zihou," Your Highness, this servant was really ordered by the Emperor to follow the army all the way here. The Emperor has given this servant three imperial edicts."”
Eunuch An took out two more pieces of paper from his thick clothes. He half-kneeled and half-crawled all the way to Xia Zihou's legs and handed the paper over. When necessary, people would choose to protect themselves, and he was no exception. After so many years, he had long learned to read people's expressions. Moreover, today's incident was tacitly approved by the Emperor. He said that if Rongyang wanted to see it, he would let her see it.
Xia Zihou opened the papers. One of them was about Xia Zihou losing the battle and being punished for treason, and being kidnapped back to Yongle Imperial City. The other was purely to celebrate her birthday and encourage her to fight this battle well. Xia Zihou threw the two pieces of paper back to Eunuch An. Clenching his fists, he stood up and said," Your son understands the Emperor's intentions. Eunuch An should know how to reply, right?"”
"Yes, yes, this servant knows. Please rest assured, your highness. This servant knows nothing about today's matter.”Xia Zihou waited for Eunuch An and the others to leave before his expression turned pale.
"If I lose this battle, the emperor will kill me for colluding with the enemy.”Xia Zihou suddenly took a step back and sat back down heavily on his chair. Although his tone was calm, he was still suspicious in his heart. In the past few years, she had been in the government, and although she wasn't a fish in water when it came to playing politics, she wasn't too bad at it. However, she had never imagined that Xia Tianlin, her father, would want to kill her to protect the Xia Empire. She clenched her fists tightly and suppressed the grief in her heart.
When Feng Ling heard this, he put down his plan to wish Xia Zihou a happy birthday. He glared at Xia Zihou coldly. "Your highness, you really don't want to rebel? If you want to rebel, I…"
"Feng Ling, mind your words. If this matter is heard by others, even if this king has the power to overturn the heavens, he cannot protect you.”She smiled disdainfully. If the monarch is not benevolent, the courtiers cannot be unjust. Now was not the time. If she did not have a little turmoil, what she wanted was the entire world, and even the four great nations. It is difficult to establish without deposing. However, unless it was absolutely necessary, Feng Ling would never say these words out loud. The Feng Clan had been virtuous for generations, and he was the only man left in his generation. How could he be easily burdened with such a groundless crime?
"Your highness, this subordinate knows my mistake. Please punish me.”Feng Ling also knew that he had said the wrong thing. The person in front of him had been the direction he had yearned for since he was young. He had seen her glory overnight, watched her disappear, and watched her reappear. He had no choice but to believe in the mysterious person in front of him. Her talent, her grace, her unparalleled arrogance, everything made him yearn for her. Therefore, when he heard that the Emperor wanted to kill her without mercy, he was filled with hatred and forgot everything.
"General Feng, I believe that His Highness knows his limits in certain matters. Right now, it's better to remain unchanged.”Helian Xuan looked at Xia Zihou. Something flashed across his face that was covered with birthmarks.
Xia Zihou nodded. "Let's talk about this king's birthday after we win.”She pursed her lips and returned to her room. It was getting dark outside, but she was not sleepy. She was sleepy, but she could not fall asleep.
He casually grabbed a jug of wine and walked up to the roof. He looked at the wine in his hand but did not drink it for a long time. Her father actually said that he would kill her without mercy. She had never thought that Xia Tianlin would do this to her. She had never thought about it. Perhaps it was not that she did not think about it, but she did not dare to think about it, and she could not think about it. She was the Eldest Princess of Rongyang of the Xia Dynasty, the person whom the late Emperor had placed in his hands. She had promised him that she would unify the world, so everything was not up to her.
Her father, who had doted on her and protected her all those years, was gone. Time, power, and desire would wear away a person's innermost feelings and return them to the best state to protect themselves and attack. When Xia Tianlin returned to the Imperial Court three years ago, the pampering look in his eyes had long disappeared. All that was left was pain and struggle.
"Beloved consort, your husband is right here, why didn't you call out? If you want to drink, I'll accompany you." A low, magnetic voice rang out. Xia Zihou didn't need to think to know who it was. She had already reached the point where she could ignore the way he addressed her, but the wine jug in her hand was snatched away by a pair of well-defined hands. She raised her head, and the wine slid down his chin into his clothes.
Xia Zihou suddenly stood up and raised his cold eyebrows. His five fingers drew a line in the air, and his long sword flew towards Su Qing with an unstoppable force. Su Qing saw that her expression wasn't right. She instantly waved the Heaven and Earth Fan in her hand and the two of them started fighting on the roof.
Her every move was fatal without any hesitation. Even the half of the mask was glowing with a cold light. However, it was more like he was venting, venting his dissatisfaction, and venting the various emotions in his heart. Su Qing couldn't hurt her, but she had to block her fatal attack. For a moment, she was at a disadvantage. Xia Zihou's final slash cut open his arm, and the murderous look in his eyes returned to normal. He only glanced at the wound indifferently, and the slash in his hand turned into water droplets. It wasn't that she didn't want to kill him, but that she wasn't his match at all. Moreover, it wasn't time yet.
"Get lost." Xia Zihou snatched the wine jug from his hand with a cold expression.
"Tsk tsk, you really have the heart to do it.”He tore off a piece of cloth from his white shirt and swiftly bandaged the wound on his hand.
"I wonder if my beloved consort is satisfied with today's battle?”Su Qing suddenly placed her hands on both sides and pressed her against the tiles. The hot breath of alcohol blew into her ears, and her lips brushed past her earlobes. A feeling of electricity suddenly surged in her body. Xia Zihou stared at him with a slightly stunned expression. Leaning against the tiles, he looked at the moon, and a suspicious red color floated in her ears.
"Su Qing, just because I can't kill you doesn't mean you won't die in my hands.”She pointed at the wine pot and lay on the roof. She couldn't kill him, and neither could Su Qing. She could see this clearly.
"Sigh, I saw that you were sad and lonely, so I came to accompany you. Today, I only wanted to chat and didn't think about anything else.”Su Qing pretended to be sad and shook her head. This person was too guarded against him. He could not even see any hope. However, if he gave up just like that or killed her with his strength, it would be too much of a loss.
"Is that so? Alright, we won't be enemies." She swung her hand, her long hair fluttering in the wind. The corners of her lips curled up with a hint of anticipation. She wanted to see what Su Qing was trying to do with this act. The cold confrontation between the two instantly became easygoing. Wind and clouds surged between the two of them.
"What is that?" He raised his peach blossom eyes slightly and pursed his lips into a smile as he asked. He reached out to snatch her wine pot. Their actions were completely based on their own reactions, without any hint of anything else.
"Does the morality of the pugilistic world count?" Xia Zihou's lips curled into a smile. The hideous birthmark on his right cheek looked particularly terrifying under the moonlight, but Su Qing could see the brilliance and legend in his eyes.
"I never said I was your enemy, did I?”Su Qing looked at the wine jug that she handed over with drunken eyes and quickly put it away.
"Su Qing, you've already planned this.”Xia Zihou asked in a very easygoing manner, as if she had already known that this would happen. She was as casual as a good friend, but her eyes were filled with slight sadness. Su Qing smiled faintly. Xia Zihou snatched the wine jug from her hand and started drinking from it. Xia Zihou turned his head to look at the clouds looming in the distance.
"Yes and no."
"Hey, don't snatch my wine. If you want to drink, go find it yourself.”Xia Zihou held the wine jug in his arms, his childish actions causing Su Qing to be stunned. She smiled and stroked her slightly crooked hair crown.
"The weather is so cold, take off your mask. This king doesn't mind that you're ugly.”A muffled laughter came from the side. Xia Zihou kicked Su Qing. If Su Qing didn't have a good lightness skill, she would have kicked her down long ago. She returned to her original seat. Su Qing stretched out her hand to take her mask, but Xia Zihou turned his face away. The two of them froze for a while.
"You have no right to take my mask.”The two of them who had been chatting happily suddenly turned cold again. She had never thought that someone would tell her," It's cold, take off your mask. I don't despise you." What did he mean by that? Didn't he think that she should be grateful? The cold wind of early spring blew on the roof. Su Qing took off her white Magnolia coat and put it on her with a calm expression.
"Oh? Then who do you plan to leave it for?”He leaned against the side and asked casually as he stared at her. She was clearly ugly, had a good face shape, and had a good back view. Why did she have such a face? With that birthmark, it was no wonder that people said that Eldest Princess Rongyang was the ugliest woman in the world. However, how much criticism and torture had she suffered to have such a face?
"This king can give it to whoever he wants. Third Prince, you're too nosy.”The Xia Zihou today was too different from his usual self. If it was in the past, he would have just smiled and chased him away. She wouldn't have talked so much to him like today.
"What happened? Tell me and I'll solve it for you." Su Qing straightened the man and made him look at her face to face. Xia Zihou was too wary of him. His eyes told her that Xia Zihou didn't believe him. Or rather, she had never believed him. The coldness in her eyes pierced deep into his heart, and he felt waves of pain. He knew how hopeless it was for a person who no longer believed in others. However, this person would be his sooner or later. She would stand on his side and fight with him for the world.
"Benwang is tired and is going to rest.”She couldn't beat him at all, so she couldn't be bothered to argue with him. At this moment, Xia Zihou had already regained some of his senses. She never trusted outsiders, especially a smiling tiger like Su Qing. Throwing his coat back to him, Xia Zihou leaped into the room and closed the window, so he didn't see the determined look in the man's eyes and the half-smile on his face.
Xia Zihou was lying on the bed. In her dream, the man with the gentle smile on his face was looking at her with his peach blossom eyes and saying," Fengqing, the weather is cold. Don't always wear a mask. This Prince doesn't despise you."
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