Wishful Things

At this time, her grandfather rushed back to the palace alone, and she was inevitably worried that unexpected situations and even troubles would occur.

Sensing her mood, Wu Chao said, "I'll go back and have a look—"

If there is a real situation, it is better to have a caregiver, multiple responders.

Xu Mingyi thought for a while, then nodded: "Alright, if something strange happens, someone must send a message to me."

Tomorrow must still be in this mountain forest, she can't leave for the time being, and she dare not leave.

Wu Chao obviously also knew what she was thinking, she was worried on both sides, so he took the initiative to take care of the other side for her.

It's just that to understand her is to understand her, and to consider the overall situation. Apart from these, he also has his own worries.

"Little Seven—"

"The subordinates are here."

"Take everyone to guard Miss Xu, and don't leave for a single step. If there is an accident, let the arrow sound as a signal."

When it really came to this kind of time, the young man who has never been very magnanimous in a certain way can't care about other things.

Hearing this order, Xiao Qi seldom hesitated for a moment before responding: "This subordinate obeys!"

"There must be no one around you!"

Seeing Wu Chao who was already on the horse, Xu Mingyi hurriedly said, "I still have Ah Zhu, leaving Xiao Qi alone is enough."

"..." Wu Chao glanced at Xiao Qi who was still favored alone, said "no need", and drove away.

Seeing that he was not obedient at all, Xu Mingyi insisted on confessing to Xiao Qi: "Let someone follow him."

She was worried about Mingshi, and she was worried about her grandfather.

Similarly, at the time of frequent accidents, she was also worried about him.

Xiao Qi glanced gratefully at the girl in front of her.

The son asked him to take everyone to protect Miss Xu, and he dared not disobey the master's order.

But I was also worried about my son.

At this time, Miss Xu opened her mouth, so he has a reason to arrange it. Although doing so is also against the master's confession, but as we all know, Miss Xu is the best amulet to use in front of the young master.

Before going downhill, Xu Mingyi took one last look at the direction of the palace.

Perhaps it was discovered in time enough, and the fire did not seem to continue to expand uncontrollably.

If this is the case, it is enough to cause a riot.

The fire started suddenly, at first the palace people were confused, they only cared about protecting Emperor Qingming to hide out, and delayed the best time to put out the fire source, so the fire spread.

The movement of putting out the fire was not small, and most of the people in the palace were alarmed.

When Lord Zhen Guo arrived, he saw that Emperor Qingming had left the gate of Yueming Pavilion accompanied by a group of officials and eunuchs.

Zhen Guogong Surong raised his hand and saluted: "The escort is late——"

"I'm fine, the Duke's words are serious."

"It's fine, Your Majesty." Zhen Guozheng asked in a toneless tone, "I don't know why there is a sudden fire in the cabinet?"

Li Ji said helplessly: "It should be that the palace servants in the tea room did not do their job well. When they were lazy and dozed off, the fire was too hot and burned the burning material... Fortunately, there was no danger."

It's just that His Majesty can't afford to live in this Yueming Pavilion.

Just now I asked the palace staff to clean up the nearest Linfu Hall, although it is not as spacious as the Yueming Pavilion, but at such a time, His Majesty can only temporarily move here to rest for one night.

Lord Zhen Guo and the others accompanied Emperor Qingming to Linfu Hall.

"Have you found any clues in the mountains?" On the way, Emperor Qingming asked Lord Zhen Guo with concern.

Glancing at the emperor's shoes and cloak, it was obvious that he had already fallen asleep before. Lord Zhen lowered his eyes and said, "Go back to Your Majesty, there is no progress yet."

Emperor Qingming comforted: "Lingsun is still young, maybe he was frightened by something and hid somewhere... Don't worry, Duke, he will be found before dawn."

Hearing this confusing and illogical nonsense, Lord Zhen only answered "Yes", and then said bluntly: "I have something to ask your Majesty alone."

Emperor Qingming's eyes moved, he looked at Linfu Hall right in front of him, and said: "Young Master, come in with me and talk."

The rest of the officials exchanged glances with each other, and then all slowed down.

Li Ji led two eunuchs to accompany Emperor Qingming into the hall, and Lord Zhen Guo followed behind him up the stone steps.

However, in the next moment, a strange sound was heard in the hall——

Before Emperor Qingming could sit down, he felt a chill coming from above his head.

Subconsciously raised his head and looked up, he saw a black shadow rushing down from the beam. What was more shocking than that black shadow was the sharp sword stabbing at him with a cold light!

Everything happened in an instant. Emperor Qingming's pupils constricted, and he subconsciously stepped back, bumping into the chair behind him. Li Ji, who reacted fairly quickly, said in a trembling voice, "There...there are assassins!"

When the words fell, the sharp sword had already come to Emperor Qingming in hot pursuit!

At this critical moment, a jade pendant flew over and hit the man in black firmly on the wrist, a muffled groan escaped from under the mask, and the jade shattered from the sword.

Emperor Qingming looked at the shattered and splashed topaz, thinking in a daze, he remembered that this piece of jade was given to Lord Zhen Guo by the former emperor... while he hurriedly backed away with Li Ji's support.

The assassin picked up the sword and wanted to stab Emperor Qingming again, but at this time Duke Zhen had already stepped forward and drew his sword to stop him.

"...I didn't expect this hypocritical dog emperor to have such a loyal lackey beside him!" The man in black scolded while blocking the attack of the person in front of him.

Duke Zhen ignored the opponent's nonsense at all. He wanted to capture someone alive, but he didn't use moves that would hurt his life.

However, at this time, several men in black suddenly sprang out from the dark, and surrounded Emperor Qingming who had fled to the bottom of the stone steps.

"Escort!"

Han Yan, the commander of the police guards, had already arrived, and quickly led his people forward to surround Emperor Qingming in the middle.

Seeing this, Ji Xiu also went forward.

Several civil servants stood aside in fear and shouted "Guardian" and "Beware, Your Majesty".

Standing among the crowd, Wu Chao watched the chaotic scene of fighting, recalling the situation when Lord Zhen Guo rescued the emperor just now, his eyes were filled with thought.

At this moment, a slight sound came into his ears.

Wu Chao immediately looked up vigilantly.

A black figure that seemed to be one with the night stepped on the edge of the wall and jumped onto the roof.

Seeing the black shadow draw the bow in his hand in the darkness, Wu Chao narrowed his eyes slightly.

To be honest, he didn't like His Majesty the Emperor, and his Wu family was different from the Xu family - the teachings he had received since he was a child told him indiscriminately that their Wu family was a centuries-old noble family, and they were not subservient to the imperial power at all.

On his shoulders, he did not have the responsibility of being a courtier like Duke Zhenguo.

And there is no need for him to troubleshoot at this time.

Surrounded by the police guards, the emperor was considered airtight. Even if the arrow tried to penetrate the emperor's body from top to bottom, it was almost impossible.

He didn't intend to use this to gain some publicity, as long as General Xu was not in danger, he could just watch from the sidelines.

However, at this moment, a figure suddenly flashed past him——