Emperor Jingren looked around and was suddenly blindfolded by a piece of cloth. The empress tied a knot behind his head and whispered, "The scene is too bloody. Your Majesty should not watch it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Emperor Jingren felt something empty behind him. The empress had flown away to who knows where, and he was the only one on the horse.
Emperor Jingren was warm-hearted but also a little annoyed by the cloth strips on his eyes. Although he had never been on the battlefield and killed anyone with his own hands, before he ascended the throne, the struggles in the palace were also a Shura field. Emperor Jingren was not a flower in a greenhouse, and being carefully cared for by the queen would make him feel very uncomfortable.
He was an emperor, but he was also a man. Even if his physical strength and skills were not as good as the queen's, at least he would not be a drag, and he did not want to be regarded as a coward.
Emperor Jingren untied the cloth in front of him and saw the most incredible scene in his life.
The queen was almost standing in mid-air, with a long sword in her hand glowing coldly. Dozens of men in black kept rushing towards Emperor Jingren, but the queen waved her sword in one hand and held countless stones in the other hand to hit the assassins. She had excellent aim, and the stones would definitely fall on someone's vital points, and she would hit them with one strike. Those men in black couldn't even get close to Emperor Jingren.
The sword was not used to kill the enemy. Its purpose was only to deflect the assassin's blood drops like it blocked the red leaves that day. There was blood mist floating in the sky, but not a single drop of blood fell on Emperor Jingren's bright yellow robe.
Emperor Jingren: “…”
In a flash, all seventy-eight people were killed by the stones, and the queen returned to her horse in the blood mist, sheathed her sword, and said to Emperor Jingren: "I thought I could finish the battle before Your Majesty untied the cloth strips, but alas, it has been too long since I have fought in actual combat, and my skills are much worse than before."
Emperor Jingren: “…”
He resisted the urge to ask the Queen how skilled she was in the past, and how Marshal Xiao could bear to marry her into the palace with such skills. He said with a straight face, "I am not a delicate flower in a greenhouse, so there is no need for the Queen to be so cautious. It would be a pity for me if I could not see the Queen's wonderful skills with my own eyes."
The queen was stunned for a moment, then she smiled softly in Emperor Jingren's ear and said, "I don't know why, your majesty's answers are always beyond my expectations, but also within reason."
"It's reasonable, not unexpected." Emperor Jingren turned around and glared at the queen, "Are there any survivors?"
The Queen's expression froze for a moment, and she said with embarrassment, "This... Your Majesty also knows that what I learned is not fancy kung fu, but the ability to kill the enemy on the battlefield. If you use all your strength, it will be difficult to leave anyone alive. I will go and check it out now."
Emperor Jingren sighed and grabbed the Queen's hand to prevent her from getting off the horse. He was quite strong: "The Queen is a precious body, how can I let you do such a thing as turning over a corpse. I have already sent out a signal flare, and the Imperial Guards will arrive soon, let them see."
The queen smiled again, with the same "unexpected yet reasonable" smile as before.
The two of them looked at each other, and for a moment they were getting closer and closer. The Queen couldn't help but hugged Emperor Jingren's waist tightly, and her lips were about to touch Emperor Jingren's pale pink lips -
"Ah-ah-ah-ah--" A woman's scream was heard from the forest.
Emperor Jingren: “…”
Queen: “…”
A woman dressed in eunuch's clothes crawled from the pile of corpses to the side of Emperor Jingren and the Empress. She looked at the corpses and screamed while not forgetting to identify the people in front of her: "Your Majesty!"
The queen was wearing a guard's uniform, so Su Huailing naturally couldn't recognize her.
"Your Majesty!" Su Huailing was about to kneel down when he saw Emperor Jingren, but unexpectedly, a corpse moved and threw a hidden weapon at the Queen. However, due to the injury, the aim was not good enough and the hidden weapon flew towards Emperor Jingren!
Su Huailing immediately saw the hidden weapon and without thinking, rushed towards Emperor Jingren, wanting to help him block the hidden weapon.
Unexpectedly, the queen kicked Su Huailing away, and at the same time, she moved her wrist slightly, and a stone blocked the hidden weapon. The queen moved her wrist again, and the second stone hit the assassin's forehead accurately, passing through his skull. This was probably the only fish that escaped the net, and it couldn't be deader.
Su Huailing, who seemed to have been kicked down hard by the Queen, climbed up unharmed, and looked at the guard who saved her with her beautiful eyes full of gratitude.
Emperor Jingren glanced at Su Huailing, and for some reason, a hint of nervousness appeared on the Queen's usually calm face.
Emperor Jingren, who had suffered from face amnesia after hitting his head three months later, did not remember that this person was the lucky woman Su Huailing who had hit his head. Instead, he frowned and asked, "Could it be that this woman's action just now was to help me block the hidden weapon?"
The queen stopped laughing and said calmly, "That's right."
"This is strange," Emperor Jingren looked at Su Huailing in confusion, "I am sitting on horseback, and the hidden weapon has to be at least 10 feet above the ground to hit me on horseback. This woman doesn't look like she can do Qinggong, so how can she jump so high to help me block the hidden weapon?"
Su Huailing: “…”
"Besides, with the Emperor... and Guard Xiao here, why do I need a woman to block hidden weapons for me?" Emperor Jingren stopped looking at the hidden weapons and smiled at the Queen, a smile full of trust.
The nervousness that arose in the Queen's heart disappeared, and she gave Emperor Jingren a knowing smile.
Unfortunately, there were outsiders present at the time, and the two men riding together could be considered a temporary measure in an emergency. If they looked at each other affectionately, or even kissed each other uncontrollably, Emperor Jingren's infidelity would be unclear.
Emperor Jingren then turned around with great restraint and said to Su Huailing, "Lady, I will not ask you why you disguised yourself as a eunuch and sneaked into the hunting ground. The imperial guards will interrogate you in a moment. Now, I order you to check if there are any survivors among the seventy-eight people. If there are, tie them up. I will not pursue your crime of trespassing into the hunting ground."
After saying that, he took the rope used to tie up the prey from the horse and threw it at Su Huailing's feet.
Su Huailing: “…”
You have to work even if you are silent. This man is the emperor of Xia, the most powerful person in the entire country. No one dares to disobey what he says.
So Su Huailing wiped her tears, bravely got up from the ground, and timidly turned over the bodies one by one to see if these people were alive.
"We don't know how far behind the Imperial Guards are, so it would be safer to find someone to check it out first." Emperor Jingren explained to the Queen, not feeling at all that it was inhumane to let a weak woman search for corpses.
Queen: “…”
She really wanted to ask, Emperor Jingren, is it really right for you to treat Su Huailing like this? This woman is...
However, after opening her mouth, the Queen was unable to ask. She just held Emperor Jingren's waist with her arms. The two of them sat upright on the horse's back, watching coldly as a delicate woman struggled to examine the corpse.
Just as Emperor Jingren expected, the Imperial Guards were left far behind. The signal flares had been fired for a long time but no one came. When Emperor Jingren was getting impatient, an old and somewhat shrill voice came: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am late to rescue you, and now... ah?"
Eunuch Lian, who had been traveling through the forest using light Kung Fu, looked at the corpses on the ground and swallowed all the words he wanted to take credit for. There was only confusion in his eyes.
The guards fought for half an hour and were eventually killed. Emperor Jingren was chased by horseback alone. Su Huailing put on Emperor Jingren's clothes and led the pursuers away to help him escape? Aren't those assassins so skilled that each of them can fight one against a hundred? After seeing the signal flare, Eunuch Lian deliberately delayed for a while before coming. Although he was skilled in martial arts, he was only one person after all. It would be safer to wait for the guards to kill a few assassins before coming.
"Oh? Eunuch Lian?" The Queen raised her eyebrows at Eunuch Lian, her expression unfathomable.
When Emperor Jingren saw Eunuch Lian coming, he showed a hint of joy: "You came at the right time. This woman is too slow. Go and check if there are any survivors. If there are, feed them some medicine and tie them up. It's fine as long as they are not dead."
Eunuch Lian: "...Yes, yes, sir."
He held his bleeding heart in his hands and took small steps towards Su Huailing, looking for a survivor with her.
The emperor and the empress still sat comfortably on their horses, watching them work leisurely, and exchanging glances with them when no one was paying attention.
Emperor Jingren was well taken care of by the Queen. After such a fierce battle, there was not even a speck of dust on his body. His face was stern and he looked very serious. The Queen was fascinated by him and came closer to him... She didn't know what she wanted to do, she just wanted to come closer...
"Your Majesty!" Yan Xu finally arrived with the Imperial Guards and knelt directly in front of Emperor Jingren and said, "I actually lost your Majesty. I am guilty!"
Queen: “…”