Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 634 - 632

Chapter 634: 632

"Isn’t this your fault? You, just like your father, are hopelessly foolish when it comes to martial arts! Don’t push the blame on me!" The Empress refused to accept any blame.

The Emperor: ... All the bad traits of my son came from him!

The Emperor glanced at the imperial doctors’ reactions; he felt utterly mortified.

The imperial doctors, hidden in a corner, were stunned the first time they saw the Empress lash out and didn’t pay much attention to her words.

So it is said that the Empress could fight! It must be because the Emperor could never beat his wife in these years that he is under her thumb!

The Third Prince was sent scampering around by the Empress’s whip.

Chang Guiren stood in the corner, silently watching the situation unfold.

She was very unwilling. Her son was about to become the Emperor, but something unexpected suddenly happened.

Thinking of something, Chang Guiren quietly slipped away.

Meanwhile, outside the Imperial City, Xiao’er and Shangguan Xuanyi are each on their horses, one white and one black, rushing back to the Imperial City.

On a small road just before the city, a few people suddenly throw some firecrackers at their horses.

The loud noise of the firecrackers and the explosion injured the horses’ legs and bellies.

Startled and in pain, the horses ran around like crazy, neighing non-stop.

Xiao’er and Shangguan Xuanyi quickly jumped off their horses and landed on the ground.

Here we go again! On their way back, they had already faced three assassination attempts! This was the fourth time!

However, the way this attempt was carried out was quite novel! The previous three times, there was no talking, just brutal attacks with swords!

Several people dressed like bandits jumped out, and the leader said, "Leave all your valuables, and we will spare your life!"

One of the underlings added, "Brother, this girl is so beautiful, if you catch her and sell her to the brothel, you could get a lot of silver!"

The leader looked Xiao’er up and down with lecherous eyes and said, "Not bad, not bad at all! Her chest is just the perfect size that I like, and her waist really is slender! Plus, her skin is smooth and tender, tsk. How about we take her back and make her our bandit king’s wife?"

The leader even started to drool while saying this.

The others also started to look at Xiao’er with lustful eyes after his remarks.

For the first time, Shangguan Xuanyi felt like his lungs were going to explode. He drew his sword across the ground, flicking up a stone with an unstoppable force that hit the chief’s eye. His entire eye socket instantly turned darker than a blackcurrant.

"Ahh~" The agonizing scream echoed across the sky and scared the fairies in heaven.

Next, Shangguan Xuanyi kicked another stone so hard it went into the chief’s wide-open mouth, choking off his scream and making him swallow his teeth with blood!

this was the first time Xiao’er felt nauseous from hearing someone speak! She pulled out a bag of powdered arrow poison from her pocket and flung it at the man, aiming to blind his other eye to prevent him from harming other girls.

Seeing this, the rest of the bandits drew their large swords and charged at Shangguan Xuanyi and Xiao’er!

"Brothers, attack! They even dared to hit the boss!"

Shangguan Xuanyi pulled Xiao’er back and kicked the charging men one by one, sending them flying.

They fell to the ground and couldn’t get up anymore.

"Brother Shangguan, why are the assassins this time not as skilled?"

"These guys are probably just ordinary bandits."

Realizing that they had met their match, the leader quickly knelt down: "Master, spare our lives, please! We won’t dare do it again! We are deserters who couldn’t enter the city and couldn’t find work, so we became bandits. Master, spare our lives! We won’t do it again."

In reality, they were all deserters who dared not return home and couldn’t find proper jobs without residency permits. Therefore, they could only become bandits.

"Deserters? From which camp did you desert?" Xiao’er asked.

"We were new recruits under General Li. We didn’t want to desert, but General Li has revolted! We didn’t want to die, so we had to run!" One of them said innocently.

Shangguan Xuanyi and Xiao’er looked at each other.

But Shangguan Xuanyi had no time to deal with them now, as he had to rush back to the palace. So he handed a token to the one who had just spoken: "Stop being bandits, take this token and enter the city tomorrow at noon. Then wait for me at the Four Seasons Restaurant. I have jobs for you. Now, get out of here!"

Upon hearing this, they quickly nodded and ran away.

Meanwhile, Shangguan Xuanyi whistled, and the two frightened horses that had run around earlier came back.

Xiao’er and Shangguan Xuanyi quickly mounted their horses and left.

Xiao’er didn’t ask Shangguan Xuanyi whether those people would go to the Four Seasons Restaurant. She knew they certainly would.

After all, who would want to be a leper if they could have hair? This was their chance to escape from being deserters, and they would not miss it.

The rest of the journey was smooth.

Shangguan Xuanyi didn’t trust Xiao’er to return to the Marquis Mansion alone, so he led her straight to the Imperial Palace at full speed.

...

Chang Guiren had always been an invisible existence, so no one noticed when she left.

When Chang Guiren got to the gate of Cining Palace, she saw the person she was looking for.

The Empress Dowager just came out, and when she saw Chang Guiren coming, she asked anxiously: "Chang Guiren, how is the Emperor now?"

"Empress Dowager, I was about to find you. There’s a big problem! You must follow me quickly!"

Hearing these words, the Empress Dowager felt her heart tighten, but thankfully she didn’t faint again.

She thought the Emperor was about to die! So, trembling, she pointed towards the direction of Zichen Palace and said, "Quick! Assist me over there, I must see the Emperor one last time."

This was exactly what Chang Guiren wanted. She didn’t assist the Empress Dowager. Well, not exactly assist, it was more like she dragged the Empress Dowager along, and since the Empress Dowager was so anxious, she didn’t mind it. They soon arrived outside Zichen Palace.

"It sounds like fighting?" The Empress Dowager, panting heavily, said.

"When I left, there was no fighting. I don’t know what happened inside." Chang Guiren said with a frown.

But she thought to herself, if they hadn’t started fighting, why would she have brought her here? Dragging her all the way here, her hands had gone soft!

Thinking of a certain likelihood, the Empress Dowager further paled.

"Quick, let’s go in!" the Empress Dowager’s steps also became more unstable.

Chang Guiren nodded: Yes, it was indeed urgent. Otherwise, what if her son got killed?

Chang Guiren helped the Empress Dowager into Zichen Palace, where the decisive battle was reaching its climax.

Chang Guiren and another maid helped the Empress Dowager into Zichen Palace. The fighters had no time to take notice of these weak women.

Juat as they stepped into the palace, Chang Guiren let go off the Empress Dowager’s hand, took out a dagger, and quickly grabbed the Empress Dowager’s neck from behind.

The Empress Dowager instantly stiffened just like a cheese, not daring to move.

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