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At this moment, a guard had already rushed in and shouted to Dongfang Hao, "Capture him quickly, don't let him harm the Empress." There were more and more guards outside the palace.

Dongfang Hao sighed lightly when he saw this. With a trace of helplessness on his lips, he walked towards Empress Chen.

"Protect the Empress!" The eunuchs and palace maids were all trembling in fear as they protected Empress Chen, but they were all scared to the point that their legs went limp. Lightning streaked across the horizon, landing on their frightened faces, turning them malevolent. After the lightning had passed, the candlelight was faintly discernible, and the palace seemed to be even more chaotic and chaotic than usual.

"Empress, don't be afraid." She wasn't here to assassinate Empress Chen, nor was he here to stir up trouble. He had merely barged into the palace by accident, and had originally planned to have nothing to do with Empress Chen and Qiu. Now, she was forced into the palace by a group of imperial guards, and his original intention was to escape.

This was completely different from Fang Zinan. Fang Zinan's melancholy made him seem like someone who had left the world and was independent, but this young man in front of his gave his a feeling of physical and mental exhaustion, as well as a carefree feeling of melancholy. The former belonged to the world of mortals, while the latter belonged to the world of mortals.

Empress Chen cleared her throat and asked, "You must have barged into the palace by accident, right?"

Empress Chen's voice was not loud, but it calmed the clamoring crowd. Everyone stopped shouting, but listened attentively to her words. It must be the Imperial Mother speaking. Who would dare to act impudently in front of the Empress again?

He didn't expect that Empress Chen would ask this question, nor did he expect her to be so old. Her voice was so warm and pleasant, or to be exact, Empress Chen's voice carried a trace of care and gentleness, as if what she was facing wasn't someone who had trespassed into her bedroom and was called an assassin, but rather someone who spoke to her child like this. Her tone was completely like that of a mother. "While Dongfang Hao was still in a trance, a blade suddenly came slashing over. This blade drew a dazzling white light in the air before slashing towards Dongfang Hao's neck in a beautiful arc.

Dongfang Hao was a bit angry. He originally wanted to charge out, but he accidentally ran over here. What was even worse was that when Empress Chen's question made him sound warm and like her mother was still there, this broadsword soundlessly greeted him. The person who used the knife didn't take the empress's words seriously at all, but this blade seemed to be made out of great resentment, wanting to kill him with a single slash. By the time Dongfang Hao came back to his senses, the blade was already in front of him, less than a foot away. Long blade!

Dongfang Hao only had time to turn his head to the side before the blade naturally missed its target. The sabre wielder gave a loud shout as if to encourage him, and the guards who didn't even dare to make a sound after Empress Chen's question, like exploding ants, all charged towards Dongfang Hao's body, head, and body, and started to attack him together.

Dongfang Hao cursed in his heart. He had no choice but to swing his sword – he originally didn't want to kill anyone, but now he had no choice. When he drew his sword, he intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Empress Chen, as if to say, This wasn't something I was willing to do, but rather something they forced me to do. After glancing around, his longsword lit up in front of him. Lightning illuminated the light of the sharp blades, and in this light, Dongfang Hao's sword techniques were like the returning of rivers. Everyone's moves seemed to meet the sea in front of him, unable to stir up any waves.

As he watched more and more guards, Dongfang Hao only had one thought in mind. It was completely impossible to convince Empress Chen to let him go, and her identity couldn't be revealed, so what he needed to do now was to rush out, at all costs. Otherwise, there would be endless trouble.

Just at this moment, the crowd suddenly moved to the sides and parted for a path. An old eunuch with white hair stood in the rain, staring at Dongfang Hao with a disdainful expression, as if he was nothing in his eyes, and walked step by step towards Dongfang Hao.

After clearly seeing this person's face, Dongfang Hao couldn't help but gasp. He had seen this person before, moreover, he had just escaped from his grasp. This person was obviously Eunuch Li.

When they saw Eunuch Li approaching Dongfang Hao, everyone separated to make a path for him. The guards couldn't help but feel delighted. With Eunuch Li here, at least they wouldn't need to be afraid of moving their heads.

Eunuch Li approached Dongfang Hao. He was extremely tall, and walked towards Dongfang Hao like a mountain. Dongfang Hao was also tall, but in front of him, it was as if the flowing water had met a mountain. Dongfang Hao felt this way when he met Eunuch Li. A formless pressure made him unable to breathe. At this time, Eunuch Li suddenly made his move. He combined the five fingers of his right hand and slowly pushed out a palm. This palm seemed ordinary, but Dongfang Hao didn't dare to go up and receive it. Eunuch Li's palm did not land on Dongfang Hao's body, but instead struck towards a guard beside him. The guard next to him received the attack for no apparent reason, but somehow, his right hand uncontrollably struck out, right onto another guard beside him; the other guard felt baffled, but his right hand did not listen to him, and he pushed the hand towards the left arm of the guard in front. The guard in front involuntarily moved his elbow and struck out, this palm hitting the other guard's body … And so on, like the domino effect, one after the other produced a chain reaction, but the situation happened very fast, very fast.

Just as Dongfang Hao jumped to the side of one of the guards, he felt a palm strike on his left chest with the same amount of force as before, causing his blood to boil and a sweet and fishy feeling to rise in his throat. He swallowed his breath, wanting to endure it.

So this was the meaning behind Eunuch Li's strike. Everyone understood Eunuch Li's intention at the same time and were shocked at the same time. With Eunuch Li's martial arts, wouldn't it be as easy as flipping his palm to kill someone?

Dongfang Hao spat out a mouthful of blood upon receiving this palm strike. When the guards saw that he was injured, they swarmed over like a swarm of bees, and pointed their weapons at Dongfang Hao, swearing to take him down. No matter how strong Dongfang Hao's martial arts was, how could it be easy for him to escape from the encirclement of the imperial guards?

"Stop!" A gentle yet stern voice came from Empress Chen.

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but stop because Empress Chen never had a casual temper. Although she was usually gentle and amiable, once she became angry, even the emperor would fear her. Who would dare act rashly?

Dongfang Hao turned to look at Empress Chen and saw that she had a sullen expression. She was looking at him with a gentle and calm expression.

"Let him go." "Since he didn't intend to break into the palace, then don't make things difficult for him anymore!"