Chapter 104

Chapter 104

Inside the Imperial Study.

Xiao Yunzhou was wide-eyed, looking at the skinny Little Eunuch who was kneeling on the ground, begging and apologizing in terror.

"I deserve to die, I deserve to die!"

"It wasn't intentional!"

The Little Eunuch kept knocking his head on the floor, his forehead quickly swelling and turning red, his face pale with fear.

Was this the person with a strength of 99?

Xiao Yunzhou doubted what he had heard.

His daughter couldn't be wrong, the only one who could be wrong was him.

"Fool! You can't even walk properly!" Wei Zheng was about to kick the Little Eunuch. "If you hurt the Little Princess, even your death wouldn't be enough to compensate!"

Xiao Yunzhou saw Wei Zheng was about to kick the Little Eunuch to the ground, his heart pounded heavily.

"Stop!" He put down his teacup abruptly and stood up.

Wei Zheng was taken aback.

The Little Eunuch on the ground was covered in tears and snot from fear.

But Xiao Yunzhou stood up nervously.

He quickly walked around the desk to Wei Zheng, took the blushing and wide-eyed Little Chuchu into his arms.

Only when he held his daughter and smelled her milky scent did Xiao Yunzhou managed to breathe slightly easier. He took two steps back and looked at the still terrified Little Eunuch on the ground.

"Your Majesty, shall I drag him out?" Wei Zheng asked.

"Shut up." Xiao Yunzhou took a deep breath.

Strength 99, even during his peak years of leading troops in wars, the Duke had only reached 93.

Drag this Little Eunuch out?

Who would dare to do it?

Perhaps the imperial guards standing outside the hall wouldn't even be able to do it!

Little Chuchu was now completely awake in Xiao Yunzhou's arms, and suddenly remembered the plot of the novel.

【Eh, I remember now, there was an assassin from the previous dynasty hidden in Jing Country's palace, trying to assassinate the emperor to avenge the previous dynasty, could it be him?】

Xiao Yunzhou was startled, the warmth from the brazier in the Imperial Study could not dispel the chill on his body.

An assassin from the previous dynasty?

The founding emperor of Jing Country, his ancestors, used to be farmers tending crops.

But the previous dynasty was filled with disasters and heavy taxes, more and more people starved to death, and gradually there were uprisings by the destitute.

The founding emperor of Jing Country was one of them. He led tens of thousands of followers to overthrow the previous dynasty, granted amnesty to the world, and renamed the country Jing.

Most of the descendants of the previous dynasty's imperial family died in the fire in the previous imperial palace. There were no records of anyone surviving.

The more Xiao Yunzhou remembered, the more terrified he became.

In recent years, Jing Country has faced crises from neighboring countries and plague, but never had they encountered an assassin from the previous dynasty!

How many years has it been since the previous dynasty was overthrown?

Xiao Yunzhou looked at the Little Eunuch on the ground who was only seventeen or eighteen years old, with clear eyes and handsome features. In an instant, he held Little Chuchu tightly in his arms, not even letting her little hands show.

"Your Majesty, I deserve to die too, I didn't protect the Little Princess well just now." Wei Zheng also knelt down to admit his mistake immediately.

Xiao Yunzhou moved his terrified gaze to Wei Zheng, trying to stabilize his voice, "You... indeed deserve to die."

Wei Zheng was taken aback, huh?

Wait a minute.

"After the first strike of the assassin, there wasn't a single guard in the grand hall whose strength surpassed the assassin's, making it impossible to stop him. As a result, the assassin took the opportunity to launch a second strike at the emperor."

"!!"

Xiao Yunzhou turned pale.

He knew it! It would be hard to find a second person in the entire palace with the strength of 99!

Especially this assassin, who, according to the fairy, was proficient in killing techniques.

"The second strike was aimed at the emperor's heart. In the critical moment, the Empress Dowager stepped forward and shielded the emperor."

What?

Xiao Yunzhou's face changed dramatically.

The Empress Dowager clung onto the assassin, allowing her guards to swarm in and slay him with their swords.

But the Empress Dowager was fatally wounded, and seven guards perished.

Xiao Yunzhou felt a chill through his body, his eyes filled with pain.

His mother...

And seven others, all lost because of an assassin...

Xiao Chuchu, nestled in Xiao Yunzhou's arms, also furrowed her tiny brow.

She quite liked the Empress Dowager, her grandmother. The money from the auction of jewelry and paintings last time, the Empress Dowager had given her mother her share.

Despite their few meetings, the Empress Dowager was really good to the Liu Family.

The Empress Dowager was one of the few people in the harem that Xiao Chuchu had no ill feelings toward.

And the Emperor's personal guards, who were often teased by Pang Rusong, would occasionally play with her, carried around by Wei Zheng.

Xiao Chuchu didn't want anything to happen to these guards, nor to the Empress Dowager.

Sigh.

Her brow furrowed in worry, "We can't startle the snake in the grass now, we need to find a way to deal with the assassin."

"But this assassin has been trained as a martyr since childhood, he's very cunning. Even sleeping drugs have no effect on him."

Thinking about the description of this assassin in the novel, Xiao Chuchu felt nervous.

"Not only can he recognize poison, but he's also been specially trained in observing people's expressions."

Xiao Yunzhou's brow furrowed more and more as he listened.

Observing people's expressions?

Then any suspicious action towards the assassin would likely be noticed by him.

If they were to encircle and capture him at that time, they might instead be killed by him.

If they were unprepared, a large number of guards in the palace would surely be killed or injured.

Just as Xiao Yunzhou was worrying, he heard his daughter's surprised voice.

"Huh? The Immortal Realm has given me a task from the Emperor, my father?"

What!

Xiao Yunzhou's eyes widened.

The Immortal Realm had given his Emperor's trial task to the fairy?

Xiao Chuchu's surprised voice was soon heard clearly by Xiao Yunzhou.

"Limited time task: Reform the former dynasty's martyr assassin, to serve Jing Country!"

"Deadline: Before the assassination on the Lantern Festival."

"If the task fails, the Emperor will be seriously injured, and the death of the Empress Dowager is irreversible!"

Xiao Yunzhou sat stunned on the throne.