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    Since entering the Yaochi Palace, the emperor’s eyes have been falling on Xie Ciyan.Seeing that his eyes were always on Yan Zhaozhao, he suddenly smiled happily.

    It’s like a hunter who has found the fatal secret of his prey. As long as he holds the bait tightly in his hand, he is not afraid that the prey will not take the bait.

    He laughed heartily a few times and said, “What’s wrong, brother? Could it be that you don’t recognize this person?” He pulled Yan Zhaozhao into his arms as if on purpose, and then smiled at him, “This is the legitimate daughter of the Yan family who you asked me to take her out of the cold palace before you went on the expedition. Now I have kept my promise. Not only did I take her out, but I also named her Concubine Yan.”

    Xie Ciyan should have said congratulations to the emperor, but the look of Yan Zhaozhao in his arms was really dazzling. He used all his sense not to impulsively step forward and pull Yan Zhaozhao away. He really couldn’t say a word of congratulations.

    When the emperor saw him like this, he was so happy that he had no time to care about whether he was respectful or not.

    As if he wanted to see Xie Ciyan looking so uncomfortable, he turned his head and said to Yan Zhaozhao: “My dear concubine, give me some wine.”

    The moment she was touched by the emperor, Yan Zhaozhao’s skin suddenly trembled, as if being entangled by a cold-blooded poisonous snake, and a chilling feeling arose spontaneously.That was a true reaction of being extremely disgusted with a person. She tried her best to endure the nauseating feeling in her chest and not let others notice any weirdness. With slightly trembling hands, she picked up a glass bottle and gave him some wine.

    She kept lowering her head, not even daring to look at Xie Ciyan, for fear that the emperor would see their flaws.What’s more, she feels that she has no face to see him now.

    Seeing Yan Zhaozhao being so obedient, the emperor felt that he had control over their lives, and he silently provoked Xie Ciyan unscrupulously.He raised the wine that Yan Zhaozhao had given him and thanked him. “It’s a great joy for the emperor’s younger brother to return in triumph this time! Come, let me toast you.”

    Xie Ciyan’s expression was cold, and there was no smile in his eyes. Even the happy event of returning home in triumph seemed not worth his smile in his eyes.”Thank you, Brother Huang.”

    Seeing that he was unhappy, the emperor felt more comfortable, and his body seemed to want to be closer to Yan Zhaozhao even more deliberately.Just when his chest was about to touch the woman’s back, a stabbing pain suddenly came from the back of his head. The emperor froze and sat up straight.The strange thing is that as long as he moves a little farther away from Yan Zhaozhao, the tingling pain disappears without a trace.

    The emperor didn’t take it seriously and thought he was just a little tipsy due to today’s heavy drinking.

    Seeing that Xie Ciyan’s face was getting more and more ugly, and he didn’t even take a bite of the meal, he glanced at Yan Zhaozhao intentionally or unintentionally, as if hoping that she could give him a little glance, but the woman beside him was like a puppet at the mercy of others, constantly lowering her head and biting her lip, with an unconcealable look of embarrassment between her eyebrows.

    The emperor chuckled, “Where is the eunuch who presented the green card?”

    At this time, it was the time for the emperor to turn over his cards. The eunuch had been waiting outside the Yaochi Palace early in the morning, waiting for the summons.Hearing the emperor’s summons, the chamberlain did not dare to delay, and hurriedly walked into the palace with a wooden tray and bowed high, “This servant greets the emperor, which mistress does the emperor want to turn over today?” The chambermaid asked as usual. For these days, the emperor has summoned Concubine Chun to sleep with him every day, and I don’t think there will be any change today.

    The emperor glanced at the end of his eyes casually, thanking Ciyan, and then said loudly: “Tonight, I will look at Concubine Yan’s sign.”

    As soon as these words came out, the hall suddenly became filled with solemnity.

    Xie Ciyan’s eyes were filled with shadows, and a frightening chill spread throughout his body. His hands under the desk were clenched into fists, and veins appeared on the backs of his hands, as if he would be unable to control himself in the next second.Yan Zhaozhao closed her eyes in despair, swallowing the tears that were about to burst out. She calmly touched her sleeves to see if the hairpin was still there.

    The eunuch below looked confused, as if he still didn’t know who Concubine Yan was.

    The emperor took Yan Zhaozhao into his arms, as if informing the eunuchs, or declaring a provocation to someone, “She is Concubine Yan.” This time, the woman was forcibly held by him, and the back of her head suddenly hurt again. This time it was even more painful than before.His face suddenly turned pale, but the emperor did not withdraw his hand in front of Xie Ciyan.

    “I must be tired from the journey back here. The sky is getting late, and a spring night is worth a thousand dollars, so I will go back to the Yangxin Palace first so that I can have some romance with Concubine Yan.” After that, he stood up with Yan Zhaozhao in his arms, glanced sideways at Xie Ciyan, his eyes full of contempt, and a faint smile on his lips, and then he took Yan Zhaozhao’s hand and left the Yaochi Palace.

    Xie Ciyan looked at the two people’s backs as they left each other, and the wine glass he held tightly in his palm suddenly shattered.The fragments of the wine cup scratched the palm of his hand, and he felt no pain at all as the blood spilled out.With an extremely cold look on his face, he stood up and walked out of the Yaochi Palace with a chill in his body. Xie Ciyan looked up at the already darkened sky, a trace of bloodlust suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he licked the dry corners of his lips with the tip of his tongue. Standing in the deep night, he whispered softly: “Inform Huo Sui that the plan has been advanced.” There was no one around, and the words he spoke seemed to be hidden in the wind, “I want the army to march straight into the palace.”

    The night wind blew slowly, but no one responded, but he knew that the person hiding in the darkness heard the order.

    Xie Ciyan held the sword in his blood-stained palm, and his other clean hand gently touched the black bell hanging on his waist.At that moment, his eyebrows suddenly softened, and when he raised his eyes again, he returned to his cold look.He tapped his toes and jumped in the direction of Yangxin Palace. The black armor was perfectly hidden in the dark night.

    In order not to let Xie Ciyan see it, the emperor dragged Yan Zhaozhao into Long Hu.The emperor’s dragon palace was several times more luxurious. Not to mention the soft pillows made of gold silk, even the four corners of the sedan chair were hung with golden curtains to prevent outsiders from seeing what was going on inside.

    As soon as they entered the Longmen, the emperor threw Yan Zhaozhao aside in disgust. His movement was sudden. Before the woman could stand still, she staggered and hit a corner with her right shoulder, causing her to gasp in pain.But she still gritted her teeth and endured it, sitting a little further away from the emperor, pretending that nothing happened.

    Before entering the Yangxin Hall, Yan Zhaozhao still had some luck. The emperor disliked her so much that he might not really let her sleep in the Yangxin Hall.But until the moment the emperor ordered her to enter the inner room of Yangxin Hall, the weak fire of hope in her heart had died out.

    “Kneel down.” The emperor sat on the bed, and the pain in the back of his head came vaguely again. He didn’t take it seriously and had no time to pay attention to it. He just let Yan Zhaozhao kneel on the cold tiles.”Yan Zhaozhao, do you think Xie Ciyan will be so anxious that he is willing to die even if I want you to sleep with me tonight?”

    Regardless of whether the two of them are really having an affair, judging from Xie Ciyan’s behavior just now, there is definitely a place for Yan Zhaozhao in his heart.Thinking of this, he raised his head and laughed heartily, “Thank you Ciyan, thank you Ciyan, I didn’t expect that you would be defeated by a woman in my hands in the end.”

    “He won’t.” Yan Zhaozhao, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly spoke, his voice as cold as a stream, without a trace of emotion.”I won’t let him die because of me.”

    “Presumptuous!” The excellent mood was interrupted by Huo Ran, and the emperor felt a breath stuck in his throat and felt a little suffocated.”In front of me, you dare to talk to me like this. Are you willing to die?!”

    The woman smiled calmly, her eyes clear and unwavering.She quietly groped for something in her sleeve, then took out the hairpin and held it tightly in her hand.Yan Zhaozhao seemed a little reluctant to give up, and couldn’t help but look down at Bu Yao in her hand.The hairpin is very delicate, and a firefly bead is dotted in the center of the clusters of albizia flowers, which emits light like a firefly in the night.

    It was Xie Ciyan who gave her… a birthday gift.

    She couldn’t bear to thank Ciyan, so she could only use the things he gave her to take her to the underworld, hoping that the fire beads on the albizia flowers would light her way to the underworld.She was afraid of the dark, but if she had this step to guide her, it seemed…not so scary.

    Yan Zhaozhao held Bu Yao in her palms, the sharp point pointed directly at her neck, and spoke with a firm voice.”Even if I don’t want this life, I won’t let you hold me hostage and make Xie Ciyan embarrassed!”

    The emperor seemed not to have expected that she would suddenly seek death, and was unable to react in time.Suddenly, he stood up suddenly as if he wanted to snatch the Bu Yao from her hand. Yan Zhaozhao did not give him such a chance. She closed her eyes and her heart suddenly stabbed her neck hard with her palm.

    “Ding——”

    Yan Zhaozhao’s palm suddenly trembled, and at the moment when Bu Yao was about to pierce his neck, Bu Yao suddenly lost his strength and threw it outward.She opened her eyes and saw Xie Ciyan’s reassuring figure standing in front of her. His cold eyes became a little more affectionate when he looked at her.”Thank you…Ci Yan?”

    She couldn’t believe it, and subconsciously called his name as if in a dream.

    Xie Ciyan walked up to her, squatted down and carefully checked whether she was injured.Yan Zhaozhao suddenly remembered that the emperor was still in front of her, and she could never let Xie Ciyan’s weakness be manipulated by the emperor at will.She shrank back, distanced herself from him, and whispered: “Go quickly, go quickly…”

    The man ignored her, put his palm on her lower back, and picked her up easily.”The ground is cold.”

    His voice was a little cold, and his eyes no longer showed the slightest hint of solicitude.Yan Zhaozhao had a vague feeling that Xie Ciyan had annoyed her.After realizing that he was angry, she felt even less confident. She lowered her head and stood aside feeling helpless.

    “Xie Ciyan, what are your intentions when you barge into my Heart Cultivation Palace late at night with a sword!” The emperor had already expected Xie Ciyan to come, but what he thought was that Xie Ciyan knelt down in front of him with a miserable look on his face, begging for mercy in front of him.Instead of being like this now, he barged in with a domineering look and a weapon.”Do you want to rebel?”

    When Xie Ciyan heard the words, his brows were frivolous, but his dark eyes were extremely serious, “Exactly.” He didn’t realize that he was saying anything shocking, he just thought it was ordinary gossip and his tone was normal, without any disturbance.”The army that followed this king back from Feng Country has now surrounded the entire palace.”

    The corners of his lips curled up slightly, showing a hint of contempt, “I, my king, want you to give up your throne today.”

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