C14 Stay in the Palace

Nangong Chu's expression changed slightly. He did not think that Liu Weiliang had not mentioned the wound. His previous guess was probably because of his vile heart.

But now that the empress dowager had discovered the injury, she couldn't hide it anymore. His cold gaze fell on Liu Weiliang, wanting to see how she would respond.

If he answered truthfully, then it would mean that Liu Weiliang had purposely exposed his wound to show weakness in front of the empress dowager and also denounce him! Nangong Chu did not forget what Liu Weiliang said before, that he wanted to be at peace with him. This was a good opportunity!

Liu Weiliang had an ashamed expression on his face as he retracted his hand and lowered his head. "Esteemed Empress Dowager, it's better not to ask …"

Acting! Not bad! Nangong Chu sneered.

The empress dowager was displeased. "How can you not ask!?" Little girl, tell this one the truth. If someone bullies you, this one will stand up for you! "

Liu Weiliang pursed his lips and said embarrassedly: "No one is bullying me, it's me …" I accidentally made it. I wanted to catch a fish for the empress dowager to boil some fish soup for her yesterday! "In the end, my hands and feet were too stupid to catch fish. Instead, they caught their own hands …"

Her Majesty gave a start, then burst out laughing.

"Little girl, you …" Her heart ached as she held Liu WeiLiang's hand, saying amiably, "I'll accept your kind intentions, but don't do anything to hurt yourself for me in the future."

"Yes." Liu Weiliang smiled sweetly. Her well-behaved attitude made the empress dowager's impression of her even better.

Nangong Chu was stunned as he did not expect Liu Weiliang to explain like this. He looked at her with a complicated expression.

"The emperor and queen have arrived!"

The eunuch outside suddenly shouted. Nangong Chu and Liu Jing stood up and prepared to welcome him.

Nangong Chu was expressionless, but Liu Weiliang was a little nervous. She had never seen the emperor before, so she did not know what kind of unexpected event he would encounter.

Liu Xiaolan slowly walked in with a young man on his arm. Everyone hurriedly bowed to him.

The emperor was around the same age as Nangong Chu, his eyebrows flew into his temples, his eyes were white, and he was also a first class handsome man. He nodded faintly, "Third Brother and Third Sister-in-Law, wake up quickly. This son pays his respects to the Queen."

After the complicated greeting ceremony, everyone sat down. Liu Weiliang observed the expressions of Nangong Chu and Liu Weilan but did not discover anything.

Nan Gong Ao laughed: "Today is a bit more relaxed, after hearing about Mother, my appetite has increased a lot and I like to laugh, it is all thanks to Third Sister-in-Law, I have always wanted to thank you in person, today I finally have the chance."

"filial piety to the empress dowager is your humble concubine's duty." In front of the emperor, it was better for her to keep a low profile.

The empress dowager said, "If you really want to thank me, Ao'er, then reward her with an imperial edict that's slightly chilly. Let her enter the palace as she pleases and accompany This Dowager. This Dowager will be happier as well."

"Of course!" Nangong proudly smiled as he immediately issued the imperial edict.

At this point, Jadeite brought a few palace maids to serve tea. The empress dowager smiled and instructed, "Jadeite, go to the icehouse and bring some fruits."

"Yes." Jadeite's expression was a little unnatural as he lowered his head in agreement.

The empress dowager could sense that something was amiss. She frowned as she stared at the jade a few times, then suddenly said, "You're not the jade!"

Just as she finished speaking, Jadeite shouted coldly. Along with the few palace maids, he pulled out a dagger from his waist and stabbed forward!

"Be careful!"

"Ah!

The voices of men and women interweaved, causing the entire hall to be thrown into chaos!

Liu Weiliang was at a loss of what to do. He subconsciously looked at Nangong Chu and saw that he did not hesitate to pounce at Liu Xiaolan!

This idiot! Liu Weiliang cursed under his breath as his mind cleared up. Seeing the empress dowager avoiding her in panic, she quickly rushed over and stood in front of her!

The assassination happened in a split-second. Other than the initial panic, everyone had already calmed down. The imperial guards had already rushed over. With Nangong Ao and Nangong Chu's martial arts, dealing with these people was not a problem.

Nangong Chu also discovered that he had lost control of himself. After protecting Liu Xiaolan, he immediately pulled out his sword and made his move. No one paid attention to him.

The imperial guards were about to arrive, seeing that their plan was about to fail, the female assassin disguised as an emerald coldly said, "Kill the women!"

They already had the determination to die. Since they couldn't kill the Emperor now, it wasn't a loss to kill her woman!

Thus, of the five assassins, four of them changed their direction to Liu Xiaolan!

Nangong Ao and Nangong Chu's faces changed, they sped up their chase!

But no one noticed that another assassin had stabbed at the empress dowager and Liu Weiliang!

"My son!" The empress dowager cried out in fear and tried to hide, but she was tripped and fell to the ground.

"Empress Dowager!" Liu Wei Liang clenched his teeth, grabbed the teapot on the table, and swung it towards the assassin!

The assassin was infuriated. He pushed away the teapot with one hand and thrusted his sword at Liu Weiliang!

Liu Weiliang's body tilted and he was still unable to dodge. The assassin's sword pierced his right shoulder! The assassin's main target was not her, nor did he use his sword. Instead, he continued to pursue the Empress Dowager.

"Help! Help! " Her Majesty shouted.

Liu Weiliang's right shoulder was in great pain, but she couldn't watch helplessly as the empress dowager was killed. Gritting her teeth, she rose to her feet, picked up the knife from the table, stumbled forward, and stabbed the assassin in the heart!

At the same time, the imperial guards rushed over. When Liu Weiliang saw that the empress dowager was unharmed, he heaved a sigh of relief and collapsed.

Faintly, she heard Nangong Chu ask, "Are you okay?"

It was a soft voice, full of tenderness and consideration.

"I'm fine …" She forcefully opened her eyes and saw the empress dowager standing by her side. Nangong Chu and Nangong Ao had both surrounded Liu Xiaolan. It turned out that Liu Xiaolan was injured just now.

It turned out that the greeting was directed at Liu Xiaolan.

Heh, she sneered and fell completely unconscious.

He didn't know how long he had been unconscious, but when he regained consciousness, he found himself lying on a soft and comfortable bed. His wounds had been bandaged and his clothes had been changed.

She tried calling out twice, but no one responded. Instead, it was the clear sound of the voices that drifted into her ears.

It was the voices of Nangong Chu and the empress dowager.

The Empress Dowager's voice sounded extremely displeased. "She must stay here and recuperate before she can return!"

"Muhou!" Nangong Chu said, "She is the Third Marquis' Consort, so she should be resting in the Prince's Mansion. If she is with Imperial Mother, I'm afraid she will fall into gossip."

The empress dowager said angrily, "Who dares to gossip! This girl was injured in order to save me! If it wasn't for her, This Dowager's life would have already been returned to the Yellow Springs. No matter what reward I give her, it wouldn't be excessive, much less being able to recuperate here! "

"It's still not appropriate." Nangong Chu insisted.

The empress dowager laughed coldly, "Chu'er, This Dowager knows what you're thinking. When both she and the empress were injured, this Dowager knew who you were shouting at. It's just that I didn't say it out loud because of your face. For people who do not belong to you, you should not be delusional! "

It turned out the empress dowager had already known this long ago. The corners of Liu Weiliang's mouth curved into a smile. It was worth hurting himself. The empress dowager had already completely leaned towards him.

Nangong Chu was silent for a moment before saying, "This son understands. When she is almost all injured, this son will bring her back."