There was chaos in front of Chengtian Palace. The originally festive canonization ceremony was turned into a pot of porridge by a few assassins. Civil and military officials were in chaos. However, because the emperor was here, no one had the courage to take a step first. But the emperor is the emperor after all.
The majesty of the royal family cannot be desecrated, and the short crossbows in the hands of the palace ladies can clearly illustrate this point.
Those assassins just went through the motions and then died, lying on the ground in a mess, their bodies stabbed by sharp arrows like hedgehogs. Sirius's head was tragically cut off by Xu Zizhen.
It's just that Li Luoyan seemed to turn a blind eye to all this, and stared at Xu Zizhen with blank eyes. She had recognized Xu Zizhen for a long time, but she could not recognize him until now. The glistening tears in her eyes were faintly visible, and it took a long time before she smiled sweetly: "Brother Xu is here
, Luoer has never been afraid of anything."
Xu Zizhen's heart felt warm, and just when he was about to speak, Li Meng suddenly rushed over, grabbed Li Luoyan's hand, and shouted excitedly: "Sister!"
Only then did Li Luoyan notice Li Meng's presence. She couldn't help but be startled, and then hugged him overjoyed: "Xiao Meng, why are you here too?"
Li Meng's smile suddenly froze, he laughed twice and turned to look at Xu Zizhen. Xu Zizhen coughed lightly and said, "Well...it's a long story. We were originally here to help assassinate you, hehe."
Li Luoyan was stunned for a moment subconsciously, and then burst into laughter: "Who is so heartless? He actually came to find you two?" She said and looked around, then asked Li Meng, "Xiao Meng, where is dad?"
The smile on Li Meng's face suddenly faded, his eyes turned red, and he whispered: "Dad... is dead."
Li Luoyan was shocked: "How could that happen?"
Xu Zizhen patted her shoulder and said in a deep voice: "It's the same group of people who came back to rob you last time, but the bastard who killed Brother Li also had a hard time. I bumped into him a few days ago and was shot by me.
If I see you again, I will definitely kill him, don’t worry!"
Li Luoyan raised his head in excitement: "Sanjue Hall?"
Xu Zizhen nodded: "Yes! This time I am accompanying Xiaomeng to bury Brother Li, and I will look for an opportunity to get this thing back."
Li Luoyan pondered for a moment, raised his head and was about to speak, when he heard a call not far away: "Luo'er!"
Xu Zizhen looked back, only to see that the civil and military officials had already moved out of the way. The fat emperor of Xixia was walking anxiously towards here, his steps were stumbling and his legs were floating. If there was not a eunuch holding him next to him, he might have tripped at any time.
Fall to the ground.
The emperor came over quickly and grabbed Li Luoyan's hand anxiously: "Luo'er, are you injured?"
When Li Luoyan looked at the emperor, his expression instantly returned to calmness, he shook his head lightly and said, "I'm fine."
The emperor was still worried and looked at her nervously. When he saw that there was no sign of any injury, he felt relieved, let out a long breath and said with a dry smile: "That's good, that's good." After that, he said.
His eyes turned to Xu Zizhen and asked curiously, "Luo'er, who is this person...?"
Li Luoyan still looked indifferent and replied casually: "This is Brother Xu whom I met when I was living in the world."
Xu Zizhen didn't dare to have the same attitude as her. The man in front of him was an emperor after all. Even if he acted, he had to be respectful. He lifted his skirt and knelt down on the ground: "Xu Zizhen pays homage to the emperor. Long live the emperor! Long live the emperor!"
The emperor coughed lightly and raised his right hand: "Without courtesy, please get back on your feet."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Xu Zizhen stood up and glanced at the emperor secretly, but was stunned in his heart.
He had just seen clearly that the emperor burst out with an awe-inspiring aura in an instant, especially the deep "Kill!", the imperial aura was fully revealed, but now it has returned to the time when it just came out, and the whole person looked like a majestic aura.
He was a little sluggish, as if he was a completely different person.
Xu Zizhen was secretly surprised, but his face remained calm. This emperor was definitely not what he saw, because he knew that the man in front of him was Xia Chongzong, a famous emperor in the history of Xixia. He was a man who was very good at seizing opportunities and being very sociable.
Emperor, what's more, he was confident that he had never seen it wrong just now, and that sharp look was still deeply engraved in his heart to this day.
Chongzong looked at him with a smile, but then he was stunned: "You... you are a eunuch?"
Xu Zizhen reacted very quickly and fell to his knees again: "The villain received news that someone was planning to assassinate the princess, so the villain took this desperate step and sneaked into the palace. He just wanted the princess's golden body to be safe. Please, please
Your Majesty, forgive me!"
Just kidding, no matter which dynasty or country you are in, the harem is always a forbidden place, and impersonating an eunuch is definitely a capital offense. How could Xu Zizhen not know this key, so before the emperor could get angry, he quickly spoke out before him.
Chongzong's face darkened, and when he was about to speak, Li Luoyan stepped in front of Xu Zizhen, looked at Chongzong coldly and said, "If you want to punish Brother Xu, then punish me too."
Well, if it weren't for his presence, I would have been in a different place now, so I wouldn't bother you to worry about me anymore."
"Luo'er, you...what do you mean?" A trace of surprise flashed in Chongzong's eyes, but he quickly recovered and said with a forced smile, "When did I say I would punish him?"
Li Luoyan didn't give him any face at all and contradicted him: "Isn't that what you meant?"
Chongzong's face froze: "You..."
Seeing that something was wrong, Xu Zizhen quickly smoothed things over and said in a voice that only Li Luoyan could hear: "Girl, no matter what you say, he is still your biological father. Do you want him to get angry and make me snap if you keep going on like this?"
Don’t you feel bad?”
Li Luoyan was not careful that Xu Zizhen would say such a thing, and his pretty face immediately turned red. He bit his lips and looked at Chongzong and said: "Anyway, Brother Xu is just here to save me. You...if your father doesn't believe it, Luo'er will too."
no way."
Chongzong was about to say anything more, but he suddenly reacted and looked at Li Luoyan with surprise and joy: "You... what did you call me just now?"
Li Luoyan's eyes were a little complicated. She glanced at him, then secretly glanced at Xu Zizhen, and finally said softly: "Father."
Chongzong's face showed an unconcealable surprise. He grabbed the eunuch beside him and asked, "Did you hear? Luo'er called me my father. Luo'er finally called me my father!"
The old eunuch also had a happy face and bowed deeply: "Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
Xu Zizhen was puzzled. This girl just called him father. Why was the emperor so happy? Did she not call him father for so long after returning to Xixia? Do father and daughter have such a big hatred?
At this moment, a shout suddenly came from the distance: "Empress Xiao is here!"
Chongzong's laughter stopped suddenly, and his face suddenly became embarrassed. Soon a group of honor guards came over. First, two red woolen soft umbrellas cleared the way, followed by two neat rows of palace maids and eunuchs holding whisks, in the middle.
A luan drove a large sedan chair, followed closely by a group of well-armored Imperial Guards.
Xu Zizhen saw it so clearly that he suddenly thought, "Is this the queen? Her array is bigger than that of the emperor!"
Not long after, Luan Jia came forward and landed gently. The palace maids on both sides lifted up the curtains of the sedan, and there was a person sitting in the sedan. The phoenix crown and Xia Pei were cold and pretty, and she was obviously the so-called Empress Xiao.
There was an obvious hint of vigilance in Li Luoyan's eyes, staring at Empress Xiao in the sedan chair, while Chongzong's face was a little unsightly, and he actually took the initiative to greet him and said with a dry smile: "Luo'er Grand Ceremony, why are you here now?"
to?"
Empress Xiao replied calmly: "I am feeling a little unwell. I took a short rest just now, but I missed the time. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
Her voice was neither salty nor bland, and there was no hint of asking for "forgiveness." However, Chongzong seemed not to care at all and said with a smile: "It's good if you come, there is nothing wrong with you."
Empress Xiao nodded and said nothing. Just as she was about to step off the sedan, she glanced at the corpses of the assassins on the ground. She suddenly frowned and looked a little disgusted. She stopped and said: "Here
Why is it in such a mess? The emperor didn’t send anyone to clean it up."
Her tone sounded very impatient, but Chongzong actually accepted it and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter."
Li Luoyan couldn't stand it anymore and snorted coldly: "I'm going back to the palace first." After that, he turned around and left without looking at Chongzong again.
Chongzong was stunned for a moment, then said anxiously: "Luo'er, I still want to talk to you, you..."
Li Luoyan said without looking back: "I am also feeling a little unwell." After saying that, he waved to Xu Zizhen and Li Meng and walked away.
Empress Xiao looked at Li Luoyan's fading figure, a chill flashed in her eyes, and said coldly: "I'm going back to the palace first." After saying that, he raised his hand, the Luanjia got up again, turned around and went back.
Chongzong was left frozen in place with an ugly expression.
All civil and military officials looked at each other in silence, but no one was surprised. It seemed that this scene had long been commonplace. Chongzong watched the queen's guard of honor go away, and then turned back to the dragon chariot, still looking listless.
The old eunuch beside him screamed: "Get off and go back to the palace!"
After returning to the palace, Chongzong dismissed everyone. The old eunuch held the door open and came back to stand beside him with his hands down. Chongzong suddenly seemed to be a different person again, his eyes were bright and cold.
Authentic: "How many are today?"
The old eunuch said respectfully: "Back to the emperor, today there are eight."
Chongzong nodded and sneered: "I want to see how many more Xiao Bao she can find." He pondered for a moment and then said, "The two people, one big and one small, next to Luo'er are obviously those
He was found by Sanjuetang, but for some reason he turned against him at the last moment."
The old eunuch thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, there are not many good people in Sanjue Hall anymore, so they randomly find people like this who don't know their background."
The emperor frowned slightly, shook his head and said: "Otherwise, there are so many masters in Sanjue Hall, they shouldn't only have these family backgrounds, I'm afraid they have other agendas." He was silent for a moment, and then said to the old eunuch, "Continue to investigate, but there are