Duotong looked troubled, which made me even more certain that Xia Yan was not simply escorting me back to the palace. What he really wanted was to capture Yan Xitong and take out the last bodhi seed.
"Queen, please leave this to your subordinates. Your Majesty has a destiny. Your Majesty is pregnant. Too much wind will be bad for the dragon fetus."
I frowned and tightened my fists in my sleeves a little: "Back off."
"Queen, please don't embarrass your subordinates."
Yan Xitong stood beside me, his charming eyes narrowed in a thin arc: "You can go back, I believe Xia Yan knows how to treat guests."
"How dare you, such a young prince, dare to call the king by his first name." Duotong scolded with anger.
Along with his shout, the surrounding archers tightened their bowstrings at the same time, and the air suddenly became stagnant, ready to explode.
I screamed secretly, so I quickly stood in front of Yan Xitong and said to Duotong, "Duotong, can't you hear what I'm saying?"
"Queen, please get out of the way."
Should I give in? Where should I give in? If I really give in, how will I be asked to mess around in the future? I don’t want to make the same mistake a second time.
"This is just a bunch of rats. I have never paid any attention to it. Changting, you go back first." Yan Xitong showed me a child-like sly smile. At this time, he was still smiling so coquettishly. Is there something wrong with him?
?
"I will send you off personally."
"Empress—" Duotong shouted anxiously.
I know what they are worried about. They are worried that Yan Xitong will take the opportunity to hijack me. Sometimes people's wariness can make you laughable. Think about it carefully, if you really want to hijack me, why wait until now?
But I can't tell Duotong what I'm thinking, and I don't know how to explain it to Xia Yan when I go back. In short, just one sentence now, I am barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes. Send Yan Xitong to safety first.
Let’s talk about the place.
"Can't you hear what I'm saying? Or maybe, you don't even see me as a queen in your eyes!"
"My subordinates dare not."
"If you don't dare, then get out of the way." I shouted coldly.
Duotong struggled for a while, and finally silently made a retreat gesture. The people surrounding us suddenly disappeared. If Duotong hadn't been still there, I really thought that what I just saw was just a bunch of phantoms.
"My Majesty, my subordinates who disobey the King's orders will be punished with death. Please think twice and act cautiously, so as not to ruin the King's important affairs." Duotong reminded.
Xia Yan's big deal is to capture Yan Xitong alive.
I closed my eyes in pain. When two people cannot reach the same goal, many unnecessary troubles will arise.
Letting Yan Xitong go today is actually a disguised form of adding a burden to Xia Yan, at least for Xia Yan.
But what can I do? If I really want to distinguish between wrong and right, then all the mistakes should fall on me. I shouldn't be so close to Yan Xitong. I should learn from Pei Yuan, right?
No one is close or alienated. From now on, the life or death of any of them has nothing to do with me.
But the problem is, it's too late.
Under my escort, Yan Xitong walked forward step by step, the moonlight elongating his figure.
"Have you thought about how to explain to Xia Yan when you go back?" Yan Xitong asked expressionlessly.
I was stunned for a moment, as if some dead pigs were not afraid of boiling water: "I will explain to Xia Yan how you explain to Yan Xiaoqing."
