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Chapter 393 Ambush
But when Xie Yuan put his hand on the top of the saber, she suddenly felt that the environment at this moment was a little strangely quiet, as if a pair of eyes were watching her every move in the dark.

This feeling, when she grew up with Shen Liuzhen when she was a child, she didn't notice it at all, and in the end she was forced to be vigilant all the time, and it became more and more sensitive.

Those are eyes that wish you could make a mistake.Like a wolf, tiger and leopard looking for your weakness in the dark, it is always ready to pounce on you and bite you.

Xie Yuan looked at the eunuch holding the sword. He lowered his head and couldn't see any expression. Although the hand holding the sword was trembling slightly, he still maintained such a posture, eagerly hoping that she would take it.

Xie Yuan lowered his eyes, retracted his hand, and said politely:

"Eunuch, let's put it with you first, it is against the rules to bring a sword to the audience after all."

The eunuch holding the sword was a little shocked, straightened up and said, "General Xie, this is His Majesty's imperial decree, why...don't you obey it?"

Xie Yuan smiled, and said humbly: "My father often said that no matter how high the honor bestowed by His Majesty, as a courtier, he should always be respectful and stick to his duty as a courtier. Why should I bring a sword when I meet His Majesty? Let you here."

"General Xie...this..." The little eunuch was anxious and at a loss, holding his sword, and chasing Xie Yuan inside.

The door of the main hall opened, Xie Yuan walked in, and saw the emperor sitting above, still wrapped in filial piety clothes.

Although he was sitting upright, his body was stiff, and there was a sense of tension like sitting on pins and needles.

Xie Yuan frowned unconsciously, looked carefully at the emperor's eyebrows, and saw that he was indeed somewhat similar to Princess Huaizhen, so he took two steps forward, knelt down and said:

"Chen Zhonglang, Xie Yuan, has seen His Majesty."

The little emperor on the seat obviously breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately said: "Please get up quickly, and please get up quickly when you untie your son-in-law."

As soon as the emperor's words fell, the moment Xie Yuan got up, he heard a "clang" sound coming from behind him. He turned around and saw that the eunuch who was holding the sword threw the long sword to Xie Yuan's side, turned around and ran away. .

Xie Yuan, who was getting up, tensed his back suddenly, and when he turned his head, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a figure of a guard with a sword flash past behind the pillars of the main hall, and hid behind the pillars again.

Someone is preparing to siege her.

At this moment, facing danger, Xie Yuan, who was on alert all over, subconsciously wanted to grab the saber for self-defense.

But she still subconsciously and forcefully held back this instinctive desire.Then slowly stood up from the ground.

She glanced at the saber on the ground and asked directly:
"Your Majesty... the eunuch holding the sword said that it was your will to allow me to see him with a sword. The minister felt that it was inappropriate and refused to agree. But just now, he threw the sword beside me. What does it mean? Your Majesty... ...Is this also your will?"

The little emperor on the seat smiled awkwardly, glanced unnaturally at the door of the side hall, and said:
"Jie Consort, this is just, that..."

At this time, a man came out from the side hall, dressed in San Gong's court clothes, with dark and shiny skin, with a gray beard, thin and small, but with an unquestionable momentum, he said loudly:

"The first emperor has a decree, asking His Majesty to directly appoint you as Hussar General, such an unusual appointment, His Majesty is kind enough to test your loyalty, isn't it too much?"

Xie Yuan looked at Ma Guogong's expression that was clearly aimed at her, and pursed his lips tightly, but did not say anything.

No matter how you look at it, the temptation just now was an idea given by Duke Ma to the little emperor.

As long as Xie Yuan dared to meet with his sword, he might have been besieged by the guards in the palace just now and died by the sword.

"...Okay, okay, now it seems that Xie Ma is a first-class loyal minister, so let's go." The little emperor said with a happy smile, looking very happy.

As soon as he finished speaking, the guards hiding in the main hall retreated from the side halls and pillars on both sides, and lined up to pass by both sides of Xie Yuan, and rushed out of the main hall, doing normal guard defense. up.

There are also a few familiar faces among them, who were taught by Xie Yuan when he was the instructor of the Forbidden Army. When passing by Xie Yuan, they squinted and secretly showed a little apologetic expression.

At the end of the line, Ma Shuo, who put his hand on his sword, stared fiercely and unwillingly at Xie Yuan all the way out.

Xie Yuan lowered his eyes, subconsciously afraid, and a layer of cold sweat was already breaking out on his back.

Fortunately... Fortunately, when she was young, she had someone like Shen Liuzhen as her playmate. From time to time, she picked up mistakes and filed complaints, and even made people speechless, resigned to being beaten and punished.

"Jie Yuan accepts the decree..." The little emperor on the seat obviously relaxed a lot, and said in a cheerful voice.

But before his words fell, he heard Ma Guogong turn around and say to His Majesty the Emperor:

"Your Majesty, although this person's loyalty is acceptable, but he is the royal son-in-law, his status is sensitive, and he is young and inexperienced.

General Hussars can command the three armies. It is difficult to convince the public of such an important position for such a young and inexperienced person.

The veteran thought that it would be better to wait until he made some more achievements, and it would not be too late to seal him again. "

"This...Uncle Ma Guo's thoughts are not unreasonable. But...this is after all the last emperor's entrustment before his death, I...zhen..." The little emperor leaned over and looked at Ma Guogong, with an appearance of humbly asking for advice.

Xie Yuan watched this scene from the side, seeing the little emperor's performance, narrowed his eyes, and his eyelids twitched twice.

Shen Liuzhen's conjecture is correct... the new emperor who succeeds is true - "too stupid."

At this moment, a familiar voice came from outside the hall, floating in from outside the hall:
"Your Majesty...Your Majesty, the old minister has something to ask for an audience."

Xie Yuan looked back, if it wasn't her master Shen Qingzhi, who else?

Shen Qingzhi's head was covered with sweat, the moment he raised his foot and stepped over the threshold, he quickly glanced at the situation in the hall, and saw Xie Yuan standing there, with a sword thrown not far behind him.

He was relieved for a moment, then jumped a few times, and then pretended not to know anything, and shouted to the little emperor sitting on the seat:

"Your Majesty... the old minister looked around for you but couldn't find you, so he was with Uncle Ma... Oh, and General Xie, what is this... doing?"

Ma Guogong was an official in the same dynasty as Shen Qingzhi, and looking at him like this, he knew that he had heard the letter and came to rescue the scene, but the news leaked from nowhere.

He immediately sneered, and said: "...How much eyeliner did Shen Guozhu put in the court?...This is too late, isn't it?"

(End of this chapter)