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Chapter 391 I'm Sorry (3000)

Emperor Zhaode raised his hand and paused as Xianjin spoke: "Come here? What do you mean by come here? You are being held in the cellar, could you possibly be colluding with someone else?"

Emperor Zhaode turned his head in panic and looked around, trying to find some information.

The shadow behind him lowered his head and replied: "Since we were escorted to the cellar, there has been no one else except Aunt Sun who delivers meals and cleans the house all day long."

Emperor Zhaode felt relieved. Aunt Sun was his wet nurse. Even his biological mother might betray him, but Aunt Sun definitely wouldn't - he had always been cautious. This was the case when he was an unappreciated prince born to a seventh-rank beauty, when he was just sixteen years old and traveled day and night between Beijing and Tianjin in order to marry the only daughter of the commander of the Jinzhou guards, and when he was cowardly and tremblingly pushed his arrogant eldest brother into the refugee den.

He is timid and thoughtful. He looks honest and taciturn, but he is down-to-earth and gentle.

It happened to be completely different from his unbridled and noble elder brother.

During the Baiduo Rebellion, more than ten thousand refugees poured into the capital using Jinzhou Prefecture as a breakthrough point. His father-in-law, who was in charge of the Jinzhou Prefecture’s garrison, covered his left chest in pain and died on top of the high tower guarding the city.

Everyone, including his wife, thought that his father-in-law died suddenly after a long war.

Only he knew that a small bottle of thick juice from Aconitum root could make a person lose his breath in just half an hour.

His father-in-law died like a hero - the news of his death almost cleared him of all suspicion of usurping the throne, and all stains of conspiracy between him and his father-in-law, and allowed him to successfully avoid his eldest sister's suspicion and questioning.

On the wall of Tunkou, Emperor Zhaode hid in the shadows, with only half of his right shoulder helplessly exposed to the firelight. He pinched Xianjin's jaw corner with a heavier hand: "Speak clearly! Who is coming! What did you do!"

When she raised her eyes, she met Xian Jin's calm and upward gaze.

For some reason, these eyes made Emperor Zhaode angry.

Just like an elder sister!

damn it!
Unlike my brother, that loser!

Like an elder sister!
Calmly and equally looking down on all the dark crawling insects! ——Yes! The pair of children born to the queen are beautiful and noble, and are expected by everyone and are superior to others. They are born to be dragons and phoenixes flying through the clouds in the sky!
And his biological mother was just a palace maid who lit candles and secretly climbed onto the dragon bed while the late emperor was drunk in the palace!
The appearance of his biological mother was proof of the late emperor's betrayal! She was the dirt that broke the deep love between the late emperor and the empress! And his appearance was the product of a deliberate and dirty plan! She was the best proof of her ambition to climb the ladder of power! She was just a tool for her biological mother to save her life!

Emperor Zhaode did not dare to look directly into those eyes. He hastily avoided them and immediately shouted, "Dig out her eyes! Hang her on the city wall! - Give her some Ma Fei San first! Her last name is Xu, and she is a member of our family after all, don't let her feel too much pain!"

Yes, he crawls in the dark, he is timid, and he is used to hiding behind others to do bad things - first his ambitious father-in-law, and then Mr. Li who was determined to leave his name in the history of love. But he is also a dark crawler with the surname Xu, noble blood, and born into a royal family!

His last name, Xu, was what he was most proud of in his life.

The shadow behind him responded, and just as he took a step forward, he heard a fierce noise coming from not far away.

"Come—attack—come—attack—"

"An enemy is coming——attack——"

Three hundred meters away, smoke was coming out of the beacon tower!
Emperor Zhaode's pupils suddenly dilated and then suddenly contracted. After he came to his senses, he immediately pulled Xianjin over, put his left hand tightly across Xianjin's shoulders, and with his right hand, he pulled out a sharp dagger and pressed it against Xianjin's neck. His back was pressed tightly against the cold stone bricks of the bunker, and he had nowhere to retreat.

"Come--" The attack alarm stopped abruptly, followed by the rumbling sound of horse hooves and the blazing flames!
Emperor Zhaode's eyes were filled with flames burning up to the sky!

The gate of Tunkou has been breached!

The cavalry in black armor stood under the bunker like a dark cloud covering a city!
In the light of the blazing flames, one could clearly see the leader's helmet shining coldly. Under the armor, his eyes were like swords, calm but sharp - his eldest sister had come in person.

Behind the eldest sister were two people, standing on the left and right. One had a broad face and narrow eyes, carrying a long sword on his back, and the other was extremely handsome, holding a bow in his right hand and reins in his left hand, but the horses under him were stepping back and forth, as if he was uneasy.

Emperor Zhaode tried his best to hide himself in the darkness, secretly exerting force with his right hand, causing veins on the back of his hand to bulge.

Xianjin tried his best to lift his chin imperceptibly, trying to reduce the pressure on his air cavity.

The guard who had hurriedly climbed up the bunker gasped, "Oh no! The Qianbing Port dock where we hid has also been surrounded by large ships! The imperial concubines, three princes, and four princesses are all hiding in the bushes and dare not show their heads."

The corners of Emperor Zhaode's mouth twitched involuntarily, and his palms tightened and tightened, as if he was growling: "How did they find this place?"

Xianjin stood on tiptoe with difficulty and twisted his neck: "Scented sachet."

Emperor Zhaode frowned in panic.

"The fluorescent stone in the sachet. Get off the carriage. I'll throw one in the east, south, west, and north directions."

Xianjin tilted his neck, his voice gradually changing: "From the beginning, the Grand Princess... knew it. Otherwise, why do you think it was so easy for you to escape from Chengde Palace?"

Emperor Zhaode suddenly remembered the salty and fishy smell that was like mud and stone left in the sachet!
Emperor Zhaode took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. His mind was filled with fear and his hands involuntarily relaxed a little.

Xianjin took this opportunity to take a deep breath.

"——Brother Xian!"

There were shouts coming from under the bunker.

It was the voice of Princess Bai'an.

"Come and be safe!"

Princess Bai'an spoke in a high-pitched voice, raised her head, revealing a flawless face and a look of contempt: "After such a defeat, why are you still holding Xianjin? Put her down, and let's talk it out - you know, before my father died, he forced us to swear an oath that no one with the surname Xu would kill another with the surname Xu.

"——I won't kill you!" Emperor Zhaode laughed loudly: "You don't kill me! If you don't kill me, there are plenty of people behind you who will kill me! ——That! That Zhongwu Marquis! His eyes are green!"

Xianjin tried hard to breathe and glanced downstairs.

Okay.

Where is the green?

My eyes are a little red, that's true.

Princess Bai'an did not deny what Emperor Zhaode said.

The black horse under him took alternate half steps forward.

Princess Bai'an's voice was still high and loud: "A defeat is like a landslide. One must accept one's fate. If one's skills are not as good as others, then admit it calmly. In the next life, one can be a hero again."

Emperor Zhaode spat viciously, "Resign yourself to fate!? If you had accepted my fate, I wouldn't be where I am today! Resign yourself to fate!? I'm still a worm in the mud! I can't even get a glance from you and the Crown Prince! Resign yourself to fate?! Why don't you accept your fate? Why don't you live your whole life alone in the northern border, but instead rush back to the capital in a hurry after seeing me eat away at the court bit by bit?!"

"To advise others, you must advise yourself! You are used to being high and mighty, so you advise others to accept their fate! Accept their lowliness! Accept their humbleness! Accept that they will never be able to hold their heads up again in their lifetime!"

Emperor Zhaode was so emotional that he couldn't control the strength in his hands.

Xianjin was pressed so hard that he rolled his eyes in a very ungraceful manner.

"Let her go!" Another angry voice sounded from under the bunker.

It's Qiao Hui.

Emperor Zhaode became excited: "Sure! I can let her go!"

Qiao Hui held the bow in one hand and rode forward without orders: "As long as you let her go, we can discuss everything!"

Emperor Zhaode hid in the darkness, the towering fortress protected him well. His voice penetrated the stone wall: "Can you keep your word?"

Someone from the bunker shouted, "Of course it counts!"

Emperor Zhaode laughed out loud: "Okay! Sure!"

Xianjin clearly felt the hand holding her throat pause, as if after hesitating, he finally saw the situation clearly and decided to burn his boats.

Emperor Zhaode said loudly again: "Let my queen and the third and fourth princes board the ship and go out to sea! I can see the whole sea from here! My eldest sister immediately issued an order that after you are a hundred years old, the throne will be passed to my third son Yingluo!"

Xianjin was invisibly stunned.

She thought Emperor Zhaode would ask him to be allowed to evacuate.
"I know you will kill me! Now that things have come to this, I can no longer escape! When I see the ship sailing out to sea, I will kill myself!" Emperor Zhaode laughed and said, "I will also let you have this little girl. This will also fulfill the late emperor's will that 'the Xu family should not kill the Xu family'!"

Princess Bai'an shouted: "Are you serious?!"

Emperor Zhaode shouted: "Really!"

Sometimes after being a creeper for too long, he would occasionally want to be a hero. The third and fourth princes were his only legitimate children, of noble blood. Although he felt sorry for the rest of his children, he could only blame themselves for being born poorly, just like him, they did not crawl out of his wife's belly!
"My arrogant brother did such a ruthless thing as abandoning his concubine and daughter in order to save his own life!"

Emperor Zhaode said in a arrogant tone: "In my life, there must be something I am better than him at!"

Princess Bai'an was silent for a long time.

No one dared to interrupt except for the sound of wind and waves in the night sky.

"Okay!" said Princess Bai'an!

Emperor Zhaode couldn't help but loosen his right arm!
Right now!

Right now!

Between lightning and flint!

A cloud-piercing arrow broke through the sky and ambushed. With a dull "puff" sound, it accurately pierced the part of Emperor Zhaode's right arm and shoulder that was exposed in the firelight!
Emperor Zhaode loosened his right hand due to inertia, and was thrown backwards due to inertia!
The cold light fell quickly!

At this moment, Xianjin suddenly squatted down and completely got rid of the restraints of Emperor Zhaode. Under the firelight as bright as daylight, Xianjin accurately touched the dagger that fell on the ground, quickly grabbed it, stood up, turned around, swung his arms, and raised his hands in one go!
"No no no!"

Emperor Zhaode widened his eyes and covered his throat with both hands in disbelief, but he still couldn't stop the blood from gushing out!

Xianjin's face was sprayed with blood. She took a few deep breaths and said, "The angle forced me to hold the dagger down."

Emperor Zhaode stretched his hands forward with twitching motions.

Xianjin waved his hand away.

"'A man with the surname Xu will not kill another with the surname Xu'——"

Xianjin held the dagger in his hand, his eyes were firm, and his voice was calm: "I'm sorry--"

"My last name is He."