"what--"

Before the woman could get ready, the man had already released the bow and arrow in his hand. The arrow flew straight towards Wan Ning, but then flew away just past her.

The sound of the wind whistling past her ears made Wan Ning feel scared, and she immediately turned sideways and hid in the grass nearby.

"My God, your archery skills are great!" Seeing this, the woman immediately cheered and applauded.

The arrow was meant to hit Wan Ning's leg, hoping to see her crawl over step by step, but he missed. The cheers at this time seemed like a harsh irony, and the man frowned, loosened his arms around the woman, and turned away.

"Master, what's wrong with you?"

"There is no one else available. Why did Prime Minister Du accept such a stupid goddaughter like you?"

The terrified woman immediately changed her expression and knelt on the ground, begging for mercy while kowtowing: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Qingyu said the wrong thing. I beg your Majesty to forgive me!"

The emperor's expression changed again, and he turned around and walked in front of her. He lifted her face with two fingers and looked at her, smiling happily. When a man of his age smiled, his loose skin was pulled and it was very disgusting. Although his body was full of resistance, Liu Qingyu still pretended to be calm and forced a smile to listen.

"I've told you many times, don't call you the emperor in public. Although Prime Minister Du is not a good person, his vision is not wrong. You do look a bit like the empress dowager in the past." At this moment, the old man looked at Qingyu's frightened face and actually showed a nostalgic expression, thinking of the days when they were together in the prince's mansion.

"It is Qingyu's blessing to be somewhat like the Queen Mother, but I dare not compare myself with her. I am just from a small merchant family and I am fortunate to be the Prime Minister's goddaughter." Qingyu begged for mercy quickly.

The emperor understood but was also a little angry. He slowly let go of his hand and stood by the railing, looking down at Wan Ning in the bushes, thinking about how to tease her later. At this time, he turned his back to Qing Yu who was kneeling down and said, "Yes, Prince Qi was still young at that time, and he liked to follow me and call me brother. Now he has become like this and covets the world of Chu. Everything has changed!"

"I heard that you entered the palace for the position of Queen?" The retired emperor asked suddenly without any reason. His tone was no longer friendly as at the beginning, and he was intimidating without even getting angry.

Qingyu had already seen the methods of the retired emperor, and was afraid that those disasters would be used on her. Moreover, the person who had been communicating with her father since she entered the palace suddenly disappeared, and she was very anxious without news of her father. She also begged for a long time before the retired emperor was willing to take her out of the palace. If he was in a good mood, maybe she could see her father again.

"Your Majesty, I dare not presumptuously think so. I have been with Miss Du since I was young, and I have heard her talk about the palace, especially the emperor's demeanor, so I admired her. Later, I realized that the wise and powerful emperor she was talking about was not the current emperor, but you, the Grand Majesty."

"Hahahaha", these few words made the emperor very happy. He stretched out a hand, Qingyu automatically helped him up, and the matter was over.

"Get up, I'll teach you archery again."

Qingyu tactfully bent down, picked up an arrow and handed it to the emperor respectfully, taking the opportunity to express his feelings with his eyes, showing how well-behaved and obedient he was.

The emperor put the arrow on the bow, smiled evilly, and said, "The good show tonight has not yet begun, you have to watch carefully."

After saying that, the arrow in his hand flew towards the bushes, and in the chaos, it hit Wan Ning's sleeve and stuck into the ground. Wan Ning was very angry, and used both hands to pull out the arrow. Knowing that he was in the open and others were in the dark, there was no way to escape. So he tied the arrow to his middle finger and stood it up, shouting loudly: "Damn it, who dares to do things in the gutter? If you have the courage, stand up and let your grandmother take a good look. What kind of education can teach a scum like you!"

After waiting for a minute and seeing no more arrows being shot, Wan Ning took off her coat and threw it away. It was still calm. Only then did she dare to crawl and show her head. Seeing that the two figures, one big and one small, were motionless in the village, she felt relieved. She clapped her hands, stood up, and pretended to be shot in the leg and limped closer.

But even when she got closer, she still couldn't see the man's face because of the weak light. She didn't care about that, she put her hands on her waist and cursed: "Where did you get the little coward upstairs? You are a coward, a rat crawling in the gutter. You only dare to shoot arrows from high up. Come down if you have the guts. I, Le Yan, don't want to die at the hands of an unknown person, why don't you tell me your name quickly."

The emperor put down his bow and arrow, poked his head out to look at Wan Ning, who was clearly isolated but still stubborn, and said sarcastically: "Princess Le Yan? Long time no see, imperial sister!"

After finally hearing his voice and confirming that this was consistent with my guess, I felt a little calmer.

"Royal brother, it's been a long time since we last met. I didn't expect to see you again just after I left the palace. Why is it that you don't like to see people normally?"

The retired emperor was not annoyed at all and seemed to be in a good mood. After all, he had proven to the world that Prince Qi was plotting rebellion, and he was finally freed from the problems that had been bothering him for a long time. How could he not be happy!

But what about Ziheng? He is his only son!

"Could it be that Ziheng is not dead?" Wan Ning guessed in her heart and was eager to ask him for confirmation.

"Royal brother, you seem to be in a good mood recently. The emperor's death has not affected you at all! I also heard that Princess Mengzhu was assassinated in Nanye City, which is bound to threaten the relationship between the two countries. Are you not worried at all?" Wan Ning asked.

“Hahaha, thank you for your worry, my sister!” After saying that, the retired emperor immediately changed his expression and said, “You have been a princess for so long that you have forgotten your own identity. You still think of yourself as a princess! You can fool me with such a little trick. I don’t know why Prince Qi is so stupid, or he thinks I am stupid and can’t see your identity! If you begged for mercy earlier, I might…”

Before she finished speaking, Wan Ning was ready to kneel on the ground and beg for mercy without hesitation, wanting to surrender first and then wait for an opportunity to act. But then she heard the emperor add "I can leave you a whole body", and she immediately stood up again, straightening her back.

You're going to die anyway, so just be tough!

After swallowing her saliva, Wan Ning used provocation again, cursing angrily: "You old thing, aren't you afraid that if you tell others about it, people will laugh at you, and if it is passed down in unofficial history and known to everyone, the Chu Kingdom may be short-lived, but you, a beast in human form, smiling but with a dagger hidden in your heart, and a foolish emperor, will be passed down for thousands of years and known to everyone! If you want to arrest me, just arrest me, why do you have to attack innocent people! I ask you, where did you hide them?"

The emperor didn't say anything more. He raised his hand, picked up the bow and arrow and shot at her. Fortunately, Wan Ning dodged because of her old age and blurred vision.

The emperor standing on a high seat looked down at her and said with a smile: "If you dodge an arrow, I will answer you a question. Let's see whether you live longer or my arrow is faster!"

"Then answer quickly, where are the people you arrested?"

The emperor raised his hand slightly, and the guards who had been standing behind him suddenly came out. The light here was poor, and the guards were wearing night clothes and hiding in the dark, so they couldn't see anyone at all. Qingyu was startled when they walked out. After a while, Liu Qingquan, Tang Xiaoyou, Douzi and grandma were thrown up with their hands, feet and mouths tied.

"Look carefully, do you want to save them?" the emperor said from a high position.

Qingyu, who was standing by, felt the humming sound was familiar and stole glances at it from time to time.

"Why, do you know him?" The emperor noticed her strangeness and turned to ask.

"No, no...I don't know him."

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