The queen is spoiling the king and madly criticizing him for spoiling her

[How insane! It turns out the so-called heavy snow and devastating disaster were all orchestrated by Prince Li. While it did snow heavily in the southwest, it wasn't severe enough to become a disaster. He just wanted his troops to enter the city as refugees.]

Prince Li's cunning was used by the emperor. Fortunately, the emperor set up a porridge stall and took care of the refugees. It turns out that in the end, he was just taking care of the local team members.

[The refugees will sneak in and assassinate the emperor.]

After all, it concerns her life.

Gu Jianchu must remind the Dog Emperor.

Gu Jianchu poured a cup of tea and placed it in front of Xie Ci'an. He cleared his throat and said, "Your Majesty, we are in a desolate mountain area. Do you want to strengthen the defense? After all, the news of your trip has been leaked. I'm afraid someone with ulterior motives will arrange assassins."

"Or they might disguise themselves as refugees or locals and try to do something bad to the emperor."

When those refugees get close to you, it's easy for people to become soft-hearted and let down their guard.

Since she wanted to give a reminder, she had to give a thorough reminder and be careful not to give those people any opportunity to take advantage.

Moreover, Prince Li was trying to prevent the emperor from being soft-hearted towards these refugees.

Xie Ci'an suddenly grasped Gu Jianchu's slender jade fingers with his scorching hot palm, "Don't worry, Queen. I have already arranged the defense."

[Why does the Emperor's words sound a bit overconfident?]

"That's good." Gu Jianchu responded and looked around the carriage.

She still felt that it was a little unreliable and she had to find someone who was suitable for her. If someone was really let in, it would be dangerous.

After a short rest, the carriage started moving again at Xie Ci'an's command.

Tuan Tuan did not get off the carriage and was left in it by Gu Jianchu.

The team set out again but had not walked for long when they suddenly stopped.

[Damn, the assassin really disguised himself as a refugee to block the road.]

As Gu Jianchu's thoughts fell, Cheng Song's voice rang out from outside the carriage, "Your Majesty encountered refugees blocking your carriage. They kept saying how grateful you were for saving their lives and wanted to come over to thank you in person."

Gu Jianchu was in no mood to continue eating. He glanced at the emperor and cautiously suggested, "Your Majesty, we still need to rush to the Cining Temple before dark. If we accept the worship of these refugees, it will delay us. Why not let Cheng Song and the others distribute some dry food to these refugees and let them go?"

Furthermore, the Emperor's face cannot be revealed to the people at will, lest there be danger in the future."

Gu Jianchu has tried his best to persuade him.

She raised her eyes and carefully looked at Xie Ci'an's reaction, but saw that his eyes were cold and there was no emotion on his stern face. He was indeed a superior who did not reveal his emotions.

Just as Gu Jianchu's heart was beating fast, Xie Ci'an's cold voice came over, "Since time has been delayed, let them come and see us. Then, according to the Queen's instructions, have the Imperial City Bureau distribute all our remaining dry food to them."

[Oh my god, isn't this sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth?]

Gu Jianchu wanted to grab her hair, but she finally resisted the urge to do such an indecent action.

But she was emotionally devastated.

Gu Jianchu silently picked up the leftover plates on the table, maybe he could throw them out as weapons when someone came in.

Xie Ci'an saw Gu Jianchu's nervousness and her trembling hands after she sensed the danger in advance. He raised his hand and held Gu Jianchu's hand in his palm, giving him warmth and strength.

The other large palm slowly moved to Gu Jianchu's slender waist, bringing her closer to him and giving her a sense of security.

Outside, Cheng Song opened the car door and sent someone to bring in the refugees who were stopped outside.

Prince Li came out of the carriage at some point, came forward, and looked in the direction of the Emperor and Empress with burning eyes.

There were quite a lot of refugees, at least several hundred of them. They were wearing tattered coarse linen clothes with patches on them. The clothes of several people had holes in them, and air was leaking in.

The leading refugee was a man in his forties, with disheveled hair covered in weeds. His cheeks were smeared with some black paint, and had a blush blown by the wind. He was wearing a pair of straw sandals that were not warm enough.

With such a number of people, even if Xie Ci'an didn't call people over, they could probably force their way in.

The leading refugee kowtowed upon seeing the emperor, "We humble servants thank the emperor for providing us with porridge. If it weren't for your kindness, we would have starved to death on the streets. We are refugees from famine and have no money or valuables on us. We heard from the people that the emperor and empress were in love, so we, the carpenter, have carved a pair of wooden figures for them. We hope the emperor and empress will not despise them."

The man took off the bag he was carrying.

When Gu Jianchu saw this scene, his heart rose to his throat.

I was afraid that what I would pull out of the bag was a sharp blade.

Fortunately, when the bundle was opened, there were two real and lifelike wooden sculptures inside.

If she didn't know that these people were assassins disguised as refugees, she would really like these two wood carvings.

The man glanced at the guard standing beside him. Seeing that he didn't move, he stood up tentatively and moved forward with the wooden sculpture. Just as he approached the carriage, Cheng Song stopped him, saying, "Leave it to our family."

The man handed the thing to Cheng Song consciously. The moment Cheng Song turned around, Gu Jianchu saw with his own eyes that the man took out a shining dagger from his sleeve and stabbed it towards Xie Ci'an.

Gu Jianchu was so frightened that he screamed and shouted, "It's an assassin, Your Majesty, be careful."

Gu Jianchu threw the empty plate he had picked up, but his aim was not good enough and he missed. However, just as the other party rushed onto the carriage, Wen Zhu came out from somewhere and pierced the man's chest with the sword in his hand. The man widened his eyes with an expression of disbelief.

Bright red blood stained his tattered clothes.

Since she came into this world, she had never seen a dead person, let alone a living person dying in front of her. Such a shock made Gu Jianchu tremble all over.

More than a hundred refugees who were kneeling rose up, drew their weapons hidden on their bodies, and ran towards the carriage.

Xie Ci'an covered Gu Jianchu's eyes and held him in his arms.

After the refugees rose up in rebellion, a group of archers suddenly appeared from somewhere and surrounded the entire team. With Wen Zhu's order, the rioting refugees were all shot by arrows.

Soon after, another group of guards arrived from nearby, and in a short while they captured all the rioting refugees.

After Prince Li returned to the palace, Xie Ci'an had already taken precautions and sent secret sentries from the Imperial City Bureau to keep an eye on Prince Li's movements. Sure enough, they saw Prince Li interacting with refugees and Censor Liang.

Xie Ci'an went to Ci'an Temple to worship his ancestors as planned, giving them a chance to take action so that he could make preparations in advance.

Only those who have been thieves for a thousand years have not been able to guard against thieves for a thousand years.