The sacred tree is about to pass, and the cannon fodder's wish countdown is coming

"Take your life!"

A group of assassins broke in through the window, splinters of wood falling to the ground and stirring up a cloud of dust. The leading assassin shouted, fearing that no one had heard him.

Then he rushed towards her and Xie Yue. Seeing the sword getting closer and closer, Lu Shi threw down his chopsticks and lay down on the table.

The sword just grazed Lu Shi's hair crown, cutting off a few strands of hair.

Seeing that the first sword strike failed, the assassin wanted to strike a second time, and the assassins behind him raised their swords and stepped forward.

Xie Yue sat in his seat as calm as ever, staring at the assassin with indifferent eyes, not taking anyone seriously.

Several assassins had ferocious looks on their faces, but before they could dance in front of Xie Yue, they were stabbed in the belly and their throats were blocked by shadow guards who appeared out of nowhere. They fell to the ground without breathing.

The assassins were close, and even though the shadow guard controlled his strength, several drops of blood splattered on the moon-white clothes. The bright red blood stains began to darken after coming into contact with the air, turning into an unsightly dark red.

Seeing such a good set of clothes turned into this, Lu Shi curled his lips in disgust, but fortunately most of the food on the table was still clean.

Lu Shi picked up the chopsticks and put a meatball into his mouth. He took a bite and the soup inside the meatball splashed out, staining the light green of the person opposite him.

Xie Yue looked down at the few drops of soup splashed on his body, glanced at the stunned Lu Shi, and then looked at the trembling servant.

He raised his hand slightly and said, "Your Majesty seems not to be full yet. Go and change the table."

"Yes." The servants breathed a sigh of relief as they were finally able to leave this dangerous place. After a while, they all retreated with the food on the table.

The secret guards also began to skillfully deal with the corpses on the ground and wiped away the blood stains.

Lu Shi finally came to his senses, still not swallowing the meatball in his mouth, "No, many of the dishes are clean and edible! Wouldn't it be a long wait to change to another table?"

Xie Yue's expression was indifferent, but there was a smile in his eyes. "Your Majesty is lucky that he only ate one meatball. If he had taken the others, you would be in great danger today."

With a "bang", the chopsticks in Lu Shi's hand fell on the table. Her tone was full of fear: "You mean, that dish is poisonous?!"

"Why didn't you remind me! If I had picked up other dishes..."

Xie Yue did not feel the slightest bit of discontent towards Lu Shi's accusations. Instead, he was extremely excited. "I just wanted to let Your Majesty know that it is not safe in the palace. Instead, it is wise to stay in the palace."

"Okay, so that's what you were thinking." Lu Shi pinched his waist, stiffened his neck, and raised his chin high. "You don't want me to leave the palace, but I insist on leaving!"

My goodness, in order to prevent her from leaving the palace, Xie Yue actually went to such lengths, assassinating her and poisoning her, showing no mercy at all.

But she didn't understand why he went to so much trouble to prevent her from leaving the palace. If something happened to her outside the palace, wouldn't that be exactly what he wanted?

In this way, he can ascend the throne openly and become the master of his world.

But now it seems that he has some intention of protecting her. So, is it because the time is not right now and he wants to keep her for now?

If this is true, then she must make good use of the time while he still needs her as the puppet emperor.

"Hmph, I will leave the palace to look for you tomorrow."

Xie Yue took a sip of tea calmly, not surprised by Lu Shi's stubborn temper. "Then, Your Majesty, please leave the palace with me tomorrow."

……

Seeing the car carrying the little emperor slowly driving towards the palace, the smile on Xie Yue's face disappeared, leaving only a cold expression.

"Let's go back."

Ruoyun, standing beside him, followed his steps and said, "Your Highness knew that there were assassins coming to assassinate you today, so why didn't you let your subordinates deal with them in advance? Instead, you let them break into the house and disturbed your Highness and His Majesty."

Xie Yue didn't answer. "Prepare for the trip to the manor tomorrow and ensure safety on the way."

Ruoyun was still puzzled. "Why did the prince take His Majesty to the manor? The manor is so important. If His Majesty had any evil intentions, wouldn't all the hard work of the past few months be in vain?"

Xie Yue slowly folded his hands behind his back and stood quietly in the yard. He raised his head slightly, his gaze passing over everything in front of him, casting towards the distant horizon, gazing at the full moon hanging high in the night sky.

The moonlight cast its shadow clearly, but it also made him look even lonelier and more isolated.

There was complete silence all around, not a sound to break the tranquility. A boundless sense of loneliness washed over him like a tide, as if he was the only one left in the world, accompanied by the cold moonlight.

"This is my last chance to give her."

……

Lu Shi returned to the palace by carriage and took out paper and pen, "Xiao Kangzi, grind the ink!"

With ink, Lu Shi wrote out a series of plans on rice paper.

Lu Shi stopped writing and looked at the full page of rice paper with a smile on his face.

She originally thought that the tasks in this world were simple, but the original owner still left a lot of messes for her, and she had to find a way to solve them.

The original owner was a little prince in the cold palace in this world. But the prince was actually a beautiful maiden.

The original owner's biological mother was just a little palace maid. She was beautiful but had no way to support herself. She could only try to reduce her presence. However, she was still favored by the late emperor who coveted her beauty and forcibly took possession of her under the pretext of being drunk.

The original owner's mother was given the title of a concubine and thrown aside by the emperor, who had already tasted the beauty. Two months later, the original owner's mother was found to be pregnant.

The previous emperor had few children. Although there were many concubines in the palace, he only gave birth to three sons and one daughter. Therefore, he attached great importance to this pregnancy.

However, the original owner's biological mother was in low power and had no support from her natal family, so in the end she had to die while her son was left.

In order to give the original owner a certain status in the eyes of the late emperor, the original owner's biological mother lied about giving birth to a prince, and then died.

Originally, this lie would have been easily exposed after the original owner's biological mother passed away, but the prince's identity still bothered some people in the palace.

It happened that the late emperor was ill and suffered a lot while lying in bed, so the original owner was branded as a jinx since birth and was directly thrown into the cold palace by the late emperor to fend for himself.

Fortunately, the nanny who took care of the original owner's biological mother never left her side and managed to raise her. Xiao Kangzi also took good care of him because of the nanny's kindness. He was one of the only two people who knew the original owner's identity as a woman.

Later, the nanny died of illness, leaving only the fourteen-year-old original owner and Xiao Kangzi to depend on each other.

The late emperor was not incompetent, and his achievements were not very obvious, but he lived a long life. Several princes under him fought fiercely for the top position, and in the end they were all defeated. Two died, and one was paralyzed and lay in bed like a vegetable, which was almost the same as death.

When the late emperor was dying, he remembered that there was a prince in the cold palace, so the original owner forced him to ascend the throne and become the emperor.

At this time, Xie Yue had already established himself in the court and was appointed as regent by the late emperor, assisting him together with the left prime minister and other ministers.

The original owner suddenly transformed from an abandoned child in the cold palace into a supreme king, just like a poor beggar who suddenly got a fortune. The first thing he did was to squander it.

The original owner was addicted to this extravagant and luxurious life, enjoying eating, drinking and having fun, and accidentally developed a dissolute character.

At that time, the previous emperor passed away and the new emperor ascended the throne. All the things piled up at once. After Xie Yue and others had dealt with and stabilized the government, they discovered that the original owner had gone astray.