Chapter 103
On the other side, in the center of the camp.
The old king was sitting on a high platform. When he saw Concubine Xue coming, he waved to her.
"Come quickly, my dear."
"Lord."
After taking a look at the people counting the prey below, the old king smiled, stroked his beard, and took her hand.
"My dear, why don't you guess who will win today?"
Concubine Xue glanced at the audience, her gaze lingering on the Second Prince for a moment, then she retracted her gaze, smiled coquettishly, withdrew her hand, and turned her head to look aside.
"If there is no prize, I won't guess."
"Ha ha!"
The old king laughed, stretched out his hand to hold the beauty in his arms, and gently hooked Xue Fei's chin.
"So what prize would you like, my beloved concubine?"
Xue Fei suppressed her nausea and leaned her head against his chest, listening to the "hehe" sound in her throat as if there was phlegm stuck in it. She felt both nauseous and annoyed.
"I heard that the winner will receive a jade pendant from the king. I want that."
The old king smiled when he heard this.
"Then we need to ask the two brothers whether they are willing to do so."
Xue Fei raised her head and pouted her lips slightly, as if she was acting coquettishly.
"The King has spoken, how dare they disobey?!"
This appearance almost made the old king faint.
"Haha, OK!"
"It depends on my beloved concubine."
Xue Fei frowned slightly, pretending to be thinking.
"The Second Prince always won in previous years, so this year, I will bet on the Second Prince!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the official in charge of the inventory came to report.
"Your Majesty, the Second Prince has more prey than the Fifth Prince."
"I knew the Second Prince would win!"
Xue Fei clenched her fists excitedly.
After she finished shouting, she realized something was wrong and looked towards the king.
"The king has spoken with all his might. The jade pendant is mine now."
"good."
After announcing the victory of the Second Prince, the old king said to Shang Xiaohui.
"Just now, I made a bet with Concubine Xue. She bet that you could win, and the prize was the jade pendant. Second brother, what do you think?"
The second prince glanced at the jade pendant in his hand, then bowed slightly.
"In this case, this jade pendant should naturally be given to Empress Xue Fei."
Xue Fei stood up and walked to the edge of the platform. Just as she was about to take the jade pendant from his hand, something unexpected happened.
"Roar!"
"Ouch!"
All they heard was a tiger roar, and the sound was getting closer and closer.
"ah!"
"Someone come, protect the emperor!"
Two tigers, each two meters long and one meter long in tail, rushed to the entrance of the camp in the blink of an eye.
With a sweep, a guard was swept away.
The scene was in chaos.
Outside the camp, Cheng Shengxuan's expression suddenly changed when he heard the tiger roar.
"how so?"
Chu Yuan was also confused and glanced over there.
"How did the tiger get into the camp?"
"How big of a grudge do you have to bear when you rush forward without caring about your life?"
"Send a signal quickly, cancel the plan, and get your people out first!"
After saying this hurriedly, Cheng Shengxuan quickly ran towards the camp.
Chu Yuan first blew a whistle into the air and chased after him.
"Wait a moment!"
"Put these two on."
After Cheng Shengxuan took it, he looked at him solemnly.
"You should leave quickly, too, so as not to be discovered."
On the other side, most of the guards in the camp were besieging the tiger, with a small number guarding around the platform.
Shang Xiaohui, who was fighting with two tigers with his imperial guards, was suddenly knocked away by one of the tigers. The tiger pounced on its prey, and its huge head was within reach.
He jammed his sword into the tiger's mouth and fought back desperately.
The other tiger slapped his thigh, and its sharp claws dug into his flesh.
Shang Xiaohui cried out in pain and sweated profusely.
Seeing this dangerous scene, Xue Fei couldn't help but scream.
"Second Prince, be careful!"
She hurriedly called out to the guards around her, her voice no longer as gentle and charming as usual, but rather sharp and piercing.
"Why are you still standing there? Go help, save them!"
Seeing this, the old king looked at her deeply.
But before he could think about it, several guards suddenly jumped out, holding swords and rushing straight to the platform.
The chief eunuch swung his whisk and shouted in panic, his voice almost splitting.
"Protect the emperor! Come quickly, protect the emperor!"
Xue Fei was so scared that she quickly ran behind the old king, grabbed his clothes and shrank behind him.
"My Lord, I am afraid."
The old king also tried his best to remain calm.
"Don't be afraid, my dear."
In the chaos, almost no one noticed that several guards quietly retreated.
Under the high platform, Shang Xiaomin saw Shang Xiaohui's thigh injured and then he was helped up by his personal guards, and he felt a pang of regret in his heart.
Why didn't they just break his legs?
What a pity.
He rushed to the platform with his guards.
"Father, be careful!"
He stomped heavily on the steps, used his lightness skills, leaped to the side of the old king, swung the sword in his hand, and forced back the two assassins.
"Father, are you okay?"
The old king held his hand tightly.
"Old Five, I'm glad you're here."
"Don't worry, father. I, your son..."
After hesitating for a moment, he still added Shang Xiaohui.
"Youth and I will definitely protect you and get you out safely."
Shang Xiaohui, who was protected by his personal guards in the middle of the stage, was extremely anxious when he saw this scene of deep love between father and son.
"Father!"
He wanted to rush forward with his sword in hand, but the wound on his leg was too severe and he couldn't move at all.
Looking at Shang Xiaomin who blocked a sword for his father on the high platform, he gritted his teeth and sneered in his heart.
hateful!
Lao Wu is really good at calculating!
"Old Five, are you okay?"
The old king looked at the person lying on the ground nervously and moved.
"Imperial Physician, call the Imperial Physician!"
Shang Xiaomin covered his chest and gave him a weak smile.
"It's just a minor injury. I'm fine. As long as my father is well, I'll be relieved."
At this time, all the assassins have been controlled.
The old king pointed at those people and roared, his tone full of murderous intent.
"Take these thieves away and torture them severely. I want to see who is so bold!"
Hearing this, Shang Xiaomin silently clenched his fists and glanced at the assassins with a sharp look.
The seven assassins looked at each other and crushed the poison packet hidden between their teeth. After just a few breaths, they fell to the ground and died with foam at the mouth.
Seeing this, the old king pointed at the guards and cursed.
"A bunch of useless things, several people can't keep an eye on them!"
At this moment, the tiger in the audience suddenly went crazy for some reason and rushed onto the stage as if he was risking his life.
"Ouch—"
Two tigers, one on the left and one on the right, pounced straight at the old king.
To be precise, it was the Snow Queen who pounced on him.
"Ah—help!"
Concubine Xue was so frightened that she lost her mind and pushed the king out in panic.
Seeing this scene, everyone present was furious.
"Lord, be careful!"
"Father!"
Brothers Shang Xiaomin and Shang Xiaohui both covered their wounds and ran over there with difficulty.
Only they themselves know how much of this worry is true and how much is false.
But it was too late.
Looking at the huge tiger head in front of him, and the bloody mouth with sharp fangs, the old king seemed to be able to smell the stench from the tiger's mouth, and his body froze with fear.
Just when everyone was thinking that the king was about to die and be buried.
At the critical moment, two short arrows hit the ears of the two tigers.
The tiger felt pain and changed its target.
They turned and aimed at the people who hurt them.
Cheng Shengxuan, wearing a mask, held up the little tiger in his hand and shook it at them.
He looked at Shang Xiaomin deeply, with anger in his eyes.
He could indeed just ignore it, but if he allowed the two tigers to cause trouble here, more people would definitely get hurt, and in the end the three tigers, the two big and one small, would die.
He quickly climbed onto his horse and carefully escorted the tiger cub out of the camp.
The two tigers roared and chased him closely.
Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief as if they had been pardoned.
Concubine Xue threw herself at the old king's legs.
"Lord, I didn't mean it. I was just too scared."
The old king kicked her away.
"Someone come!"
"Send down the decree, strip her of her title of Snow Consort, and sentence her to death immediately!"
"No, please spare my life, my Lord!"
After Concubine Xue was pulled away, the old king who had escaped death could no longer hold on. He rolled his eyes and fainted.
"Lord!"
The camp fell into chaos again.
Shang Xiaomin stared closely at the direction Cheng Shengxuan left.
Why didn't the people he arranged show up?
And the sleeve arrow.
If I saw correctly, he shot the second arrow without any pause.
Why had Cheng Shengxuan never mentioned this novel hidden weapon that could fire continuously to him?