Chapter 849: You still want to frame Gao Yang? As if I would believe you!

Qi Xian wore a solemn expression, his gaze extremely heavy.

Qi Xian's attitude caused Empress Dowager Xiao's expression to shift as well. She temporarily cast aside the previous matter, her expression flickering as she said, "Are you overthinking this?"

Qi Xian shook his head, that ominous premonition growing even more intense. "This Living Yama returned from an assassination attempt, and in broad daylight, he came to this Changle Palace. He intends to coerce you and take revenge."

"That point is reasonable and logical, fitting the Living Yama's nature of never letting a grudge go overnight. But why, after you had already shed your garments and agreed to his coercion, did he merely strike you a few times and then leave in such a hurry?"

As these words rang out, Empress Dowager Xiao also sensed that something was wrong.

Put that way, Gao Yang's behavior was indeed highly contrary to common sense.

"The Living Yama said he had an urgent need to relieve himself and would return at night. Could it be that we are overthinking it?" Xiao Qing frowned, then spoke up.

"Last time, he broke wind over twenty times in front of Minister Xu without needing to relieve himself, yet this time he suddenly does? That possibility is too slim."

The more Qi Xian thought about it, the more wrong it felt. He suddenly said in a high voice, "This scoundrel wouldn't have feigned an urgent need just to go find Wu Zhao, would he?"

"But if he told Wu Zhao everything, why hasn't Wu Zhao made a move yet? And why did the Living Yama have to make this trip? Why did he have you turn your back to him, yet refuse to take the final step..."

At this point.

Xiao Qing and Qi Xian both widened their eyes.

"Oh no, the Hidden Dragon Birthmark!"

Xiao Qing said with an ugly expression, "After giving birth to the Eleventh Imperial Prince back then, I relied on imperial favor. Even when the Late Emperor flipped my tablet, he would extinguish the lights before we went to the mountain of clouds and rain. I have always been careful. Could it be that this Living Yama came for that?"

"He knows about what happened back then, and in reality, he came on behalf of Wu Zhao?"

Qi Xian could no longer restrain himself. He lifted the ornate carpet on the floor, took out a small knife, and carefully pried up a wooden board in the center.

Subsequently, a pitch-black tunnel was revealed, the dark opening emitting a profound light.

"Go!"

"I will rest on the bed and disguise myself as you. Zhilan will cooperate with me. If today passes peacefully and the Living Yama returns tonight, I will hijack him first. We can discuss countermeasures then. Even if the grand plan fails, we can still save our lives!"

"But I fear that Wu Zhao is about to make a move now!"

Qi Xian wore a solemn expression as he spoke to Xiao Qing.

Xiao Qing looked at Qi Xian, her expression filled with reluctance. "Brother Qi!"

But at this moment.

A noisy sound suddenly came from outside the palace, accompanied by Zhilan's voice, which instantly confirmed everything for the two of them.

"Son of a bitch, this Living Yama took advantage of us and then betrayed us!"

"Simply a beast!"

"You must leave quickly. I will stall for time for you. If he dares to scheme against us, even if I die, I will claim he molested you and beat your buttocks until they were swollen, planting a seed of disrespect in the heart of the Da Qian Empress!"

"Also, if you can escape Changancheng, remember to go to Mount Wolong, fifteen miles east of the city, and find a strategist named Chen Ping. You must bring him back to the Qi Kingdom. This man possesses world-shaking talent and can make our Qi Kingdom flourish!"

Qi Xian pulled Xiao Qing over, then placed her into the tunnel, quickly covered the wooden board, and laid the carpet back down.

Tears welled in Xiao Qing's eyes, but she dared not delay.

"Brother Qi, take care!"

Zhilan's voice rang out, and Wu Zhao had even arrived. This must be Gao Yang rebelling, having eaten his fill and now refusing to acknowledge them.

Staying here now would only lead to a dead end.

She dove into the tunnel and crawled forward with difficulty, needing to escape the imperial palace at the fastest speed possible.

Otherwise, if she fell into Gao Yang's hands, she did not know what kind of humiliation she would face!

Qi Xian quickly went to the bed, lowered the gauze curtains, and covered himself with the quilt.

Just at this moment, Pan Anguo kicked open the palace door, and the imperial guards filed in with broadswords in hand, followed by Wu Zhao and Gao Yang walking in with large strides.

"Mother, I heard that an assassin entered the palace and appeared once again near Changle Palace, so I brought people to provide protection."

Wu Zhao's phoenix eyes stared at the bed shrouded by gauze curtains where no figure could be seen. She spoke, her gaze cold and murderous.

Qi Xian dared not make a sound, let alone move.

Gao Yang, however, looked at the bed before him, and coupled with the deathly silence of the Empress Dowager, he realized something was wrong.

He first made a stop gesture to Li Long and Pan Anguo, then suddenly shouted at the bed.

"Archers, aim at the bed and shoot to kill for this official!"

Almost the instant Gao Yang's voice rang out.

Qi Xian suddenly rose, performed a nimble roll, and using the bed as cover, pulled a dagger from his waist.

The movement was done in one go, extremely fluid.

He truly had not expected Gao Yang to be such a beast.

She was, after all, the Empress Dowager of Da Qian, yet he wanted to shoot her to death without a word!

But the next second, he realized he had been tricked.

Because the imagined volley of ten thousand arrows did not arrive.

"Damn it, he bluffed me!"

Qi Xian's eyes widened, and he instantly realized he had been duped.

But Gao Yang stepped back first, then spoke again, "Shoot for this official!!"

Damn it, the Empress Dowager's lover knows martial arts. It's fortunate I didn't touch the Empress Dowager, otherwise, I would have been careless again.

But Gao Yang's gaze swept over and changed slightly, because within his line of sight, there was no sign of the Empress Dowager. If he let the Empress Dowager run, it would undoubtedly be a huge disaster.

Whoosh!

Whoosh, whoosh!

Following Gao Yang's command, the arrows in the guards' hands were suddenly released.

Qi Xian's expression changed, and he roared angrily, "Living Yama, you bastard, not only did you fart to stink me out, but you also coerced my woman, and now you want to pierce my heart with ten thousand arrows!"

"You will meet a bad end sooner or later!"

He performed a roll, reached the window, and jumped out with a fierce leap, wanting to break through the encirclement, but this was destined to be futile.

Since they had decided to act, a net of heaven and earth had already been laid around Changle Palace.

"Try to keep him alive!"

Wu Zhao said coldly.

Soon, Qi Xian was forced into a desperate situation.

His hair was disheveled, and he had numerous wounds on his body, from which blood was trickling. He looked extremely wretched!

He looked at Gao Yang, who was following behind Wu Zhao and Shangguan Wan'er, his teeth nearly ground to dust. But now, surrounded by so many guards, he was destined to be unable to escape this calamity. ===== CHAPTER 851 =====