Li Sangruo’s eyes, at this mont, were bright and tender, as if a ray of light had torn a slit in the dark night, and just like that, it fell on Tang Shaogong’s face.
"Shh..."
The sound of people in the distance rose and fell.
Soone had discovered Tang Shaogong’s Attendant and had given chase.
Not until they had lured the pursuers away did Tang Shaogong speak, let alone move.
Li Sangruo didn’t either.
She just leaned in his embrace.
Soaking up the only, and perhaps the last, love and warmth of this life.
"Thank you, Uncle Shaogong."
Tang Shaogong didn’t speak, glanced at her once with lowered eyes, and once the surroundings were calm, he swiftly carried her across the corridor and walked deeper into the night.
Li Sangruo was extrely familiar with this palace.
Tang Shaogong led her towards the eastern Chongguang Gate, which was usually where palace servants hauled nightsoil and wastewater.
The night was deep and silent.
Inside and outside the Chongguang Gate, it was so quiet it seed uninhabited.
Night lamps flickered in the cold wind, like will-o’-the-wisps.
Tang Shaogong didn’t approach but still hid in the shadows.
"Empress Dowager, you need to listen carefully to what I’m about to say, without a single mistake."
Li Sangruo pursed her lips and nodded towards him.
Tang Shaogong said, "Soone will co soon to disguise you as a Palace Attendant and take you out. Don’t ask any questions, just follow him..."
Li Sangruo asked, "What about you?"
Tang Shaogong narrowed his eyes, "I’m not leaving."
He looked at the layered roofs and flying eaves with a chilling coldness.
"Today, either Li Zongxun or I must die."
Li Sangruo’s heart skipped a beat.
Looking at him, she felt as though she had never truly known this man.
To her, Tang Shaogong was shrouded in mystery.
Other than knowing he was Li Zongxun’s close confidant, and that Li Zongxun held him in high regard, she knew nothing else about him.
Therefore, why Tang Shaogong had rescued her from Li Zongxun before, and now risked taking her out of the palace tonight, was sothing very difficult for Li Sangruo to understand.
"I don’t understand. Why would Uncle Shaogong do this? Even if I am Pei Jue’s sister, you don’t need to..."
As she spoke, her pupils dilated with shock, as if she had just realized sothing.
"Could it be that Uncle Shaogong is one of Pei Jue’s n?"
Tang Shaogong lowered his gaze to glance at her.
"Empress Dowager needn’t understand."
He continued, "When you see the Prince of Yonghuai, rember to pass on a ssage from ..."
Li Sangruo’s brows furrowed as she looked at him eagerly.
Tang Shaogong hesitated for a mont before saying, "The wronged souls of the Xie Family Army are watching from the heavens."
Li Sangruo murmured, "The Xie Family Army? Which Xie Family? The Xie Family of Nanqi?"
Tang Shaogong’s expression darkened as he gently set her down on the cold, stone ground, and all of a sudden, he said a few words.
"I’m sorry to have put you through this."
Before Li Sangruo had ti to react, a blaze of firelight approached from the Chongguang Gate at that mont.
A group of Imperial Guards arrived, radiating murderous intent, brandishing iron weapons.
Li Zongxun stood amid the Imperial Guards with an old face that was chillingly cold in the night, reflecting a sinister glint.
"Trying to escape? Not so easy!"
Tang Shaogong looked over.
Bowing his head and averting his gaze, the person standing next to Li Zongxun was his disciple, Qiang Xue...
He was covered in wounds, his face swollen and red, blood still fresh.
It was apparent at a glance that he had been severely tortured.
Tang Shaogong slowly stood up, calmly looking at him.
"Pri Minister, you’ve arrived quite promptly."
Li Zongxun shot him a venomous glance, grinding his teeth, "If I’d been any later, you would have taken her and fled, wouldn’t you?"
"No," Tang Shaogong replied calmly, "I would have waited for you."
"Traitor!"
The firelight illuminated the Chongguang Gate as if it were dayti, revealing Li Zongxun approaching with a frosty face, not sparing Li Sangruo a glance but staring at Tang Shaogong with eyes that seed to spit fire.
"I treated you with profound kindness, promised you great benefits, yet behind my back, you stabbed . Tang Shaogong, what benefits did Pei Jue offer you?"
"No benefits, but a life can be given." Tang Shaogong said coldly as he raised his sword, pointing it at Li Zongxun, and all of a sudden, he reached into his bosom and released a signal arrow.
Whoosh!
The arrow pierced the night sky, soaring towards the heavens.
Li Zongxun’s face changed as he scoffed repeatedly.
"Good, very good. It appears the traitor is not alone. Then today, I will put an end to all of you. Guards!"
He waved his arm, commanding, "Seize them. Regardless of life or death."
With a cold laugh, Tang Shaogong swiftly turned his sword toward Li Sangruo.
"Pri Minister, are you not afraid that I might accidentally kill her?"
Li Sangruo’s face turned pale, her body rigid as she looked at Tang Shaogong incredulously.
Li Zongxun watched over without a change in expression, huffing heavily.
"Do you think I would care?"
Tang Shaogong narrowed his eyes, his face unusually calm.
"If the Empress Dowager died by the hands of the Pri Minister, it wouldn’t be easy to explain to the people..."
Li Zongxun burst into laughter, "Why would it be difficult for to explain? Let alone the Empress Dowager, even if we changed the Emperor, what difference would it make? The common people are too far from the imperial city, they will only know... that the Empress Dowager died at the hands of you, the traitor!"
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