On their way here, the group encountered many fake imperial guards. Fortunately, Qi Yue had explored the palace before, so she was quite familiar with the terrain here. Only then were they able to barely dodge the guards and reach the emperor's palace.
The front of the emperor's palace was surrounded tightly. Seeing this, Su Mingyu frowned and asked, "Qi Yue, haven't any of our people gotten in?"
Qi Yue looked at the sky. "At this time, they should still be on their way."
Su Mingyu nodded. "I see. I'll go up later. You all wait here."
With that, Su Mingyu ran over. Sure enough, she was stopped at the entrance of the bedroom.
The guard looked at Su Mingyu and frowned. "Who are you?"
Su Mingyu looked into the palace with a somewhat aggrieved look. "I'm Concubine Su. His Majesty said he'd let me come to grind ink for him today. Why are you blocking me?"
The two guards exchanged a look. Their arrangement was supposed to keep all the concubines in their own bedrooms. How did this woman manage to get out?
Su Mingyu saw the doubt in their eyes, but she didn't care at all. She just forced her way in while shouting, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Why won't you see me? Didn't you say you'd let me come to grind ink today?"
Seeing that Su Mingyu was about to rush in, the guard quickly stepped forward to stop her. But before his hand could touch Su Mingyu, he got slapped by her. "Who do you think you are? How dare you touch this concubine?"
Then, Su Mingyu rolled her eyes. "Let me tell you, right now this concubine is the one His Majesty likes the most in the harem. If you really block me, be careful or I'll have His Majesty exterminate your whole family!"
The last few words from Su Mingyu made the guard have an urge to draw his sword, but another guard beside him quickly stopped him. "Our master has ordered that we're not allowed to act until the signal arrives."
The guard clenched his fists. "You want to see the emperor, right?"
Su Mingyu nodded. "Is there anyone else more worthy to be with His Majesty than me?"
The guard snorted upon hearing this. "Go ahead."
Then he turned around and left, as if he had never been the one blocking Su Mingyu just now.
Su Mingyu pretended not to understand anything and directly came to the door of the emperor's bedroom. Then she pushed the door open without hesitation.
The moment she pushed the door open, a short blade glinting with cold light was placed on Su Mingyu's neck.
Su Mingyu pretended to be nervous as she looked at the short blade and seemed very scared. She looked at the emperor and asked, "Your Majesty... What's going on?"
The emperor was currently tied tightly to a pillar. He was indeed a bit surprised when he saw Su Mingyu come in, but he quickly regained his composure.
Even though he had been captured, the emperor still exuded an irresistible natural kingly aura.
The emperor's tone was calm, and there was not a trace of fear in his voice or eyes. "It's just that someone is cornered and trying to make a last - ditch effort."
Hearing this, Su Mingyu realized that the emperor already knew everything. In that case, things would be easier to handle.
Su Mingyu pursed her lips. "Then what should we do... There are actually people who dare to openly imprison the emperor in the palace. It must be that the imperial guards around haven't done their job well..."
As she spoke, Su Mingyu started to cry. The emperor watched her acting from afar and squinted his eyes. "What are you panicking about!"
"My family sent a message saying they're coming to see me. It's this late and they're probably here by now. But if they enter the palace and see this situation, they'll surely be scared out of their wits." As Su Mingyu spoke, there were tears in her eyes again.
The emperor was a bit confused at first, but after thinking for a while, he understood. If someone else had said this, he might not have understood the meaning. But since it was Su Mingyu who said it, and she was a woman whose courage, wisdom, and power were no less than a man's.
Now that she had come here through so many obstacles and said such words, the meaning was obvious enough, that is, the reinforcements were on their way.
The emperor lowered his eyes and looked at Su Mingyu. He had heard some time ago that she was living in the mansion of his youngest son, the King of Yu. He had even sighed that Su Mingyu was heartless. Now it seemed that she had just been biding her time.
"Let them come. They want me. What does it have to do with your family?" The emperor deliberately spoke coldly, but the meaning in his eyes was quite clear to Su Mingyu.
Just as Su Mingyu was about to say something else, the man holding the knife to her neck snorted and stopped her. "Shut up! Don't you know your own situation?"
Su Mingyu glanced back at the man. There was a dark glint in her cold eyes, which made the man freeze all over, as if he had been targeted by a wild beast.
The man took a step back. Then, feeling that his face was a bit lost, he raised his hand to teach Su Mingyu a lesson, but Su Mingyu was faster.
Su Mingyu swept the man's legs and kicked him down. Before another guard beside the man could react, she snatched the man's knife, quickly cut down the guard, and then threw the bloody knife in her hand to take care of the first man who had rushed forward.
Among the four captors, only one was left in an instant. The man nervously held the blade in his hand and tightly grabbed the emperor's collar but didn't dare to step forward.
Seeing this, Su Mingyu touched her nose and looked at the emperor. "Your Majesty, is your back okay?"
Not understanding why she asked this, the emperor still nodded. "It's still strong."
Su Mingyu raised her eyebrows. "Then..." She hooked her lips and gave the emperor a sly smile. "Now, bend down!"
The emperor immediately lowered his head and bent down. Before the man could react at all, Su Mingyu quickly took him out.
Feeling the restraints on him loosen, the emperor looked at Su Mingyu in surprise. "I didn't expect you to have such skills."
Su Mingyu squinted her eyes. "If I didn't know this, how could I have hunted a bear during the autumn hunt?"
Hearing this, the emperor was speechless for a moment. Then he nodded. "I only knew that the King of Ruixian was extremely skilled in martial arts before. I didn't know that his wife was also so amazing. Your movements are so clean and smooth. You must be an experienced hand, right?"
This old fox was still trying to probe her even at this moment. Su Mingyu spat in her heart but still wore a faint smile on her face. "No, I just practiced a little."
Then Su Mingyu quickly got to the point. "Your Majesty, Mingyu has something to confirm."
The emperor raised his eyebrows and looked at her. "What is it?"
"Gu Ruobai... Was he really exiled to the wild?" Su Mingyu bit her lower lip, looking a bit nervous.