The emperor lowered his eyes and looked at Su Mingyu, who had just killed four people without batting an eyelid but now became so nervous because of the news of Gu Ruobai. Suddenly, the emperor smiled and said, "Actually, you already have the answer in your heart."
Su Mingyu was completely confused by what he said. What was the answer in her heart? If she really had one, why would she still ask? This old fox must be deliberately trying to confuse her.
Sighing silently in her heart, Su Mingyu quietly walked to the door and peeked outside. After seeing that those people were not alerted, she let out a sigh of relief. "Your Majesty, it seems that your imperial guards have been replaced. Do you still have any trustworthy people around you now?"
Being asked this question by Su Mingyu, the emperor, who had seemed so confident just now, had a slight change in his expression. "Yes, but they are quite far away."
Seeing this, a bad premonition welled up in Su Mingyu's heart. So she quickly asked, "How far away are they..."
"Probably it will take a whole day to go there and come back." The emperor's expression was not very good either. He never expected that the wolf cub he had raised would actually try to kill the king and seize the throne.
Su Mingyu bit her lower lip and let out a long breath. It was okay. It wasn't extremely far. As long as they could prevent the King of Yu from finding the emperor, they weren't defeated yet.
Su Mingyu squatted on the ground and rummaged around for a while. Then, biting her lip, she said, "Your Majesty, please bear with it and take off your clothes."
"What?" For a moment, the emperor thought he had misheard. His daughter - in - law actually wanted him to take off his clothes?
Seeing his expression, Su Mingyu knew that he must have misunderstood. So she quickly explained, "I don't mean that, Your Majesty. Your clothes are just too eye - catching. Right now, saving our lives is the top priority, so we can't be too conspicuous."
Hearing what Su Mingyu said, the emperor nodded in understanding. Then, without any hesitation, he began to take off his clothes. Su Mingyu also squatted on the ground and started to strip the clothes off one of the corpses.
Just as the emperor finished taking off his outer clothes and was left in his undergarments, he frowned and looked at Su Mingyu, not understanding what she was doing. "What are you doing?"
Finally, Su Mingyu managed to take off the clothes from the corpse. She picked up the bright yellow imperial robe on the ground and put it on the corpse. Only then did the emperor realize that Su Mingyu had been looking for someone with a similar build to his own.
"Do you want to set up a smokescreen?" the emperor asked as he searched the room for a set of low - key, dark purple clothes.
Without looking back, Su Mingyu replied, "Yes. This can buy us some time."
By the time Su Mingyu had finished everything, the emperor had just changed into his new clothes.
Looking at the emperor, who now looked much more low - key, Su Mingyu squinted her eyes. "Your Majesty, this palace belongs to you. I'd like to ask if you know if there are any secret passages in this palace? Some places that are not easy to be discovered, preferably places that no one else but you knows about."
The emperor answered without even thinking, "No."
He answered so quickly that there must be something. But if so, why couldn't he tell her?
Su Mingyu looked at the emperor suspiciously and explained their current situation to him. However, the emperor was still reluctant and flatly refused without any room for negotiation.
Su Mingyu was a bit confused about what this old fox was up to. So she stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, our most important task now is to preserve our strength, so it's extremely important to protect you."
The emperor shook his head. Then, under Su Mingyu's puzzled gaze, he raised his head with a solemn look. "I am the king of a country. Even when facing such a conspiracy of murder and usurpation, I can't hide like a coward in a safe place and watch others fight for me."
Looking at Su Mingyu, the emperor said with a deep meaning in his eyes, "Girl, I can't hide anymore. Otherwise, even if I win this battle, it won't be a glorious victory. How can I convince the court officials in the future?"
Hearing the emperor's words, Su Mingyu was stunned for a moment. Then, a feeling of admiration welled up in her heart. She never expected that although the emperor usually seemed calculating and scheming, at this critical moment, he was very responsible and didn't seem like a vulgar person who was afraid of being overthrown after sitting on the throne for a long time.
Looking at the emperor, Su Mingyu suddenly hooked her lips and smiled. Then, with a bit of helplessness and sweetness, she said, "I used to think that compared with the King of Yu, Gu Ruobai, who was so upright, was more like you. But now it seems that it's still Gu Ruobai."
Then Su Mingyu shrugged. "Your Majesty, do you know? Gu Ruobai once told me that he wanted to protect this prosperous capital city with all the lights on and this country where the people lived and worked in peace and contentment."
As she said this, Su Mingyu's eyes turned a bit red, but she sneered, "Actually, I don't want any power or grand plans at all. To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that Gu Ruobai cherished this place so much before, I wouldn't have stepped in. I don't care at all about what happens to this country."
If an ordinary person said such things, the emperor would definitely be angry. After all, this was the country he had governed, and yet someone said they didn't care about it at all.
However, the person who said this was Su Mingyu, a woman who clearly had the ability to retreat alone but got involved in this dangerous situation because of Gu Ruobai's concern.
Such courage was not something that an ordinary man could have, and even some civil officials in the court might not dare to step forward.
Unconsciously, the emperor began to look at this woman in front of him with new respect.
Just as Su Mingyu was about to say something else, there was a knock on the door.
Su Mingyu walked to the door warily and looked outside. To her surprise, it was Qi Yue.
She quickly let Qi Yue and Xia Mian in. Su Mingyu frowned and said, "Why are you so reckless?"
Qi Yue waved the knife in her hand. "Those people seem very powerful, but for some reason, I think they are all bark and no bite. It's quite easy to deal with them."
Hearing what Qi Yue said, Su Mingyu also thought of herself. Although her martial arts were good, she was still pregnant after all. It was really suspicious that she could easily deal with four big men.
"Have our people come in?" Su Mingyu frowned.
Qi Yue pointed at the people cleaning up the battlefield outside and nodded. "But if we need to station our people in the prince's mansion and here, it seems that we don't have enough people."
Su Mingyu nodded. "Just protect this courtyard. We must ensure that His Majesty won't be hurt. I have something to do and need to leave first."
"Where are you going?" The emperor looked at Su Mingyu, a bit confused. Didn't she come here specifically to protect him from the King of Yu's plot?
Su Mingyu glanced back at the emperor and only left a cold few words. "I'm going to find my friend. She was taken away by the King of Yu. I promised her maid that I would bring her back."