38 Safe and sound (1/2)
”Your Majesty, who would dare to use the emperor's gift?” Eunuch Xie reminded the Emperor in a low voice.
Only then did Shizong realize that all of his people had to offer him things as tribute, who would actually dare to use them? In other words, if he wanted to help this little girl, he would have to rely on someone else? Thinking of this, the Emperor told An Jinxiu, ”If your household doesn't have enough servants. You can go find your father. How can he not care about you?”
These words from the Shi Zongshi were not limited to An Jinxiu and An Yuanzhi. Everyone present was shocked. Was the monarch going to take care of the family matters of a fifth-grade Martial Officer? What was this? A considerate subject?
Did she need to be separated from the king of a country by a curtain to be able to stay at home?
A fast horse came running from the direction of the eastern prison of the justice courts. When the imperial bodyguard came close to the Emperor, he jumped off the horse and whispered a few words in a low voice to Eunuch Xie, who was quickly approaching him.
”Your Majesty, thirty-six people died in the prison. Of those, seven of Wang's nine Death Soldiers died, and two others whose whereabouts are unknown.”
”To the justice courts,” Shizong said.
Eunuch Xie said, ”Your Majesty, they came from the prison cell. Do you want to take a look at this carriage?”
”Take a look,” Shizong said.
After Eunuch Xie received the order, he walked towards the carriage on which An Jin was sitting.
At this moment, An Yuanzhi's clothes were drenched in sweat. He only had one thought left in his mind, and that was that they were finished.
Through the gap in the curtain of the carriage, she could also see that Eunuch Xie was walking towards her. Her breathing slowed down as she realized that this carriage was just an ordinary carriage. There was no hidden compartment or small space. She had no place to hide these two Death Soldiers.
The two Death Soldiers also saw that Eunuch Xie was walking towards them. Their hearts felt like dying, but they felt guilty for implicating their benefactor.
An Jinxiu gritted her teeth and suddenly lifted the curtain. She got off the carriage and gracefully stood up. She raised her head to look at Shizong before kneeling on the ground.
An Yuanzhi saw An Jinxiu kneel down. Although he didn't understand her intention, he also knelt down.
Shizong hurriedly asked, ”What are you doing?”
”When this subject's wife heard that His Majesty was about to go, how could An Jinxiu sit in the carriage and not kneel down to send him off?”
Just now, he had said that he would go to the justice courts in a loud voice, causing the Emperor to laugh. Seeing how An Jinxiu treated him with respect, and looking at him with a smile just now, this little girl did not put on makeup, but still looked like she had a hibiscus on her face, making the Emperor feel much better.