The legitimate daughter was reborn, and the emperor’s little Jiaojiao went crazy.

Under the fierce gaze of Emperor Mingde, a woman walked out from the West Shadow Guard. It was Lian Huai.

The one who came out right after Lian Huai was Wei Xingzhou.

The two looked at each other and knelt on one leg in front of Emperor Mingde, "May our emperor live forever."

Emperor Mingde: “…”

How can I scold people for this?

Suddenly, two more people came out and knelt on the right side of Lian Huai, "May our emperor live forever."

Emperor Mingde was about to speak when he saw that among the remaining people, except for Long Jiang, the leader of the Western Shadow Guard, who was still standing there, the rest had all moved.

Eleven people knelt in front of Emperor Mingde and expressed their loyalty in a sonorous voice, "We wish to protect our emperor's long life."

Emperor Mingde: “…”

Well, I don’t know what to say.

Didn't you say three? Ah, at least... at least.

Long Jiang took a step forward...

Emperor Mingde's eyes widened, "You too?"

Long Jiang immediately took a step back and said, "No, I am your Majesty's subordinate. I want to say that I am willing to protect Your Majesty and wish him a long life."

Emperor Mingde, "..."

Why are you in line for no reason? Aren't you one person in line?

He closed his eyes tightly and said nothing.

If he doesn't speak, Xiyingwei can't leave.

Long Jiang thought about it, then silently took a step forward and knelt on one leg in front of Emperor Mingde.

After an unknown amount of time, Emperor Mingde opened his eyes and asked, "What did your master tell you?"

"My task is to check all the food that the emperor eats."

"My task is to check all the clothes that the emperor will wear."

"Subordinate..."

"The Prince Consort has told me that I have only the Emperor as my master in this life."

"As long as the emperor lives, I live; as long as I die, I will do my best to keep the emperor alive."

Emperor Mingde's heart was filled with tears. It would be a lie to say that he was not moved.

But he thought of the art of incantation.

The art of incantation is to let you see what you want to see. Isn't this what he wants to see?

His subordinates are loyal and will protect him forever. Alas... Emperor Mingde saw that Wei Xingzhou had not spoken, as if he was lost in some kind of contemplation.

He called out the name, "Wei Xingzhou..."

Wei Xingzhou replied, still stuck in the past, "Your Majesty, I was the young leader of the Youying Gang before I entered the palace. There were a total of 141 people in my gang. At that time, I offended the second in command of the Sixing Gang, and the other party threatened to destroy our gang. It was the Prince Consort who brought people to rescue us..."

At this time, an exquisite painted boat tavern with big red lanterns hanging on it was moving slowly on the river.

The air is especially fresh at night after rain.

Since the envoys from various countries arrived in Beijing, the curfew in the northern capital was lifted and the nights became lively.

There was a man and a woman sitting by the window of the pleasure boat.

Most of the men are handsome and most of the women are beautiful.

The man was peeling shrimp for the woman himself, and the woman also took a steamed shrimp and started peeling it.

Her hands were extremely beautiful, and they looked rosy and jade-like against the background of the red lanterns. As she peeled the shrimp, she looked at the man and asked, "Is that so? Do you want to pull out the black shrimp thread on the back?"

The man said, "Yes, leave it there and I'll peel it."

“That won’t work.” The woman was stubborn. She imitated the man’s method to remove the shrimp thread. After peeling it clean, she dipped the shrimp in some soy sauce and fed it into the man’s mouth with her hand.

She tilted her head and waited for him to finish before asking, "Is it delicious?"

The man smiled without saying anything, and dipped the shrimp in his hand in soy sauce and fed it into the woman's mouth.

The woman smiled and said, "It's delicious." After chewing and swallowing, she asked, "So, in the previous life, more than a hundred people in Wei Xingzhou's family were really wiped out by the Sixing Gang?"

The man nodded. "Yes, they were wiped out. Only nine people, young and old, men and women, survived the Youying Gang. Wei Xingzhou was one of them."

"What happened next? Did you take Wei Xingzhou into the military camp?" The woman was already very skilled at peeling and eating shrimps.

A bite of shrimp, a sip of wine, and occasionally clinking glasses, which was hard to imagine in her previous life.

The man looked at her lovingly and shook his head at her question, "If I had taken him into the military camp at that time, the disaster that followed wouldn't have happened."

The woman opened her eyes wide and even forgot to eat the shrimp.

The man did not keep the secret, "Wei Xingzhou was able to cause trouble, so he must have the ability. After his gang was destroyed, he settled the survivors and went to another place. Five years later, he gathered people again and destroyed the Sixing Gang. More than 200 people from the Sixing Gang died at the hands of Wei Xingzhou, including innocent children and the elderly."

Shi Anxia still remembers Wei Xingzhou, a plain-looking man who would go unnoticed even in a crowd, but a good doer who played an important role in Li Qinghui's case.

What she cared about most was this life. "Did you save the Youying Gang first this time, and then send Wei Xingzhou to be a Western Shadow Guard?"

"Yes, I have a ten-year agreement with him." The man stopped, washed his fingers with water, wiped them with a towel, then picked up the chopsticks and put other dishes in her bowl.

……

In the imperial study, Wei Xingzhou replied respectfully, "Your Majesty, I have a ten-year agreement with the Prince Consort. During these ten years, I will enter the palace and join the Western Shadow Guard. My only master is one person, Your Majesty. My mission is to keep a close eye on anyone who gets close to Your Majesty." During these ten years, if Your Majesty... I will not be able to live in this world."

Ten-year agreement! Emperor Mingde looked at Wei Xingzhou.

He deliberately restrained his murderous aura and stood there like an ordinary citizen. He no longer had the aura of a gangster, just like a royal soldier who had been trained since childhood, and finally climbed to the side of the emperor after undergoing layers of tests.

It turned out to be a ten-year agreement between the Prince Consort and this person.

The prince consort has put a lot of thought into him... You know, arranging people to join the Western Shadow Guard is not an easy task, and it is extremely complicated. If you are not familiar with the selection process, it would be impossible to do it.

Emperor Mingde dismissed the Western Shadow Guards, leaving only Wei Xingzhou behind. "Go and see what the Prince Consort is doing. Ask him to come over when he's free."

After Wei Xingzhou left, Emperor Mingde felt that he was crazy again.

If we ask the prince consort's people to go and see what he is doing, can the report they come back be the truth?

An hour later, Wei Xingzhou came back and said that the princess and her husband were drinking in the tavern on the painted boat, eating delicious food and drinking spicy drinks. Later, they ran into Prince Wazhen of the Vina tribe, and they were toasting and celebrating together.

Emperor Mingde was so angry. Taking my daughter out to drink in the middle of the night, what a shame!

Wei Xingzhou said, "Your Majesty, the Prince Consort asked me to bring you a message saying that you have hurt the princess's heart. He is now cleaning up the mess for you and trying to make the princess happy."

Emperor Mingde narrowed his eyes slightly, smelled the smell of alcohol, and asked gloomily, "So you drank some wine as well?"

Wei Xingzhou had drunk so much that his face was not red. He even rinsed his mouth and washed his teeth before coming. "Your Majesty is wise. Do you know all this?"

Emperor Mingde sneered, "What don't I know?"

"The emperor is indeed wise. The prince consort also said that if you want to drink, he has reserved a seat for you."

Emperor Mingde's restless heart suddenly came to life, "Did he really say that?"