Emperor Shen's charming wife

"Empress, what's wrong with you?" Chun Xiao asked worriedly when she saw Ning Yao's pale face. Ning Yao shook her head, suppressed the bitterness in her heart, and said nothing. After returning to Fengyi Palace, Ning Yao locked herself in the bedroom, refusing to eat or drink. The words of the Queen Mother kept echoing in her mind, and her heart was full of despair. Could it be that she really wanted to let fate take its course? No, she was unwilling! Ning Yao stood up abruptly, walked to the bronze mirror, looked at the pale and haggard self in the mirror, and her eyes gradually became firm. Shen Yu, since you are so heartless, don't blame me for being cruel! Three days later, Ning Yao wore a plain dress and boarded the carriage to Huguo Temple. Shen Yu was dressed in a dark suit, riding a tall horse, walking at the front of the team, with no expression on his handsome face, as if he had no interest in this trip. Along the way, Ning Yao was silently observing Shen Yu, trying to find a flaw on his cold face, but she was disappointed. Shen Yu remained vigilant and did not give her any chance to take advantage of him. After arriving at the Huguo Temple, Ning Yao and Shen Yu were arranged at the two ends of the temple, under the euphemism of "pure cultivation". In the dead of night, Ning Yao lay on the bed, but she had no sleep. She knew that Shen Yu was not far away from her, but there was an insurmountable gap between them. Suddenly, there was a faint sound of footsteps outside the door, and Ning Yao's heart shuddered. Who was it? She walked to the door lightly and looked out through the crack in the door. She saw a black shadow flashing and heading straight for Shen Yu's room. Could it be an assassin? Ning Yao was startled and rushed out with a pair of scissors without thinking too much. "Shen Yu, be careful!" Ning Yao kicked the door open and saw a man in black holding a sharp blade, stabbing Shen Yu. Shen Yu seemed to be prepared and dodged sideways, but the man in black pursued him relentlessly, with each move deadly. Seeing this, Ning Yao didn't care about being afraid, and raised the scissors to stab the man in black. "Ning Yao!" Shen Yu was shocked and caught Ning Yao and held her in his arms. "Cough cough..." Ning Yao felt a sharp pain in her chest, a sweetness in her throat, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. "How are you?" Shen Yu asked anxiously, his eyes full of worry. Ning Yao shook her head and wanted to speak, but found that she had no strength at all. Shen Yu saw that Ning Yao's face was pale and her breath was weak, and his heart was immediately panicked. He picked up Ning Yao and put her on the bed, then turned around and stared at the man in black with cold eyes, his voice was icy and piercing, "Who are you? Why do you want to kill her?" The man in black sneered, "Blame you for blocking other people's way!" As soon as the voice fell, the man in black attacked Shen Yu again. Shen Yu protected Ning Yao behind him and fought fiercely with the man in black. The room was filled with swords and sabers, but Ning Yao felt her consciousness becoming increasingly blurred. She tried to open her eyes, but she couldn't. In a daze, she seemed to hear Shen Yu calling her name, his voice full of sadness and despair... Shen Yu was furious and left Ning Yao's bedroom with a flick of his sleeves. He had never thought that the woman who kept saying that she loved him would dare to tease him like this. He wanted to see what tricks she was playing! Shen Yu rushed all the way, his heart boiling with anger. He returned to the imperial study, but he couldn't calm down to review the memorials. Ning Yao's provocative eyes and cold tone were like a maggot attached to his bones, lingering in his mind. "Come here!" Shen Yu slammed the table, shaking the memorials on the table to the ground. "Your Majesty, what do you want?" Eunuch Li came over and asked cautiously. "Go, check for me! Find out who Ning Yao has been in contact with recently, and report everything to me, no matter how big or small!" Shen Yu gritted his teeth and said, his eyes full of sinister light. "Yes, Your Majesty." Eunuch Li bowed and responded, but secretly groaned in his heart. This Concubine Ning usually stays at home, who can she contact? Isn't Your Majesty making things difficult for me? It was late at night, but the palace was shrouded in a tense atmosphere. Shen Yu paced back and forth in the imperial study, feeling anxious. He always felt that Ning Yao's transformation was too sudden, as if she had become a different person.

At this moment, a burst of hurried footsteps broke the silence of the night. "Report--" A guard ran into the imperial study in a panic and knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, there is an assassin in the palace... in the palace!"

Shen Yu's face changed, and a cold light flashed in his eyes: "Assassin? Do you know who did it?"

"Your Majesty, the assassins are very skilled in martial arts, and I...I am incompetent and failed to see their faces clearly!" The guard said tremblingly, with cold sweat on his forehead.

"Waste!" Shen Yu shouted angrily, pulling out the long sword hanging on the wall, "Lead the way, I want to see who is the one who dares to trespass into the palace!"

Shen Yu led a team of guards and headed straight for the direction where the assassin appeared. In the night, the flashes of swords and the shouts of killing shook the sky. Shen Yu wielded his sword, and the sword energy was fierce, forcing the man in black to retreat again and again. There was murderous intent in his eyes, and his body exuded a cold murderous aura, as if he was a Shura from hell.

"Protect the Emperor!" The guards fought hard, but the assassins were numerous and all of them had great martial arts skills, so they gradually lost the upper hand. Shen Yu was blood-thirsty, and the long sword in his hand was like a poisonous snake, and every move was deadly. He defeated all the enemies along the way and soon approached the leader of the assassins. The leader was dressed in black, with a veil covering his face, revealing only a pair of sharp eyes. He exchanged several moves with Shen Yu, and was not at all inferior. "Who are you? Why did you trespass into the palace?" Shen Yu asked angrily, with the tip of his sword pointed directly at the man in black.

The man in black didn't answer, but sneered, and swung the long sword in his hand, aiming at Shen Yu's face. Shen Yu dodged sideways and stabbed the man in black's chest with his backhand. The man in black shook his body and avoided Shen Yu's attack, and the two of them fought again. At this moment, a black shadow flashed by and ran straight behind Shen Yu. Shen Yu was shocked, but it was too late to react.

The man in black saw that he had succeeded in his attack, so he turned around and tried to escape into the night. "Want to leave? Have you asked me?" With a cry, a red figure flashed by like lightning and blocked the man in black. "Ning Xue?!" Shen Yu was shocked. How could he forget that Ning Xue had practiced martial arts since she was young and was very skilled.

Ning Xue glanced coldly at Shen Yu, who was lying limp on the ground, with undisguised disgust in her tone, "My sister risked her life to save you, and this is how you protect her?!"

Shen Yu was speechless. He wanted to explain, but found that he didn't even have the strength to open his mouth. The man in black was angry when he saw Cheng Yaojin suddenly appearing. He said to Ning Xue fiercely, "Little girl, don't meddle in other people's business, otherwise, you will be in trouble!" Ning Xue sneered, "You? You are not worthy!" Before she finished speaking, Ning Xue launched a fierce attack on the man in black like a nimble swallow. Her moves were sharp and fierce, and each move was aimed at the man in black's vital points.

The man in black obviously didn't expect Ning Xue to be so skilled in martial arts at such a young age, and was beaten back step by step. Ning Xue pressed on step by step, and her moves became more and more fierce. The man in black gradually felt powerless and thought to himself that it was not good, and he was afraid that he would not be able to escape today.