Spoiler

Three days later, Chu Liyuan's birthday.

A grand and solemn banquet was held in the palace. As the protagonist of the banquet, Chu Liyuan sat on the uppermost throne, casually admiring the performance carefully prepared by the concubines and ministers below.

Yi Xiu leaned against a hidden corner, staring at the dancers below. He remembered clearly that this banquet was also an important turning point in the plot.

King An privately arranged the remnants of the Fuguo Duke's mansion who had been exterminated by Chu Liyuan into the palace, and took the opportunity to assassinate Chu Liyuan at the banquet.

Although there was no danger in the end, Concubine Jiang blocked the sword for Chu Liyuan, which caused the miscarriage of the one-month-old fetus in her womb, and it was even difficult to conceive in the future.

So under guilt, Chu Liyuan directly conferred the title of Concubine Jiang Wanxi, and no longer had any doubts about her.

Yi Xiu glanced at Chu Liyuan, and frowned imperceptibly. Judging from the plot, this banquet was one of the important turning points in the life of the hostess. Once it was destroyed, his mission might fail.

But as Chu Liyuan's hidden guard, he couldn't be indifferent to Chu Liyuan's assassination due to emotion and reason. The hidden guard's duty is to protect the current emperor. If he takes action, it may hinder the plot of the heroine. If he doesn't take action, That's even worse, even if the character is destroyed.

Totally a dilemma!

Yi Xiu couldn't help but look a little ugly.

And the other side.

On the first position on the east side of the main hall, a gentle young man with a clear face and dressed in blue, turned his head slightly and chatted with the prime minister next to him in a low voice.

Occasionally, the line of sight would pass over the Golden Palace inadvertently.

Chu Liyuan lowered his eyes, picked up the wine glass, and took a sip. From the corner of his eyes, he could see the occasional interaction between Jiang Wanxi beside him and Wang An below him.The corners of his lips curled into a very slight arc, like sarcasm, like mockery.

...

Time passed quickly, and several hours had passed since the banquet started.

Yi Xiu yawned lazily, looking casually at the hall.

The banquet started in the afternoon, after such a long time, even the younger officials squinted secretly for a while, not to mention the old ministers, all of them were almost lying on the table and shouting loudly asleep.

The singing and dancing performances have always been wonderful, but unfortunately, few people have the energy to appreciate them.

Even the emperor sitting on the throne rested his head on one hand, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Swish!

Below, a veiled dancer in red danced her sleeves, hovering gracefully in the hall, her figure gradually approaching the throne.

"Heh." Chu Yun'an took a sip of wine, looked at the dancer with a hint of admiration in his eyes, as if he was really attracted by the dancer.

But Jiang Wanxi, who was sitting beside Chu Liyuan, paled slightly. From the corner of her eye, she quietly glanced at Chu Liyuan, who was closing her eyes, and then caressed her flat belly with lowered eyes. Reluctant.

But soon, she took a look in the direction of Chu Yun'an, all the emotions in her eyes dissipated, only decisiveness and resoluteness remained.

"Tsk, what a cruel mother!"

Yi Xiu glanced at Jiang Wanxi contemptuously, his eyes were full of disgust, he hated this kind of woman who could even give up her children or use them as bargaining chips for love.

"System? Are you there?"

Glancing at the dancer below who was about to start, Yi Xiu called out again to the system that had disappeared for several days.

As expected, there is still no sign of the system, and I don't know where it went.

In the main hall, the dancer in red glanced coldly at the emperor whose eyes were still closed above her. The soft sword hidden in her sleeve glowed with a faint green light, which was extremely poisonous at first glance.

Swish!

In the next second, the dancer in red flickered, and in the blink of an eye she approached the emperor unmoved, seemingly unaware of the danger. The soft sword in her hand fell out of her sleeve and stabbed straight at the emperor's heart.

Yi Xiu, who was hiding in the dark, was taken aback, should he go out or not?

"Be careful, Your Majesty!"

When the dancer in red was only three or four meters away from Chu Liyuan, Jiang Wanxi seemed to have just recovered, and rushed towards Chu Liyuan.

clang!

Before the poisoned soft sword pierced Jiang Wanxi according to the hero and heroine's script, a dart was shot out from the shadow and collided with the sword pointing towards the heroine's abdomen.The soft sword deflected instantly, leaving only a white scratch on the case.

Yi Xiu felt as if he saw the hero's eyes sinking instantly and the heroine's expression of disbelief.

Yi Xiu smiled wryly, and looked at his hand bitterly, he was the one who shot the dart just now.

He was actually still hesitating, but who knew that the instinct that Ling Ye had cultivated over the years made the decision for him at this moment.

Reluctantly closing his eyes, Yi Xiu leaned against the cold wall, not bothering to pay attention to the awakened ministers, and Chu Liyuan who opened his eyes at some point and was fighting with the assassin.

He felt that his mission was going to be cold this time, and the system was missing. He didn't want to stay in this unlucky world for the rest of his life.

"Oh~~ dear host, do you miss me? Oh, my host, why is your mission a bit... far from the plot?"

"System?!" Yi Xiu opened his eyes suddenly, with joy in his eyes: "You're back? Why weren't you there before? Where did you go?"

The system's cold voice dragged its long tail and teased: "Oh, my dear host, didn't I say that? It's just a game with my companion. But I didn't expect it. I haven't seen you for three or five days. You miss me so much! By the way, my dear host, what's going on with your mission? It's 30% faster than the original plot."

The system looked at the assassin who was instantly subdued outside, and the pale but unscathed heroine, with some doubts in his eyes.

It clearly told Yi Xiu to pay attention to such an important plot point, so why did something go wrong.

Yi Xiu briefly explained the key points and the system.

Then he asked: "System, the plot has changed, won't it affect my mission?"

After being hit during this period of time, Yi Xiu has realized how many hidden dangers there are in this seemingly simple task.

That villain, Chu Liyuan, is the best interpretation of the word dangerous.

When Yi Xiu thought of Chu Liyuan now, he felt a dull pain in the wound on his waist and abdomen.

...Besides, Yi Xiu stroked the bite marks hidden under the high-necked robe, his face was a little ugly.He tried a lot of medicine, but the bite marks would not go away for ten days or eight days. He was accidentally seen by his colleagues before, and teased him about being bitten by a hot beauty, so enthusiastic.

Yi Xiu really wanted to say something at the time, it was very enthusiastic, so enthusiastic that he wanted to strangle that bastard to death.

"Forget it, the plot line is off. As long as the deviation does not exceed 70%, and your character design does not collapse, then it is considered to have completed the task." The system flipped through the task guide in its hand before confidently adjudicating the task. The standard was forwarded to Yixiu.It is also the first time on the job, and it really has no experience, the system thought to itself, it should go to the boss to gain experience.