Chapter 443 Hello, hey, hey! I'm the Queen Mother. Who are you?
In the huge palace, it seemed that everyone was immersed in the exquisite dance steps of the Princess from the Western Regions.
Even some ministers who lacked concentration began to look dazed.
The music gradually changed from soft to brisk, and the Western Princess's dance became more and more graceful, with the bells on her wrists swinging non-stop.
Unconsciously, they were getting closer and closer to the little emperor and Shi Li at the top.
Compared to the lustful men around him who were infatuated and confused, the young emperor was still able to keep his composure.
Holding a wine glass in one hand and with a faint smile on his lips, he seemed not to be obsessed with beauty.
But to outsiders, it seemed that the princess from the Western Regions was obviously coming for him.
She attempted to use her beauty to secure a future for herself in the harem of the Xian Dynasty.
Even Shi Li felt so, and when the Princess of the Western Regions approached, a look of gloating and watching the show appeared in his eyes.
After all, Master Su was watching not far away.
The ambitious old tutor is still waiting for her granddaughter to enter the imperial palace, and she would never allow a princess from the Western Regions to come out on top under her nose.
Shi Li was very curious about what Master Su would do.
However, instead of waiting for Master Su's response, he received an unexpected counterattack from the Princess of the Western Regions.
The princess from the Western Regions, who had already danced in front of Zhou Chenghao, had seductive eyes and twisted her soft waist slightly. She passed Zhou Chenghao and danced in front of Shi Li.
Shi Li: ???
Although she likes to look at beautiful women, her orientation is still very normal.
So, my beauty from the Western Regions, do you want to please your future mother-in-law first?
Shi Li felt that the princess probably made the same mistake as the tutor, which was taking things for granted.
She only bears the title of empress dowager and cannot make decisions for the emperor at all, okay?
If you really want to stand out in Zhou Chenghao's harem, you have to rely on yourself, do you understand?
Shi Li was thinking nonsense, but found that the Western Princess's eyes changed instantly.
She was no longer as charming as before, but instead her eyes were narrowed fiercely, and a terrifying murderous intent burst out from her body.
At the same time, with a few movements of his wrist, an extremely sharp dagger stained with a purple-blue poison appeared.
Assassination!
These two words flashed quickly through Shi Li's mind.
The cumbersome clothes and jewelry restricted her movements, and she could see the dagger was about to stab her.
"Queen Mother, be careful!"
In a flash, Zhou Chenghao, who was sitting next to him, rushed over, and it seemed that he was going to block the assassination for Shi Li.
Shi Li: ???
She didn't think that her relationship with Zhou Chenghao was good enough to the point where she would risk her life to save him.
So, what exactly did Zhou Chenghao intend for her?
She didn't understand a million things in her mind, but that didn't stop her from taking action.
After all, she had learned solid free-fighting skills since she was young. Shi Li pulled her skirt and kicked over the table in front of her to block the aggressive Western Princess.
Then, his fingers consciously pulled out the silver bell hairpin on his head and pointed it at the beauty who staggered back after being hit by the table.
Three sharp silver needles flew out from the hairpin and pierced deeply into the neck of the princess from the Western Regions.
The silver needle was coated with a medicinal juice that could paralyze the body, and the princess from the Western Regions staggered and fell to the ground immediately.
The dagger also fell to the ground.
thump—
The sound of the sharp weapon falling to the ground startled everyone around who had no time to react.
Especially Zhou Chenghao.
He wanted to stand in front of Shi Li, but was blocked by the table she kicked away. He staggered back several steps, looking puzzled.
Who said that Empress Dowager Jingshu was a weak girl who couldn't take care of herself?
Judging from the momentum of that kick that flew the table away just now, he was not much worse than the guards in front of his palace, right?
The crisis was resolved, Shi Li slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly realized that there was another person beside him.
I turned my head in confusion and saw a cold and deep face.
She didn't even notice when Qi Changchuan came to her side.
At such a close distance, I didn't notice it at all.
In other words, Qi Changchuan just watched her die without helping her.
is it?
Poor Qi Changchuan was thinking expressionlessly at this moment about how to send troops to the Western Regions to capture the mastermind behind this assassination.
Little did I know that I was misunderstood once again.
With him around, how could she be in any danger?
He just stood aside and didn't take any action because he saw that she had already moved.