The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1978

Chapter 1978: Chapter 987: Wedding Night (Xinyang vs. Xiao Ji Extra)

At the moment Long Yi seized the Dongyi King’s crown, Xiao Ji also swiftly captured the bride before him, giving a jolt with one arm, making a dagger slide from his sleeve into his palm.

He pressed the dagger against the bride’s throat and moved to Long Yi’s side, standing back to back, remaining vigilant to each other’s blind spots.

The guests present were all flustered, none could understand how a wedding could be mixed with assassins?

The groom was personally chosen by the Saintess and then escorted all the way by the Dongyi King’s personal guards. Who could have predicted he was a traitor!

"Protect the king!"

A Dongyi prince drew his sword and shouted sternly.

Long Yi directly kicked him back into his chair!

Xiao Ji smirked sarcastically, "Dongyi King, it seems you’ve sat on this throne for too long, some people can’t hold back anymore and want to take the chance to let you die at our hands."

The Dongyi King was sixty this year, having inherited the throne for thirty years, indeed the longest-serving king in the history of Dongyi.

Among the guests present were his own brothers, sons, and nephews. To say none of them coveted the throne was something he didn’t believe.

Now he had fallen into the hands of assassins, those people might provoke the assassins under the pretense of saving him, causing the assassin to kill him in a fit of anger, which wasn’t an impossible scenario!

It must be said, Xiao Ji’s manipulation of power and the human heart completely crushed many current civil ministers.

The Dongyi King was old and particularly cautious about his life, not daring to bet against Xiao Ji on whose methods were harder, he suppressed his panic and anger, glancing sideways, and asked, "Who sent you?"

Despite the one holding him hostage being Long Yi, the obvious leader was the groom who had just spoken.

Among the group, several military generals had crossed paths with Xiao Ji, but since he was wearing a veil, they temporarily didn’t recognize him as the Xuanping Marquis who had killed countless Dongyi warriors on the battlefield.

Xiao Ji smiled faintly, "Don’t worry about who sent me, if you want to survive, have someone prepare a carriage and bring Xiao En and Xiao Ze here safely. If they even lose a single hair, I’ll chop off one of your fingers!"

"Xiao Ji?" The Dongyi King recognized Xiao Ji’s voice.

Xiao Ji openly admitted, "Yes, it’s this Marquis, so you should be clear about this Marquis’s methods, I could actually kill you."

The Dongyi King initially still had thoughts of maneuvering with the other party for a bit, but now completely surrendered without a fight.

Xiao Ji had strong backing and even stronger tactics.

When he says kill, he really dares to kill, willing to go down together, no matter the cost.

He looked at his eldest son and said, "Do as he says!"

The Dongyi eldest prince hesitated, "Father..."

Xiao Ji sneered, "Dongyi King, you truly raised a good son."

The Dongyi King’s suspicious nature was stirred up, his gaze turned cold, facing his eldest son he said, "What? Do you intend to rebel! Or are you like your royal uncle, hoping I die at the hands of the Zhan Country people? Thus, you can smoothly inherit the throne!"

The Dongyi eldest prince’s face changed, he had no such intention, he merely wanted to buy time to get poison to tranquilize them.

His loyalty was evident as the sun and moon, but if his father didn’t believe, then his loyalty was worth nothing.

The Dongyi second prince took the opportunity to stir the waters, "Father! Since brother is unwilling! This child will do it!"

Great, internal strife now.

Xiao Ji was happy to sit idly and watch.

Ultimately, who would bring Xiao En and Xiao Ze, he didn’t care, as long as the two brothers were safe that’s enough.

An hour later, Xiao En and Xiao Ze were brought over by a large carriage pulled by six horses.

Xiao Ji pressed the Saintess into the carriage, followed by Long Yi pressing the Dongyi King in as they covered the retreat.

At this time, a Dongyi official said, "Having the Saintess in your hands is enough, let the Dongyi King go!"

Xiao Ji chuckled, "Do you take me for a fool? Isn’t having more hostages useful?"

The crowd was choked, left speechless.

Sure, with the possibility of more hostages, why only take one? Could it be that the carriage couldn’t hold them?

However, there was still an opportunity.

The Xuanping Marquis fell into the Saintess’s trap while saving his son a few days ago, by the time he was rescued, he was in bad shape, although he miraculously survived, he was still seriously injured.

He didn’t have much combat ability.

The expert couldn’t possibly watch over both inside and outside the carriage simultaneously, as long as the driver made a move halfway causing the carriage to topple, the expert could either protect the Xuanping Marquis or the hostage, not both.

At that time, they would have a great chance to rescue the Dongyi King!

With this decision made, everyone exchanged a secret glance, coldly laughing within as they allowed them to leave.

The driver received the signal from the head guard, nodding slightly.

Ten miles ahead, at Xiaoqian Hill, the carriage would topple and an ambush would follow.

Xiao Ji’s group was unfamiliar with Dongyi’s terrain, even if the driver took a long way, they wouldn’t realize it, while Dongyi soldiers went the shortcut to Xiaoqian Hill, having prepared a large number of experts and archers early on.

However, they waited and waited until it was completely dark, yet no carriage came.

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