This shadow guard, you are enlightened

A few shadow guards escorted Xing Chenmu to the granary. Unfortunately, in order to hide their tracks, someone had to stay behind all the way. Once they found the enemy's traces, they immediately sent a signal. When they finally arrived at the Houshan granary, only the youngest Xing Chenmu was left beside him. Zhuo Ying was alone.

When Zhuo Ying settled down and Xing Chenmu returned to reunite with the other shadow guards, those Guan Weijun also happened to search near the back mountain. The Guan Weijun was the army guarding the imperial city, and it was their duty to protect the crown prince. No one knew who the queen mother was conspiring with, and What method was used to force them to murder the prince with the crime of implicating the nine clans? In short, after a fierce battle, the opponent finally slaughtered almost all the guards with an absolute advantage in numbers.

It was a battle that Zhuo Ying never wanted to recall in his life. The shadow guards fought side by side to fight a bloody path and sent him away from the temple.

Zhuo Yingying didn't dare to delay for a moment, and rushed towards the imperial city on the mountain road. Even though he was very good at lightness kung fu, it took him a whole day and night to reach the imperial city under serious injuries.

The emperor was not willing to believe it at first, until he personally led the Jinwei army and all the shadow guards to the Shangqing Temple to rescue the trapped prince and control a group of people, then he had to realize in grief that this incident was indeed related to the empress dowager. Nothing to do.

But the queen mother is the emperor's birth mother after all, so she can't torture to extract a confession, she can only imprison people in the palace, and who she cooperated with inside and outside to plan this assassination, no matter how Dali Temple interrogates Yu Dang, there is still no clue.

Dragging his wounds all over his body, Zhuo Ying insisted on leading people to find the prince in the temple, but fell ill soon after returning to the palace, and the wound that was not treated in time festered, causing him to continue to have a high fever.

Those who practice martial arts will inevitably have an irreversible impact on their bodies after suffering serious injuries and illnesses, and it will be difficult to return to their peak state afterwards. Zhuo Ying was lying on the hospital bed at that time, knowing in his heart that he was no longer suitable to fight for the position of Shadow Guard Commander, There are regrets, but compared to Xing Chenmu's safety, that regret seems not worth mentioning.

But what he didn't expect was that on the third day after returning to the palace, the emperor led Xing Chenmu who had recovered to Mingying Palace. Apart from many rewards, he even brought an imperial decree.

The imperial decree to seal Zhuoying as the shadow guard's envoy.

According to the rules of Ran Ying Kingdom, the shadow guard leader next to the crown prince was promoted to the commander of the shadow guard after the new emperor ascended the throne.

After the imperial decree was read, Zhuo Ying still stood there with her head down.

"Still accepting the order?" It was Xing Chenmu himself who spoke this time.

Zhuo Ying knew in his heart that the leader of the shadow guards needs to be selected by the crown prince himself, and this imperial decree must be the intention of Xing Chenmu, but he just gritted his teeth hard, raised his still drowsy head and said: "Return to the Holy Lord, return to Your Highness, this imperial decree. ...Subordinates cannot accept it."

"Could it be that you want to disobey the decree?" The emperor snatched the imperial decree and threw it at his feet, angrily said, "Bold! You know that disobeying the imperial decree is a death penalty."

Zhuo Ying kowtowed to the two of them, "This subordinate knows, but this subordinate was seriously injured this time, and he knows that he is no longer qualified for the position of shadow guard leader. Please think twice."

"If I say that if you don't accept the imperial decree, I will immediately order you to be executed, will you still insist on resisting the decree?"

"His Highness's safety is the most important thing. In the battle of Shangqing Temple, many shadow guards sacrificed their lives to protect His Highness's safety. Although his subordinates survived by chance, they are not afraid of death."

From the moment she was chosen as a shadow guard, Zhuo Ying had already understood that this life was no longer her own.

The emperor was silent, and didn't say anything else, but Xing Chenmu who was at the side rarely showed a childish side, and said to the emperor a little complacently: "Father, look, my son is right?"

"Yes, Mu'er has a good eye." The emperor actually smiled a little, and said to Zhuo Ying who was still kneeling on the ground, "Get up, I will not take back this decree, and I will not punish you , as the emperor's confidant, the commander of the shadow guards is far more than simply protecting the emperor. Compared with martial arts, what the commander of the shadow guards needs first is a mind that can calmly analyze the situation at all times, and an absolutely loyal heart. You meet these two points , As for whether you are competent in the end, it is up to Mu'er to decide."

After the emperor finished speaking, he took people away quickly. Xing Chenmu ordered people to lift Zhuo Ying up from the ground, and he picked up the imperial edict by himself, and put it aside together with the brocade box in his hand.

"Your Highness..."

"Zhuo Ying." Xing Chenmu interrupted him, looked at the boy who was four years older than himself and said, "Recover well, don't let me down."

This was the first time Xing Chenmu pronounced his name, Zhuo Ying was a little surprised.

There are many shadow guards in the palace, and the crown prince is never short of guards, especially the shadow guards who only protect the lord in the dark most of the time, and don't show up often. He originally thought that in the eyes of Xing Chenmu, these 100-odd shadow guards were actually none of them. Big difference.

But after being surprised for a short time, Zhuo Ying still said truthfully: "This subordinate's right hand is injured, and it may be difficult to return to the previous state when holding the sword in the future."

Xing Chenmu didn't answer his words, and turned away from the screen before asking: "Do you think that it is because of this accident that I decided to appoint you as the Shadow Guard's envoy?"

Zhuo Ying nodded subconsciously.

"No." Xing Chenmu looked serious, "Although I grew up in the palace, I was not raised as a prince when I was young. The love of my father, mother and elder brother made me fortunate to live a carefree life for a few years. In those days, the shadow guards entered the palace early, so I must know this in my heart, and I have even seen me at that time, so even after that accident, I tried my best to learn to be a good prince, learn to hide my emotions and control my emotions, in the eyes of everyone. I'm still that child who doesn't know much about the world. Over the past few years, only you have truly treated me as a master."

It's not that others have done too badly, but after all, there are so few details beyond etiquette.

Only Zhuo Ying, when guarding, would restrain his movements and breath so as not to disturb him at all; when changing shifts, he would carefully check everything around him to make sure it was safe, and even deliberately lowered his body when reporting something on weekdays, so that he No need to keep your head up and talk all the time.

Zhuo Ying thought of everything for him. He was also a guard, and when Zhuo Ying was by his side, he could always feel at ease.

Xing Chenmu opened the brocade box on the table, took out a half face made by a skilled craftsman, and put it on for Zhuo Ying with his own hands: "The leader in my heart has always been you."

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Zhuo Ying woke up leisurely when the sunset was about to set, the figure in the dream coincided with the man sitting beside the soft couch, he was in a trance for a moment.

Fast forward ten years, and I don't know when it started, his feelings for Xing Chenmu have gradually changed from the initial respect. Those feelings that he knows shouldn't exist but are still uncontrollable and growing, seem to hang over his head. The sharp sword on the ground, if it falls, it will be lost forever.

And the little prince who used to be no higher than his shoulders is now even a little taller than him. From the prince to the emperor, no one knows better than him how much effort Xing Chenmu has put in and how much pressure he has endured these years.

The truth behind the assassination has not yet been revealed. There are rebellious parties in the court, and outside the imperial city, there are people in a country who are still uneasy about the new emperor's enthronement. In the northern border, there are even soldiers from neighboring countries who are ready to fight at any time. .

As the leader of the shadow guards, Zhuo Ying could only relieve him of his worries, so how could he dare to show any affection, which would only increase his troubles.

While thinking about it, the light in the room dimmed a bit.

Without Xing Chenmu's order, Yan Qing and others who were waiting outside did not dare to disturb at will, Zhuo Ying got off the soft couch and lit the lights in the house.

"Awake?" Hearing the movement, Xing Chenmu put down the cinnabar pen, and moved his shoulder blades, which were slightly sore from maintaining a posture for a long time, "The booklet sent by General Zhenbei in eight hundred miles, the Zhenbei Army moved out of Changyu fifty miles to camp, Already making preparations before the battle, Chen Si moved faster than I thought, and it seems that Cangchuan didn't have no idea about the war."

Zhuo Ying persuaded: "General Wei followed Old General Wei to fight against the Cangchuan Army in the early years. He has rich experience. Everyone in Zhenbei is brave and good at fighting. Your Majesty, don't worry too much."

Xing Chenmu shook his head: "I just don't understand what the country and the people are in the eyes of those people? They can do anything for the sake of power, but on second thought, knowing that Chen Si sent people to the northern border might provoke a war, but he didn't What is the difference between me who stopped in advance and these people?"

"How could His Majesty think so? If there is no evidence, if you take someone down hastily, you won't be able to convince the public, and you won't be able to wipe out the chaotic party. I'm afraid it will only bring greater disasters in the future."

"No matter what the reason is, I am ashamed of the soldiers and people in the northern border." Xing Chenmu sighed, but he also knew in his heart that there was no turning back when he opened the bow. This was the opportunity the other party had been waiting for for many years. That being said, it's not a rare opportunity.

He doesn't care much about how the world talks about him, but he can't help but think about what kind of person he is in Zhuo Ying's heart.

"Here is a secret letter. You send someone to Yong'an Prince's Mansion. Tomorrow, at Shen Shi, you will send a team of people to protect Brother Wang into the palace in the dark. Don't make any mistakes." Xing Chenmu took it from the table and was ready. letter, "Let's arrange it now, and when I go out, I will send Yan Qing to come in."

"Yes." Zhuo Ying put on the mask that had been taken off, and quickly left Xuanming Hall after saluting.

Xing Chenmu never directly mentioned the matter of King Yong'an to Zhuo Ying, but the two never deliberately avoided him every time they met, so he knew very well that King Yong'an was not bedridden with poisonous poison during the harem dispute as rumored by the outside world. Sorry.

On the contrary, everything is more like a game set up by King Yong'an to eradicate dissidents and send the only emperor brother who is close to him to the throne. For more than ten years, the other party has been hiding his true strength and silently assisting Xing Chenmu behind his back.

In this whole game of chess, King Yong'an is the most crucial move, and Zhuo Ying has a faint feeling in his heart that this move may finally be made.

It was about the safety of King Yong'an, Zhuo Ying did not dare to ignore it, and personally went back to Mingying Palace to select the shadow guards who would escort Xing Chenxiu into the palace tomorrow.

The author has something to say: So it is a two-way secret love, it depends on when our shadow guards get enlightened and find out that the emperor's favorite person is him