Chapter 23: Emperor Xin's Cruelty, Such a Wedding Night

  He came at her with a sudden burst of speed, and she retreated hastily, not daring to relax. Her feet moved swiftly as the wind, her body flashing like lightning. One hand pressed down on the palace maid's wrist, and there was a crisp "crack" sound, followed by the long sword falling to the ground.

  What a swift movement! The crowd was shocked in their hearts, but unexpectedly Zhang Emperor Xin rushed into the crowd, and in the blink of an eye, he had collected all the weapons!

  The martial arts of these palace maids, if placed among ordinary people, would be considered top-notch. In Zhang Emperor Xin's eyes, however, they were merely decorative and not worth paying attention to. The crown prince pushed the door open and entered the Joy Palace, but before he even touched it, the door swung open automatically!

  A bright light flashed, and a figure descended like mercury, Zhang Emperor Xin's feet moved quickly, but his clothes were also cut off. The person at the door wore a strong suit, holding a pu knife, with a handsome appearance. Seeing him dodge, the woman laughed: "It turns out that the prince's bravery is all used for escaping!"

  Zhang Di Xin gazed at the woman, but his heart was trembling. The woman had a heroic air about her, and with the wooden sword in hand, she exuded an aura of unparalleled heroism. If placed in later generations, she would surely be a legendary heroine like Liang Hongyu or Hua Mulan!

  "What a fine lady!" Zhang Di Xin exclaimed, picking up the long sword on the ground with one foot. The long sword was like the wind, dancing like fire, and extremely agile. The woman saw it with joy, holding up her wooden knife with one hand, and went forward to meet him!

  The mighty sword's momentum is great, its opening and closing already finished. The vast and surging movement is like the water of a great river, continuous and unbroken. The long sword is agile and lively, like a python or dragon, its momentum is like lightning, like a rushing torrent, sharp and unstoppable! Two people engage in battle, amidst flashing silver light, extremely brilliant, all who watch from the four directions are left staring with eyes wide open and mouths agape!

  This person's martial arts skills seem to be above those of General Huang Feihu, truly a rare talent! Zhang Disheng couldn't help but admire him in his heart. As they fought intensely, the woman, after all, was just a young girl, and she wielded a wooden sword; after exchanging blows for a while, her brow furrowed with even more sweat, and her strength began to wane.

  "Be careful, miss!" Zhang Di Xin shouted loudly, bending his body and sweeping his sword horizontally. The woman saw that he was slow to retract, thinking it was a good opportunity, raised her knife and stabbed straight in!

  Haha...... You still don't fall for it. Zhang Di Xin didn't get up, but instead rolled on the ground and with a flick of his hand, he deflected the knife's trajectory.

  The woman saw Zhang Da Xin like this, how could she not be angry, a loud scolding, turned the knife and chopped!

  "Be careful, miss!" Zhang Di Xin shouted earlier, the woman had already suffered a hidden loss, and upon hearing his words, her heart tightened involuntarily, her knife movement hesitated, but it was a step too slow.

  Zhang Di Xin made a swift move to the side and appeared in front of the woman. With a flick of his wrist, he knocked the wooden sword out of her hand: "Miss, you've lost."

  The woman smiled and agreed verbally, but secretly dropped an object into her sleeve. She turned her hand over and pointed it directly at Zhang Emperor Xin's waist.

  Zhang Di Xin was about to get up, but felt a sharp object pressing against his waist. He looked down and saw a silver dagger shining brightly, pointing directly at his abdomen.

  "I'll just make one more move, what do you think will happen?" The woman sneered and said, "Your Highness's divine power is indeed mighty, but in the end, it's still no match for a young lady like me."

  The woman's voice had just fallen when she pushed Zhang Disen away with one punch, her feet didn't stop, and she directly confronted him!

  "This...this is not a wedding chamber, it's simply a martial arena! Zhang Di Xin is suffering miserably, whose daughter is this? This...this is simply a freak!"

  However, Zhang Di Xin did not think that this was not the most bizarre thing, because the most bizarre thing was that Shang Rong Lao Ye Zi had already ordered people to carry several carts of bamboo slips and rush to Xi Gong overnight. Along the way, Lao Cheng Xiang continued to urge: "Hurry up, hurry up! The Crown Prince must be anxiously waiting!"

  Outside the bridal chamber, all the palace maids saw the door closed and retreated early. When Shang Rong arrived, he only heard a faint moan coming from inside the room, and occasionally there were even louder sounds of life being born. His face turned red, just as he was about to order everyone to leave, but then he heard a loud "crack" sound coming from inside the room, followed by a woman's mournful cry!

  "Protect the prince! Hurry and protect the prince!" Shang Rong was suddenly shocked, someone attempted to assassinate the crown prince on his wedding night, this is unbearable. "Quickly! Quickly inform Grand Tutor Wen!"

  The soldiers heard Shang Rong's order and didn't bother to report, they directly broke in!

  The scene before them, however, was shocking to everyone. Inside the bridal chamber, everything was in disarray, all the offerings were smashed to pieces, and even the bridal bed had a huge hole in it. The quilt was bulging at the collapsed spot, and the person underneath pulled down the quilt: "This doesn't count, let's do it again!"

  The woman finished speaking, but saw Zhang Di Xin looking at the door in surprise. She turned her head and saw a group of people standing at the door, holding knives and guns!

  "The Crown Prince pardons the crime, the old minister protects the emperor..." Shang Rong rushed in hastily and saw the scene before him. He didn't finish speaking and was stunned. Zhang Di Xin also didn't expect that everyone would suddenly come in. Even with a thick face, he couldn't help but flush: "Cough, cough! What's going on, old Prime Minister?"

  "Surround the palace, no one is allowed to enter or leave!" As soon as Zhang Emperor Xin's voice fell, he heard the Grand Preceptor shouting outside the palace. A group of soldiers rushed in like a tide, and surged into the palace with a loud shout.

  The woman, though heroic, had never seen such a scene before and immediately lost her composure, hastily hiding behind Zhang Emperor Xin.

  This...this... Zhang Di Xin couldn't help but bitterly smile, the original romantic play didn't even get to be performed, and instead he and the imperial concubine ended up performing a palace struggle, with all the imperial guards watching, this is just too embarrassing, it's embarrassing all the way to the Pacific Ocean!

  "Hmm... everyone... dear subjects, nothing's wrong... you can all withdraw now!" Zhang Emperor Xin saw this scene and couldn't help but feel a headache, so he could only laugh and order the crowd to disperse.

  Wen Zhong put down the inkstone and saw that Zhang Di Xin was unharmed, only then did he feel at ease. Seeing the joyful palace in disarray, his gaze turned to the woman: "You scoundrel! Yan Er, how can you be like this on your wedding night? Don't you quickly apologize!"

  The woman immediately knelt down upon hearing Zhong's words: "Little... little Huang Feiyan knows her mistake!"

  Huang Feiyan? The daughter of Huang Gun, the general of the Ji Paiguan Pass, and the younger sister of Town National Wu Cheng Wang Huang Feihu! The whole family is good at fighting, even giving birth to a daughter is like that. Zhang Disen couldn't help but sigh at the power of genetic inheritance. Indeed, if you're not from the same family, you can't enter the same door!

  "Your Highness! I, your old minister, have not taught her properly. Please punish me!" Upon seeing this, Wen Zhong immediately knelt down on the ground, "Yan'er has followed me since childhood and is well-versed in etiquette. Please don't blame her, Your Highness!"

  "Daddy... it wasn't me, it was him..." Huang Feiyan heard that the Grand Tutor had confessed his guilt, but she was not convinced and was still arguing with a sly expression on her face. Wen Zhong glared at her and hastily said: "My daughter is ignorant, please don't blame her, Your Highness. If there's any fault, I'll take it upon myself. Please spare my daughter's life!"

  Zhang Di Xin was truly at a loss for words, the Huang family's door was filled with tiger-like men, and they were already full of masculine energy. And to make matters worse, they had found a mentor like Wen Zhong, no wonder they were such men!

  "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter! Indeed, the door is a tiger's den!" Zhang Di Xin only wanted to let the audience leave quickly, to eliminate this awkwardness, and could only magnanimously say, "Everyone retreat, it's already late, still need to rest early."

  "Thank you, Crown Prince!" Huang Feiyan immediately stood up upon hearing the praise and said to a nearby person, "This decree bestows the title 'Tiger Girl of the General's Gate' on her, with great heavenly favor. Hurry up and write it down, then send it to the Border Pass!"

  The people below looked at the prince with a terrified face, Zhang Emperor Xian originally intended to shame Huang Feiyan, but unexpectedly this person took it as an honor. As for such a shameless person, he could only shake his head in anger: "What are you still dazed about? The princess's words, aren't you going to follow them?"

  The eunuchs were frightened and hastily retreated, but when they reached the outside of the palace, they couldn't help but hold their bellies in laughter. This prince's wedding celebration was truly unbelievable!

  "Old Chancellor, hear Taishi, please sit down." The crowd dispersed, and Zhang Emperor Xin finally spoke up, Shang Rong and Wen Zhong looked at the palace with no place to fall, and could only give up.

  "Your Highness, the ancestral rites and laws are the foundation of the world. If we change the fundamentals, I fear we will lose the will of heaven." Shang Rong spoke as soon as he opened his mouth, stating his purpose, and beckoned to the crowd to bring up the bamboo slips. "Your Highness, this is the Cheng Tang ritual law, all are good words for governing the world. Please read it, Your Highness, if there's anything unclear, you can ask old ministers."

  Alas! Zhang Di Xin gazed at the bamboo slips being carried into the palace, and couldn't help but furrow his brow. Three huge piles of things, as big as a small mountain - when would he be able to finish reading them all?!

  "Old Chancellor, it's already the third watch, aren't you feeling tired?" Zhang Disheng didn't expect Shang Rong to be so straightforward, and he actually came up with such a move. Not wanting to hurt the Chancellor's feelings, he could only say this.

  As soon as Zhang Di Xin finished speaking, Shang Rong had not spoken yet, but Wen Zhong spoke up: "Your Highness's words are extremely correct. I, your humble minister, am old and somewhat tired, so I will take my leave."

  Wen Zhong didn't wait for Zhang Di Xin to respond, he stood up and left immediately. Unconsciously, he wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand. Fortunately, he had made it out, otherwise, that old man Shang Rong might have said something!

  "Thank you, Prince, for your concern. I'm getting old, but my energy is still sufficient." Merchant waited until Zhong went out the door before speaking up, pointing to a small hill-like bamboo slip: "Etiquette and laws are the foundation of the world, the prosperity of the country depends only on etiquette, the governance of all people lies in the rules of square and round..."

  Next, from 3 am to 9 am (about six hours), Shang Rong's mouth was like a sudden storm, pouring out violently, and like the Yellow River bursting its banks, unstoppable!

  In the past, Zhang Daoling thought that only Tang Monk in the Moonlight Treasure Box would be like this, but he didn't expect Shang Rong to be even better!

  Zhang Disheng only felt that time seemed to have passed for a century, thousands of flies flying randomly around his ears, and the entire worldview collapsed in an instant...

  "Your Majesty, this is the third chapter, and there are six more to go..." Three chapters have already taken several hours, if you listen to them all, it will be unbearable!

  Zhang Di Xin suddenly heard this and his head swelled like a bucket, he hated that at this moment he couldn't rush up and strangle Shang Rong to death. Tonight was supposed to be his wedding night, but it had been ruined by him!

  P.S. I've been studying driving during the day and writing code at night, but my energy is really not enough, so I can only update 3,000 words a day. Please forgive me, dear readers! This humble author is shameless, seeking recommendations and rewards, thank you all for your support!

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