My Peerless Hero Will Come to Save Me Riding on Seven-Colored Auspicious Clouds

Pei Jingzhi froze for a moment.

His whole body stiffened in an instant.

He even thought he had misheard.

What?

Waiting for Ren Tianye?

Ren Tianye had made overall deployments?

Damn it!

Ren Tianye definitely made overall deployments, but it absolutely wasn't to save you, Your Majesty. He is a traitor scheming to usurp the throne. His sole purpose is to hold the emperor hostage to command the nobles.

Once the time is right, he will immediately switch from the role of a powerful minister to that of a founding monarch.

How... how could he possibly come to save you, Your Majesty?

Pei Jingzhi only felt a surge of anger rising fiercely within him. A sudden feeling welled up in his heart that risking his life to save her was not worth it at all.

However, he still tried his best to suppress it.

Just as he was about to advise her again, Tuoba Xiangtai didn't give them another chance.

With a loud "Bang!", the door was violently kicked open.

Holding a sharp, cold blade in one hand, covered in blood, with eyes full of cruelty and madness, Tuoba Xiangtai entered through the door.

A thousand words were meant to gather into a thunderbolt and smash down on Xiao Mingzhao, but at first glance, he saw Pei Jingzhi!

Tuoba Xiangtai knew of Pei Jingzhi.

In fact, when he first entered the capital, he had even caught a glimpse of him from afar, not to mention that he had heard Pei Jingzhi's name too many times from Xiao Mingzhao's mouth these past few days.

He knew this man was the true pillar of the Great Yu dynasty.

Along with the former Duke of Zhenguo, one civil and one martial, they were the two great pillars of the Great Yu Dynasty.

For such a talent, Tuoba Xiangtai had made plans early on. If things went smoothly and his Luan'er could adapt early to be with him forever, he would definitely heavily rely on this capable and world-governing great talent to rule Great Yu and the barbarians.

But right now...

That thunderbolt gathering in his heart instantly became a hundred times more majestic, surging and unstoppable.

—Even Pei Jingzhi had come to save Luan'er. Luan'er was absolutely determined to leave him!

His love and longing over the years had ultimately been given to the wrong person, so wrong!

"Luan'er, you... you really betrayed me!"

"First there was the army strangling my barbarian forces, then Xiangxiang wanted to replace me, and now Pei Jingzhi is trying to save you. Am I... am I really unable to satisfy you?"

"Do you insist on leaving me?"

These words sounded like the struggles and roars of a dying beast, filled with unwillingness and pain.

Yet, in this intense and crazy emotion, he was seeking the last trace of possibility.

Even if this possibility was already in vain.

But... he still didn't give up.

However, Xiao Mingzhao immediately shattered Tuoba Xiangtai's delusions. She shook her head, tears glistening in her eyes: "Xiangtai, I know you feel terrible in your heart, but you are indeed not the right man for me."

"Now, between us, we have laughed, cried, made a fuss, tossed about, and tortured each other. It's time for it to end."

"I won't hold all the past things against you anymore."

"I will treat you barbarians well in the future, but between us, it's time to make a clean break."

"From now on, we are strangers, no longer knowing each other."

Xiao Mingzhao spoke with deep affection, but Pei Jingzhi beside her was stunned again.

No, why say these things to Tuoba Xiangtai?

He has a knife in his hand and martial prowess. He clearly wants to commit murder. At this time, shouldn't you try to steady him first to find a way to escape?

Even if you can't escape, you shouldn't provoke him.

Look at how provoked he is. His face was originally pale and bloodless, his body tottering, but now his face is flushed red, veins bulging on his arms. Isn't this...

Forcing Tuoba Xiangtai to kill us?

Pei Jingzhi's guess was correct. Unfortunately, Xiao Mingzhao fiercely threw another handful of firewood onto the fire.

"Since you already know about Xiangxiang, I won't hide it from you anymore. In the past, I loved you deeply, but you couldn't come to the capital. The nights were long, how could I be alone?"

"I know I shouldn't have looked for Xiangxiang."

"But, I just made a mistake that all women in the world would make."

"From the moment I knew you were coming to the capital, I cut off all contact with Xiangxiang, all just to wait for you. But, you have truly disappointed me too much!"

Saying this, Xiao Mingzhao stood up, slightly adjusted her sleeves, and stood indifferently. The aura of looking down upon the world accumulated from occupying the throne for many years suddenly erupted at this moment.

"Xiangtai, to tell you the truth, right now, I already have a better candidate in my heart. We loved each other once, and I don't want to make it too ugly when we part."

"For now, retreat quickly."

"In the future, go find your good match, and I will find my belonging. Let us... completely forget each other in the martial world, and never interact again until we die!"

Rumble!

Tuoba Xiangtai only felt thunderbolts exploding madly in his head, each louder than the last, shocking his flushed face pale, and then his pale face turned dark red with anger.

"You, you..."

"You have someone else?"

"I waited bitterly for you for so many years, and you actually have so many candidates?"

Tuoba Xiangtai started laughing madly. His laughter was shrill with a touch of insanity, and his face suddenly turned cold and gloomy, yet full of love.

This extremely complex expression made Pei Jingzhi take a step forward with effort, swearing to protect Xiao Mingzhao behind him, because Pei Jingzhi had already sensed that Tuoba Xiangtai had gone mad.

"Hahaha..."

Tuoba Xiangtai's laughter gradually stopped, and his tone softened: "Luan'er, I said it before, I want to be with you in this life. If you don't agree, I will lock you up until the day you fall in love with me."

"If you want to run, I will break your legs and gouge out your eyes."

"If you still want to run, I will die with you."

Pausing, Tuoba Xiangtai stared into Xiao Mingzhao's eyes: "You promised that you wouldn't think about running away anymore. But now, not only do you want to run, you also want to secretly meet with other wild men, so I..."

"I can only die with you!"

Tuoba Xiangtai approached step by step.

But Xiao Mingzhao's face showed no fear at all; instead, she looked completely calm and confident, which made Pei Jingzhi doubt his life.

Wait, so indifferent, could it be that Her Majesty had anticipated this?

Little did he know that in Xiao Mingzhao's heart, she had already guessed that a peerless hero would step on colorful auspicious clouds to save her next.

"The way he rushes in to save me will definitely be very handsome!"

"Show yourself, Ren Tianye!"

Swish!

The blade flashed!

Tuoba Xiangtai's knife hit right in her lower abdomen.

This was only the result of Pei Jingzhi being on full alert and forcefully pushing Xiao Mingzhao at the critical moment. Otherwise, with just this one strike, Xiao Mingzhao would have died on the spot!

When Tuoba Xiangtai's first strike failed to take Xiao Mingzhao's life, the flash of a second strike rose and plunged into Xiao Mingzhao's body without hesitation.

Xiao Mingzhao's expression instantly changed from an imagination of waiting for happiness to descend to a face full of astonishment, and then... her head tilted, and with a "Thud!", she fell to the ground!

"This... how is this different from what I imagined?"

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