The quick travel journey of the cold heroine

Chapter 177 The Princess Who Struggled to Protect Herself (31)

Shui Zhizi's gaze involuntarily fell on the female general who had been looking at her.

Because ever since Shui Zhizi appeared, the female general had been looking at her.

There was envy, curiosity, and a hint of guilt in his eyes.

She looked at Shui Zhizi so often that it was hard for Shui Zhizi not to notice her.

So Shui Zhizi quickly guessed that this was the woman who had always been following Xin Zhuyin.

Master Xin Zhu's words made the woman blush, especially when she realized that Shui Zhizi was looking at her, the woman felt even more ashamed.

But Shui Zhizi still had a decent smile on her face.

"Oh, really? Then I have no reason to let the king's blood flow out into the open. I wonder who the king's childhood sweetheart is?"

"I don't have any children." The woman stood up suddenly and spoke incoherently.

Shui Zhizi's smile remained unchanged. She said calmly, "So you are the king's childhood sweetheart. You look like a woman who is as capable as any man. Then make her his concubine. How about Consort Mei?"

Shui Zhizi looked at Xin Zhuyin beside her with a smile.

Shui Zhizi was clearly smiling, but Xin Zhuyin could see a warning in Shui Zhizi's eyes.

Of course, Xin Zhuyin was just overthinking because he felt guilty.

Xin Zhuyin, who had been sitting next to Shui Zhizi, could no longer sit still.

But today, most people in the court were happy that the fruits and vegetables of Water Gardenia could impress Yan State.

Shui Zhizi just said that her people have already developed crops with higher yields.

Everyone was grateful to Shui Zhizi. If he stood up and spoke for another woman at this moment, people in the court would definitely have opinions about him.

The most important thing is that Yan Guo wants not only fruits and vegetables, but also the cultivation technology of water gardenia, and this matter requires the approval of water gardenia.

Whether it is the support of court officials, enough food, or enough silver and money, these are what Xin Zhuyin has always wanted.

Xin Zhuyin couldn't let go of such benefits, so he didn't want to offend Shui Zhizi or anger her at this moment.

Xin Zhuyin whispered: "No need, he is not an important person, no need..."

Shui Zhizi stopped Xin Zhuyin from speaking insincerely before the woman staggered and was about to faint.

"Why, Your Majesty, do you think the ranking I gave you is too low?"

Xin Zhuyin shook his head subconsciously.

"Since it's not low, let's just leave it as it is." Shui Zhizi made the final decision.

Everyone was shocked by Shui Zhizi. When the Sixth Prince Xin Zhushi spoke just now, everyone thought they would face Shui Zhizi's wrath.

Shui Zhizi ignored the different looks on everyone's faces and continued, "Since this is the first time that the king has appointed a concubine, let's do it in a big way. However, I am still busy with the seed issue, so the matter of appointing a concubine will be left to the king himself."

Everyone was shocked again. No one thought that Shui Zhizi would be so generous.

Most of the court officials were glad that Shui Zhizi did not let Xin Zhuyin's lack of tact affect the major events of the State of Lai.

Of course, the reasonable court officials became even more dissatisfied with Xin Zhuyin.

Everyone knew that the king went out to fight not long after marrying the queen, and he took other women with him when he went to war.

Princess Dongmeng's identity is not ordinary, so the king should not be so anxious.

Master Xin Zhu's face was unusually dark. He couldn't understand why the high-and-mighty Shui Zhizi would fall for Xin Zhuyin, a cruel and bloodthirsty warrior, and even be devoted to him.

Xin Zhujue observed everything silently, taking in everyone's performance.

Only Xin Zhuyou knew that Shui Zhizi did this not because she was tolerant and generous, nor because she was completely devoted to Xin Zhuyin.

Shui Zhizi just didn't care. There was no warmth in her eyes when she looked at Xin Zhuyin.

There was no fluctuation in Shui Zhizi's eyes when she looked at any of the Lai people in the royal court.

The emotion that Shui Zhizi had given to the people in the Royal Court of Lai was not as much as the emotion she had given to the refugees from Lai along the way last year.

Of course, including him, King You, Shui Zhizi had never given any extra thoughts to her.

Xin Zhuyou looked at Shui Zhizi at the top with a sense of loss. He almost went crazy after seeing her. For the first time, he knew what extreme fear felt like.

"Be careful, Queen."

Xin Zhuyou thought he was going to lose his voice, but he didn't expect that he actually shouted out.

The maid next to Yingfu stabbed Shui Zhizi with a dagger in her hand.

When Shui Zhizi heard the shout, she stood up immediately and turned around to look for Yingfu.

Her guards were not brought to the celebration banquet, so the only one who could protect her safety at this moment was Yingfu.

As a result, when Shui Zhizi turned around, she saw Yingfu grabbing the wrist of the maid beside her, who was holding a dagger in her hand.

Even Shui Zhizi's face turned pale. She didn't expect that danger would be so close to her. If Yingfu didn't know martial arts, she would probably die on the spot.

Xin Zhuyou didn't know that Yingfu was participating in the martial arts competition, so when he saw the maid beside Yingfu stabbing Shui Zhizi with a dagger, Xin Zhuyou's blood seemed to stop flowing at that moment.

Even so, he rushed to Shui Zhizi's side as soon as possible. This was the first time that Xin Zhuyou disregarded etiquette and ran to the seats of the king and queen.

The whole banquet fell into chaos the moment Xin Zhuyou shouted.

It took a long time for the situation to stabilize, as people were catching assassins, looking for assassins, and protecting their king.

The only assassin who was trying to kill Shui Zhizi was the maid standing next to Yingfu.

After making sure it was safe, Shui Zhizi looked with a pale face at Xin Zhuyou who rushed to her first, and then walked in front of her, as if to protect her Sixth Prince Xin Zhushi and the newly-appointed Concubine Mei.

He glanced again and saw Xin Zhuyin, who was closest to him but was so focused on himself that it took him a while to find where the assassin was.

Shui Zhizi suppressed all the thoughts in her heart and slowly sat back in her seat.

This was the first time in Shui Zhizi's life that she had ever seen an assassination attempt so close to her. Her legs were shaking when no one could see her.

But she still had to hold on.

"Yingfu, keep an eye on the person and hand him over to our people for investigation."

Shui Zhizi said this to Yingfu, but she was staring at the court officials below. Her eyes were sharp and her tone was stern.

"Whoever is behind this will be chopped into pieces and fed to the dogs."

Everyone in Chaocheng shuddered without exception as Shui Zhizi stared at them. The previous moment they thought Shui Zhizi was tolerant and generous, but this moment they witnessed Shui Zhizi's ruthlessness. It was as if she was looking at a bunch of dead people.

"Your Majesty, who arranged the maid for today? Please give me an explanation."

Shui Zhizi turned around and said to Xin Zhuyin, who had an angry look on his face. After that, without caring about the expressions of others, she reached out to Yingfu and asked Yingfu to help her leave.

No one thought that Shui Zhizi was being rampant at the moment, they just felt fear.

It was too dangerous, the assassin was right behind Shui Gardenia.