The Prince Wants to Assassinate Me Every Day-Chapter 1083 - 674: Ten Thousand Gold Ingots (Part 1)
"Your Majesty!" Xiao Wu was startled and quickly wanted to step forward.
"Stay away from me!" Xiao Jinxing ordered.
Xiao Wu didn’t dare to approach, only seeing that the Emperor’s hand was bleeding.
It was unclear why the Emperor was so careless.
Xiao Jinxing put down the shattered teacup, casually took out a handkerchief, and wiped the water stains and bloodstains.
"Your Majesty, should I call Doctor Feng to bandage Your Majesty’s wound..."
"You really enjoy scrubbing people’s backs, don’t you?" Xiao Jinxing suddenly spoke slowly.
Xiao Wu was momentarily stunned.
Then he quickly responded, explaining, "No, I just like to scrub the backs of people I admire, I just like to scrub Your Majesty and Ah Li’s backs."
They were both very important and respected people to him.
Xiao Jinxing raised his eyes to glance at Xiao Wu.
As if he hadn’t heard anything, "Since you like scrubbing backs so much, I will reward you with a whole day of scrubbing!"
"..." Xiao Wu looked at the Emperor, utterly confused.
"Come here." Xiao Jinxing said coldly.
The trusted aide quickly approached, "Your Majesty."
"Official Wu felt sorry for his subordinates’ fatigue, and since there is nothing to do today, he wished to personally scrub the backs of all soldiers," Xiao Jinxing said coldly, word by word, "Have all the soldiers at the County Magistrate’s Mansion line up for Official Wu to scrub their backs!"
"..." The trusted aide thought he had heard wrong.
Xiao Wu also thought he had heard wrong.
He looked at the Emperor, not understanding where he had offended him.
He stammered, "Your Majesty, I..."
"Hurry up and go!" Xiao Jinxing commanded.
"...Yes." Xiao Wu dared not defy the order.
The trusted aide couldn’t help but glance at Official Wu.
He wondered, how on earth Official Wu had provoked the Emperor... The Emperor was really putting Official Wu in a tough spot, without the slightest mercy! 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
Xiao Wu retreated.
Xiao Jinxing glanced again at his fingers, watching the blood oozing out.
His mind inadvertently drifted to the image of Guan Yu scrubbing her.
His fingers, still bleeding, couldn’t help but tighten again.
She had a male concubine when she was in Xuzhou...
Xiao Jinxing took a deep breath.
Is this her, is this freedom and happiness?!
...
An Ning stayed at Linghe Temple for another three days.
In three days, many patients from the plague area had recovered and left.
Now only a few symptomatic plague patients remained isolated.
An Ning was a bit restless.
If she hadn’t been dragged back by Xiao Wu, she might have already reached Wen County, and returned to Youyou’s side.
An Youyou had that kind of charm.
Usually irritating to see her, but really missing her when away.
She thought for a moment and said to Guan Yu, "Go find Official Wu, say if he really has business, we can arrange another time to drink together. Just tell him I have things at home and need to hurry back."
"Yes." Guan Yu quickly agreed.
After a while.
Guan Yu hurried back to report, "Master, Official Wu said he will come to pick you up tonight to go out drinking."
An Ning frowned.
She actually just wanted to leave directly.
"Official Wu also explained that he was really busy with affairs, which is why he couldn’t dine with you, and he hopes you understand."
An Ning slightly nodded.
As long as she can leave after drinking tonight, there’s no need to worry about anything else.
Evening.
As the sun was setting.
Xiao Wu sent people to invite her for dinner.
The city of Changmen County had mostly returned to normal, many shops were open, and the streets regained their usual hustle and bustle.
An Ning followed them into a restaurant.
Before reaching the second floor, she saw Xiao Wu excitedly waiting at the stairway, "Ah Li, here!"
An Ning smiled and nodded, bringing Guan Yu along as she walked toward Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu warmly invited An Ning into a private room.
The private room was quite luxurious, not as grand as Xun City, but likely the best restaurant in Changmen County.
Xiao Wu had An Ning and Guan Yu seated at the wooden table, then called for the waiter to serve the dishes.
During a break in serving.
Xiao Wu suddenly pulled out a large chest from the private room.
An Ning frowned, somewhat surprised by Xiao Wu’s actions.
Even more surprising was how this military general, rough and robust, was visibly struggling while holding the chest.
What was inside to make it so heavy?!
Xiao Wu panted a bit, abruptly placing the chest on the wooden table in front of An Ning.
An Ning just looked at Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu said, "This is your surprise."
"..." An Ning looked at Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu was more excited than her, urging, "Open it and see."
An Ning hesitated for a moment and then stood up to open the wooden chest.
As soon as she opened it, she was stunned by the neatly arranged box full of gold inside.
She hadn’t expected Xiao Wu to suddenly become so reliable; the surprise he presented was gold.
To her, nothing was better than wealth.
Having given most of her assets to the Gu Family, she was indeed financially stressed; now with such a large box of gold, she couldn’t help but be pleased.
Xiao Wu clearly saw the change in her expression.
From an initial reluctance to a genuine smile.
He had wanted to ask the Emperor for some honor for Ah Li, but the Emperor outright refused. Xiao Wu thought about arguing but the Emperor said no honor would compare to gold. And he was sure Ah Li preferred gold.
He couldn’t argue against the Emperor, nor dare to defy him, so he compromised.
Unexpectedly, Ah Li truly liked it.
It was inescapably visible to the naked eye.
Xiao Wu breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "Originally, I wanted to ask my lord to seek honors for you. Your great achievement in saving plague patients in Changmen County naturally deserved the highest reward, but my lord disagreed, and so I am giving you ten thousand taels of gold instead."
An Ning looked at the glittering gold in front of her, thinking to herself, it was fortunate she didn’t receive honor.
If she had been given honor, the surprise would have turned into a shock.
She had been anxious these days, fearing this "surprise" would backfire, not daring to hope too much from Xiao Wu, but now she was relieved.
In that instant.
Her heart inexplicably trembled.
"Ten thousand taels of gold..."
From the moment she arrived at this story, Xiao Jinxing had wanted to kill her, they had once negotiated terms, one of which was ten thousand taels of gold.
But Xiao Jinxing broke his promise.
He not only failed to set her free and truly divorce her, he didn’t even give her silver.
"Ah Li." Xiao Wu called her several times.
An Ning snapped back, "What?"
"Too happy? You’re staring at the gold without blinking." Xiao Wu teased.
"I’ve never seen so much gold." An Ning casually found an excuse.
Xiao Wu didn’t suspect.
After all, how could anyone typically have so much money?
Xiao Wu was also very surprised at how in such a short period, the Emperor managed to gather ten thousand taels of gold.
"So is Ah Li sure she prefers gold over honors?" Xiao Wu confirmed.
If Ah Li wanted honors more, he could risk his life to fight for it from the Emperor.
