Qin Zhi suddenly had a childlike expression on his face: "Brother, I have decided. I want to change the game."

Qin Zhi stood up and waved his hand, and Xie Jin and the others were brought up.

Qin Zhi walked to Zhao Shu, looked at her for a moment, and then smiled at her.

Zhao Shu looked at his smile and a bad premonition arose in her heart.

Qin Zhi came to Xie Jin and Lin Xun again and approached them with a smile. Lin Xun looked at his face and turned his head away with his hair standing on end.

Xie Jin stared at Qin Su with his dark eyes. Qin Su smiled and whispered in his ear, "Xie Shizi, I hope you can be as calm as you are now."

When Xie Jin heard this, his calm eyes flashed slightly. Qin Zhi saw the result he wanted and smiled with satisfaction.

Qin Zhi came behind Zhao Shu and put the blade against her neck. Lin Xun jumped up when he saw this scene: "What are you doing? Don't mess around!"

The people behind Lin Xun held him tightly, preventing him from moving.

Xie Jin looked at Qin Zhi's sword-holding hand with a serious look.

Qin Zhi turned his head to look at Ouyang Yong behind him. As soon as Qin Zhi's eyes came over, Ouyang Yong immediately understood what he meant and stepped forward to pull Qin Su up from the ground, held him in front of him, and held his sword against him.

The ropes that bound Xie Jin and Lin Xun's hands were untied. When Lin Xun saw that he was untied, he raised his foot and was about to run towards Zhao Shu and the others.

Seeing this, Qin Zhi used a little force to press the sword against Zhao Shu's neck: "Oh, oh, oh, if you come any closer, this little girl will die."

Lin Xun stopped walking, and Xie Jin put his feet back without leaving a trace.

Qin Zhi raised his chin and pointed at the bottom of the stairs: "You two go down."

Xie Jin and the others didn't move. Qin Zhi looked at them with a smile. Very good, one or two of you are going against him, right? He raised his hand slightly, and was about to slash Zhao Shu's neck with the sword in his hand. Zhao Shu seemed to have noticed something and her eyes closed tightly in an instant.

Xie Jinxin immediately raised her voice and shouted, "Go, let's go!"

Qin Zhi stopped what he was doing and looked at Xie Jin with satisfaction: "That's right."

Xie Jin walked down the stairs. Lin Xun glanced at Zhao Shu, and finally followed him unwillingly.

Qin Zhi whispered in Zhao Shu's ear: "Little girl, it seems that you are quite charming. I just wonder who will be more charming, you or my brother."

Xie Jin and Lin Xun walked step by step to the bottom of the platform, and finally stopped in front of Xie Jingrong and the others.

Xie Jin turned around and looked at the person on the platform. Qin Zhi smiled at him strangely, raised his sword and swung it down. Zhao Shu screamed and a big cut was instantly made on her arm.

The blood instantly dyed Zhao Shu's entire sleeve red.

Xie Jin's back was tense and he looked at Qin Zhi with cold eyes.

Zhao Yao was furious when he saw this, and shouted to the army behind him: "Prepare your bows and arrows!"

Lin Shuo hurriedly raised his hand to hold down Zhao Yao's hand that was about to give the order: "My Lord, no!"

Zhao Yao glanced at him coldly, and then he was about to give an order. Lin Shuo quickly held his hands with both hands: "My Lord, Your Majesty, please think about Your Majesty!"

When Xie Jin heard Lin Shuo's words, the coldness in his eyes became even stronger, but he just raised his eyes to look at the handsome man in a bright yellow dragon robe on the high platform, then pursed his lips and lowered his eyes.

Lin Xun turned around angrily and looked at Lin Shuo in disbelief: "Dad, what nonsense are you talking about!"

After saying that, Lin Xun hurriedly walked towards Lin Shuo, came in front of him, raised his hand and wanted to pull his father's hand away from Zhao Yao.

Lin Shuo raised his head to look at his disappointing son in front of him and winked at his men beside him.

After receiving the signal from his master, the soldier came behind the unsuspecting Lin Xun and slapped him on the neck.

Lin Xun turned his head in a daze, but before he could see who attacked him from behind, he fell to the ground.

Xie Jin heard the noise behind him and clenched his hands hanging at his sides.

Seeing his son being dragged away, Lin Shuo also let go of his hand that was tightly clasped on Zhao Yao's hand: "My Lord, forgive me for saying one more word, but you should know clearly what is more important."

Zhao Yao glanced at Lin Shuo coldly, then shifted his gaze to Zhao Shu on the podium. Zhao Shu's face was pale, and she looked straight at Zhao Yao.

Obviously it was Zhao Shu who was injured, but Zhao Yao's face was as pale as Zhao Shu's. Under Zhao Shu's gaze, he slowly put down his half-raised hand.

The light in Zhao Shu's eyes dimmed as Zhao Yao's hand moved lower and lower.

Qin Zhi laughed happily and whispered in Zhao Shu's ear, "My little beauty, it seems that no one wants you. Even the only person who wants you doesn't have the ability to protect you. Oh, no, I forgot about our glorious and bright Prince Xie. Who do you think he will choose? You or my brother?"

Zhao Shu forced herself to smile and gave a difficult smile to Xie Jin below the stage. However, her smile only lasted for a second before it could no longer last.

She lowered her head in panic. She didn't know why, but she didn't dare to look up at anyone under the stage. She was afraid to see the pity, ridicule and entitlement in their eyes. She was entitlement to be abandoned and not chosen.

Xie Jin stood at the foot of the platform, looking at Zhao Shu who was avoiding everyone's gaze. His heart felt stabbed, very lightly, but very real.

Qin Zhi untied Zhao Shu's hands behind her back and ordered people to stand on the left and right sides of Zhao Shu and Qin Su.

Qin Zhi stood behind the two of them, looking at Xie Jin under the podium with interest. Xie Jin looked at him and opened his mouth to say two words, but due to the distance, he couldn't hear clearly what Qin Zhi said.

The next second, Zhao Shu's scream "Ah" filled the entire hall.

"Tsk tsk." Qin Zhi looked at Zhao Shu's broken left hand with regret: "Such a beautiful hand, to be treated like this, what a pity, what a pity." His tone was full of regret, as if he really felt sorry for this hand.

The sweat on Zhao Shu's forehead flowed down her temples.

Everyone under the stage watched this silently. Xie Jingrong shouted to the stage: "Qin Zhi, Zhao Shu has nothing to do with this matter, let her go!"

Qin Zhi looked at Xie Jingrong in surprise, then whispered in Zhao Shu's ear: "Wow, someone actually spoke for you. Tsk tsk, it's a pity that this person is not your father."

The sound of bones breaking was heard again in the hall. Qin Zhi looked at Zhao Shu's other hand, as if he was not expecting it. He covered his mouth with his hand and said in surprise: "Oh, I was a little excited just now, and I accidentally broke your other hand. I'm so sorry!"

Zhao Shu looked at Xie Jin who was watching all this with an expressionless face below the stage, then turned sideways to look at Qin Zhi with difficulty, and smiled at him with cold sweat, "It's okay."

Qin Zhi seemed to have not expected Zhao Shu to say this, and was stunned for a moment, but after a while, he started to laugh: "Interesting, you are really very interesting, young lady."

"Well, since you are so interesting, I will ask them again for you, whether they choose you or my noble brother."

Qin Zhi shouted loudly: "Lord Zhao, your daughter is dying, are you going to order the archers to shoot me?"

"I promise you, when you order the archers to shoot me, I will never let my brother be my shield!"

Zhao Yao looked at him grimly, his hands clenched tightly under his sleeves, but he didn't move at all.

Qin Zhi looked away with some regret; "My little beauty, your father doesn't believe me. Don't be discouraged. I'll ask other people for you."

Qin Zhi looked at Xie Jin expectantly: "Xie Shizi, you just heard what I said. As long as you shoot arrows, I will never use my brother as a shield." He frowned: "How about this, I will send my brother into the palace now, then you should believe it, right?"

Xie Jin glanced at Qin Su beside Qin Zhi, then stared at him coldly.

During this conversation, only Qin Zhi's voice was heard. No one else spoke, and it was obvious that they did not believe what he said at all.

Qin Zhi sighed: "My little beauty, I tried my best, but they still didn't choose you."

Qin Zhi's face changed, and he suddenly picked up the wooden stick beside him and hit Zhao Shu's leg hard.

Zhao Shu was knocked to the ground, but Qin Zhi did not stop. He was strangely excited and hit Zhao Shu's legs again and again, muttering: "Why, why."

Normally, a wooden stick would not cause bleeding when hitting a person's body, but perhaps Qin Zhi had been hitting the same place on Zhao Shu's leg continuously and hard, and a pool of blood slowly spread out under the hem of Zhao Shu's skirt.

Xie Jingrong turned his gaze to Zhao Yao who was standing beside him. Zhao Yao noticed his gaze, pulled the corner of his mouth with difficulty, and said in a hoarse voice: "What's wrong?"

Xie Jingrong stared at him for a few seconds, then shook his head and shifted his gaze back to the platform.

Zhao Yao looked at Zhao Shu, who was lying on the ground on the platform. Zhao Shu moved her index finger slightly on the ground, and then half-opened her eyes and looked forward. Zhao Yao and Zhao Shu's eyes met, and he was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly turned his head to the side.

Qin Zhi was like a madman, tapping Zhao Shu's legs mechanically again and again. Zhao Shu's consciousness became more and more blurred under his beating.

Qin Su looked at Xie Jin, whose face was pale, frowned, turned his head to the side, and said, "Enough, Qin Zhi, enough!"

Qin Zhi's senses were brought back by his voice, but his movements only paused for a second. The corners of his mouth formed a strange arc, and the stick in his hand was about to fall straight towards Zhao Shu's head.

Everyone watched this scene with bated breath. Zhao Yao's eyes turned bloodshot in an instant. The next second he tightly closed his eyes, as if he was escaping or couldn't bear it.

Zhao Shu seemed to have sensed something. She opened her eyes with difficulty, looked at the handsome and upright gentleman under the stage with blurry vision, and then slowly closed her eyes.

Just as Qin Zhi was about to hit Zhao Shu on the back of the head with the stick in his hand, a force from the side knocked him over against the pillar. Qin Zhi looked at Qin Su in astonishment: "Brother, you hit me?"

(End of this chapter)

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