The man’s voice sounded right beside her ear. Xu Junjun’s fingertips trembled as she watched him step in front of her, casting a shadow that shielded her from the encroaching storm.
"My Lord." Weidong said, sounding anxious. "It would be better to let Miss Xu handle this."
His master’s status was already sensitive. If the Young Emperor were to suffer some mishap later, and word got out that it was his master who had pulled the blade, there was no telling how the ministers would spin it. Weidong did not want his master to be branded with the crime of regicide, so he hurried to intervene.
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