allonlinenovel Chapter 191 Accident
Chapter 191 Accident
Beautiful colorful lanterns of various shapes are hung high above the streets, and people come and go to watch the excitement.
Xu Junjun took the little emperor from the beginning to the end of the street and tasted more than a dozen snacks.
A peddler holding a candied haws passed by. Xu Junjun waved and bought a string for the little emperor, stuffed it into his hand, and motioned for him to take a bite to taste it.
In the past, everything the little emperor ate had to be tested for poison many times. Today, after playing with Xu Junjun for more than an hour, the little emperor was no longer bound by the palace rules. He had a bright smile on his face and felt that this was the happiest day of his life.
The sweet smell of candied haws wafted in the air. The little emperor held the small wooden stick at the end of the candied haws with great care, lowered his head and carefully bit off half a hawthorn.
The sour and sweet taste exploded in his mouth. The little emperor's eyes lit up and he nodded happily to Xu Junjun:
"Sister Xu, this is delicious."
Xu Junjun curled her lips, waved her hand and said casually:
"It's so delicious, I'll buy you five more!"
The little emperor was overjoyed and nodded in agreement. Just as Xu Junjun was about to pay with copper coins, a personal guard suddenly appeared behind him and whispered to dissuade him:
"Miss Xu, the young master is of noble status, so it's not appropriate for him to eat too much food from outside."
The little emperor's shoulders relaxed and he tightened his grip on the candied haws.
Xu Junjun turned around and saw the child looking aggrieved. She felt that he was like a scolded puppy, with his tail raised behind him drooping down invisibly. He looked so pitiful.
Xu Junjun couldn't stand the little emperor's behavior. In modern times, this child would be just a junior high school boy, in the prime of his youth. But in this apocalypse, he was poisoned and his body was depleted, and his life was coming to an end. Each of these things pierced Xu Junjun's heart.
Patting the little emperor on the shoulder, Xu Junjun ignored the guards and turned to shout at the vendor:
"Give me five more skewers and wrap them up."
The vendor nodded with a smile, quickly took out five bunches of big red candied haws, wrapped them in candy paper, and handed them to Xu Junjun:
"Miss, five strings of candied haws, ten cents in total, take them."
Xu Junjun handed over the copper coin, casually took the candied haws and stuffed it into the little emperor's arms. Meeting his joyful and admiring gaze, she waved her hand and said,
"Stop looking at me and eat.
We’ll go buy some other delicious food later.”
The two did not stay where they were. The little emperor followed Xu Junjun closely with the candied haws in his arms, and felt that the candied haws in his mouth became even sweeter.
The guards returned to Jun Xiaochen's side and bowed to report:
"Master, would you like me to go and tell Miss Xu again?"
Jun Xiaochen looked at the two people running into the crowd, paused for a moment, and said:
“No, let the emperor enjoy himself today.
You don't have to follow me, all of you go and protect the emperor."
As soon as Jun Xiaochen gave the order, all the personal guards rushed towards Xu Junjun and the little emperor, forming an encirclement to isolate them from any possible danger.
Xu Junjun brought the little emperor to the high platform. There was a fragrant breeze all around. Looking at the dancers on the stage who were wearing colorful gauze clothes and dancing gracefully, Xu Junjun's eyes flashed with admiration.
It's freezing cold, but they can dress so coolly and dance on the stage. They are really dedicated.
The little emperor didn't like watching the dance here. Compared to the boring things he saw at the palace banquet, he preferred to watch the stone-breaking performance by the street performers.
As the music from the platform rose and fell, the dancers spun on their toes, their colorful gauze clothes fluttered in soft curves, and their long white legs, which were faintly visible, made the people below the platform stare in amazement.
Xu Junjun was no exception. Looking at the dancers' slender and straight calves, she thought that when she had time, she would also practice shaping her legs.
In the first two or three years of the book, she and Niao Niao were initially in a life-and-death crisis and had no energy to take care of their bodies.
Now, in Tianqi, she has become an idle tool, so she has to add the exercises she did in her previous life to improve her body shape.
Jun Xiaochen stood in the distance and saw Xu Junjun staring at the long legs of the dancers on the high platform. His brows sank slightly and he called a personal guard to give him an order.
The personal guards took orders and left, quickly approaching Xu Junjun and the little emperor, ready to deliver the message.
But before the guards could reach Xu Junjun and the others, danger quietly approached.
Small and exquisite red lanterns were hung around the stage. As the dancers spun and danced, balls of light were reflected on their flying gauze skirts, which was very eye-catching.
Xu Junjun was watching with great interest when suddenly a ball of fire burst out from the lantern above her head. The flames quickly engulfed the lantern's wooden frame and burned along the hemp rope into a fire snake.
The hemp rope was wrapped in flames and broke, and hundreds of lanterns on the stage fell to the ground, touching the flammable materials on the ground and causing a burst of fire.
The dance performance that was so beautiful just now turned into a chaotic sea of fire in the blink of an eye. Screams were heard everywhere, and people were pushing each other. Many people were pushed to the ground and almost trampled into pieces.
Xu Junjun was startled by the sudden change in front of her. After reacting, she pulled the little emperor and quickly hid under the platform.
The platform was made of solid, thick wood, and even if it was engulfed by flames, it would not burn through in a short while.
Xu Junjun stood in a blind corner protecting the little emperor, listening to the crying and screaming around her, her face grim. If she and the little emperor were caught in the crowd, she would probably be trampled into pieces.
In addition to the pushing and shouting of the people below, the dancers on the stage had their gauze clothes hit by lanterns and burned. The flames burned their skin, causing unbearable pain. They also ran off the stage crying.
One of the dancers ran to the stage in a panic, but she missed a step and fell right in front of Xu Junjun and the little emperor.
When the dancer stepped on air and fell off the platform, with her head about to hit the ground, Xu Junjun pushed the little emperor back, took a step forward quickly, grabbed her waist, and held her firmly in his hand.
Having not exercised for a long time, the huge impact force caused Xu Junjun's arm to crack with a loud sound, making her face turn pale instantly. She quickly let go, covered her elbow, and subconsciously took two steps back.
"Thank you, thank you for saving my life, young lady."
The dancer who had just walked around the gates of hell was still in shock. She quickly got up, kowtowed twice to Xu Junjun while crying, and without waiting for Xu Junjun's response, she quickly stood up and ran to a place where there was no fire.
The scene just now happened so quickly that the little emperor didn't react at all.
Coming back to his senses, the little emperor looked at Xu Junjun's painful expression, threw away the candied haws and ran to Xu Junjun, anxiously looking at her arm that was obviously wrong.
"Sister Xu, are you okay?
What happened to your hand?
The little emperor's face was full of panic, and he had lost all the excitement and satisfaction he had just had while playing. He reached out his hand to help Xu Junjun, but he didn't dare to touch her arm, and he kept spinning around in place anxiously.
"Where's Uncle Wang? Where's Uncle Wang?
And why didn't any of the people Uncle Wang brought come over?"
The fire around the stage was growing bigger and bigger, and more and more people were fleeing in panic around the two of them. The little emperor was sweating anxiously beside Xu Junjun. He turned around and looked outside, but did not see Jun Xiaochen.
Xu Junjun was in so much pain that she broke out in a cold sweat, but she still found time to comfort the little emperor who was about to cry:
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's just a small matter.
Jun Xiaochen will definitely come to rescue you.
Let's hide here for a while and wait until these people running around calm down before we show up again."
There were still many people lying on the ground, wailing and being trampled. The little emperor looked back with red eyes at the chaotic scene, then turned back to hold Xu Junjun's uninjured arm and leaned towards a corner of the platform.
He was not afraid of death, but he was afraid of Xu Junjun's death.
Sister Xu is someone who truly treats him well, and he can't let her die.
Seeing the little emperor pulling him to hide under the platform, Xu Junjun hurriedly stopped him and said with a pale face:
"This platform is made of rough wood and is at risk of collapse due to the fire. We should stand a little further away so that if it collapses, we can run away."