NFBE Chapter 531 Story (10)
Chapter 531 Story (10)
"...overestimate them."
northwest.
The emperor and empress have entered Lingzhou, which is located at the northernmost end of Dasheng and adjacent to the grassland.
Xie Yuzhen, who encountered another assassination attempt not long after moving into the Lingzhou Palace, asked Xia Zhi and others to drag the assassin's body away. Although she could not practice the complete martial arts like Lu Weiyuan because her soul was cut by the rift of time, her natural physique was much better than that of ordinary people. She also picked up some moves from the upper half of the martial arts to practice, so it was easy for her to deal with one or two little assassins disguised as palace servants.
The palace in Lingzhou was built by the emperor of the previous dynasty and was renovated several times after the late emperor of this dynasty ascended the throne. At that time, the late emperor also wanted to go on a tour, but it was shelved for various reasons.
"Let our people search every corner of the palace." Xie Yuzhen ordered calmly.
When the emperor came in, he happened to pass by two corpses. He walked around them with some disdain and asked, "Are there any blind people here who are doing this?"
"Your Majesty." Xie Yuzhen nodded, "It's not just me. The Sixth Prince and the Prince of Jinxiang have also had unusual movements. Fortunately, Concubine Hui is alert enough, otherwise the Sixth Prince and Concubine Liu might have..."
She paused and continued, "They are resting in the side hall. Your Majesty, would you like to go and take a look?"
The assassin from the Sixth Prince's place was the first to launch the attack. He was a young eunuch who was leading Concubine Liu and her son. When he turned a corner, he suddenly attacked and stabbed the Sixth Prince directly with a dagger.
Concubine Liu was eager to protect her son, so she sacrificed herself without thinking. The little eunuch's dagger was originally aimed at the Sixth Prince's heart, but Concubine Liu blocked it and pulled the Sixth Prince back, so the Sixth Prince escaped death, while Concubine Liu was stabbed in the arm. Seeing this, Concubine Chen Hui, who was walking with the mother and son, immediately snatched a palace lantern from the hand of a nearby maid and smashed it at the assassin. The lamp oil spilled and covered the assassin's face. The palace maids on both sides rushed forward and caught him.
This scared everyone.
Concubine Chen Hui didn't even bother to settle down first, and directly brought Concubine Liu and her son back to Xie Yuzhen. However, she didn't expect that Xie Yuzhen was also experiencing an assassination attempt here.
Compared to a little eunuch in their place, Xie Yuzhen was facing a much more dangerous situation. There was an assassin hiding in the house, and the palace maid who led the way also turned against them in an instant. Unfortunately, although they had paid enough attention to Queen Xie and put in all their efforts on her, they still could not shake Queen Xie's life.
He didn't even get a chance to touch the opponent's clothes before he was beaten and kicked by the seemingly quiet female officials and was defeated instantly.
The injured Concubine Liu was completely frightened by the scene and fainted. When the Sixth Prince saw his mother unconscious, he also started crying anxiously. Concubine Chen Hui was able to remain calm and helped Xie Yuzhen deal with the scene. Not long after, someone came to report that the Prince of Jinxiang had also been attacked.
But luckily.
Princess Cheng'an was with Prince Jinxiang and his wife at the time, and there were plenty of people there, but Princess Cheng'an was the only one who was pushed down by the frightened Prince Jinxiang and sprained her foot.
"Let them be alone for a while." The emperor shook his sleeves.
Xie Yuzhen saw two knife marks on his sleeves, and asked with concern, "Is your Majesty injured?"
"They are just some rats. How can they hurt me?" The emperor was satisfied and said proudly, "As you expected, I didn't give them any chance to attack me along the way. Now that they have settled down here, they can't stand it anymore. Tsk tsk tsk, they have no patience to play games. How can they accomplish anything great?"
He shook his head and belittled the people behind today's assassination. "But it's not their fault. It's because we are too strong and have no flaws that they have been unable to find any chance to 'advance' in all these years. It's like a wolf with green eyes that finally smells some meat. How can it not rush over and want to take a bite to fill its stomach?"
"But that's fine. If they can hold out this time, then I will have to find another excuse to deal with them, right?"
The emperor looked very happy, but Xie Yuzhen keenly sensed the anger hidden beneath his exaggerated smile. If it was just some royal family members and foreign officials who were unwilling to be lonely and causing trouble, how could he possibly say that he would deal with those people?
Moreover, when he really wanted to punish someone, he did not like to make excuses. He would usually look for more appropriate charges against those people after he had dealt with them.
After thinking for a while, Xie Yuzhen spoke rudely: "Which good boy of your majesty wants to raise a knife against his father, the emperor, and his mother, the empress?"
The smile on the emperor's face disappeared all at once. He approached with grievance and leaned his head on Xie Yuzhen's shoulder: "My heart aches... My heart aches so much. How could he be so stupid, so stupid... He actually used such an obvious and useless method to kill his father. It's so stupid that it makes my heart ache!"
At first, Xie Yuzhen patted the emperor's head twice to comfort him. After hearing what nonsense he said, she pushed him away impatiently: "Since Your Majesty is still so energetic, why don't you go meet the local officials of Lingzhou first? I will sweep the palace first, and I will not give you the opportunity to continue to feel heartbroken!"
After slapping the frantic emperor away, Xie Yuzhen heard from the female official that Concubine Liu had woken up, so after saying a few words, he personally got up and went to the side hall to express his concern.
"Your Majesty!" Concubine Liu was lying on the couch and was about to stand up to salute, but Xie Yuzhen raised his hand to stop her.
"He's still injured, why are you being so polite?" Xie Yuzhen nodded to Concubine Chen Hui and the Sixth Prince who were bowing beside him, and then said, "I have heard from Concubine Hui about the dangerous situation you encountered. Until the palace is cleared up, you all should stay here first."
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty." When Concubine Chen Hui saw Xie Yuzhen sitting next to Concubine Liu's couch, she took the Sixth Prince to sit beside her.
Liupin's eyes were red: "Today, thanks to Sister Chen's timely help, otherwise my mother and I would be..."
"We have to thank Empress Chen!" the Sixth Prince followed.
Concubine Chen Hui shook her head and said, "We also have to thank Bao'er for his filial piety..."
"Oh?" Xie Yuzhen looked at the Sixth Prince curiously, whose face was still filled with fear and worry. "How do you say that?"
Concubine Chen Hui waved to a palace maid, who came up carrying a broken lotus-shaped palace lantern. Concubine Chen Hui took the lantern and placed it in front of Xie Yuzhen for her to look at.
Xie Yuzhen took one look and said, "This doesn't look like the palace style."
Concubine Chen Hui said, "It was Concubine Liu. Since she set out, she has been missing her hometown. Baoer knows that Concubine Liu's family likes to light lotus lanterns during summer and autumn festivals, so she asked the palace maids to make one. This lantern is different from ordinary palace lanterns. There is no cover to cover the oil. If I hadn't poured the oil over the assassin in a hurry, he would have continued to attack."
"I remember that Concubine Liu's parents' home is in Tongzhou?" Xie Yu asked, his true thoughts moved.
Liupin nodded: "Yes, Tongzhou Water City."