Before Mingyu could speak again, Xianyue said: "Yes, she is just a palace servant. How dare she do such a thing? She must have let the butterflies fly in when she wasn't paying attention."
"Fly in?" Mrs. Huang said from the side: "How could it be possible? It has been raining all day today. There are no butterflies flying outside. How could they fly into the tea by chance? But the palace maid should
I’m not that bold to tease my empress, this butterfly seems to have appeared out of thin air.”
Huang's words reminded Mingyu of the time she used butterflies to kill Changle, and her face suddenly turned ugly. She said, "It was conjured out of thin air. How can such a thing happen? Concubine Yi, please don't talk nonsense."
"I don't dare, but things in the world are all kinds of strange, and there are all kinds of things. Just like what happened with Princess Jing, everything was fine, but Butterfly suddenly went crazy and attacked people randomly. If it hadn't been like that, Princess Jing wouldn't have
Something will happen."
Mingyu's face became increasingly ugly. He stared down at the palace maid who was still kneeling on the ground and said, "Tell me, did you do it on purpose?"
The palace maid was so frightened that she was trembling all over, her words were incoherent and she couldn't speak clearly. Mingyu said angrily: "If you don't tell the truth again, don't blame me for being rude."
"Okay, it's just a cup of tea. Just make it again. Don't disturb the show." The speaker was none other than Hongli. Before Mingyu could speak, he had already said to the palace maid: "Will you?
Put your things away and make another cup of tea for the queen."
This matter was obviously weird. Mingyu couldn't believe it and said, "Your Majesty..."
Hongli interrupted her and said coldly: "What's the matter? Does the queen still have any dissatisfaction?"
Seeing Hongli's unkind expression, Mingyu trembled in her heart and did not dare to say anything more. After the palace officials put away their things, the gong started again on the stage.
After Concubine Cheng withdrew her gaze, she said, "Queen Mother, is there something going on between the Emperor and the Empress?"
Ling Ruo glanced at her and said, "Why do you ask that?"
Concubine Cheng pursed her lips and said: "In the past, the emperor respected the queen very much, but I have never heard him talk to the queen like this, let alone today in front of so many people."
Ling Ruo's eyes moved slightly and said: "Actually, the emperor is not wrong, it's just a butterfly, it's not a big deal. As for the queen, she must have taken a few sips of tea with butterflies in it and was frightened, so she
I will keep asking that palace maid."
Concubine Yu was the only one among them who knew the truth of the matter. When she saw Concubine Cheng, she still wanted to talk, so she quickly interjected: "What the Queen Mother said is exactly what happened. Let's just watch the show."
Seeing that they all said this, Princess Cheng had no choice but to give up, but she always felt that something was wrong in her heart. In fact, Ling Ruo had already noticed this, but at this moment, it was obviously not the time to talk about this.
The play is still going on, and the rain outside is still falling. Everything is like watching an ordinary play on an ordinary day, but this day is destined to be anything but ordinary...
As the play reaches its climax, it becomes more and more fascinating. Although there are some minor flaws, the performance is still good, especially the last part, which is extremely well acted.
After the drama was over, Ling Ruo nodded and said, "Well, it's not bad."
Hongli smiled on the side and said: "As long as the emperor likes it." With that, he said to Sixi: "Go and reward each of them with ten taels of silver."
Si Xi agreed as promised, and after receiving the reward, Si Xi came over and said, "Your Majesty, the troupe leader is grateful for the reward from the Emperor and the Queen Mother, and wants to come over and kowtow to express gratitude, otherwise they would not dare to accept the money."
Hongli smiled and said: "This class leader is quite interesting, that's all. In that case, let them live."
After hearing Hongli's advice, the guards let the troupe leader and several actors who were still in costume come over. One of them still had a long knife in his hand, but it was unsharp and could not hurt anyone.
Several people knelt down in fear and said excitedly: "The grassroots and others have been singing operas for a lifetime. I never thought that today I would have the honor to sing for the emperor and the queen mother. It is really the blessing that the grassroots have accumulated for several generations. The grassroots thank the emperor and the queen mother for their reward. Long live the emperor."
Long live, long live, the Queen Mother is a thousand years old!"
Hongli raised his hand and said with a smile: "Get back on your feet! As long as you sing well, you will be rewarded later, so hurry up and prepare for the next performance."
"The common people obey the decree." As he said this, the man holding the long knife lightly pressed his fingers on the handle of the knife. The next moment, a cold light stabbed towards Hongli like a meteor!
Suddenly attacked, Hongli was shocked. Seeing the cold light coming, it was too late to get up to avoid it. He slammed his feet on the ground and moved back with his chair. He barely managed to escape the fatal knife, but his arm could not dodge in time and was struck by the knife.
That cold light stabbed me, causing blood to flow out!
Hong Zhou was the first to react and shouted: "Someone is trying to assassinate the emperor, please protect him!" He himself quickly ran forward to block the actor holding a knife.
While he was shouting, the actors and the leader also drew weapons from various unexpected places. The leader shouted loudly: "Reverse the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, expel the Tatars! Brothers, come together and kill the Dog Emperor!"
"No, it's the rebels from the Tiandihui!" What Zhaohui and the others were most worried about finally happened. The troupe was from the Tiandihui, and they wanted to take this opportunity to assassinate Hongli.
Countless guards swarmed in, wielding knives to kill those people from the Heaven and Earth Society, so as not to hurt Hongli. But those people were like crazy, they didn't care about anything, they just killed Hongli and vowed to take his life. Although Hongli
He had avoided the assassination just now, but the situation was still precarious.
All the concubines and palace officials could not imagine that such a thing would happen. They were so frightened that they turned pale and screamed, running away in all directions, making the situation even more chaotic.
Concubine Cheng was frightened when she saw the light of swords and shadows. She pulled Ling Ruo and said, "Queen Mother, what should I do? And the Emperor, he..."
Ling Ruo calmed down a little and said: "We can only retreat further. We can't help the emperor by staying here. If we are targeted by those people, it will be even more detrimental to the emperor."
Concubine Cheng and Concubine Yu had no idea at this moment. Ling Ruo did whatever she said and backed away in panic. However, there were confrontations between the gangsters and the guards everywhere. There was no way out and they could only huddle in the corner.
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Although Hongli was injured in his arm, he had been practicing martial arts since he was a child. Even when he became emperor, he never failed in his martial arts. Therefore, although he was in danger, he was not in fatal danger.
Zhaohui and others were furious and rushed over to rescue Hongli, but the rebels of the Heaven and Earth Society blocked them desperately, making it impossible for them to break out for a while. As for the archers, they were already on standby, but the scene was too chaotic. Once the arrow was fired,
It would probably hurt Hongli or one of his masters, so he didn't dare to take action.
Zhaohui saw that there was no other way. The longer he delayed, the more dangerous it would be for Hongli. He dropped the long sword in his hand, ran over to get the bow and arrow, aimed at the neck of one of the gangsters, and shot him. Unexpectedly, other gangsters discovered that
The arrow missed the target and injured Concubine Yi instead, making the scene even more chaotic and filled with screams.