The female officer standing at the door responded and went to open the door. A red shadow rushed towards Queen Mother Liu and the three of them. The female officers stood still. Before Manmei could react what was going on, they heard the attacker.
The screams.
Red fell down in the air, rolled on the ground a few times, and screamed even more fiercely.
Manmei took a closer look and saw Shikong rolling feebly on the ground a few times, with several short arrows stuck in his body.
The female officers all took out their weapons, which turned out to be hand crossbows. No wonder they stood still. The closer they were, the more powerful they were.
Shi Kong originally wanted to make a sneak attack to get an advantage, but now it seems that if he doesn't seek death, he won't die. The one who dies the fastest is the one who strikes first. Who told him to want to take the credit?
As soon as the hand crossbow was released, Empress Dowager Xu pointed at Empress Dowager Liu and Concubine Huangfu with trembling fingers, and said in a trembling voice, "You, you..."
He said several words but didn't say anything.
The female officer at the door had opened the door early. Looking from inside the main hall, it could be seen that the people brought by Queen Mother Liu and others were not attacked as neatly as the Imperial Guards expected, but instead got into a fight with the Imperial Guards.
Unexpected circumstances occurred, and the Imperial Guards panicked a little. Assassinating the royal family was a capital crime, so they had to do it without anyone noticing. The sound of fighting was so obvious that the monks in the outer courtyard were about to rush in.
coming.
After Shi Kong died, Manmiao breathed a sigh of relief. Lan Ting didn't know where he was going to come out, and he didn't know if he could win if he faced the worshiper in the inner hall directly.
A group of masked men suddenly appeared in the courtyard, and they started fighting against the Imperial Guards. The situation of the battle soon turned around. Empress Dowager Liu stood in the hall, looking up at the fighting outside, and ordered sternly, "Kill
, leave no one behind!”
With the instructions from the Empress Dowager, the maids and eunuchs who fought with the Imperial Guards became energetic, and the Imperial Guards began to feel fear.
Those masked men not only killed the imperial guards, but also the palace maids and eunuchs. There were only screams and cries of mercy everywhere.
Manmei looked carefully and found that the masked men killed the real palace maids and eunuchs brought by Empress Dowager Xu and Empress Xu, not the individuals with martial arts skills who fought against the Imperial Guards.
Several imperial guards rushed in, directly attacking Empress Dowager Xu and the people around her and killing them.
The palace maids and eunuchs have never seen blood. They may have killed a lot of people, but they were all underhanded tricks. How could you ever see such a direct cut?
Empress Dowager Xu was also quite old and could not run faster than young people. She was caught up by the Imperial Guards in a few steps and slashed the maid who was supporting her with a knife.
When the blade of the knife passed across Queen Mother Xu's neck, Queen Mother Xu's eyes widened. She stretched out her hand in vain to try to hold her wound and stop the blood from flowing out. The upper half of her body was stained with blood red. The one who fell to the ground was still twitching feebly.
After a few blows, he finally died, and the blood under his body flowed into strange and terrifying patterns along the stone slabs of the hall.
Those few people succeeded in one blow and rushed forward to kill several palace maids and eunuchs, but they did not pursue them in the direction of Empress Xu and Song Ying.
Those women had been screaming and hiding behind the Buddha statue, as if they could be blessed by the Buddha.
On the contrary, Queen Mother Liu was very calm and almost stood still, watching with a cold eye as things became more and more chaotic.
The few people dressed as imperial guards glanced at Manmiao and the others, and the leader, Tou Dian, divided into several people to rush over and pursue Empress Xu and Song Ying.
The few remaining people came to kill Manmiao and the others. Manmiao was quite nervous at first, so she reached out and pulled out the pearl hairpin she had prepared and held it in her hand. Unexpectedly, Princess Huangfu held her in one hand.
The hand holding the hairpin signaled her not to be impulsive.
I assigned several powerful female officers and eunuchs to fight with the rude Imperial Guards. The fight was fierce and the sound of swords and swords was endless. The problem was that there were constant attacks from both sides. You would shoot me, and I would go over with my sword.
, I couldn’t even see any blood flowers, so I was shouting vigorously.
Thinking that it was still Lao Jiang La, I could tell the truth from the lie at a glance. Lan Ting and the others also acted very well. Both sides were attacked at the same time, so it was really hard to see the flaws.
The people who chased Empress Xu and Song Ying were also well acted. Although they did not want their lives, they did not torment them less at all. At least the confidants around them were killed.
The commander of the Imperial Guard did not show up, so this matter should have been very certain, but unexpectedly, someone interfered with it, causing complications.
Jie Ai did not appear here, nor did the priest in the inner hall who injured him. In the TV series, the people responsible for the assassination were looking for the most favorable opportunity. Now that so many people are surrounding them, it is difficult to
Achieve a one-hit kill. The worshiper in the inner hall must be looking for an opportunity to prepare for the assassination.
To the emperor, the empress dowager was just a disgusting decoration, and concubine Huangfu was the thorn in his side. The target enshrined in the inner hall must be concubine Huangfu.
Those maids probably thought so too. The people surrounding Dowager Huangfu stood very closely, and those who were separated to fight with the Imperial Guards were all on the side of Queen Mother Liu.
The attack lasted for about ten minutes before the monks in the outer courtyard responded, and the shouts of killing in the open space outside the temple became louder and louder.
The imperial guards looked at each other, gave up their fight with Manmiao, and headed directly towards Queen Xu and Song Ying.
Seeing the opportunity, Manmiao pointed at Song Ying and shouted, "That's my sister-in-law who hasn't met yet, go and save her!"
The Imperial Guards were divided into two groups, one attacking Empress Xu and the other attacking Song Ying.
The female officers and eunuchs who had been fighting with the imperial guards rushed over to save Song Ying, hoping to save her life.
Empress Xu was in dire straits. She was being hunted and fled in embarrassment. Her close female officials and eunuchs were all killed. She could only escape with her life by running desperately to the Empress Dowager Liu, who was usually the most hated.
Manmiao had heard from Lan Ting that these people would not take the Queen's life, and they were not particularly worried about her. They were just asking people to help the Queen and Song Ying.
Unexpectedly, those people actually gave Queen Xu a knife before leaving.
Empress Xu covered her face and fell to the ground. After Manmiao rushed up and pulled her into the protective circle, Manmiao saw that the gaps between her fingers covering her cheek were full of blood, and there was at least a ten centimeter gash on her face. Otherwise,
There won't be so much blood.
He secretly thought that Lan Ting was really a good person and he did his job very well.
If Empress Xu, who has lost her appearance, wants to keep her position as empress, she can't do anything without ruthlessly attacking Song Ying.
The Xu family and the Song family were already fighting among themselves, and now that this incident has happened, there has been some turmoil.
At this time, she heard Empress Dowager Liu whisper to Concubine Huangfu, "It's going to be lively in the palace now."
There was no fear in his voice, but a strong sense of schadenfreude.
