Accompanied by the ear-piercing sound of fireworks exploding, the queen and others rushed straight out of the palace gate and met a group of people galloping towards them.
"Empress."
The chamberlains who were tightly crowding around and supporting the queen screamed.
I have come all the way with the intention of dying, but how can a person really be willing to die? What I want with the intention of dying is not just a chance of survival.
He was about to escape, but there were tigers and wolves waiting for him.
Their voices trembled and their bodies trembled.
The team's horses were clattering, their armor and clothing were bright, their crossbows were gleaming with cold light, and their horses were charging towards them non-stop.
"Catch the Queen."
"Fire the arrow!"
A shout approached from behind.
"Fire the arrow."
Someone from the front also shouted.
The chambermaids screamed and surrounded the queen.
Accompanied by the sound of piercing the air, arrows passed by them, and wailing sounded from behind.
The queen raised her head and stood up straight with great joy. The group of troops had passed them and blocked the pursuers in the palace.
Is this the person who King Jin'an said was staying at the palace gate?
She didn't want to think too much, someone came over again on Yu Street.
"The Queen."
Accompanied by a man's voice.
The queen looked over and saw that it was Zhang Chun.
Not only Zhang Chun, but also more officials came quickly.
Finally, finally it's okay.
The queen only felt her body weakening. Looking around, she saw that there were only four maids out of the dozen or so. They were all injured. They were exhausted and collapsed on the ground, gasping for air.
"You...what are you..." the queen said, gritting her teeth and rushing over in one breath. At this time, she was so relaxed that her teeth were chattering.
"Mother, we saw the fireworks and felt something strange, so we came here to find out." Zhang Chun took over the conversation and said.
The queen was stunned for a moment, and so were the others behind her.
Fireworks?
Didn't the fireworks just go off just now?
If you rush over after seeing the fireworks, you can't fly that fast.
But if you put it this way, everything makes sense, otherwise some people would still question why they were guarding the palace gate in the middle of the night.
As expected of Zhangjiangzhou, you can easily curse people and lie.
"Yes, yes." Others nodded and said, "Mother, what happened?"
The queen took a deep breath and pointed behind her.
"Gao Lingbo and Chen Shao murdered the prince and sealed the palace gate. The queen mother is being held hostage. Please protect her quickly."
she cried loudly.
"Escort me."
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A bang on the door woke up Ms. Huang. When she touched her pillow, Fan Jianglin was not there.
"Da Lang."
She shouted, lifted up the quilt and followed her out. The door opened and Fan Jianglin stood in the courtyard, looking up at the night sky.
What's wrong?
If you move to a military prison, will anyone still come to cause trouble?
Huang subconsciously looked up and saw a firework blooming in the distant night sky.
"Oh my god, who is setting off fireworks so late?"
It's finally here.
Fan Jianglin looked at the night sky with an anxious expression, and clenched his hands hanging by his side.
At the same time, Li Mao in the Li family's courtyard was also looking up at the sky.
"grown ups."
A female voice called tremblingly from behind.
Li Mao turned his head and looked at his panicked wife.
"Aren't you and the children told to hide in the cellar?" He whispered, "Go quickly."
"Really, are you okay? Come on, too." My wife choked with sobs.
"It should be fine." Li Mao whispered and smiled, "Just in case, the fireworks of our Li family are very powerful. Even if they are found out, it can only be said to be an accident."
Having said this, he gently hugged his wife's shoulders.
"Go quickly, I'm worried about chaos in the city."
The wife nodded and turned to leave.
Li Mao looked up at the night sky again.
The words he said to Cheng Jiaoniang seemed to ring in his ears again.
"Master, when I saw your fireworks for the first time, I wondered if they would have the same effect as stone bullets if they were pointed directly at the ground instead of upwards."
"Is your gopher like that?"
Yes, the ground rats are exploding gorgeous fireworks on the ground.
One sentence is the finishing touch.
"Is there really such a thing?"
"Of course, add some sulfur lime, but then we won't call it a gopher."
"What's that called?" Li Mao asked with curiosity and excitement.
The woman in front of him smiled slightly at him and raised her hand to make a throwing motion.
"It's called Zhentian Lei." She said, smiling again, "Do you want to see its effect?"
Li Mao looked at the fireworks gradually dissipating in the night sky.
"The fireworks can be sent very high." He said to himself, "It's just a pity that you can't see the effect of the explosion on the ground."
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Naturally, people in the inner palace also saw the fireworks at the Imperial City Gate. Gao Lingbo's face turned pale under the flickering fireworks.
“…Empress, Empress…”
Several guards ran over in a somewhat embarrassed manner.
"Where is the queen?" Gao Lingbo asked sharply.
"Sir, the queen blew up the door with fireworks and ran, ran out, alarming the guards in front of the palace outside the city. Many ministers also came, so we had to close the palace door and go back." The imperial guard said.
fireworks?
"When will the fireworks blow up the door?" Gao Lingbo shouted angrily.
"We don't know either. Anyway, it's very powerful. It's all over the place, it's on fire and it's exploding." The guard said, with panic still on his face.
fireworks…
Gao Lingbo's face also darkened.
He thought about the weapons those men had mentioned during the ambush.
This woman obviously had plans ahead of time.
I couldn't help but feel heart palpitations when I thought of this.
How could it be arranged so early?
What else alerted the guards in front of the palace and many ministers!
These ministers were all naughty. They could tell that something had happened and it was too late to hide. How could they arrive in front of the palace gate by such a coincidence?
He turned his head suddenly and looked into the hall.
"The palace gate is closed and they can't get in. Nearly a thousand personal followers of the Imperial City Division's fifth-level imperial guard control the palace gate. Even if the imperial army comes, they can't get in. What's more, the mobilization of the imperial army is also difficult.
It's not that easy. Don't pay attention to people outside. What matters now is..." He gritted his teeth and said with a finger, "Catch the woman who plotted to murder the prince!"
Chen Shao, who was standing silently in front of the palace, looked at him when he heard this.
"The queen and these ministers just want to say that you and I harmed the prince, but the reasons why you and I harmed the prince are not as convincing as the princess of Jin'an County who suddenly returned to Beijing without an imperial edict." Gao Lingbo sneered.
This woman is still here, and her sudden return like this shows that she has bad intentions, so now they only need to capture her and kill her, and then all the blame can be placed on her.
"Kill her."
Gao Lingbo looked into the hall and slowly uttered three words.
The guards guarding the palace gate agreed in unison.
People poured into the house, and the maids and maids screamed, but soon several guards were thrown out.
Surrounded by the guards, Gao Lingbo took a step back and looked at Cheng Jiaoniang who came out.
"Master Gao, your son Gao Shirou is dead," she said.
The imperial guards on both sides were all wearing golden armor and holding axes aimed at Cheng Jiaoniang. Perhaps they were afraid of the power of her attack just now, or perhaps they wanted to wait for Gao Lingbo to speak again.
Sure enough, it was her who did it, Gao Lingbo looked gloomy.
"You don't need to remind Mrs. Cheng about this, I already know it," he said.
"I'm not reminding you this," Cheng Jiaoniang said, "I'm telling you that I killed Shishiro Gao alone."
She held out a finger.
"I killed Shishiro Gao and eighteen others by myself."
"Eighteen weapons, one for each person."
"Takajuro Shiro died under the dart, one dart pierced the roar."
As she spoke, Gao Lingbo seemed to see his son's death again, and his body couldn't help but tremble.
"Ms. Cheng, you shouldn't have done this. We shouldn't have done this," he said.
"Yes, Mr. Gao, this shouldn't be like this between us. You shouldn't do this." Cheng Jiaoniang said.
The same words are said the same, but they sound different in meaning.
"Kill her." Gao Lingbo said and waved his hand.
As soon as he finished speaking, the guards rushed forward.
Cheng Jiaoniang not only did not avoid it, but rushed straight towards Gao Lingbo.
"Master Gao, I already told you that I killed eighteen of Gao Shiro's men by myself. It's not that easy for you to kill me." She shouted in a loud voice.
Her hand held the ax that was thrust at her. The ax that was struck by two seven-foot men was firmly grasped by her left and right hands, and rushed towards Gao Lingbo with momentum.
Gao Lingbo's expression changed.
This woman is not bragging, her fierceness has been proven.
He subconsciously retreated, and the guard who was protecting him also retreated, and then stepped out from a distance.
Cheng Jiaoniang turned to one side and used this distance to jump out of the siege and ran away in stride.
Ran away...
This shameless coward!
Gao Lingbo was furious.
"The arrow is straight!" he shouted, "Kill her."
The third-level imperial guard located further outside the palace gate raised his crossbow.
But in the darkness of the night, the sight was unclear, and all I could see was arrows flying away like a rain. The woman jumped and ran and disappeared into the layers of the palace in the blink of an eye.
"She can't escape with her wings in the palace, chase her!"
"The concubines and concubines are all searched in the palace without any obstruction!"
Kill her. Only by killing her will there be room for maneuver in everything.
She should have been killed long ago.
Gao Lingbo's body trembled and he clenched his hands tightly, his usually calm face twisted ferociously.
She should have been killed a long time ago! There would be no trouble like today!
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When the fireworks were rising in the night sky, Qin Hu was standing on the city gate looking at the Jin'an County Prince and others who were still surrounded under the city gate.
"Your Highness, why don't you go to Qiliting Station to rest, and then you can submit your request tomorrow and enter Beijing in a dignified manner," he said.
Prince Jin'an did not answer.
"Qin Hu." Zhou Feng urged the horse to turn around, with a bit of anger, "What happened in the palace?"
Qin Hu looked down at him and smiled.
"Just so that you can guard the city every night and open the city gate at any time," he said.
"If that's the case, then why did you let her enter the city alone!" Zhou Hui shouted angrily.
"Because she will be fine." Qin Hu said with an indifferent expression, his eyes falling on the King of Jin'an County, "However, if there are others entering the city, that may not necessarily be the case."
Zhou Sheng gritted his teeth and raised his head to continue speaking, but his expression suddenly changed.
"Sir, look."
A soldier on the city gate shouted, pointing at the night sky behind him.
Qin Hu turned his head and looked.
Fireworks bloomed in the distant night sky.
"Your Highness!" Mr. Gu called out to Eunuch Jing, and he also extended his finger.
Prince Jin'an lifted his hood and raised his head to look at the night sky.
"What beautiful fireworks."
He said, a smile appearing on his slightly pale face under the light of the torch.
"Brother Six, look, these are fireworks specially prepared for you."
Prince Jin'an was not the only one who laughed when he saw the fireworks.
A smile also appeared on Qin Hu's face.
"Look, I just said don't worry, she's fine." He smiled at Zhou Hui who was under the city gate and said, "You just don't believe her."
When the fireworks lit up, the abnormality in the palace was revealed to the public, and the courtiers who had been waiting at the palace gate had a reason to enter the palace.
The changes in the palace can no longer be concealed, everything will be exposed to the world, and the traitor will be killed, so what danger can she be in?
How can you not believe her?
Zhou Hui was already furious.
"Qin Hu, open the city gate!" he shouted, "If you still remember her life-saving grace, open the city gate!"
As he spoke, he picked up the crossbow on his horse and pointed it at Qin Hu.
The defenders on the city wall immediately aimed their crossbows at him.
"Zhou Hui." Qin Hu stopped laughing, "It's just for her life, so I can never let someone who shouldn't enter the city enter the city. In that case, she will be unforgivable."
As he spoke, he also picked up a bow from behind and drew it.
"Zhou Hui, don't be fooled by others and become obsessed with it."
"Qin Hu, your damn legs are healed, but your brain is broken!" Zhou Hui gritted his teeth and shouted, suddenly releasing the bow and arrow in his hand.
An arrow flew straight towards the city wall.
"Son."
The person beside Qin Hu pulled him away.
The long arrow crossed the battlements and landed on the ground, colliding with the ground and erasing a spark.
With this movement, the soldiers on the city wall loosened their bows and arrows.
"Back off," they shouted.
There was a burst of dust flying, and a row of feathered arrows was inserted in front of everyone's horse hooves. Under the torches, the arrow tails swayed like blooming flowers.
Zhou Hui, Prince Jin'an and others all took a few steps back.
"Zhou Huo, I know you are doing this for her. I don't care, but others don't know." Qin Hu said, the words were addressed to Zhou Huo, but his eyes fell on the King of Jin'an County, "
Don’t let everyone misunderstand, it’s not good if His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin’an County wants to attack the city and enter the capital.”
Just as Zhou Geng was about to say something, Prince Jin'an, who had been silent all this time, suddenly burst into laughter.
"In this case, how can it not live up to its name?" he said, taking out something from the sachet at his waist.
Stretching out his other hand, Eunuch Jing beside him lit up a fire twister at the same time.
With a hissing sound, the object in Prince Jin'an's hand flew into the sky and exploded into a gorgeous flower.
"Brother Six."
Prince Jin'an looked at the fireworks blooming in the night sky and smiled again.
"My brother specially prepared this for you, but I didn't expect it to be used so soon."
I would rather never use it in my lifetime.
He lowered his gaze and pulled up his hood to cover his face.
"Let's get started."
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Four thousand words, one update today. I will go back to work after a few days of sick leave to straighten things out. Please bear with me.
Thank you jagotch, ferre_lu, He Shibi for the sheep type reward, thank you Shangguan Yunyan, tang_hao, Rabbit Fat, the peach blossom fan that my friend rewarded that day, thank you WGJ500896, Rabbit Fat, spiffy, Shangguan Yunyan Tabalgin, Thanks to Xie Yuxi for the sachet and everyone for the peace charms. I saw their names one by one in the background. (To be continued)
