The queen's expression gradually became serious, and she was obviously a little angry. She seemed to want to say something, but she didn't say anything. She simply turned around and opened the door of Li Simu's room, and then left with her son.
When she got downstairs, the queen stopped again, looked back in the direction of Chunjiao and said in a deep voice: "Remember, it was you who didn't help me. If I and the prince died somewhere in Kyoto, let's see if you
How to explain to your master!"
Leaving behind a word, the Queen's team began to return to the palace.
Chunjiao took a deep breath and was so angry that she turned around and pushed the door open and returned to Xia Shang's room. When she saw Xia Shang wiping his sweat at the table, she asked angrily: "Did you hear everything?"
"I heard it! I'm finally leaving!" Xia Shang let out a sigh of relief.
"You are controlled by others, which makes me controlled by others. You must be responsible for this!"
Xia Shang did not answer and signaled Yu Ji to take Sisi and leave first.
After both women left, Xia Shang said, "What did you do? I feel like she knows I'm back!"
Chunjiao sat down angrily and took a sip of water: "This has nothing to do with me. I only care about what to do now? Will you agree to her request?"
"Of course I can't agree! People from the Metropolitan Procuratorate went to the court, and they said that they were intending to rebel. Moreover, the reason why the Metropolitan Procuratorate can stay safe in Kyoto is because all parties have shown goodwill.
If you go to help that woman, you will completely turn against everyone else, especially Li Yong. There is no way to explain.
What I'm concerned about right now is another thing she said. What does it mean that the princess of Japan wants to marry the new crown prince? The princess of Japan is the daughter of the Eastern Emperor..."
Xia Shang thought about it in his mind, isn't that what he meant by Ji Zi?
The thought of Yoshiko marrying the new crown prince right under his nose...
I don't know why, but Xia Shang felt very unhappy in his heart.
Of course, Xia Shang himself knew that this matter had nothing to do with him, and he and Jizi were just friends.
But I felt unhappy after all.
It was also because hearing this incident distracted Xia Shang's attention, but he did not notice more details in the queen's words.
Chunjiao didn't know why Xia Shang cared about the princess of Japan, and said: "The most important thing now is to stabilize the situation in Kyoto. Who has the mind to take care of Japan's actions? Even if Japan has any unknown intentions, let's look at what's in front of us first."
Xia Shang recovered his thoughts and nodded.
"My lord, what you mean is that everything should be business as usual, don't get involved.
And what happens in the next ten days?”
Xia Shang nodded again.
"But..." Chunjiao felt a little more worried.
"What? Didn't you refuse firmly?"
"My lord, did you not notice the last words left by the queen?"
"Huh?" Xia Shang really didn't hear it. The queen was already downstairs when she spoke.
"Remember, it was you who didn't help me. If I and the prince die somewhere in Kyoto, let's see how you explain it to your master!"
Chunjiao repeated, "When she said this, her expression was a little worried and a little disappointed. She seemed to have a premonition of something... It seems that there will really be danger in ten days."
Xia Shang waved his hands and said indifferently: "Don't worry, that woman has always liked acting. There will be a fight for the crown prince in ten days, and she will not be implicated at all. She is just doing this to gain sympathy and make you soft-hearted."
"Really?" Chunjiao was a little confused.
"Really!" Xia Shang was firm.
"Are you not worried at all about what might happen to the queen?"
"If I have to worry, I will only worry about my own children. That woman is too scheming and wants too much. She is not my type at all."
As soon as she finished speaking, Chunjiao's expression became serious.
Xia Shang looked at her and thought something was wrong. He was about to ask a question when he sensed a lot of small movements on the street outside.
It felt like a lot of people quietly gathering in a certain direction from the roof...
"No!" Chunjiao said in a low voice, "Someone is eyeing the palace team!"
This incident was no joke, Xia Shang immediately opened the window and jumped out.
When they got to the street, Xia Shang found that it had started to rain heavily at some point, and the palace procession had just passed by. There was no one on the street, but he saw the palace procession disappearing around the corner at the end of Flower Street.
The cold winter raindrops were biting, hitting the face like needle pricks. At the same time, they fell on the roofs of the tiled houses on both sides of the street, making a thin clicking sound.
But among these clattering sounds, the sound of more rapid footsteps was very obvious.
Xia Shang looked up and could see three men in black flying past the roof towards the team coming out of the palace.
I saw three people at just one glance. I couldn't believe the number of people I couldn't see or missed. I couldn't imagine how many there were.
When Chunjiao arrived at Xia Shang's side, she was holding a man in black in her hand.
"
Say, who sent you here?"
The man in black didn't speak, he just sneered at Chunjiao.
Xia Shang frowned and was about to say something when he suddenly smelled a strange smell.
"Get down!"
Xia Shang yelled, grabbed the man in black and kicked him several meters away.
As a master, Chunjiao didn't even react, and was already thrown to the ground by Xia Shang in the rain.
The moment they lay down, there was a loud noise behind them, and the explosion sent out air waves that sent the two of them flying into the air from the ground, and then they fell heavily, followed by a strong smell of gunpowder.
The two were in shock. When they looked back, they saw that the man in black had been blown into a pile of dregs.
"What is this?" Chunjiao felt cold in her heart. She had never seen anything like this before.
Xia Shang didn't search his memory carefully and didn't remember it for a while, but he soon thought that the puppet he met in Chengdu also used this self-destruction method to attack.
Contemporary gunpowder is only used to make ammunition for Shenwu cannons. There are no explosives that can be carried with you at any time, and even if they exist, they are extremely rare.
Xia Shang remembered that the smell just now was that of burning fuses, so he subconsciously avoided it, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
The puppet we met in Chengdu was scary enough, but the puppet moved very slowly, making it easy to avoid.
But the men in black we meet now are living people, with agile skills, able to fight on the spot, and in desperate situations, they will self-destruct and die together with their opponents...
When Xia Shang thought about it, he couldn't help but shudder in his heart. Such an assassination method, with so many dead soldiers, was even more dangerous than the Grandmaster!
If their target is the palace team, wouldn't the women and children be in danger?
"Send a signal flare and summon everyone in the Metropolitan Procuratorate for reinforcements!"
As soon as Xia Shang finished speaking, the signal bomb in the air exploded.
There was a dull loud noise, brilliant fireworks in the sky, and countless eyes from all corners of Kyoto. I don’t know how many people immediately stopped what they were doing, silently put on black clothes and masks, and turned into people in the rain curtain.
The ghost is flying towards the center.
This sound also opened the curtain of the assassination. A flying arrow pierced the rain curtain and stabbed hard on the wheel of the carriage in the palace procession.
A small explosive was tied to the flying arrow, and then a spark exploded, causing the carriage to roll over in the rain.