As he spoke, he suddenly turned around and looked at the secret guard kneeling on the ground: "Tell me! Why did it fail? Didn't you promise me that the plan would be foolproof?"
The secret guard pressed his head firmly against the gold brick and said in a trembling voice: "Return to your majesty... If everything was according to the plan, this mistake would not have happened... But King Yan was already on guard and deliberately confused our sight.
, created the illusion that he was in a carriage! In this way, he lured out some of the most skilled people in the trip, and took the opportunity to shoot them..."
King Yan has extraordinary skills, and ordinary people cannot get close to him, so they specially selected three top masters this time.
But those three people were the first to die under King Yan’s arrows!
Under this situation, the next offensive is destined to be much blunter.
Emperor Qingming let out a strange laugh: "Have you been prepared?"
His second brother...had expected that he would take action?
"That's right... and even though some of the personal soldiers and followers of Prince Yan's Mansion may seem ordinary, in fact they are all elites. Even the horsemen who drive the carriages are dressed as masters!"
"..." Emperor Qingming's face turned a little bluer.
This precaution came earlier than he thought...
The secret guard continued: "Going to the back, when we still had a chance to succeed, a group of Xu Jiajun suddenly came and stepped in!"
"What?"
Emperor Qingming's face turned extremely cold for a moment: "Xu Jiajun?"
Xu Qiwei is not in the capital, who can dispatch Xu Jiajun?!
"It is said that he happened to be passing by here... to escort a group of thieves into the city..." Sensing the chill in the emperor's tone, the secret guard lowered his voice.
By coincidence?
Emperor Qingming's voice suddenly softened, and he sneered: "...Xu Qiwei is clearly not in the capital, but he can still hinder me. He is really lingering."
As he said that, he looked at Xia Tingzhen: "Teacher... do the math, is it almost time for me to get back Xu Jiajun's military talisman?"
Looking at the emperor's moody eyes, Xia Tingzhen said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I believe there will be good news in the near future. Until then, it will be easy to get rid of King Yan."
He had previously advised His Majesty not to be anxious.
But His Majesty was too afraid of King Yan, as if he had been harboring his worries for too long and had become a demon, and could not treat him calmly.
If this assassination fails, King Yan will definitely take precautions.
Fortunately, the Duke of Zhen had already arranged everything in advance...
Otherwise, just relying on Your Majesty's current headless appearance, trying to determine the current situation is tantamount to wishful thinking.
Xia Tingzhen was contemptuous in her heart, but she never showed it on her face.
After hearing Xia Tingzhen's words, Emperor Qingming slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air and felt a little calmer in his heart. However, when he thought of King Yan's face, he suddenly felt angry again in his heart.
With a sullen face, he suddenly pulled out the long sword hanging next to the screen, and swung the sword to slash at the secret guard kneeling on the ground.
This sword fell on the shoulder of the secret guard. The secret guard wanted to hide but did not dare to hide. He was afraid and begged for mercy.
"Your Majesty, spare your life..."
One sword after another until the secret guard fell into a pool of blood with his eyes wide open and made no more attempts to struggle.
With a "clang" sound, Emperor Qingming casually threw the sword at his feet.
Blood spattered onto Xia Tingzhen's shoes, making him frown slightly.
The body was quickly collected, and the young eunuch on duty outside the imperial study had a pale face, but his eyes were lowered with repeated expressions.
As the sky gradually darkened, the young eunuch left the Yangxin Palace and on his way back to his residence, he just walked with his head down and accidentally bumped into a palace maid.
This was such an ordinary scene that no one noticed it.
Gong E returned to Yukun Palace and handed a note to the queen.
The queen pursed her lips tightly.
The Dog Emperor is really going crazy...
She had gotten some rumors before, and although she was not sure, she still handed over the letter and asked King Yan to take precautions. Now it seems that she was right.
In addition, this note also mentioned something...
The Dog Emperor and Xia Tingzhen also mentioned the death of her sister, and there was obviously something else going on in their words...
The queen held the note tightly in her hand, with a cold look in her eyes.
She entered the palace for the sake of the stability of the family. Although her father did not want to force her, as the daughter of the Wu family, she had some responsibilities that she could not shirk from - and besides responsibilities, her other purpose for entering the palace was to
Find out the truth behind Ajie’s death.
But after many years, the relevant people and things she could think of have long since disappeared.
But this does not prevent her from getting closer to the truth step by step.
What happened back then was that the Dog Emperor was the most suspect. Coupled with her understanding of the Dog Emperor over the years, combined with many old events, the answer was almost ready to come out.
At this time, if she said that her eldest sister's death had nothing to do with the Dog Emperor, she wouldn't believe a word of it.
The queen lit the note on the candlestick and threw it into the incense burner.
As long as she is still in this palace, her responsibilities will still be on her shoulders.
In the current situation, everyone is just a drop in the ocean. She has a lot to do, but there may be very little she can accomplish. It should be noted that some people spend their entire lives losing their lives, or doing so-called useless work.
But until the last moment, no one can say whether it is a useless effort.
The queen looked at the flickering candlelight and gradually became lost in thought.
She still remembered that she had read the Lotus Sutra with him when she was young. He took up his pen and copied down one of the sentences. The handwriting was vigorous and powerful, and it was too beautiful to behold. She read softly and slowly beside her:
All the lamps, eventually all the lamps will be bright.
This is a sentence she has always kept in mind.
She doesn't have much ability and is not the first person to light the lamp.
But as one of the thousands of people who carry the light, I try my best to protect the one in my hand, and I can still do it.
If one day, when the darkness is gone, the lamp she holds may not be conspicuous at all, but there is no need to be conspicuous.
I just don’t know if she will burn out the lamp in her hand by then.
The candlelight reflected in her eyes, and there was no flinch or regret in her eyes, but if she really wanted to say that, occasionally, there would be a little bit of regret...
Especially since I didn't even say goodbye to him properly...
Thinking about it later, that kind of behavior was really quite meaningless.
The tabby cat ran over at some point and rubbed the hem of her skirt.
The queen smiled and picked it up.
"What a blessing...please accompany me and read a book for a while, okay?"
The Queen sat down on the couch with the cat in her arms and whispered softly.
…
It rained heavily in Beijing, then stopped and fell again, and it didn't clear up until three days later.
That night, Xu Mingyi woke up from a nightmare.
"grandfather!"
She opened her eyes suddenly and even looked around in a panic. The surroundings were dark and chaotic. She lifted the thin quilt and opened the jade-green gauze curtain.
Ah Zhu, who was outside, heard the noise and walked in quickly.
"girl."
Azhu lit the lamp and saw his girl sitting barefoot by the bed, with cold sweat on her face as white as jade, so he walked over, knelt down and asked softly: "Is the girl having a nightmare?"
