Wishful Things

"Returning to Your Majesty... the incident happened so suddenly, and I was in a panic. I never thought that the empress dowager and the others were still in the Zhaidian..." Li Ji said in a guilty tone.

It is impossible to say that it was completely unexpected.

But in that situation just now, is he going to ask the emperor's guards to go to the Zhaidian? ——The emperor will definitely agree because of his face, but he is afraid that if he turns around, he will be killed!

Oh, not necessarily...

If it is really separated, the emperor's own life can be saved or not...

"Confused!" Emperor Qingming was furious when he heard the words, "...If there is something wrong with the empress and the empress Jingrong, how will I explain to my conscience!"

"Yes, it's all due to my negligence..."

Li Ji hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty, but sighed wearily from the bottom of his heart.

Your Majesty is really persistent, and he still does not forget to pursue the name of benevolence and filial piety.

With a bad conscience, whoever is not blind can not tell whether the emperor has this thing or not.

Look, it can be seen from the unenthusiastic response of the adults at this time——

He doesn't know if the emperor is tired or not, but he is really tired from performing these kinds of plays.

"Han Yan!" Emperor Qingming looked anxious, and ordered: "Take people to the fasting hall quickly! Be sure to bring them here safely!"

safe and sound……

Han Yan weighed the weight of these four words.

I always feel that this does not depend on him, but on God's will.

"Yes." Han Yan responded and retreated.

However, as soon as he exited the palace gate and turned around, he saw a group of people walking in a hurry.

The leading girl was dressed in gorgeous clothes, holding a blood-stained dress in her hand, her hair was slightly disheveled, and her face was full of anxiety at this moment when she was embarrassed but not hurting her dignity.

Beside him are two maids and an inner eunuch, followed by Princess Jingrong——His Royal Highness, the eldest princess, followed quickly with the support of palace maids, wiping away tears.

"His Royal Highness, princess."

Han Yan stepped aside to salute.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty is inside!" Princess Yufeng asked anxiously as she stepped up the stone steps.

"Your Majesty is in the hall—" Han Yan was about to ask about the Queen Mother and Empress when he saw the mother and daughter rushing into the hall without stopping for a moment.

"His Majesty!"

Princess Yufeng entered the inner palace without a pass, and no one in the palace dared to stop her.

"Yufeng, Jingrong—" Seeing the mother and daughter, Emperor Qingming's face softened slightly: "It's good that you are fine, these assassins are coming in a menacing manner, fortunately you went to the Zhaidian, and avoided a dangerous danger."

"...?" Princess Yufeng was a little confused.

With the appearance of her and Xie Dingning, how does it look like they have avoided this danger?

In order to cover up his selfish nature of only caring about himself in the face of a catastrophe, open his eyes and speak nonsense?

"By the way, are the queen mother and queen surprised? Where are they at this time?"

"Yufeng came here to tell His Majesty that the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager have been kidnapped by those assassins!"

Emperor Qingming's expression changed drastically.

The ministers were even more shocked.

this……

How can there be such a thing!

"Is this true?!" Emperor Qingming's mind buzzed, and he stared at Princess Yufeng closely.

How could the queen mother and queen be taken away!

"How dare Yufeng make up nonsense with such things!" Princess Yufeng's eyes were red, and she was already in tears: "Those people broke into the Zhai Palace with their knives, and when they entered the palace, they hacked and killed the palace people. In a panic, I took my mother and the Empress Dowager away and separated from the Empress Empress... I only heard from those people that they want to trade us for Xia Tingzhen's life, and if you grab one more, you will get more chips!"

What? !

Xia Tingzhen...? !

"Xia Tingzhen..." The ministers were astonished: "These assassins today... are actually arranged by him?!"

"This is seeing that the crime has been convicted and the death penalty is inevitable...the attempt to rebel against the king will fail!"

"You said...they mentioned Xia Tingzhen?" Emperor Qingming's complexion suddenly became extremely cold, his gaze was still fixed on Princess Yufeng's face, as if he was still weighing the truth of what he said.

Under the gaze of this gaze, Princess Yufeng's palms were covered with cold sweat, but she still nodded without hesitation: "Yufeng can't get it wrong!"

"That's what Xie Jiaojiao said! I heard it too!" Princess Jingrong, with her face dirty from wiping tears, ran forward a few steps, threw herself in front of the emperor, grabbed his robe and said : "Brother, quickly call someone to save Madam and come back!"

As he spoke, his mouth fell down again, tears fell in strings, and he cried, "I don't want anything to happen to Madam! I want Madam to come back!"

This appearance is clearly a child's style, but it makes Princess Yufeng startled slightly.

What are the origins of these assassins, and what is the reason for 'abducting' the queen mother and queen, she is very clear.

In order not to accidentally injure her during the Taimiao operation today, and to cooperate better, Zhao Zhao told her the plan a few days ago——

But only she knew about this plan, and she never told anyone, including Xie Dingning.

Those assassins did indeed say the phrase "We will exchange Xia Tingzhen's life" just now, and they deliberately said it to the palace people——

And because she was worried that Xie Dingning, the monkey, would jump out at a critical moment and affect Zhaozhao's plan, she took people to the inner room to rest on the pretext of being sleepy as soon as she entered the Zhaidian. , she asked Shi Shi to keep a close eye on Xie Dingning in the inner room. Xie Dingning never came out from the beginning to the end, so why talk about "I also heard it"?

Is it casually agreeing with her?

Or...perceived her intentions, sensed the emperor's skepticism, and wanted to help her?

But how could a little fool have such thoughts?

This strange strangeness flashed in my heart, and Princess Yufeng's attention quickly returned to the emperor.

Faced with the eldest princess's cry, Emperor Qingming ignored it for a while because of his anger.

Xia Tingzhen...

He already felt that this assassination was strange. If these assassins had no internal response, how could they break into the Taimiao so easily!

And that bitch of the Rong family, who dared to poison him... Could it be that Xia Tingzhen was also instigating it behind his back? !

If that's the case, then his teacher... is really a man of all means!

First it was Qiao Bing's response, and today he took away the two most important pawns, the Empress Dowager and the Empress... The moves were precise, and the troubles under his nose were all picked by him!

"His Majesty."

At this moment, Ji Xiu walked in from outside the hall.

"How! We found Zhang'er!" Emperor Qingming asked immediately.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the servants have searched everywhere carefully, but the little prince has not been found." Speaking of this, Ji Xiu paused slightly: "But... a maid who was frightened crazy said that she saw A black-clothed assassin captured the little prince."

"What did you say!"

Emperor Qingming suddenly got up from his chair.

Those assassins... even kidnapped his Zhang'er!

"If it really was Xia Tingzhen's doing... He obviously wanted to use the empress dowager and the little prince as bargaining chips to threaten His Majesty and the court!" An old minister was indignant: "I have already told Your Majesty that this person is ambitious. It’s so heavy, I can’t keep it at all!”

This is short of pointing at the emperor's nose and cursing that raising tigers is a problem.

Ji Xiu heard that this matter was actually related to Xia Tingzhen, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, the top priority right now, besides finding the queen mother and the little prince, is to send people to Dali Temple to avoid another accident!"

Xia Tingzhen is now being imprisoned in Dali Temple, he must not let the other party have a chance to revive!

Emperor Qingming's lips were livid, and he said in a steady voice: "Ji Qing, I order you to hunt down the assassin's whereabouts quickly, and send orders to all parts of the city to rescue the little prince and the empress dowager! People strictly platooned and guarded, and transferred Xia Tingzhen to Beizhen Fusi, and if any suspicious person appears during the period, he will be killed!"

"Yes, I obey the order!"

Ji Xiu took his orders and left without delay.

The ministers discussed and speculated with each other, and all of them were anxious.

It's not important to sacrifice Meng Qiu, the emperor almost lost his life, but in the end he sacrificed the empress dowager and the little prince, who can stand it?

After today, if it spreads out, the face of the Daqing court will be completely lost!

Personal face is not important, how important is the face of the court? Now that the situation has become a mess, once such news spreads, the imperial court will lose its prestige, and it will be even more difficult to suppress the chaos!

Then there is King Yan and the Wu family...

If the two take advantage of the kidnapping of the Empress Dowager and the Queen to take advantage of the incident, then the real trouble is imminent!

Hearing the voices beside his ears, Emperor Qingming felt a sharp pain in his heart, and he fell back into his chair as if unable to support himself, and suddenly spit out a big mouthful of scarlet blood.

"His Majesty!"

"Big Brother! Big Brother!"

"This... What's wrong with the emperor!"

"Where is the doctor! Hurry up!"

The ministers are flustered and helpless—let's say it's useless, the more trouble it gets at this time! As the emperor, at this time he has to stand up and preside over the overall situation!

As the emperor vomited blood, the situation became more and more chaotic.

Soon, a guard came in to see the emperor, led by a doctor named Zheng Tai who had been recovered from no one knew where.

Doctor Zheng's hand to take the pulse was shaking at this moment.

Not to mention asking him to be examined by the emperor, why doesn't he need someone to help him diagnose and prescribe two anti-convulsants?

But the emperor's pulse...

Doctor Zheng broke out in a cold sweat.

I vaguely remembered that he had only been seen by the emperor about ten days ago, why did he walk so far in just ten days?

And he always told the emperor to be calm, calm...

If this tossing continues... Daqing will never end, the emperor is afraid that it will end sooner than later!

...

On Changqing Street, at the end of the street, a group of security guards and two carriages passed by very quickly.

After seeing the mark on the carriage clearly, Xiao Wu, who was guarding in the dark, left here quietly.

It seems that the young master has met Miss Xu and is going to pick up General Xu and the others——

The time is just right, and we can start as planned.

After Ji Xiu explained the matter of hunting down the assassin, he personally led people to Dali Temple.

He doesn't care about assassins or little princes. He only cares about one thing now, and that is that Xia Tingzhen must die. Don't even think about the possibility of turning over again!

However, before they could get close to Dali Temple, they could hear the hustle and bustle in front of them, and many people went to the south, which was the direction of Dali Temple.

Ji Xiu suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, and immediately patted his horse and led the people to rush away as quickly as possible.

"My lord, the Dali Temple is flooded!"

Seeing the thick smoke, Ji Xiu's face tightened.

There was an assassination in Taimiao, and the fire burned to Dali Temple again. If you think about it with your feet, you can see that it must not be a coincidence!

"Ji Shangshu..."

Dali Siqing was protected and came out, covered his face with his sleeve and coughed as he walked, seeing Ji Xiu, who got off his horse, hurried forward to salute.

"Is Xia Tingzhen still in prison?!" Ji Xiu immediately asked.

"Xia Tingzhen..." Dali Siqing subconsciously said, "I am here."

But why is this Master Shangshu so anxious and anxious? And just as he got out of the water here, the other party just happened to arrive——

Could it be...

Dali Siqing's face suddenly changed.

Could it be that someone wants to take advantage of the chaos to rob the prison!

This idea just took shape in his mind, as if to help him prove it, a guard quickly ran out from the yard behind him: "My lord, it's not good! A group of men in black with knives suddenly broke in from the backyard. I don't know yet." What is the specific plan!"

broken!

Ji Xiu suddenly pulled out the long knife at his waist: "Half the people come with me, and the other half surround this place, no one can escape!"

Even if he is desperate today, he will spare Xia Tingzhen's life!

As for the deal with the girl from the Xu family, he has written the truth back then as a letter and handed it to a trusted confidant. Even if something happens to him today, the letter will be handed over to Wan'er afterwards. Wan'er is always smart and knows what to do Do!

...

The incident at Dali Temple quickly reached Emperor Qingming's ears.

Having just vomited blood, the emperor, who had recovered a little bit, closed his eyes when he heard the words, trembling all over.

Poison——

Assassinate...

Take away the queen mother, queen, Zhang'er!

Now it's another jailbreak!

What a chain!

He couldn't even believe that all this could be done by his good teacher alone!

Although he is in prison, he can still control the overall situation. Let alone one point, he has not been completely defenseless against Xia Tingzhen all these years. When did the opponent's minions grow to such a completely uncontrollable level?

wrong……

wrong!

These are all on the surface, but the truth may not be that simple!

I don't know what came to mind, it was as if there was a loud noise in Emperor Qingming's chaotic mind, which made him open his eyes suddenly, and asked, "Where is Lord Zhen!"

The ministers subconsciously looked around when they heard the words.

I didn't see Duke Zhen.

But Duke Zhen was not the only one who was not here at this time, and many officials scattered in shock on the way to the front hall.

"Previously, the Duke was injured while defending against the enemy in the central hall, or he couldn't find him for a while." A minister speculated.

"At that time, seeing Duke Guo seemed to be seriously injured..."

Everyone discussed, and some people suggested that the inner eunuch should be called to find someone.

Not long after, an inner eunuch was brought back by Han Yan, who was so frightened that he prostrated himself on the ground, trembling slightly, and said: "...I saw the Duke chasing those assassins!"

Chase the assassin?

The officials were quite surprised.

Good guy, you still want to go after the assassin after being injured like that?

With this kind of vigor, people can only say one thing, Duke Zhen deserves to be Duke Zhen.

The Book of the Ministry of Rites guessed: "The Duke is injured, so he probably won't follow up for no reason. Maybe he saw those assassins hijacking the empress dowager or the little prince, so he chased after him in a hurry—"

Several ministers nodded in agreement.

Regardless of the entanglement between the monarch and his ministers, it is obvious to all that the Duke has a strong character and the important situation. This explanation really fits the other party's behavior style.

Emperor Qingming's eyes sank a little bit.

Is that really the case...

His eyes scanned the people in the hall inch by inch.

If he was not mistaken, apart from Zhen Guogong, his son Xu Jin was also missing!

No, more than that...