Chapter 15 The Queen Loses Her Control
The assassin has been hiding in the water for a long time. He was injured and the water was freezing. If he stayed any longer, he would surely die.
He swam cautiously in the water, gradually approaching where Shen Qingtang was.
The assassin had seen Shen Qingtang before when he was walking around in the palace. He recognized that this was the emperor's biological daughter.
As long as he caught this princess, he would have a chance to escape from the palace!
Shen Qingtang stood on the shore, afraid of exposing her flaws. She kept turning her head to look behind her, trying not to let her eyes fall into the water.
She moved her ears slightly, listening carefully to the imperceptible sound of the water.
Hehe, the assassin is coming!
The assassin was more effective than the turtle in the wishing pool. He found the right moment to break out of the water and grabbed Shen Qingtang's arm.
Shen Qingtang felt a chill on her neck, and a sharp spirit sword was placed on her neck.
"If you don't want to die, don't move, follow me."
The assassin's warning sounded in her ears, and Shen Qingtang shuddered unconsciously.
"Ah!"
She showed her acting skills like a movie queen, blinked twice, and tears burst out instantly.
She begged weakly: "Wuwuwu, I don't want to die."
"You, you, you are not the assassin that the emperor wants to catch, right?"
"Wuwuwu, please don't, don't kill me... As long as, as long as you let me go, I will ask the emperor to let you leave the palace."
"Shut up, don't make a noise!"
The assassin exerted a little force, and the sword blade cut Shen Qingtang's snow-white skin, oozing out blood.
He knew that Shen Qingtang was just an unfavored little princess, and the emperor would never listen to her.
Shen Qingtang closed her mouth, and two lines of tears flowed down her cheeks. She looked so pitiful.
Assassin, I have done this much, you must leave the palace today!
The assassin held Shen Qingtang hostage and walked out.
With Shen Qingtang as a hostage, the guards surrounded them with swords and retreated step by step, none of them dared to step forward.
"Go and report this to the emperor and General Lu."
A guard ran out in a hurry.
Hearing the news that Shen Qingtang was held hostage by the assassin, Lu Jiuanxin suddenly missed a beat. The fourth princess must not get into trouble!
Lu Jiuan used his spiritual power to fly out, his eyes full of self-blame and worry.
At this time, the assassin had brought Shen Qingtang to the palace gate.
The guards surrounded the two of them, and the palace gate was closed. The guards did not dare to open the palace gate at will.
"Bold assassin, why don't you let the fourth princess go!"
Hearing Lu Jiuan's voice, the guards took the initiative to make way for him. There
was anger hidden in his dark eyes, which was as oppressive as an abyss and made people breathless.
The assassin's body trembled slightly when he was stared at by Lu Jiuan's murderous eyes. He swallowed his saliva. This is the famous and invincible commander of the imperial guards.
"Don't come over! If you take another step forward, I will kill her!"
Lu Jiuan paused and just stayed where he was.
Lu Jiuan's face was extremely solemn. Looking at the spirit sword that kept embedding into Shen Qingtang's skin, his breathing stagnated and he immediately stopped her: "Okay, I won't go over, don't touch her!"
Shen Qingtang calmly grasped the dagger hidden in her sleeve. If the assassin really dared to make a move, she would kill him.
The next moment, Shen Tianming, Mu Wan, Shen Junlin, Shen Chengyu and Shen Muxin all rushed over.
Seeing her daughter being taken hostage, Mu Wan's eyes were wet and her hands were shaking.
"Let her go!"
She pretended to be calm and questioned the assassin, "What do you want me to do in exchange for letting my daughter go?"
This was exactly what the assassin was waiting for. He grabbed Shen Qingtang's slender arm hard and dragged her backwards.
"Open the palace gate and let me out, or I will kill her."
Shen Chengyu clenched his fists and took a step forward: "You are delusional! Do you really think that my Fengyin Kingdom is a place where you can come and go as you please?"
"Don't even think about leaving the palace alive today."
"Really?" The assassin smiled sinisterly, "You would rather watch her die with your own eyes than let me go?"
"Well, I will die with her today. I am a small assassin and I can drag the princess of Fengyin Kingdom to die with me. It's worth it!"
"You dare!" Shen Chengyu drew his sword and pointed at the assassin, "Let my sister go."
Although Shen Chengyu didn't like Shen Qingtang, he had to admit that Shen Qingtang was his biological sister.
As a brother, how could he watch his biological sister being killed?
Shen Junlin thought the same. Even if Shen Qingtang was so mean, he couldn't just stand by and watch her die.
Shen Qingtang couldn't die, and the assassin couldn't leave alive.
"You're courting death by threatening this emperor." Shen Tianming didn't have any unnecessary expression on his face. His voice was steady, but it showed his imperial majesty.
"Yes, I'm threatening you. If you don't want her to die, let me out."
The assassin pulled Shen Qingtang closer to the palace gate, and the guards stepped aside.
Shen Muchen stood behind Shen Tianming and others and watched the show. At this moment, a bold idea came to her mind.
She hoped that Shen Qingtang would die under the assassin's sword. As long as Shen Qingtang died, she would be the only princess of Fengyin Kingdom.
Shen Muchen kept paying attention to the situation and began to look forward to it.
Lu Jiuan wanted to immediately agree to let the assassin go from the palace. As long as he didn't hurt the Fourth Princess, he would agree to anything.
But he couldn't do that. Only the Emperor had the right to make the decision.
Lu Jiuan stared at Shen Qingtang closely. He really wanted to know what the Fourth Princess was thinking, but they were too far away and couldn't hear Shen Qingtang's voice.
Shen Qingtang said nothing and just let the assassin pull her.
She wanted to get out quickly in her heart, but on the surface she was crying, which made people feel distressed.
Mu Wan tightly held Shen Tianming's arm, her heart in her throat.
Usually Shen Qingtang lived well in the palace, and Mu Wan didn't take her seriously.
Now she found out that Shen Qingtang was very likely to leave her, Mu Wan was very nervous, her heart seemed to be pierced by a sharp knife, the pain was so severe that she couldn't breathe.
At this moment, Mu Wan really understood that Shen Qingtang was her daughter, the daughter she had painfully given birth to after ten months of pregnancy!
What had she done before?
Now Qingtang would rather bear the danger alone than ask her for help.
In Qingtang's heart, she must be very useless.
Qingtang, the queen mother was wrong, the queen mother knew she was wrong, you must not leave the queen mother.
Mu Wan shed tears of regret and said to the assassin in a flattering voice: "Okay, I'll let you out, but don't hurt Tang'er." At
this moment, Mu Wan was no longer the high and mighty queen, but just an ordinary mother who cared about her daughter's safety.
The emperor didn't say anything, so the guards didn't dare to let him go, but since the queen had spoken, they didn't dare to disobey.
What should they do?
Mu Wan shook Shen Tianming's arm and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, let him out quickly, do you want to watch Tang'er die?"
She made up her mind, "If anything happens to Tang'er today, I won't live either."
This was the first time Mu Wan lost her composure in front of everyone. For the safety of her daughter, she didn't care about anything.
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