Chapter 226: Selecting the troops and generals, whoever wins will die
System: [Don't get close! This powder won't go away for days. Ah Ruan, why do I find that every time they assassinate the emperor, the assassins like to use you as a medium. Before, they wanted to burn you into a ball of fire, and now they want to use you as bait to attract insects. ]
Yuanruan: [I am also helpless. ]
The emperor and the prince remained calm.
The Queen and the others' pupils trembled again:!!!
What?!
This was not the first time Jiuer encountered such a dangerous situation.
…
At this time, the eunuch in black placed his hand on the box and smiled at Yuan Ruan, "Ninth Princess, the Queen Mother ordered me to do this for you..."
He was about to make a small move when he suddenly felt his hand lighten.
The black-robed eunuch looked up and saw the red-locked box in the hands of the Seventh Princess. He was nervous and wanted to use some tricks to grab the box, or if that didn't work, he could just knock it over. But Qi Yue was much more agile than him, and after two steps back, the black-robed eunuch couldn't get close to the box.
There was no other way, the eunuch in black could only test once more: "Seventh Princess, the Queen Mother specifically ordered me to open it for the Ninth Princess..."
Qi Yue looked down at Yuan Ruan: "Do you want to see it?"
Yuanruan shook his head frantically: "No, I don't want to watch it. I'm eating."
The black-robed eunuch froze in his tracks. It was the first time he encountered a princess who directly rejected the Queen Mother's kindness. He almost didn't know what to say.
Qi Yue smiled inwardly, thinking that he was indeed a smart little Bodhisattva, and this was a good reason.
So Qi Yue calmly put the box in her arms, without even looking at the eunuch in black, and directly carried Yuan Ruan back to the buffet and sat down: "She doesn't want to see it, let's eat first."
Eunuch in Black: ...
He hasn't been back to the palace for only a year. How did the style of the Xia Kingdom Princess become so strong? !
System: [Hahaha, Miss Qi Yue is really domineering, yyds! ]
Yuan Ruan: [Yes. I am really lucky. Last time, I had the strong support of my male mother, and this time, I have my seventh sister to protect me. Also, thanks to this, I don’t have to go through a 12-hour plot killing this time.]
System: [How could there not be? Any assassination attempt involving your brother will inevitably be targeted by the Heavenly Dao. In other words, they will all be killed by the plot.]
The emperor and the prince, knowing the power of the plot killing, were terribly upset.
When the plot comes, it doesn't matter whether there are other people next to him, they are all in trouble.
The emperor did not want to involve the concubines and his offspring, so he stood up abruptly and said, "I still have government affairs to attend to, first..."
Yuan Ruan: [This Heaven is really inhumane! Why can't it focus on bad people, such as this evil queen mother? 】
The system suddenly muttered: [Hiss. Ah Ruan, now that you mentioned that, I realized that your brother was standing very close to the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother might be accidentally injured.]
It was these words that kept the emperor stuck in place for a few seconds.
At this time, a row of palace maids carrying trays came forward, ready to replace the plates and dishes for the buffet.
At this moment, a woman's scream suddenly came from near the wall.
Everyone looked and saw a palace maid who was serving soup accidentally stepped on the hem of her clothes and fell to the ground. The boiling soup bowl hit the palace guard next to her. The palace guard was burned and grimaced, shaking his hands left and right. The moment he turned around, the long lantern hook next to him caught the long sword at his waist.
"Swish" the long sword was hooked out of the sheath.
With the inertia of pulling, the unsheathed long sword flew high back and then was thrown out violently.
Accompanied by a sharp white light, the tip headed straight towards the emperor's waist.
The system made a sharp sound: [Oh my god! This position is aimed at the kidney! If this hits, Ah Ruan, you will definitely not have nephews or nieces in the future.]
The prince, who had just rushed forward and was about to deflect the long sword, staggered: What is the system focusing on?
The emperor twisted his waist subconsciously.
At the same time, Qi Yue used his legs to lift up the stool beside his feet, then kicked it sideways, and the stool flew out and hit the long sword directly.
This force bounced the long sword away, and the flying long sword "swooshed" through the empress dowager's hair, then stabbed heavily into a tree trunk not far away.
The Queen Mother was unable to dodge and half of her hair fell to one side, looking like a mad woman.
The dumbfounded concubines and palace maids nearby belatedly covered their mouths, stood up anxiously, and said:
"Your Majesty, are you okay?! Is there an assassin here?!"
"My Queen, are you injured?"
"Oh my god, how could a long sword fly over here? Is there any other danger?"
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While the palace maids and concubines were discussing in panic, the black-robed eunuch could no longer care about framing Yuan Ruan, and he ran towards the Queen Mother. When he passed by a low stool, he wanted to vent his anger on the Queen Mother, so he kicked it hard.
The black-robed eunuch was skilled in martial arts, and he originally wanted to smash the stool directly, but the stool did not break. Instead, it followed the force and rushed towards the emperor and Yuan Ruan in a strange curve.
"Oh! My God!"
"Your Majesty, be careful!"
"Oh my god!"
…
Fortunately, the emperor had been tense and easily dodged Yuanruan.
At the same time, Rongpin suddenly rushed out, then with a backhand left fist, accompanied by a "bang!" sound, the flying stool was instantly smashed into pieces.
The largest piece of debris grazed the Queen Mother's cheek and left a bleeding mark.
Queen Mother: …
Crowd: …
Rongpin noticed the subtle gazes of the people around her. She suddenly sat on the ground tenderly, covering her right hand and sobbing: "My concubine, my concubine is in so much pain."
Everyone looked at the debris on the ground, which was barely even the length of a finger, and their mouths twitched. At the same time, they complained wildly in their hearts, "Rongpin, is there a possibility that you just smashed the fragments with your left hand?"
"Master, Queen Mother, are you okay?"
The eunuch in black forgot to call out in a hurry, and rushed towards the empress dowager, took out his handkerchief and gently touched her, while shouting to the people around him, "Come to the imperial physician, call the imperial physician over quickly!"
Only then did everyone notice that a quarter of the Queen Mother's face was almost covered with blood.
The concubines also panicked and stood up hurriedly:
"Call the doctor quickly."
"Your Highness, are you okay?"
"Hurry, hurry, I brought some hemostatic ointment. I'll bring it over right away."
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System: [The Heavenly Dao must be pissed off. He cheated in various ways, but the Emperor was so ferocious that he suffered no damage at all. Oh no, this Queen Mother is really unlucky. Ha, it all fell on her head.]
Yuan Ruan: [Because he is a scumbag, it is retribution. ]
The Empress and Concubine Rong wondered why the Empress Dowager was a scumbag?
The Queen pondered deeply, wondering if the death of the previous heirs in the palace was related to the Queen Mother.
Rongpin was also wondering, could it be that the Queen Mother had killed someone?
System: [Aruan is right. A man who pretends to be a woman and stays in the harem is a hooligan.]
The Queen, Concubine Rong and Qi Yue:!!!
Qi Yue clenched her fists instantly.
The queen almost couldn't breathe. If the emperor hadn't given her a hand, she would have fallen to the ground.
Concubine Rong crushed the chopsticks in her hand to pieces. She didn't even notice the shocked and unbelieving looks of the concubines beside her. She stared at the Queen Mother with her eyes.
However, the Queen Mother did not notice the subtle looks in some people's eyes.
He was now in a dishevelled state, and instead of trying to harm the emperor, he ended up bringing disaster upon himself. He was so angry that he was about to explode.
The Queen Mother said perfunctorily that everyone should continue to enjoy the buffet, and then left.
Logically, the Empress, Concubine Rong and others should accompany her.
But knowing the secret of the male queen mother, for the sake of the dignity of the Great Xia harem, the queen not only did not move herself, but also found an excuse to let the concubines continue with the banquet and not let them go to Cining Palace now.
The flow of food continues.
The queen found an opportunity, came to the emperor's side and whispered: "Your Majesty, what is going on?"
The emperor patted the queen's hand and said, "Don't be impatient."
The queen's eyes widened and she whispered, "Your Majesty, I am in charge of the harem, how can I..."
The emperor lowered his voice and said, "Before you come, I have ordered people to summon the relatives of the concubines. Later, they will find a winter hunt or some other excuse to bring the concubines back home to visit relatives for a while. You will go with them."
The empress understood that the emperor was clearing out the women in the palace in preparation for eliminating the empress dowager's power.
Yuan Ruan: [Yes. He is a gangster leader. By the way, Tong'er, it is convenient for you to watch the melons while my brother's concubines are here. Look in order and see if any of these concubines have given birth to princes or princesses with the Queen Mother.]
Emperor and Empress: !!!
The people next door were thinking about how to trick the concubines and their relatives back home when they suddenly tilted their bodies: !!!
It's bad. We'll call upon the soldiers and generals, and whoever hits the target will die.
This is the Book of Life and Death!