Chapter 14 Assassination

When Lu Jinyao got off his horse and came up to the two of them, Shen Baoshuang, who was relentlessly humiliating Han Xiyue, finally saw him.

"Your Highness," Shen Baoshuang hurriedly stepped forward, walked in front of Lu Jinyao, bowed, and pretended to be gentle: "Your Highness, I wish you all the best. What a coincidence that I meet you here."

Lu Jinyao nodded but did not respond.

Han Xiyue, who was standing by, also stepped forward and paid her respects to the prince.

The prince responded to her: "Miss Han, Madam Chen saw you here and asked you to come over and answer her question."

Han Xiyue couldn't help but look up at Lu Jinyao. Could it be that this prince was here to rescue her?

Shen Baoshuang couldn't stand seeing the two of them flirting with each other, so she took a step forward and squeezed between the two of them, looking at the prince: "I didn't see the noble concubine at the last banquet, so I'm sorry to bother your highness to introduce her to me."

However, Lu Jinyao was unwilling to get entangled with her, and only said: "Madam Chen is only seeing Miss Han now, is it possible that Miss Shen wants to disobey the order?"

There was a chill in his words.

Seeing the prince like this, Shen Baoshuang quickly leaned forward to confess her crime. She also watched the two of them leave in pairs, and she felt even more resentful towards Han Xiyue.

"Really..." Concubine Chen Gui didn't say anything, and suddenly remembered her daughter, "Come, give Wanwan to me."

Then he asked Jinyu to hold the curtains, and then he said, "Take a look at Wanwan, and see if the prince and Miss Han are a good match!"

Lu Xing evening star eyes.

[Mother, you are really the one I love the most. Mother really understands me. Prince brother and Han sister are really a perfect match! ]

The second prince, who was standing beside the carriage, laughed and said, "Madam Chen, Ninth Sister is less than three months old, how can she know all this?"

The group laughed again.

When Han Xiyue came to pay her respects in front of the sedan chair, Concubine Chen smiled and said, "I didn't say I wanted to talk to Miss Han. It was our eldest prince who wanted to help Miss Han out!"

Lu Jinyao and Han Xiyue both blushed at what he said.

Concubines were not allowed to stay overnight when they came to visit their parents, so after having lunch and resting for a while, Concubine Chen and her entourage set off for the palace.

While everyone was resting, Concubine Chen quietly came to her father's study.

"Father, I accidentally heard the news a few days ago that Prince Rong was planning a rebellion, but this news is not certain. I hope you can investigate secretly. If there is something wrong, please inform His Majesty."

Dingguo Hou was shocked: "Where did you hear this news?"

Concubine Chen Gui avoided the question and said, "I'm not sure about this matter. Father needs to investigate it first."

Seeing that his daughter did not answer this question, Marquis Dingguo stopped asking: "Prince Rong is timid and cowardly, and he does not seem to be the type who dares to rebel. It's just that he has always been greedy. If someone secretly supports him, I'm afraid..."

After saying this, Marquis Dingguo sat back down and said, "Just a few days ago, there was the incident with Prime Minister Cui, and it has not come to any conclusion yet. Now, Prince Rong has also had this idea."

After saying this, he looked up at Consort Chen Guifei and said, "Qingyan, the Crown Prince is grown up now. If someone wants to seize the throne, you will certainly be impacted. You must protect yourself well in the palace."

"Don't worry, father. I will be careful about everything." Concubine Chen nodded. "Father, please don't tell mother about this, otherwise she will worry and lose sleep all night."

Dingguo Hou nodded, and after a moment he looked at Concubine Chen Guifei again: "Qingyan, when you entered the palace, your mother and I taught you that you should be patient in everything and not try to stand out. But now your father wants to teach you that if someone really bothers you, you don't have to be patient. Now that you have a position here, you must not lose the family's style."

Concubine Chen looked at her father, seemingly not understanding, but still nodded.

The person who gained the most from this trip was, of course, Lu Xingwan.

Grandpa and grandma didn't have the chance to go to the palace when the baby was one month old, and they also didn't attend Concubine Chen's canonization ceremony last time. Now, of course, they have to give Lu Xingwan a big gift.

What Lu Xingwan was most satisfied with was the set of gold headwear given by her grandmother.

"Mother, she is less than three months old, why does she need a golden headdress?" Concubine Chen Guifei was at a loss whether to laugh or cry when she saw it.

The second prince complained inwardly: Empress Chen, you were holding your ninth sister just now, letting her see whether big brother and Miss Han are a good match!

The Marquis’ wife smiled and replied, “I heard from outsiders that Princess Yong’an, born to Concubine Chen Gui, doesn’t like jade or jewelry, but prefers gold!”

He then tapped Lu Xingwan's head and said, "You're actually a little money-grubber!"

[My grandma loves me the most! Wanwan loves gold the most! ]

Concubine Chen Guifei couldn't help but feel jealous: Just now you said that I loved you the most, how could you change so quickly.

After resting, several people left Dingguo Marquis Mansion and rushed to the palace.

After leaving the Dingguo Marquis' Mansion and walking out of the bustling city, the surroundings suddenly became quiet. Based on her previous experience fighting on the battlefield, Concubine Chen felt that something was not right for a moment, so she lifted the curtain to see where they were.

But unexpectedly, the moment she lifted the curtain, an arrow flew through the air and hit the sedan chair directly.

If Concubine Chen Gui had not dodged quickly, the arrow would have hit her right between the eyebrows.

"Protect the queen, protect the prince and princess, there is an assassin!" The guards quickly surrounded Concubine Chen, the eldest prince and others in the middle and defended from all sides.

When the scattered people around heard that there was an assassin, they didn't care to watch the excitement and hurriedly dispersed.

"Swoosh" another arrow came and hit a guard standing in front of Concubine Chen Guifei.

Concubine Chen was terrified. It seemed that this person came here to kill her. She did not bring any plum, orchid, bamboo or chrysanthemum with her. She shouted loudly, "First Prince, Second Prince, protect the princess."

He jumped off the carriage and took the sword from the guard in front.

In an instant, seeing that Concubine Chen Guifei had been led out, the men in black who had been hiding in the dark rushed out and headed straight for the sedan chair.

[Oh my god, what kind of luck do I have? Could it be that these people didn't kill us when my mother gave birth, but they pursued us to this extent? ]

[Wow, mom is so cool. I want to learn martial arts when I grow up and be as cool as mom.]

[Wuwuwu, can I live to grow up? ]

Concubine Chen Guifei, who was chopping people, didn't care what Wanwan was thinking. She just ordered to protect the little princess, but she didn't dare to leave the sedan chair for a moment.

The men in black turned their swords and headed towards where Lu Xingwan was.

Another fierce battle.

Pei Chuyan saw that everyone was targeting Lu Xingwan, and that Concubine Chen's kung fu was also quite good, so he did not leave Lu Xingwan's side for even a moment.

Just as the last assassin fell, another short arrow was released and flew straight towards Lu Xingwan.

Pei Chuyan blocked the arrow with his sword, but it deviated from its direction and just passed through his upper arm, causing blood to ooze out immediately.