Chapter 230 The Princess's Death
The music from the banquet passed through the thin window and was carried into Cheng Nianying's ears by the wind.
At the same time, Jiang Shenyuan's voice was heard:
"Since you know it's the Emperor, why do you still insist on staying on Fu Yi's doomed ship?"
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"You're not talking again." Jiang Shenyuan sneered, slowly grasped the knife on the table, and stood up.
King Liang outside the door had not yet fully understood the relationship between the two, but he had instinctively tensed his body, ready to strike.
"Your lips are pale and your vitality has not recovered yet." Cheng Nianying spoke again.
Jiang Shenyuan's steps faltered: "It's more than enough to deal with you."
Cheng Nianying took out her hand from her sleeve, and a reddish-black nail was shining on her palm.
Jiang Shenyuan glanced at it with amusement: "That's not your usual weapon, is it?"
"All my weapons are with you."
"Hmm... Do you want to take it back? We don't have to be so confrontational. I want to save your life."
Cheng Nianying looked at him strangely. She didn't expect that at this time, Jiang Shenyuan was still willing to recruit her?
She pointed at Jiang Shenyuan's palm: "Don't you hate me?"
"Fu Ruiming did it, I will seek revenge on him." Jiang Shenyuan paused and asked, "Are you trying to delay again?"
"I know there is someone outside the door. Is he the guard Fu Yi sent to you?" Jiang Shenyuan suddenly looked up towards the door.
Jiang Shenyuan raised his hand: "How could I come here alone?"
As he raised and lowered his hand, six or seven people dressed as killers suddenly walked out from the inner room.
I think... it must be the one that slipped through the net of Dizi Pavilion.
"What do you think? Have you decided whether to surrender or fight to the end?" Jiang Shenyuan asked.
His brows were slightly furrowed, showing a bit of impatience.
The coffin nail in Cheng Nianying's sleeve slid outwards. She grasped the head of the coffin nail, pressed the table sideways, used the force to jump, and stabbed towards Jiang Shenyuan's neck.
"Give me back my things."
Jiang Shenyuan exhaled, tilted his neck, and dodged to the side.
A shadow covered his brows and eyes. "You've chosen a more difficult path for yourself... It seems I have no choice but to kill you first before taking you away. Really, why bother with this suffering..."
Jiang Shenyuan flipped the entire table over and hit Cheng Nianying's waist.
Cheng Nianying tensed her toes and was about to kick it away.
The next moment, the door was kicked open from the outside.
The man came with a fierce and powerful voice: "Who do you want to arrest?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he drew his sword and chopped the wooden table in half.
Jiang Shenyuan looked up and was stunned: "...King Liang?"
King Liang reached out and grabbed Cheng Nianying's collar, pulled her back suddenly, and then stood in front of her with his big horse and golden sword.
"Commander Jiang?" King Liang paused after recognizing Jiang Shenyuan.
But then his expression turned even uglier: "Don't act so arrogantly here!"
Jiang Shenyuan took a deep breath and had to stop for the time being. At the same time, he gestured to the killers behind him, asking them to stop.
"I thought he was Fu Yi's subordinate, but I didn't expect it to be His Royal Highness Prince Liang. It's not that I'm being rude. It's that I'm following the emperor's orders to capture this man..."
"Why do you want to arrest her?" King Liang refused to give in.
"It is an imperial decree. How dare I ask further questions? Simply follow your Majesty's orders. I hope you will cooperate."
"What if the king refuses?"
Jiang Shenyuan's expression froze, looking cold and ugly.
"Then please go and tell His Majesty, instead of embarrassing me here."
"Since you feel embarrassed, then just let her go. I will take her away..."
"No!" Jiang Shenyuan interrupted quickly, "Your Highness, are you still going to fight me?"
King Liang raised his hand and thrust the tip of his sword forward, almost touching Jiang Shenyuan's collar. "...I should ask you this. Are you so bold as to dare me to use my sword?"
Jiang Shenyuan lowered his eyes and considered for a moment.
"I am loyal to Your Majesty and must obey Your Majesty's orders first."
After he finished speaking, he raised his hand again, and the killers behind him moved at the same time.
King Liang shouted, "Stop them!"
Several guards standing outside the door immediately rushed in, some drew their swords, some drew their knives, and fought with the killer.
Sweat dripped down his forehead, causing Jiang Shenyuan's eyes to ache slightly.
His eyes were red, and he knew that he had to fight quickly, so he threw himself at King Liang without holding back.
Just as King Liang was about to fight, he turned around and tried to catch Cheng Nianying.
It was very similar to the day when Tianzi Pavilion was besieged, but he was still determined to capture Cheng Nianying.
Cheng Nianying tapped the ground with her feet and retreated several times. Her other sleeve moved and another coffin nail slipped out. She crossed her hands in front of her chest, chopped his shoulder with her left hand and stabbed his lower abdomen with her right hand.
At the same time, King Liang reacted and turned sideways to draw his sword.
Jiang Shenyuan was forced to retreat.
"..." Jiang Shenyuan was immediately furious, "I don't understand. This woman is Fu Yi's sweetheart. Why did the King of Liang protect her?"
King Liang, however, was not going to reveal those secrets to him, and sneered, "You don't understand much!"
Jiang Shenyuan: "..."
He winked at someone behind him: "Why don't you go and invite His Majesty!"
After these words were spoken, King Liang still showed no intention of backing down.
Cheng Nianying was not afraid either.
Not only was she not afraid, her eyes even lit up.
Go and invite the emperor? Okay!
Jiang Shenyuan's eyes quickly swept over the two of them, and then he fell speechless.
What? Is he in trouble with Tai Sui recently?
One misfortune after another!
Jiang Shenyuan took a few more steps back and said, "Never mind. I do not wish to engage in unnecessary conflict with Your Highness. I will report this to Your Majesty and ask Your Majesty to handle the matter."
"You don't want to? But I want to catch you and ask you clearly." King Liang chased after her and even knocked over two brocade stools.
Jiang Shenyuan also felt angry.
If it weren't for the fact that he was the King of Liang...why would he hold back?
Prince Liang was the most unreasonable of all the princes.
"Nian Ying, you are so lucky." Jiang Shenyuan sneered and gestured again.
This time he didn't say anything, but the other killers flew over and hit the window in tacit understanding.
The windows were knocked open at the same time, and Jiang Shenyuan stepped on the fallen brocade stool and jumped out.
The other killers followed closely and tried to escape together.
"Are you okay?" King Liang turned around and walked to Cheng Nianying.
The guard turned around with a person in his hand.
"We only caught one." The guard said ashamedly.
"The space here is narrow, and we can't move around much. We'll catch one and one." King Liang replied, then asked Cheng Nianying again, "Are you okay?"
Cheng Nianying shook her head and kept some distance from him.
Prince Liang withdrew his hand awkwardly. He had clearly hoped to leave Fu Yi behind and be alone with her. But when they were truly alone, he didn't know how to bring himself to ask for it.
How to say it?
Talk about your crimes?
She said that she had harmed an innocent woman, who happened to be her mother?
Then ask her if she wants to recognize a father?
"Will the emperor come?" The girl's inquiring voice sounded in his ears.
"What?" King Liang came back to his senses. "I... don't know either."
He hurriedly asked, "Why did the emperor arrest you?"
Cheng Nianying didn't answer.
After all, Prince Liang is the emperor's son.
King Liang guessed it himself: "Because... Fu Yi? Fu Yi really is harmful!"
Cheng Nianying couldn't help but glance at him sideways.
King Liang immediately stopped talking, and his speed made his men look sideways.
Cheng Nianying immediately turned around and walked out. She had to tell Fu Yi first that Jiang Shenyuan came to see her.
Jiang Shenyuan suddenly appeared at Prince Ding's residence on orders. I'm afraid there's something unusual going on...
"Wait." King Liang followed after him.
The two men walked out one after the other. When the servants on the road saw them, they were surprised.
King Liang fell behind?
They saluted blankly.
But King Liang had not yet figured out how to bring this up with Cheng Nianying.
In a blink of an eye, we were approaching the garden where the banquet was to be held.
A palace maid's shrill voice disrupted the peaceful and melodious silk music.
"Someone! Help!...Prince Danshuo killed Princess Zhaoning!"
Prince Ding's expression suddenly changed.
Cheng Nianying paused.
King Liang also stopped in his tracks, somewhat incredulous: "How could Fu Yi do this? How could he do this? How could he do this?!"
Cheng Nianying instinctively wanted to refute: "Of course he wouldn't..."
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Imperial Palace.
The emperor twisted the Buddhist beads in his palm and recited scriptures in a low voice.
After a while, he asked the eunuch, "How many times has this happened?"
"You've read it three times."
"Hmm." The emperor stopped spinning his Buddhist beads and murmured softly, "I gave you a chance."
"Zhaoning."
"I will ask the woman he likes to accompany you."
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