Su Man was attracted by the scream, and the next second, she saw the tip of the knife flashing with cold light stabbing towards the emperor.
At this critical moment of life and death, the emperor's face was distorted with fear, "Someone come! Protect me!"
At this critical moment, the Imperial Concubine grabbed the blade with her bare hands and bravely blocked the way in front of the Emperor, "Your Majesty, be careful!"
The palace maid missed the first strike and wanted to stab again, but the palace maids and eunuchs who reacted rushed over and pinned her to the ground.
With a "clang", the dagger fell to the ground.
Even though the maid had been subdued, the emperor, who had just narrowly escaped death, was still terrified. He slammed the table and shouted, "How did the assassin get in? Are you all good-for-nothings?"
The palace maids and eunuchs knelt on the ground, and no one dared to speak.
...
"My Lady, how are you?"
A scream called the emperor's attention.
The palace maid pointed at the imperial concubine's injured hand and dared not even touch it.
That delicate hand was now stained with blood. Perhaps a blood vessel had been cut, but half of her sleeve was stained red with blood.
The emperor suddenly recalled that when he was on the verge of life and death just now, it was the imperial concubine who risked her life to block the crisis.
At this moment, the Imperial Concubine looked up, her eyes like autumn water, like a pool of hot springs, softening the Emperor's heart. She choked and called out, "Your Majesty."
The Emperor didn't care about anything else and quickly came over to hold the Imperial Concubine's shoulders, "My dear, how are you?"
"My concubine is in pain."
"How could you be so stupid? You are powerless, yet you still want to block the knife for me."
The Imperial Concubine shook her head and said, "I just want the Emperor to be safe."
"My beloved."
The emperor was both heartbroken and moved, and even more furious at the assassin who dared to commit murder in front of him. He yelled at the top of his lungs, "Find out how she got in!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the palace maid who was trying to assassinate her shook her body. The next second, she vomited blood and died.
Qi Yi pointed at the assassin and shouted, "She committed suicide!"
Qi Xing heard the sound and went to investigate. When he saw the assassin's true appearance, he was stunned. But he quickly recovered and put his finger under the assassin's nose to check if she was still breathing.
After a moment, Qi Xing said, "Father, the assassin has died."
"What!"
The emperor's rage grew even greater. "How dare you be so audacious! Cut her body into eight pieces and feed it to the dogs!"
Qi Yi stopped the eunuch who was about to carry the person, "Your Majesty, wait a minute. How could this little palace maid dare to assassinate the emperor? I'm afraid there must be someone behind her, instigating this. Your Majesty, why don't you send someone to find out which palace she is from, so that the person behind the scenes can be caught as soon as possible."
After saying that, Qi Yi's gaze passed over Qi Xing vaguely, with a calm look.
The emperor calmed down after hearing Qi Yi's analysis. He had just been shocked and angry, and only wanted to vent his anger by dismembering the assassin. Now he thought that if the mastermind behind the incident was not caught, there would probably be a second or even a third assassination attempt.
Thinking of this, the emperor said to the chief eunuch beside him, "You, go and see who is dead and which palace he worked in before."
"yes."
The chief eunuch took the order and circled the palace maid's body. Then he took small steps to the emperor and reported, "Your Majesty, the deceased was named Lamei. Originally..."
He glanced in Qi Xing's direction before continuing, "It's from the Empress's palace."
“…”
After hearing this, Su Man finally understood the plans of the Imperial Noble Concubine and the others.
It seemed they were planning to use the assassination attempt as an excuse to drag down the Queen and Qi Xing and charge them with regicide. This would leave the Fifth Prince as the only candidate for the crown prince.
No wonder Qiu Niang was not in a hurry to get the ring. If Qi Xing died, she would naturally get it.
Su Man looked at Qi Xing. He looked calm and didn't seem to notice the crisis.
...
On the high throne, the emperor's face immediately showed disgust when he heard the word "empress". "Since she is from the queen's palace, go and call the queen over."
Seeing the eunuch take the order, the Imperial Concubine couldn't suppress the smile on her face. After her hand was bandaged, she patted her chest and said, "How could there be such a dangerous person around the Empress? Fortunately, the Emperor caught him today, otherwise, the Empress would be in danger too."
These words appear to be expressions of concern for the Queen, but in reality they are hinting to the Emperor that the assassin was sent by the Queen.
Sure enough, the emperor's face darkened after hearing this. "The maids in the palace have all been screened through layers of screening. How could someone of unknown identity sneak in? Unless someone did it on purpose."
As he was speaking, the eunuch outside shouted, "The Queen has arrived."
Regardless of whether the Queen had attempted to assassinate the Emperor or not, she was still the Empress. Except for the Emperor, everyone in the seat stood up and saluted.
"Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen."
The Queen was supported by Eunuch Hong as she paid her respects to the Emperor. "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
When she lowered her head, the flesh on her face was too loose and was pulled downward by gravity, and then flowed back to her face as she raised her head.
"Get up." The emperor said in a cold tone.
Unlike the emperor's disgust, the first thing the queen did when she stood up was to stare at him.
She couldn't remember the last time she saw the emperor. The look she gave him was almost greedy, and she didn't want to let go of a single inch of him.
The emperor turned his face away in disgust. "Look, do you recognize the people on the ground?"
The queen reluctantly lowered her gaze. When she saw the person on the ground, her pupils instantly dilated. "Lamei! What happened? Who killed her?"
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