Chapter 187 The eldest princess was assassinated, and Xie Yao was injured?
The eldest princess' carriage stopped, and the royal carriage following behind also slowed down.
"Madam Xu, was Xie Yao also like this when she was a child?"
Inside the car, the eldest princess's gaze fell on Xie Yao, her tone revealing a subtle curiosity and a deep-seated envy.
Monk Jue'an said that when Xie Yao was a child, she accidentally saved his and Gu Zhaotang's lives.
If her daughter were still alive, she would be willing to shorten her life by ten years as long as she was half as healthy as Xie Yao.
"Ayao has been naughty since she was a child. She has great ambitions and has always wanted to be a female general." Xu Susu nodded.
Xie Yao: My mother still gave me face and didn't reveal the fact that she fought with her peers in Tangliu Lane every day when she was a child.
She lifted the curtain of the carriage and saw Shuangxi and two of the princess's guards clearing the snow on the road ahead. In the distance was the red fruit forest they had seen a few days ago, with snow piled on the branches.
When Xie Yao saw the woods, she felt something in her heart and habitually put herself in the shoes of the time when she was marching and fighting.
The forest here is deep and dense, blocking the view and making it an ideal place for an ambush.
In her previous life, the Queen Mother colluded with the Western Rong people to assassinate Marquis Anping, just to put the blame on the Emperor and foster Marquis Anping's ambition.
But in her previous life, because she did not go to Chengfo Temple, the eldest princess did not announce the establishment of a temple for Queen Mother Xihe to the public.
Therefore, the eldest princess did not return to Beijing on New Year's Eve that year.
Not to mention that the Xirong people were ambitious and unwilling to be just pawns of the Queen Mother, even the Queen Mother did not want the Princess to become the Emperor's helper...
A gust of wind blew by, and Xie Yao's face froze slightly. She jumped off the carriage and said, "There's an ambush!"
As soon as the words fell, countless sharp arrows shot out from the dense forest, indiscriminately covering the two carriages of the eldest princess and the prince behind her!
"Protect the emperor!"
Xie Yao shouted loudly, and immediately drew out his long sword to block the carriage.
The palace guards behind him reacted quickly, but the eldest princess's guards were a little flustered. In less than two breaths, they screamed as if they were shot.
Xie Yao swung her sword swiftly, cutting off two arrows that were shot at the carriage. "Mother, Your Highness, stay in the carriage and don't come out!"
Xu Susu's face turned pale, but she still said, "Ayao, be careful!"
The princess remained calm and immediately ordered the guards outside: "All the guards in this palace will obey Xie Yao's command!"
"Don't panic, form a formation."
Xie Yao raised his knife to block and shouted orders.
The eldest princess's guards numbered about thirty people, and they were well-trained. Upon hearing her words, they quickly formed a military formation.
She also asked maids such as Rendong to get on the carriage to prevent them from getting hurt.
After a while, the rain of arrows stopped, but Xie Yao did not let down her guard.
The palace only brought twenty personal guards, but because Bai Zhu was there, they responded promptly and only a few people were injured.
Suddenly, the horse pulling the cart was wounded by arrows. It began to breathe heavily, shook its hooves, and went crazy.
Shuangxi Rendeng hurriedly protected the eldest princess and Xu Susu as they got out of the car. At the same time, masked men in black, holding knives, rushed out of the dense forest. There were more than a hundred of them!
Xie Yao swung her sword to knock down the two assassins who rushed forward, and took the opportunity to lift his mask. He had brown hair and a rough face, and he was a Xirong man!
Although there were many assassins, she was able to deal with them easily.
It had been a long time since she had experienced such a thrilling battle.
Xie Yao slashed the neck of an assassin with a knife, dodged to the side to avoid the splattering blood, and stabbed the assassin who attacked her from behind in the heart with another knife with a quick and decisive move.
Xiao Yizi sat in the carriage, lifted the curtain, used a dagger to fend off the assassins who occasionally rushed in front of him, and followed Xie Yao with his eyes.
These assassins were targeting the eldest princess, and there were not many people in the palace.
Xie Yao killed another person with two sword strikes, then raised the sword and looked at the assassins around her dimly.
Blood dripped drop by drop from the silver blade, and her plain and charming face was also splashed with dark red blood.
A dozen assassins surrounded her, but none of them dared to approach her.
"Come on." Xie Yao smiled coldly.
The assassins rushed towards her simultaneously.
Xie Yao jumped up, tapped the horses pulling the carriage with her toes, then flew to the top of the carriage, swept her long sword across, and directly pushed everyone back!
Xu Susu and the eldest princess, who were escorted to the side by the guards, were very nervous when they saw this scene. But they felt relieved when they saw Xie Yao kill the assassins.
At this moment, a guard behind the eldest princess suddenly turned around, drew his sword and stabbed at her!
"Your Highness!" Xu Susu discovered that something was wrong with the guard, exclaimed, and hurriedly pulled the princess to her side.
The guard had a fierce look on his face and his sword did not stop, as he was about to pierce her and the princess through.
But Xu Susu's action created an opportunity for Xie Yao.
She was standing on the roof of the car at the moment, and had no time to move forward, so she threw the long knife in her hand over!
With a "clang" sound, the long sword knocked the guard's sword away, and he was knocked over by a huge force. Blood oozed from his knuckles and he couldn't even hold the sword.
The eldest princess opened her eyes wide in shock, looked at Xie Yao, then at Xu Susu, her breath choking.
This kid saved his life!
"Ah!" The guard wanted to attack again, but Bai Zhu, who had rushed over, slashed down with a knife, nailing his shoulder blade to a thick tree trunk.
"Ayao, be careful——"
Xie Yao breathed a sigh of relief, but heard the voices of Xiao Yizi and Xu Susu at the same time.
Seeing that she was the most capable one, she dropped her knife. Several archers who were lying in ambush in the woods drew their bows and arrows at the same time and aimed at her!
Xie Yao turned around, grabbed an assassin who was about to chop her with both hands, lifted the assassin up, grabbed one of the assassin's hands in mid-air and broke it, sending his knife to his own chest, carrying the body and using it as a shield to block the rain of arrows.
However, there was a sound of breaking wind from the side and rear, and a cold arrow shot towards her, and Xie Yao had no time to resist.
"puff!"
The arrow penetrates the flesh.
"hiss……"
Xie Yao groaned, and blood instantly stained her sleeves red.
Xiao Yizi's pupils shrank slightly, and he stabbed an assassin to death with one sword. The hand holding the sword trembled violently.
He had never had the urge to stand up like he did just now.
Suddenly, a sour pain came from Xiao Yizi's legs.
Xie Yao discarded the body, picked up the scimitar from the assassin's hand, cut off the arrow shaft, and jumped down from the carriage, shouting, "Don't worry, I'm fine!"
Judging from the time, Lao Su's men will be arriving soon.
The ground began to shake.
The dull sound of horse hooves made Xie Yao curl the corners of her lips.
"Major General, I'm late!"
From a distance, Su Huai'en was riding his horse in the front, shouting at her like thunder.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the assassins looked at each other and someone shouted "retreat". The group immediately gathered their troops, ignored the corpses on the ground, and turned around to dive into the dense forest.
Su Huai'en brought several hundred cavalrymen from the Jingji Camp, and they were a one-sided crusher against the assassins.
The sounds of fighting soon died down, and the snow was in a mess, filled with corpses and blood.
Xie Yao leaned against the carriage with her hands hanging down.
Honeysuckle removed the arrow from her and urgently treated the wound on her left arm.
Xie Yao remained silent throughout the whole process. Her pale face and slightly furrowed brows made Rendong's eyes red and her movements became slower.
"This is just a minor injury, it only needs a simple bandage. I've suffered more serious injuries than this before." Xie Yao smiled at her.
Honeysuckle: "The princess is still joking with this servant."
Xie Yao: "Isn't this because you are here?"
Su Huai'en asked the deputy to continue the pursuit, and he stepped forward: "Young...Princess, these assassins are the same group as the assassins from Yunhe Tower. They all want to die, and no one will survive."
Bai Zhu picked up the guard who had been knocked unconscious and pinned to the ground by him and threw him over: "He's alive."
Xie Yao nodded: "Take him back and keep him under strict supervision."
The fact that there were many Xirong people among the corpses was enough to explain the problem.
However, even if the assassin was found to be from Xirong, there was no evidence to prove that the Queen Mother was the mastermind behind the assassination...
But it doesn’t matter. Since Lao Su appeared here, it proves that Marquis Anping had been assassinated in Yunhe Tower.
Madam Hou Jiang Congyan is "dead", and her death is the biggest evidence.
Su Huai'en scratched his head again and suddenly lowered his voice: "The young general instructed Lu Shenyan, tsk, what a coincidence, that guy blocked the arrow for Anping Hou and was injured in a vital part."
"Really?" Xie Yao curled the corners of her lips.
In his previous life, Lu Shenyan’s crazy and twisted roar was still ringing in his ears.
Now, he has no descendants again.
Before Xie Yao could think about it, she saw Bai Zhu pushing Xiao Yizi towards her.
The prince's handsome face was covered with frost and suddenly became a little blurry.
"princess!"
"Ayao!"
When Xie Yao heard the shouts of him and Rendong, her eyes went dark and she fainted.
After an unknown amount of time, she was awakened by the pain.
What came into view was Fuguangyuan's bedroom, with people gathered around the bed.
"The princess is awake!"
Honeysuckle's voice came: "Thanks to the butler for removing the poison from this arrow."
Xu Susu's eyes were red as she stepped forward and held her uninjured right hand: "Ayao, you're finally awake. Does it hurt? What do you want to eat? Mother will make it for you herself."
"Mom, I'm fine, just a minor injury."
Honeysuckle handed over the warm water and said, "Princess, that arrow was poisoned. You were unconscious all night, and the Madam... and the Prince also stayed by your side all night."
Xie Yao raised her head to drink water and saw Xiao Yizi sitting in a wheelchair staring at her, his thin lips tightly pursed, his face gloomy, and his eyes bloodshot.
It was as if someone owed him eight hundred taels of silver.
"Your Highness, you have worked hard." Xie Yao said in a muffled voice and blinked at him.
Xiao Yizi looked into those clear eyes, and the cold aura on his body suddenly softened.
He turned his head away and said in a hoarse voice: "Princess's injury, are you sure it's okay?"
The old housekeeper said, "Thanks to Miss Honeysuckle's prompt treatment of the wound, the princess didn't bleed much. Moreover, the poison on the arrowhead is the most common type used by the Western Rong. The palace has always had an antidote. Now that the remaining poison has been cleared, she just needs to heal her wound well."
The Xiao family has been dealing with the Western Rong for generations and knows them best.
Moreover, a few days ago, before the Western Rong delegation was about to enter the capital, the royal palace arrested a large number of Western Rong spies and even found the antidote for the poison that injured the prince's leg.
However, the prince was too deeply poisoned and the antidote was far from enough.
To prepare more antidotes, several extremely rare medicinal herbs are needed.
"I have completed what the princess instructed me to do."
Bai Mi heard that Xie Yao had woken up and also walked in.
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