Chapter 126 Poisoning
"Be careful!" Xiao Yu shouted, quickly dodged back to the front of the horse, grabbed Liu Zhiyuan's hand and pulled her down.
Before Liu Zhiyuan knew what was happening, her body fell downwards, and she screamed in fright.
Immediately afterwards, a sharp arrow brushed past her ear and hit the tiger that Xiao Yu had just nailed to the tree.
Liu Zhiyuan fell into Xiao Yu's arms and was held tightly in his embrace.
Liu Zhiyuan was still frightened. He turned his head to look at the tiger that had been shot again, his face pale.
It was a close call. If Xiao Yu hadn't reacted in time, she would have been the one with the hole in her body.
"Are you okay?" Xiao Yu asked nervously, looking at Liu Zhiyuan.
Seeing that she was not injured, I felt relieved.
Liu Zhiyuan shook his head. Before he could even finish his words "I'm fine", a large group of men in black suddenly emerged from all directions.
They were surrounded in an instant.
Liu Zhiyuan was shocked. Did he encounter an assassin again?
She tightened her arms around Xiao Yu's neck, and he noticed it, saying softly, "Don't be afraid."
Thinking of the last assassination attempt, where he was poked like a hornet's nest again and again, and almost became a eunuch, Xiao Yu was still frightened.
He put Liu Zhiyuan down with a serious expression and protected her behind him, "My beloved, don't move. I will protect you."
As soon as he finished speaking, his vision went dark and he was back outside the hunting ground. He was sitting there, and Wang Zheng was introducing the rules of today's hunting competition.
Xiao Yu, "..."
Turning his head and looking back, Liu Zhiyuan and Yan Ruyu were still standing there.
Seeing him looking at him, Liu Zhiyuan grinned.
Don't worry, don't worry. Ever since she confirmed that the system would malfunction after saving files for fifteen days due to excessive memory, she no longer dared to save files easily.
When something happens, just reverse gear. How easy.
Xiao Yu withdrew his gaze and whispered a few words to Liu Dehai. Liu Dehai nodded and called Wang Zheng, who was introducing the rules.
Wang Zheng raised his hand and bowed, "Your Majesty."
Xiao Yu tapped the armrest of the dragon throne lightly with his fingers and said casually, "Eight hundred meters to the southeast, there is an assassin lying in ambush. Take your men to capture him."
Wang Zheng was surprised. The emperor had been sitting here and had not gone deep into the dense forest. How could he know that there was an ambush inside?
And he even knew the exact location. Could it be that the emperor could predict the future?
Or perhaps the emperor was just speculating.
He was confused but didn't dare show it. He just had to carry out the emperor's order.
"I obey your orders."
Wang Zheng suddenly broke into the dense forest with a team of guards, leaving the ministers and their families who had only half listened to the rules to look at each other in bewilderment.
I don’t understand what’s going on now.
After a while, faint sounds of fighting were heard from the dense forest.
The sound was distant and messy, and it was not very clear. Some of the timid ones began to panic and didn't know what to do.
Xiao Yu sat there, motionless as a mountain.
Yan Ruyu was about to make a move and whispered, "Yuan'er, did you hear any noise? It sounds like someone is fighting."
Liu Zhiyuan naturally knew what was going on, but she couldn't explain it to Yan Ruyu, so she said vaguely, "It seems so."
"I really want to go and see it." Yan Ruyu was extremely looking forward to it.
She hadn't fought with anyone for a long time. She was trapped in the palace all day, facing a group of scheming and pretentious women every day, and she was about to suffer internal injuries.
Liu Zhiyuan, "..."
"You'd better not go. It would be bad if it causes more trouble."
"That's true." Yan Ruyu muttered in a lack of interest.
Gradually, the sounds of fighting died down, and finally the dense forest returned to silence. Wang Zheng led his men out, escorting several men in black, and forced them to kneel on the ground.
"Your Majesty, the assassin has been strangled, and these few are still alive."
Xiao Yu's eyes were cold. "Take him away and interrogate him strictly."
"yes."
Prime Minister Chen stood among the ministers, his face terribly gloomy.
These are the best secret guards raised by his Chen family. Although their skills are not the best, no one can hide their bodies. As long as they don't show up on their own initiative, they will never be discovered even if they are right in front of him.
The purpose of sending this group of people today is to hide their whereabouts, to catch Xiao Yu off guard and fall into the trap, and to take the life of the dog emperor.
However, Xiao Yu didn't expect that before he entered the dense forest, the whereabouts of this group of people had been exposed and they were all caught in one fell swoop.
How on earth were they exposed!
The assassination was a serious matter. Apart from him, only the secret guards knew the order. These secret guards were all trained as death squads and were absolutely loyal to the Chen family. They would never betray him.
There is only one possibility, Xiao Yu's spies have infiltrated him without anyone noticing, and his every move cannot escape Xiao Yu's eyes!
Thinking of this, Prime Minister Chen's face became solemn, with a hint of worry in his eyes.
There are many people who share the same idea as him.
They all saw it very clearly just now. The emperor was sitting there, and suddenly called Wang Zheng over, and then Wang Zheng led people in to catch the assassin.
This shows that the emperor has become so powerful that he knows everything and can do everything!
The royalists were overjoyed; the stronger the emperor became, the more reassured they felt.
The Prime Minister's party was frowning. The Emperor was so powerful now. Could Prime Minister Chen still check and balance the Emperor? If the Prime Minister fell, none of those who followed the Prime Minister would be able to escape.
Fortunately, the Northwest General has an army of 400,000 and can be said to have strangled the lifeline of Dayong. As long as the Northwest General does not fall, the Prime Minister will never fall.
After Wang Zheng ordered the assassin to be taken away for strict interrogation, he continued to announce the rules, but everyone was in a heavy mood and lacked the previous enthusiasm.
Yan Ruyu was not affected much and enthusiastically took Liu Zhiyuan to go hunting.
The hunting trip lasted three days in total and we returned after three days.
They set out in the morning and returned to the palace in the evening. Liu Zhiyuan leaned on the car window and looked at the bustling crowd outside.
Dayong was actually governed very well by Xiao Yu.
The carriage stopped in front of the palace gate. Liu Zhiyuan got off and was about to take the sedan chair back to the Yangxin Palace, but he saw a man in armor rushing over.
He knelt down in front of Xiao Yu and said, "Your Majesty, two days ago, Minister Liu's family was attacked by someone and he was poisoned and fell into a coma. He has not yet regained consciousness. I have failed in my duty. I beg Your Majesty to forgive me."
Tang Kai knelt on the ground, waiting for his fate.
Liu Zhiyuan had already walked towards the sedan chair, but upon hearing this, he rushed to the man and said, "What did you say? Who's poisoned?"
Tang Kai saw that it was Liu Zhiyuan who asked the question, and his face was filled with guilt. "I deserve to die for not protecting your Majesty's parents and brother."
Liu Zhiyuan's face turned pale, his head was spinning, and he almost fell down.
Xiao Yu quickly reached out to support her, "My beloved, calm down, let's go over and take a look first."
Liu Zhiyuan quickly came to the Liu Mansion and saw his parents and brother lying on the bed with pale faces and unusually black lips, unconscious.
She rushed to the bed and grabbed Madam Liu's wrist. It was completely cold and lifeless. If it weren't for the slight movement of Madam Liu's chest, she would have thought there was a dead person lying there.
How could this happen? Why did this happen?
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