Chapter 110 The Storm is Over
Seeing this, Concubine Rong hid almost her entire body behind the emperor and slowly took a few steps back.
"Your Majesty, look here is your good aunt, and you are still in my hands, and he wants to shoot you."
The emperor was also shocked when he suddenly heard Li Yueyao's order to shoot.
But then he looked at the people around him, and they were all staring at him intently.
Everyone held their breath and concentrated, as if they were afraid that they would scare Concubine Rong if they were not careful.
The virtuous concubine was still staring and raising her eyebrows in a hint, so she guessed that Li Yueyao and the others must have a backup plan.
Then he sneered and replied to Rongpin: "At this time, you still want to sow discord between me and my aunt. You should think about your own situation."
Seeing the distance between the two sides shortening, Feng Shenyu continued to speak to attract Rongpin's attention:
"Empress Rong, how about you release His Majesty, and we will release you, Prime Minister Gao, and the Seventh Prince from the palace?"
"The emperor is in my hands now. What qualifications do you have to negotiate with me?"
At this time, Qian Lou had already come out from behind the rockery and stood behind Rongpin, only a few steps away from Rongpin and the emperor.
Li Yueyao watched Rongpin continue to retreat, and when she saw that there were only two steps between them, she moved her middle finger.
Qian Lou received the instructions, held his breath, took two steps forward silently, and stabbed Rongpin in the back with a quick, accurate and ruthless knife.
Rongpin's body stiffened and her hands on the emperor's neck loosened.
After the emperor sensed it, he turned sideways and escaped from Rongpin's control.
Gan Qing rushed over quickly and took the emperor away.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Qian Lou hit Rongpin's back twice more, and Rongpin's body slowly fell down.
The Qianyu Guards stepped forward and quickly surrounded the man.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Rong has been executed, but Gao Hongchen is still alive."
Qianyuwei replied loudly.
The emperor said with a dark face, "Gan Qing, take the man away, wake him up, and give him a thorough trial."
Gansu and Qinghai responded.
Qian Lou threw away the dagger in his hand and ran towards Li Yueyao. He had just seen that his prince was injured.
Feng Shenyu came over and folded the handkerchief he had just taken out, put it on Li Yueyao's neck, and then hugged her as he walked towards His Majesty.
Li Yueyao saw Qian Lou coming over, smiled and patted his shoulder and said:
"Well done."
Qian Lou lowered his head and smiled, "I'm sorry to have frightened Your Highness."
"No problem, just some minor injuries."
After saying this, he turned to look at Concubine Shu next to him, but saw that she had already been carried away. Only then did he walk towards the emperor with peace of mind.
He stepped forward, tugged at the emperor's sleeve, and took a look: "Your Majesty, are you injured?"
The emperor shook his head. Li Yueyao, clutching her neck, asked, "Aunt, are you hurt?"
Li Yueyao smiled and said, "It's just a superficial wound, it's nothing serious."
The virtuous concubine stepped forward and gently moved Li Yueyao's handkerchief away. She looked at it carefully and said:
"The wound is quite deep. Treat it as soon as possible to avoid leaving a scar."
The emperor said, "Let's go back to Taiji Palace and let Gan Qing handle this."
Everyone returned to Taiji Palace from Thousand Carp Pond.
The Queen had heard the news and came over. She was shocked to see Concubine Xian with disheveled hair and a disheveled appearance, and Li Yueyao's neck was covered in blood.
More than half an hour ago, she and Concubine Xian were visiting Concubine Qi together in Yilan Palace. Only a short while had passed, and things had turned out like this.
Concubine Rong had an affair, and the Grand Princess of Jinyang and the Emperor were kidnapped in turn?
This is too absurd.
Faced with the queen's concern, the emperor really had no intention of dealing with it. He said a few words to the queen casually and sent her back.
When Feng Shenyu changed his clothes and came in, the imperial physician had already treated Li Yueyao's wound.
The virtuous concubine reported the incident to the emperor, with Li Yueyao interjecting from time to time.
Li Yueyao asked when he came in, "How are Feng Qing and the Thousand Feather Guards doing?"
"I was hit by a kind of smoke that made me feel dizzy. The imperial physician treated me in time and I recovered after waking up."
Li Yueyao asked again: "What about Concubine Shu?"
"Your Highness, I don't know what's going on in the harem."
Feng Shenyu spoke as he moved forward to check the wound on Li Yueyao's neck.
It was the first time for the emperor and the virtuous concubine to see Feng Shenyu. He reached out and lifted Li Yueyao's chin so naturally and looked closely at the wound.
From the perspective of the two, Feng Shenyu's forehead was almost touching Li Yueyao's cheek.
But seeing how cooperative Li Yueyao was and how well they understood each other, it seemed like their relationship was already very close.
But Concubine Xian also knew that this was not the time to just watch the fun.
Then he answered Fengshenyudao:
"I've asked Fu Shou to see Concubine Shu. She was poisoned by some kind of smoke. The imperial physician treated her in time and she's fine now."
Li Yueyao heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this: "That's good."
The Dragon Boat Festival was supposed to be a great day for the two princes to choose concubines, but in the end so many things got involved that it almost led to a palace coup.
When it got dark, Li Yueyao and Feng Shenyucai left the palace together.
In the harem, Defei's people finally found out what had happened.
After hearing the news from the servants, Concubine De was so frightened that she lost her mind and quickly sent someone to inform the eldest prince.
But at this moment the harem was under martial law and the eldest prince could not get in at all.
Concubine De was running around anxiously in Xianfu Palace.
Judging from what happened today, it seems that the emperor had already known about the affair between Gao Hongchen and Concubine Rong, but he still appointed Gao Tonghuan as the eldest prince's principal wife.
Doesn’t that also mean that the emperor knows about the affair between the eldest prince and Gao Hongchen?
Thinking of this, Concubine De felt as if the sky had fallen. She fell to the ground, feeling extremely anxious.
The eldest prince only knew that something had happened in the palace and martial law was in place, but he didn't know what exactly had happened. He was not as anxious as Concubine De.
The Fourth Prince was well-informed and went to the Second Prince to tell him the details. The Second Prince was so shocked that he was speechless.
He immediately stood up and went to the palace to visit Concubine Shu.
But he was stopped by the Fourth Prince, who pulled him back and pressed him into a chair:
"The palace gates are locked and the harem is under martial law. You can't get in.
Don't worry, Concubine Shu is fine, the imperial physician has already checked her out."
The Second Prince slapped the armrest of the chair:
"Rongpin is actually a spy from Nanli. Did she poison my mother's palace?"
The Fourth Prince nodded and said, "It seems that it should be her."
"How did she and Gao Hongchen get together?"
"I'm not sure about that, but one of them said they wanted to take the Seventh Prince away. I guess the Seventh Prince must be their child."
The Fourth Prince sighed.
When the second prince heard this, his eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
"Is this... this... news true?"
“It should be true.
In the process, they held my great-aunt hostage and forced my mother to take the Seventh Prince with her, saying they wanted to take him away with her."
The second prince stood up and paced back and forth in the room.
"Damn it, Nan Li is too arrogant."
After thinking for a while, he asked the Fourth Prince, "Then the assassination of our father and the explosion of the weapons depot some time ago, could it be that they were responsible?"
The second prince nodded.
The Fourth Prince was puzzled: "Then why did Father appoint Gao Tonghuan as my eldest brother's principal wife today?
Didn't the Emperor know this in advance?"
The Second Prince shook his head and said, "Impossible, Father must know something.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to send General Feng and his men to support Mother and the others in advance."
The Second Prince's mind finally cleared up for a moment after hearing this: "Could it be that my eldest brother..."
"If Big Brother hadn't chosen Gao Tonghuan as his concubine today, nothing would have happened later. He brought this upon himself."
After hearing this, the second prince sighed, then slowly walked to the chair and sat down.
As for Li Yueyao, since she returned home, Feng Shenyu would follow her no matter what she did, never leaving her side.
She wanted to take a bath at this moment, and Feng Shenyu followed her into the bathroom.
Li Yueyao glared at him: "I'm taking a shower, what are you doing here?"
"Don't worry, Your Highness. I'm behind the screen and won't peek."
"I'm fine, you're just too nervous." Li Yueyao muttered.
Feng Shenyu smiled lightly, said nothing, and found a stool to sit behind the screen.
Seeing this, Li Yueyao ignored him and went to take a shower.
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