Chapter 209 The Emperor Was Assassinated
When the assassins saw the emperor, they rushed towards him without saying a word.
Feng Ruobao hurriedly protected the emperor behind him and shouted, "Protect the emperor, protect the emperor..."
It was early morning, and the imperial guards were feeling sleepy after a night of guarding. They were awakened by Feng Ruobao's words. Several imperial guards on duty nearby hurried over and stood in front of the emperor.
The assassin's skills were far superior to those of the imperial guards. In a short while, several imperial guards were killed or injured. Seeing this, Feng Ruobao had no choice but to go into battle himself.
But his skills were not outstanding, and he had been living a life of luxury with the emperor for many years, which had neglected his skills. He was no match for the assassin at all.
The emperor saw that a fight had broken out and no secret guards had stepped forward. He frowned and shouted, "Mo Yi."
Mo Yi, who had been accompanying the guard, arrived a moment later. He was pale, with beads of sweat on his forehead and blood on his thigh. He replied, "Your Majesty, the Dark Guard Battalion has been tampered with, and the brothers are all unconscious."
He was about to appear when the assassin appeared, but as soon as he used his internal force, he felt dizzy. He stabbed his thigh with a dagger to stay awake and walk in front of the emperor.
"Sword." The emperor stretched out his hand towards him. Mo Yi was no better than unconscious. He had no fighting ability at all.
The patrolling imperial guards had not arrived yet, and I was afraid that something had gone wrong. Feng Ruobao was no match for the enemy alone, so the emperor snatched the sword from Mo Yi's hand and fought with the man in black who was coming to kill him.
"His Majesty."
"Master, be careful."
When Feng Ruobao and Mo Yi saw the emperor fighting with others, they were so frightened that their hearts tightened and they cried out.
Without even turning his head, the emperor said to Mo Yi, "Go find Lan Shu."
The other party will attack the people in the Dark Guard Camp, and he is worried that they will not let Lan Shu go either.
Mo Yi just thought that the emperor wanted him to ask Lan Shu for help. Although he was worried about leaving the emperor here, he had been drugged and could not use his internal strength at all, so it was better to go and ask for help.
After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and ran towards Lan Shu's palace.
An assassin noticed Mo Yi and chased after him with a sword. Seeing this, the emperor raised his sword and turned around to stab the assassin in the back.
The assassin sensed something and turned to the side, then attacked the emperor. Another assassin's eyes turned fierce, and he pulled out a hidden weapon from his waist and threw it at the emperor.
"Your Majesty, be careful." Feng Ruobao, who was fighting with the assassin, realized that the emperor was in danger. He abandoned his opponent and ran towards the emperor, trying to use his body to block the hidden weapon for the emperor.
He heard the sound of a sharp weapon piercing flesh, but the pain he imagined did not come. Feng Ruobao thought he had failed to block the weapon, and that the hidden weapon had injured the emperor. Terrified, he looked at the emperor hurriedly, "Your Majesty... where are you hurt?"
His already shrill voice broke out of fear and worry.
The emperor didn't bother to answer him, but looked at the two people who were coming over with light skills.
He saw clearly that the hidden weapon was repelled by the stone, changed direction, and pierced into the body of the assassin behind Feng Ruobao.
Wei Qingyan landed in front of the emperor, took the sword from his hand, and said to Feng Ruobao, "Protect him well."
He rushed towards the assassin like a sharp sword.
"Hey." Feng Ruobao felt relieved when he saw Shi Yu and Wei Qingyan coming, and hurriedly helped the emperor back away.
The emperor was worried about Lan Shu and was also concerned that Wei Qingyan and the others were no match for the assassin. After watching for a moment, he saw that they were handling the situation well enough.
He turned and ran towards Lan Shu's palace.
At this moment, the commander of the imperial guards also arrived with his men, "I am late in coming to your rescue, Your Majesty, please forgive me."
When he led his men on patrol to the East Palace, he was stopped by the deposed crown prince inside the gate. The prince said that his Persian cat had not come back all night and might have been killed, so he asked them to help find it.
The Persian cat was a tribute from a vassal state, and the late emperor gave it to the deposed crown prince, who treasured it very much.
Although the deposed crown prince was deposed, he still lived in the Eastern Palace. Perhaps one day he would be revived, so he couldn't refuse directly.
Thinking that he still had to patrol the palace, he decided to look for it as well. As a result, he followed the clues to the cold palace. After searching everywhere in the cold palace, he realized something was wrong and hurried over.
The emperor glanced at him and said, "Take some people with me, and the rest of you go help Prince Rong and the others."
The commander of the imperial guards did not dare to delay. He gestured to the people around him and hurriedly followed the emperor with his men.
As the emperor expected, there was indeed a problem on Lan Shu's side.
Not long after the emperor left, someone broke in. Just like Mo Yi, Lan Shu's internal energy dissipated as soon as she started fighting.
Fortunately, there was only one assassin. Although Lan Shu had lost her internal strength, she still had tricks to deal with him, but it was a bit difficult to deal with him.
The few palace maids in the hall had no martial arts skills. Seeing that Lan Shu was no match for them, they picked up stools, teapots and other things and smashed them at the assassin, which also gave Lan Shu some help.
At first, the assassin thought it would be easy to kill Lan Shu, who had lost all her internal strength. But after a quarter of an hour, he lost his patience after failing to hurt Lan Shu.
He directly killed the two palace maids who came to help. Seeing this, the other palace maids were so scared that they ran away in all directions and no longer cared about helping Lan Shu.
The more frequently Lan Shu moved, the faster her internal energy and physical strength dissipated, and in the end her legs became weak.
It was a pity that she thought that last night was New Year's Eve and it was unlucky to carry medicine on her, so she took off the purse containing the detoxification pills and put it in the closet.
Lan Shu dodged the assassin's attacks while retreating towards the wardrobe. She finally retreated to the wardrobe and just opened it. Before she could take out her purse, she saw another assassin in the room.
The assassin who came later cursed the man in front, "Waste."
After cursing, his eyes turned fierce and he attacked Lan Shu with a fatal move. When the emperor came, he saw two swords stabbing at Lan Shu one in front and one behind.
The emperor's pupils trembled, and his body moved faster than his brain. He raised his legs and ran towards Lan Shu, holding her in his arms.
The commander of the imperial guards ran to Lan Shu almost at the same time as the emperor, but he only repelled one sword, and the other long sword pierced straight into the emperor's back.
The emperor instinctively pushed the person in his arms away, and the sword did not hurt Lan Shu.
"Shi Jin." Lan Shu's eyes were red. She didn't expect that the emperor would use his body to block the sword for her.
She didn't know where she got the strength from, but she pulled out the hairpin on her head and rushed towards the assassin.
The commander of the imperial guards felt that he was doomed because of his failure in protecting the emperor. With bloodshot eyes, he raised his sword and slashed at the other assassin.
The rest of the imperial guards arrived and the two assassins were quickly captured.
Feng Ruobao supported the bleeding emperor, his legs weak with fear, "Call the imperial physician, call the imperial physician quickly..."
After Wei Qingyan and Shi Yu killed the assassin, they learned that the emperor was injured while protecting Lan Shu, and hurried over.
Although the emperor was pierced by the sword, fortunately no vital parts were injured and his life was not in danger for the time being.
The blood loss and pain almost made him faint, but he couldn't faint. He tried his best to hold on until Shi Yu and Wei Qingyan came.
He looked at Wei Qingyan and said weakly, "Big brother, second brother, the late emperor."
Wei Qingyan instantly understood what he meant. The emperor was attacked on his way to see the second prince. The second prince stayed in the palace last night. He was dissatisfied with the emperor's request for him to leave Beijing. He had a motive and was suspected. This assassination was most likely premeditated by him.
It is definitely not a coincidence that the deposed crown prince asked the imperial guards to help find the cat, but whether he was involved or was being used by someone else remains to be verified.
The emperor's secret guards have always been a mysterious existence. They hide in the palace, and no one knows their exact whereabouts except the emperors of all dynasties and the secret guards themselves.
But the other party knew it clearly and took some action against them. The late emperor who was familiar with all this was the most suspicious.
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