Chapter 396: Afterthought



The sound of attacking the palace gate was endless.

Outside the palace were palace guards, standing solemnly on the steps, the long swords in their hands gleaming with cold light.

The emperor paced back and forth in the palace, his face was blue, black, and yellow, and he had a splitting headache. He sighed in his heart: It was too hasty after all. These two did not consume each other, but both came at me.

"Clear the emperor's side... I'm afraid you want to clear me out!" He pointed outside and shouted.

First, I didn't expect the two of them to join forces. Second, I didn't expect that there were so many people hiding under my nose, and they were moving so neatly.

He personally controlled the palace defense. The city defense was his own, but it was infiltrated... Until now, it was barely blocked. Even the South Gate was breached once...

He had been through so many things and faced so many dangers that he was not afraid. However, the biggest downside for an emperor was always being rebelled against! These two bastards! When I go to court again, I will be surrounded by a group of ministers. If I don’t kill them, they will probably laugh at me! The key point is that since Li Qiru was crowned king, it is not good for him to hide in the palace anymore. He has to live in the Prince of Xiang’s mansion. They will definitely attack the Prince of Xiang’s mansion, and I don’t know what will happen... Don’t let those two evil creatures...

If anything happens to him, my chess game will be disrupted! Turn back, it's because King Xiang and the prince are separated.

What should he do? Qi Youduan got the military token and went to find Prince Xiang. He didn't go to Prince Xiang's mansion, because he knew that the siege there would be the most severe, and it would be useless to go there. He went to a courtyard in a roundabout way, and sure enough, there were many secret guards guarding it. He was relieved after asking: His Royal Highness Prince Xiang is here!

"Your Highness!" Qi Youduan hurried in with a panic on purpose.

Li Qilu was actually holding a book under the lamp, with an air of "I am unmoved". Even Qi Youduan was impressed: "Your Highness is so young and has never really experienced a big storm. I admire your composure very much."

Li Qiru would never tell him that, in fact, his back had been soaked with sweat several times! He didn't know how lucky he was: he returned home the night before and secretly went out to meet guests. Otherwise, he would have been in the bag! ...

Many people died in the concubine's yard, and the smell of blood was everywhere.

Jiang Pingting felt uncomfortable and reluctantly directed people to lock up the Crown Princess. Wen Yu helped her to move to another courtyard. Just as they were settled in, there was another commotion outside. A palace maid happily said, "Your Majesty! The Crown Prince is here!"

They didn't change their tune.

"Pingting!" That was Li Qihuan's hurried footsteps and anxious voice. He rushed in and saw two women sitting side by side in the room. "Wen Yu? Why are you here?" he asked in surprise.

Qi Wu, who flashed behind him, was also stunned. His face turned livid. He stared at Wen Yu and almost got angry: Didn't I tell you not to come out? But seeing that the two women were sitting peacefully, he felt more at ease. "How is it here?" Li Qihuan's tone was flat, as if the urgency just now did not exist at all.

Jiang Pingting said, "I was still talking... Thanks to Wen Yu and Hu Fei for coming, otherwise, I would have to explain what happened just now!" She touched her belly and realized belatedly that she was shivering all over.

Li Qihuan's heart tightened, and he came up to pull her. He probably didn't realize that he had developed something called friendship for this plain-looking concubine.

Qi Wu walked quickly to Wen Yu's side, looked her up and down, and asked in a weak voice: "Are you injured?"

Wen Yu hadn't had time to change her clothes, and her hair was messed up. "Don't worry, we're fine."

"How is the villa? How about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" asked Jiang Pingting.

Li Qihuan smiled bitterly, "At least we got through it safely! Fifteen, Seventeen, and Wang Lin are guarding here! Song Shang also brought people over! I was worried about you here... Pingting, I didn't think things through carefully enough and frightened you."

Wen Yu sighed in her heart, Li Qihuan, what a trick! When did he learn this trick?! Qi Wu saw that Wen Yu had obvious contempt on her face and quickly pulled her away.

"What's going on here? Tell me quickly!"

So, Wen Yu told Qi Wu what had happened, and with a feeling of grievance and fear, she acted coquettishly to him: "At that time, Xue Ying was trying to scratch my face with a hairpin..." She stroked her smooth face, still feeling frightened.

Qi Wu's face was as cold as ice. "She's lucky to die like this!" He decided to go and cause trouble for the Xue family! "What should we do now?"

Li Qihuan said: "I think the people from Xingguogong will be here soon. I will take you back to the villa!"

"Aren't you going to the Emperor's place?"

Lee Ki Hwan said, “I don’t want to go!”

"Your Highness... Well, let's talk while we walk!"

Wen Yu smiled bitterly: "I came at the right time. If I were any later, something might have happened!"

Before, Li Qihuan and Qi Wu drove away all the people surrounding the East Palace, and now it was guarded by their own people. After sending Li Qihuan and the concubine in, Qi Wu and Wen Yu were also thinking about the Qi family, so they took a detour back to the mansion with their people.

As soon as I entered the house, I heard a lot of noise coming from the study room at the front.

"Is it Master Wu? The Marquis is seriously injured!"

Wen Yu wanted to ask: Which marquis?

As soon as he entered the room, he saw Qi Xiao lying on a stool with his upper body naked, and the doctor was applying medicine to him. He quickly turned around and asked Wen Yu to wait outside, and he went in and asked, "Brother, how are you?"

Qi Xiao grinned: "The golden armor my mother gave me saved my life. Grandfather was hit by an arrow, and the second arrow came, and I blocked it for him. The person who shot the arrow was shot dead by the Marquis's guards."

Qi Wu pursed his lips. Does that mean that both arrows were aimed at the old man? Qi Xiao's back was bruised, but there was no bleeding. When he entered, the Marquis was lying on the small couch, the arrow had been pulled out, and the wound had been bandaged.

"Doctor, how is Grandfather?"

The doctor said, "It seems that the heart and lungs are not injured, otherwise it would have been... But the wound is very deep, and it is hard to say what will happen now."

Qi Wu called out "Grandfather" twice, but Qi Hou didn't respond. He picked up the arrow next to him and looked at it. It must have been shot by a crossbow, but it was a little off, otherwise the old man would probably be finished.

Suddenly, the Marquis snorted, and Qi Wu squatted down: "Grandfather!"

"Where's Qi Xiao..." The old man's mind was filled with the image of his eldest grandson helping him block the arrow.

"He was wearing armor and was injured but OK."

The Marquis closed his eyes and said, "Go..." He looked at the small door on the wall, "Look... at the military token."

Qi Wu stood up, walked over and pulled the small door, which opened, revealing that there was nothing inside.

"Grandfather, the military token is gone."

The Marquis was anxious, and a huge pain came... He was about to faint again. "Qi Youduan... hurt me."

"Grandfather!" Wen Yu came in.

Qi Wu quickly took the sheet and covered the Marquis. "Li Da Niu is dead." Wen Yu's tone was quite cheerful.

Qi Hou was so angry that he closed his eyes again and ignored her!

"It's not nice to leave it like this. We can bury it later... ahem, how about finding a thin coffin to bury it first?"

The Marquis still didn't speak.

"Grandfather, now that things have come to this, it's not appropriate to let the murderer of your original wife enjoy the offerings of the Qi family's descendants, right? If my grandmother knew about this, she would be so sad!"

Marquis Qi glared at her, "Now, that's not the key! Qi Yang, if the King of Xiang wins, then you are afraid... But if the King of Xiang loses, that bastard will be trapped too deeply and will use the military token to mobilize people.

When he came back to hand in the military order this time... I was worried that he had secretly transferred his troops to Yanzhou... In this way, it would only take two days to come here... If my guess is correct, there will be 20,000 people. I don't know what he has done... You go and stop him!"

Qi Wu pursed his lips and thought about something.

"As for the one behind... Wen Yu, I'll leave the housework to you! If I'm not dead, he will do it again... You guys..."

The Marquis fainted again.


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