Looking for the source of the sound through the white gauze curtain, I saw a small boat floating on the lake. On the boat, a graceful woman was dancing. The colorful silk on her body fluttered in the wind, like a fairy who had fallen into the world.
Looking at her face, she is a rare beauty with extremely delicate features, which can arouse men's desire to protect and conquer her.
The eldest princess' heart suddenly rose in her chest. Isn't this the girl brought by her fifth brother's wife?
But wasn't she dressed like this just now?
Xie Yunzhao smiled slightly. It seemed that this woman was brought back from Yangzhou to seduce Ayi.
He is really the same as his father, wanting to grab everything. If he deposes Ayi, will the throne be his turn?
Chen Shurong noticed something was wrong and stared at his son, only to see Xie Zhiyi staring at the dancing woman without blinking.
Her heart suddenly jumped. She wondered if her son would fall in love with such a woman.
The noble ladies on the shore bit their lips tightly and twisted their handkerchiefs constantly in their hands, saying, "What a bitch! She behaves like a brothel. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not be seduced by her!"
The singing and dancing continued. The lake was not big, and soon the boat was not far from the waterside pavilion. Suddenly, a loud shout was heard, and then the beauty fell into the lake.
Screams of noble ladies could be heard from the shore. Cao Xize rushed out first, lifted the white gauze curtain and shouted, "Hurry up and save people. Someone has fallen into the water."
Xie Zhiyi tried to pull him but failed, so he followed him out.
Chen Shurong's eyes followed his son all the time. The gauze curtain was lifted and lowered by Xie Zhiyi again. Chen Shurong suddenly saw someone in the opposite woods. That person looked very similar...
She followed her out quickly. Xie Yunzhao was confused. Didn’t they agree not to show up? "Don't worry, Rongrong. Ayi won't be fooled."
Chen Shurong did not stop, she lifted the gauze curtain and went out. The moment the man opposite raised his hand, her hand reached out to her waist which was blocked by her outer shirt.
"Don't pull me, Your Highness. I can swim." Cao Xize wanted to jump into the water to save her, but Xie Zhiyi held him tightly, "There's something wrong with this woman. We can't save her..."
Bang--
Whoosh——
Whoosh——
Three noises were heard, and everyone looked towards the source of the sound. They saw that the lady was holding a piece of black iron in her hand, and the tip of the iron was smoking.
Xie Yunzhao rushed out at the first moment, and saw someone falling down opposite Shen Shurong, and quickly stood in front of his wife: "There is an assassin, come and protect the emperor."
Cao Xize stopped struggling and quickly ran to the side of the queen with Xie Zhiyi to protect her.
How could she be in the pavilion? Blood kept gushing out of the fallen man's mouth and his chest was bleeding, but his tears were flowing more than his blood.
A pair of phoenix eyes stared at Chen Shurong closely. Even a tiger will not eat its own cubs. No one here knew him, except his mother, who knew what he looked like when he was eight years old.
He hasn't changed much, but Mother clearly recognized him, yet she wanted to kill him without hesitation. It's really chilling.
"Did you do this on purpose?" He forced himself to ask.
Chen Shurong had a blank expression on his face: "What are you doing on purpose? You want to kill my son, but he is the crown prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It is a capital crime. It is only right for me to kill you."
"What a matter of course! Then why didn't you kill him before?" Why did she let him live until he was sixteen? He thought his mother still loved him, but was just angry with him for his past life.
Chen Shurong pretended not to understand: "What are you talking about? I don't understand. I only know that I only gave birth to four children in this life, and none of them can get into trouble!"
She only recognizes four children in this life?
He has apologized, but she still won't forgive herself?
Tears were still flowing, but the man's expression was smiling. He hoped that nothing would happen to any of the four children, and that none of them would be occupied by him.
She actually hated herself so much, so much so that she was afraid that if she killed herself early, he would be reborn in her belly.
She no longer cared about him after she had a new son. It was Xie Zhiyi who took away his mother's love. It was a pity that she took action before herself, otherwise the double-shot crossbow would not have missed and would have killed Xie Zhiyi.
The dancing woman was a skinny horse from Yangzhou that he had carefully selected. He was extremely moved when he saw her, and he didn't believe that Xie Zhiyi wouldn't be moved.
As long as they are involved, Xie Zhiyi will definitely fall in love with her and insist on marrying her.
No matter how tough the second uncle is, he cannot threaten the officials to agree to the prince marrying a prostitute. Xie Zhiyi will definitely give up the throne for the one he loves.
This was just his second plan, a fallback.
His first plan was to disguise himself as a servant of the Fifth Prince's Mansion today, kill Xie Zhiyi and then escape.
No one knew that he knew martial arts. He was taught by his second uncle in his previous life, so it was easy for him to escape from the Princess's Mansion.
My mother died early, so she didn't know he was so good at kung fu and she wouldn't suspect him.
The fifth prince's son didn't know who he was. He only spent five hundred taels of silver to get the opportunity to enter the eldest princess's mansion and gain some experience.
When Xie Zhiyi died, the Fifth Prince's family would either be beheaded or thrown into prison, and they would never be able to escape in this lifetime. No one would be able to find out that he was the one who killed Xie Zhiyi.
But now it is he who is going to die. It was his mother... who killed him with her own hands!
His foolproof plan failed!
Soon two teams of imperial guards arrived. One team surrounded the royal family, and the other team carried away the fifth prince's son, who had fainted from fright. The man lying on the ground bleeding was also carried away.
The eldest princess had already knelt down, her whole body shaking like a sieve. She had messed up the prince's concubine selection banquet to the point where it couldn't be messed up any more.
She bowed her head deeply, closed her eyes, and could not find an excuse: "Your Majesty, please punish me."
"Let's go back to the palace first and wait for me to find out the truth." Xie Yunzhao picked up Chen Shurong and walked out of the water pavilion, escorted by the imperial guards all the way.
The woman who fell into the water struggled for a long time but no one came to rescue her. The young master was wrong. She was not rescued by the crown prince...
After getting on the carriage, Xie Yunzhao held Shen Shurong in her arms. It was the first time she killed someone with her own hands, and she must have been terrified.
He stroked her shoulders and said, "Don't be afraid, Rongrong. He wanted to kill our precious son. It was right for you to kill him. Don't blame yourself."
Shen Shurong nestled in his arms, wondering, when did she blame herself?
"I didn't kill the wrong person, and I don't blame myself."
Xie Yunzhao looked up at her and was relieved to see that she looked normal. "That's good. You haven't killed anyone. I was afraid that you would be scared."
"I'm not afraid. A mother is strong. If anyone dares to touch my son, I will kill a hundred of them. If they come with a thousand, I will kill a thousand."
Xie Yunzhao was amused by her serious expression: "Rongrong is so powerful, I am the one who is timid."
"That's right." Chen Shurong scolded him.
The news of the prince's assassination spread quickly, and Prince Xuan and his family hurried into the palace to see the child.
The Duke and his wife were so frightened when they heard about it. Even after hearing that nothing was wrong, they were still worried and hurried over to see their grandson.
"Where's Ayi?" The lady's legs were shaking as she entered the room, and her voice was shaking as well.
"Grandpa and grandma, Ayi is fine." Xie Zhiyi ran over to help his grandmother.
The couple felt relieved when they saw that their grandson could still run and talk normally.
"Dad, Mom, Ayi is fine. It was Nvjun who shot and killed the person who wanted to kill Ayi."
"Good, good, good." The Duke smiled and clapped his hands: "Women are as good as men. Your Majesty has done a good job. Can you find out who wanted to kill my good grandson?"
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