Chapter 761: The Assassination of the King of England
To outsiders, Luo Yechen seemed to be lacking in spirit, but in Xiao Xixi's eyes, Luo Yechen was under a dark cloud and looked like he was about to get into bad luck.
That's why Xiao Xixi asked this question.
However, when Luo Yechen heard this, he thought she was deliberately making fun of him, and he couldn't help feeling annoyed.
Due to the other party's identity, he couldn't retort and could only reply stiffly.
"I'm fine, I just had a little sleeplessness last night."
Xiao Xixi smiled and said meaningfully, "Insomnia can be serious or minor, Your Majesty must pay more attention and be careful.
Luo Yechen felt that what she said sounded wrong.
Why should he be so careful for no reason?
He spoke as if something bad was about to happen to him.
This woman really can't speak!
Luo Yechen said unhappily, "If your majesty has no other instructions, I will take my leave first."
Xiao Xixi called him.
"It's already noon. If you go back, you'll probably miss the meal. Why don't you stay and have lunch with us? If you're worried that the princess will worry, you can send a message to Princess Ying, telling her not to wait for you for lunch."
Speaking of Princess England, Luo Yechen remembered how she had tricked him last night, and he couldn't help feeling upset.
The Princess of England went back to her parents' home early in the morning. Even if he returned to the palace now, he would have to eat alone. It would be so cold and lonely. How could it feel?
It would be better to stay in the palace and dine with the emperor and the imperial concubine. At least there will be more people around and it will be more lively.
So he accepted the imperial concubine's invitation.
The three of them had lunch in the west warm pavilion.
Xiao Xixi still has the same good appetite as always.
After eating and drinking, Luo Qinghan still had to continue reviewing memorials.
Luo Yechen was about to leave, but was stopped by the imperial concubine again.
Xiao Xixi: "I just happened to be going to talk to Princess Ying, why don't we leave the palace together?"
Luo Yechen refused without even thinking: "No!"
He must be crazy to leave the palace with the imperial concubine!
He had not forgotten that this woman had exposed his past with just a few words last night, forcing him to sleep in the study last night. Now even the princess had gone back to her parents' home.
If he lets her meet the Princess of England again today, she might be instigated by him and never return to the palace again. What will he do then?
No, no, he would never let the concubine meet the Princess of England again!
Xiao Xixi was puzzled: "Why not? You are going back to the palace anyway, so isn't it just on the way for me?"
Luo Yechen: "There are differences between men and women. It's better for me and the queen to stay away from each other."
Xiao Xixi felt helpless when she saw that he was determined and refused to go with her.
She did have something to discuss with Princess Ying, and wanted to save Luo Yechen from disaster, but she didn't expect this fool to avoid her like a flood.
Luo Qinghan took in every change in her expression.
After Luo Yechen left, Luo Qinghan asked in a calm voice.
"Why do you insist on leaving the palace with the King of England?"
Xiao Xixi did not hide anything and told the truth.
Luo Qinghan: "I will send some more guards to accompany him to protect him. You don't need to show up in person."
Xiao Xixi: "I want to talk to Princess Ying about something. Since it's on the way, I might as well help him."
Luo Qinghan didn't ask her what she wanted to discuss with Princess Ying, but only told her, "Then go now, bring more people with you, be careful on the road, and come back early in the evening."
Xiao Xixi made an OK gesture.
She quickly changed into the clothes of a common woman and left the palace in a carriage.
Shang Kui followed closely with thirty Yulin Guards.
The Yulin Guards have been assigned to the Imperial Concubine. Now they are the Imperial Concubine's personal guards and all their actions must be dispatched by the Imperial Concubine.
In fact, this is against the rules.
Since ancient times, no concubine has ever had her own personal guards. Now this imperial concubine is the first in the history of the Great Sheng Dynasty.
The censors reported this matter to the emperor early in the morning, asking the emperor to revoke his order and not let the imperial concubine break the ancestral rules!
As a result, all the memorials were burned without exception.
Luo Qinghan's attitude was very clear, he just wanted to protect the imperial concubine.
The more others protested, the more he defended them.
When the Empress Dowager learned about this, she was naturally very angry, but she knew that the Emperor would not listen to her advice, so she simply ignored the blame and devoted herself to Buddhism.
Fortunately, the King of England's carriage did not go far, and Xiao Xixi's carriage soon caught up with him.
She opened the carriage window curtain, looked out in the cold wind, and saw the King of England's carriage not far ahead.
She called out Shangkui.
Shang Kui immediately rode forward and asked respectfully, "What do you want, Madam?"
Xiao Xixi pointed at the King of England's carriage in front and said, "Keep an eye on that carriage. If you find anything wrong, take action immediately. No need to ask for additional instructions."
Although Shang Kui didn't understand what the imperial concubine meant, he still responded honestly.
“Here!”
Xiao Xixi lowered the car window curtain, opened a secret compartment, took out a snack box, and began to eat slowly.
When she was eating the fifth piece of cake, she suddenly heard shouting from the front.
Then came the neighing of horses.
The carriage that Xiao Xixi was in suddenly stopped, and the strong inertia caused her to fall forward suddenly. Fortunately, she reacted quickly enough and reached out to grab the edge of the window next to her in time, barely stabilizing her body and avoiding the tragedy of falling flat on her face.
When the carriage stopped, she threw away the box of snacks, pushed open the door, and jumped out of the carriage swiftly.
Looking forward, the King of England's carriage had overturned on the ground, with two horses lying on the ground, unable to get up, neighing in grief and anger, and the carriage was broken into pieces.
The driver had already been killed, and he lay in a pool of blood with his eyes wide open, dying with his eyes open.
A dozen assassins are besieging the King of England and his guards.
Luo Yechen didn't expect that he would be assassinated in broad daylight under the emperor's feet, and he was only accompanied by four guards.
At this time he was protected in the middle by the guards.
There were too many enemies and they came in such a fierce force that the guards were overwhelmed and soon suffered injuries.
Fortunately, Shang Kui had received instructions from the imperial concubine long ago. When he found out something was wrong, he immediately drew the sword from his waist and rode over on horseback, followed closely by thirty Yulin Guards.
With their participation, the dozen or so assassins were quickly subdued.
The noise here was very loud and soon attracted the attention of many people. They were afraid of being affected, so they didn't dare to get close and could only look at this side from a distance. Some smart people ran to inform the government as soon as possible.
Xiao Xixi glanced at the crowd of onlookers in the distance and walked towards the King of England.
When the carriage overturned, Luo Yechen broke his arm.
At this time, he was covering his injured left arm, his face was pale and his expression was ugly.
He was very surprised to see the imperial concubine appear.
"Why are you here?"
Xiao Xixi: "Didn't I tell you before? I want to talk to Princess Ying about something, and I just happened to be passing by."
Shang Kui sheathed his knife, walked over with a bloody smell on his body, and greeted respectfully.
"Your Highness, all the assassins have been captured, a total of fifteen people, two have been executed, and there are thirteen left alive. Please give your instructions, Your Highness."
(End of this chapter)
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