Chapter 279 Afterwards
Shen Qing despised herself when she thought of this. Be serious. There was a fight going on outside. Who knows if there would be any cold arrows flying in from outside? Her small body couldn't withstand a cold arrow. The medical skills in ancient times were so poor. If there was poison on her, she would die in minutes.
But she also felt in her heart that it would not happen. When the emperor was not being attacked by the people, it would be very safe to be around him. As the saying goes, the real person's knife was already stabbed in front of Xuanyuan Ling, so she would not survive no matter how scared she was.
So she concentrated her mind and adopted the same upright posture as Xuanyuan Ling. The two of them clasped hands together and listened to the chaotic shouting and killing sounds coming from outside.
But soon, along with the sound of horses neighing and armor colliding, the shouting became farther and farther away: "It's reinforcements."
Xuanyuan Ling glanced at Chen Qing in admiration. She reacted so quickly. She frowned and looked serious, which was completely different from her usual charming look.
Although it was inappropriate, Xuanyuan Ling looked at her and suddenly couldn't help asking, "Did you know it was reinforcements?"
Shen Qing saw that he was very interested, so of course he couldn't play dumb.
There is a time to act dumb.
"The shouts and cries of killing have faded away, but the sound of horse hooves has gotten closer. It must be the reinforcements that were prepared in advance that separated the carriage from the assassins."
As soon as Shen Qing finished speaking, someone outside said, "I am here to rescue you."
Shen Qing had an expression that said 'see, I was right'.
Xuanyuan Ling couldn't help but reveal a smile on her serious face. You say she is smart, but she is like a playful little girl.
Xuanyuan Ling only said to the outside world: "Try to capture them alive."
Don't worry about it after that.
Shen Qing suddenly felt, ah, that's it?
This assassination was much safer than Shen Qing had thought. She had thought it would be at least thrilling, but it was not. The thrills were all outside and it was very safe inside. It was obvious that Xuanyuan Ling had made preparations in advance. The route was naturally decided by him and they decided to come here at the last minute. The reinforcements had been ambushed long ago, and the assassins didn't know that they had been targeted and were waiting for them to take action.
Moreover, no one knew when the assassin would attack. Since Xuanyuan Ling dared to appear in front of the assassin so blatantly, it meant that he had more than one trick up his sleeve.
This was Xuanyuan Ling, who was very good at planning and strategizing, which Shen Qing rarely saw on weekdays.
Although he knew that the situation was under control, Shen Qing accompanied Xuanyuan Ling in the carriage until clear news came, until Zhao Hai's voice came from outside the carriage: "Your Majesty, the people have been captured."
I don't know if Xuanyuan Ling forgot to let go of Shen Qing's hand at this moment, and actually pulled her out of the carriage. The two of them stood almost side by side, and Zhao Hai's heart was pounding when he saw them.
Perhaps it was because he had just experienced an assassination attempt. He was driving a carriage just now and was outside. Although he had made preparations, it was right in front of him. How could he not be afraid?
There are corpses and blood all over the ground right now. Don't let Concubine Xi get scared, because then won't the Emperor be the one who will feel heartbroken?
King Cheng stepped forward at this moment, and could only pretend that he did not see Xuanyuan Ling holding Shen Qing's hand to report the battle situation and how many people were captured.
After the two of them finished talking, he glanced at Shen Qing silently, and saw that she was not indifferent to the bloody corpses on the ground, but she was not out of control. Standing next to Xuanyuan Ling, she actually had a sense of complementation. It was true that if the woman favored by the emperor was really just a delicate person who was afraid of this scene, I am afraid that the emperor would not bring her out.
Xuanyuan Ling actually didn't expect Chen Qing to be so calm at this moment. He didn't know how he pulled her out just now. He held her little hand while talking to King Cheng. For a moment he thought she would be scared, but when he looked back after he finished speaking, she was standing next to him gently and firmly. Many women don't have this kind of magnanimity, and he felt a little proud.
So the hand really did not loosen. The purpose of today's action was to lure out the assassin, not to have fun. Now that the matter has been handled and all that is left is the interrogation and conviction, the two of them naturally went back.
After returning to the palace, Chen Qing naturally said goodbye to Xuanyuan Ling. Xuanyuan Ling still felt sorry for her: "I will accompany you after I finish my business."
Shen Qing nodded: "I'll wait for you to come."
Xuanyuan Ling looked at her and curled his lips.
As soon as Shen Qing left, the smile on his face naturally disappeared.
As soon as Chen Qing came back, Chunhua had already received the news and hurried over to Chen Qing, explaining to her that there was no emergency in the backyard today. Chen Qing was not disappointed because she missed the opportunity to do favors with Chu Linglong. It was best if nothing happened. If possible, she really hoped that all the plots in the future would just fall apart.
She stretched lazily. "It's okay. Go back and get some water. I want to take a bath. I'll prepare food later. Ask the kitchen to prepare some vegetarian dishes. We won't eat meat today."
She looks completely unchanged because she is never nervous when faced with big occasions. After all, with her modern identity, she has been under the spotlight since she was a child, but she is used to big occasions.
But now it is killing people after all, and it is killing many people.
Although there have been deaths in the palace since entering it, the large amounts of blood and flesh and the smell of blood in the air still shocked Shen Qing. She could understand and knew that this was how it was here, but she still felt uncomfortable physiologically.
At the same time, three people with grim expressions gathered together inside a rockery in the palace.
The three of them were none other than Li Guanghe and the people who had sneaked into the palace to gather intelligence earlier. Li Guanghe was not a man who liked to have no backup plan, so he arranged an assassination today. Although he planned to hit the target in one go by sending out all his might, he also thought of the possible consequences. In case he failed, he would deal a fatal blow to the emperor after entering the palace.
However, he did not expect that martial law had been imposed in the palace. What was there that Li Guanghe did not understand at this time? He was simply waiting to catch the turtle in the jar.
"How many of us are there?"
"There are still more than 30 people. Now that this plan has failed, the emperor has left them alive. I am afraid that they will be exposed soon."
"It has been exposed." Li Guanghe said, "Otherwise he would not have imposed martial law in the palace so quickly. It is obvious that he had already arranged people to give the order. The only solution now is to start from other places. He is very fond of Concubine Xi." He wanted to keep her by his side even though he knew she would be assassinated. It seemed that he was worried about keeping her in the palace.
Since you care, it is useful.
At this moment, Chu Linglong and others were extremely shocked to hear that Xuanyuan Ling was assassinated when he went out. Compared with Concubine Zhou and Concubine Ji who were shocked because of the assassination of the emperor, Chu Linglong was shocked and thought of more. The concubine was assassinated because she went out to play with the concubine. After all, she could not escape the charge of instigating the emperor to play and putting him in danger. I wonder what the emperor is going to say?
Will he favor Concubine Xi?
Chapter 280 Death is not a small matter
Chu Linglong just thought so. Now the emperor is still concentrating on trying the criminals who committed the heinous crime of assassinating the emperor. Before the trial comes to any conclusion, no one will push the matter onto Shen Qing for the time being.
After all, no one dared to offend the emperor at this time. Xuanyuan Ling would say that the truth had not yet been revealed, but you were putting the blame on Concubine Xi. Did you collude with the rebels? That would be a disaster that would lead to the extermination of all nine generations of your clan.
When such a major event as an assassination attempt happened, the whole Lingzhou was in turmoil. The officials who had previously welcomed the emperor all knelt outside the palace waiting for an audience with Xuanyuan Ling. The incident happened so suddenly that no one knew about it. If the emperor had been rescued at this time, it would have been considered a meritorious service. However, the incident happened in Lingzhou and the officials were completely unaware of it. Now, each of them felt that their heads were about to fall off.
It was already late at night, but Chen Qing still hadn't waited for Xuanyuan Ling to come. However, she didn't go to bed yet. She had promised to wait for him, so she would wait for him.
So because he didn't eat well before and was a little hungry at the moment, Shen Qing simply ordered a midnight snack.
I still didn’t want to eat meat, so I asked the kitchen to make it lighter.
Chunhua was serving him, and Fangyun went to order supper. Chen Qing leaned on the couch to take a rest. As a result, he didn't know if it was too quiet while lying there, but he heard some movement on the roof.
She subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound, but of course she didn't see anything except the beams. For a moment, Shen Qing thought she was being too sensitive. There were many patrolling guards outside, and she was also closely protected here. But she had doubts in her heart, so she naturally listened more carefully.
After a while, she heard a little sound again. Shen Qing frowned. She hoped that she was overthinking it, but there was nothing wrong with being cautious. Shen Qing stood up calmly.
Chunhua didn't understand what she wanted to ask, but she saw Shen Qing raised his finger and made a gesture of silence.
She didn't dare to speak immediately, not knowing why, but there had just been an assassin incident, and when Shen Qing did this, Chunhua had a bad feeling in her heart.
Chen Qing and Chunhua walked out quietly. If they were really worried, they would feel at ease if they asked someone to check it out. Otherwise, they would not sleep well. Besides, Xuanyuan Ling was coming soon, so it would be better to be careful.
The two of them walked to the door, and at this moment a figure flipped down from the eaves. There were three palace maids guarding the door, and they didn't expect someone to fall down. They were frightened for a moment and screamed, but the scream was cut off because they were soon chopped to the ground. It happened too quickly and no one expected it.
In the silence of the night, the scream still alerted the patrol, but it was too late. The assassin was too close. Chunhua saw the patrol coming and shouted, "My queen, run!"
She had no weapon in her hand, but she grabbed the leg of one of the assassins to stop him from moving forward, but three of them had already blocked Shen Qing's way.
In a flash, Shen Qing figured it out. These people were not coming for Xuanyuan Ling. Otherwise, even if they noticed that there was a patrol team outside when she came out, they could just judge the situation and leave. So they must be coming for her. She didn't know what they were going to do specifically, but they had to make sure she was useful.
Shen Qing watched as the man raised his knife and was about to kill, while the patrol team was still twenty meters away.
She suddenly pulled out a hairpin from her hair and pressed it against her neck. This time she used a lot of force, which instantly pierced the skin on her neck and caused blood to flow out: "Stop, if you kill her, I will kill myself."
Sure enough, after she said that, the man holding the knife stopped moving for a while.
When Chunhua heard this, tears instantly welled up in her eyes. She gritted her teeth and held the assassin's legs tightly, refusing to let go until she died.
"The girl reacts pretty quickly." The next moment he used his palm as a knife to chop Chunhua on the back of the neck, and then kicked Chunhua away. When the patrol team arrived, one of them put a knife on Shen Qing's neck.
The three assassins surrounded Shen Qing and shouted to the patrol team that had already rushed to their front: "This is your emperor's favorite concubine Xi. If she dies, you will all be buried with her."
Concubine Xi was unexpectedly held hostage by an assassin. Naturally, someone soon reported this to Xuanyuan Ling. Zhao Hai was terrified, fearing that he was in danger.
Before they could react, Xuanyuan Ling had already gone out. Zhao Hai hurriedly ran after her. In an instant, most of the guards in the palace gathered in the backyard.
The backyard was completely blocked, and Xuanyuan Ling saw Shen Qing in the crowd with a knife at his neck, and his face was livid: "Let go of Concubine Xi."
"Kill all the people in the prison and ensure that we leave the palace safely, and Concubine Xi will be safe."
Those detained are all witnesses, and they are still being tried. If we just kill them all without any result, wouldn't that mean there will be no evidence at all?
This was naturally the intention of Li Guanghe and his men. They were not here to rescue anyone at all. It would be extremely difficult to escape with those who had been tortured and injured.
They originally came here to assassinate the emperor, but there were only three of them who sneaked in. The original thirty-plus people didn't come in at all because of the martial law. Since assassinating the emperor was impossible, they decided to destroy Japan.
When Shen Qing heard what they said, he felt that his life was really in danger.
Because although there are two options now, the result is the same.
First, Xuanyuan Ling agreed, and then the assassin even kept his promise and released her, but the emperor lost face because of a woman who was threatened by the assassin, and considering that she and Xuanyuan Ling had been assassinated together before, the court officials would definitely not let her go, and she would have to die to apologize at that time. Second, Xuanyuan Ling did not let her go, and she died on the spot.
In fact, when it comes down to it, whether she is released or not, she will die.
But she had to find a way to survive.
There is only one solution for now.
It is often seen in police and gangster movies that when criminals take hostages, an experienced police officer will shoot the hostage in the leg to make the hostage unable to move. Then, in order to escape without a burden, the criminal will most likely abandon the hostage. Although the hostage is shot, the hostage is essentially saved.
What Shen Qing was going to do was the same thing. They caught her and put a knife on her neck. Now that she was caught, she couldn't push the knife away, but she could move forward on her own. She was not looking for death, and it would be more appropriate to cut herself than to have others do it.
After all, she had basic medical knowledge and knew where the vital points were. Now no matter what decision Xuanyuan Ling made, she would be dead, but she insisted on telling everyone to shut up.
Chen Qing suddenly shouted at Xuanyuan Ling: "Your Majesty must not be coerced because of me, otherwise I will die a thousand times."
When Shen Qing said this, Xuanyuan Ling's heartbeat almost stopped for a moment, and then he saw that scene. The little hand he had held before grabbed the sharp blade, and then she put her neck close to it.
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