Prince Rui disliked being called stupid and clumsy, and his expression immediately changed upon hearing this.
He drew his longbow and aimed it at Emperor Rongcheng.
"In that case, you might as well die."
Seeing that life and death were hanging in the balance, a large number of imperial guards quickly arrived in front of Emperor Rongcheng, holding up shields and tightly protecting him behind them.
But it was ultimately a drop in the ocean, and Dexi, standing behind Emperor Rongcheng, couldn't help but rebuke him again.
"Your Highness, how dare you! You actually dared to commit regicide!"
"How can someone who has murdered his ruler be fit for a great responsibility?"
Upon hearing this, Prince Rui hesitated for a moment, and slowly lowered the bow and arrow in his hand.
Consort Hui, who was standing nearby, snatched the bow and arrow and shot it in the direction of Emperor Rongcheng.
The long sword shot out, and Emperor Rongcheng dodged it with a swift swing of his own sword.
At the same time, Gu Wei'ang's arrows also came flying.
As soon as the arrow was fired, the soldiers behind Gu Wei'ang rushed over.
Immediately, the two sides engaged in combat.
Dexi immediately stepped back to protect Emperor Rongcheng, shouting repeatedly.
"Protect the emperor! Protect the emperor!"
However, they were already short-handed, and now they were caught up in a fierce battle, so there was no one left to protect Emperor Rongcheng.
He wielded his longsword, initially able to easily fend off arrow after arrow, but he was getting old and gradually found himself struggling.
Just then, Gu Wei'ang shot another long arrow at them.
Emperor Rongcheng was caught off guard and was about to be shot at.
At the critical moment, a figure suddenly rushed over and used his own body to block the arrow.
Time seemed to stand still at that moment.
Emperor Rongcheng watched in shock as Jiang Xianhao rushed over, and then watched helplessly as the long arrow pierced through Jiang Xianhao's body.
Jiang Xianhao coughed up a mouthful of black blood and slowly collapsed.
"Ah-hao—"
Emperor Rongcheng shouted and rushed forward helplessly to support Jiang Xianhao, who was about to fall.
"Ah Hao, you... how could you be so silly..."
Emperor Rongcheng knelt on the ground, trembling as he held Jiang Xianhao in his arms.
"How could you..."
Emperor Rongcheng stared helplessly at the long arrow that had shot into Jiang Xianhao's chest, at a loss for what to do.
He looked around, trying to find someone to rescue her.
"Someone! Quickly summon the imperial physician! Summon the imperial physician!"
Emperor Rongcheng opened his mouth, struggled to speak, and finally began to scream with heart-wrenching pain.
But after the shout, it turned into deep despair.
Looking at Jiang Xianhao in his arms, he felt as if all the blood in his body had turned back in that instant. The immense panic made him almost unable to speak.
Jiang Xianhao slowly reached out and placed her fingers on Emperor Rongcheng's face, gently stroking it.
"Ten Thousand Mountains..."
"I am here……"
Emperor Rongcheng spoke with difficulty, his whole body trembling violently, his fingers icy cold.
He held Jiang Xianhao's hand and noticed that it was even colder. He wanted to warm it up for her, but he found that the warmth in her fingers was slowly fading away.
"Ah Hao, I'm here... Ah Hao."
Look at me... Ah, I'm here. Don't speak... don't speak, the imperial physician will be here soon... he'll be here to save you soon."
Emperor Rongcheng's voice began to tremble, and tears began to fall involuntarily.
"Ah Hao, please don't let anything happen to you. I still have so much to tell you... Please don't... please don't leave me..."
Blood kept spilling from Jiang Xianhao's mouth, but she kept her mouth open and kept saying something.
"Ah Hao, what... what did you say..."
Emperor Rongcheng lowered his head, trembling, and heard Jiang Xian utter a few words with great difficulty.
"Why...why...don't...believe...me..."
After saying that, she seemed to have used up all her strength and was breathing heavily.
When Emperor Rongcheng saw her like this, he was even more at a loss and could only keep talking.
"I believe you... Ah Hao, I believe you, Ah Hao... I really believe you... Don't sleep... Don't cough up blood, I beg you, Ah Hao, don't close your eyes, look at me... Ah Hao, I was wrong, I was really wrong..."
"Ah Hao, please, look at me, I was really wrong... I still have so much to tell you... Ah Hao, please, look at me..."
"Ah Hao..."
Emperor Rongcheng kept shouting, wiping away the blood that kept spurting from Jiang Xianhao's mouth as he spoke.
Until her head tilted to the side and her hand fell limp, she lost consciousness.
Emperor Rongcheng stopped all his movements and all his voices.
He watched as the person in his arms completely lost consciousness, and then suddenly fell silent.
He held Jiang Xianhao in his arms, no longer shouting hysterically, but only murmuring softly.
"Ah Hao, are you tired... and want to rest... It's okay... You can sleep for a while... I'll hold you... I'll hold you, and you won't be cold."
De Xi, standing behind Jiang Xianhao, had already taken a step back in shock when Jiang Xianhao was struck by the sword.
Seeing Emperor Rongcheng kneeling on the ground, he stepped forward and stood in front of Emperor Rongcheng, preparing to use his own body to block the swords that were still being shot at him.
Just then, a series of angry roars came from afar.
"kill--"
Soon, people on horseback hurriedly arrived behind Gu Wei'ang.
"My lord, something terrible has happened! The Crown Prince is leading his men and charging over here!"
Gu Wei'ang was greatly surprised upon hearing this.
"The Crown Prince?"
"He's still alive!"
How many troops have arrived?
His subordinate shook his head.
"My men don't know, but there are quite a few people outside the city. Judging from the commotion, their numbers should be no less than ours."
Gu Weiang frowned.
"Where did he get so many men? Did he plan ahead and mobilize troops from the garrison in advance?"
"How is that possible?"
As he spoke, he immediately turned his horse around.
"Let's go, come with me to see for ourselves. Now that we're here, I'll just take his life."
When Prince Rui heard the news of Shen Hechuan's return, there was a moment of panic on his face.
He now truly understands how formidable Shen Hechuan is.
They sent out so many assassins along the way, but they never expected him to come back alive!
He immediately looked at Consort Hui beside him.
Consort Hui glared at him directly.
"What are you afraid of?"
"How many people do we have, and how many do they have?"
"Besides, he must have been exhausted from his long journey and rushed here. How much strength could he possibly have?"
"They're just here to die, they're nothing to be afraid of."
Upon hearing this, Prince Rui breathed a sigh of relief.
However, soon, the sound of hurried hoofbeats came from behind.
It was the soldier who had just come to deliver the message.
He shouted as he sped along.
"It's terrible! It's terrible! The Marquis has been killed by the Crown Prince! The Marquis has been killed!"
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone was shocked and panicked. They looked at each other, standing there helplessly for a moment.
Prince Rui panicked instantly.
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