Chapter 316: The Second Murder at the Palace Banquet
Concubine Shu made a big circle and returned to her seat, where she immediately received a lot of compliments.
"Sister Shufei, this skirt is so beautiful. What kind of material is it made of? We have never seen it before."
"Yes, sister, these earrings and hairpins are beautiful too..."
"It turns out that beautiful jewelry should be worn by beautiful women."
Concubine Shu was extremely proud, it was worth the hours she spent dressing up.
She looked at Concubine De with pride again. She didn't know what was wrong with Concubine De. She looked so depressed recently, but she was still holding the glass and waiting for the emperor to drink.
Just as the emperor was about to take the wine glass from her hand, Defei's hand became unsteady and the wine spilled all over the emperor.
An Jiu hurriedly took a handkerchief to wipe it.
De Fei also hurriedly apologized: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I didn't mean it."
The emperor looked at her deeply and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's just a small matter, I won't blame you."
Concubine De smiled and asked, "Then Your Majesty, are you going to deal with it?"
Emperor: "Of course."
The emperor stood up.
Prime Minister Jiang below took a sip of wine and nodded to Concubine De.
The fifth prince held the wine glass, glanced at the emperor, and his eyes fell on An Jiu.
"As stupid as Antaeus looks."
The Sixth Princess had just finished dancing and was going to the back to change her clothes.
No one in the hall paid much attention to it, but Prince Ming sat next to the Fifth Prince.
"Fifth Prince, have a drink."
The fifth prince smiled and said, "Your Highness Ming Wang is in high spirits."
King Ming also laughed: "We in Daxia are not like you in Chu. Fighting for the throne is meaningless."
The fifth prince sneered: "Don't you want to fight? It's because the late emperor of Daxia insisted on having his own way. You don't have a chance to fight at all."
Prince Ming thought for a moment and said, "Your Highness the Fifth Prince is right. However, we are very convinced of the current emperor. He is really smart."
The fifth prince was disdainful: "How smart is he?"
Ming Wang smiled and said, "You will know soon."
For some reason, the Fifth Prince always felt that King Ming's words were full of profound meaning, which made him feel vaguely uneasy.
…
An Jiu followed the emperor out of the banquet hall.
It was very quiet outside, with only a few palace servants occasionally encountered.
The side hall next to it is specially used for changing clothes or taking a temporary rest.
At this time, the emperor was only accompanied by Li Defu and An Jiu.
They entered the side hall, and just as the palace maid was about to lead them into the house, they heard footsteps. When they turned around, they found that it was several people from Chu.
The Sixth Princess was still wearing her dancing clothes; she also came to change her clothes.
Seeing them, the Sixth Princess was obviously a little surprised.
The Sixth Princess bowed to the Emperor and looked at the palace servant who brought them here with confusion.
Generally speaking, men and women are separated, but when she met the emperor, either she took the wrong path or the emperor took the wrong path.
However, before she could finish her words, the door of the side hall was closed.
Suddenly, more than a dozen people ran out of the room. All of them were wearing Chu clothes and holding knives in their hands. It was obvious that they had no good intentions.
The Sixth Princess frowned. She didn't know these people.
"Who are you?" the Sixth Princess asked with a frown.
The emperor pulled An Jiu behind him and said to the Sixth Princess, "Princess, why are you playing dumb? These are the people of Chu."
"Impossible, I don't know them at all. Your Majesty, please don't be deceived." The Sixth Princess hurriedly distanced herself from the matter.
The emperor said, "If I die here tonight, people outside will think that you Chu people killed me."
The Sixth Princess was so nervous.
The maidservants around her protected her behind them.
"But they also want to kill me... If I die, who can explain it?"
The emperor sneered: "Isn't the fifth prince still outside?"
The Sixth Princess understood instantly.
"This idiot!!!"
…
In the Ministry of Punishment, An Tai finally woke up. He wanted to move but found his hands were tied.
An Tai asked angrily, "Who are you?"
Everyone looked at him.
Nanny Yang was so angry that she kicked him and said, "You idiot, you traitor, you are dead."
An Tai looked around and suddenly understood.
The Chu people sneaked in.
But how did they get in?
Looking at the clothes they are wearing...
"You have a spy in the palace."
But no one paid any attention to him.
Concubine Shu sneered, of course they have an insider.
Concubine De!
She and Concubine Shu were in charge of the six palaces, so it was not difficult for them to let a few people in and out.
At the beginning, she could have found anyone to make Concubine De pregnant, but why did she choose Prince Duan?
That's why.
Now that Concubine De is pregnant, she can be considered the grandmother of the child in Concubine De's belly.
Defei would not watch her die, but of course she was also afraid that she would tell the secret.
Concubine Shu was a little surprised that the Chu people would come to rescue them, but it was also reasonable. After all, if she wanted to get in touch with Concubine De and Prince Duan, she would need her help.
This is the backup plan she left for herself.
At this time, someone outside exclaimed: "Something happened...something happened..."
"Right now."
An Tai was pushed forward. He didn't want to move, but someone slapped him in the face and blocked his mouth.
Everyone advanced in the dark, but after walking for a while they realized something was wrong.
Didn't they say that the palace was in chaos? If the dog emperor had died as planned, the palace would be in chaos now, and it wouldn't be so peaceful.
"Something is wrong"
Concubine Shu stopped.
…
Banquet hall.
The emperor and the sixth princess have not returned yet.
No one cared at first.
Concubine Shu was flattered and praised by everyone, and she felt happy both physically and mentally. She couldn't help but glance at Concubine De and found that she was staring at the emperor's dragon throne.
Shufei thought, what, does she still want to go up and sit?
Although she also wanted to go up and sit there, she didn't want to be the emperor, she just wanted to know what it felt like to sit there.
However, the emperor has been gone for so long, why hasn’t he come back yet?
At this time, someone stumbled into the hall. This person was covered in blood and attracted everyone's attention as soon as he appeared.
"No... It's bad. The people of Chu... The people of Chu are trying to assassinate Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."
The man choked and fainted.
The fifth prince stood up.
What assassination?
The emperor's uncle only said that they should rescue those spies so that during future negotiations, they would not be so passive and be led by the Daxia people.
But now...why did they assassinate the emperor?
At that moment, the Fifth Prince even wondered if this was a conspiracy of the Daxia people?
King Ming also stood up. He turned around and looked at the Fifth Prince viciously.
The fifth prince waved his hands hastily: "I'm not, I didn't..."
King Ming asked, "Where is the Princess of Chu?"
The fifth prince doesn’t know.
He knows nothing.
"Come here, take down the Chu people." The King of Ming took a step back, and naturally the Imperial Guards surrounded the Fifth Prince. The Chu people were also panicking. Didn't they come to negotiate? How did it escalate to assassinating the emperor? Is there something wrong? If they assassinated the emperor at this time, could they escape?
They all looked at the Fifth Prince.
Does the Fifth Prince have other plans? He can't ignore their lives.
Concubine Shu also hid behind the pillar, her head still dizzy.
What? The emperor is dead?
How come the person I just saw died?
For some reason, she couldn't help but look at Concubine De, and only saw a smile on the corner of her mouth that she had not retracted.
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