And here, the escaped assassin staggered back to the mansion.
"My subordinate... I have not completed my mission, please punish me..."
The lights in the room were dim, and a tall figure stood behind the flower and bird screen.
"Why is it that you are the only one back, and there is another one?"
The assassin lowered his head and replied: "According to the plan, he first entered the Yongyi Hou Mansion, found the seal from Yan Mingzhu's house, and then handed it over to his subordinates. However, he did not expect that Yan Mingzhu had already laid an ambush and captured the person alive.
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The subordinates were afraid that he would betray His Highness, so they showed up and wanted to take him away. However, Yan Mingzhu's martial arts was extremely advanced and the subordinates could not escape. In desperation, they had no choice but to silence him and then escaped from the Hou Mansion.
This subordinate has neglected his duty, please forgive me!"
The shadow crushed the pecan he was playing with with his bare hands, "It's this damn Yan Mingzhu again, who has ruined my good deeds over and over again. It seems that he can't stay!"
"This subordinate will take people to kill..."
Before he finished speaking, the assassin suddenly felt a stinging pain from a hundred claws scratching his heart. Immediately afterwards, he fell to the ground, convulsed violently, and spit out a large amount of blood from his mouth.
The guard on the side rushed forward, but when he wanted to take action, the assassin stopped twitching and fell to the ground motionless.
The guard checked his lifeline and was shocked: "Your Highness, this person... is dead!"
The black shadow pushed open the screen and strode out, "How did you die?"
"It seems...poisoned!"
This assassin had just escaped from Yongyi Hou's Mansion and had not been in contact with anyone else. It was obvious that he was poisoned by Yan Mingzhu silently when he was in the Hou's Mansion, and he died from the poison now.
There was no poison on the way to escape, but the poison happened when he met him to report. Isn't this Yan Mingzhu openly provoking him?
The black shadow was furious and kicked the assassin's body, "Useless trash!"
Very good, this Yan Mingzhu has successfully aroused his bloody passion. Next time, he will definitely let her die without a burial place!
The shadow quickly wrote a letter and handed it to the guard, "Fei Ge sent the letter to the palace and told the mother and concubine to act in advance."
The next day, in Kunning Palace, the concubines came to pay their respects to Queen Pei on time.
Concubine Zhuang stepped on it and said, "I send my regards to the Queen."
"If we talk about the first person to step on the list, it must be Sister Zhuang Concubine. Even the Queen has to wait for Sister Zhuang Concubine alone. My sister is really proud of herself."
Shi Taiyi shook his fan and said this in a strange tone.
Concubine Zhuang gave her a disdainful look and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I also wanted to come early to pay my respects to you. However, I have been busy preparing for the birthday banquet recently. The Queen has always been considerate of my concubines, so she must not be able to do so."
Harsh, isn't it?"
Queen Pei had a dignified smile on her face. In fact, the hands hidden under her flowing sleeves had already been squeezed tightly, and she wanted to tear the concubine Zhuang to pieces!
"Sister Zhuang Concubine is busy with the palace banquet. I am considerate of her. Please get up and sit down."
Concubine Zhuang's ceremony itself was not very standardized, she just did it hastily and perfunctorily. When Queen Pei had just finished speaking, she had already stood up and sat down in the position next to Queen Pei.
"Sister Zhuang Fei's birthday banquet this time can be said to be unprecedented and unprecedented. This standard is almost catching up with the Queen's, isn't it?"
Shi Taiyi deliberately made trouble. When Concubine Zhuang heard this, she covered her lips with a handkerchief and smiled, "Actually, I also felt that something was wrong at first. After all, it is just a small birthday party. Birthdays happen every year. It is just a formality.
That’s it,
But His Majesty refused to do so. He insisted on doing something great for me. He said that it was Jue'er who had made extraordinary achievements one after another. My concubine's teachings as a mother and concubine were indispensable. She must be praised by all the people in the world.
Look, I, my concubine, really have nothing to do."
Shi Taiyi's flaming smile suddenly froze, while Queen Pei and Prince Kang's biological mother Zou Shunrong also lost their fake smiles on their faces.
Emperor Zhao had eleven children in total. Among these eleven children, there were only four princes. Queen Pei gave birth to the prince, followed closely by Shi Taiyi, who gave birth to the second prince Duan Wang, and Zou Shunrong, although his position was not high, he gave birth to the third prince.
King Kang.
Qi Jue was the youngest son of Emperor Zhao, ranking ninth. Among the princesses he gave birth to, except for a few early ones and the eleventh princess Qi Ruyue who was still young, the others had already been married.
Originally, Concubine Zhuang was just an inconspicuous one among the concubines. Most of the concubines in the harem were there when Emperor Zhao was still a prince.
But only Concubine Zhuang had the best luck. When Emperor Zhao led his troops to attack the imperial city, Concubine Zhuang happened to give birth to Qi Jue.
Emperor Zhao won the throne and learned that he was blessed with a son. He was so happy that he promoted Concubine Zhuang two levels.
Concubine Zhuang's good luck began when Qi Jue was born. This ninth prince showed extraordinary wisdom, talent, a photographic memory, and both civil and military skills.
What's even more annoying is that when he was young, among the three princes and brothers, his appearance was the most outstanding. As he grew up, not only did he not become disabled, but he became more and more outstanding.
It is said that God is fair, but when it comes to Qi Jue, it is so biased that he has no eyesight, full of IQ and good looks.
The prince and others, who are also princes and are elder brothers, stood beside Qi Jue and turned into green leaves that set off the flowers, without any sense of existence.
Emperor Zhao always felt that it was his blessing that Qi Jue was born when he won the throne, and he had been particularly fond of Qi Jue since he was a child.
Later, when Qi Jue was in danger, he was ordered to lead an expedition to Northern Xinjiang at the age of 16. After the first battle, he was granted the title of God, and Emperor Zhao personally granted him the title of King of the North.
The king who stabilizes Northern Xinjiang has such an honor and is unique!
Concubine Zhuang rose all the way up and became the only concubine next to Empress Pei.
They both gave birth to princes, but they could only sit here and listen to Concubine Zhuang showing off her son. They were so angry that they gritted their teeth, but they could not refute. How could their son be inferior to Qi Jue!
"Jue'er is indeed an outstanding child, but I don't know if Sister Zhuang Fei has ever heard of the old saying, which is that extreme happiness leads to sadness, and the peak will lead to decline. The higher you praise, the harder you fall!"
This sentence was almost squeezed out from between Shi Taiyi's teeth.
Hearing these jealous and vicious words, Concubine Zhuang didn't take them seriously at all.
"What Sister Shi said is not unreasonable. I often tell Your Majesty this way, asking Your Majesty not to always spoil Jue'er and let him do as he pleases, but Your Majesty doesn't listen. Instead, he says, he likes it best
Yes, it’s because Jue’er has a sincere heart,
This is the most similar to him. Among the many princes and princesses, there is no second one. If you don’t pamper him, how can you still pamper those who are not motivated and act stupidly? "
Concubine Zhuang had perfected her ability to criticize Sang and Huai. With just a few words, Shi Taiyi's face turned uglier than after eating shit.
Shi Taiyi was so angry that he slapped the table and stood up, "Who are you scolding for being unmotivated and stupid as a pig?"