Lieutenant General Xu, lead the brothers to search for traces of the traitors throughout the city and kill them without mercy!"
"Got the order!"
The Imperial Guard Commander Yang Fang finally arrived belatedly with three thousand Imperial Guard troops.
It can't be said that Yang Fang arrived late. The assassination happened in too short a time. In a capital as big as the capital, from getting the news to having all the soldiers and horses rushing to help, Yang Fang's reaction was very fast.
But compared to the body of 'Yun Xiaoxi' in the sedan chair, Yang Fang's arrival was still too slow.
The future queen has become a corpse, and even if you flew here earlier, it would already be too late.
Lieutenant General Xu led three thousand imperial guardsmen to search for traces of the killer throughout the city. Yang Fang quickly walked towards Lao Zhou, who was kneeling in the direction of the imperial mausoleum.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Guard and the Chief Superintendent of the Imperial Guard were both in the Prince's capital, and they were already very familiar with it.
Yang Fang looked at the helpless old Zhou and had a bad feeling in his heart.
Walking towards the sedan chair with heavy steps, Yang Fang hesitantly opened the curtain of the sedan chair. When he saw the body of 'Yun Xiaoxi' inside the curtain with two arrows piercing his chest, he felt a little dizzy for a moment.
The future queen was assassinated on Qinglong Avenue in the capital, and she, the commander of the Imperial Guard, could not escape her involvement.
"Yang Fang!"
Yang Fang came back to his senses when he heard Lao Zhou's voice: "The boss is responsible for what you say, the general is listening!"
"Take care of your empress's body until the people from Dali Temple and the Penal Department Yamen arrive, and let the maids serve her to the autopsy room!"
"Send someone to rush to the palace to report this matter to Your Majesty. Let's go hunt down the traitors!"
"Even if we die, we still have to give the late Emperor an explanation before we can go see his old man!"
Yang Fang looked at Lao Zhou, who seemed to have aged ten years in an instant, and nodded with sour eyes: "Yes, boss, please be careful!"
Yun Xiaoxi, who was still crouching on the ground around the sedan chair, with his face completely covered in dust and whose original appearance could not be seen at all, secretly glanced at the scene where he was getting into a fight over his own affairs.
I felt extremely uncomfortable and a little bit regretful.
But thinking that she would become a victim of politics and a pawn to consolidate Li Baiyu's imperial power, Yun Xiaoxi's guilt eased a lot.
I didn't think about rebelling or doing anything treacherous.
I just don't want to put my life in the hands of others.
You are a person, not a commodity placed on a shelf for random exchange.
Everyone wants their mother to grace the world, but I just want my own life!
Why does Li Baiyu's imperial power have to be consolidated at the expense of my life's happiness? I just want to live more freely, that's all.
Yun Xiaoxi was afraid of being discovered by others, so she averted her eyes and crouched on the ground like other eunuchs and maids. She kept praying in her heart that her cousin would come quickly and take her out of the city, away from this seemingly prosperous place.
But it makes people live in a place where they have no control over right and wrong.
Li Baiyu was happily smiling and gesturing to all the civil and military ministers who were congratulating him, when an imperial guard hurried up to Li Baiyu and whispered in his ear.
In an instant, Li Baiyu's cheerful expression suddenly changed in shock.
Li Baiyu has only been on the throne for a short period of time, and he has not yet been able to truly remain calm about honor and disgrace, and he has not yet shown others his joy, anger, and sorrow.
The change of expression on the new monarch's face was immediately noticed by the civil and military ministers who were congratulating him, and they all secretly wondered what happened to make his majesty's face look so ugly.
Although Liu Mingzhi knelt down and rested in his seat, the corner of his eyes was always staring at Li Baiyu's position.
Seeing Li Baiyu's face, he sighed silently and said to himself: "The storm is coming!"
Du Chenghao was closest to Li Baiyu's position. He hesitated for a moment and asked: "Your Majesty, I dare to ask, but what big thing happened?"
Li Baiyu came back to his senses, his face turned a little pale, and he glanced subconsciously, and this time he found that everyone's eyes had already been on him.
The news that Yun Xiaoxi was assassinated on the sedan chair could no longer be concealed. Li Baiyu's mouth trembled and he looked back at the Queen Mother Nangong Meng who also had a worried look in her eyes.
Li Baiyu thought for a moment and looked at the trembling Ouchi guards: "The queen was assassinated by a group of rebels on the main road into the palace!"
As soon as Li Baiyu finished speaking, there was an uproar around him, and everyone looked at Li Baiyu with disbelief on their faces.
The future empress has been assassinated. Who can be so bold? Isn't this clearly against the new king?
To assassinate the queen who is about to take over the new monarch is to provoke the new monarch and the face of a monarch.
Many civil and military ministers subconsciously looked at the brothers of King Qing who were not far away. When they saw the faces of the brothers were equally shocked, they looked away this time.
However, I was still secretly wondering whether the feudal kings were pretending to be this way or if they were really unaware.
"Queen Mother! What's wrong with you, Queen Mother?"
The third princess's exclamation attracted the attention of all the civil and military officials. When they saw Nangong Meng holding her forehead and looking shaky, she hurried over.
"The Queen Mother, take care of your body!"
Li Baiyu also hurriedly walked over: "Queen mother, how are you? Third sister, call the imperial doctor quickly!"
"yes!"
Liu Mingzhi didn't expect that Nangong Meng would be so seriously stimulated by Xiaoxi's incident, so he trotted over with a worried look on his face.
Liu Mingzhi's worry was not fake at all, but he was truly worried about Nangong Meng's health, no matter what the reason.
After all, what happened to Xiaoxi was done by the old man and his aunt. To be fair, I feel sorry for the Li family.
If Nangong Meng was so angry about this incident that he couldn't recover from it, he would feel a little guilty after all.
Although Liu Mingzhi already knew the cause and effect of the incident, or the whole thing was an assassination directed and staged by Liu Mingzhi and the old man together.
Liu Mingzhi still looked at Li Baiyu pretending to be confused: "Brother Emperor, what happened to Xiaoxi? You just said that Xiaoxi's sedan team was assassinated. Who dares to be so bold!"
Li Baiyu glanced at his mother worriedly, and pulled Young Master Liu aside: "Brother-in-law, Xiaoxi was assassinated by a group of unknown thieves on Qinglong Avenue!"
"The thieves should not have left the city yet. According to my decree, you should immediately lead the Imperial Guards to lead the Song Qing Dynasty and the Imperial Guards to lead General Jia to capture the thieves. I will cut them to death with a thousand swords!"
"My brother obeys the order, and my mother's body will be taken care of by Brother Lao Huang!"
"Go quickly, the longer you delay, the more chances the thief will have to escape!"
"yes!"
"Xingbu, Dali Temple!"
"Old minister is here!"
"Lead the troops there and cooperate with Duke Ding to handle this matter!"
Liu Mingzhi glanced at Nangong Meng, whose face was gradually becoming less pale, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
He walked directly towards Song Qing without hesitation. Xiaoxi's departure from the city was indispensable without his assistance. Only when Xiaoxi completely left the city could this matter come to a successful conclusion.
Acting that is not realistic will naturally reveal its flaws, but this matter cannot leave the slightest trace.
In a few words, Young Master Liu told Song Qing about this matter. Within a moment, Song Qing ordered hundreds of highly skilled imperial guards to follow Young Master Liu.
"Brother, lead the brothers to meet up with the brothers from the Guards Patrol Division first. I'll tell Yun'er to go find you right away!"
"I know, come quickly."
"What? Xiaoxi's sedan team was assassinated! How is Xiaoxi? Were you hurt?"
Liu Mingzhi looked at the deep worry on Qi Yun's eyebrows. He didn't want to hide it from Qi Yun, but if more people knew about it, it would be more dangerous.
"Yun'er, it's still unclear what the situation is now. My husband will take someone to check the situation immediately. You can wait for my husband to come back until the palace is over!"
"The palace is over, you should go back first. Don't tell the old man and mother about this matter, I'm afraid they will worry!"
"I know, husband, please be more careful. Since the thief dares to assassinate the future queen, he must be a desperado. You must take care of your own safety!"
"Don't worry, my husband will go first!"
After Liu Mingzhi informed Qi Yun, he walked to the relief stand, took his Heavenly Sword, and rushed out of the palace.
Looking back at the still turbulent school grounds, Liu Mingzhi drew out his Heavenly Sword and looked at the cold blade, with a complicated expression on his face.
"The wind is blowing! I hope it won't stir up any stormy waves and calm down soon!"