Chapter Eighty-Eighth: The Assassination of Xiahou Chunyan
After Ximen Yourong came out of Concubine Yi's palace, her thoughts slowly returned to normal.
Precisely because her thoughts were clear, her heart became heavier, so that her legs felt heavy when she walked, and she could not focus her eyes.
Therefore, she did not see the Imperial Forest Army soldiers walking in front of her until Chu Hengye, who was leading the way, knelt down on one knee and saluted her respectfully:
"See the Queen."
Ximen Yourong stopped and regained consciousness and looked at Chu Hengye who was kneeling in front of him:
"General Chu, please rise."
Chu Hengye stood up and looked at her as if he was a little embarrassed for a moment, but Ximen Yourong ignored his discomfort and asked openly:
"Why is General Chu here?"
She had heard before that Chu Hengye had asked for orders to go to the frontier. It had only been less than half a year, but she didn't know how he came back to the imperial city, and it seemed that he was already serving in the palace.
"I was transferred back to the imperial city from the border a few days ago. Yesterday I officially took over the position of commander of the royal forest, so..." Chu Heng lowered his head slightly and replied.
Ximen Yourong had already guessed the general situation, and she had no intention of asking in detail, so she smiled lightly and congratulated briefly:
"You have been promoted to general, which shows that your ability has been recognized. Congratulations!"
"I'm ashamed, but I just asked Your Majesty and my father to give me a chance to try it out!"
Chu Hengye did not feel that he had earned the position of commander of the Forbidden Army on his own, but he also did not feel that he was incompetent for the job.
Ximen Yourong wanted to say a few more words, but she felt that today was different from the past. Her and Chu Hengye's identities had changed, so chatting was naturally inappropriate.
After his thoughts changed like this, Ximen Yourong casually said a few words so as not to disturb him from his official inspection duties and left first.
At night, when Ximen Yourong continued to move forward, Chu Heng asked his subordinates to go ahead. He turned around and stopped to look at the back of Ximen Yourong as he walked away.
He personally sent her into the palace half a year ago. At that time, he was secretly worried that she would not have a good life in the palace. But it seems that he was wrong. Ximen Yourong's current status is a veritable "Phoenix"!
He once loved her wholeheartedly, no, to be precise, his love for her has never stopped, it's just buried.
Six months ago, he requested an order to go to the frontier for training. He performed well in several missions, and he originally planned to take the opportunity to stay in the frontier for a long time and perform meritorious service.
However, not long ago, his father suddenly petitioned the court for him to be transferred back to the imperial city.
Although he was reluctant, he did not dare to disobey. When he returned home a few days ago, he found out why he was transferred back. It turned out that his father had arranged a marriage for him that could not be treated casually.
Because the woman is the second princess of Prince Rui's palace. Prince Rui is the youngest brother of the late emperor and the only uncle of Dongling Yuanyong who is still alive.
Among the nobles of the Imperial City, Prince Rui's Mansion held a very important position, which was why his father wanted to transfer him back to the Imperial City. After all, the woman was the direct daughter of Prince Rui.
When he and Ximen Yourong were engaged, he felt hopeless from the bottom of his heart. Now, he is marrying the legitimate daughter of a noble family, which is exactly the in-law power he wanted at the beginning.
However, the funny thing is that the "help" he has at his fingertips now makes him feel no joy, but only a helpless feeling about his fate...!
Ximen Yourong returned to Lengyue Palace and was not affected by her chance encounter with Chu Hengye, but her low mood made Xiang Qing ask:
"Mother, why do you look unhappy? Is it because of General Chu?"
Xiang Qing was also surprised when she saw Chu Hengye just now, but she didn't think Ximen Yourong would care much about Chu Hengye.
Ximen Yourong frowned, but did not reply to Xiang Qing's question. He only ordered:
"You go down first, I'm a little tired and want to take a rest."
"But Your Majesty hasn't yet..."
"Get down!"
As Ximen Yourong said, she had already entered the inner room alone...!
Xiang Qing didn't know what Concubine Yi and Ximen Yourong were talking about, so Ximen Yourong suddenly became dull, and she was very puzzled!
However, Xiang Qing was not very worried. She thought that when Dongling Yuanyong arrived later, Ximen Yourong would naturally have someone to coax her.
However, Dongling Yuanyong did not come to Lengyue Palace all night because he was disturbed by unexpected events and had no time to rest.
Prince Xiahou, who was a guest in their Dacheng, had already stated a few days ago that he was planning to return to Xiahou Kingdom in the near future. As the prime minister, You Zhongru had already prepared heavy gifts on behalf of Dongling Yuanyong and planned to send them to the palace where Prince Xiahou lives.
Let him take it back to Emperor Xiahou to show Dacheng's sincerity in making good friends.
Unexpectedly, at this time, Prince Xiahou was actually attacked today. What's worse, Prince Xiahou was not only injured, but also seriously injured. That's why You Zhongru didn't dare to neglect and hurriedly entered the palace to report to Dongling Yuanyong.
After Dongling Yuanyong understood it, he didn't say anything out loud, but his face was serious and tense.
Probably because the situation was too serious, You Zhongru stood tensed up.
After a while, Dongling Yuanyong asked:
"What is the origin of the assassin who assassinated Xiahou Chunyan? Has anyone been captured alive?"
"It is said that the guards around Prince Xiahou said that the assassin was very strong and struck very quickly. They had no chance of catching the assassin, but...!"
You Zhongru paused and looked at Dongling Yuanyong: "The guards of Prince Xiahou insisted that the assassin was from Dachengguo."
"So? Do they think we sent someone to do it?"
Dongling Yuanyong's eyes were cold. When was Xiahou Chunyan not assassinated? But he was assassinated just when he decided to return to Xiahou Kingdom. This accident came too suddenly?
"Your Majesty, I believe that the top priority now is not to investigate who assassinated Prince Xiahou, but to ensure that Prince Xiahou's life is safe. Otherwise, if something happens to Prince Xiahou in our imperial city in Dacheng, even if our Dacheng is innocent,
None of us can escape the criticism of Xiahou Kingdom."
You Zhongru considered the interests of diplomatic relations. No matter what happened with this assassination, Xiahou Chunyan was such a big event when he was a guest in Dacheng. If anything goes wrong, it will cause great harm to the relations between the two countries.
Moreover, once the Xiahou State pursues this matter to the end, the Dacheng State will be unreasonably passive.
At that time, if you are not careful, a large-scale war will inevitably occur, and the world will be in turmoil again, and ordinary people will suffer.
Dongling Yuanyong was also well aware of You Zhongru's concerns. Although he was not afraid of the Xiahou Kingdom coming to hold him accountable, he had no intention of completely abandoning his stance if something happened to Xiahou Chunyan in the imperial city of Dacheng.
Furthermore, no matter what reason Xiahou Chunyan provoked the assassination, he always felt that there was a conspiracy involved.
As for what the conspiracy is, he also wants to wait and see...!
To show his concern, Dongling Yuanyong took Imperial Physician Ai to personally visit Xiahou Chunyan's palace overnight.
After Dongling Yuanyong came to the palace, the faces of the people around Xiahou Chunyan were not very friendly, and they also stopped the prince and said that they could not let any danger get close to them. The situation seemed as if they had already determined that Xiahou Chunyan was assassinated by his assassin.
However, Dongling Yuanyong glanced coldly, his momentum was shaken, and he said:
"No matter what you are suspecting, I want to see your prince immediately."
"My imperial brother was seriously injured in an assassination and is unconscious. It is inconvenient to see people. Emperor Dongling should please come back!"
The person who spoke was the little royal brother that Xiahou Chunyan valued very much, King Xiaoyun. When they set out from Xiahou Kingdom to Dacheng, it was because the bright-eyed and white-toothed King Xiaoyun caught a severe cold. In order to let him recover from his illness,
That's why Xiahou Chunyan delayed arriving at Dacheng Imperial City on time.
Now that Xiahou Chunyan was seriously injured, it was naturally King Xiaoyun who had the final say in this palace.
However, Dongling Yuanyong did not get angry or soften his tone because of King Xiaoyun's unfriendly attitude at the door. He still said coldly and with force:
"If you don't want your imperial brother to have any trouble, just get out of the way."
"I just..." Perhaps Dongling Yuanyong's aura was too overwhelming, and King Xiaoyun's aura suddenly weakened, but she pretended to clear her throat and said firmly: "I said, my royal brother
It’s not convenient to see anyone.”
He deliberately emphasized "anyone", making it clear that even Dongling Yuanyong was not welcome.
"Get out of the way!" Ice-like eyes shot towards King Xiaoyun!
"The Nine-Fifth Emperor of Dongling Emperor, the way to treat guests is unparalleled..."
"The little... the little prince is not well, the prince...!" A maid hurriedly opened the door with a panic expression!
King Xiaoyun didn't care about anything else, turned around and rushed into the house immediately! Other guards of Prince Xiahou stood guard at the door instead of King Xiaoyun.
Dongling Yuanyong didn't mind their rudeness, but when he looked at the guard commander, Yingwu said without doubt:
"I care more about your prince's safety than you, so... get out of the way!"
As soon as the final word "get out of the way" was spoken, Dongling Yuanyong had already opened the door and stepped in.
"General Yingwu, no matter what misunderstanding there is, our Majesty will never harm your prince in front of you. This should not be difficult for General Yingwu to understand!"
You Zhongru timely hinted that at this sensitive time, since Dongling Yuanyong came in person, he was here to solve the problem, not to aggravate the crisis.
Although Yingwu was not a general who had experienced hundreds of battles, he was after all a general whom Xiahou Chunyan kept by his side and relied on him. He still had a keen ability to judge the situation.
Whether their prince is safe or not is related to the stability of the relationship between the two countries. Emperor Dongling has no reason and would not be so stupid to harm the prince of Xiahou.
Xiahou Chunyan was injured by an arrow. The imperial doctor they brought with them had stabilized the injury, but who knew that Xiahou Chunyan suddenly convulsed violently while he was in a coma, and it looked like he was going to die.
When Dongling Yuanyong came in, Xiahou Chunyan's face turned purple. The accompanying doctor Ai exclaimed at the first sight:
"Prince Xiahou is poisoned!"
"What……?"
King Xiaoyun opened his eyes with fear and completely lost his mind. They thought that Xiahou Chunyan only suffered a relatively serious flesh injury. How could they have thought that it was related to poison?
Dongling Yuanyong saw that the situation was critical. Without saying a word, he stepped forward and quickly pressed a few acupuncture points on Xiahou Chunyan's body. He then pulled up the unconscious Xiahou Chunyan. He also sat cross-legged on Xiahou Chunyan's back, and then lifted the
The anger stuck to Xiahou Chunyan's heart...!
King Xiaoyun thought that Dongling Yuanyong was going to do harm to Xiahou Chunyan, so he stepped forward to stop him. I don't know if he was really frightened, but he burst into tears like a girl.
Yingwu saw that Dongling Yuanyong was actually saving people, so he stopped King Xiaoyun from disturbing Dongling Yuanyong!