Then came the Queen Mother, the Emperor, the Queen, Concubine Hu and others, and there were quite a few people in Wuyangyang.
"Did you come here? Did you see clearly?"
It was the guard next to the Queen Mother who asked an accompanying eunuch with a bit of arrogance in his tone.
"Yes, the assassin injured the slave and ran in this direction."
Behind him, I don’t know which palace concubine said something.
"There is only one hiding place in this direction, Zhichun Pavilion."
"Sorry, Miss Luo Er and Miss Shen Er didn't come to Zhichun Pavilion--"
"If it is really an assassin, then wouldn't the two young ladies -"
"Come here, search."
Someone gave an order, and the imperial guards armed with swords dispersed in all directions.
In the crowd, Lu Xiyun's lowered eyes flashed with a cold smile.
Hu Bingyu, on the other hand, moved to hold Concubine Hu's arm. The aunt and nephew looked at each other indifferently. The empress dowager's face was as usual, calm, and the emperor squinted his eyes without saying a word.
Xiao Mingxuan stood on one side, clenching his hands into fists, trying hard to control himself and calm down.
His people have been secretly protecting Luo Jiuli, and he believes that Luo Jiuli will be fine.
As for the Duke's wife, her face was pale at this time. If it weren't for the fact that the Emperor and the Queen Mother followed her all the way, she would have gone crazy and barged in.
She didn't believe that there would be an assassin in the heavily guarded palace, and she didn't believe that even if there was an assassin, how could he escape into Zhichun Pavilion by such a coincidence.
The filth in this palace and the filthy thoughts of those people made her more afraid of her daughter's safety the more she thought about it.
While everyone was having different thoughts, they heard a woman's shrill scream and the sound of swords clashing from a certain room.
"There are assassins escorting you."
I don't know who shouted.
A group of imperial guards armed with swords came crashing down, blocking the way for the protection of the Queen Mother, the Emperor and other royal family members.
After hearing the woman's scream, the Duke's wife, who was protected in the crowd, felt a chill on her back, as if her heart was being strangled tightly. She tried hard to suppress her fear and tried her best. To prevent himself from passing out, he kept his eyes fixed on the room that was lit with a subtle light.
After the screams of men and women and the clash of swords, there was a brief silence inside and outside the house, and everyone's hearts seemed to have stopped.
The dignified Concubine Hu, the quiet Hu Bingyu, Mrs. Hu with the light reflected in her eyes, Princess Xiyun who was as insignificant as a little beast, it seemed that everyone involved felt the blood in their bodies at that woman's scream. After shouting, everyone became excited.
"This, this can't be--"
"Could it be Miss Luo Er who came to Zhichung Pavilion to change clothes?"
"Maybe it's the second young lady of the Shen family?"
Someone in the crowd was whispering. Although the sound was not loud, it was enough to hit people's eardrums in this moment of silence. Although the following words were not spoken, they were louder than anything else said.
Mrs. Su looked at the Duke's wife, her voice full of regret and pity:
"Madam, the second lady, something like this happened -"
"What happened to my daughter? Did you see it with your own eyes? Or do you know something?"
The Duke's wife stood in front of Mrs. Su, her face was as pale as paper, her voice was full of frost, and her eyes were so scarlet that she wanted to kill her.
Mrs. Su couldn't help but feel so happy when she saw the cold, angry and frightening look of the Duke's wife.
"Mrs. Duke, you still have to be more open-minded about this kind of thing, after all-"
Snap!
A palm fan passed by, and Mrs. Su's words were stillborn when the palm fell.
The Duke's wife was stunned, the Queen Mother and the Emperor in front were also stunned, and the concubines, ladies, and princes behind him were even more stunned at the moment.
Under the palace lantern, the Nine Prince Xiao Mingxuan's figure was as tall and straight as a pine tree, with black hair flying behind his head and dark eyes as heavy as jade. While turning his wrist, he looked at Mrs. Su who fell on the ground with a dark look.
"Come here, Mrs. Su has lost her manners in front of the palace, disrupted the morale of the army, and slapped her."
Behind Xiao Mingxuan, a guard came forward, grabbed Mrs. Su, raised her palm and slapped her down.
"Everyone, stop it for the Ai family."
The Queen Mother shouted angrily, her face darkened.
There are rumors that Jiuwang and Luo Jiuli have a very close relationship. Is it true?
Something happened to Luo Jiuli, and the Nine Kings were so out of control.
"Nine Kings, the Ai family and the emperor are still here. You slapped a minister's wife like this. This may cause discord between the emperor and his ministers. It is really inappropriate."
"The Queen Mother's clear warning."
Xiao Mingxuan gave a faint salute and instead of calling his mother the Queen Mother, he actually called the Queen Mother directly.
"Just now, she is no longer the wife of the minister. Su Pingtai, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, accepted bribes, took bribes and perverted the law. He sold out the carpenters Sun Da, Sun Wu and other five hundred people, and received 3,300 taels of silver.
The repair of river embankments and water conservancy was nearly 100,000 taels. As for the other dirty cases, I will not repeat them one by one. The repair of river embankments and water conservancy alone was enough for Su Pingtai to confiscate his family and exterminate his clan."
boom!
After Xiao Mingxuan finished speaking, the Queen Mother's face was full of disbelief. The ladies, ladies, and princes in the crowd all looked at Xiao Mingxuan with indescribable ambiguity and panic in their eyes.
The Ninth Prince said a word and the Ministry of Industry changed a minister on the spot. From the beginning to the end, the emperor looked calm and showed no reaction.
Everyone couldn't help but guess whether the emperor was using the Ninth Prince's hand to warn everyone.
At this time, no one dared to interrupt randomly. No one knew who would be the next to have their home confiscated and their clan exterminated.
Mrs. Shangshu, whose cheeks were red and swollen after being beaten, and Miss Shangshu, who was so frightened that she fainted, were dragged down by the imperial troops.
Luo Jiuli stood in the utility room and could see clearly and hear clearly.
Although Xiao Mingxuan did not mention her Luo Jiuli, every action he took was to protect her.
But she can't go out yet.
On the other side, the quiet room became agitated again, as the Imperial Guard dragged a naked corpse out of the room.
The pants on the corpse were twisted and slanted, and it was obvious that someone had put them on hastily.
"Sun Ting."
In the crowd, someone recognized the dead man.
The guard who was following the Queen Mother also left the room and knelt on one knee on the ground.
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty, the Queen Mother. Just now, a man and a woman were doing something inappropriate in the house. When I entered the house, the man was holding a dagger and wanted to stab him. I was killed on the spot by him."
On the side, Concubine Hu, who lowered her head, glanced at the dead head Sun Ting, with a cold smile in her eyes, and held Hu Bingyu's hand with her fingers.
Once Sun Ting dies, there will be no evidence to prove his death.
As for Luo Jiuli who was defiled by Sun Ting, hum--
The emperor had a livid face, staring darkly at the corpse, and then looked at the man kneeling on the ground to apologize.
"The Marquis of Chongyang has done a great job in protecting the Queen Mother and me. What's the crime? Get up."
As he spoke, he frowned slightly, with cold eyes, and said: