"A-Ning, it will take an hour before the banquet can be held, shall I take you to the Imperial Horse Supervisor to see the Imperial Horse?" Out of Yongfu Palace, Qi Jinghuan finally got the opportunity to get along with Huangfu Yongning, he knew that Huangfu Yongning was far more interested in animals than people, so he proposed this proposal as he liked, and sure enough, Huangfu Yongning's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"Okay, I've heard that there are a lot of good horses in the Imperial Horse Prison, and I just want to go and see them!" Huangfu Yongning replied excitedly.

Qi Jinghuan called Tian Fu and ordered him to quietly report to the concubine, and then he and Huangfu Yongning went to look at the royal horse happily. The Imperial Horse Supervisor is located in the northeast of the palace, Qi Jinghuan knows a path to the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and from the path, the Imperial Horse Supervisor to the Wanchun Hall where the birthday banquet is held is only a quarter of an hour's foot, so Huangfu Yongning has enough time to appreciate the good horses in the Imperial Horse Prison.

"Cousin Huan, master...... Wait for me ......" Qi Jinghuan and Huangfu Yongning had only walked on the trail for a long time, when they heard the shouts of the five princes Qi Jingyu behind them, Huangfu Yongning looked back, and saw Qi Jingyu flying towards him, his steps were light and not vain, it can be seen that he has really worked hard for a while.

Qi Jinghuan saw his cousin chasing after him, he frowned at first, and smiled helplessly. For a while, Huangfu Yongning has been learning to make cloaks with his mother, and he hasn't talked to Huangfu Yongning for several days.

Huangfu Yongning and Qi Jinghuan smiled and looked at Qi Jingyu, the fifth prince who was rushing over, and suddenly, Huangfu Yongning's eyes tightened, and she saw that she pulled off the two leaves of the privet tree beside her with lightning speed and did not cover her ears, and shot in the direction where Qi Jingyu was rushing. Then picked up Qi Jinghuan and flew towards Qi Jingyu.

Qi Jingyu only heard a "snap ......" sound in his ears, he instinctively turned around to look, only to see a half-branch crossbow arrow about two inches long pitch-black was falling next to his feet, and a section of arrow tail embedded with a privet leaf fell half a step away from the half-branch broken arrow.

"Ah......" Qi Jingyu gasped, and when he was about to speak, he heard a low shout "Lean back, protect Ah Huan's ......", and then there was a great force to pull him back, Qi Jingyu was pulled back a few steps, and stood with his cousin Qi Jinghuan.

Huangfu Yongning stood in front of Qi Jinghuan and Qi Jingyu and listened quietly for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "Safe for the time being, Fifth Highness, you protect Ah Huan, and I will go to check on the situation of the assassins." ”

Qi Jingyu finally reacted at this time that someone had stabbed him, and nodded heavily: "Yes, obey the order." ”

Huangfu Yongning flew out, and in the blink of an eye, he reached the privet bush more than thirty steps away, and after a while, her voice came from behind the bush, "Ah Huan, Fifth Highness, come here." ”

Hearing the cry of Huangfu Yongning, Qi Jinghuan and Qi Jingyu hurried over, and the two ran to the privet bush and saw a man in black lying on the ground with a blue face and purple blood flowing from the corners of his mouth. And Huangfu Yongning was squatting next to the corpse, carefully rummaging through the clothes of the man in black. It was the first time that Qi Jinghuan and Qi Jingyu saw a dead person with their own eyes, and their faces changed together.

"Master, is this an assassin? He's dead? Qi Jingyu exclaimed in a low voice.

Huangfu Yongning nodded, and said in a deep voice: "He is an assassin, and he committed suicide by poisoning after being hit by me and unable to escape." Fifth Highness, see if you recognize him, just now he covered his face, and he didn't wear anything on his body, only an arm crossbow. I've already checked it just now, and the arm crossbow is private, without any markings. ”

Qi Jingyu lowered his head and carefully identified it for a moment, shook his head and said: "Looking at the eyes, seeing that he has a beard under his chin, it shouldn't be an internal prison, I don't know if it's a palace guard." ”

Qi Jinghuan thought for a while, and said calmly: "A-Ning, you quickly call the nearest guard, the more people come, the better." Ah Yu, when the guards came, they said that this assassin was assassinating me, and you led a few guards to see the emperor's uncle immediately, and quietly reported to him that the assassin committed suicide by poisoning. A-Ning and I are here waiting for Uncle Huang to send someone over. ”

Qi Jingyu was silent for a moment before he nodded, and said in a muffled voice: "I know, thank you cousin Huan." ”

Huangfu Yongning also nodded and said, "You wait for me here, and I'll come when I go." After that, Huangfu Yongning flew out, and he disappeared in a moment.

After Huangfu Yongning left, Qi Jinghuan said in a low voice: "Ah Yu, you have been practicing hard in the palace recently, I am afraid that it will attract attention, so you will have to be more careful in the future." ”

Qi Jingyu gritted his teeth hatefully and said: "I've been cautious everywhere, what else do you want me to do!" I don't know when I will be able to leave the palace and open the mansion, and I am constrained everywhere in the palace, I am really suffocated! ”

Qi Jinghuan gently patted his cousin's shoulder and said in a low voice: "You will be sixteen the year after tomorrow, I will help you find a way then, maybe even if you don't want to leave the palace, there are people in the palace who want to get you out of the palace quickly, don't worry, stay patient for another two years." ”

In other words, in a few words, Huangfu Yongning had already brought a large group of guards over, and Qi Jinghuan and Qi Jingyu stopped talking.

The guards came to salute when they came closer, Qi Jinghuan's face sank like water, and he pointed to the corpse and said coldly: "This thief is trying to assassinate this king, so you should go and identify this person as soon as possible." ”

The captain of the guard was scared out of white sweat and hurriedly stepped forward to identify it. He looked at it carefully for a while, shook his head and said, "Back to the prince, the lower officials don't know this person." ”

Qi Jinghuan's face became more and more cold, and he said coldly: "Send four guards to escort the Fifth Highness to report to the emperor, and this king and the county lord of Pingrong are waiting here for the emperor to send someone to come." ”

The faces of the guards turned green, and they did not dare to disobey the orders of the most favored Prince Le, so they only assigned four guards to escort the five princes, and the rest stayed behind to accompany the two nobles to guard the body of the assassin.

Mo about a quarter of an hour later, Emperor Zhaoming's most powerful senior security officer ran over with a sweaty head, he had just sent the third princess to the quiet hall to settle down, and before returning to Emperor Zhaoming's side, it was not time for a pillar of incense, the fifth prince hurriedly ran to report the assassin, Emperor Zhaoming was shocked, and immediately sent the most trusted

He immediately sent his most trusted Gao Sanbao, who knew how heavy Prince Le was in the emperor's heart, so he naturally didn't dare to slack off.

"The slave invites the prince to be safe, and the lord of Huangfu County is safe. The emperor was very worried when he learned that the prince was assassinated, and ordered the old slave to take over the assassin's affairs. Gao Sanbao came to Qi Jinghuan and Huangfu Yongning and bowed down and said.

Qi Jinghuan nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, this king and the county lord will pass here, Gonggong Gao, this place will be handed over to you, this king is waiting for you to give this king an explanation." Gao Sanbao hurriedly responded, and Qi Jinghuan and Huangfu Yongning walked in the direction of Wanchun Palace.

In Qunfangzhai, Emperor Zhaoming was alone with the fifth prince Qi Jingyu, and ordered him to carefully tell about Qi Jinghuan's assassination, when Qi Jinghuan and Huangfu Yongning arrived, Qi Jingyu had already discussed with Qi Jinghuan and Huangfu Yongning.

"Huan'er, be frightened, come on, use a cup of tea first." As soon as Emperor Zhaoming saw his nephew walk in, he immediately beckoned to him and said with concern in his eyes.

Qi Jinghuan quickly stepped forward and bowed and said, "Thank you Uncle Huang for your concern, my nephew is fine." ”

Emperor Zhaoming stretched out his hand to help his nephew and carefully looked at his face, Qi Jinghuan did not have any fear on his face, but the anger in his eyes could not be concealed. "Uncle Huang, today is the Holy Birthday of the Imperial Grandmother, and I can't block her old man's family for the sake of my nephew, and my nephew only asks that after the Holy Birthday Festival, the Imperial Uncle can strictly investigate this matter, so that the nephew can understand who is in the way of someone's eyes, and he has to harm his nephew's life." Qi Jinghuan said in a tone of strong anger.

"Okay, Huan'er is a sensible and good boy, Uncle Huang promised you that he will investigate this matter thoroughly to the end, and I will give you two good eunuchs when I turn around, so that they can protect you closely." Emperor Zhaoming's eyes smiled to comfort his nephew, whose chest was obviously rising and falling violently.

Qi Jinghuan naturally didn't want the eunuch to protect him personally, but it was difficult to refuse, so he could only bow down and say, "Thank you, Uncle Huang." ”

Emperor Zhaoming picked up his nephew and said closely: "Huan'er, sit down and rest first." Then he asked Huangfu Yongning and said, "Pingrong, I heard that you found out in time that the assassin saved Huan'er, what a blessing!" Sure enough, he is worthy of our Da Chen's little silver armor general. ”

Huangfu Yongning bowed down and said: "Emperor Xie praised, it was indeed dangerous just now, and the assassin entered the palace with a private crossbow to assassinate, which is really worrying." ”

"What? A private crossbow? Yu'er, you didn't say it just now. Emperor Zhaoming looked at the five princes and said unhappily.

Qi Jingyu immediately knelt down and replied: "Back to my father, my sons only saw that the assassin was using an arm crossbow, but they couldn't see the calendar. ”

Huangfu Yongning immediately explained: "Back to the emperor, the last general is long in the army, and he is very familiar with the weapons made by the military department, so he can see that the arm crossbow is private. ”

Emperor Zhaoming nodded, and reprimanded in a deep voice: "Get up, you are not too young, you have to learn more." Qi Jingyu could only bow to the ground and say yes, then stood up with his head down and retreated to the side, not speaking again. His father was biased, and Qi Jinghuan was used to it.

The assassin's attempted assassination of the Five Princes soon reached the ears of the main messenger behind the scenes, and the man said in a hateful voice: "Even if he escapes today, I don't believe that he will have such good luck next time." ”

"Niangniang, although Zhu San committed suicide by taking poison, he is not a person in the palace, if the emperor orders a strict investigation, the slave is only afraid of ......" A eunuch's voice sounded low.

"What are you afraid of! Didn't Zhu San's clues on his body be dealt with? The man asked in a low voice.

"Back to His Royal Highness, Zhu San himself has no clues, but there are still people in his family, and the slave is afraid that it will ...... in case."

"Then it's all ......" The person called Niangniang slashed his hand down, and his intention was self-evident.

"Yes, the slave will go out of the palace to do this." The eunuch whispered, stood for a moment, and then withdrew.