Chapter 163: The Second Prince Li Min
Jin Tiao rushed forward with an arrow step, and his palm was like a sharp blade, stabbing at Tang Anxia's throat.
The technique is extremely fast, the pace is fast, and at a glance, you can see that it is a person who has been practicing martial arts all year round, and can easily take people's lives.
Fortunately, Tang Anxia had already taken precautions, in the last confrontation, Yuhua said that Meng Qi was a martial arts master, and Fang Yan mentioned the scar on the wrist of the brocade again. Tang Anxia secretly pondered that it was very likely that their master and servant were both martial arts practitioners, in order to prevent them from attacking at any time, Tang Anxia prepared a pack of white cigarette powder in his sleeve.
This is what Yuhua gave to Tang Anxia, when the enemy attacked, the white smoke powder was raised in the air, which could confuse the enemy's line of sight and make the other party unable to see clearly, resulting in the wrong direction of attack.
So, at the moment when the brocade rushed over, Tang Anxia opened the white smoke powder prepared in advance at a lightning speed, and quickly raised it towards the face of the brocade.
Fang Yan also had one hidden in her sleeve, which was also thrown into the face of the brocade, and then dragged Tang Anxia away with a puff of smoke!
A pungent smell choked into the nostrils of the brocade, and because the white ash in front of him blocked the vision, the hand knife of the brocade did not successfully slash Tang Anxia's neck, but slapped it into the air!
Narrowly escaping the first blow, Tang Anxia quickly ran to Concubine Shu, followed by Fang Yan. The other slaves and maids were already dumbfounded, and they didn't have time to stop it, Tang Anxia hugged Concubine Shu's body tightly, her frightened eyes were full of unease, and she begged for mercy: "Concubine Shu save me!" Concubine Shu, save me! She's going to kill me! ”
Concubine Shu was frightened just now, and now seeing Tang Anxia rushing over, her face turned pale with fright, and her voice became hysterical: "Someone!" Hurry up! Protect Hongu! Protect the princess! Take this down for me!! ”
The eunuchs flocked up, but Jintiao had been practicing under the Shangshu of the Criminal Department for many years, and his martial arts were extremely high.
Jintiao recognized that he wanted to take Tang Anxia's life, defeated the minions in one place, glared angrily, glanced at Tang Anxia with a hideous face, and said loudly: "Tang Anxia!" Take your life! ”
With that, the whole person rose into the air and rushed towards Concubine Shu.
Concubine Shu tried her best to push Tang Anxia out, for fear of implicating herself, so she shouted loudly, changing her gentle and elegant image in the past: "Come on!" Come and stop this crazy woman! Hurry up and kill her! ”
Tang Anxia pretended to be dumbfounded, hugged Concubine Shu's hands tighter a little, and shouted: "Concubine Shu, I was really wronged!" Now you believe in the innocence of the concubine! The concubine has not harmed anyone! It's all the side princess who has done a poisonous hand! ”
Concubine Shu nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, this palace believes in you!" What about believing in you? This is hell-bent on killing you! Hurry up and let go of Hongu! You let go! ”
Concubine Shu saw that the brocade was getting closer and closer, and was about to rush to her, the whole person was so panicked that she had no master, and her hands were like fists, beating Tang Anxia a few times, and then began to push her body outward, eager to throw her as far as she could immediately, so as not to implicate herself in injury!
Jintiao's palm rushed to his face, and Tang Anxia and Concubine Shu panicked.
Suddenly, a short knife aimed at the wrist of the brocade and slashed down! The blood was like a faucet that opened the valve, splashing Concubine Shu and Tang Anxia's bright red colors.
Brocade rolled over and took two steps back, covering her bleeding wrist, she skillfully tore off a piece of clothing, opened her mouth to bite half of the cloth, and wrapped her other hand around the wound in two strokes. Raising his reddened eyes, he glared viciously at the woman who suddenly appeared in front of him.
She played with the short knife in her hand and saluted Concubine Shu: "Niangniang, please forgive the slave for being rude!" The slave maid is the maid Yuhua of Prince Wen's mansion, my princess was summoned to the palace, the slave was worried about her safety, and deliberately followed to Fengyi Palace to see what was going on, but when she saw someone assassinating, she came to the rescue, the slave and maid were offended, please atone for your sins! ”
Without waiting for Concubine Shu to speak, Tang Anxia held Concubine Shu's arm and shook it from side to side, excitedly like a child, cheering and saying, "Niangniang, great!" Empress! Someone came to our rescue! We almost died,! Thanks to Yuhua for saving us! ”
Concubine Shu nodded mechanically, and followed Tang Anxia's words: "Hurry up!" Hurry up and kill this! She's horrible! ”
The brocade was wrapped around the wound on her wrist, and her eyes were filled with raging fire, eager to burn everyone down, she smiled coldly: "Yuhua is right?" I already knew that you could do martial arts, but I didn't expect your techniques to be so clever! Today I'm going to learn what you're capable of! ”
Yuhua turned the short knife in his hand, curled his red lips disdainfully, and replied in a light tone: "Is the brocade right?" It seems that the fine work hiding on the beam of the princess's room is you. The murderer who killed Pei Shan in Chuxiu Palace and blamed Princess Zheng is also you! Just a maidservant, she has a unique skill, you can't come out of this martial arts without ten or eight years of practice! ”
Jintiao didn't explain anything, she didn't want to justify any more problems, what she had to do now was to kill Tang Anxia, as long as the woman died, there would only be one concubine left in Prince Wen's mansion, and her master would naturally become the princess, and she would slowly occupy Prince Wen's heart, and live up to the years of waiting and guarding.
Having made up his mind, Jin Tiao glared angrily, and launched into the palace again against Tang Anxia.
Yuhua's eyes were quick, and his dexterous body took a leap, blocking the way of the brocade, and the two of them dueled tricks, and Yuhua's short knife was easily in the deadly death move of the brocade.
Concubine Shu waved her hand at Yan'er and motioned for her to call for help.
Yan'er immediately escaped through the back door and ordered the minions to come to the guards patrolling the imperial city.
After a while, when Yuhua and Jintiao were fighting indistinguishably, the guards in the palace rushed to Fengyi Palace, unsheathed their long swords, and angrily scolded the two who were fighting: "Stop! Licentious! Dare to go wild in the queen's Fengyi Palace! I don't think you're going to die! Don't be quick to catch it! ”
Jintiao didn't mean to stop, she glanced at Tang Anxia anxiously. She is not afraid of death, she is afraid of the danger of failing to get rid of her master's henchmen before she dies!
The guards were impatient, and more than a dozen people rushed over quickly, sword shadows and sword lights, and made a duel, pulling away the two servant girls who were fighting hotly.
Nishiki struggled, but two guards held her arms one left and one right, and the other wrapped a rope around her arm, holding her body down and making her kneel in the middle of the main hall.
Yuhua was just about to be tied up, but Tang Anxia hurriedly stopped loudly: "No, no! Thanks to the rescue of this servant girl, otherwise Concubine Shu would have been injured by her! ”
Only then did Concubine Shu come back to her senses, settle down, clear her throat and say, "That's it, let go of this Yuhua girl, she has a meritorious rescue merit." ”
The guards obeyed Concubine Shu's order, and Yuhua was able to loosen her ties, she hurriedly ran to Tang Anxia's side, and said worriedly: "Princess Zheng, are you injured?" The slave is late, so Concubine Shu and you are frightened! ”
"No delay, no delay, thanks to you!" Tang Anxia appreciated.
Concubine Shu tidied up her clothes, smoothed out her messy bun, stared fiercely at the brocade that was finally subdued, and scolded angrily: "You madman! Even Hongu dares to assassinate! Even Princess Zheng dared to assassinate! Rectify the Dharma on the spot! Kill her for Hongu! Set an example! ”
"!" Tang Anxia stopped the guards who were about to make a move again, walked to the soft couch, and blessed his body, "Niangniang, if the brocade is dead, who can point out the crimes of the princess on the side!" At present, the queen mother and Jin Guifei are still in a coma, and the side princess will definitely quibble, frame the concubine, and even accuse the mother of doing things badly! Only by leaving the living mouth of the brocade can the evil deeds of the side princess be confirmed! ”
"Don't you think about it!" The brocade raised its head to the sky and roared, a pair of eyes eager to pop out, and roared, "I'll tell you!" I will never betray the side princess! My master is innocent! You don't want to hear a word from my mouth that slanders the princess! You are dreaming! ”
Concubine Shu raised her face towards the maidservant beside her, and Jiang Rong immediately took a piece of brocade and stuffed it into the mouth of the noisy brocade.
Concubine Shu calmed down and thought about it, after all, the poisoning matter was tried by her, and if there was a half-point difference, the queen and the concubine would be charged with the previous unfavorable crime. She will even be ridiculed by the entire palace people, and her prestige will be lost.
It's better to put the brocade down first and wait for the queen to dispose of it.
"Come on, Jintiao assassinated the palace, assassinated the princess of Prince Wen's mansion, and put her in the prison of the Criminal Department......"
"Mother, no." Tang Anxia interrupted Concubine Shu's words again, and said with a respectful and sincere attitude, "Niangniang, the princess is the daughter of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and Jintiao grew up in the Shangshu Mansion since she was a child, how could the people of the Criminal Department let her suffer, and she may not be allowed to secretly release people!" In order to protect the side princess, I don't know what will be done! ”
Concubine Shu rolled her eyes and thought: "Princess Zheng is right, you send the brocade to the cold palace and let the royal aunt interrogate it personally." The methods of the royal aunts in the harem are much more cruel than the jailers in the criminal department, and any concubine who falls into the hands of the aunts will vomit cleanly. ”
Turning his face, he instructed Yan'er who came back: "You are the maid of the queen's mother, you go with you, and tell the royal aunt to be tortured, ask the ins and outs of the matter, and give Princess Zheng a clean slate, and let the queen mother and Concubine Jin be relieved." ”
"Yes, slave and maid obey." Yan'er and the guards pressed the brocade and left.
Tang Anxia hesitated whether to leave, but Concubine Shu spoke first: "Princess Zheng, this matter implicates your innocence, the queen mother and Jin Guifei still don't know the truth, the palace will make your own decisions, you stay in the guest room of Fengyi Palace, and when everyone wakes up, the queen mother has her own decision."
The palace believes that you are innocent, but you must also have real evidence, so that the princess can confess her guilt, and the queen and Concubine Jin will be convinced. ”
"Okay, the concubine is self-purifying, and she is willing to stay in Fengyi Palace." Tang Anxia readily agreed, glanced at Yuhua knowingly, and knelt down to plead, "Niangniang, Yuhua is the maidservant of Prince Wen's mansion, and she has nothing to do with the case involved in the concubine. ”
Concubine Shu glanced at Yuhua's righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, and thought of Fang Cai's life-saving grace, so she promised: "Yuhua has saved people for meritorious service, and will be rewarded with ten taels of gold and sent back to Prince Wen's mansion." In the future, as long as you sincerely protect the Lord, you will be rewarded! ”
Yuhua said gratefully: "Thank you Concubine Shu, please take care of the princess, the slave is waiting for you to come back in the palace." ”
After receiving the reward, Yuhua left in a hurry.
Tang Anxia and Fang Yan were brought into the guest room of Fengyi Palace, and were guarded by several minions in turn, for fear that there would be a half-point difference.
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Western suburbs, inn.
Xixue came late at night, wore a black tight-fitting suit, covered half of his face, and sneaked into Li Junqi's room through the window.
Ziyu's handsome cheeks were slightly surprised: "City Lord, what kind of dress are you?" ”
"To cover people's eyes!" Xixue replied, there were two people behind him, Li Junqi looked fixedly, one was a short swordsman black crow, and the other was a stout man.
"Looks like there's one less squire?" Li Junqi asked deliberately tentatively.
Xixue sat down at the table naturally, poured herself a glass of water, drank it, and replied without hesitation: "Mei Niang is the person installed by her father and mother, and she can't be trusted." ”
Li Junqi was stunned, it turned out that Xixue had long known Mei Niang's true identity, so Mei Niang liked him and admired him, and Xi Xue should also know it!
The moonlight shines through the window, spreading between Xi Xue's handsome eyebrows and eyes, reflecting his already white skin like snow, which is more transparent and moving, as if he has fallen into the fairy of the world.
Li Junqi stared at him with deep eyes like a pool of water, didn't ask much, sat elegantly opposite Xixue, and said straightforwardly: "Come late at night, is there news from the second prince?" ”
Xixue nodded, tore off the black brocade cloth that blocked the corners of her mouth, and hooked her thin lips: "The second prince Li Minnai is a natural dragon pride!" When he heard about His Highness, he was full of joy and was very willing to meet His Highness in person. And the second prince said with a word, I hope that His Royal Highness can join us and help the second prince, and when the country is owned in the future, you and I are indispensable heroes, and the second prince will not forget our kindness. ”
"Second prince Li Min ......" Li Junqi muttered, he was quite interested in this prince who made the city lord die, what kind of charm he was, he could make the courtiers die to assist him, regardless of gains and losses, and even willing to fight with his life.
However, Li Junqi still kept a scheming, smiled coldly, and the heroic and domineering between his eyebrows: "I won't tell you, this king just wants to be glorious and rich, and he doesn't want to be a person like his father, and he is not interested in the admiration of all the people and the hegemony of one side." ”
As soon as Xixue heard this, she immediately smiled, poured two cups of herbal tea, handed one to Li Junqi, raised her hand to pick up the other cup, and gently touched his cup: "Your Highness and I are the same kind of people, we all want to be prosperous and rich, and nothing else is interested." It is rare to meet a confidant in life, and I believe that I will definitely fall in love with His Highness in the future.
Two days later, the second prince met His Royal Highness in the bamboo forest outside the city. I will take the crow to take you, with the protection of the crow and Ziyu, Your Highness does not need to worry. ”
"This is natural, the second prince is willing to see me, and I believe that he will also send some martial arts masters to ensure his safety. And this king has deep internal strength, and he is not afraid of someone plotting! Li Junqi drank all the herbal tea in the cup and said with a light smile.
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