Chapter 1: Assassination

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In the autumn of the tenth year of Chengping, the emperor was seriously injured and fell unconscious after being assassinated, and the queen and the prince summoned hundreds of civil and military officials to control the situation.

Emperor Chengping was thirty-five years old at the time of Chinese New Year's Eve, upright and prime, with flourishing heirs, eight sons and five daughters under his knees, and the crown prince was already eighteen years old.

On this occasion, the queen ordered Wu Guifei to rush to Huguo Temple, pray for the emperor, Wu Guifei is a show girl who has only been selected into the palace in recent years, her appearance is unparalleled, her talent is outstanding, she has won the emperor's favor as soon as she enters the palace, and she has favored the harem for several years, and she has overwhelmed the crowd and jumped into the position of the concubine.

There are eight princes under his knees, who have grown to five years old, smart and cute Yuxue, and the fifth princess who has only passed 100 days.

Got the order of the queen and queen, Wu Guifei did not dare to slack off, left the five-year-old eighth prince, picked up the fifth princess who was only a hundred days old, and set off with the chariot, the emperor was seriously injured and did not wake up, she was also very tormented, she could pray for it to wake up as soon as possible, she also couldn't ask for it, the eighth prince was five years old, to the age of being able to leave his mother, and the fifth princess was only 100 days, unable to speak, worried that the nurse would not take good care of it, so he took it with him and took care of it.

When the chariot arrived at the gate of the palace, the queen condescended to see her off, and Concubine Wu was quite surprised.

"My sister is going, not only for the emperor, but also for my Dayan Jiangshan, it is reasonable, this palace should come to see you off, speaking of which, let you go out at this time, you won't blame this palace!" Queen Wang was dressed in court clothes, her makeup was dignified and majestic, and the expression on her face was not happy or angry.

Wu Guifei didn't dare to slack off, and bowed: "The emperor is in danger, not to mention going to Huguo Temple to pray for blessings, even if you let the concubine go down to the sea of fire on the sword, the queen is too worried." ”

Queen Wang looked at her, didn't speak again, only showed a strange smile on her face, but she didn't allow her to think about it, so she heard a whip from the ceremonial official: "The auspicious time has come, please also ask the concubine to move." ”

Seeing that the hour could not be delayed any longer, Wu Guifei bowed slightly to Queen Wang, and got into the chariot again.

The chariot moved forward slowly, out of the palace gate, and out of the city gate very smoothly, swaying all the way, I don't know how long I walked, but Wu Guifei's heart was very uncalm, as soon as she closed her eyes, she could remember the strange smile of the queen before leaving, and the person who had been impregnated in the harem for several years was no longer the innocent boudoir woman of the year.

"Concubine Niangniang, but I'm not feeling well." The nurse hugged the five princesses, and also sat in the car together, and asked worriedly.

"It's okay, is the fifth princess okay?" Wu Guifei looked at her infant daughter, although the melancholy on her face did not dissipate, but it also brought out some gentle smiles.

"The princess has been milked once, and she will only wake up now." The nurse sent the swaddling clothes over.

Wu Guifei held it in her arms and looked down at the child in her arms, the baby who had only passed 100 days was no longer as sleepy as when she was born, and her eyes were moist and looking at her, and her heart was about to soften.

"Child, your father is in danger, if he is gone, we mother and son, I'm afraid it will be difficult, but don't be afraid, your mother will protect you." Wu Guifei was holding the child, and her face was already attached to her little face.

The little baby did not stop, and as soon as he grabbed it, he grabbed a golden hairpin in his hand and shook it.

Wu Guifei felt something, and immediately got up, and saw the hairpin inserted in her head, but in the hands of the child, she couldn't help but laugh: "How old are you, do you love to be beautiful, but this vision is not good enough, the workmanship of this hairpin is really rough, but it is a hairpin made by your uncle himself, this intention is very sufficient, otherwise how can I wear it all the time for my mother." ”

Looking at this hairpin, Wu Guifei had a look of nostalgia on her face, she had a very good relationship with her brother, but when she entered the palace gate, she had a lot of taboos, and it was no longer like back then, you could play together.

The little baby, who couldn't understand her words, held the golden hairpin in his hand, but he didn't let go of it tightly, so that people couldn't take it off, not that he really couldn't take it off, but he was afraid of hurting the child.

"You're also a naughty one, let's play with you for a while, don't poke yourself!" Wu Guifei said helplessly.

Before her words fell, she felt a shaking of the car, and then there was a sound of weapons colliding around, and she couldn't help but chuckle in her heart, the emperor was seriously injured by the assassination, and she went out of the palace, and then the queen's expression appeared in front of her......

There was a sound of cheering outside the car, listening to a lot of people, she was flustered, but she sat still and didn't move, knowing that going out at this time was the most dangerous, but she didn't let her think about it much, the car door was opened with a bang, and the person who appeared was the leader of the guards, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Niangniang, there are about 300 assassins, and we have a team of guards, only 100 people, and now we can't resist it, so the last general will dare to take Niangniang to break out on horseback."

Wu Guifei almost didn't think about it, so she immediately responded: "Okay, give me a horse, I'll take the princess." As he spoke, he pulled out a ribbon out of nowhere and tied the fifth princess in front of him.

The shadow of the tree moved back quickly, Wu Guifei rode on the horse, the horse galloped, the speed was extremely fast, but the assassin behind her was also chasing after her, she rode a horse and fled, while looking down at the child in her arms, worried that the child would fall, the ribbon was tied very tightly, but it was so tight, and she was worried about strangling the child, but now it was important to escape, but she couldn't take care of it.

ran all the way for a day and a night, but those assassins were still chasing after her, and the guards around her also died one after another, and in the end, only Yang Ling, the leader of the guards, was left to follow her, and at this moment, she was already at the end of her strength.

Wu Guifei knew that she was a weak woman, and it was not easy to persist until now, so she made a quick decision, untied the child in front of her, and handed it to Yang Ling: "The person the assassin wants to kill is me, you take the fifth princess and find an opportunity to escape!" ”

She was very worried that the child had three longs and two shorts, and that the assassin was going to kill her, and she would not chase the child who didn't know anything.

"It's too late."

The sound of the horse's cry was already close in front of him, Yang Ling squinted his eyes and said, "Let's go up the mountain and see if we can find a place to hide." ”

Wu Guifei gritted her teeth, held the child with one hand, and took the lead in walking to the mountains and forests, trying to find a glimmer of life.

But in the end, the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, or they were caught up, Wu Guifei looked sad, holding the child, standing on the edge of the cliff, while Yang Ling fought with seven or eight assassins for a while, and was finally beheaded under the knife.

The assassin did not approach her, but casually shook a knife, straight at her, the direction of the knife, is flying to her chest, and she is holding the child, she can't help but startled, sideways to avoid it, staggered under the feet, panicked the child in her arms fell off, straight down the cliff, and the knife, hit her chest, blood gushed out, quickly dyed red dress, the body could not support, fell heavily on the edge of the cliff, her eyes, eternally stayed in the direction of the child disappeared, no more movement.

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