Chapter 169: Assassination
Shen Xianhe was scarred by the whipping, but she just gritted her teeth and didn't say a word, letting the whip hit her, and the onlookers next to her couldn't bear to continue watching, and twisted their heads to the side, even the bell girl cried in distress, but she held on.
The ten lashes were quickly punished, and as soon as the punishing man stopped, the bell girl rushed over, sprinkled the powder that had been prepared in her hand on the wounds, and quickly took out a pill from her bosom and gave it to her, and then helped her to her feet.
Shen Xianhe leaned on the bell girl a little unsteadily, his face was pale, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he looked at Chu Xi in front of him and pulled out a smile.
"Your Majesty, you have already punished those who should be punished, and the people's daughter will retire."
Chu Xi looked at her coldly, and when he saw the provocative smile on her face, he was furious, but it was not easy to attack, so he had to endure this anger and waved his hand to her.
Then he inadvertently turned his head to look at Chen Han on his side, nodded to him imperceptibly, and continued to pretend to be casual to look at Shen Xianhe who was about to leave.
And after Chen Han received the emperor's eye signal, he quickly turned around and left when everyone didn't notice him.
Shen Xianhe let the bell girl help her to leave, but when she passed by Prime Minister Li and his wife, she stopped, looked at Prime Minister Li Cheng with a sad face, but didn't look at Mrs. Li on the side, and said to him with guilt.
"Prime Minister, when the eldest princess was alive, you had spoken for her many times from a fair point of view, and she said that you are the most upright and honest official, and you are a good official who really thinks about the people, and it is not my intention to have such an unfortunate thing happen today, but after all, it is because of me, and I still have to solemnly say sorry to you."
After saying this, Shen Xianhe solemnly bowed to him.
After hearing her words and seeing her movements, Prime Minister Li Cheng hurriedly helped her up with shame on his face.
"Miss Shen doesn't have to blame herself, it's the old man's fault, it's the old man's failure to teach his daughter well, the reason why she fell into this fate is all her own fault, it's none of your business, and it's no one's business."
"Sir, what are you talking about? Our daughter ....... ”
After Mrs. Li heard Prime Minister Li's words, she shouted in disbelief.
"Shut up, come on, send Madame back first."
The family members of the Li Mansion soon came up and took Mrs. Li away.
"Let Miss Shen smile."
After Mrs. Li was taken away, Li Cheng saluted back to Shen Xianhe.
"The Prime Minister's words are serious, and it's all the fault of the people's daughters."
When his own daughter died, how could Prime Minister Li not be sad and sad, not sad and angry, how could he not hate the culprit who killed his daughter, but the emperor had already found out what happened in front of everyone and punished Shen Xianhe in public, what else could he do? Hold on to Shen Xianhe and ask for her life?
What's more, he himself is also very weak-hearted, because what Shen Xianhe said just now really made him ashamed, to be honest, he is not an upright courtier, otherwise how could he deliberately train his daughter in the direction of the queen, people are greedy, and they all want to climb up, so he said such a thing and took all the responsibility on his own people.
Of course, his purpose in doing this is also very clear, not only to get a magnanimous impression in front of the emperor, but also to leave everyone with an image of him being honest and fair.
Just as Shen Xianhe was about to leave when Shen Xianhe said goodbye to Prime Minister Li Cheng, Chu Xi made a voice and stopped her.
"Xianhe, I see that your injuries are a little serious, don't leave in a hurry first, I will ask the imperial doctor to come and treat you, you are leaving."
This is the most normal word of concern, listening to Shen Xianhe's ears, it was like a thunderclap, causing her to panic for a while, because she knew Chu Xi too well.
She and Chu Xi have always spoken ill of each other, and the more gentle and considerate they are, it means that there is action against each other, so after Shen Xianhe heard his voice, he was like a great enemy.
The wound on her body was even more painful, she grabbed the bell girl's hand violently, her face was even paler, Huo Biao had reminded her to be careful of Chen Han before, and then after the incident between her and Miss Li, she thought that it was their plan to blame Miss Li's death on her.
Later, when it wasn't, she still couldn't believe it, but then she quickly reacted that such a simple plan was not like their handiwork, so she dragged her scarred body and couldn't wait to leave with the bell girl.
She stiffened and turned around, looking at Chu Xi's smiling face.
"Your Majesty Xie cares, the people's daughter is fine, I have wasted too much of everyone's time today, so I won't continue to bother everyone."
After saying that, he hurried away with the bell girl as if he were fleeing.
And Chu Xi behind them, although he still had a smile on his face, his eyes were getting colder and colder.
At this time, Chen Han quietly returned to Chu Xi's side, and after nodding to Chu Xi, Chu Xi casually picked up the teacup on the table and was about to send it to his mouth, when his hand slipped deliberately, the teacup fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.
Everyone's eyes were attracted by Chu Xi, and they all looked at him, and before the words of worry could be spoken, a group of people in black appeared, rushing towards Chu Xi in front of them.
For a time, the sound of shouting, fighting, and swords resounded in the Huai'an Hou Mansion.
Shen Xianhe had just walked to the gate of the Huai'an Hou Mansion with the bell girl, and when she heard these sounds, she stopped abruptly and looked at the place she had just left behind her in shock.
"Miss...... This is......? ”
Shen Xianhe didn't answer her, because she didn't know what was going on, and only those terrible voices could be heard where they were.
She stood there, looked at the gate that was close at hand, and then looked back at the direction of the flower club, and her heart was painfully entangled, not knowing whether to go back?
Although she didn't know what was going on over there, her intuition told her not to go over, but when she thought of Gu Junhe and Huo Biao inside, she couldn't move her steps and walked towards the gate that was close at hand.
I was constantly comforting myself in my heart, Huo Biao had his own power, coupled with his strong martial arts, there would be nothing wrong, and Gu Junhe was the eldest son of the Gu family, the prince of Huai'an Hou, and this was Huai'an Hou's mansion, and there would be nothing to do.
Thinking of this, she made up her mind, turned a deaf ear to those voices, and walked towards the door step by step.
But when she walked to the gate, as long as she lifted her foot, she could step out of the Huai'an Hou Mansion, no matter what happened inside, it had nothing to do with her.
But she couldn't lift that foot, and her mind was full of thoughts.
If it wasn't Chu Xi's plan, but something really happened?
No, this is the Huai'an Hou Mansion, there are masters hidden around Chu Xi, and it will be fine.
But the masters around Chu Xi will only protect him alone, and it is difficult for others to say.
Two voices kept shouting in her head, making her unable to make up her mind.
She squatted down with her head in pain, and the figures of Gu Junhe and Huo Biao kept flashing in her mind, and the pictures of them who had helped her kept appearing in her mind, making her breathless.
Finally, she made up her mind and prepared to go back, even if it was Chu Xi's plan, she would go back, just so that she could get a peace of mind.
"Let's go back."
The bell girl nodded, and helped her towards the flower party.
On the Huahui side, those black-clothed people had a clear goal, and they all rushed towards Chu Xi's side, while the others had already been frightened and fled because of their appearance.
Chen Han and Huo Biao both desperately blocked in front of Chu Xi, but the other party was menacing, and they began to struggle.
Chu Xi's eyes were full of gloom, and he shouted to his surroundings while retreating under the protection of Chen Han and Huo Biao.
"Someone, someone...... Someone, take down this gang of thieves for me ....... ”
Soon, the guards hiding around rushed up and grabbed the men in black.
The whole flower society was in shambles, and some innocent people also died under the knives of those men in black, and there were women who were so frightened that they couldn't come back until those men in black were caught.
When Shen Xianhe returned to the flower meeting, it was such a scene, she quickly found Huo Biao's traces in the sea of people, saw that he was fine, and was guarding Chu Xi, after breathing a sigh of relief, she looked for Gu Junhe again, and found him in a corner, but he was injured, sitting in the corner with his arms crossed, panting.
And not far from him, Lin and Gu Rongrong were holding each other and trembling under the table.
Shen Xianhe took the bell girl and walked quickly to Gu Junhe's side.
"Are you alright?"
Hearing her voice, Gu Junhe glanced up at her and said in some surprise.
"Haven't you already left? How did you come back again? ”
Shen Xianhe squatted in front of him and motioned to the bell girl to heal him.
"I left, but as soon as I walked to the door, I heard the sound of fighting on your side, and I didn't worry about you, so I came back to see, how are you?"
Gu Junhe smiled indifferently.
"I'm fine, it's just a few minor injuries, but it's worth it to solve an assassin."
"What the hell is going on?"
"I don't know what's going on, it's just that as soon as you left, these assassins appeared, and the goal was very clear, that is, to go to the emperor, fortunately, the emperor took Chen Han and Huo Biao today, not good, the consequences are unimaginable."
"You are still optimistic, you don't worry about yourself first, but worry about others."