Chapter 8: The Assassins
"Miss Zhu." Suddenly, a male voice came from the back of her head, and Zhu Ajiao hurriedly turned around, oh my God, when, Yang Mingyue was also standing on the eaves!
Zhu Ajiao said: "How can you be derelict in your duties, don't guard me below, and climb up to do something?" ”
Yang Mingyue said: "The prince has instructed that Miss Zhu is not allowed to go out, but she is not allowed to go out!" ”
Miss Zhu turned around and was about to jump off the eaves, but was grabbed by Yang Mingyue.
"Men and women don't kiss, you let go quickly, or I'll scream!" Zhu Ajiao shouted at the top of her voice, "It's rude!" It's indecent! ”
Yang Mingyue immediately let go of her hand.
It was during this gap that Zhu Ajiao took the opportunity to climb down the pillar from the eaves.
As soon as she turned around, she hid in the grass, but after Yang Mingyue jumped down, she didn't find Gillian anymore, and immediately went to look for Gillian.
But Yang Mingyue thought that Gillian was running in the direction of Donggong Road, but in fact, Gillian was walking on a small road, and Yang Mingyue naturally couldn't find it.
Throwing off Yang Mingyue, Zhu Ajiao trotted all the way to the East Palace.
There were a lot of torches in the East Palace, all of them patrolling.
Zhu Ajiao had a faint bad premonition, the East Palace was a little messy now, could it be that Li Yuankang had been stabbed to death?
If Li Yuankang was still alive, it would be impossible to be so chaotic.
"Who?" Suddenly, someone behind Zhu Ajiao shouted, and a person took the hilt of the sword and hit Zhu Ajiao's neck.
Zhu Ajiao turned around slowly and saw a man in black.
In the moonlight, the man in black was tall, but because he was wearing a mask on his face, he couldn't see his face.
"It turned out to be you." When the man in black saw that it was Zhu Ajiao, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
"You're an Assassin?" Zhu Ajiao was stunned, "Do you know me?" ”
The man's voice was thick and magnetic, "It's not just that I know, I can't imagine that you are still alive, and you are not at all what everyone says, you are a fool, you are still very smart......"
Zhu Ajiao, who was exposed, was uneasy, "Hey, can you remove the sword on my neck before speaking?" ”
At this moment, the torches gathered in this direction.
The man said, "It's too late, I'm leaving." Gillian, this jade pendant is for you, maybe one day, it can help you. But don't tell anyone that I gave it to you. ”
As he spoke, he leaped and disappeared.
"Is it so inexplicable to be an assassin these days?" Zhu Ajiao carefully looked at the jade pendant.
This is the best Hetian jade, with fine workmanship and clear carving. It is engraved with a pattern of the sun.
Zhu Ajiao checked it, it was quite heavy, and it was such a good jade, if she didn't have anything to eat in the future, she could still treat it as if she was enough to eat it for several years.
So, put away the jade pendant.
The torches have already surrounded Zhu Ajiao.
"It's me, Zhu Ajiao!" Zhu Ajiao shouted, raised her hands in surrender.
At this time, Yang Mingyue had already come, "Come back with me!" ”
"Don't go back! I've come to the East Palace, won't you let me see the prince's brother? Zhu Ajiao pursed her lips and said unconvinced, "If something happens to the prince's brother, do you think he won't want to see me?" ”
Yang Mingyue was stunned, Li Yuankang really valued Zhu Ajiao more.
"Then come with me!" Yang Mingyue raised his face and said.
Zhu Ajiao grimaced at Yang Mingyue and followed, "Tell me, what's wrong with Brother Prince?" ”
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was assassinated and unconscious, the lady concubine and the eldest princess have already come, and the imperial doctor has just come." Yang Mingyue whispered to Zhu Ajiao.
"What? Something happened to the prince's brother? Zhu Ajiao was in a hurry, took three steps and made two steps, and ran into the room.
Yang Mingyue spread her hands behind her back, is she really stupid or fake stupid? Why do you look stupid sometimes, and you look smart sometimes!
On the bed, Li Yuankang was pale, there were still some fine beads of sweat on his forehead, and his eyes were closed.
Concubine Niangniang kept crying, "What should His Royal Highness the Crown Prince do like this?" Knowing this, last night, the palace should have guarded the prince every step of the way, even if it encounters an assassin, the palace can block this sword for the prince! ”
The eldest princess handed over the handkerchief and said, "Don't worry, Lady Niangniang, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely wake up." However, she herself frowned tightly.
Obviously, she is also very sad, and she has to divide her heart to comfort others, such an eldest princess is really strong.
Zhu Ajiao was in her heart, and she faintly admired the eldest princess.
Seeing Zhu Ajiao coming, the eldest princess hugged her and said, "Don't worry, your prince and brother will be fine." ”
The lady concubine said: "The imperial doctor said, the prince is poisoned by heat, the whole body is hot, you must wrap him tightly in the quilt, so that the poison will fight the poison, there will be a turnaround, the palace just sent some futons to the prince last night, it is better to take them now and cover the prince, those bedding are also woven of high-quality silk, covering the body can be warm." ”
"Where are the futons now?" The eldest princess asked Jean.
Listening to the qin, Li Yuankang seemed to be hinting that those bedding were poisonous. Because Zhu Ajiao just touched the back of the futon, Li Yuankang asked Tingqin to take Zhu Ajiao to wash her hands.
However, since the eldest princess asked, Tingqin could only answer truthfully: "It's all in the guest room." ”
The eldest princess then asked Tingqin to fetch it.
Tingqin hesitated, but it was really hard to say that the bedding was poisonous, because the prince did not explicitly say that it was poisonous, and this bedding was given by the lady concubine.
Zhu Ajiao was stunned, the futon last night?
"Eldest princess, the prince's brother is stingy, last night's futon Gillian wanted to sleep, the prince's brother didn't let Gillian sleep, Gillian touched it, the prince's brother was so violent that he refused to touch it, and said that no one was allowed to touch the futon, it turned out that His Royal Highness the prince wanted to sleep by himself!" Zhu Ajiao pursed her lips and said unconvinced.
The eldest princess immediately became suspicious, what? Li Yuankang didn't want Zhu Ajiao to touch the futon, could there be anything wrong with the futon?
Seeing the squeaky appearance of the qin, the eldest princess understood a little bit in her heart, so she smiled and said to the concubine: "Although it is good to fight poison with poison, there is also a great risk in fighting poison with poison, why don't I let the imperial doctor prescribe a few more good prescriptions first, and then talk about it when the prince wakes up." ”
Concubine Shuniang smiled embarrassedly: "Now that the queen mother has just died, and the prince is unconscious, I am afraid that the emperor has been exhausted, since there is the eldest princess here, the palace will leave first, and take care of the emperor first." When the day dawns, let's see the prince again. ”
"Lady Niangniang walks slowly." The eldest princess nodded, watched Concubine Shu leave, and suddenly asked, "Tingqin, what's wrong with those futons?" ”