Chapter 24: Assassination in the Shadows

"Aya'er, has Murong Jiuyu embarrassed you recently?" Zhan Sun picked up the teacup on the table, and Zhan Hongyan shook her head, "Grandmother, I can't hide my pregnancy, how can this be good?" ”

"Then Murong Jiuyu didn't make a move, but I didn't have an idea."

This is Ginkgo biloba walking in, "Side concubine, today the princess ordered to go up the mountain to pray for blessings." ”

Zhan Hongyan nodded, and then smiled slightly, "Grandmother, do you know that sometimes the most effective methods are the easiest?" We've been designing a plan for so long, but we're not beaten by the bandits. ”

Zhan Sun smiled and said, "Red Aya's kung fu, grandmother rest assured, presumably Murong Jiuyu will return to the West Heaven today." The corners of Zhan Hongyan's mouth rose, which showed that she was really going to die this time.

Jiuyu took two or three followers up the mountain, on the way down the mountain in the afternoon, Zhan Hongyan ambushed halfway up the mountain, waiting for Jiuyu to go down the mountain, and saw the figure of Jiuyu from a distance, his hands moved slowly, the sharp knife was unsheathed, and the sword shadow flashed in the dusk night.

Jiuyu, who was sitting in the sedan chair, suddenly felt the sedan chair flicker, and before she could react, a man in black suddenly rushed in, and a sharp knife stabbed her.

The man in black pressed forward step by step, and Jiu Yu slowly took two steps back, "Who is coming?" ”

"The one who wants your life!" After saying that, Zhan Hongya jumped up and stabbed the sharp knife at Jiuyu's neck, Jiuyu turned slightly, the knife shadow crossed Jiuyu's delicate cheeks, after a few rounds, Zhan Hongyan did not slander Jiuyu for half a point, the defenseless Jiuyu stood under the tree, the sky gradually darkened, the moonlight shone on her face, the delicate outline was highlighted, her cold eyes were creepy, Zhan Hongya's right hand tightly grasped the sharp knife in her hand, she never thought that she had been fighting for half her life, and she couldn't get into the front half of this frail woman.

Jiuyu looked around for a moment, pulled out the sword on the little guy next to her, the sword was unsheathed, Jiuyu's eyes were full of murderous energy, she no longer dodged, but rushed straight over. The wind blew, rolling up the red leaves in the sky, the sword qi attacked people, and the heaven and earth were full of desolation and murder. Jiu Yu seemed to be a different person at this moment, Hua Tian between her eyebrows looked like blood, and a jet-black cold light went straight to Zhan Hongyan's throat, and before the sword arrived, Sen Han's sword qi had already pierced the cold wind! Zhan Hongya's feet slipped, and she took two steps back, and a few cups had been attached to a tree trunk, and Zhan Hongyan had no way to retreat for a moment. She put her arms in her hands for a while, and raised the sharp knife in her hand, blocking Jiuyu's sword qi Feihong. The trunk of the tree behind Zhan Hongyan shook violently, the leaves fell, and the two of them were shrouded in sword qi in an instant.

Zhan Hongya felt that she was being forced to a dead end step by step, every move of Jiuyu was a fatal move, Zhan Hongyan felt that she was about to be overwhelmed, and fled in a panic without a fight, Jiuyu did not chase, threw the sword aside, took a long breath, went down the mountain alone, returned to the palace, and the king of Changping looked at her anxiously, "What's wrong?" Why are you so embarrassed, the people who follow you? ”

"Dead." There was dead silence in Jiuyu's eyes, and she couldn't feel a little spirit.

King Changping gently raised his hand and touched her head, "You...... You okay? ”

Jiuyu sneered, "Someone...... to my death. After hearing this, King Changping sat down slowly, "Is it Zhanjia?" ”

"Nope. Not an exhibitor. It's the exhibition of red silk. ”

King Changping didn't say a word, stood up and walked to the west room, pushed the door and saw Zhan Hongyan leaning on the couch, Su Zisheng stepped forward, "Didn't the side concubine go out today?" ”

"How did the prince come here?" Zhan Hongyan immediately smiled and stood up to salute. Su Zisheng didn't say anything and sat aside, Ginkgo poured a cup of tea for the prince, and King Changping picked up the tea cup in front of him, "The side concubine is pregnant, don't go out in the near future, this king will let the imperial doctor take care of your body for you." King Changping turned to Changsheng beside him, "From today on, everyone entering and leaving the west room must be allowed by this king, and no one is allowed to enter or leave at will." Did you write it down? ”

"Yes! Rajah. ”

Zhan Hongyan's expression changed, and it was ugly, "What does the prince mean by this?" ”

King Changping laughed, "For the safety of the side concubine and the child in the womb." ”

After that, Su Zisheng pushed the door and was about to leave, and suddenly stood at the door, didn't look back, just left a cold sentence, "The side concubine has a body, don't go out, the wind is blowing, it's not good for the fetus in the womb." ”

This sentence is equivalent to grounding the entire west room, Zhan Hongyan was grounded in the west room like this, no one knows what is going on, Zhan Hongyan muttered in her heart, the king of Changping protected Murong Jiuyu She has long seen it in her eyes, but does the prince know that Murong Jiuyu knows martial arts, who is Murong Jiuyu, and there are few masters in this world who can make her Zhan Hongyan run away.

The news of Zhan Hongya's grounding spread throughout the palace in an instant, and not surprisingly, Zhan Sun's family came to the main hall of King Changping, "What, I heard that you have grounded my granddaughter?" ”

"Grandmother's words are serious, the side concubine is pregnant, and it is inconvenient to see the wind, I just hope that the side concubine can raise the baby with peace of mind in the next few months."

"King Changping, you did this, but you didn't take my Zhan family seriously?"

"Grandmother, I really take you and the Zhan family too seriously, so I will take care of the side concubine so much, what do you say?" King Changping didn't let him take a step, and sat directly in the hall, "If it's okay, I'll ask Changsheng to send my grandmother back." ”

Zhan Sun slapped the table vigorously, "I order you to contact Aya'er's grounding now!" ”

Su Zisheng smiled slightly, "Changsheng, please go back to the room and order the guards to take care of it, grandmother is too old to come out and walk around, from now until the side concubine gives birth, let grandmother rest in the room." ”

"You're going to rebel!"

"I, Su Zisheng, have only been loyal to the emperor in this life, and I have never put the Zhan family in my eyes! What a rebellion! After that, the king of Changping asked Changsheng to send the Zhansun family back to the room and strictly guarded it, Su Zisheng at this moment no longer wanted to swallow his anger, after all, there would be earth-shaking changes next.

Jiuyu sat in the room, writing Xiaokai wholeheartedly, or the song "Luo Shen Fu".

"Miss, you still have the heart to write!" Red Sleeves ran in and snatched Jiuyu's pen, Jiuyu looked at her with a confused face, "What's wrong?" I can't even see you like this when the sky falls. ”

"It's more terrible than the sky falling, the prince grounded Zhan Hongya, and also locked up Zhan Sun's family."

Jiuyu listened and frowned, "What is this Su Zisheng going to do?" How dare he offend the Zhan Sun clan? ”

Just when she was full of doubts, Su Zisheng walked in: "What? What do the two masters and servants say? Am I not at the right time? ”

Jiuyu hurriedly got up and went over, "You disposed of the Zhansun clan?" ”

Su Zisheng helped Jiu Yu sit down, then poured a cup of tea for him personally, and was just about to speak, when he squinted at the red sleeves who were standing on the side and were at a loss, and made a color, the red sleeves were stunned for a moment, and then ran out with a smirk and closed the door. Su Zisheng began to speak, "I haven't told you before, the Zhan family colluded with the important ministers of the court and accepted bribes for so many years, and the emperor has been dissatisfied for a long time, but because of the relationship between the Zhan Sun family and the queen mother, he can't speak, and now the queen mother is seriously ill, I'm afraid there are not many days, so I dare to dispose of the Zhan Sun family." ”

"The Queen Mother is seriously ill? Why don't I understand, your queen mother is seriously ill, how can you have the heart to deal with this, the emperor is even more strange, he actually hid it from everyone? Jiuyu asked suspiciously.

Su Zisheng sighed, "I remember I told you, my mother is the concubine of the former dynasty, my mother is the best, most virtuous and most beautiful woman in the world, my mother died early, I can only follow the former queen, that is, the current queen mother, and the emperor His mother is not the queen mother, it is the Ling Guifei of the previous dynasty, and now she has become a monk, when the queen mother has only one son in her life, that is, the current king of Junping, she wants her son to ascend the throne, but she did not think that the emperor's will chose the current saint to inherit the throne." For so many years, the Queen Mother has always wanted to push King Junping to the throne. Now the court is full of their people, and the emperor and I are also enemies. ”

Listening to Su Zisheng's words, Jiu Yu quietly looked at him under the candlelight, his face was delicate and clean, she didn't seem to want to complain about him so much at that time, this royal matter is not something she can understand, Su Zisheng has his difficulties, and now he is willing to tell himself all the difficulties, Jiu Yu quietly lowered her head, her eyes were red, Su Zisheng gently held up her chin, "I have wronged you this time." ”

Jiuyu smiled and shook her head, "It's your fault for this time." ”

Under the candlelight, he has a handsome face, and she has delicate eyebrows, but only because she is an emperor...... Both of them were really helpless.

The west room on the other side was deserted and tight, and the Zhan family was no longer in the grand occasion of the year, Zhan Hongyan leaned on the couch, "Murong Jiuyu is really a good opponent." She sneered, and Ginkgo walked in with tea, "Concubine Fang, drink a cup of soothing tea and rest early." ”

"Ginkgo, you know what? Murong Jiuyu knows martial arts, and she is still a top master, and her swordsmanship simply amazes me. Who do you think she is? ”

Ginkgo rolled her eyes and smiled slightly, "It doesn't matter who she is, what matters is who she is." Does the side concubine know? She used to be sick for a long time, but now she recovers so quickly, she is still a kung fu person, these are linked, I don't think the slave needs to say more. ”

"Even if she deceives the prince? I'm stuck here now and can't say anything, I can't do anything, my grandmother has been in the future for a few days, I'm afraid I can't hide the matter of the fake baby in my womb, I'm afraid the prince really decided to kill his relatives in righteousness. This west house is the west house after all. Speaking of this, Zhan Hongya closed her eyes, tears were left down her cheeks, Zhan Hongyan is also a sad woman, she loved a man who did not belong to her in this life, married a man who belonged to her heart, tried her best to scheming, exhausted her means, but in the end she couldn't match her voice and smile, she was tired and tired, I don't know when she couldn't lift her spirits to deal with anyone, I don't know if she was waiting for the quiet death, or the calm before the storm.

Quiet days are always unable to last, on this day there is news from the palace of Changping, the queen mother in the palace is critically ill, and it is rumored that the king of Changping and the king of Junping brought their families into the palace to serve.

Jiuyu followed the king of Changping into the palace, she saw that the king of Changping was disdainful on his face at the moment, he seemed to really hate the queen mother who was about to drive the crane to the west, for some reason, Jiuyu had a trace of pity for him, gently put his hand on Su Zisheng's hand, got off the sedan chair and the two walked into the queen mother's Shoukang Palace, the emperor was sitting on the side, serving in front of the concubine Wan and Concubine Jing, not seeing the respected concubine.