Chapter 5: The Edge (1)
"Haven't you seen it?" Su Xueyao was about to have a seizure, and a maid came to the corridor, holding a bowl of lotus seed and lotus leaf porridge in her hand, hot and fragrant.
"Guifei Niangniang, do you still want to bring this porridge in?"
Su Xueyao's gaze instantly became sharp, "The time for breakfast has passed, why did this porridge come up?" ”
The maid knelt on the ground and trembled, "Niangniang forgives the sin, the kitchen cooked lotus seed and lotus leaf porridge in the early morning, and the slave accidentally fell when she was sent to Wancheng Palace, and spilled the porridge on the ground, this is it, this is the ......"
Su Xueyao's eyes were like knives, as if she was about to Ling Chi the maid who was kneeling on the ground, and she glanced at Chu Junxi, who was quietly bowing her head on the side, she didn't have that much ability to let a maid risk death to relieve her, maybe this lotus seed and lotus leaf porridge was really an accident. In the middle of the ring, she put away her anger and became gentle again, "The emperor has already slept, you go down first." ”
"Yes." The maid escaped death and quickly retreated.
It wasn't until Su Guifei's figure completely disappeared that Chu Junxi took a deep breath and relaxed, her body was too nervous and stiff to obey the call, so she fell to the ground.
finally escaped, I don't know if Su Guifei doubted herself.
The beating heart gradually returned to normal, Chu Jun couldn't help but think of the maid, she was here to help him, but who in this palace would help him?
Chu Junxi thought of the man in black, and then shook his head self-deprecatingly, why did he want to help himself for no reason. If not the Man in Black, then who? Could it be...... Emperor?
Su Xueyao returned to the Qinxiang Palace, Yuan Yuheng had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw her come in, he hurriedly greeted her, "Mother, what should we do now?" My father must be suspicious of me now, what should I do? ”
Ying Ting sword eyebrows, tall nose bridge, tall figure, water chestnut contours, Yuan Yuheng is a handsome man, but he is absurd and lascivious all day long, and although he talks and behaves like a prince, he is upright and elegant, but there is also a trace of flow that cannot be concealed.
At this time, he was like an ant on a hot pot and completely lost his elegance, like a rich kid in trouble.
"Panic what, look what you look like now." Su Xueyao shouted angrily, "As a prince, you must be dignified and calm, and you will not be surprised when you encounter problems, Mount Tai will collapse in front and the color will not change, and the elk will be happy on the left and your eyes will not be smooth, you have the appearance of being an emperor." ”
Yuan Yuheng's irritability was slightly subdued, "Mother taught me a lesson, but I am ...... in Wancheng Hall today."
"With your mother here, you can rest assured." The expression on Su Xueyao's face was unfathomable.
"Mother's plan?"
Su Xueyao's profound expression became gloomy.
The night was low, and heavy dark clouds covered the sky, overwhelming the people. The cold and damp wind rolled silently, and the branches of the osmanthus trees swayed, as hideous as the devil in the dark night.
Tiny white snowflakes are falling.
Chu Junxi carefully inspected the closed window, and finally walked to the side of the bed and put down the veil, and the person on the bed was already asleep.
The person who poisoned him saw it, but after that incident, Yuan Qingduo kept silent, as if the poisoning had never happened, he was the emperor, and even if he was seriously ill, he still had the wisdom and wisdom of the emperor.
The snowflakes that fell softly in the sky suddenly changed their original direction, swirling in the air and becoming chaotic.
Yuan Qingduo suddenly opened his eyes and stared at the top of the tent.
Chu Jun took a step back in surprise, and said in a trembling voice, "Imperial ......"
Before he finished speaking, he felt a cold breath rushing behind him, and as soon as his neck was cold, a cold sword was placed on his shoulder, and there was a cold air, Chu Jun forgot to breathe in fright, his eyes were round, and he heard a dull sound in his mind before he could react, which was the sound of a weapon piercing into flesh and blood.
Bright red blood, drops on the ground fainted, 'bang', the sound of the body falling.
Chu Jun turned around stiffly and looked at the assassin who fell behind him, his ears were filled with the sound of swords clashing, and dozens of people in black night clothes and four people dressed as guards in the inner room fought fiercely.
Although those four people were wearing the clothes of ordinary guards, it could be seen from their skills that they were not ordinary guards.
"Help me up." Yuan Qingduo was unfazed, as if the fierce fight in front of him did not exist.
Chu Junxi stepped forward to help him up, those four people should be the emperor's full-time guards, usually hidden in the shadows, only when the emperor is in danger, he has never seen them in Wancheng Palace for so long, and Chu Junxi can be sure that there are not only four such people, but also hidden and unmoved in the dark to observe the unknown danger.
In the silence of the night, the sound of fighting in the inner room was clear and profound.
The man in black is agile and has good kung fu, but the emperor's guards are obviously superior, and they can quickly control the situation when they are outnumbered.
"Leave a living mouth."
The guards received orders to slow down the offensive, and one of them took the opportunity to escape, and the rest saw that defeat was a foregone conclusion, and killed themselves by biting the poison in their mouths.
"The subordinates are derelict in their duties, please ask the emperor to condemn them." The four of them knelt on the ground in unison, their voices cold and unwarm, like a cold night.
Yuan Qingduo waved his hand, and the four of them quickly disappeared into the inner room.
Disappearing with them was a dark shadow hidden in the darkness, silent, silently looking at everything here from the beginning, his eyes always calm and cold when the fight was at its most intense, even when the assassin fled.
The sound of the fierce fight disappeared, the inner room was quiet again, the assassin's corpse guards had been disposed of, if it weren't for the blood stains on the ground and the slightest trace of blood floating in the air, Chu Junxi really thought that what had just happened was his hallucination.
Yuan Qingduo stared at the air in front of him with a serious expression, not knowing what he was thinking.
Chu Junxi suddenly found that no one appeared at such a fierce fight, could he not hear it or was he given an order?
If the poison fails, she will send someone to assassinate her, and she is worthy of being a woman who has stood in the harem for many years, and she does things neatly and neatly, leaving no clues. It's just that judging from the battle above just now, I'm afraid Su Xueyao didn't expect that the emperor still had guards to protect her in the dark, otherwise she would definitely have to plan well according to her personality, and she would never just send these few rash shots.
If the blow fails, how will the elegant and shrewd Su Guifei make a move next time?
The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and the ground was covered with a white layer, like a silver-white warm and soft quilt.
"It's not early, the emperor should rest early."
Yuan Qingduo squinted at Chu Junxi, "Do you think I'm still in the mood to sleep now?" ”
"The body is your own." If Chu Jun didn't dare to speak when the emperor was angry in the past, but for some reason, now she actually came up with such a sentence.
Unexpectedly, this woman actually contradicted herself, Yuan Qingduo was slightly stunned, and sighed for a long time, "Yes, only the body is your own." ”
Money and power, no matter how high and powerful the merit was during life, nothing can be taken away after death. I know people all my life, work hard, and finally achieve great things. I always thought that I was the best emperor in Guyu, but only now did I realize that I was wrong, and I was very wrong. Their own women calculate themselves, their own sons count themselves, and everyone longs for their early death.
"Are you Hou Yan's princess?"
Chu Junxi stopped his hand to wash the bloodstains, "Yes." ”
"What kind of person is your father?"
"My father is not close to me, and we rarely see each other." In fact, I had only met him once in 16 years, and that was the day before I left for Gutuo.
Chu Junxi's expression was slightly gloomy, because of himself, his mother lost the favor of his father, his mother did not love him, and he was an inauspicious person in the eyes of his father.
"As for governing the country, a king of a defeated country has been reduced to relying on women to protect the peace of the country, which shows that he is not a good emperor either." Although the words were ruthless, Chu Junxi did not have resentment on her face when she said it, she was just telling the truth.
Chu Junxi thought of the meeting with his father before he set off, his face was haggard, there seemed to be a trace of sadness in his eyes, he just looked at himself quietly, as if he had a thousand words and seemed to have nothing to say, the two of them sat like that, until the hour of departure, he waved at himself, and then turned his face away.
"Go ahead." The voice is full of vicissitudes, like an old and weak old man.
Go, this is the first and last word that the man who honors his father as emperor says to himself.