Chapter 2: Asking the Lord for Protection
The last night of the Huizhou Palace.
Dongfang Han sat at the tea table, facing the flickering and dancing dim candlelight, stretched out his hand that looked rough because of years of labor, and looked carefully.
These hands will no longer have to carry water and chop wood, but they will inevitably be stained with blood.
"The Princess...... Oh no...... Your Majesty...... Are you looking for me? β
Mama Chen trembled and kowtowed.
Dongfang Han had a gentle smile on his face, just like the humble and soft girl in the past, he got up and helped Mama Chen.
"Mama Chen, this time I went back to the palace, there was a lack of a palace manager, I thought it would be better to use someone I was familiar with, do you think I should take you or Mama Liu back?"
The old woman's eyes rolled, and she smiled and squeezed out three folds at the corners of her eyes: "Of course it's a slave!" The slave and maid will serve Your Majesty with all their hearts. As for Mrs. Liu, she is not as careful as a slave. β
Dongfang Han pouted in embarrassment: "Just now I looked for Mama Liu, and she also recommended herself and said the same thing as you." Alas, it's really difficult. Or else......"
She blinked her pure and harmless apricot eyes, and handed Mama Chen a medicine bottle: "I still want to take you back, but I don't want to refute Mama Liu's face, you put this medicine in her tea, she will fall asleep for two days, and I will naturally take you into the palace." β
Mama Chen was overjoyed and took the medicine bottle, and snorted three times at the noble lord in front of her, "Thank you, Your Majesty Longen!" β
The next day, before dawn, the convoy that picked up the holy car set off in a mighty way.
And the new emperor lived in the Yuehua Hall for fifteen years, leaving only two mothers-in-law, one blind and deaf, and the other half-paralyzed......
"Master, I didn't take the lives of those two Diao women, it really cheapened them!"
Nanyin accompanied Dongfang Han to sit in the golden silk soft sedan chair and said indignantly.
Dongfang Han shook his head: "Nanyin, you must know that sometimes 'death' may be the best ending. The cruelest punishment for a person is the painful torture with no end in sight. Our poison has trapped them both in the Yuehua Hall for the rest of their lives, and this is the true punishment for not seeing hope. β
Of course, the punishment is much more than that.
Yesterday, she asked the maids and attendants who came to and went to all parts of the palace to make a big publicity, saying that His Majesty the Emperor had left a rich amount of gold, silver and jewelry for the two grandmothers before leaving.
The palace people in this palace are already lacking in restraint, and when they hear that a large amount of money is in the two crippled mothers-in-law, they will come to look for unnecessary things.
If the treasure hunt fails, they will spill their anger on Chen and Liu, and at that time, they will experience what they have experienced in the past fifteen years day and night.
Suddenly, the sound of horses neighing was heard outside the sedan car, and then the sedan body swayed from side to side.
"Alertβ"
"There's an Assassinβ"
The royal guards outside immediately surrounded the imperial sedan chair on all sides, followed by the chaotic and noisy sound of weapons colliding.
In such a crisis, Dongfang Han felt that it was a godsend, she was struggling to get close to the King of Chu in the past two days, and now was a good time.
She said to Nanyin: "Wait a while, no matter what happens, you must not come forward." Hedong, let him hide that kung fu, I don't need him to save him. β
After saying that, Dongfang Han put on a panicked and anxious look, pretending to be thrown off the sedan chair by the frightened horse and fell on the hard ground.
Looking around, the royal guards were engaged in a battle with more than two dozen well-trained black-clothed assassins, while Lu Cichuan, the king of Chu, was hanging high as if he had nothing to do with himself at the moment, and led his personal guards to lean under a tree outside the chaotic land, clasping his hands on his chest, looking at the scene in front of him with interest.
Dongfang Han pinpointed the gap in the encirclement, lifted the skirt, and staggered out.
One of the Assassins spotted their target, and with all his might to break free from the fight with the guards, he flew and stabbed Dongfang Han with his sword in his panic.
This scene was seen by Lu Cichuan.
His dark brown eyes were as piercing as ice, and he looked indifferently at the helpless man who was chased by the falcon like a white rabbit.
"Lord, shall we make a move?" Attendant Yun Feng asked.
"Wait a little longer and see how far our little emperor can run." Lu Cichuan stared leisurely at the crumbling thin figure.
Dongfang Han ran forward desperately, and the dense fine sweat on his forehead slid down his white cheeks.
My feet were weak, and I tripped over the small raised dirt slope and fell to the ground.
The assassin chased after him, and the sharp tip of the sword in his hand was pointed directly at Dongfang Han's chest.
She gasped for air, coughed violently in mood swings, and turned pale.
"Please, don't kill me......"
She choked up and begged, "Please...... cough cough cough ......"
The assassin's sword approached inch by inch......
Between the lightning and flint, the assassin could only hear a scream and fall to the ground.
Behind him, Lu Cichuan stood with a sword, and a few drops of blood slid down the sword body to the mud, leaving behind the bloody aura that was scattered in all directions.
Dongfang Han sank his tense body, and then crawled to Lu Cichuan's side, knelt in front of him, stretched out his trembling hand, and grabbed his sleeve tightly.
"Lord Wang...... Rajah...... Take shelter! β
Lu Cichuan lowered his eyes and looked at the thin woman kneeling under him, her face did not have a trace of blood, her apricot eyes were red, tears were falling from her eyes, and her body was trembling.
It's like a frightened kitten.
The corners of his lips curled into a vague smile, and he put his hands behind his back, not intending to lift the little empress up from the ground.
"Your Majesty is the Ninety-Five Supreme, why use this king to protect you?"
Dongfang Han knelt down and moved two steps forward, and his hand holding the sleeve of King Chu tightened a little.
"I ...... I'm just a little woman who doesn't know anything, I've been in the palace for fifteen years, except for laundry and chopping wood every day, I really don't want to be an emperor...... cough cough cough ......"
Dongfang Han coughed and gasped, "I have been plagued by stubborn illnesses for only a few years, and I am still experiencing such turmoil now, which can be described as trembling. I beg the prince to take refuge in me...... Or ......"
She raised her eyes pleadingly, and met the eyes that were as dark as a deep pool: "This throne, I will give it to you, the prince!" β
Lu Cichuan raised his eyebrows: "Your Majesty, do you know what you are talking about at the moment?" β
"I know! I really don't want to sit on this throne at all, if the regent wants it, take it! β
Lu Cichuan said: "Changing the dynasty is a major national event, and it cannot be decided by a word of His Majesty. His Majesty wants to be sheltered, but this king is powerless. β
He paused: "This king has insufficient troops in his hands at the moment, if His Majesty is willing to issue an order to allocate the Ye Yuan army to this king, then His Majesty can have the heart and strength to protect him." β
"Okay! The prince can take whatever he wants, just ask the prince to protect the little woman in the court and in the palace! β
The promised land is really refreshing, this little emperor is afraid that he doesn't even know what Ye Yuanjun is.
Lu Cichuan bent down to help Dongfang Han up, turned to the guard Yunfeng, and said in a resolute tone: "Kill the assassins, no one will be left." β