Chapter 206: Banquet Assassination
Everyone came to congratulate the birthday, the garden is full of spring, ten miles of peach blossoms. The wind blows and the flowers fall, fluttering in the air, and the posture is like a bewitching and beautiful singer. Picturesque scenery, beautiful women dancing in front of you. The beautiful scenery of Liangchen, Mu Yunting enjoyed closing his eyes and quietly feeling such a beautiful scenery.
The people present looked at such a beautiful spring and praised: "The emperor is so elegant, he can find such a fairyland." After listening to their words, Xu Lianyi smiled softly, and the flower beauty was even more beautiful.
"Today is the queen's birthday, everyone has a lot of fun. Mu Yunting said freely. Then he continued to sit down, holding Xu Lianyi and closing his eyes.
Maybe it's because he's too tired these days, and his father has just handed over the affairs of the state to him, and under his careful care, although there will be no chaos, but the waste god is laborious, but it is enough to toss him.
couldn't bear to disturb him, Xu Lianyi drank wine by herself. Putting down the white jade wine glass in her hand, Xu Lianyi concentrated on admiring the dance specially choreographed for her by the dancers, but she felt dizzy for a while, and didn't think much about it, thinking that it was uncomfortable caused by too many people being too noisy, and went out for a walk alone like Mu Yunting explained the situation.
Looking at the spring color of this garden, it is really beautiful, she sighed heartily in her heart, the beauty of artificial carving is never as amazing as the beauty given by nature.
Suddenly, I heard someone calling for help. She thought she was having auditory hallucinations, and there was no human shadow around her. Walking forward, I heard the voice just now, although it was faint, but this time it really reached my ears and collided with my eardrums.
I walked over to find the source of the sound, but I saw the back kitchen where the people were cooking. Xu Lianyi came to the firewood room, pushed open the door and saw the owner of the voice. She asked in surprise, "Lu Jingyao, why are you locked up here?" "Then go and help her untie the rope.
"Queen Mother, someone poisoned the imperial pot. After Lu Jingyao untied, she immediately told Xu Lianyi what had happened just now. "What, Imperial Pot? After saying that, he rushed back to the banquet.
Just when he saw his servant picking up the wine jug and preparing to pour him wine, Xu Lianyi stepped forward and snatched the wine jug and told Mu Yunting: "The emperor can't drink this wine? Seeing Xu Lianyi panicking and ignoring the queen's appearance, she wanted to blame, but then when she heard what she said, Mu Yunting was shocked.
The people sitting below also looked at each other, and put down the wine glass they picked up, lest the wine they drank was also poisoned. Lu Jingyao stood aside and said to the princes and nobles: "Don't worry, only the imperial pot has been poisoned." ”
"What the hell is going on? Who dares to be so rampant as to cause trouble at the queen's birthday party. Mu Yunting had a cold face and asked about this matter seriously.
Lu Jingyao recounted what she had just experienced again. When she finished speaking, a guard came to report it. "Your Majesty, we were on patrol just now and found the body of a palace maid in Houhe. ”
"Lift it up. Mu Yunting ordered. Xu Lianyi's birthday once a year was disturbed by a palace maid. I blame myself for this matter, I should have listened to my mother's words at the beginning, and uncontrollable factors will inevitably occur at a banquet outside the palace, so I blame myself for not obeying my mother's warning.
Yan'er was strangled to death, and the emperor was furious and ordered to investigate the matter. "The bold fanatic, who actually made trouble at the queen's banquet, must investigate this matter. Mu Yunting originally had the demeanor of a king, he was the descendant of Liuqin, and this domineering momentum has been there since he was a child, and his words shocked the rioters in the audience.
"Your Majesty, I am also responsible for this matter, I shouldn't have made an exception to set up the banquet outside the palace, or let's do it today, and we will have a good time next time." Xu Lianyi dissuaded on the side. She was faintly uneasy in her heart, the emperor fortunately didn't drink just now, and she was still afraid of this matter.
"How can this work, birthdays are only once a year, how can you just say it? "After all, it's a man and a monarch, and if this banquet ends abruptly like this, I don't know what those ministers will talk about in the future.
"Your Majesty, I have an ominous premonition, why don't I do it today, the days are still long, and there will be more after my birthday. Xu Lianyi leaned in his ear and said softly.
"No, today I have the final say, we must continue. I don't understand a woman's mind, Mu Yunting was furious, this matter made him uncomfortable, and he finally waited for such a good day today, he wanted to relax a little, but he didn't expect to be disturbed by them.
Mu Yunting ordered to continue singing and dancing. Looking at the queen's nervous and eager expression, the emperor sat on the sidelines and enjoyed the song and dance, but his facial expression was solemn, and he had a straight face, as if the dark clouds in the sky could fall at any time.
Sighing, Xu Lianyi couldn't screw him, so she had to sit down and enjoy it with him. The low pressure around her made her nervous and worried. had to pull the emperor's sleeve, Mu Yunting was just angry for a while, feeling Xu Lianyi's small movements, he turned his head to look at her, and Xu Lianyi smiled at him flatteringly.
For the woman beside him, he has always been helpless, he has grown up together since he was a child, he can't understand it too well, he knows her small movements, her worries. It used to be like this, whenever she made him angry, she would pull his sleeve and smile at her, but now she is still like this when she is a queen.
Looking at the sweet eyebrows of the two people sitting at the top, a dancing girl dancing below suddenly changed her expression, alert to everything around her, like an arrow ready to fire, just the moment she left the bowstring, and everyone present did not notice that there was such a dancing girl under the stage, a dancing girl who was about to take the queen's life at any time.
Just as the two of them were flirting with each other, suddenly a dancing girl rushed over with a dagger in her hand. Everyone in the audience was panicked and overwhelmed. No one was allowed to bring weapons at the banquet, and the guards had just been sent away to investigate the poisoning. And there were more civilian officials at the banquet, although there were a few military attachés who didn't have time to come to the rescue at the speed of Mai Ji.
The emperor felt a force rushing over, and he turned over and blocked Xu Lianyi, all he could do at this time was not to let Xu Lianyi get hurt.
said that it was too late, and it was fast, seeing that the dagger was about to pierce the emperor's chest, Qiao Yindi pounced in front of Mu Yunting, and the moment the dagger stabbed in, Qiao Yindi felt the smell of blood in her throat, but Mu Yunting heard the sound of flesh and blood tearing.
Holding Qiao Yindi in front of him, Mu Yunting began to panic, he couldn't see the panicked expressions of the people sitting below, he couldn't hear Xu Lianyi's greeting and shouting behind him, he could only feel the blood that Qiao Yindi flowed on his hands, and the smell of blood came from his nose. The blood was hot and burned his heart.
It wasn't the first time he had faced death from his injuries, but it was the first time he had personally felt the people around him fall in front of him. And he was so helpless and incompetent. The battle on the battlefield, the blood stained the eyes red, and the feeling was not as fierce as this time. For Qiao Yindi, he loves and loves his relatives, and he has no reason to be indifferent.
He was stunned for a while before he reacted, hugged Qiao Yindi and shouted loudly: "Pass the imperial doctor, quickly pass the imperial doctor." Seeing his anxious appearance, Qiao Yindi put her slender and weak hand on his face, she thought she was going to die, and said weakly to the person in front of her: "Your Majesty, don't be afraid." ”
Mu Yunting hugged her and promised: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I won't let you have an accident." Soon the imperial physician arrived, first to help her stop the bleeding, the emperor has been holding her and not letting go, afraid that once he let go, a fresh life will be lost because of himself, and the imperial doctor is helpless to watch. Fortunately, Xu Lianyi came out to comfort.
"Your Majesty, you let go first, the imperial doctor will help her stop the bleeding and check the wound, and it will be fine. Xu Lianyi put her arm around his shoulders and held him in her arms. Xu Lianyi knew that he was not afraid, but guilty, and the guilt of Qiao Yindi's injury was the emotion he disliked, disgusted, and feared the most.
The guards have already caught the dancing girl before they have time to escape, and this dancing girl is very good. The guards saw that the emperor's mood had improved slightly, and whispered to him timidly, afraid that he would scare the emperor and that his head would fall to the ground if he accidentally landed: "Your Majesty, the assassin has been caught, you see ......" Before he finished speaking, the emperor ordered.
"Bring it up, I will judge it strictly. At the queen's banquet, Jieyu was injured, and the ministers were frightened, how could they spare her. He had regained his former majesty and self-confidence.
The dancing girl was brought up, and there was not a trace of remorse on her face. Mu Yunting kept staring at her, without a glance, first to see something from her eyes.
The dancing girl's originally arrogant head was stared at by the emperor in front of her and slowly drooped. "Tell me, who instructed you to do it? What purpose?" Mu Yunting sat on the upper seat, looking at her, and the waves were no longer audible in his tone.
After a while, the dancing girl still didn't speak. Mu Yunting took the dagger she stabbed at herself just now, stood in front of her, and put the dagger on her face. The evil said: "I haven't thought of the use of the poisonous ants that just paid tribute from the Western Regions, it is said that the ants like blood the most, you said that I cut down the warm blood on your beautiful face, will the ants like it more?"
Although the emperor's mind is delicate and soft, he is not soft at all when facing the enemy. The lowly ministers didn't expect that this emperor, who had just won the crown, would be so ruthless, but he usually looked virtuous, and it seemed that he was no worse than the previous emperor's courage in the face of the enemy.
Listening to the emperor's light words just now, the dancing girl trembled with fear. The emperor took in the expression of the dancing girl in his eyes. The knife was closer, just a fraction of a second from her skin. The sharp breath of the dagger was already felt.