Chapter 39: Assassination
How did the officials of the DPRK and China guess. At this time, Shen Shi'an had already received the order to go to Henan with 500,000 taels of disaster relief silver from the imperial court.
There is less than a month to go before the New Year, but Kangxi is not happy at all at this time. He always paid attention to the situation in Henan.
Half a month has passed since Shen Shi'an received the order for disaster relief. Yesterday, Kangxi just received his letter, which said that he had arrived in Kaifeng safely with 500,000 taels of silver.
Lu Zhizhong, the governor of Henan, greeted Shen Shi'an with a group of officials under his command. and took over the 500,000 taels of silver brought by Shen Shi'an.
Shen Shi'an's letter also wrote: He had sent people to the prefecture capitals under the jurisdiction of Henan in advance to find out the disaster situation in various places, and then wrote a letter back to Beijing.
Because of the disaster in Henan, the atmosphere in the DPRK and China was a little tense.
However, this has nothing to do with Liu Yu, as long as Kangxi's safety is guaranteed, the others are not within her jurisdiction. Besides, she is also powerless.
As the Chinese New Year approaches, the palace begins to decorate with various decorations to welcome the new year, hoping that the coming year will be better and better.
Even Kangxi's mood has improved a lot in the past two days, at least he no longer scolded the ministers of the court when he was in the court.
Time passed. Soon it will be the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, and the palace will hold a Chinese New Year's Eve banquet on this day, and the banquet will be arranged in the Bohol Hall.
At this time, the palace will be very busy, everyone will be busy, even the concubines in the harem will be busy.
This person has a lot of things, especially at various banquets, and all kinds of accidents will come.
Liu Yu, as Kangxi's guard, is naturally more vigilant than usual. So as not to get into trouble by accident, especially to keep a distance from all the women in the harem.
On the day of the palace banquet, Liu Yu and his personal guards were on duty all day and could not rest.
However, today Kangxi is not in the court, so he does not have to stay outside the imperial study. Instead, he stayed outside the gate of the palace of Qianqing Palace, where Kangxi lived.
Liu Yu was on full-day duty for the first time, and it was also the first time she saw the harem concubines go to the Qianqing Palace to sleep for the emperor.
She saw the eunuch wrapping the concubine in a brocade quilt and carrying her to the Qianqing Palace, and then the guards guarding the door would hear the sound of blushing and heartbeat.
Every time she was on the night shift, it was the hardest time for Liu Yu. Although she has always been dressed as a man, her true identity has never been discovered.
As for Li Hengyao, who knew her identity, he seemed to have forgotten that she was a woman. He also never revealed it to anyone.
But she was always a woman, and whenever she heard it, she still blushed uncomfortably. Every time, he will use his internal force to calm himself down and not let people notice anything abnormal.
After the concubines in the palace finished sleeping, the eunuchs would send her back.
Of course, this is the method of sleeping for the less favored concubines in the palace, and both the queen and the favored concubines are Kangxi who personally went to their respective palaces.
Kangxi is a self-disciplined emperor, no matter how late he sleeps, he will definitely get up on the fifth day of the next day.
At the beginning of the fifth watch, the eunuch on duty at night gently went to the dragon's bed to wake up Kangxi. After washing, Kangxi asked the eunuch to change into a dragon robe for him and go to the imperial study to approve the folds.
Due to the palace banquet to be held today, Kangxi will be very busy this day, and after the approval of the recital, he will go to Cining Palace to greet the Empress Dowager of Xiaozhuang, and he will also go to Ningshou Palace to read Buddhist scriptures to the Empress Dowager.
Finally, I went to Kunning Palace to accompany the queen and her young son for breakfast, and when all these were done, the palace banquet in the Baohe Palace was about to begin.
When noon came, Kangxi took the queen and his young son Chenghu to the Baohe Palace, and Liu Yu and Tu Lishen naturally followed the emperor to the Baohe Hall as personal guards.
Entering the Baohe Palace, Liu Yu had to follow Kangxi into the main hall, but Tu Lishen and other guards could not enter.
Liu Yu has this honor because Kangxi was assassinated by the man in black last time when he held a family banquet in the palace.
In the troupe that often entered the palace to sing for the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager of Xiaozhuang, he was mixed in by the anti-Qing Restoration Organization, and assassinated Kangxi when everyone was fascinated by the play.
At that time, the scene was very chaotic, the people who opposed the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty were all strong in martial arts, and most of the people watching the play were harem concubines, crying and screaming.
At the scene, only Xiaozhuang and Kangxi did not panic, and quickly organized eunuchs and palace maids to protect their respective masters, and the eunuchs who knew martial arts had already handed over to each other.
Even Kangxi has already started to fight with each other in order to protect the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager of Xiaozhuang.
Liu Yu and the other guards were guarding outside the palace gate, Liu Yu didn't pay attention to it when she first started singing, and then she heard the sound of swords colliding, and immediately flew up the palace wall and entered the main hall.
Liu Yu's movements were very fast, and before the other guards knew what was going on, Liu Yu had already disappeared.
Liu Yu, who flew into the palace, saw that there was chaos in the palace, and many palace maids and eunuchs died, and even a few palace concubines died.
Liu Yu didn't have time to think about it, drew his sword and stepped forward to protect Kangxi behind him, and fought with the other party.
The assassin saw that Kangxi had come to help, and scolded in his mouth: "Dog Emperor, don't hide ...... back if you have the ability"
Before he could finish scolding, Liu Yu stabbed him in the throat with a sword.
Subsequently, Liu Yu went to intercept the others, and with the intervention of Liu Yu, a super master, the battle situation presented a one-sided situation.
A group of more than 50 assassins were quickly defeated, and except for those who died on the spot, the remaining more than 10 people were all arrested and brought to justice.
The person who was caught did not hang his head, but spat around and scolded even more fiercely.
Kangxi heard it but didn't hear it, and when he saw that the thief had been caught, he asked the living people to start cleaning up Zhanyang, and asked the two eunuchs to open the door of the palace and let the guards outside the door in.
At this time, the guards guarding the door found out that the emperor had been assassinated, and if Liu Yu hadn't arrived in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Originally, he was secretly happy in his heart, and Guard Liu actually left his post in the middle of his duty.
At this time, seeing Liu Yuli's great achievements, the eyes of all the guards, including Tu Lishen, were red with jealousy, but they didn't dare to show it.
They all bowed their heads and went in to clean up the battlefield and escort the thieves.
Kangxi asked people to call Dali Siqing and asked him to thoroughly investigate the matter, how these people got into the palace, and how the weapons were transported in.
How did the guards guarding the palace gate be on duty, and ordered him to find out one by one, and then write it down and give it to him.
Since then, Kangxi has given Liu Yu a special order that she can follow the emperor into the main hall for personal protection. He also gave Liu Yu 10,000 taels of gold and a yellow coat.
Therefore, this time the palace banquet was held, and Liu Yu followed Kangxi into the Baohe Palace, standing behind Kangxi with a sword in his hand.
The palace banquet is actually the emperor taking a group of people to eat and drink there, which is very boring. At least that's what Liu Yu thinks.
After the palace banquet, Kangxi would give blessings to the ministers, and the ministers were proud to receive the emperor's blessing. Liu Yu, who had made meritorious contributions to the rescue, also received the emperor's blessing and was paid tribute in the most conspicuous place in the main hall of Liufu.
On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, Kangxi received another letter from Shen Shi'an in Henan, saying: The disaster in Henan is serious, and ten rooms and nine are empty. From time to time, people starved to death in the streets.
In addition, the letter also said that the investigation was blocked and he is now trapped in the Kaifeng mansion.
Every time he received a letter, Weichen went to investigate again, but he always couldn't find any desired results. The governor replied to Weichen: There may be a mistake in the news.