Jingzhao Mansion Yamen.
Under the insistence of Yu Jian and other Jin Wuwei, the matter was found out.
"The Du family was said to be timid, but they only dared to blow up the tombstones of the late emperor, and others did not dare to move. They said that they were too timid, and even dared to move the emperor's tomb." Turning over and riding on the back of the horse, looking like he was in a hurry to leave, he quickly called out to him, "Boss, where are you going?"
"I suspect that Du Qingke has no intention of being a minister, so he should report it immediately."
"Today, His Majesty and the Crown Prince are attending the Mang Seed Sacrificial Ceremony outside the city. The surrounding guards are heavily guarded. We are just little Jinwuwei. How can we meet His Majesty?"
"The news has been passed on from the Jingzhao Mansion to the Sixth Division. What we have to do is to fight." Yu Jian touched the saber on his waist: "If we can make merit, it is the accumulation of virtue of our ancestors. Run for nothing, do you want to fight with me?"
"Fight!"
The Jinwu guards got on their horses one after another, and Yu Jian's confidant rode the horse and came to Yu Jian's side, whispering: "Boss, I think this is a bit strange."
"What's wrong?"
"The steward of the Du family said that he did all this in order to cause trouble for the prince in the canonization ceremony of the prince. But after the trouble came out, the prince not only had no trouble, but also gave His Majesty a reason to keep other princes in the palace. "Jin Wuwei almost didn't say clearly, where is he framing the prince, he is clearly helping him.
What's even more puzzling is that after they arrested the Du family's butler into Jingzhao Mansion, the Du family not only did not send anyone to take the butler away, but even did not even kill people.
Is this the arrogance of the family, or is it broken
"His Royal Highness." Sitting in the spacious carriage, Jiuzhu saw that both sides of the road were covered with yellow cloth, and guards stood there every few steps.
I don't hear the noise of the people, except for the sound of the carriage and the hooves, there is no other sound.
"I'm not used to it being so serious and quiet."
"That's why the royal father seldom rides out of the palace in the imperial ceremonies." Yun Duqing stretched out his hand and took Jiuzhu into his arms. He lowered his head and was about to speak when he was almost pierced by the nine-tailed phoenix hairpin on her bun. He turned his head to the side. To the side, I miss her Baotou a little.
Jiuzhu lay on his knees and laughed.
"Prince with no conscience, I was almost tied by your hairpin, and you laughed." He looked at the various hairpins on her head: "These hairpins are good-looking, and pulling out one can kill people."
"Your Highness, don't move, these hairpins are very beautiful." Jiuzhu protected her head full of pearls: "All of them were specially chosen for me by the queen mother."
Yun Duqing had a headache thinking about the various jewels sent by her mother. If the mother sends it like this again, in the future, as a husband, he will not know what to give to Jiuzhu.
"It's the first time you've participated in the sacrificial ceremony of the mango seed, and you'll be standing next to your mother later. You can just follow what she does." Yun Duqing raised the curtain and glanced at it: "It's almost time to reach the altar in the suburbs."
When they got there, Jiuzhu didn't get off the carriage immediately, and sat in the car for a while with the majestic drum and trumpet sound, and then the ceremonial official came to invite them to the sacrificial altar.
Princess Huai and Princess An were already waiting outside the carriage, and when they saw Jiuzhu get off the carriage, they greeted her. Jiuzhu returned her salute and looked around, and asked in a low voice, "Why isn't the third sister-in-law here?"
Princess Huai smiled and saluted Yun Duqing. After he left with the official, she trailed Jiuzhu half a step and whispered, "Last night, the third brother and the third sister had a lot of trouble. This morning, the third brother said that the third brother and sister were unwell and couldn't. travel."
For such an important sacrificial ceremony, if the prince and the princess did not tear their faces, it would be impossible not to let the princess appear. Unexpectedly, the third disciple seems to have a gentle temperament, but he does not leave room for things.
"Prince Concubine, two princesses." Xiangxian came over and saluted the three of them: "Prince Concubine, Empress asked me to take you there."
Seeing this scene, Princess Huai sighed in her heart that the Queen really felt sorry for the Crown Princess as her own daughter. On such occasions, bringing the Crown Princess with you is undoubtedly announcing to everyone in the world that the Crown Princess is the second most noble woman in the world.
The mother-in-law who oppresses her daughter-in-law is always more than the one who lifts her daughter-in-law, let alone to this extent.
"Jiuzhu, come." Empress Su saw Jiuzhu approaching, she raised her hand to her, and when she approached, she asked in a low voice, "It's your first time participating in a sacrificial ceremony, are you nervous?"
Jiuzhu shook her head: "There are so many people."
Empress Su laughed: "There are indeed many people."
She said a few things to Jiu Zhu that she needed to pay attention to, and lightly patted her on the back of her hand twice: "From now on, you will stand by my side, as long as I am here, all your words and deeds are good, and no one dares to accuse you. ."
The horn horn sounded, and the sacrificial ceremony was about to begin.
The civil and military officials under the sacrificial platform, and the princess ordered the wives to stand in line and hold their breaths.
Empress Su felt something touched her instep, and she looked down to see the peach wood gourd carved for her by Jiu Zhu herself.
Before leaving the palace, she clearly tied it tightly around her waist, how could it fall off her waist.
Seeing that the round gourd was about to fall down the steps, Su Hou bent his knees and reached out to hold the peach wood gourd that rolled to the edge of the altar in the palm of his hand.
Whoosh.
When the sound of breaking the air rang in her ears, she hadn't noticed anything unusual, only a ding sound was heard.
She raised her head and saw that Jiuzhu was holding the gold and bronze shawl she gave her and half of the arrows in her hand, and the other half fell to the ground.
"Father father, mother queen, there are assassins." Jiuzhu picked up Queen Su, pushed her into Emperor Longfeng's arms, stopped her in front of the two, and by the way pulled out a golden hairpin from her head and stuffed it into Yun Duqing's hands: "Your Highness, take this bodyguard."
On the altar, no one can come up except for the ritual officials. The guardian dragon guards noticed that something was wrong, and they flew over to escort them, but the official Feng Li moved faster than them, pulled out a flying knife from his hat, and took Su Hou's throat.
Without even thinking about it, Emperor Longfeng kept Empress Su in his arms, using her body as a shield, trying to protect her comprehensively.
Faster than him was Jiu Zhu. When the "Feng Li Guan" threw the flying knife, she seemed to predict the direction of the flying knife and threw the bronze 笄 in her hand.
The bronze 笄 and the flying knife collided in the air, and both fell to the ground.
Feng Liguan didn't seem to have expected such a change, and in a slight stun, he was kicked by Jiuzhu and kicked off the altar.
The civil and military officials were frightened by the sudden change. As soon as they had time to call for an escort, they saw one of the assassins being kicked off the altar by the petite princess.
Fortunately, Jiuzhu responded quickly, which gave the Dragon Guard a chance to rush over and surrounded the four of them, protecting them tightly.
In the blink of an eye, Yun Duqing saw Jiuzhu pull out another hairpin from her hair, and looked around vigilantly. At this moment, she was also somewhat guarded against Dragon Guard.
The most dangerous thing right now is the arrow shot from nowhere.
It stands to reason that within a two-kilometer radius of the altar, all of them have undergone extensive inspections, and everyone's identities have been reviewed, unless there is a high-ranking person who should cooperate with the assassin and let the assassin mix in.
Looking at the hairpin in Jiuzhu's hand, and the bun that was already crooked, Yun Duqing suspected that what he said in the carriage just now was not auspicious.
Okay, what kind of hairpin did he mention to kill someone
At this time, arrows and feathers flew from all over the world. Holding the shield in one hand, the guardian dragon guard walked down the altar while protecting the four.
The ministers who were loyal to the Lord tried to escort them on the altar, but the Dragon Guards did not let them get close because they were worried that they were involved with the assassins.
The six ministers reacted and immediately arranged for officials and women to evacuate. Ming Jing raised the saber on the waist of a bodyguard, and guarded it majestically around the periphery. The officials hiding behind him immediately had an infinite sense of security.
"Boss, look at the tree over there, is someone shooting arrows?" When the Jinwu guards rushed to the periphery of the sacrificial altar, they found that something was wrong. Several guards fell to one side, two squatting on a big tree. A gray hooded archer.
"Quick, quick." Yu Jian pulled out the knife at his waist and threw it hard at the tree. One of the archers fell from the tree: "Catch the assassin!"
"Brothers, the opportunity to make a contribution has come!"
When the Jinwu guards heard the words, they rushed up and threw their knives in unison. The archer who was left on the tree was instantly tied into a hedgehog.
"There must be something wrong at the altar." Yu Jian pulled the knife from the assassin. Seeing that the assassin still had a few breaths, he asked his brothers to tie him up and prepare to go to the prince to claim credit.
"These assassins are sneaky, and they must be uneasy and good-natured. If we look around, there must be fish that slip through the net."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Jin Jiawei rushing towards this side on a horse. Although they were all guards starting with Jin, Jin Jiawei had a much higher status than Jin Wuwei.
Jin Jiawei didn't expect that there would be Jin Wuwei who usually patrols the street here, thinking that they were just chasing the criminals passing by, he took out his pocket card and said: "I'm waiting for orders to do things, please Jin Wuwei's brother to be convenient."
Yu Jian glanced enviously at the armor on Jin Jiawei's body, and said politely, "Are you here to catch assassins?"
Jin Jiawei suddenly became vigilant, which caused panic among the people. What happened on the altar was not announced to the outside world. Why would these Jin Wuwei know about it
They put their hands on the hilt of the knife, the atmosphere was so dignified, and the fight was about to break out.
"Please don't misunderstand, adults." Seeing their misunderstanding, Yu Jian quickly explained: "This is the archer assassin we caught."
He pointed to the bound assassin, and then to the tree next to him.
Jin Jiawei looked at the assassin who was stabbed into a hedgehog in the tree, staring at the deadly assassin, and suddenly became a little silent.
"My lords, we brothers are all good players of Jinwuwei. At this critical moment, I am willing to help the adults."
Jin Jiawei was also afraid that after they left, they would talk nonsense outside, and after a little thought, he agreed.
"Then there are the brothers of Laojinwuwei."
"Everyone is a citizen of Dacheng, and it is our duty to be loyal to Your Majesty."
The Dragon Guard was rightly worried. There were also assassins in disguise among the officials. In the chaos, these assassins tore off their official robes, revealing the clothes inside.
The officials adjacent to them were stunned. No wonder this colleague has not spoken today. It turned out to be an assassin pretending to be!
At this moment, he pulled out the dagger from his boots and swung it towards the official closest to him. Suddenly, a stone flew over and hit him on the arm.
The dagger fell in response.
The assassin looked grimly at the stone thrower.
The weak and weak Ming Jingzhou had a pale face, and he was still holding the unfinished stone in his hand.
"Master Ming, hurry up." The rescued official came to his senses, rushed over and hugged the assassin's thigh: "You are my head towards the humerus, you must not have any trouble."
Unexpectedly, Ming Jingzhou not only did not run, but also rushed towards this side, hugging the assassin's other thigh with both hands.
"You and I are officials in the same dynasty, how can I leave you and run away!"
"Want to die?" The assassin sneered, "I will fulfill you."
He clenched his hands into claws and attacked their necks, ready to break their necks.
"Crack."
Crushing pain came from the ankle, the assassin screamed and fell to the ground.
"He, he, he... What happened to him?" The official was so frightened that he backed away, remembering that Ming Jingzhou was still sitting on the ground, and quickly pulled him up: "Ms. Ming, are you alright?"
"I'm fine." Ming Jingzhou patted the dust on the hem of his sleeve: "This assassin may not have a good body. He just broke his leg when I hugged him."
"The bones are so fragile, what kind of assassins are they." Seeing that the assassins were still wailing, the official bent down to pick up the stones on the ground, slammed them, and knocked the assassins unconscious.
"Master Ming, come, let's tie him up together," he said as he unbuttoned the assassin's belt.
Ming Jingzhou couldn't help but glance at him more, but he didn't expect King Huai's father-in-law to act like this... informally.
The official who was rescued by Ming Jingzhou was Princess Huai's father, Wu Shilang from the Ministry of Industry.
Why did the assassin want to assassinate Princess Huai's biological father
Bowing his head to help Wu Shilang tie up the assassin, Ming Jingzhou had a faint guess in his heart. He stood up, looked in the direction of the Empress, then saw his daughter, tore off a hairpin to use as a dart, flipped the hairpin between his hands and flew out, stunning an assassin.
"Ming Shilang, the crown prince is so powerful." Wu Shilang stood beside him and said in admiration, "You can actually stun the assassin with a golden hairpin."
"The child has learned some superficial medical theory and has a little understanding of the acupuncture points of the human body, so he has some skills." Ming Jingzhou coughed dryly: "Wu Shilang, please don't praise her."
Except for the nine-tailed phoenix hairpin, the hairpins on Jiuzhu's hair had already been thrown away. She took off the nine-tailed phoenix hairpin and put it into the queen's hands, with blue silk streaked: "Mother, wait for me."
Her throwing knives were not very good. Half of the golden hairpins she threw could not pierce the acupoints she wanted to pierce, so she had to go to other empresses and borrow some hairpins.
"Wait..." Before Yun Duqing could stop her, she saw her dodging a few times and rushed out.
She used to always say she was a dog, but now he believed it.
Because she can run faster than a dog.
Several high-ranking concubines hid together, and when they saw the Crown Princess running in front of them, she said she was offended, and took off some hairpins from their heads.
When Jiuzhu was about to pull out her hairpin, Wei Jieyu was cruel, reached out and grabbed the hem of Jiuzhu's skirt, intending to trip her.
With a thud, Wei Jieyu was dragged to the ground, her face rubbed hard on the ground, and it was in burning pain.
"I'm sorry, Wei Jieyu." Jiuzhu dropped an apology and ran away like the wind.
Wei Jieyu lay on the ground, unable to recover for a long time.
Did she drag a cow
Why did she fall
This is not reasonable.
With a bunch of hairpins in her arms, the pressure on Jiuzhu is much less, but she always sticks to the wrong acupoints. She was a little guilty, but also a little happy.
Fortunately, the two masters were not there, otherwise she would have to say she was not talented.
Seeing an assassin rushing over, she was stabbed by her flying hairpin five or six times before falling down, and Jiuzhu hid her face behind Yun Duqing.
If she didn't work hard when she was young, and she was not good at learning, she couldn't afford to lose this person.
Under the strict guard of the Golden Armored Guards and the Dragon Guards, all the assassins were subdued. Of the three assassins who intended to hurt the officials, two were cut to the ground by Ming Jinghai with a knife, and one leg bone was broken for unknown reasons and was taken to the ground. The Minister of Rites Ming and the Minister of Industry Wu were tied up.
Princess Huai felt relieved when she heard that her father was not only all right, but also caught an assassin with the prince's father.
The worst is the assassin who was killed by Jinwuwei's random sword.
What was more humiliating were the assassins who had several female hairpins tied to their bodies, unable to move even if they wanted to die. They stared at Ming Jiuzhu with a handful of hairpins in their hands, and their eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
If hatred could be turned into a knife, Jiuzhu would definitely be covered with knives at this moment.
"Prince Concubine, I will obey your orders and avenge the previous dynasty for you, why did you betray us?!"
An assassin who was still able to speak shouted angrily, so loudly that everyone could hear it.
Full of uproar.
The feud of the past
Princess? !
Everyone looked at the Crown Princess in astonishment, but only saw the Prince's movement to protect the Crown Princess behind him without hesitation.
"It's ridiculous that you smear the Crown Princess when your plans are revealed." Yun Duqing swept his eyes sharply at the crowd, and everyone quickly turned their eyes away and dared not look again.
"No one has tortured you yet, so you can't wait to say that the Crown Princess is instigating you. Even a fool is unwilling to believe such an obvious frame-up." Yun Duqing kicked the assassin: "Smearing the Crown Princess is one more crime. Wait."
"If the Crown Princess hadn't sworn to tell us that she went to Beijing to avenge Master's revenge for the destruction of the previous dynasty, how could we have obeyed her and forced her way into the altar?" The assassin said bitterly, "Ming Jiuzhu, for your sake. Prosperity, wealth, betrayal of your master, betrayal of us, will be met..."
Before he could finish his words, Yun Duqing kicked and broke his front teeth.
"Nonsense, drag it down and behead." If he can't see that this is a conspiracy against Jiuzhu and the Ming family, he is a fool.
"Your Highness..." Before Jiuzhu said a word, Yun Duqing grabbed her hand: "I won't believe what these people say."
The hairpins in his hands were all scattered on the ground. Jiu Zhu looked at Yun Duqing with a resolute expression, as well as the hands he clasped with her, with big eyes, smiling like a pair of crescent moons.
At this time, no one in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty stood up to speak, and no one accused the crown princess.
The Crown Princess just tried her best to protect the Empress and Crown Prince, all of them saw it in their eyes and kept it in their hearts.
The previous dynasty has been destroyed for a hundred or two hundred years, and even if there is blood left behind from the previous dynasty, there is no energy to toss.
So there is only one truth, someone wants to frame the prince and the princess.
The gazes of the courtiers turned to the three princes, the three most suspicious candidates.
King Huai and King An were embarrassed by the eyes of the courtiers, but they didn't want to jump out and yell.
Wei Jieyu turned her head to look in the direction of the minister, hoping that the person arranged by Du Qingke would stand up and say a few words.
But there was silence on the courtier's side.
No one spoke, and no one even suspected Ming Jiuzhu.
The royals are suspicious, and the courtiers are also cautious when it comes to the safety of the emperor. According to common sense, even if they suspected that Ming Jiuzhu was slandered by an assassin, they would ask Ming Jiuzhu some questions.
For example, what she has done in Lingzhou over the years, and who is her master.
But Ming Jiuzhu broke this common sense.
Because she used her body as a shield to keep the empress behind her, she kicked the assassin off the altar, cut off the flying arrow with a gold and bronze shawl, and stopped the assassin's attack with a hairpin.
Her eldest uncle saved the life of the courtier, and her father, together with the princess' father, subdued an assassin.
In this assassination, if there is no Ming Jiuzhu, the queen is already dead, and even the emperor may not be able to save his life.
This is where revenge is, it is clearly revenge.
"Prince Concubine, don't worry, I and the Empress will not believe the nonsense of these assassins." Emperor Longfeng said: "Pass my will, the Concubine will save me and the Empress in danger with her own body, but we are family, No thanks. The prince's father, Ming Jingzhou, is a talented goddaughter. From now on, he will be awarded the title of Prince Taifu and Duke Fu."
The emperor's attitude bluntly told everyone that he not only did not doubt the crown princess, but also reused the Ming family.
Wei Jieyu covered the wound on her face in embarrassment and stared blankly at what happened.
How can things be this way, it shouldn't be this way.
"Report! Your Majesty, Yu Jian, captain of the Jinwuwei squad, has something important to report."
Who is Yu Jian
The courtiers were puzzled.
"Royal father, this person has been seen before. He is a smart person with some ability." Yun Duqing said: "I can see him."
Emperor Longfeng nodded: "According to what the prince said, Xuan."
As soon as Yu Jian came, he gave Emperor Longfeng a great gift, and then told the story of the Du family's butler who blew up the tombstone of the late emperor.
The Du family of the aristocratic family
Everyone looked at Du Qingke, but there was no panic on his face, and even a little smile.
"Du Qing's family, what can you say?"
"Your Majesty, what Mr. Yu Jian said is not half false." Du Qingke took off the official hat on his head and knelt down: "I plead guilty."
"Wei Jieyu, why are you sitting on the ground?" Lu Zhaoyi saw Wei Jieyu suddenly staggering and sitting on the ground, and reached out to help her, but she saw that she was shaking violently.
"Mother's concubine." Princess An pulled her to the side, and after she was far away from Wei Jieyu, she whispered, "Don't go near Wei Jieyu, I think something is wrong with her."
"What's wrong, epilepsy?"
I've never heard of her having such a problem before.
"Your Majesty, this subordinate found the logo of the Du Family Ironware Shop on the weapon carried by the assassin."
Du Qingke still knelt on the ground, not refuting himself.
Everyone vaguely felt that something was wrong, and no one spoke rashly.
"Your Majesty, the weapons used by these assassins are indeed provided by Weichen, but they are not from Weichen." Du Qingke took out a few letters from his arms: "The minister's crime is unforgivable, and he is willing to be punished."
Seeing the letter that Du Qingke took out, Wei Jieyu trembled even more. Is he crazy? What good does it do for him
Seeing that the situation was wrong, King Jing turned around and disappeared in the crowd while others were not paying attention, and left here in a hurry.
Yu Jian finished his face, and when he stepped back, his legs were fluttering. When I walked to the secluded place, I jumped a few times on the spot with my fists squeezed excitedly.
After jumping, he found that the third prince, King Jing, was sneaking into the corner alone, as if preparing to drill a hole in the grass to leave.
Just after the assassination incident, the third prince did not stay to accompany the emperor and Wei Jieyu, why did they run
He narrowed his eyes and followed.
There was an uproar in the shrine at the moment.
Du Qingke actually admitted that today's assassination was a conspiracy arranged by him and Wang Wei Jieyujing, both internally and externally.
Divide the Ming family
Let the prince and the prince concubine turn against each other, and make His Majesty suspect the prince
Taking advantage of the chaos to kill Princess Huai's father and make Princess Huai hate the Crown Princess
Everyone was dizzy and didn't know how to react for a long time.
If it wasn't for the Queen's sudden kneeling and squatting when the arrow came, the conspiracy might have been successful.
If it wasn't for the princess who kicked the assassin and sacrificed her life to escort her, the conspiracy might have succeeded.
But at the most critical moment, the queen bent her knees.
princess...
Um…
The Crown Princess is exceptionally good, and she is nothing like her weak father and brother.
No wonder the Ming family didn't like to mention the things that the concubine was fostered in the Taoist temple. It turned out that they had trained their daughter to be a master, accompany the prince in a low-key manner, and protect the royal family comprehensively.
The Ming family's loyalty to the royal family is really touching.
Ming Jingzhou didn't know what the courtiers were thinking, but he just felt that the eyes they looked at him were a little too bright.
"Father, my sister is so powerful." Ming Jiyuan whispered in his ear: "The two immortals are really masters."
Ming Jingzhou was silent, and lowered his head to straighten his official robe.
Don't ask him, he's just a helpless civil servant.
Emperor Longfeng took the letters presented by Du Qingke, and at a glance, he saw that some of the handwriting on these letters was written by King Jing, and some of them were written in beautiful fonts, which should be written by Wei Jieyu or Princess Jing.
"Weichen knows that his sins are heavy, and he does not ask His Majesty's forgiveness, but he wants to die." Du Qingke fell to the ground and knelt down, like an old man who was dying, without the slightest hope.
He wants to die.
On his body, Jiuzhu saw the will to die, as well as a trace of madness that dragged others to be buried with him.
Seemingly aware of Jiu Zhu's gaze, Du Qingke raised her head and met her eyes.
"Wei Chen was born in a family of hairpins and ying, and what this family gave me was involuntarily." Du Qingke let out a piercing smile: "Being respectable, it turned into rotten sludge and pressed hard on me. "
"In this kind of family, people are not people, but decent puppets from aristocratic families." The twisted smile on Du Qingke's face disappeared, he looked at Emperor Longfeng: "I can't choose what I want, and the women around you, because of interests Betray you, how much more beautiful are you than me?"
"That's right, you are incomparable in front of the royal father." Jiuzhu said with the principle of fairness and justice: "The royal father has a mother who is distressed by his mother, respected and loved by His Highness, and is still deeply loved by the people and supported by the courtiers. It must be more beautiful than you."
Emperor Longfeng coughed reservedly, pretending that he didn't hear anything.
Du Qingke was silent.
Wei Jieyu, who was brought over by the eunuch and knelt on the ground, wanted to tear Ming Jiuzhu's mouth.
She turned her head to look at Du Qingke: "You did all this to deliberately frame me?"
"Miss Jieyu is joking, aren't you trying to frame me?" Du Qingke smiled sarcastically: "You locked Princess Jing in the palace, didn't you just prevent the matter from being exposed and distance yourself from the Du family?"
"What is a stupid and greedy woman like you?" He snorted softly, "You deserve to use me?"
"If you don't want the world to see a good show of concubines and princes betraying the emperor, why do you think you can instruct me to do things?" Du Qingke looked at Emperor Longfeng: "Your Majesty, your son wants your life, Are you sad?"
Emperor Longfeng did not speak, and Jiuzhu whispered, "Your Highness, where is King Jing?"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." A voice came from outside.
"King Jing sneaked and wanted to run away, but was caught by Xiao Xiao!"