"His Royal Highness Fourth Prince, the eldest prince is in the side hall. He said he was looking for you for something, and I would like you and the servant to come over." A eunuch walked to Xiao Ran's side and said in a voice that everyone around could hear.
Xiao Ran was still wondering why the eldest brother and Qingyan disappeared in the blink of an eye. He wanted to find them, but now someone came to report, he just wanted to doze off and someone brought a pillow, so he asked Emperor Xixuan for instructions, and then Leave with the eunuch.
Xiao Ran thought that he would be able to see Chu Qingyan later, and felt extremely happy. He squeezed the doll he was going to give to Chu Qingyan, and was a little excited. It was just too late to give it away. Beside the emperor, give it to her.
So his mind was on the meeting later, Xiao Ran was a little absent-minded, and waited until he passed through the long corridor, over the lotus pond, and arrived at a remote palace. Xiao Ran felt something was wrong.
If the eldest brother had something to do with him, he would not choose such a remote place. Why did this eunuch bring himself here
At this moment, the eunuch who lowered the brim of his hat turned his back to Xiao Ran, not knowing what he was thinking.
Xiao Ran glanced at the empty palace and was suspicious, "Why did my emperor choose this place, did you go to the wrong place?"
The eunuch slowly turned around, put his hand on the hat, and took it down slowly.
"Fourth prince, there is nothing wrong with this place, but it is not Xiao Xu who is looking for you, but King Yama to claim your life!"
As soon as the words fell, the hat broke away from his hand and flew towards Xiao Ran quickly.
When the other party turned around, Xiao Ran had already paid attention. Seeing his shot, he immediately turned sideways to avoid the hat, but obviously his skills were not fast enough. The eunuch took advantage of his sideways to pull out the soft sword from his waist and flew towards Xiao Ran. stab away.
Xiao Ran had to deal with two moves at once, and some of them couldn't handle it, so the soft sword passed through the clothes around his waist, avoiding the most crucial point.
The eunuch wasn't annoyed either, he slapped Xiao Ran hard on the shoulder with a backhand. Xiao Ran spat out a mouthful of blood, and the whole person bounced back and hit the stone wall behind him.
"Who are you? How dare you assassinate this prince?" Xiao Ran stood up with difficulty, with his hands on the ground. Although the corners of his mouth were bleeding, his princely demeanor had not lost his arrogance.
Xiao Ran knew that this person was a top killer, because he knew his own body and would not be so vulnerable, and this person ignored his identity and felt that he would do something by himself, so there were only two possibilities. Humans are killers who are paid to carry out assassinations and are accustomed to assassinations. The other type is the dead man, who is cultivated in the dark by dignitaries.
"Fourth Prince, you don't have to worry about who is next, because you will soon go to hell." The eunuch slowly approached with a long sword.
"What do you want? If you are taking money, my Highness promises to give you three times and ten times his money." Xiao Ran ignored his actions and calmly negotiated with him.
The killer in the eunuch's uniform smiled coldly, "Money has no temptation for you, Fourth Prince, you'd better close your eyes and enjoy the feeling of dying!" The raised sword pointed towards his chest, about to stab.
Xiao Ran ruled out the first possibility, this person was not hired by someone, but someone sent a secret guard to kill him!
Xiao Ran looked at the tip of the sword, gritted his teeth, and when it was about to fall, he used all his strength and rolled to the side.
When the sword fell in the air, the killer was impatient. It had been some time since they came out. If they didn't complete the task sooner, I'm afraid those people would become suspicious.
So he started to speed up, and in a flash, he came to Xiao Ran and slashed towards Xiao Ran ruthlessly.
Because it is Mid-Autumn Festival, every household hangs up red lanterns, indicating that the days to come will be prosperous and reunion.
There are also people who put up lantern displays on the street, with all kinds of riddles written on them, for people to guess the riddles, as long as they guess correctly, the lantern will be sent away.
When Chu Qingyan and their carriage passed by, Chu Qingyan was already attracted by the colorful and strange lanterns.
"Big ice cube, I want to go shopping for lanterns." Chu Qingyan became curious when he was so close to ancient folk customs for the first time.
Xiao Xu was originally a random person, but he just didn't meet the right person.
Now that he saw the little guy's proposal, he asked people to stop the carriage.
Chu Qingyan, who got off the carriage, turned around and urged Xiao Xu, who was wearing a gauze hat, and then plunged into the crowd.
When Huo Ling saw this, he immediately followed to protect the little princess from getting lost.
When Xiao Xu came to her side, she had already started to guess the lantern riddle.
No opinion, guess a word.
Looking at the riddle on the paper, Chu Qingyan thought about it for a while, and then guessed, "Now now."
"Congratulations girl, you guessed it right! This rabbit lantern is for you." The stall owner handed the lantern to her enthusiastically.
Chu Qingyan took the rabbit lantern and hugged it, and said with a smile, "This is for my father, he likes rabbits very much."
The stall owner glanced at Xiao Xu, who was standing beside Chu Qingyan. He really couldn't see that this air-conditioned person would like a cute animal like a rabbit, but he still praised the venue and said, "It seems that your daughter is very filial to you. The uncle is really lucky!"
As soon as the stall owner said these words, Huo Ling turned his head and burst out laughing, while Tu Ling was also very painful to hold back his laughter.
"Big ice cube, you look old?" Chu Qingyan joked.
Xiao Xuyin held back his emotions and said to Chu Qingyan, who dared not laugh out loud, "Ready to go?"
Chu Qingyan immediately stood upright, shook her head and said, "Big ice cube, I haven't given you one yet, you wait."
After watching for a while, Chu Qingyan chose a revolving lantern, and then asked the stall owner to give her the riddle.
No one has planted this flower since ancient times, and it blooms every midwinter. It's strange to have no roots and no leaves. The spring breeze blows back into the sky.
Chu Qingyan felt that the riddle was not difficult, and immediately gave the answer.
The stall owner handed the revolving lantern to her and praised Xiao Xu, "Your daughter is very smart!"
Xiao Xu's face darkened, he pulled Chu Qingyan and walked out.
Tu Ling Huo Ling is a little confused, doesn't the master want to raise the little princess as a daughter? Why are people not happy when they say that
When they were in front of the carriage, when Chu Qingyan was about to give the lantern in her hand to the big ice cube, a group of officers and soldiers suddenly ran over and surrounded them.
Chu Qingyan withdrew her hand and stood beside Xiao Xu, a little dazed.
The person at the head was Liu Nuo, a guard with a sword of the first rank. I saw him walking out and bowing to Xiao Xu, "His Royal Highness King Ying, the fourth prince was assassinated just now. You are the most suspect. A trip to the palace."