Lin Qi looked at the person in front of him. It was Yue Niang, whom Qingyu had been looking for all night. At this time, Yue Niang was sitting alone in the carriage leaving the city. Something felt wrong.
Thinking of this, Lynch subconsciously chased after him. Of course, the carriage could not match the speed of a horse, so Lynch quickly caught up and blocked the carriage directly.
"Is that Miss Yue Niang in the carriage?"
There were two people in the carriage, one was Yue Niang, and the other was Liu Kui, a man from the Liu family. The palace coup failed last night, and grandpa and father died tragically on the spot.
As for Liu Xi's news, he didn't know either. Moreover, Liu Kui was lucky because he met Yue Niang when she was retreating and kidnapped her.
As expected, Yue Niang was Princess Xiao's person, and she could still leave the city even at this chaotic time. He finally got out of the city with the help of Yue Niang, but he didn't expect that he would be caught up again.
What annoyed Liu Kui the most was that this person obviously knew Yue Niang, but Yue Niang could not speak. Yue Niang's loyalty to Princess Qian Jiujiu was not to be underestimated.
So as long as Yue Niang speaks, the first thing she will do is to announce her existence. Then can he defeat the pair of people outside
Moreover, Liu Kui also knew the owner of this voice, it was Lin Qi. Lin Qi was a man with some skills, at least he couldn't beat him. Thinking of this, Liu Kui couldn't help but stare at Yue Niang.
It seems that now we have no choice but to fight. I wonder what the relationship between Lin Qi and Yue Niang is? Liu Kui looked at Yue Niang and said, "Miss Yue Niang, I know you won't cooperate with me."
"I'll be thanking you for the hard work in the next period of time."
As he spoke, Liu Kui's hand had already extended to Yue Niang's neck and was pinching her neck. Yue Niang glared at Liu Kui. She had been glaring at him since she left the city.
Yue Niang knew very well what Liu Kui wanted to do. He just wanted to use her to escape. She was just blaming herself for this. Fortunately, Lin Qi caught up with her.
Lin Qi outside had been waiting for a long time, but did not hear Yue Niang's voice. Yue Niang's expression was very stiff, so he caught up.
He waved to the people around him, signaling them to be on guard. Sure enough, the door of the carriage was kicked open from the inside, and then two figures flew out.
It was Liu Kui who came out of the carriage holding Yue Niang's neck. When Lin Qi saw that it was Liu Kui, he couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Liu Kui, you are really amazing. You actually ran away."
Liu Kui snorted coldly: "Whether you can run away depends on you, General Lin. You have a special relationship with this Yue Niang, right? If you want Miss Yue to live, you'd better get out of the way."
Yue Niang looked at Lin Qi again. Lin Qi understood the meaning in her eyes at once. He couldn't help but give her a reassuring look, then looked at Liu Kui with disdain.
"Liu Kui, are you stupid? Miss Yue is the shopkeeper under the princess, so I know her. But that's all we know."
"You actually want me to give up this great contribution of yours for such a favor? Do you think it's possible?"
Liu Kui also laughed out loud: "Do you think I will be fooled by your words? You know how protective Qian Jiujiu is of his subordinates."
"If she knew that you had ignored her No. 1 shopkeeper and watched him die, you wouldn't even be able to survive, let alone gain military merit!"
Yue Niang knew that what Liu Kui said might be true, but the more so, the more she couldn't afford to harm the princess because of herself, and she couldn't let Liu Kui escape.
Liu Kui's escape was a threat to both the princess and the prince. She would not allow such a threat to exist. In fact, along the way, Yue Niang had used her internal energy to impact the acupoints countless times.
He wanted to unblock the acupoints, but failed. However, Yue Niang did not give up, and Lin Qi nodded after hearing this.
"I also think what you said makes sense. I can let you go..."
When Lin Qi finished speaking, Yue Niang became anxious when she heard it. Because of this anxiety, her acupoints were broken open and she spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Don't worry about me, just kill Liu Kui."
As he spoke, Yue Niang had already turned around and attacked Liu Kui with all her might. However, since she was no match for Liu Kui, she was knocked away by Liu Kui's palm. Lin Qi subconsciously caught Yue Niang.
When the others saw this scene, they also started to attack Liu Kui, but Lin Qi caught Yue Niang and said, "Yue Niang, are you okay?"
Yue Niang shook her head: "I'm fine, go and catch Liu Kui."
Lin Qi put Yue Niang on the carriage, and then attacked Liu Kui. Liu Kui could not beat Lin Qi and was quickly caught by Lin Qi, but Liu Kui was unwilling to give up.
Looking at Yue Niang sitting on the edge of the carriage, he threw the knife in his hand towards the carriage with great force. The horse was frightened and ran away quickly.
Yue Niang in the carriage was startled, and Lin Qi subconsciously chased after her. Fortunately, Liu Kui had been subdued. When Lin Qi's voice came over, the man had disappeared.
"I'm going to rescue him. You guys take Liu Kui back."
The carriage was running wildly in front. Yue Niang closed her eyes and thought she was dead this time because there was a cliff in front of her. The carriage was about to fall.
Lin Qi caught up with them, then flew over and hugged Yue Niang in his arms, and jumped off the carriage. If Lin Qi had hesitated for a moment, both of them would have fallen off the cliff with the carriage.
Fortunately, it was successful. The two did not fall off the cliff, but they fell heavily and in a somewhat awkward posture. Lin Qi held Yue Niang in his arms and lay under her as a cushion.
But Yue Niang's lips were pressed tightly against Lin Qi's lips. Her eyes were wide open. Obviously, such a scene made her feel a little uncomfortable, and she coughed twice.
Then Yue Niang fainted in Lin Qi's arms. Her first thought was, "How embarrassing..."
Seeing Yue Niang fainted, Lin Qi was shocked. He immediately stood up, held Yue Niang in his arms, mounted his horse, and quickly rushed towards Kyoto.
Knowing that Yue Niang was sent back to Kyoto, Lin Qi happened to meet a team of doctors from the health center who came out to treat people's injuries. He sent Yue Niang directly over.
The leader of this team was Miss Fang. When she saw Yue Niang being carried in by a man, she thought she was dazzled and rubbed her eyes.
Seeing so many wounds on Yue Niang's body, he quickly sent her back to the health center and started treating her. In addition to some internal injuries caused by the rupture of her acupuncture points, Yue Niang also suffered some internal injuries.
There were also some scratches when he fell from the carriage, but other than that, nothing was serious. When Yue Niang got the news, she naturally sent the message to Prince Xiao's Palace first.
At this time, the hot spring villa also received news from Kyoto. It was the news sent by Dongchen. Qian Jiujiu was still very happy when she saw Dongchen.
Dong Chen knelt down as soon as he came in: "Your Highness, Queen, and Princess, the prince asked me to deliver a message. The prince won, and General Liu and General Liu were killed on the spot."
"Liu Kui was captured alive, the Empress Dowager and all the ladies in the palace are safe, but some ministers were implicated and some were killed or injured."
Qian Jiujiu didn't care about those ministers! She just wanted to know what happened to Mu Yexiao. She looked at Dongchen and asked, "Is the prince injured?"
Dongchen shook his head: "Princess, the prince is not injured and is fine."
Hearing this, Qian Jiujiu finally felt relieved and looked at the emperor: "Father, are we going back to Beijing now?"
The emperor waved his hand and said, "Go back now."
The emperor returned to the palace the day after the coup. The coup was suppressed overnight, and General Liu and his entourage were either killed or arrested.
At this time, there were only two direct descendants of the Liu family alive, one was Liu Qian and the other was Liu Kui. The first thing the emperor did when he returned to the palace was to deal with this matter.
In the hall, Liu Kui, Liu Qian and the third prince Mu Yesheng all knelt down, along with some rebels.
The emperor looked at Mu Yesheng with disappointment on his face, "Mu Yesheng, do you know you are wrong?"
Mu Yesheng looked up at the emperor: "Father, am I wrong? Is it my fault? You forced me to do all this because of the Liu family. Father, you never treated me as your son."
"I have never enjoyed fatherly love. You didn't even look at me straight in the eye. You were just thinking about how to make me die. Since you want me to die, why can't I resist?"
"Why can't I kill you first and then replace you?"
When Mu Yesheng said this, the expression on his face was so ferocious that the emperor sighed, "You, really, what can I say?"
"Someone, bring Xiangpin here."
When Mu Yesheng heard that his mother was brought here, he suddenly felt a mixture of emotions. At this time, there was not a single eunuch or maid in Xiangpin's palace.
Xiangpin looked at the three-foot white silk on the beam, and the corners of her mouth curled up. Then she brought a stool and stood on it without hesitation.
By the time the eunuch came to look for Xiangpin, her body was already cold. The eunuch looked at Xiangpin's body and then at the letter below.
He took the letter with him and went to the palace: "Your Majesty, when I went there, I found that Concubine Xiang had been hanged from the beams."
Mu Yesheng was originally kneeling below, but when he heard this, he almost fell to the ground. His mother had also gone, and his grandparents and uncles had also gone for him.
He was even labeled a traitor and rebel. Mu Yesheng was so dumbfounded that he didn't know what expression to use. The eunuch didn't look at Mu Yesheng.
Instead, she continued to speak to the emperor: "Your Majesty, this is a letter found in front of Concubine Xiang's body."
The emperor frowned, but finally sighed and said, "Present it."
The eunuch carefully put the letter on the emperor's chest, and the emperor opened it directly.