In a blink of an eye, the north wind is getting stronger, and the day of winter hunting is approaching.
After the emperor was in court, he called Eunuch Gu to his study.
Eunuch Gu saluted the emperor, and then waited silently for the emperor's instructions.
The emperor smiled and said, "I have something I want you to do."
Eunuch Gu bowed and said, "I will never give up my maidservant."
The emperor said lightly: "It's not the time to die, it's this winter hunting, you go with the third prince."
Eunuch Gu was expressionless at first, but then he said: "I obey the order." But he didn't retreat immediately, as if he was waiting for the emperor's further explanation.
The emperor tapped his knuckles on the handle of the chair a few times, and waved his hand: "Go down and finish the job well. If something goes wrong..."
Eunuch Gu bowed and said, "This servant deserves death."
The emperor chuckled and said, "Why do you always die?" With another wave of his hand, Eunuch Gu retreated silently.
That night, the prince got the news, and frowned at a room full of staff, officials and confidantes: "Why did the father give Eunuch Gu to the third child?"
An aide said: "Is the emperor aware of the prince's plan?"
Another staff member hurriedly said: "This matter is very confidential, the emperor certainly does not know."
One person said: "Not necessarily, but I know, the emperor didn't say anything, is it just acquiescing?"
Then another person said: "Then the emperor will not give the third prince Gu Gonggong who is highly skilled in martial arts. Is this a warning to His Highness?"
The prince pondered: "Perhaps, Father wants to use this to get rid of Eunuch Gu?"
One clapped his hands and said: "That's right! No matter how high a eunuch's martial arts skills are, how can he resist the combined attack of so many people? Besides, those people still have the poisonous needles that are sure to kill in the rivers and lakes! Maybe the emperor just wanted to use His Highness to hand killed him."
Another person lowered his voice and said: "His Royal Highness, you have to be careful of Xu Chundao. Someone heard him talking in private that His Highness has a cruel heart and acts cruelly, which may cause trouble."
The prince frowned and asked, "Does this person know what we are doing this time?"
Everyone shook their heads: "He only took refuge after His Highness canonized the crown prince. We are cautious, and we have not let him interfere in many things."
The prince laughed: "I didn't intervene and said that I have a bad heart and act cruelly. What is he referring to?"
One person said in a low voice: "He thinks that the death of Concubine Chen Guifei must be related to His Highness, and it is also His Highness's intention that the empress marry the third prince."
The prince slapped the table and said: "You bastard! You haven't figured out anything, so you're talking nonsense here!"
Everyone quickly persuaded: "Your Highness, calm down!" "This person doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth..." "Just talking nonsense..." "Don't take it seriously..."
The prince inhaled, calmed down, and asked, "Is he going for winter hunting this time?"
One person replied: "It should be."
The prince sneered: "On that day, let him be by my side!"
Someone hastily agreed. Another person said: "I heard that the fourth prince is also going to winter hunting this time..."
The prince laughed: "What is that cripple doing there?"
Someone immediately responded with a smile: "Naturally, I went to see the excitement. He always goes out to play chess every day, so he probably wants to go out of the city to have a look."
The prince exhaled through his nose and said, "It doesn't matter how you look at it, don't worry about him, those things have been prepared and checked again and again?"
One person nodded and said: "Exactly. At the beginning of the banquet that day, the crown prince and the third prince sat at the head seat, and the fourth princess would invite the second daughter of the Marquis of Zhenbei to sit at the same table. At that time, the only eunuch who knew martial arts would be the only one beside the third prince. , there are about forty guards scattered around His Highness, and they will play by ear. The guards in other mansions will not be at the banquet. The thirty or so people will pretend to be villagers who help carry the prey, and send the prey to the prince for the prince to see …”
The prince frowned: "Why can't you be among the guests?"
Someone explained: "The guests who can enter the banquet are all dignified figures. They can only enter after passing through the gate of the Imperial Forest Army. You can only pretend to be a servant. If you are seated, you must have an aristocratic family or a powerful family as a cover, otherwise someone in the Imperial Forest Army may investigate. Entrusting an aristocratic family will easily leave traces... "
The prince waved his hand impatiently: "Then as a villager, you are not afraid of being conspicuous? Will they be tracked down afterwards? Why did they bring weapons in?"
The staff explained: "The place of winter hunting spans four or five villages. Villagers from all over the country will come to help for small profits, such as coming to sell vegetables and food. There are not many guards in each government, and they are also full of money. It is very easy to pretend to be someone with foot strength, helping with carrying, etc. Afterwards, there is no way to trace them. They will also have to be searched when they pass by the Imperial Forest Army, and weapons will be hidden in the bodies of those hunted beasts. We will accommodate and let Those sergeants don't want to mutilate the body of the beast to save the fur."
The prince nodded slowly: "Then when I arrive, as long as I call them to the table, everything will be fine?"
The aide said: "Exactly. When we get there, we will make those people familiar with the appearance of the third prince and Miss Chen of the Zhenbei Houfu. They will not miss these two people."
The prince said: "I also want to add that Eunuch Gu and what you just said. Of course, let them not worry about the bottom line! Who is the first person to get rid of, they should know! Don't wait until that time. Kill a person surnamed Gu and a person surnamed Xu, and everyone else will be fine!"
Everyone is busy. The crown prince didn't know that in his previous life, because Eunuch Gu fought hard and fought against ten, he finally took his own life. In addition, Shen Jian, Shen Zhuo and others came in time, and the result really became what he said - only Eunuch Gu and him The civil servant Xu Chundao beside him was killed, but the third prince was really fine. Of course, that time, the prince only wanted to get rid of the third prince, but this time, he also brought along Shen Wen.
Two days before departure, Su Wanniang went to Shen Xiang's yard.
Chunlu smiled and said, "Sister Wanniang is here?" Although Su Wanniang's "house name" is Xia Wan, Shen Wen insisted on calling her "Sister Wanniang", and several people close to her also called her.
Su Wanniang also laughed: "I have to ask Miss some moves, I haven't practiced for a long time, I forgot!"
Chunlu covered her mouth: "Isn't it a bit late at this time? We have to leave the day after tomorrow, right?"
Su Wanniang sighed: "Weren't you busy a while ago? Our lady doesn't care about anything."
Chunlu opened the curtain for Su Wanniang and said, "Missy just wipes those swords and things, and doesn't care about the rest."
Shen Xiang inside was really playing with one of her swords, raised his head and said with a smile: "Speaking ill of me so blatantly! You are really bold enough."
Chunlu smiled: "That's a good word, saying that you and Miss Er are real sisters."
Shen Xiang welcomed Su Wanniang in with a smile, and said to Chunlu, "You know you're a poor talker, so hurry up and get someone to pour you some tea." The maid went.
Su Wanniang and Shen Xiang sat down at the table together, and said in a very low voice: "This winter hunting, something will happen."
Shen Xiang just sat down and stood up abruptly: "Why did you say it now?! We are leaving, why don't we go..."
Su Wanniang gave her a gentle tug, motioned her to sit down, and then whispered, "Of course we're going, and we just need to..." She whispered in Shen Xiang's ear for a while.
Shen Xiang blushed a little and nodded one by one.
Su Wanniang continued: "If those people come, they are definitely here to deal with the third prince. You have to tell the second and third princes that if the prince and the third prince are together, they will naturally protect them. If the prince and the third prince are separated Now, at that time, you must not protect the third prince, but the prince. And, try not to kill the assassins who come in front of them, and keep them alive."
Shen Xiang nodded again and said: "I understand!" She sneered: "Since he arranged such a thing, he should leave his mouth alive and let others find out his lies."
Su Wanniang said again: "I will be by Miss Second's side, no matter what happens, you don't have to come to Miss Second's side."
Shen Xiang said with some concern: "Are you successful? You haven't practiced martial arts for a long time."
Su Wanniang said: "The one the prince will deal with this time must be the third prince, and the second lady should be fine." No wonder! It's just that she doesn't want you to see what she's done.
Two days later, groups of chariots and horses began to go to Dongshou site in the capital. About a dozen carriages and ten horses from Zhenbeihou Mansion also set off.
Shen Jian led Shen Zhuo and Shen Xiang forward on horseback, while Shen Wen sat in a blanketed carriage with a small stove, shaking his head with the bumps of the carriage as if he was not awake.
Su Wanniang, Xia Zi, and Shen Wen were sitting in the same car, and they didn't look at each other, as if they were at odds.
The convoy walked for two days before arriving at the hunting grounds. On the hilly plain outside a shrub forest, felt sheds and curtains have been tied up, and in some places there are brocades to surround corridors or empty spaces. Shen Jian first sent people to scout around, found the felt shed in Pingyuanhou's mansion, and set up tents nearby.
Shen Jian took Shen Zhuo and other men to set up the tents, Shen Xiang brought the maids to help, but Shen Wen was lying in the car, saying that he was not feeling well, was so jolted that he couldn't move.
Su Wanniang went to help, leaving Xia Zi to take care of Shen Wen in the car.
Xia Zi added carbon to Shen Wen's hand stove, and asked Shen Wen with a smile: "Miss, where do you want to go for a walk these two days?"
Shen Wen said weakly: "I've been knocked all over like I'm about to fall apart. It's my mother, give me back to you and sister Wanniang, and persuade me to come here. I think I'm going to be sick. I'll just stay in the tent for the next two days. I don't want to go anywhere."
Xia Zi smiled and asked: "Miss has made so many good clothes, which one do you want to wear today?"
Shen Wen said puzzledly: "I don't see anyone, why do I get dressed? Let's put them away. I'll meet people someday, and I'll pick them at that time."
Xia Zi was a little depressed.
After half a day, it was said that the curtain was set up, and the lady could get out of the car to rest. Shen Wen supported Xia Zi's hand, and got out of the car wobbly, full of the charming and weak charm of Concubine Yang's attendant lifting her up. Su Wanniang came over to help Shen Wen's other arm, trying to lower her head so as not to smile. Shen Wen's lightness kung fu can enter the palace and come back, and when he was seven years old, he was able to use his internal force to break the iron lock. It's really not shy to pretend to be like this now!
Sure enough, Shen Wen did what he said, and for the next two days, despite the blare of horns and the din of people outside, he couldn't help but sit on the simple bed and cover several layers of quilts, shouting coldly.
Ginger soup was always being boiled on the small stove, in order to drink it to drive away the cold for the young masters and young lady who came back from a day of horseback riding in the cold winter wind, but Shen Wen was also crying and begging for it. After drinking a bowl on the first day, my face was flushed, and I didn't eat dinner, saying that my heart was very hot. I stopped drinking for the next two days and just continued to hold my hands.
On the third day, which is the last day of hunting, under Xia Zi's repeated persuasion, Shen Wen wore a full set of brocade back jacket and skirt, plus a cloak with a hat, and was supported by two maids. With a crooked demeanor, he walked out of the curtain.
It was a bright winter day outside the tent, Shen Wen couldn't help but raise her head to face the sun, letting the warm light shine on her face—it's boring her these days! Because she shared the same tent with Su Wanniang and Xia Zi, she couldn't go out at night, which really annoyed her to death.
While she was raising her head, Xia Zi next to her seemed to raise her hand unintentionally, knocking off the hat of her cloak, and Shen Wen's head was completely exposed to the sun.
Su Wanniang frowned and said, "What are you doing?!"
Xia Zi hurriedly accompanied Xiaoxin and said: "I was not careful, but Miss should also bask in the sun."
An open space was surrounded with coarse cloth outside the tent. Several guards of the Zhenbeihou's Mansion were hunting with Shen Jian and the others. There were only two servants left here, guarding the gate of the fence.
There are a pair of eyes in the gap between the thick cloth, and a villager-looking man is picking up branches and leaves outside the curtain for firewood.
Shen Wen basked in the sun for a while, then returned to the tent, and asked Su Wanniang to go out to say hello to Zhang Yunjin who had set up the tent nearby.
Su Wanniang came out of the area surrounded by the Marquis of Zhenbei, and came to a large area of various tents and curtains. She went to the brocade-enclosed curtain in the Pingyuan Hou Mansion and asked if she could see Miss Zhang Jialiu. As expected, she was told that all the ladies had gone hunting. Su Wanniang asked the direction and continued to stroll slowly.
On the gentle hillside, wind barriers and soft chairs are set up for the spectators, where they can sit and watch the men gallop on horseback and hunt their prey in the distance. The ladies, wearing veils, sat to one side. The gentlemen are on the other side. There is also a barrier in the middle.
But Su Wanniang didn't want to go there, she needed to find the curtain of the third prince. When she was thinking about how to inquire, she heard her footsteps were messy, she quickly raised her head, and saw the fourth prince supporting Ding Neishi and looked up into the distance, walking towards her as if he didn't see her.
Su Wanniang bowed her head and stopped, stepped aside, pursed her lips and smiled. Sure enough, the fourth prince staggered not far from her, and slowly fell to the ground with the support of Ding Neishi.
Su Wanniang sighed secretly—why do you have nothing to do but flop? On the surface, as if he just discovered the situation, he walked up a few steps, saluted and asked: "How is your son?" Then he lowered his voice and reproached: "What are you doing here?! Do you know it's not safe here? No, what should I do if I catch a cold?!"
Someone behind said: "What's wrong with that young master?"
Su Wanniang hurriedly said: "What's the matter, don't walk around, you can't run fast, you have to hide, remember!"
The fourth prince didn't intervene for a long time, but just stared blankly at Su Wanniang with his mouth half open. Su Wanniang asked anxiously again: "Where is the third prince's tent? Don't use your fingers!"
The fourth prince finally found his own voice: "From now on, go east for more than five hundred steps, and then go south for three hundred..."
The people behind had already arrived, Su Wanniang hurriedly saluted and said, "If nothing happens, I will take my leave."
The fourth prince made a gesture to let her go, Su Wanniang left, and other people surrounded the fourth prince, helping Ding Neishi to lift him up.
The fourth prince had a shy expression on his face, as if he was embarrassed by his fall in public, thanked everyone, and walked away with the support of Ding Neishi.
For this winter hunting, he knew that all the children of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion would come, so he naturally wanted to come along, and wanted to take the opportunity to see Su Wanniang. In the past two or three days, he limped around and turned around, but never touched Su Wanniang. It was so easy to see today, Su Wanniang scolded herself, but the last thing she asked was the location of the third prince's curtain. But looking at the direction she left, it wasn't that way. Thinking of Su Wanniang's admonition to himself, the fourth prince has already confirmed: there will be a match in Winter Hunting this time! The hidden chess player will make a move. He was emotionally excited, he went back to his curtain and was in a daze all the time, thinking about Su Wanniang's words for a while, he felt warm and stretched in his heart, and for a while he thought about what the rest of the day would be like.
Walking away from the fourth prince, Su Wanniang stopped going to the third prince's tent, and came back directly to see Shen Wen. She told Shen Wen that Zhang Yunjin went hunting on the hillside, Xia Zi hurriedly said: "Then let's go too!"
Shen Wen lazily shook his head: "It's too cold, I feel very tired, so I won't go."
Xia Zi smiled and said: "Miss, go out for a walk, it's good for your body."
Shen Wen asked: "I've already gone out, isn't that enough?" The words seemed to have other meanings, Xia Zi was startled and dared not speak any more. But looking at Shen Wen carefully, he still had a bored expression, so he was relieved again.
Finding an excuse, Xia Zi went out. Su Wanniang told Shen Wen the location of the third prince's curtain.
That night, when everyone gathered for dinner, Shen Wen asked ignorantly: "Did the brothers and sisters catch any prey? Why didn't I see any big animals?"
Shen Jian said with a smile: "The small ones were brought back to cook and eaten, and the big ones were piled up in the field. The weather was cold and they were all frozen hard. At tomorrow's banquet, the villagers will carry them to the table. The prince will look at them. Pick a head."
Carried to the table by the villagers? According to historical records: the assassin pretended to be a villager and offered hunting to the prince. Take the blade from the hunt, and make trouble in front of the banquet... One of them holds an iron cylinder, which can send out a group of poisonous needles. Death…
Shen Wen nodded and sighed: "There is going to be a banquet?" It will really be the same as the historical data, that's great.
Shen Xiang said: "You haven't come out these few days, surely you won't miss the banquet?"
Shen Wen yawned: "I can't sleep well these days, I'm so tired."
Everyone didn't know how many times they heard Shen Wen say that they were tired, Shen Xiang said contemptuously: "You are lazy, you have to go to the banquet tomorrow anyway, you should sleep well."
That night, when Shen Wen was about to go to bed, Su Wanniang "kindly" reminded her: "I also brought the sleeping incense cakes that the lady took from the old lady, will the lady burn some?"
Shen Wen hurriedly said: "Then put it down quickly! This bed is so small and hard, I really can't get used to it."
Su Wanniang broke off a small piece of incense cake and put it in the incense cage. He also went to lie down, and after a while, Xia Zi and Su Wanniang in the tent were fast asleep. Shen Wen, who had held his breath for a long time, got up quietly, took off the nightgown outside, revealing the black clothes he had put on long ago, and stepped out of the curtain.
The cold night was cold, but to Shen Wen who had been hot for several days, he only felt cool. She walked through the shadows, and after a while, she arrived near the curtain of the third prince.
She didn't risk approaching, but grabbed a handful of sand outside and let it hit the satin surface as a fence like water. At night, it was the usual sound of wind blowing sand, only people with superb martial arts , to notice the difference.
As expected, Shen Wen was not disappointed. After a while, the curtain blew like a breeze, and a black shadow jumped over the fence and fell down. Judging by the figure, it was Eunuch Gu. Shen Wen took out a ball of paper and hit it softly. Eunuch Gu reached out to pick it up, Shen Wen turned and ran away, this time Eunuch Gu did not chase after him.
Eunuch Gu unfolded the ball of paper, and inside were four characters slanted: "Tuan Yu Poison Needle". Eunuch Gu took the ball of paper, went back to the curtain, put it on the charcoal basin, and watched the ball of paper burn with good eyesight.
On the next day, only those who were particularly keen on hunting went to the hills and forests, and everyone else was preparing for the evening banquet.
On a gentle slope next to the mountain, hundreds of thick felts were spread, and wind screens were erected in some places, which seemed to be for the female relatives to sit comfortably. Bonfires were sporadically set up in the middle to illuminate the entire site.
In front of the seats, two sets of small tables and chairs were specially placed for the crown prince and the third prince, and the seats for the fourth prince were placed in the lower seats. Not far from the prince's seat, there is a barrier, and there are also tables and chairs, which are seats for the two princesses.
Shen Wen and the others woke up after noon, but it was Shen Xiang who stormed into the tent angrily and angrily shook them awake!
Shen Xiang said loudly: "The banquet is all set up. The banquet is in the evening, not at night! The banquet starts when it is still light, and it leaves when it is dark. You are still sleeping here! Are you going to go?!"
Xia Zi screamed and got busy getting ready.
Shen Wen opened his eyes, yawned and said, "I'm so sleepy!"
Shen Xiang said unhappily: "When is this and you are still sleepy! Did you take some medicine wrong?!"
Su Wanniang suddenly said: "Hey, I used some sleeping scented cakes last night..."
Shen Xiang said angrily: "Give it all to me! You don't need to use it any more, you'll know what's wrong!"
Su Wanniang obediently gave Shen Xiang a small packet of fragrant cakes, and said in a low voice, "It's really amazing!"
Shen Wen yelled on the bed: "It's mine, I want to keep it..."
Shen Xiang ignored her at all, put the fragrant cakes in his arms and said: "Look, I'm all dressed, hurry up!" Then he lifted the curtain and walked out.
Shen Wen hummed and chose the most eye-catching bright green clothes, Xia Zi was secretly happy. Su Wanniang also wore a new gown that Xia Zi had seen before, the outside was an unremarkable dark blue.
When the sun was setting, the blankets were gradually filled with men and women in beautiful clothes. The servants of each family brought cups, dishes, chopsticks and dim sum appetizers, and the fires were lit one by one, and the scene became lively.
The sky is blue and purple, and the sunset is blood red.
The prince smiled and walked into the venue, followed by a group of eunuchs, aides and civil servants of the East Palace. Behind him was the third prince with a slack expression, accompanied only by an expressionless eunuch, who limped and followed the fourth prince from a distance.
They sat at the small table, the prince was naturally the chief, and the prince's staff sat on the felt seat closest to the prince. The third prince sat not far from the prince, and the fourth prince took the first seat.
On the side seat not far away, the fourth princess with an arrogant face walked in front, and the fifth princess who looked like a doormat walked behind and sat on the side seat.
All the people in front of them got up and saluted the prince amidst the eunuch's singing and drinking. The scale was very grand.
The prince smiled with satisfaction, and motioned for everyone to sit down. A eunuch came by and poured wine for the prince, and the wine was served at the banquet.
The clink of bottles and lamps is like a musical instrument. Not long after, musicians also sat behind and began to play.
The men from the Zhenbeihou's Mansion sat on a seat near the front, and the girls Shen Xiang, Shen Wen, and Zhang Yunjin sat on a felt seat far away from the prince's main seat, surrounded by a silk screen .
Enclosed by the barrier, under the afterglow of the setting sun, several girls chatted and laughed in low voices among the maids serving wine and food:
"I've never had a drink!"
"It's winter now, you can warm up."
"This plate of venison is very tender, try it..."
Just as Shen Wen wanted to taste the water and wine, Shen Xiang said to her sternly: "You are too young! Don't drink it!" Shen Wen put down the wine glass aggrieved.
Zhang Yunjin smiled and said, "Is it okay to drink a little?"
Shen Xiang took the opportunity to complain: "Don't let her drink at all! You don't know, they even used sleeping cakes yesterday, but they didn't get up until noon. If you drink again, won't you fall back asleep after a while?"
Zhang Yunjin laughed...
Everything was so relaxed and happy, but Shen Wen could see the tension in Xia Zi's frequently looking out eyes.
The fourth princess said to the palace people beside her: "Go and invite the second lady of Zhenbeihou. I haven't seen her for a long time. I want to see how she is."
The palace man bent his knees and agreed, asked the location of Zhenbei Hou's female relatives, and walked there. The Fourth Prince heard it, and sat up slightly, just like he used to watch people play chess in the Guanyi Pavilion, focused and quiet.
The fifth princess frowned, her expression became even more melancholy.
The palace attendant came to the matron of the Zhenbeihou Mansion and said: "The fourth princess asks the second lady of the Zhenbeihou Mansion to go and ask questions."
Really here! Su Wanniang lowered her head so as not to show strange colors.
Shen Wen pouted: "I don't want to go, I want to play here with my sisters!"
The palace man shouted sharply: "Bold! How dare you disobey the princess's words?"
Shen Xiang showed obvious displeasure, coaxing Shen Wen and saying, "I'll accompany you."
Gong Ren said: "The fourth princess did not step forward to Miss Xuan!"
But Shen Wen took Shen Xiang's hand and said: "Sister, come with me, otherwise I won't go!"
Shen Xiang pulled Shen Wen up, motioned Su Wanniang and Xia Zi to follow him, walked out of the curtain, and said to the palace servants, "We'll go with you."
The palace people looked at Shen Xiang, who was taller and stronger than ordinary girls, and turned around helplessly to lead them to the table of the fourth princess.
Shen Xiang and Shen Wen saluted, the fourth princess sneered and said, "That's great, you seem to have grown up!"
Shen Wen looked up stupidly, looked at the fourth princess, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, the elder sister of the fourth princess has also grown into an adult, a little old..."
The fourth princess was about to explode, but she suppressed it abruptly, turned her head and said to the fifth princess who was sitting at a small table next to her, "Get out of the way and give the seat to the second lady!"
It is an insult to give up the seat of the princess to someone else. But the fifth princess wiped her face with a handkerchief, stood up obediently, and whispered to Shen Wen: "Sister, come and sit down."
Shen Wen hid behind Shen Xiang: "I don't dare to sit there, it's for the fifth princess sister..."
The fourth princess patted the corner of the table: "Sit down!" Then she said to the fifth princess: "Go to their table!" Let you taste the shame of having to sit with the minister's daughter, and see if you join them again near!
The fifth princess really had tears in her eyes, and Shen Xiang couldn't understand it, so she went up and pulled the fifth princess: "Go! Just go, our place is fun!" She said to Su Wanniang and Xia Zi: "You take good care of the second princess. Miss!"
Both Su Wanniang and Xia Zi responded quickly. The fourth princess reprimanded: "I have no place for maidservants, take them back!"
Shen Xiang said angrily: "Then follow me." Su Wanniang showed hesitation, but she and Xia Zi followed Shen Xiang to leave.
After walking some distance, Su Wanniang said, "I'd better stay here and watch over Miss. If there's anything else, I can go over right away."
Shen Xiang agreed, and then pulled the fifth princess away. The third prince saw it from a distance, and got up halfway. The prince smiled and said, "That's the eldest lady of the Marquis of Zhenbei, right? She picked up the fifth princess to play at the banquet. You don't have to worry, come have a glass of wine!"
The third prince forced a smile, raised his cup, and sipped it on his lips, but he didn't drink it down.
The prince cursed secretly, and in a blink of an eye, he looked at the people in front of the banquet in the last rays of the setting sun, among the newborns everywhere, with their cups shaking and staggering.
Shen Wen tremblingly watched as Shen Xiang dragged the fifth princess and the two servant girls away angrily, and the fourth princess looked at her contemptuously and scolded again: "Sit down! Why are you acting so stupid! What more do you want?" How many times did I say that?!"
Shen Wen tremblingly sat on the edge of the fifth princess's chair, and said in a crying voice: "I don't want to sit here, I want to go back and play with my sisters, ying ying ying..." sobbing.
Su Wanniang entered the clean room surrounded by women, turned over the beanie on her body, revealing the light lotus color inside, and waited for a long time before she came out. No one noticed her.
The prince made a gesture, and a eunuch shouted: "Present the harvest of hunting, please have a look at the prince!"
At the edge of the field, a group of villagers came to the front mat carrying or carrying the big deer, deer, foxes and other animals that were shot and killed these days.
They had just reached the middle of the field, and there was still a long distance from the prince's seat, when suddenly a woman screamed: "They are assassins! Assassins!"
Her voice is as clear as a bell, loud and clear, and Shen Wen couldn't help feeling: No wonder Su Wanniang became a generation of oirans who were good at singing and dancing in her previous life, but with this voice, she is a singer in later generations.
The fourth prince also recognized who it was, his body tensed up and he couldn't breathe: the chess game is about to begin!
In the field, people are in chaos! The people who came to the banquet were all nobles from aristocratic families, not to mention that there were not many warriors, who could bring weapons to the prince's banquet? As soon as you hear it is an assassin, you must run for your life! Everyone scrambled and ran away from the villagers, leaving these people in the center of the field at once, exposed to the public's eyes.
The leading assassin had no choice but to yell: "Fuck you!" These people drew their swords from their prey one after another and ran towards the mat.
As soon as the "Assassin" was called, the third prince stood up. At the same time, Shen Xiang, who had just sat firmly on the table, said to the fifth princess: "Call your brother over here! It's safe here!"
The fifth princess didn't have time to think, and cried loudly: "Brother! Come quickly!"
The third prince heard his sister's voice from a long distance away. After his mother died, in the deep palace where every step was dangerous, the two of them depended on each other for life. And his younger sister looks very much like his mother, and he deliberately imitated his mother's behavior, which made him want to protect this younger sister even more, and he has made up for his guilt of being unable to keep his mother.
Without hesitation, he ran towards the Zhenbeihou's matron at the edge of the field, with Eunuch Gu following behind. The assassins saw the main target fleeing that way, so they had no choice but to chase him.
Shen Jian and Shen Zhuo jumped up when they heard the voice, and shouted: "Protect the prince!" They ran to the prince's seat together, facing the chaotic venue as if facing an enemy.
But most of those assassins did not come this way, only three rushed over.
The dozens of guards behind the prince were a little dazed: These people are too few, and they can all be killed if they swarm up. But they have been told not to do anything before they kill...
An assassin doesn't come to assassinate the prince, but he seems to know a person in the seat near the prince, and stabs him with a sword. Shen Jian saw it, picked up a plate and flew over, and sliced the assassin's head. The assassin fell to the ground and was caught by the people beside him, so the civil servant survived. His face was pale, and he looked at the assassin for a long time, unable to speak.
There was another one who saw that there were too many people in front of the prince, so he didn't come forward, and turned around halfway to chase those who were looking for the third prince.
The last assassin went straight to the side seats of the princesses and kicked the barrier away. Shen Wen continued to tremble all over, crying and wanted to run back, but was grabbed by the fourth princess and said viciously: "Don't try to run!" Pulling Shen Wen to his side, trying to push her out.
Shen Wen stepped back desperately, as if to stick to the fourth princess. The fourth princess firmly held Shen Wen's shoulders, and faced her like a shield towards the sword blade with the cold light...
Although being dragged by Shen Jian to sit with Shen Jian and Shen Zhuo, Zhang Yunming didn't protect the prince like they did when he heard the shout, but pulled away and ran towards the female seat in the Zhenbeihou's mansion.
He arrived at the table almost at the same time as the third prince, and the maids were already crying into a group, Shen Xiang shouted to them: "You all try to avoid it." While pulling the fifth princess with one hand and Zhang Yunjin with the other, he said: "Let's go ! Avoid this place!” After speaking, without waiting for people to answer, he dragged two people to run up the gentle slope.
It stands to reason that this tactic is correct, when you encounter an assassin, you should run to the outside, the third prince and Zhang Yunming have no objection, immediately followed. But soon they discovered the problem. Many assassins jumped over the messy mats, rushed past the chaotic fleeing people, and rushed towards them.
Someone in the field looked back and found this strange situation: there were only two or three assassins rushing towards the prince, and they hadn't gone to assassinate the prince yet! But there is a large group of assassins rushing to the third prince! This is too obvious!
The third prince said coldly: "They are coming after me!"