Although Zhang Shou had specifically inquired before leaving the palace, he knew that Zhu Ying had been summoned to Qingning Palace early in the morning because the empress dowager was in a bad mood, so she invited her to chat and relieve her boredom. However, the fact proved that after her eldest brother suffered such a vicious incident of assassination by a crossbow, it was impossible for the eldest lady to stay in the palace peacefully.
Yuquan wanted to hide it from Zhu Ying, but considering her fiery temper, she just delayed until lunch time, letting the old and young have a peaceful lunch, and then told the story. Sure enough, the Queen Mother was still calm, but Zhu Ying jumped up, her face full of undisguised rage.
"How dare he assassinate my elder brother? Is that bastard so bold? When the eldest prince was around, he was polite to my elder brother. Now that he is no longer in the clan or in the capital, that bastard assassinated my elder brother. Isn't he afraid of implicating his master to death? I'm leaving the palace now. I want to see if that bastard dares to say in front of me that his master ordered him to do it!"
Seeing that Zhu Ying still had the most basic judgment even in her anger, the Queen Mother sneered and immediately shouted, "Yingying, don't be impulsive!"
However, before Zhu Ying lost her temper, she said calmly: "At this point, even if we deprive him of his clan membership and detain him in the imperial farm outside the capital to farm, it seems that there is no way to keep him safe. How about this, you go there in person, bring a few hundred elite cavalry battalions, and bring Dalang back to me. Yuquan, you accompany Yingying to the Qianqing Palace, if the emperor agrees, then let's do it."
Zhu Ying was stunned at first, then she said with an unhappy look on her face: "Empress Dowager, I have to go back to see my eldest brother first... If anything happens to him, even if I vent all my anger on my enemy, it will be useless!"
Seeing the empress dowager was slightly stunned, Yuquan quickly persuaded her: "Miss, the news from outside is that the eldest son dodged quickly when he was assassinated, so he is not seriously injured, and the assassin was captured on the spot, so you don't have to worry. Think about it, if there is really a bad result, I dare not delay reporting it until after dinner. If you rush back, won't it confirm that he is seriously injured?"
Zhu Ying stared at Yuquan again and again with suspicion, and thought that she was not the type to lie. When she saw the empress dowager again, she smiled. Thinking about all the troubles that the eldest prince had caused in the past, she couldn't help but feel angry. In the end, she readily agreed: "Okay, in this case, I will go to see the emperor first! Anyway, even if you lie to me, Aunt Yuquan, the emperor will never lie to me!"
Seeing Zhu Ying kneeling to salute and then turning around to leave, the empress dowager signaled Yuquan to follow immediately. After the two of them left, she held the teacup and pondered this inexplicable assassination, and then thought of the second prince who had inexplicably sunk.
"Is it Xiang Zhuang dancing with a sword, aiming at Pei Gong, or is it really just a momentary vent of anger, revenge for the master? Or is he instigated by others, and has no choice but to become a puppet?"
Zhu Ying didn't have time to think about all this. She felt that the assassination by the guard named Shi beside the eldest prince was a daunting attempt to kill the eldest prince. This was the limit of the eldest lady's efforts to maintain her sanity. However, on the way to the Qianqing Palace, she thought about the eldest prince's greedy and self-righteous character, and felt that this matter might really be instigated by the eldest prince.