Princess Changling jumped into the water in full view of everyone. The guards and eunuchs went into the water to salvage her, but they only pulled up Princess Changling's clothes. The person was not in the pool above, so she must have fallen into the deep pool below. There was a giant snake in the deep pool, and everyone knew it, so no one dared to go down.
We didn't even dare to get close to the pond because there were many colorful small snakes near the pond, and they were all extremely poisonous.
They lit torches and watched from afar, but saw no movement in the deep pool.
At this moment, a Saker Falcon circled over, and its loud cry attracted everyone to look up. At the same time, someone dragged Princess Changling into the pool above, and held her at the bottom of the pool, where she was struggling weakly but crying continuously.
Looking down, she looked like a wave floating down. The cry of the Saker Falcon not only attracted everyone's attention, but the vengeful giant snake also angrily threw its head out of the pool, and the small snakes by the pool also became particularly irritable.
The Saker Falcon hovered high in the sky and kept calling. Its voice made the giant snake extremely angry. However, even if it stretched its body as high as possible, it could not reach the Saker Falcon. The Saker Falcon even flew around to tease it for evil fun. It failed to touch the Saker Falcon after several attempts. The frightened guards began to shoot arrows at the giant snake, causing it to become furious.
It swept its tail, creating huge waves and flying little snakes as it attacked the surrounding guards. Many guards were unable to retreat in time and were bitten, and soon fell down. It successfully scared away all the guards.
"It's the Fourth Princess, it's the Fourth Princess!"
At this moment, Princess Changling fell down from above along the water flow, and the enraged giant snake immediately bit her. Everyone watched Princess Changling being bitten by the giant snake, blood spurting, and then being thrown into the pool.
As if to warn everyone, the giant snake brutally tore Princess Changling apart and swallowed her. Everyone was terrified and their hands and feet went weak when they saw this scene.
Just at this time, Emperor Youning came with his men on horseback. They were stopped at a safe distance. Emperor Youning's face was covered with frost: "Where is Changling?"
There was silence all around, and no one came to their senses.
Emperor Youning became even more angry: "Where is Changling!"
The leader of the guards came to his senses and ran over tremblingly to kneel in front of Emperor Youning: "Your Majesty... The princess was swallowed by a giant snake..."
They didn't dare to say that Princess Changling fell down from the pool above while they were searching, otherwise they would be buried with her. They could only let His Majesty think that they could not catch up with the current and the princess had fallen into the mouth of the giant snake when they arrived here.
Xiao Huayong also talked about their reactions, which is why he did this. Otherwise, he would not have had time to feed Changling the medicine. The last step left was to cover up the poison in Changling's body.
"Liu Sanzhi, you must personally order Li Jin to lead three thousand men into the hunting ground to kill the snake!" Emperor Youning took out the token and handed it to Liu Sanzhi.
All the princes, except the Crown Prince who was seriously ill and vomiting blood, came with His Majesty. The twelfth prince, Xiao Changgeng, quickly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I know that Your Majesty is furious because of my fourth sister, but a forceful attack is not a good idea."
Emperor Youning's sharp gaze pierced through the night sky and fell on Xiao Changgeng.
Xiao Changgeng's heart trembled. This was the first time he had received the emperor's silent wrath. It seemed that if he said one more word, his life would be in danger. But thinking of that man's admonition, Xiao Changgeng made up his mind: "Your Majesty, a man serves in the army, defends his country, and is loyal and brave. He sheds his blood and sacrifices his life for the peace of the country. He deserves to die. He should not die in vain."