Everything happened just as Zi'an had expected. There was no need to worry about Sun Fang'er at all. When she heard the sound of metal, she knew the assassin was coming, so she took out a small flute from her sleeve pocket and started playing it.
In just a moment, the door, windows, and eaves of her room were covered with colorful poisonous snakes, guarding the room tightly.
The Xiwei Palace is not a big problem because the Night King focuses on protecting the Xiwei Palace. In addition to the imperial guards, he also dispatched people from the Xiehan Tower to guard it.
Xiwei Palace was not within the range of the noble concubine's action, so these "assassins" were actually the murderous thieves captured by Xiehan Tower and Suyue Tower.
However, despite the effective protection, the emperor was still shocked.
Although he expected that the noble concubine would take action in the next two days, he never thought that she would assassinate him in Xiwei Palace.
At this critical moment, King Ye and King Liang were not in the palace and returned to their respective residences.
Of course, there was nothing much to do back home, so I just waited for the assassin to come.
Just like this, this night was like a big drama. Assassins visited the palaces of Lady Chen, Prince Li, the Sixth Prince, and the Prince of Yuedong one after another.
Even the people nearby knew about this fight, and the murderous intent was clearly revealed in the flashes of swords and sabers.
The biggest commotion took place at Prince Li's residence.
When the assassin arrived, the entire palace was in an uproar.
Because of the roar of Prince Li's big golden dog, all the dogs in the backyard became excited. The cages were opened and dozens of black dogs rushed out. They became even more crazy when they smelled the blood.
It can be said that Prince Li's Mansion captured the bodies of all the "assassins" without wasting a single soldier. These murderous thieves paid the price with their blood.
The noble concubine sat quietly in Ci'an Palace, with the Seventh Prince sleeping beside her. She reached out and stroked the Seventh Prince's face, her expression indescribably calm.
Her lifelong plan starts with tonight.
So, she calmed down instead. The winner is the king and the loser is the enemy. She knew the rules of the game.
Ah Fu was sent out to secretly command the assassination of Huiqing Palace. However, when he saw assassins appearing in Xiwei Palace, he knew that the situation was not good and hurried back to report to the noble concubine.
"You said there are assassins in Xiwei Palace?" The noble concubine stood up suddenly, her eyes wide open.
"Yes, an assassin was found in Xiwei Palace. His attire is exactly the same as ours."
The noble concubine secretly thought that something was wrong. This time she dispatched most of her assassins and only left a dozen top masters to assassinate the emperor afterwards. Because the Xiwei Palace was impregnable and had secret passages, the assassins could not break in at all, and they could not find the secret passages even if they broke in.
She wanted to force the emperor out by killing Xia Zian and others, because assassinating Xia Zian and Ye Wang was not treason, and he believed that he could still subdue her.
But now, assassinating the emperor is equivalent to directly challenging the imperial power and treason. The emperor will definitely counterattack at all costs.
The significance of assassinating the Night King and Xia Zian is very different from assassinating the Emperor.
However, the biggest problem was that she did not order the assassination of the emperor or the attack on the Xiwei Palace.
She fell into a chair, her face turning paler and paler, the light faded from her eyes, and she began to tremble and get afraid.
It turned out that she thought she would not be afraid and she could face failure calmly.
But when it really happened, she found herself unable to face it.
No, she was going to give it a try.
"Send the signal out immediately and order the remaining soldiers to attack Xiwei Palace with all their might and kill the emperor!" said the noble concubine sternly.
"Yes!" Ah Fu turned around and went out quickly.
She sat down and pinched the Seventh Prince's cheek, causing him to wake up in pain, "Noble Concubine?"
The noble concubine's lips trembled, but she forced a smile, "Xiao Qi, our good days are coming soon."
The Seventh Prince is her amulet. If she fails, she can still leave the palace with him in her hand.
The Seventh Prince stood up with a grunt, "Really?"
"That's right. Get up. I will take you out of the palace. My people have already entered the palace. After they kill your father, they will welcome you back to the palace to be the emperor."
Ci'an Palace was recently guarded and all the troops were replaced by her people.
Now that there are assassins in the palace, she must take advantage of the chaos to get out. Otherwise, when the emperor is rescued, she will not be able to leave.
If he leaves now, if he wins and kills the emperor, he can return to the palace in glory.
However, even if the noble concubine used all her brain cells to think, she could not think of the subsequent development.
It took a whole night to eliminate the assassins. Both King Ye and King Liang were injured, but they were minor injuries. This was a self-torture tactic to increase its credibility.
Zi'an and Zhuangzhuang were safe and sound, but it was said that the princess had fallen ill from excessive shock.
For this cleansing operation, the Night King mobilized a total of 5,000 imperial guards, including 30 from Xiehan Tower and 30 from Suyue Tower.
The real assassins were not caught and were completely wiped out. Some of them died at the hands of the imperial guards and Xiehan Tower and Suyue Tower, and some of them committed suicide by biting themselves with poison.
As for the Xiwei Palace, corpses were everywhere and blood was everywhere. More than 30 assassins were killed, and three escaped, and no one was caught.
After the emperor retreated into the secret passage, Eunuch Lu went to the military camp with the imperial edict, mobilized officers and soldiers to eliminate the assassins, and surrounded the Ci'an Palace and the Regent's Palace tightly.
This time, the noble concubine suffered a great defeat!
Total defeat!
The emperor's majesty was more powerful than anyone else. He began a city-wide search and imposed a curfew before dawn.
After the assassination, the emperor issued an order for the first time since he fell ill, requiring him to attend the morning court.
Zi'an was summoned to serve at five o'clock in the morning. They applied facial skin to him, gave him medicine, and gave him acupuncture. In short, they used every possible means as long as he could have enough energy to support the entire morning court.
When Zi'an arrived, Ye Wang also entered the palace to report, "Your Majesty, there were about a thousand assassins sent out last night, 983 of them died, and 17 escaped. All the assassins had a poison pill in their mouths. Because they were killed, some of them did not have time to bite the poison to commit suicide, and some were forced to have no way out and committed suicide by biting the poison."
"No one was captured alive?" the emperor asked coldly.
"No, all those who were still alive committed suicide by biting themselves."
The emperor turned and ordered, "I have ordered a search of the entire city. You will immediately take your men to guard each city gate and strictly check anyone leaving the city."
"Yes!" The Night King took the order.
The emperor saw the bloody bandage wrapped around his arm and frowned, "You are injured too?"
"No big deal." Ye Wang said.
"Please make a list of the royal relatives and ministers who were assassinated last night."
The Night King took it out from his sleeve pocket, "It's already been recorded. It's all here."
Eunuch Lu took it and presented it to the emperor. The emperor unfolded it, took a look, and slowly frowned.
Those who were assassinated were all people who supported the Regent.
The balance has been lost.
King Ye retreated, and King Liang was standing outside the palace. When he saw him coming out, he walked over and asked, "What do you think father will do? Will he get rid of King Nan Huai as well?"
The Night King smiled, "No!"
"Why?"
"Because, the noble concubine has no way to survive, and Taifu Liang and the deposed crown prince are useless. Now the only one who can restrain your seventh uncle is Prince Nan Huai. However, if the emperor recovers from his illness, he will consider getting rid of Prince Nan Huai."
If an emperor cannot control the person with military power, he will definitely prepare an enemy for him to restrain each other.
(End of this chapter)