Chapter 51 Assassination
When the queen heard this, her eyes widened instantly. This was the heir she had carefully trained, but he had done such a foolish thing.
If you don't repent, all your efforts over the years will be in vain.
"Go, call the prince." the queen roared.
When the palace maids left the palace to look for the prince, the queen sat on the couch and glared at Nanny Chen.
Suddenly thinking of something, the Queen gently rubbed her brows: "Where is Shen Jingxuan? Is there any news about her?"
Nanny Chen looked at the Queen suspiciously, not understanding why she was talking about the Crown Prince but suddenly mentioned Shen Jingxuan.
She pursed her lips and said, "Empress, at noon, news came that Shen Jingxuan had left the city in a carriage.
The Queen was a little excited: "Leaving the city? Did you send someone to follow?"
I didn't expect that Shen Jingxuan, a weak woman, would dare to leave the city alone.
"She's following from a distance. The letter says she looks like she's going on a long journey." Nanny Chen said
The queen laughed when she heard this and said, "Send more people. Now that she has left the city, don't let her come back."
Seeing that the queen was happy, Nanny Chen also started to laugh.
She has followed the Queen for so many years, and not only has she seen a lot of things, she has also helped the Queen do many shady things.
Now it's just killing one person.
There has never been a shortage of people dying in the palace, and there has always been a few wronged souls dying in the palace.
To be able to sit on the throne of the queen, she must have extraordinary means. How could the blood on her hands be from just one or two people?
Nanny Chen has been with the Queen for so many years. Not only is she cautious in her work, she is also able to help the Queen solve her problems.
Otherwise, given the queen's temperament, her grave would have been overgrown with weeds long ago.
It wasn't until the message outside came that Nanny Chen felt relieved.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived..."
The palace maids knelt down one after another: "Your servants pay their respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."
The prince didn't even look at her: "Get up." He walked straight towards the queen.
"Mother, is there something you need from me?" Xie Zihan found a chair and sat down.
When the queen saw him, she was furious: "Mother asks you, what have you been doing these days?"
When Xie Zihan heard what the queen said, he knew that it must be the servants gossiping.
He turned his head and looked at the people below: "Mother, who is talking too much in front of you?"
The Queen frowned and said, "No matter who said it, Han'er, tell me what you did."
Seeing that the queen was determined to ask more questions, Xie Zihan lowered his head and remained silent.
The queen stood up angrily and said: "Look at you, how can you still be a prince? You stay at home every day and indulge in women."
"Don't you know that you are the future crown prince? How can your father be confident in passing the throne to you when you are like this?"
Xie Zihan sat there in silence, listening to the Queen's lecture.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, the queen's face gradually darkened: "You don't care about your status and hang out with maids all day long."
"I will have that maid beaten to death, so that she won't hinder your future."
The queen directly arranged Guizhi's fate, but this angered Xie Zihan.
He stood up suddenly and glared at the queen: "Mother, I don't agree with you doing this. She is the woman I like."
"Why are you always like this? From childhood to adulthood, I always have to listen to your arrangements in everything."
"But what you arranged is not what I want. Even the kind of woman I want to marry must follow your arrangement."
"Future, future. Every time it's all for the future. You've done so much in every possible way, but it's not all for yourself."
After Xie Zihan finished speaking, he rushed out without caring about the Queen's expression.
The queen was so angry that she was shaking all over. She pointed in the direction where Xie Zihan left with one hand, her eyes red.
She never expected that the child she raised would be so disobedient to her.
Is this still the gentle and obedient Xie Zihan who was a child?
Thinking of what Xie Zihan had just said, the Queen's tears welled up in her eyes.
Xie Zihan has really changed.
He no longer let things take their course, but instead had his own ideas.
Seeing Xie Zihan's look just now, he could really turn his back on his relatives for the sake of that maid.
The queen felt upset because this was the person she had loved since childhood, but he was so angry with her because of a woman.
She fell to the ground, unable to stop crying.
As night falls, a full moon gradually climbs above the treetops.
A horse-drawn carriage was moving slowly on a remote road in the distance.
The driver whipped the rickshaw slowly, as if he was in no hurry to get on with his journey,
But if you look closely, you will find that both the driving movements and the look in the driver's eyes are very different from those of a real driver.
There were several guards following behind the carriage, and just by looking at their riding postures, one could tell that these people were not simple.
Ling Feng looked at the rugged mountain road and couldn't help but frowned: "Master, there is a dense forest ahead. After passing through the dense forest, we will reach Ningcheng."
"Yeah." Xie Lingxiao responded indifferently.
The carriage continued to move forward, but the mountain road was rugged and bumpy, so the speed slowed down.
In the distance, a young man was fighting with a group of people.
He kept waving the sword in his hand, and as he continued to swing the sword, the people around him fell one after another.
He had no idea how long he had been fighting or how many people he had killed, he just knew that he couldn't stop.
The carriage was getting closer and closer, and the sound of swords and knives seemed particularly abrupt in the dark night.
Ling Feng and the guard looked at each other when they heard the sound of swords clashing.
"Master, there is a sound of fighting ahead, should we continue walking?"
Xie Lingxiao glanced outside and said, "Keep going."
The carriage continued to travel for a distance and then stopped. Ling Feng and the guards were stunned by the scene before them.
There were corpses all over the ground and broken limbs everywhere, and the earth seemed to be stained red with blood.
Even though they had undergone special training, they were stunned for a moment.
The people in the carriage saw the carriage stop and there was no movement outside, so Xie Lingxiao lifted the curtain and walked down.
When he saw the scene clearly, he involuntarily stepped over the corpse and continued walking forward.
Until people fighting appeared in front of him, Xie Lingxiao stopped and looked at the young man who was trying his best, as if he was himself many years ago.
At that time on the battlefield, in order to hone himself and grow up as quickly as possible, he also fought desperately to kill the enemy.
At this time, Shen Jingxuan was exhausted, her hands waving mechanically, and even the poison powder she carried with her had been used up.
If you continue to fight, you will definitely die here.
No, you must not die.
If I die, my mother, brother, grandparents will definitely be sad.
Shen Jingxuan felt sad and didn't want them to experience the pain of losing their loved ones again.
She fought and retreated, her steps stumbling, as if she would fall down at any moment.
Xie Lingxiao saw that the young man in front of him was already defeated, so he rushed forward waving his sword.
Shen Jingxuan raised her almond-shaped eyes slightly, and when she saw that the person coming was Xie Lingxiao, she couldn't help but be shocked.
With their help, Shen Jingxuan felt much more relaxed and her body was at its limit.
The man he was fighting attacked again, stabbing her in the stomach with a sword.
Shen Jingxuan tried her best to dodge the sword, but it only made it shift a little. The person opposite her raised his foot and kicked at her.
Her body was hanging in the air, and Shen Jingxuan finally couldn't hold on and passed out.
Xie Lingxiao jumped up as if by reflex, reached out to grab the young man, and pulled him close.
The person was already in his arms, but Xie Lingxiao couldn't find a place to stand. Only then did he realize that there was a bottomless cliff under their feet.
"Master..." Ling Feng and the guards shouted while looking at the cliff.
But at this time, Xie Lingxiao and Shen Jingxuan could no longer hear the shouting.
They were descending rapidly, and there was nothing else in their ears except the whistling of the wind.
Xie Lingxiao held the young man in his arms, constantly using his inner strength to slow down his descent.
As the falling time got longer, Xie Lingxiao gradually became more exhausted.
Until he had used up all his internal energy, and could only let the two of them fall continuously...