Rebirth of the Noble Daughter

Chapter 451 451. Assassination
So he didn't wait for the guard of honor from the brigade at all, but he brought General Meng and hundreds of soldiers and turned back quickly.

When passing through a bamboo forest, an accident happened.

A group of people with high martial arts skills have been secretly ambushed here, just waiting for the eldest prince to break into the tiger's den alone.

Soon, the people on the First Prince's side were caught off guard, and many people fell from their horses one after another.

While protecting the eldest prince, General Meng had to slash and kill the menacing assassins at the same time.

And the eldest prince never expected that there would be someone waiting here.

Sure enough, he wanted to wipe them all out.

If Emperor Qi was killed by the bomb, he would naturally return to the palace quickly, so the assassins here were just waiting to kill him.

But if Emperor Qi was not killed in the bombing, he might have to return to the palace in a hurry, then the assassin here would have given him another fatal blow.

With such a wide net, there is really no chance for them to survive.

General Meng was slashed twice, and he was about to lose his protection.

The eldest prince was so anxious that his eyes turned red. Could it be that his fame will be buried here?
I saw that the assassin had chopped off all the guards around him and was coming towards him.

The eldest prince's heart sank, and he immediately pushed General Meng, who was seriously injured for protecting him, to block the stabbing sword, then galloped on his horse, and immediately escaped with the few remaining dozen people.

Seeing that the knife in his chest was really inserted into his body, General Meng spat out blood, but he couldn't open his mouth when he wanted to say something.

The visitor also saw what he meant, so he leaned close to his ear and explained the truth to him before he died.

"The Duke of the State said that General Meng's righteousness is awe-inspiring. Is it more honorable to die to save His Majesty, or is it more honorable to be investigated as the mastermind afterwards? The general will have a final decision."

While talking, he plunged the knife into it again and twisted it.

Blood was gurgling from the big hole in his chest, and he soon lost his breath.

Seeing the Eldest Prince running away, the leader of the men in black didn't give an order to chase, but disappeared into the bamboo forest.

The eldest prince ran back to the Eastern Capital like a madman, but he didn't notice at all that at this moment, he really ran into a golden bell cover of a sky net.

"Close the city gate! Quick! Close the city gate!"

The eldest prince rode his horse and came, shouting loudly.

The defenders of the city had just seen the eldest prince follow the guard of honor out of the city, how high-spirited he was then, and how embarrassed he is now.

But they had no choice but to follow the order of the eldest prince, and immediately closed the gate of the city tightly!
At the same time, the city gates in the southeast, north and west were also ordered to close the city gates.

At this moment, the Eastern Capital City is like an iron wall, but no one knows why the city gate is closed.

The common people were in panic, but the ministers in the court unexpectedly received orders saying that it was the eldest prince who ordered them to enter the palace to discuss important matters.

Eldest prince, didn't you follow your Majesty to Fahua Temple?

Why did you return to Beijing suddenly?
It is so urgent to convene everyone to discuss things. Could it be that something happened to His Majesty?

Sure enough, when they hurried to the palace, they learned the sad news that Emperor Qi had been assassinated.

"The jade bodies of the father and mother will be brought back from Fahua Temple later, but there must be someone behind this matter who wants to kill both the father and the king. This is a must for the throne!"

As soon as the eldest prince said this, a fool would understand who he was referring to.

The courtiers of the First Prince's faction saw this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, even if it wasn't for the Ninth Prince's actions, they would crucify him to this matter, so that they couldn't stand up.

So one by one started to quarrel, the nine princes and one party did not have the support of the Wei family, so they were defeated several times in the verbal battle.

Seeing that the matter was about to be confirmed by the eldest prince's party, suddenly there was a scolding from outside, it turned out that it was the Duke who hadn't shown his face for a long time.

Behind him were the Ninth Prince and Wei Dalang, and General Meng, who had also been sloppily bandaged.

When he first saw General Meng, the eldest prince was surprised.

"You're not dead?!"

General Meng sneered, "I'm afraid the lord wishes for my death, otherwise your lie will be seen through?"

His surprised look just now was noticed by all the courtiers.

So one and two became suspicious of what the eldest prince said just now!
The eldest prince is the one who can't tell the truth at this moment, his surprise just now was just because he was ashamed that he pushed General Meng to die instead, who knows that he is still alive.

It made him flustered all of a sudden.

It's a pity that when the members of the Ninth Prince's Party saw their master coming, they straightened their backs and asked General Meng.

"How do you say that?"

General Meng suddenly pointed and said.

"It was him, he ordered to kill His Majesty, and then he wanted to kill me. If I hadn't noticed and ran out in time, I'm afraid I would be decapitated now!"

"What! How dare you talk nonsense!"

The eldest prince understood now that this was clearly a serial trick.

After his father was killed, General Meng was the first to remind him to go back to the capital, and General Meng stopped him from being hunted down in the bamboo forest.

It's not at all to make him come back soon to preside over the overall situation, but to deliberately design to dig a hole for him.

General Meng, that is His Majesty's confidant minister.

One sentence from him is comparable to ten sentences from the First Prince.

At this moment, everyone in the eldest prince's party became flustered. The truth about killing the king or not killing the king is not important at all.

Winning the king and defeating the bandit is the same as they wanted to put the crime on the head of the Ninth Prince just now.

So, at this moment, they are thinking about how to turn this situation around.

How could the First Prince endure General Meng's inversion of right and wrong?

Immediately scolded, "It's so audacious, even this king dares to talk about it at will. Master Jueyuan from Fahua Temple is on the scene, as long as he is summoned, then my grievances will be cleared!"

Before he dared to finish his words, General Meng snorted coldly.

"My lord is really scheming. Master Jue Yuan died in Fahua Temple to save His Majesty. You should summon him to see if he has anything to say for your lord."

"you!"

Only at this moment did the eldest prince realize what an impenetrable scheme was.

Wei Guogong, who was looking at one eye, stared at him at the moment, and he understood the general idea in his heart.

"Grandpa Guo is really good at it. He calculated his father first, and then calculated this king. He was thinking about sending us all to hell so that the ninth brother could inherit the throne, right?"

Anyway, there was no way out, and the eldest prince was not afraid of saying something that would offend others, so he directly revealed Duke Wei's plan one by one.

Duke Wei's face was as impassive as a mountain, and he didn't take the accusation of the eldest prince to heart at all.

He has been in court for decades, and he has faced countless accusations.

The first prince's slanderous remarks are really nothing to him.

Instead, he said to the ministers.

(End of this chapter)