Her guards

Chapter 203 Her
Princess Wuyang was both happy and unhappy when the eunuch who was cutting meat in the courtyard suddenly raised his knife and slashed at her.

She was delighted that her father had bestowed upon her a meal for the first time, and it was the most elaborate and grand roast meat dish.

What's unpleasant is that this might not have been given to her, but rather to this Miss Yang.

Is this Miss Yang really the Emperor's daughter?
Princess Wuyang was somewhat puzzled. She had just witnessed Princess Heping still acting arrogantly, while Yang Luo remained silent, just like in the school.

Most importantly, the Emperor didn't even glance at Yang Luo, his expression indifferent.

It seems that even if she were truly the Emperor's daughter, she wouldn't be favored, as her background is inferior to theirs.

As for Princess Nangong's earlier statement that Yang Luo was more valued than He Cheng, and that Wei Jiao now only listens to her...

It must be for the purpose of investigating a case.

Princess Wuyang felt a little bored and looked at Miss Yang sitting opposite her.

Miss Yang lowered her head and carefully looked through her homework.

Consort Li asked the Emperor to have Miss Yang tutor her, so he directly summoned Yang Luo to Princess Wuyang's palace. As expected, Miss Yang began to review her studies after arriving.

"Hey," Princess Wuyang exclaimed.

Miss Yang looked up at her, her expression calm.

"Is my homework really that bad?" Princess Wuyang asked.

Miss Yang smiled and said, "No, the princess's studies are actually very good."

"Really?" Princess Wuyang was somewhat pleased, but then pouted, "You know how to say nice things."

Recalling her time as a tutor in the school, Yang Luo was very respectful to her and spoke to her in a pleasant manner.

“Let me tell you,” she said lazily, “it’s useless to say nice things in this palace. For example, no matter how many nice things you say to Heisei, she won’t give you a smile.”

Ms. Yang said, "It's better than saying unpleasant things or giving someone a bad attitude."

Princess Wuyang chuckled, about to say something, when a palace maid entered from outside: "Princess, they're asking if you want—"

Before she could finish speaking, the imperial kitchen eunuch following behind the palace maid pierced her heart with a boning knife.

Princess Wuyang's vision turned blood red instantly, and she was momentarily stunned.

So what's that red color?

The next moment, the eunuch kicked the palace maid aside and drew his knife.

It's a knife.

is blood.

Yes, he killed someone!

Princess Wuyang froze, unable to do anything but let out a scream, watching helplessly as the eunuch, knife in hand, charged towards her, drawing ever closer—

Suddenly everything went black, and the smell of paper and ink filled my nostrils.

At the same time, someone forcefully pushed her to the ground.

Princess Wuyang fell to the ground. When she regained her senses, she saw the words covering her face and recognized that she had written them herself.
This is her workbook, which Miss Yang just looked at...

So, in her fright, Miss Yang threw her workbook around and it hit her in the face?
The next moment, with a thud, Princess Wuyang lay on the ground and saw someone fall down beside her.

It was that eunuch who rushed over.

Perhaps so, because half of the eunuch's neck was broken, and half of his face was turned to the back, making it impossible to see clearly...

Princess Wuyang let out another heart-wrenching scream, pressing her hand against her workbook to cover her face.

The noise and screams around me surged like waves.

"assassin--"

"There is an assassin—"

"Protect the princess—"

"We must also protect the Imperial Concubine."

Upon hearing this sound, Consort Li, who had fallen to the ground, saw her maidservant being escorted in by the imperial guards. With a bang, the palace gates were also slammed shut.

Following the maid's words, several imperial guards stepped forward and pulled Consort Li up, ostensibly to protect her, but their actions showed no respect whatsoever. One guard even went to disembowel Consort Li...

"No need," the maid said. "Her Majesty has no intention of committing suicide."

The guard withdrew his hand.

Consort Li looked at the guards surrounding her, then at her maid: "You, what are you doing?" She struggled again, "Let me go, Wu Yang, Wu Yang—"

"Your Highness, don't worry," the maid said, looking into the courtyard. "Look how brave and valiant Prince Zhu is."

Consort Li looked over and saw Zhu Yunxiao, who had rushed in after hearing the first scream, still in the courtyard.

Although he did not carry any weapons when he entered the palace, he casually grabbed a silk mesh oven and smashed it on the head of a eunuch, then kicked another eunuch so hard that he spat out blood.

Yes, he is truly brave, but Princess, you are indoors.

If we don't go to rescue the princess, who will we show our bravery to?
This is wrong
wrong!

Zhu Yunxiao's bravery was inappropriate, and the timely arrival of the imperial guards was also inappropriate.

Consort Li felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave, and the noise around her was like waves, sometimes near and sometimes far.

……

……

"assassin?!"

Any disturbance in the palace would surely be known to the Empress, let alone an assassin.

"...Yes, it seems so, it's someone hiding in the imperial kitchen..."

A palace maid looked nervous and raised her voice as she spoke.

The imperial kitchen in the inner palace was managed by the empress.

Thinking about the location where the assassin appeared, it was Princess Wuyang's place, and that Miss Yang was also there.

Whether it's Consort Li or Miss Yang, both of them have conflicts with the Empress...

If an assassin appears over there and something really happens, what if they frame the Empress...?

"Your Majesty, these people took the opportunity to sneak in after hearing that His Majesty was going to bestow roasted meat upon Princess Wuyang..." the palace maid hurriedly said loudly.

This is His Majesty's temporary decree; what to eat and who to employ are not things the Empress can arrange in advance.

The Empress understood the palace maid's concerns, but she paid no attention to them and instead laughed: "Why are there so many assassins in our capital city lately?"

"Ah Feng, Hei Sei, don't be afraid," the Emperor said. "This is a plan I devised."

The Emperor's plan?
The people inside the hall were all stunned for a moment.

Princess Heisei seemed to have thought of something.

"Father, was it the assassin from the last palace banquet?" she asked.

At the last palace banquet, an assassin attempted to kill Miss Yang. Several assassins were killed, but one escaped by jumping into the water. Afterwards, a large-scale investigation was conducted in the palace, but the assassin was not found.

Some say he's dead, others say he's escaped.

Now it seems……

The Emperor looked at Princess Heping and nodded approvingly: "I suspect that the assassin is still hiding in the palace, so I specially sent Miss Yang into the palace this time to see if she can lure the assassin out."

His face darkened as he spoke.

"As expected, the assassin is still in the palace. What audacity!"

"Ah Feng, you and Ping Cheng stay safely in the palace. I will go and take a look. This time, we will surely annihilate the assassins and find out who is behind it."

As the emperor strode away surrounded by imperial guards, everyone in the hall breathed a sigh of relief. Princess Heicheng also let out a long sigh, unable to suppress the smile on her lips.

My father would actually use Yang Luo as bait. That's incredibly dangerous.

……

……

Upon leaving the Empress's Palace, the Emperor immediately quickened his pace.

"How's it going over there?" he asked urgently.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, everything is under control," the head of the secret guards said in a low voice.

Alas, nothing in this world is ever entirely under our control. Although there were plans in place, the other side had indeed also arranged for desperate criminals.

The emperor looked worried; he couldn't let anything happen to Luoying.

Then he regretted agreeing to Luoying's suggestion.

but……

“…Your Majesty, I am already under your protection. If I still dare not kill my enemy, I am unworthy to be a son.”

Thinking of what Luo Ying had told him, a hint of pride reappeared on the emperor's face.

That's right, he wasn't an incompetent or cowardly person, and neither was his fallen petals.

……

……

Zhu Yunxiao arrived just in time, as did the imperial guards; the assassination attempt in the princess's garden ended almost as soon as it began.

With a bang, the last assassin disguised as a eunuch was kicked to the ground by two imperial guards. At the same time, Zhu Yunxiao caught the eunuch's falling knife and stabbed it into the eunuch's body.

The eunuch bled profusely, but did not die immediately; he convulsed on the ground.

Zhu Yunxiao knelt on the ground, pulled out the bloody hand from the eunuch's mouth, and raised it to signal to the maid in the courtyard.

"The poison pill has been removed," he said. "We've left this one alive."

Yang Luo ignored him and looked into the hall.

The assassins posing as eunuchs from the imperial kitchen have all been killed, and the palace maids, servants, and women in Princess Wuyang's palace have all been taken away by the imperial guards.

Apart from Princess Wuyang's initial scream, the hall fell silent; there was no sound of fighting, and no one rushed out.

Yang Luo smiled slightly. With Ah Sheng around, there was no need to worry.

She then looked at Zhu Yunxiao and shook her head: "No need for survivors, no need to listen."

Zhu Yunxiao nodded, stuffed the poison pill into the eunuch's mouth, and twisted it with both hands. With a cracking sound, the eunuch stopped moving completely.

"You, you all, quickly call His Majesty here—"

Consort Li, who was firmly bound by the imperial guards, seemed to be terrified by the bloody scene and screamed again.

Yang Luo looked at her.

"Your Highness, what do you plan to say to His Majesty when you meet him?" she asked, then smiled, "Oh, by the way, let me remind you first, His Majesty already knows."

You know everything? You know what?
Consort Li's face turned pale.

Although she had already guessed it, she couldn't believe it; how could this be...?
Isn't everything going very well?
My brother sent someone to deliver a message, saying that there was a small problem with the Ji family's servants at the Dali Temple. One of them, in order to avoid alerting the enemy, didn't kill him in time, but now it seems he's been entangled by the snake...

But it's not a big problem. He has already made arrangements for the aftermath, including who will take the blame and what statements to make, so the investigation won't trace it back to the Li family.

No, that's not the problem; it's Zhu Yunxiao.

Zhu Yunxiao!
Betrayed!
Consort Li looked at Zhu Yunxiao, but a maid stood up and blocked her view.

Consort Li looked at the maid, whose features seemed to be covered with a layer of dust, making her look unremarkable.

The maid was scrutinizing her at that moment, looking at her so intently, so openly.

How dare a maid stare at her and scrutinize her like that?

Consort Li regained her composure and thought, "Even if His Majesty finds out, I'm not afraid."

She could say she was unaware of the situation, but her brother said he would take full responsibility and would definitely protect her.

She has the King of Linhai.

She has the emperor's son.

The emperor wouldn't kill her, and he certainly wouldn't kill his own son.

As long as her son is alive, Lady Li will remain.

"How dare you—" she shouted, ignoring the maid and turning to the guards who restrained her, "Your Majesty, I demand to see Your Majesty—"

The maid reached out and pinched her chin, turning her gaze back to her.

Consort Li was so angry she almost laughed.

Okay, she knows that Miss Yang is powerful, and this maid is really just relying on her master's power...

The maid looked at her and sighed softly.

"I can finally see what you look like."

She saw what she was doing, and just as Consort Li was about to speak, the maidservant came closer.

"You don't know my name yet, do you?" she said softly.

Why does she need to know the name of a mere maid? Consort Li looked at the maid who had approached her, feeling both annoyed and bewildered. The next moment, she saw the maid smile.

"My name is Yang Luo," the maid whispered in her ear.

What nonsense?
Consort Li froze, then it was as if she had been struck by lightning.

She seemed to understand everything, yet she had countless questions.

So that’s it!
how so? !

It shouldn't be like this...

In an instant, a sharp pain shot through her neck. She looked down and saw a knife slashing across her throat, blood gushing out.

Her blood, this is her blood, her neck.

Consort Li tried to scream, but only made a cracking sound when she opened her mouth.

it hurts.

A final thought flashed through her mind.

……

……

After snapping the eunuch's neck, Zhu Yunxiao looked up and saw the maid walk to Consort Li's side and whisper something.

Her voice was low, and he couldn't hear it. He stood up, wanting to walk over, but the next moment he saw the maid raise her hand and reach for Consort Li's neck. A cold light flashed, and blood gushed out.

Zhu Yunxiao felt a chill run from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

The maid turned around, and because she was standing too close, blood splattered on her face and body.

She met Zhu Yunxiao's gaze and smiled slightly.

"Alas," she said, "Consort Li tragically died protecting our young lady. It is both heartbreaking and admirable."

Zhu Yunxiao heard it, yet it seemed he didn't. He looked at the maid, amidst the blood and laughter, his heart pounding like a drum, his head spinning.

she.
Countless thoughts seemed to pop into his head, but they eventually coalesced into one, rushing around in his ears.

He was determined to marry Miss Yang.

In this way, the maid would belong to him.

(End of this chapter)