allonlinenovel Chapter 882 Assassination
Chapter 882 Assassination
The ceremonial officer was counting the prey. When he counted the body of the male deer, Song Qian and Song Kun suddenly popped their heads up and said, "Your Majesty, we have fulfilled our mission and hunted this deer. We present it to Your Majesty!"
Their voices could not conceal their pride and desire for credit.
The ceremonial officer who was counting the prey saw that they were so ignorant of the rules and hurriedly stopped them from approaching, "Who are you? Hurry up and leave. Do not be rude in front of the emperor."
The Song brothers thought that their identities were indeed unknown, and they were afraid that someone would take credit for their ability to hunt such a large prey, or that the prey would disappear without a trace. So they kept guarding it for fear that someone would steal the credit.
The chaos here instantly caught Xie Shang's attention. He frowned and asked in a deep voice, "What's all the fuss about?"
"Your Majesty, we are Concubine Song Shufei's brothers. We hunted a deer and presented it to Your Majesty." They hurriedly said, "General Peng Fei is our uncle."
The ceremonial officer originally wanted to ask someone to kick them out, but he didn't expect them to take the initiative to introduce themselves as General Peng's nephews. The ceremonial officer suddenly didn't dare to move.
Xie Shang also heard it, and when he looked at the prey again, he saw that it was indeed a sika deer that was very difficult to hunt.
Jiang Fenghua was talking to Sang Yupianpian when she heard someone introduce himself as the Song family. She thought: Song Jing wanted to support her family to get to the top, and she really succeeded. The Song family hunted the extremely difficult to hunt sika deer, they are really capable.
However, the Song brothers are too anxious, and their character is really unpleasant.
Looking at the entire harem, apart from the two princes she gave birth to, there is only the second prince born to Concubine Song Shufei. The emperor now intends to promote the Song family. It seems that the Song family is really going to become prosperous.
Xie Shang walked to the edge of the platform, and just when his fingers were about to touch the deer antlers...
Suddenly something strange happened!
An extremely subtle "click" sound was heard, and then a bloody spring popped out from the deer's belly. Before the sound faded, a dark and fierce shadow tore through the air and attacked Xie Shang's throat with a piercing scream.
The moment Xie Shang sensed the danger, he moved very quickly, almost running as fast as lightning to avoid the metal weapon that was covered in a strong smell of blood. The poisoned short arrow just grazed the side of his neck.
At the same time, time was infinitely stretched and frozen at that moment. Shangguan Li, the commander of the Imperial Guards, was guarding the emperor. His face changed with shock, his eyes were bloodshot, and he drew his sword as fast as lightning, emitting cold light.
I only heard his sharp roar breaking through the air, "Protect the emperor."
It was a critical moment and everyone was on high alert. Jiang Fenghua was also startled and her scream was almost stuck in her throat. If Xie Shang had not reacted quickly, the hidden weapon would have pierced his throat directly.
Jiang Fenghua ran from the stands to Xie Shang and held his arm: "Your Majesty, how are you?"
Xie Shang's eyes were cold, and his body at this moment showed an almost instinctive, beast-like sharpness. He did not respond to Jiang Fenghua, and had no time to think. He suddenly turned around and looked at the Song brothers who were still complacent.
A sharp and cold light flashed in his deep black eyes, and his hair almost stood on end.
The Song brothers did not expect this to happen. How could there be a hidden weapon in the deer's belly to assassinate the emperor?
Deathly silence! The suffocating silence enveloped the entire enclosure. Everyone held their breath until they knew that the emperor was safe and sound.
Xie Shang walked up to the Song brothers and asked, "Did you hunt this deer?"
The Song brothers' movements, expressions, and breathing seemed to be frozen by invisible ice. Their lips were trembling: "Your Majesty, I don't know what's going on. It..."
They had just loudly admitted that they had hunted a deer and presented it to the emperor. If they denied it now, and a hidden weapon shot out from the deer's stomach to kill the emperor, it would really prove that they were suspicious.
At this time, Song Qian also reacted quickly, "Please Your Majesty, please investigate. I really don't know what happened. How could a hidden weapon be shot out of the deer's belly? The deer was hunted by us, how could the hidden weapon be hidden in the deer's belly? Isn't this just shooting ourselves in the foot? Someone must have framed us..."
"Yes, yes, second brother is right. How could we be so stupid as to hide a hidden weapon in the prey we hunted to assassinate the emperor? We don't know what that thing is. Please investigate it clearly."
Xie Shang raised his foot and kicked the two Song brothers in the chest. The two were immediately knocked to the ground, weak and in a miserable state.
He had just checked the deer's wound. The arrow wound was on the neck. Judging from the depth of the arrow, the deer must have been controlled and killed by the arrow.
He said in a cold voice, "Investigate, of course I have to investigate thoroughly, to find out why you, the Song family, are trying to murder me."
"Your Majesty, we did not do that. We are innocent!" Song Kun shouted.
Shangguan Li made sure that there were no hidden weapons in the deer's belly before he expressed his doubts. He lowered his voice and said, "Your Majesty, there is indeed something strange."
Xie Shang raised his hand to stop them. He knew something was fishy. The Song family had no intention of assassinating the emperor. Besides, the two men in front of him were more timid than mice. They probably couldn't even lift a knife, let alone have brains. How could they dare to assassinate the emperor?
Xie Shang said in a deep voice: "Take them into custody first and put them in jail."
Song Qian and Song Jin collapsed to the ground, shaking like sieves, and even the wetness slowly spread from their crotches. The fishy smell mixed with their bloody stomachs, making people feel nauseous and want to vomit.
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Concubine Song Shu was still in the camp tent. She had not left the tent to return to the palace because she wanted to see what her brother was capable of.
Will she continue to rely on the Peng family or the Song family? She wants to support the Song family, because only those with the same surname can be considered a family.
But now she was completely dumbfounded after hearing what Song Qian and Song Kun had done. She asked Dong'er again: "Did the emperor lock them up?"
Dong Er said: "The Second Young Master and the Third Young Master planned this plan to kill the Emperor and almost killed him. The Emperor was really angry. I heard that it was extremely dangerous..."
Song Qing knew that Song Qian and Song Kun didn't have the courage to do this, and there must be something fishy going on.
Soon, the emperor sent someone to read the imperial edict, which roughly meant that someone in the Song family was plotting a rebellion and assassinating the emperor. The matter is now being investigated. I won’t say much about Concubine Song Shu, and I hope Concubine Song Shu will take care of herself.
Song Qing did not expect that the emperor would issue such an order. If Song Qian and Song Kun really dared to rebel and assassinate her, she would not have to worry about the future of the Song family. It was obvious that someone was using them to kill the emperor.
Song Qing was covered in wounds, but she still cared about her brother.
After the official who delivered the imperial edict left, Song's mother came back in a hurry and cried, "My Lady Concubine Shu, please save your two brothers. They normally wouldn't even kill a chicken, how dare they kill people?"
Song Qing knew her brother's character and deliberately said, "They dared to shoot an adult sika deer. Mother said they wouldn't even dare to kill a chicken. Mother, are you embarrassed? Now the emperor wants to investigate the Song family thoroughly. Mother, are you happy?"
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