Chapter 469 Hostage
Prince Rui's face suddenly changed, "Why did the Queen Mother disappear? What happened?"
Such a big thing happened, the maid was panicked, and did not dare to hide it, and quickly told the story.
"Replying to the prince, the Queen Mother has been sleeping lightly recently, and she did not sleep well last night. After dinner today, she wanted to make up for her sleep. Before going to bed, she told the servants not to stay in the inner room, but to stay in the outer room.
The servants were afraid of disturbing the Queen Mother's rest, so they stayed outside the door with Qinghong and the others. Who knew that the Queen Mother was sleeping well, but suddenly there was a sound of a brocade stool falling to the ground in the inner room.
The servants thought that the Queen Mother accidentally touched the brocade stool, but after entering, they found that the Queen Mother had disappeared, and the agarwood bracelet beads were scattered on the ground."
Prince Rui originally held a glimmer of luck, that the Queen Mother was just in a bad mood and didn't want to be followed by people, so she quietly left alone and found a quiet place.
But when he saw the bracelet beads in the hand of the palace maid, Prince Rui quickly denied this guess.
The agarwood bracelet in the maid's hand was specially requested by the emperor from Xuanqing Temple on the occasion of the Empress Dowager's birthday five years ago.
Because the bracelet was made by Xuanyi Zhenren. There are scriptures engraved on it, and it has been offered to the ancestor for a long time. In addition, it was presented by the emperor as a gift, so the Empress Dowager has always cherished it.
No matter what time it is, the Empress Dowager never lets it go.
If nothing happened, the Empress Dowager would never let the bracelet break and scatter all over the floor.
"Come here, search for me quickly!"
The Empress Dowager would not disappear for no reason. If something happened at this moment, it must be related to the Second Prince.
The Second Prince wanted to escape, and it would be inconvenient to take the Empress Dowager with him. Prince Rui felt that if the speed was fast enough, he might be able to stop the Second Prince and save the Empress Dowager.
But Ling Chu scanned it with the system and found that neither the Empress Dowager nor the Second Prince was in the palace.
The second prince held the queen mother hostage. If he threatened the emperor with the queen mother's life, then all the efforts made today would be in vain.
Ling Chu could only find two Jinyiwei to escort Princess Dingyuan back to the palace, and then hurriedly caught up with Prince Rui.
"Your Highness, I just told you a fortune, and the queen mother is no longer in the palace.
Please tell me the queen mother's birth date and eight characters, so that I can calculate her whereabouts."
"Okay, thank you, princess." Prince Rui had seen Ling Chu's ability, and he was happy to see that she was willing to help.
After Ling Chu finished telling the fortune, he couldn't wait to ask, "How is it, did you figure it out?"
Ling Chu nodded, "West City."
"West City?"
Prince Rui looked surprised.
Ling Chu was also surprised. The emperor returned to Beijing and was preparing to enter the city from the West City Gate.
The second prince did not escape from the capital from other gates. Could it be that he thought that the more dangerous the place, the safer it would be?
Although the second prince has many imperial guards around him, even if the troops left by Duke Qi are added, it will not exceed 50,000.
But since the emperor knows that the second prince wants to seize the throne, he must have brought back a lot of troops.
Presumably, all four city gates have sent heavy troops to prevent the second prince from escaping.
But the emperor may not have guessed that the second prince would hold the queen mother hostage.
When Ling Chu and Prince Rui hurried to the city gate with their men, they saw from a distance that the second prince was holding the queen mother hostage on the tower.
Ning Chuyi led a group of Jinyiwei and was in a tense confrontation with the second prince's men.
The city gate was closed, and although Ling Chu could not see what was happening outside the city, he knew without thinking that the emperor must be afraid of the consequences.
The long sword in the second prince's hand was on the queen mother's neck, and no one dared to do it no matter how powerful their martial arts were.
"Rebellious son, why don't you let your grandmother go!"
Perhaps because he felt that his relationship had been torn apart, the second prince no longer pretended to be gentle as before, but sneered, "Father, I am not stupid. If I let my grandmother go, how could I still be alive?"
The emperor was furious, but he had to suppress his anger for the sake of the queen mother's life, "You are so rebellious and unfilial, have you ever thought about your mother...?"
It would have been better if the emperor didn't mention Concubine An Xian, but when he did, the second prince wanted to kill the emperor.
"My mother is gone, killed by your good queen."
The emperor frowned, he was thinking about how to get someone to find Concubine An Xian and let her persuade the second prince to stop, but he didn't expect that she would be killed by the queen.
"Let your grandmother go, and I can ignore the mistakes you made."
The second prince didn't believe what the emperor said. If it weren't for Concubine An Xian and Zhao Chuanlin, the emperor might not want his life.
But when he finds out about his mother's affair, she will doubt his background and will sentence him to death sooner or later.
"I just want to leave Kyoto. Father, please take your men away. Otherwise, if my hand shakes, it will be bad."
The emperor's face was full of clouds. He stared at the second prince for a long time. Seeing that he had no intention of repenting, he had to raise his hand.
He was about to signal the soldiers behind him to withdraw.
The queen mother suddenly raised her voice, "Zong'er, you are the emperor, the ruler of a country, how can you be controlled by others.
My mother has lived to such an old age, it doesn't matter if she dies.
Go ahead."
The second prince's eyes were cold. Sure enough, in this world, only his mother was sincere to him.
The queen mother had no shortage of grandchildren, so how could she care about his life or death.
The second prince pressed the sword in his hand against the queen mother's neck, and shouted at the emperor outside the city, "Retreat! Retreat ten miles."
"Mother!" Seeing the queen mother's expression in pain and blood oozing from her neck, the emperor subconsciously wanted to move forward.
But seeing the murderous intent on the second prince's face, he could only wave his hand and signal, "Retreat!"
The Queen Mother endured the pain, "Your Majesty, don't..."
The Emperor didn't want the Queen Mother to anger the Second Prince, so he led his men to slowly retreat.
Although the Queen Mother was annoyed that the Second Prince had held her hostage, she still thought of her beloved grandson, "Mu'er, stop now, it's not too late."
When the Second Prince saw the Emperor and his men retreat, he had no intention of listening to the Queen Mother's advice.
He was about to press the Queen Mother down and take the opportunity to leave the city.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he moved, his wrist suddenly hurt.
Seeing the Taoist who suddenly appeared out of nowhere, the Second Prince was shocked and angry, "Master Xuanyi!"
He subconsciously wanted to resist.
But Master Xuanyi had already clamped his wrist.
With a pull and a twist, the long sword slipped out of his hand and fell to the ground with a clang.
Master Xuanyi used the invisibility technique to climb onto the city wall, and the Second Prince and the imperial guards around him didn't notice it.
When the sound came, the imperial guards came back to their senses.
The Second Prince was about to signal them to take action, but his eyes blurred.
Two other Taoists suddenly appeared on the left and right, and subdued the imperial guards around him with a wave of their hands.
Seeing Xuanyi Zhenren jumping down from the tower with the queen mother, the second prince was furious and immediately jumped up.
Just as the second prince was about to grab the queen mother, the emperor sitting on the horse drew his bow and put an arrow.
Puff!
The sound of the sharp arrow entering the body came.
The second prince fell headfirst from the city wall.
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