Chapter 427 Assassination
Niu Niu also met Lin Jieyu in the palace in the past. At that time, this person always followed Concubine Li, but she was not like Liu Meiren who always took the lead in everything.
Now in the paddock, Niu Niu's impression of Lin Jieyu was neither good nor bad. Lin Jieyu's eyes were indeed unkind occasionally, but she was very attentive in teaching Niu Niu how to ride and shoot.
Niu Niu only felt that Lin Jieyu was like a contradictory person.
When he heard his beloved concubine's proposal, the emperor just thought for a moment and agreed.
"It's Niu Niu's first time hunting. As long as you can draw the bow, you will be very good. You don't have to worry about the accuracy." The emperor also reassured Niu Niu in advance.
Lin Jieyu stood aside, looking at the emperor's gentle appearance. If Niu Niu hadn't been so young, she almost thought she had seen the emperor and the imperial concubine getting along in the past.
"Little Hu Meizi." Lin Jieyu cursed secretly in her heart.
When the emperor hunted, he was always accompanied by many guards for safety. These people also had bows and arrows. If they encountered prey, they would also help shoot arrows.
Niu Niu rode the white pony given by the eldest princess's palace and followed slowly behind the emperor.
The emperor always hunted wildly, but today he seemed to have changed his temper, patiently accompanying the little girl to walk slowly in the forest.
Lin Jieyu rode her horse and complained softly: "Your Majesty, our horses run too slowly and can't even catch up with the prey. I've been in the forest for so long, and I haven't seen a single rabbit yet." "
The emperor happened to feel that Lin Jieyu was beside him, buzzing like a fly. He waved his sleeves and said, "That's all, you can just move around in the forest by yourself. You don't have to follow us all the time."
Lin Jieyu acted coquettishly and asked the emperor to accompany her: "Your Majesty, Niu Niu is so small and can't hunt much. Just let a few guards accompany her, and we can have a good time hunting together!"
The emperor really didn't do his best in hunting these two days, but he didn't know why. Even though the purpose of this trip was hunting, when he saw Niu Niu this time, he felt as if the lost treasure had returned to him.
Compared with hunting that can be carried out at any time, he cares more about accompanying Niu Niu.
"You can just go, I have other plans."
When Lin Jieyu heard this answer, a hint of sinisterness flashed in her eyes, but she also knew that the emperor's words were not allowed to be refuted by others, so she could only choose a direction and ran over on horseback.
The emperor took Niu Niu forward aimlessly as if walking in the woods.
Gradually, they walked deeper into the forest.
It's not that they want to go deep into the forest, but the prey on the periphery seems to have been eaten by something, and prey is rarely seen.
"It seems that the boys had a big harvest yesterday, and they killed all the prey in the forest." The emperor sighed and didn't think much about it.
"Uncle Emperor, it feels weird here. I don't like it. Let's go back." Niu Niu said suddenly.
Niu Niu felt as if she was being targeted by something vicious in the depths of the forest, and her body felt cold.
The emperor looked at the little girl's pale face with distress, and was about to nod in agreement when he suddenly saw a white shadow flashing in front of his eyes.
"Your Majesty, it's a white fox!" said the guard beside him.
The emperor's heart moved. White foxes are rare. If you can peel off the white fox skin completely, you can make a coat for Niu Niu.
"You guys go chase him!" The emperor ordered three guards to chase the white fox.
The others stayed there and waited for them to come back. Shortly after the three guards left, another white shadow flashed in front of everyone.
This time Bai Ying stopped in front of everyone.
Two innocent and wet eyes looked at each other and ran away as if they were frightened.
"Little White Deer!" Niu Niu shouted excitedly.
The snow-white deer is auspicious. Now there is one in the animal garden. Even the royal family regards it as a treasure. No one expected to encounter it deep in the forest.
The emperor thought that not mentioning it was a symbol of auspiciousness. Just because Niuniu liked it, it was worth sending people to chase this deer: "You guys go after it and catch it alive!"
The four guards chased the white deer in the direction in which it was escaping.
Niu Niu suddenly felt that her surroundings seemed empty. The little girl looked around and saw that there were originally ten guards around the emperor, but now there were only three left.
The commander of the guards also realized that something was wrong and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, they will return to the team after they finish hunting. For your Majesty's safety, I kindly ask your Majesty to return to the palace."
The emperor did not intend to embarrass his subordinates and nodded in agreement.
But just as the horses turned around, everyone suddenly heard the woman's shrill cry for help.
"Help! Help! Your Majesty, save me!"
Niu Niu listened for a moment and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, uncle, it seems to be Empress Jieyu."
It was impossible for the emperor to leave his woman alone, so the group hurried in that direction.
Coincidentally, Lin Jieyu was also running in the direction where they were.
Lin Jieyu, who was high-spirited before entering the forest, was now in a miserable state, with the clothes on her head scattered.
The emperor thought that his beloved concubine had encountered a ferocious beast, but he did not expect that there were several masked men with knives following behind her.
As soon as they met each other, the captain of the guard shouted: "Protect Your Majesty!"
Together with the other two guards, he firmly protected the emperor behind him.
The emperor stood in front of Niu Niu again.
"Whoosh whoosh!"
There were several sounds of arrows in the forest, and several masked men were standing high in the trees shooting arrows downwards.
The guards blocked in time, and the arrows shot at them were shot down one after another. Neither the emperor nor Niu Niu was injured.
It's just that people have protection, but horses don't.
After being attacked, several horses neighed and lost control.
Several people had to abandon their horses. Three guards formed a circle and hid behind a big tree, surrounding the emperor and Niuniu in the center, so that arrows could not shoot at them.
Concubine Lin also wanted to run to them, but as soon as she moved, the chief guard pointed a long knife at her.
"Your Majesty, these assassins were brought by Concubine Lin. She is not innocent!" said the chief guard.
The emperor naturally understood this truth, and his eyes were cold when he looked at Concubine Lin.
Concubine Lin was still saying that she was wronged: "Your Majesty, I am wronged, save me!"
But after seeing the emperor, the masked men really didn't care about Concubine Lin's life or death.
"Who are you? How dare you assassinate your majesty!" The chief guard shouted loudly.
The masked men didn't answer, and the arrows couldn't hit them, so they gave up the bows and arrows, picked up the long knives, and attacked the emperor and his party.
"Every move is deadly, and the movements are neat, like someone in the army!" The head guard blocked and analyzed.
Niuniu had never seen such a dangerous scene before. The little girl couldn't help thinking in her heart that every time she encountered danger, she would get a warning in her dream, why didn't she get one this time?
She suddenly realized that there was something in her hand, and when she looked down, it was half a tiger talisman.
"Take it and bring it back to your grandmother, the empress dowager." The emperor said.