Chapter 308

Chapter 308 A wonderful play

Those who ascend the altar are not allowed to wear swords, otherwise they will be considered disrespectful to God.

Only Emperor Liang De could hold a sword.

But it just so happens that the knife is still in the assassin's hand right now...

Emperor Liang De's face was gloomy, he grabbed the bamboo pole and pulled hard. The sheep hanging on the bamboo pole bumped into it.

"Pfft".

The blade sank into the sheep's body.

The assassin quickly pulled it out without any hesitation, and immediately rushed towards Emperor Liang De.

But at this moment the people carrying the cattle and sheep also pounced on them.

The soldiers on the periphery pushed aside the crowd and squeezed towards the altar. They held long spears... but they bumped into the armor of the guards.

The guards guarding the inner circle turned around in shock and anger, and the two sides exchanged hands.

how so?

There are actually assassins among these soldiers!

Suddenly the ministers were in chaos, shouting and running: "Protect! Protect!"

"There are assassins in the Longwu Army!"

But this time, Prince Xuan and He Songning ran up the long stairs almost at the same time.

Taking one step leads to three or four steps.

Just when King Xuan was about to rush to Emperor Liang De's side, he paused and blocked the spear that was extending diagonally with his backhand.

Therefore, He Songning quickly arrived at Emperor Liang De's side.

Blood splattered three feet high.

As if his eyes were red with blood, the sword in his hand sank into the assassin's chest, pulled it out, and then sank it into his abdomen.

Repeat several times and move very quickly.

The assassin's body seemed to have been smashed in the blink of an eye. He fell heavily from the steps, twitched twice and became motionless.

Xue Qingyin watched from a distance, her breath suffocating.

If she had been holding such a knife in her hand... Oh, forget it, such a knife was too big for her to hold it steady, and it would be difficult for her to stab it with such force.

"Princess, it's better not to look at it, it's too bloody." Someone came over and closed the curtain for Xue Qingyin.

Xue Qingyin thought to herself, "My husband is inside, so how can I say I won't watch it?"

She grabbed the car curtain: "...I, I'm worried about my father."

The guard standing guard outside the car window had no choice but to stop.

But wait until Xue Qingyin looks up again.

"All the assassins have been killed!" He Songning shouted from the high platform.

King Xuan cleaned the outer perimeter, and He Songning cleaned the inner perimeter.

The guards were also well trained.

It seemed that in just one breath, the dust settled.

Xue Qingyin breathed out: "It's fine if you're not hurt."

It’s good that King Xuan was not injured.

She was afraid that he would be distracted by her being here.

"Your Majesty, you are frightened." Emperor Liang De raised his eyes and looked down at the crowd, speaking in a low voice.

The ministers recovered from the tremors and knelt down one after another: "Your Majesty's dragon body is fine, and I will wait with peace of mind until death."

The sound of armor and weapons clashing sounded in my ears.

The ministers raised their heads tremblingly, and saw the well-trained guards coming down to collect the bodies.

"The sacrifices continue." Emperor Liang De said solemnly.

"Your Majesty?" The ministers looked shocked.

Emperor Liang De turned around and brushed off the blood on his clothes nonchalantly: "If the time is auspicious, I will use this blood to recommend the heaven and earth to Xuanyuan."

The ministers opened their mouths and trembled, but in the end they could no longer persuade him.

He Songning just stood aside, his hands trembling slightly, and his body trembling slightly.

My feet were wet.

The blood seemed to soak into his shoes and socks, giving him an indescribable sticky and uncomfortable feeling.

The wind blew by, bringing with it an unpleasant fishy smell.

He watched Emperor Liang De complete the sacrificial ceremony in front of him.

After the ceremony, they did not leave immediately. Emperor Liang De immediately ordered officials from Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment to investigate the assassin's origins on the spot.

Besides, no unnecessary words were said.

He didn't say "Xue Ning did a good job in protecting me" or "Xue Ning saved me".

After walking off the high platform, Emperor Liang De asked the imperial guard on the side: "How is Princess Xuan? Is she frightened?"

The guard replied: "No, I'm just a little worried about your majesty's safety. I'm really relieved to see that your majesty is not injured."

Emperor Liang showed a smile.

He Songning walked behind and couldn't help laughing.

Emperor Liang then walked to Xue Qingyin's car under heavy protection. He did not roll up the car curtain first, but turned his head and glanced at Fang Chengzhong who was still blocked at the other end.

"He is a loyal subordinate. At this moment, he still remembers to protect the princess for their master." Emperor Liang De said coldly, then raised his hand and knocked on the car window, "Qingyin, come down."

Xue Qingyin got out of the carriage and asked cautiously: "Is everything okay?"

"Nothing happens. Let's take a rest in the other palace for now." Emperor Liang De said.

Xue Qingyin nodded.

The group of people went to the villa near Yuanqiu.

"Where is King Xuan?" Xue Qingyin walked out for a while and looked back.

She could catch a glimpse of King Xuan, standing there like a spear rising from the ground, sharp and sharp.

"He has a lot of things to deal with, and he will naturally come to us after the treatment is completed." Liang Dedi said lightly.

Xue Qingyin cursed in her heart, she just won't let us see her, right?

Then why did you ask me to come?

The villa next to the circular mound was built very large, and Xue Qingyin was carried into the palace on a sedan chair.

As soon as he entered the palace, Emperor Liang De ordered the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat He Songning.

He Songning sat there numbly, with no expression on his face. He even forgot to say "Thank you, Your Majesty".

The imperial doctor lifted up his clothes: "...I hurt my shoulder, but fortunately it's not serious."

The imperial physician handed the medicine to the eunuch beside him, who knelt beside him and applied the medicine to He Songning.

Emperor Liang De responded, "Yes." He then asked the guard beside him, "Was the Seventh Prince frightened today?"

The guard whispered, "It seems that he was frightened, but he still stood there steadily."

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"Good! It has a bit of royal style!" Emperor Liang De praised.

He Songning suddenly interrupted: "Your Majesty...Your Majesty said before that he would give me a reward. I wonder what your Majesty will give me?"

His tone was strange, with a kind of empty coldness.

The palace people were shocked unconsciously. This atmosphere was so strange...

"Withdraw." Emperor Liang De said to the palace people.

The palace people nodded and walked out, and even the imperial physician hurriedly picked up the medicine box and walked out.

But after they walked out, several guards walked in.

Seeing this scene, He Songning's pupils opened, and the gloom in his eyes became more intense.

"What I want to reward you...haven't you seen it?" Emperor Liang De said indifferently.

"See it?" He Songning looked around blankly.

Xue Qingyin: "...Me?"

The air was silent for a moment.

But no one responded to Xue Qingyin's voice at this moment.

He Songning lowered his head and asked, "Your Majesty, how long do I have to wait before I can kneel before the ancestral tablets and pay my respects like the Seventh Prince? Or... I will never see that day in my lifetime?"

"You love her the most, so I will give her to you. Why? Not enough?" Emperor Liang De asked back.

He Songning raised his face and forced a smile: "Should it be enough?"

Emperor Liang De still did not answer his question, and said lightly: "Are you thinking that you ignored life and death, took care of me, and fell ill, and now you are here to save me. There is no other good son like you in the world. I should restore your status for both emotional and rational reasons?"

"Are you thinking that you are so similar to me, when I chose to push Xue Qingyin to you, I should have been biased towards you endlessly?"

"This is what you have been waiting for, you are waiting for me to help you become the crown prince?"

A trace of surprise flashed across He Songning's eyes, and he obviously did not expect Emperor Liang De to choose to be so straightforward.

He moved his lips and squeezed out a voice: "I...no. I just want...one day, I can change my words with a clear reason. Qingyin can also call you 'Father', but I can't...I can't..."

"I am waiting too." Emperor Liang De interrupted him with an indifferent look.

"I'm waiting for you to be honest. Even if you're not honest, it doesn't matter. I know you haven't seen your biological father for many years. I know you feel wronged. I can tolerate your inappropriate behavior. I'm waiting for you to be content."

"But you are not content."

"Did Xue Chengdong encourage your ambition?"

He Songning wanted to laugh.

Wanted to laugh out loud.

He hasn't really started yet... In the emperor's mind, he has become a greedy person.

What did his biological father give him? Not even one percent of what the emperor gave to the King of Wei. Haha!

He resisted the trembling of his body and said hoarsely: "I don't have..."

"No?" Emperor Liang De showed disappointment, "There was no bone steaming disease from beginning to end!"

"What?" He Songning said in a trance.

"Bone steaming disease was eradicated decades ago. How could it suddenly break out so easily today? There is no source at all. As of the son of Marquis Puyang, there is no clue."

"The seventh prince survived the bone steaming disease, I survived, and you survived. How many people died in the capital?"

"Bone steaming disease shouldn't be like this."

"This is just a play by someone."

"A big play that abandons life and death to serve the sick."

He Songning's voice changed slightly: "Your Majesty... think I led this big play?"

"Then who else can benefit from the end of bone steaming disease besides you?"

"Why can't it be Prince Xuan? Wasn't the first son Fang who died the one who was originally going to marry the girl from the Xu family? The Xu family has close contacts with Prince Xuan's mansion. Why can't it be Prince Xuan who did it to protect the Xu family?" He Songning said excitedly.

"Hui Niang." Emperor Liang De spit out these two words.

He Songning paused: "I don't understand what your majesty said."

"Fang Shao's lover, the sister of the concubine of King Wei, Jiang Hui. She was involved in a fraud case. She asked for help from King Wei, but was turned away. Then you took her back outside King Wei's door."

"It was she who drugged Fang Shao, making Fang Shao the first person to be 'sick'. When the news from outside the palace reached the palace, the imperial doctor said it was 'bone steaming disease', and there was an example of Fang Shao's death, the two evidences corroborated each other, so no one doubted the authenticity of the epidemic."

"It's a wonderful play."

"You see, you specifically chose Fang Shao, who was involved with the Xu family, to kill, so you can push it to King Xuan."

"If Fang Shao hadn't been so proud and described his beloved to his friends repeatedly, she would have looked very different from the girl from the Xu family. As a result, some people discovered that he actually had a Hui Niang by his side."

"...Did you make this play?"

"I..." He Songning opened his mouth, feeling absurd and pathetic for a moment.

"Are you going to say that you don't know any Hui Niang?" Emperor Liang De said in a cold tone.

"I took Hui Niang back with me. I originally wanted to keep her for the future use on the King of Wei." He Songning had to pull out all his previous thoughts and calculations and spread them out for Emperor Liang De to see.

"But I killed the King of Wei in Yizhou, so she was naturally useless. I expelled her from the mansion, and I didn't know her whereabouts later..." He Songning paused when he said this.

He also found that whatever he said at this time seemed pale and powerless.

"Don't want to admit it?" Emperor Liang De said, and then changed the subject, "Then tell me about the assassination."

"After you went to Xuanzhou, I was assassinated in the palace. The assassin shouted 'Revenge for Prince Zhang'."

When He Songning heard this, he suddenly realized that something was wrong!

Cold sweat soaked his clothes in an instant.

He didn't know that the bone steaming disease was a play before!

But Emperor Liang De blamed it on him.

With the bone steaming disease arousing suspicion in the past, plus the assassination...even if it wasn't him, it would all be considered his doing in the end!

"This is also a wonderful play." Emperor Liang De said coldly.

"You first laid the groundwork for the assassination by the former subordinates of Prince Zhang. When you come back from Xuanzhou, someone else will assassinate me, and you will take the opportunity to save me, which will not be so abrupt. My anger will only fall on those former subordinates of Prince Zhang."

"And those assassins shouted out Prince Zhang in public, which can also strengthen my determination to kill King Xuan."

He Songning was extremely surprised.

The assassination in the palace was arranged by him. The emperor's guess about the motive was not wrong...

But when did he send someone to shout "revenge for Prince Zhang" in public?

How could he slap the emperor in the face like this?

"I underestimated you. Tell me, who are your people in the palace, the army, and even the court?" Emperor Liang De stared at him.

"I don't have any..."

There are true and false things in this...some are true, and some are framed.

But He Songning...can't defend himself.

"...It's King Xuan." He Songning's eyes were bloodshot, and he squeezed out a voice that wanted to bite his flesh and blood, "If I say that all this must be manipulated by King Xuan to make your majesty alienated from me..."

"Your majesty...will you believe it?"