Civil and military officials of the Manchu dynasty, begging me to ascend the throne

Chapter 18 Juan
Fu Sheng also became interested: "Then why did you offend Princess Anle?"

"Tackling? Stealing? Not doing a good job? Taking it out on you?"

At the end, the maid nodded her head.

"Is An Le taking out your anger on you? Why?"

It's not easy to ask next, Fu Sheng can only list all possible things bit by bit.

But the palace man's complexion was ashen, he neither nodded nor shook his head.

Fu Sheng had no choice but to stop and talked about other topics: "I heard that Princess An Le found a cloak in your house. Is that yours?"

Hearing this, the palace man suddenly trembled all over, his eyes filled with fear.

The already paralyzed body even wanted to move, and fell to the edge of the bed with a bang.

The prince Jiang Yi was so scared that he took a few steps back, and finally ended the topic full of pity.

"It's just a cloak, don't scare her..." Jiang Yi helped the man back to the bed, regretting coming here.

But Jiang Yi's words made the palace maid's eyes flash back with light.

"We are bothering you today, so go to sleep." Fu Sheng also left with Jiang Yi.

But within two steps, Fu Sheng grabbed the dazed Jiang Yi and led him back to the palace man's room quietly.

"This...isn't that good?" Jiang Yi showed hesitation, after all, he, a respectful person who is familiar with the Five Classics, has never heard of the foot of the bed.

But after thinking about it, Jiang Yi still didn't let go of Fu Sheng's hand after all, and accompanied him to mess around.

The two waited for half a stick of incense, but there was no movement in the room.Until the full moon in the sky was covered by clouds, the footsteps of the second person appeared in the room.

The newcomer raised his knife and slashed at the bed without saying a word. Both Jiang Yi and Fu Sheng practiced martial arts since childhood, so they quickly appeared to block him.

Fu Sheng had just fought two or three rounds with this person, when the guards on patrol rushed over when they heard the sound.

Seeing that the situation was not right, the man wanted to slip away, but was stopped by Jiang Yi with the long sword at his waist.

When the imperial army was approaching, this man even wanted to bump into the prince's sword several times, and the prince was so frightened that he quickly withdrew his sword.

The imperial guards broke into the house, only to see the prince drawing his sword, the thief wanted to assassinate the prince, so all the people rushed to stop the thief.

Fu Sheng patted the dust on his clothes, stepped forward and took off the thief's black face scarf.

A familiar face appeared in front of everyone.

"Isn't this the palace man next to the concubine?" the prince asked in surprise.

Fu Sheng also felt that this person was very familiar, and indeed he had seen him once when he was meeting with Concubine Cheng in the palace.

This time the leader of the forbidden army was an inconspicuous little person, and he was already in a panic when he saw such a big event as 'the crown prince was assassinated'.Knowing that this is the palace servant next to Concubine Cheng, I just feel that the power in the inner palace is treacherous, and it is definitely not something the imperial army can meddle with.

The leader of the forbidden army hurriedly cupped his hands and said to the prince: "Your Highness, this matter is very important, and we need to report it to the Holy One."

"That's right..." Jiang Yi also felt that this matter was unusually involved, but his sleeve was tugged by Fu Sheng.

Fu Sheng pointed to the palace man who had collapsed on the ground, and he said, "Indeed, please also ask the leader of the team to follow the emperor, and I will tell the imperial concubine and empress."

The two clasped their hands together, and the leader of the forbidden army quickly left, walking like an arrow.

"Why stop me..."

"It's not advisable to talk too much about this court lady with Your Majesty..."

"But..." Jiang Yi wanted to explain more.

"So how should His Highness and I justify it? Just say, I waited until I met the assassin after watching the moon, and entered this room in order to avoid the assassin."

"Your Highness, remember, remember." Jiang Yi listened to Fu Sheng's warning. He knew that Fu Sheng did all this for his own good, so he just nodded silently and didn't say anything more.

After a while, a eunuch in Tsing Yi appeared in front of them.

"How safe is Your Highness? His Majesty learned that this matter is of great importance, so he hastily called His Highness over." As he spoke, the eunuch in Tsing Yi looked at the somewhat embarrassed Fu Sheng, "And Mr. Fu. Please follow this old slave to Chongguang Hall."

"Hard work Mr. An" Jiang Yi and Fu Sheng cupped their hands one after another.

Under Jiang Yi's eyes, the guards of the Eastern Palace took over the assassin who was being suppressed by the imperial army, and followed them to the Chongguang Hall.

At this time, the Chongguang Hall was brightly lit, and the old emperor had followed the way of health preservation and went to bed early.

But before he could sleep well, he heard the eunuchs crying and reporting that the prince had been assassinated in the East Palace.

This can't help but make the old emperor startled.

What do imperial guards eat?
What does Qiaoduling do?
Also, the Jingying Capital, which is directly in charge of Kyoto, has not discovered that there are assassins in the palace?
The old emperor was in a state of panic. If the assassin can kill the prince today, he will be able to kill the emperor tomorrow.

It was also because of the fear in his heart that the old emperor not only hurriedly summoned the commander of the imperial army, but even called Cheng Engong, who was in charge of the Beijing camp thirty miles away, into Beijing. The emperor's urgency.

When Jiang Yi brought Fu Sheng and the assassin into the palace, the old emperor's panic eased a little.

"This is the assassin?" The old emperor obviously knew the eunuch.

"Reporting to Your Majesty: Yes, it is this person. His Royal Highness and his ministers were watching the moon late at night, and he suddenly attacked His Highness. Fortunately, His Highness is very skilled in martial arts, and the forbidden army arrived quickly."

"You are?" The candlelight was dim, and the old emperor only felt that His Highness looked familiar.

"Your Majesty is the son of the Prince of Huai'an, Fu Sheng. Your Majesty, you ordered your ministers to accompany the prince to read..." Speaking of this, the old emperor remembered.

"It's the son of the Prince of Huai'an... Did the assassin implicate you today..."

"Thank you for your majesty's thoughtfulness. Thanks to the quick arrival of the imperial army, the minister and the crown prince were able to breathe." Facing the old emperor's concern, Fu Sheng answered very well, neither humble nor overbearing.

But Jiang Yi was not so lucky. The old emperor still didn't like the prince very much and only ignored him.

"Someone called Imperial Concubine Cheng to come here." Eunuch An obeyed and walked out of the palace with small steps.

After a while, the sound of Concubine Cheng's eager footsteps was heard in the palace.

"Your Majesty..." Concubine Cheng was only wearing plain clothes, her expression was in a trance, with tears in the corners of her eyes, as if she was frightened.

The old emperor held Concubine Cheng's hand, led her to the dragon chair, and took the small stool.

The old emperor glared at Eunuch An who had passed on the message, and Eunuch An could only smile wryly.

"Don't listen to the old slave's nonsense, the crown prince is fine, just standing here..." Apparently, Cheng Guifei's panic and helplessness won the old emperor's heart.

Prince Jiang Yi also followed the emperor's words and stepped forward a few steps.

"Concubine mother, my son is here. Concubine mother, don't panic..."

Hearing the crown prince's comfort, Concubine Cheng burst into tears, clutching the sleeve of the old emperor's dragon robe.

"Your Majesty... What's going on, Your Majesty, it really scares the concubine..."

The old emperor patted the imperial concubine on the back, and said slowly: "Don't be afraid, I'm here...I called you here because of the assassin...Look at it"

The imperial concubine only took one look, then was frightened and covered her mouth: "Why...how could it be Juan, he is the eunuch in the concubine's palace..."

(End of this chapter)