After being turned into cannon fodder, I relied on involution to survive

Chapter 48 The bad prince

However, the weak woman who was targeted was smarter, smarter, braver and more decisive than they imagined. When she discovered that the assassins subconsciously avoided the Queen Mother's side and looked at her with murderous intent, she immediately took the initiative. He rushed over and helped his husband block the knife that was slashing at him.

What she was thinking was that she was going to die anyway, so she might as well take this opportunity to find a way to save her and fight for a chance of survival for her children and her family.

At the critical moment, he was pushed away by his wife, and he watched helplessly as she blocked the incoming knives for him. The current emperor of Daqi, who had always been obedient and obedient to the Dalu family, showed his stubbornness for the first time. one side.

Regardless of the objections of the Queen Mother, he promised his dying wife to personally raise their son, who is now the eldest prince Xiao Yuanjin.

Xiao Yuanjin was also a key target of the assassins at that time. Fortunately, he not only had a smart and brave mother, but also a father who would rather have no one protect him than let someone protect his son first. He was also brave enough to risk his own life to delay him. A loyal servant of time.

In order to protect him who was desperately trying to escape while being held by his nanny, he and almost all the other servants around his father and mother died.

The tragic situation at the scene made his father feel like a crazy trapped animal. This honest man who had always understood the current affairs suddenly burst out with strong hatred, grief and anger, and showed a stubbornness that would never give in even if he died with the person who stood in his way. .

Faced with this man who had lost all sense but was only one step away from ascending to the throne, even the powerful Lu family had to make temporary concessions out of frustration.

Of course, their concessions are conditional.

The premise of the Empress Dowager Da Lu's promise to the current emperor of Da Qi to personally raise Xiao Yuanjin "unruly" was that he would not make Xiao Yuanjin's own mother the queen.

She insisted on holding the funeral for Xiao Yuanjin's mother at the lowest level of her status as a "Crown Princess" on the grounds that she was trying to repay a favor and deliberately broke royal rules.

The current emperor of Da Qi was alone, and few members of the royal family were on his side. After two days of fighting, he finally couldn't bear to have his wife's body left alone, so he had to retreat. The second best thing is to let her rest in peace first.

Of course, this was what he thought was the "end."In the eyes of Da Lu and other members of the Lu family, this matter is far from over.

They could not stop the determination of the current emperor of Da Qi to keep Xiao Yuanjin by his side, but they did not want to keep Xiao Yuanjin, the eldest son with a good and upright character, to continue to be an eyesore.

Therefore, during the funeral of Xiao Yuanjin's mother-in-law, the Empress Dowager Lu not only deliberately deceived the situation, but also took the opportunity to give Xiao Yuanjin, who was guarding the mourning hall, a highly concealed and chronic poison.

Although the emperor discovered it in time, Xiao Yuanjin was treated by the imperial doctor at the beginning of the poisoning, and he was lucky enough to save a small life, but he lived a life of frailty and poor legs since then.

A frail and unhealthy prince would never have any fate with the throne if the emperor had other healthy princes. The Lu family's motivation to kill him was suddenly reduced.

In addition, the emperor always kept Xiao Yuanjin with him like a little tail. Not only did he eat and live with him, but he even asked his trusted palace maids and eunuchs to wait in the small room behind with Xiao Yuanjin. If there is any abnormal situation, he can hear it immediately.

As a result, it was really difficult for the Lu family to find a perfect opportunity to attack him again. After weighing the pros and cons, their attitude towards Xiao Yuanjin suddenly changed from "must kill" to "we will wait until we find an opportunity."

One party was extremely protective, and the other party did not intend to kill Xiao Yuanjin at all costs, so Xiao Yuanjin was able to survive until now.

In the plot of the original book, although Xiao Yuanjin's own situation has not been very good, he still helped many people around him within his ability.

Because of this, he has always gotten along very well with his "proton" companion Yu Zizhen, who is also passionate and kind-hearted.Although he didn't know that the "good brother" he thought was actually a girl until both of them died, the original owner wanted to protect Xiao Yuanjin even after death, and wanted him to have a smooth life and grow old safely, and even had strong regrets and feelings about it. From an obsession point of view, the original owner at least lived up to Xiao Yuanjin's protection and trust in her.

Recalling these plot contents, Yu Zizhen and Mr. Jiang entered the South Study Room to meet the emperor.

Sure enough, as the plot stated, in the small corner by the window of the south study room, there was a little boy who was only a little older than Yu Zizhen sitting quietly behind his small desk.

He is thin and pale, with a bluish complexion, but his facial features are particularly delicate. When he hears the movement and raises his head, the clean and clear peach blossom eyes embedded in his cold little face seem to shoot out four... Big words: Keep away from strangers.

Yu Zizhen's eyes widened, and in his heart there was a woodchuck singing loudly, spinning in circles and screaming.

What a cute little lady, she is so cute that her heart melts, she misses Rua so much!
"Zizhen pays homage to your majesty, long live your majesty." The groundhog in his heart has already built a magic fairy castle, but on the surface, Yu Zizhen is respectfully and well-behaved, presenting gifts to the emperor with Mr. Jiang.

The emperor came over, helped her up with his own hands, and then motioned to Mr. Jiang with his eyes, "No courtesy, no courtesy at all. If you come, please give me a seat."

Yu Zizhen smiled and thanked him, and then sat down on the brocade stool brought by the young eunuch.

As for Mr. Jiang, he could only stand and reply to the emperor.

The emperor also ordered people to prepare boxes of tea, snacks and dried fruit preserves for Yu Zizhen, "You can take whatever you like to eat."

Yu Zizhen smiled and nodded, "Okay. Thank you, Your Majesty."

She was well-behaved and loved to laugh. The emperor fell in love with her as soon as he saw her. He looked at his son and said, "This is my eldest son Xiao Yuanjin. He is eight years old this year. You and Zizhen should have a lot to talk about."

This is the biological father filter. Otherwise, no one would think that Xiao Yuanjin could have anything to say to his peers if he looked at him.

Yu Zizhen stood up with a smile and bowed to Xiao Yuanjin in a dignified manner, "Zizhen has met the eldest prince."

Xiao Yuanjin nodded slightly, then lowered his head in silence, completely ignoring people.

The emperor was very embarrassed. He gestured to Yu Zizhen in a hurry, "Sit down. You are too well-behaved. You are still young, so you should be more casual when getting along in the future."

Yu Zizhen sat back down with a smile, "Okay, I'll listen to your Majesty."

The emperor secretly breathed a sigh of relief, secretly feeling that the eldest son of King Zhenbei was really good-tempered.

When he thought about it, he had to summon such a well-behaved and sensible boy to the capital and palace as requested by the Empress Dowager Lu. The emperor suddenly felt his conscience aching.

(End of this chapter)