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Chapter 111 The Young Master Sends You a Letter

But in a moment, the entire Shanglin Garden exploded, and the screams of "catching the assassin" and the sound of footsteps could be heard everywhere.

Song Qinghuan was also awakened by the sound, opened her eyes in a daze, and frowned when she saw something was wrong outside.

But suddenly Liu Yue hurriedly pushed the door and entered.

"Your Highness, it's bad! Assassins have entered Yichun Palace!" A gust of wind blew up Song Qinghuan's cheeks as he hurriedly walked.

"What?" Song Qinghuan's heart sank, she raised her eyes and looked out of the window, there seemed to be a faint light flickering in the distance, which was in the direction of Yichun Palace.

"How is the father?" She stared and asked in a cold voice.

"I don't know yet, Shen Xing has already gone to investigate the situation." Liu Yue hurriedly said.

"Where's Xuanying?!" Song Qinghuan got up and sat down on the bed, palming the lamp on the candlestick.Soft light shrouded the room, dispelling the tense and dignified atmosphere.

"Xuanying follows His Highness's order and stays guard at Yichun Palace. He hasn't returned yet."

Hearing this, Song Qinghuan was slightly relieved.

With Xuanying around, Father Emperor should be fine.But I didn't confirm it with my own eyes, and I was still uneasy after all. I pursed my lips and looked at Liuyue, "Change clothes, follow me to Yichun Palace."

Knowing Song Qinghuan's nature, Liuyue didn't say much, and quickly helped her change her clothes, and the two left for Yichun Palace.

Along the way, I met many Qimen riders who were in a hurry. Although their faces were tired, their expressions were slightly relaxed.It appears that the assassin was either killed or fled.

But even so, it must not be taken lightly.

Song Qinghuan's eyes froze, and he quickened his pace even more.

Arriving at Yichun Palace, outside the palace was surrounded by guarding Qimen cavalry. Seeing Song Qinghuan approaching, he saluted and showed embarrassment.

"Is Father safe?" Song Qinghuan asked anxiously.

Qi Menqi nodded, "Please rest assured, Your Highness, the emperor is fine."

"Where's the assassin?" Song Qing breathed a sigh of relief and asked again.

"Most of the assassins were killed or injured, two were captured alive, and a few escaped."

Song Qinghuan was shocked. Hearing the tone of the gate riders this time, there were more than one assassin....Where is this assassin?It is clear that they want to kill them all!
"I want to go in and see Father." Her eyes darkened, and her voice was a bit cold.

"Your Highness, the corpses in the courtyard and the hall have not been dealt with yet, Your Highness..." Qi Menqi kindly reminded.

"I want to go in." Song Qinghuan repeated with a cold look.

She knew that the door rider had good intentions, but at this time, she had to personally confirm that her father was safe before she could feel at ease.

The gate rider hesitated for a moment, caught a glimpse of Song Qinghuan's cold eyes, and finally bowed and invited her in without saying much.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, there was a strong smell of blood.

Looking around, he saw five or six black-clothed men and four or five Qimen cavalry lying crookedly in the courtyard, all of whom had been stabbed with swords, and one could tell from a glance that there had been a fierce fight before they died.

She twitched her nose, held her breath, and led Liu Yue around these corpses, walking towards the hall.

As soon as he entered the main hall, he saw the servants carrying the corpses of men in black out, looked up to see her, and bowed apologetically.

Song Qinghuan nodded and avoided it.

His eyes were lowered, seeing that the several men in black who were carried out were all stabbed in the chest, a fatal move, and a strange look flashed across their eyes.

After the waiter left, Song Qinghuan walked towards the inner hall.

Lifting the beaded curtain, he saw Emperor Yu standing by the window, his face fluctuating, and Song Xuan standing beside him, talking to him.

Hearing the movement, the two of them looked over at the same time, seeing that it was Song Qinghuan, they were both taken aback.

"Huan'er, why are you here?" Song Xuan wondered, and walked over.

"I heard that something happened in Father's palace, and I was worried about Father, so I came here to take a look." Zhao Song Xuan pursed his lips and smiled lightly, walked to the side of Emperor Yu, with worried eyes, "Father, are you okay? What happened?"

Hearing Song Qinghuan's words, Emperor Yu's chest heaved violently again, obviously frightened and angry.

Seeing this, Song Qinghuan hurriedly stepped forward to relieve him, helped him to sit down beside the soft couch, and then looked at Zhong Huai, "Eunuch Zhong, pour a cup of tea for the emperor."

Zhong Huai promised to back down.

Song Qinghuan sat down beside Emperor Yu, and said softly, "Father, I'm fine, you don't have to worry."

Emperor Yu let out an "um" and breathed a little calmer.

Zhong Huai brought tea.

Emperor Yu reached out to take it, raised his head and took a big gulp.After drinking the warm tea, the face returned to a little rosy.

"I went to bed early tonight. I was awakened by a scream in my sleep. I vaguely heard the word assassin. Because of the assassination of the prince in the afternoon, I woke up instantly and got up and hid behind the screen." Said He said, pointing.

The floor-to-ceiling screen with pear blossom wood carvings, flowers and birds has been split in half.

"There are four assassins, and they soon found out where I was hiding. Just when I thought I was about to die, a person suddenly broke into the window, also masked in black. As soon as he came in, he talked to the assassin without saying a word. Let's fight." Emperor Yu continued to speak, his fists on his knees trembling a little.

Song Xuan frowned upon hearing this.

Song Qinghuan's eyes were clear.

It's no wonder that the four men in black who were carried out just now were all killed with one move, and Xuanying really did it.

"What happened later?" Song Xuan said in a deep voice.

"The masked man quickly dealt with the assassin, and jumped out of the window without saying a word. I don't know who it was."

Both Song Xuan and Song Qinghuan hung their heads in silence, thoughtful.

Song Qinghuan can now be sure that the series of events from the forage field to the water, to Song Yan's arrow in the forest, to the sudden arrival of the assassin in Yichun Palace must be a complete plan, and none of the links are missing!

Thinking of this, his eyes suddenly moved slightly.

Which link is missing?

That day, the forage field was flooded, so I sent Xuanying to check it out, and met a black shadow by the well.Because Xuan Ying was there, the black shadow did not succeed.

Assuming that he was really going to poison the well that day as he expected——

The well provided water for the small kitchen next to it, and the kitchen was where the three meals a day were prepared for the palace people. If someone poisoned the well, all the maids and servants in Shanglin Garden would be affected.

But... why did you only poison the wells used by the palace people?Now it seems that the ultimate goal of the people behind the scenes should be Emperor Yu, so why...?
I was puzzled for a while, but heard a voice from outside the hall.

Looking around, it was Qimen riding to clear out the corpses in the courtyard.

Suddenly my mind moved.

Could it be - the real purpose of poisoning the water was not for the maids and servants, but to deal with Qimen Qimen? !

As soon as this idea emerged, all the fragments seemed to be connected in series.

What a wonderful chain plan!

The mastermind behind the scenes first ordered people to set fire to the forage field, and then took advantage of the time when people were on their backs, they poisoned the well.On the second day, he waited for an opportunity to lurk in the forest and shoot and kill the prince.

The crown prince was rescued, but Emperor Yu was uneasy, so he allocated a period of guards to guard the Gantang Courtyard, and sent more men to patrol the Shanglin Courtyard. As a result, the guards in front of Yichun Palace must be weak.The assassin took this opportunity to sneak into Yichun Palace, intending to assassinate Emperor Yu!

In other words, the assassin's goal is Emperor Yu!
However, there is still uneasiness in my heart.

Suddenly, I remembered something—assassins appeared in Yichun Palace, and Qi Menqi from all over the place would come to rescue him. As a result, there was a vacancy in the guards of Gantang Courtyard. If the assassins took this opportunity to attack the prince again...!
His complexion changed suddenly, and he looked at Emperor Yu anxiously, "Father, please send someone to Gantang Courtyard to check the situation!"

Emperor Yu frowned, "What's wrong?"

"I'm worried that the prince and brother will be in danger!" Song Qing said happily, then stood up and said, "Father, I'll go and have a look too." His face was very serious.

Yudi Yaomo also noticed something, looked at Zhong Huai, and motioned him to go down and arrange for Qi Menqi to accompany him.

Zhong Huai took the order and went down to make arrangements.

Song Xuan pulled her back and said, "Huan'er, I'll go with you." Although he didn't know why Song Qinghuan's expression suddenly changed, but seeing her cold and serious expression, he knew it must be a trivial matter, and he didn't feel relieved that she would go alone.

Song Qinghuan nodded, bowed to Emperor Yu, and was about to say goodbye, but suddenly heard the sound of the bead curtain moving, turned her head, and saw the empress and the gentle concubine who came in with anxious faces.

"Your Majesty, are you alright?" Seeing that Emperor Yu was safe and sound, the Empress breathed a sigh of relief and hurried to Emperor Yu's side.

"I'm fine." Seeing that the empress's concern did not seem to be fake, Emperor Yu nodded, his tone was gentle, but his eyes were still gloomy.

Song Qinghuan glanced at the queen, saluted her and Wanchang Emperor Ji, and then looked at Emperor Yu, "Father, Brother Fifth Emperor and I will go check the situation first."

The queen frowned, showing suspicion, "Where is Wuyang going?"

She left right after I arrived?
She has always been a suspicious person, and Song Qinghuan's behavior will inevitably make her suspicious.

Song Qinghuan said in a cool voice, "Go to Gantang Courtyard."

In fact, she didn't care much about the situation of the prince, she just didn't like the feeling of being led by the nose.

The queen's pupils shrank slightly, "What's wrong with the prince?"

Song Qinghuan shook her head lightly, "I don't know, that's why I went to check the situation."

The queen spoke urgently, "I will go with you!"

Emperor Yu also seemed to smell something unusual, raised his head for a moment, and stood up with Zhong Huai's support, "I'm also going to check on the prince's situation."

"Father, you..." Song Qinghuan tried to dissuade him, but Emperor Yu raised his hand to stop him.

She had no choice but to bless Emperor Yu, stepped forward and together with Song Xuan, helped him out of the inner hall.The queen hurriedly followed, Princess He Wanchang rolled her eyes, and also followed.

There is a distance between Gantang Courtyard and Yichun Palace. Along the way, they encountered several groups of Qimen cavalry searching for them. They all stopped and saluted them. Judging from their expressions, they found nothing.

Song Qinghuan watched coldly, and his heart became more and more suspicious.

——Who is responsible for such a big handwriting?
A name suddenly appeared in his mind, and his face sank suddenly.

Walk all the way to Gantang courtyard.

At the beginning of the month, the clouds covered and the brilliance shed.

The gate of the Gantang courtyard was ajar, and there was no one guarding the courtyard.

Everyone stared.

Emperor Yu's breath sank, he turned his head and ordered Qi Menqi who was following, "Go in and have a look."

The door was carefully pushed open by Qi Menqi, his eyes swept around, and a look of astonishment appeared on his face.

"What happened?" Emperor Yu asked.

"Your Majesty, the four court ladies who were on duty in the courtyard have been killed." Qi Menqi replied.

Emperor Yu's face suddenly collapsed, and he was shocked, "What did you say?"

There was a "buzz" in the queen's mind, and her face turned pale. "Yan'er..." She exclaimed and was about to rush in.

Song Xuan pulled her back, "Empress, please be quiet and don't be impatient."

The queen was pulled back, calmed down a bit, and stared fiercely at Qimen Qi who was answering at the courtyard gate, "Hurry up and go in and check the situation!"

Qimen should be riding nana, push the door and enter.

Everyone waited anxiously outside the courtyard, feeling very uncomfortable every minute.

Suddenly, the gate of the courtyard was pushed open, and a rider from Youqi Gate with a pale face quickly walked out, "Your Majesty..."

"How...?" Emperor Yu's eyes lit up, and he asked anxiously.

"There's no danger. It's just..." Qi Menqi was sweating on his brow, his pupils shrunk, as if he had seen something serious.While speaking, he also glanced vaguely at the He Wanchang Di Ji who was beside him.

"Just what?" Emperor Yu frowned and asked angrily, before the words finished, the queen broke away from Song Xuan's hand, pushed away the Qimen rider who was replying, and rushed into the courtyard.

"Empress Empress!" Song Xuan exclaimed, afraid of danger, led others to follow.

Song Qinghuan glanced at Emperor Yu, and saw that his complexion was also ashen, and he was leaning on himself a little bit unbearably.Seeing this, Zhong Huai hurried forward to support Emperor Yu.

"Father..." Song Qinghuan whispered.

Emperor Yu's eyes turned cold, and he took a deep breath, "Go in and have a look!"

Song Qinghuan lowered her eyes and walked towards Gantang Courtyard together with Emperor Yu.

Pushing open the courtyard door, there was a strong smell of blood coming over. When I stared at it, I saw several palace servants lying in the courtyard, with wounds on their bodies and no breath.

Emperor Yu's face became more and more gloomy, and he hurriedly walked around the corpse.

As soon as they stepped into the room, they saw the figure of the queen standing with her back to them, trembling violently.

There was a person lying on the ground, with a bloodstain on the slender neck, and a pair of eyes staring blankly at the top of his head, dying with regret!
Looking at that person's face, Song Qinghuan's thoughts sank.

The person who died was actually Xiu Xia!

Although she didn't know why the queen's maid appeared in the Gantang Courtyard, but Xiuxia was dead, the prince...but if the prince had something to do, it was impossible for the door riders not to mention it just now.

Suddenly there was a sound of bead curtains moving, and when I looked up, I saw that Song Xuan had turned to the door of the inner room and looked in.

At this look, his body froze suddenly.

Something really happened to the prince? !
Song Qinghuan felt a chill in his heart.Glancing at Zhong Huai, handing Emperor Yu into his hands, he quickly walked to Song Xuan's side, stopped and looked in.

The pupils shrank suddenly——

Eyes were blindingly red, and there were two men in black lying in a pool of blood, their corpses overlapped, and the man above had a sharp sword on his heart.

Looking away, he couldn't help but gasp.

Sitting next to the dead body of the man in black was a person, covered in blood, with a stiff expression, his eyes were empty and lifeless, and blood continued to flow from his back.

It is the owner of this Gantang Courtyard—Prince Song Yan.

Although his complexion is pale, there is still a trace of breath, and he is not dead yet.

Just as the brows were relaxed, they suddenly twitched again. His eyes fell on Song Yan's side, and the bottom of his eyes suddenly set off a stormy sea.

There was still one person lying there!
There was no light in the room, only the person's slender figure and delicate face could be vaguely seen, it seemed to be a woman.

Who is this? !

As soon as he moved his footsteps, he was about to take out the fire bag in his arms, but his body was slammed into the side. The queen rushed out from behind, looked at Song Yan who was sitting in a pool of blood, screamed, and Zhan Weiwei rushed forward. past.

Song Qinghuan was knocked sideways by her, but thanks to Song Xuan's support, she did not fall down.

The queen threw herself in front of Song Yan, holding his face with both hands, and kept calling, "Yan'er...Yan'er..."

Her movements were a bit large, and the woman lying beside her shook her body and tilted her head to the side.Song Qinghuan's eyes lowered, just in time to see it, she was horrified.

How could it be Lu Zhenzhen? !
In a dazed moment, Emperor Yutong and Princess Wanchang also walked over, their eyes fell on Song Yan's face, they were all surprised.

At this time, Princess He Wanchang glanced at the person next to him inadvertently. He was startled for a moment, then his pupils trembled suddenly, and he looked again with an expression of disbelief.

"Zhenzhen!" She screamed, opened her eyes wide and looked again, when she saw the blood stagnant wound on Lu Zhenzhen's chest and her lifeless face, her eyes darkened and she passed out.

*
Compared with the high spirits when I went there, the road back to the palace seemed extremely long and dull.

Song Qinghuan sat in the car, her eyes narrowed slightly.She didn't expect that so many things would happen in a seemingly ordinary spring hunt.

——The crown prince survived, but Lu Zhenzhen died, in a place where she shouldn't have appeared.

Princess He Wanchang couldn't bear this blow, she aged ten years overnight, crying and begging her father to avenge Lu Zhenzhen.

The father was furious and ordered Dali Temple to thoroughly investigate the matter. Brother Wuhuang was also under a lot of pressure for this.

Song Qinghuan frowned slightly, playing with the cup in his hand.

She probably already knew who the mastermind behind this scene was, and just because she knew it, she became even more frightened.

How long had it been since the last assassination, and he really couldn't wait to put his father to death?

If this person is not eliminated, he will become a serious trouble.

She hoped to get some useful information from the two remaining survivors. If necessary, she would use Shen Chuhan's power buried in Jian'an.Dali Temple's interrogation methods are still too light. Since the man dared to send these assassins over, he would definitely not be betrayed by them.

only--

There are always exceptions to everything, right?

Sighing tiredly, he softened his body and leaned against the leading pillow, his thoughts drifting.

As soon as he closed his eyes, the tragic scene in Gantang Courtyard unconsciously came to mind, and the scene of Lu Zhenzhen's death also kept flashing.Regarding why Lu Zhenzhen appeared in the Gantang Courtyard, Song Yan said that she went to visit after learning the news that she had been shot by an arrow, and this matter was also confirmed by the imperial physician who treated Song Yan at that time.

According to Song Yan, when Lu Zhenzhen was about to leave, an assassin came suddenly.He was unprepared, he was wounded, and before he had time to take the sword, the assassin had brutally killed Lu Zhenzhen.

Song Qinghuan felt rather sad.

Unexpectedly, Lu Zhenzhen really had such deep affection for Song Yan. If she hadn't gone to Gantang Courtyard because she was worried about Song Yan's injury, she shouldn't have died.

What a trick!

Although she didn't have much affection for Lu Zhenzhen, after all, she didn't do anything harmful. Although she had a grudge with her, she never did anything to her.A fresh human life passed away like this, and people have to lament the impermanence of the world.

Every time she thinks about this, she feels that God treats her very well!
Sighing, he withdrew his thoughts.

The convoy drove slowly all the way, and finally returned to the palace around noon.Song Qinghuan changed clothes and took a bath, and ordered the meal to be passed on.

After lunch, I just got to rest on the couch for a while, when I heard Liuyue come to report that Xuanying was seeking to see her outside.

Song Qinghuan twitched her brows slightly, and slightly opened her lips, "Xuan."

Just now Xuanying did not enter the palace with them, but now he came again, could it be that he brought some news?
Xuan Ying quickly walked in under the guidance of Liu Yue, and bowed to Song Qinghuan, "Your Highness."

Song Qinghuan smiled slightly, "What's the matter? But what's the news?"

Xuanying took out a letter from her sleeve and handed it in a small box, "Your Highness, the young master has sent you a letter."

Song Qinghuan's long eyelashes trembled, and she stared fixedly at the letter in Xuanying's hand, her eyes were turbulent, as if there was water in them.After a while, she lowered her eyes and reached out to take it, her expression seemed to be untouched, only the violent heartbeat revealed the emotions in her heart.

Liu Yue glanced at her, snickered in her heart, looked at Xuanying, winked at him, and then said to Song Qinghuan, "Your Highness, the servant and Xuanying will go out first, and your Highness will call the servant if you have something to do."

Song Qinghuan gave a "hmm" and watched them leave the Xingyue Palace. Fang looked away and looked back at the letter in his hand. The dark shadows in his eyes were very restless.

Finally, she took a deep breath, put the small box aside first, and opened the letterhead.

There was a thick pile of letter paper in the envelope, and Song Qinghuan looked at each of them, a little bit of rouge appeared on her cheeks.

In Shen Chuhan's letter, he explained everything that happened after he returned to Liang Country in detail. Of course, every time he narrated an incident, there must be mixed with affectionate words, which made people blush.

In the letter, he told himself that the Huoyang flower had been given to Yin Zhan, and the residual poison in Yin Zhan's body was cleared, but he was still too weak to practice martial arts, but he didn't mention that he had Qingyuan fruit in his hand.

The letter also said that after Song Qingyu was conferred the title of concubine Shu, his temper changed a lot, and he gradually gained Yin Zhan's favor.

At the end of the letter, he solemnly wrote:
Ah Wan, I have already proposed marriage proposal with Yin Zhan, and he has agreed to it. The letter of credence will arrive soon.

Please wait for the good news.

(End of this chapter)