After being married off by my younger sister, I became the most beloved person in the palace
Chapter 143 Assassination
This time, the empress dowager left the palace, ostensibly to go to Huangjue Temple to burn incense and pray for the late emperor, but in fact, after arriving at the temple, she quietly left.
Before Queen Dowager Qin entered the palace, she had a childhood sweetheart, but a misunderstanding led to the two breaking off their relationship. At that time, the Qin family's position in the court was precarious, and Queen Dowager Qin's beauty made her covetous. After falling out with her fiancé, the young Queen Dowager Qin gritted her teeth and entered the palace for the sake of her family.
She was immediately made queen and favored by everyone in the harem.
The fiancé was so distressed that he left the capital.
Later, Yu En found out that the man was his elder brother's youngest brother, the King of Qi.
The King of Qi went to his fiefdom and stayed away for most of his life until he quietly returned to the capital a month ago.
No one knew that he had returned because he had been ill for several years and felt that his time was up. He wanted to return to Beijing to see the woman he once loved most, so that he could leave without any regrets.
When the news was sent to the palace, Yu En saw the Queen Mother sitting alone in the palace all night.
He didn't know whether the Queen Mother now felt hatred for the King of Qi because she couldn't love him, or relief after all the hardships she had experienced.
In short, after a few days, the Queen Mother found an excuse and left the palace.
At midnight, she disguised herself and went to the King of Qi's villa in the capital with her trusted palace maids.
Yu En drove the carriage and it took nearly two hours to arrive.
When the Prince of Qi returned to the capital, he kept a very low profile. Only a few people lived in the huge villa, all of whom were his trusted aides and an accompanying doctor.
The Queen Mother wore plain clothes, disguised herself as an old lady from the common people, and entered the villa of Prince Qi's mansion.
Intermittent coughing sounds came from the room, and the Queen Mother couldn't help but pause. Under the moonlight, her expression was inexplicable.
The steward respectfully invited the person into the house, not even daring to raise his head the whole time.
If people knew that the Prince of Qi returned to the capital to have a secret meeting with the Queen Mother, it would probably cause a bloody storm.
The Queen Mother stayed in the room for an hour. Yu En stood far away and could only vaguely hear the Prince of Qi excitedly calling the Queen Mother's nickname: Qianqian!
The Empress Dowager’s maiden name was Qin Wenqian.
The voice was old and hoarse, but it revealed a lingering tenderness, as well as the regret and remorse for not being able to love.
As daybreak approached, Nanny Zhou knocked on the door and urged the Queen Mother to leave.
The Queen Mother left without hesitation. Yu En couldn't help but look back curiously, just in time to see the open door. The Prince of Qi was lying on the hospital bed, seriously ill. His eyes were staring straight at the Queen Mother's departing back, and the tenderness and reluctance in his eyes were almost overflowing.
Yu En's heart trembled slightly.
For so many years, the King of Qi had always been obsessed with the Queen Mother and loved her until his death. Why did they break up so completely at the beginning?
Yu En bent over and helped the empress dowager into the carriage.
A tear suddenly fell heavily on Yu En's hand. He was stunned and subconsciously looked up at the Queen Mother, but he could only see her back as she walked in.
The Queen Mother came quietly and left quietly.
However, when the carriage was halfway there, a group of men in black suddenly jumped out and without saying a word, they raised their knives and slashed at the carriage.
Yu En was driving the carriage. He was so frightened at the sight of this that he lost his soul. Seeing that the assassin's knife was about to fall, he gritted his teeth and whipped the horse's butt hard. The horse felt the pain and ran away.
Yu En swayed left and right and was almost thrown out.
The Queen Mother in the carriage was not in much better condition either. She was so old that she was staggering from side to side because the horse was frightened and running wildly. Yu En clearly heard the "bang bang" sound coming from the carriage, but he could not care less at the moment.
If you don't run, you will just wait to die.
The Queen Mother's secret guards appeared and blocked the assassin. Yu En's heart was in his throat. He didn't dare to look back and could only rush forward desperately.
Suddenly, a foot kicked him. Yu En felt a pain in his body, and before he could react, he flew out.
The carriage was still galloping.
Queen Mother Qin looked at Nanny Zhou in front of her, with a turbulent mood hidden beneath her calm expression.
The one who kicked Yu En was exactly Madam Zhou.
"Oh, I have been hunting geese all my life, but I don't want to be pecked by geese in the end. You dog slave, who gave you the courage to betray me?"
Nanny Zhou's face froze. It was not known whether it was the remaining conscience in her heart that was playing tricks on her. She looked at Queen Mother Qin with eyes full of struggle and hesitation. However, it was only for a moment. She gleamed fiercely and gritted her teeth and said, "Queen Mother, if a person does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. This is what you have been teaching me for so many years."
The Queen Mother sneered: "…blame me."
Nanny Zhou had a gloomy face and looked at the empress dowager with gloomy eyes.
Even when death was imminent, she could still remain so calm.
"You are greedy and yet you find so many excuses. Have I treated you unfairly or wronged you all these years? You are a traitor. You think you can get what you want by joining the emperor. Are you stupid? Just wait. Once I die, you will not survive either."
Madam Zhou was stunned: "You..."
"I want to ask how I know you were bribed by the emperor?"
"Is it hard to guess? As my confidant, you are almost the boss in the harem. All the concubines in the harem are polite to you. You can't choose a master who is less powerful than me. Looking at the palace, there is only the emperor. Moreover, I have been ruling behind the scenes for many years, which has hindered the emperor. The emperor dreams of killing me."
"Prince Qi's return to the capital was an accident. You all know that I left the palace to pray for blessings but actually went to see an old friend. This gave the emperor an opportunity to get rid of me."
"But you don't know where the Qi Wang Mansion's villa is, so you have to wait until I get there, then inform the assassins and have them guard the road I must take on my way back."
Queen Mother Qin's voice was cold and clear, and clearly there was no excitement in it, but every word was like thunder hitting Nanny Zhou's chest, causing her to fear instinctively.
There is the sound of howling wind in my ears.
The horse ran into the woods without any direction, and the wheel of the cart ran over a rock, causing a bumpy ride. Madam Zhou fell down with a cry.
Queen Mother Qin saw the right opportunity, gave her a hard push, and then jumped off the carriage without hesitation.
This was so sudden that Nanny Zhou was completely stunned.
Being so old and having jumped from a speeding carriage, Queen Mother Qin felt so painful that her bones were falling apart.
Fortunately, the bones were not broken.
She took a few slow breaths to calm her breathing, looked back at the carriage going away, gritted her teeth and endured the pain, then limped away.
Madam Zhou in the carriage slapped the wall with her palm and cursed, "Damn it."
But let her jump off the carriage like the Queen Mother did and chase after people.
Nanny Zhou swallowed and became timid.
She gritted her teeth, sat in front of the shaft, and tightened the reins. The only way now was to find a way to stop the carriage.
Queen Mother Qin ran without direction and met Yu En halfway.
Yu En's eyes lit up and he called out, "Empress Dowager."
Queen Mother Qin rolled her eyes and glared at him: "Shh, keep your voice down, don't attract anyone here."
Yu En nodded repeatedly.
However, it was too late, as an assassin spotted them.
Queen Mother Qin didn't bother to teach Yu En a lesson and turned around to run for her life.
The two of them were simply unable to outrun the assassin. Yu En thought that this was not going to work. It didn't matter if he died, but the Queen Mother could not afford to suffer any consequences.
So he hid the Queen Mother, and then deliberately caused a noise to lure the assassin over.
The Queen Mother's heart sank, but she also knew that now was not the time to express her emotions. Yu En had led the assassin away and exchanged his life for her chance to escape, which she could not waste.
The road in the forest was not easy to walk on. The empress dowager took one deep step and one shallow step. She accidentally stepped on empty air and rolled down the hillside. Her head hit a tree. The pain made her see stars, but she did not dare to delay.
Until she heard the sound of horse hooves on the path, she rushed out...
The moment Queen Dowager Qin saw Yu En appear, she was excited and relieved.
Although his hand was broken, he looked good.
"How did you get away from the assassin?"
Yu En: "I accidentally stepped into a trap while escaping. The pit was too deep, and I fainted immediately. When I woke up again, I was in the hunter's house. My hand was also broken at that time."
Either he fell into the trap and the assassin didn't notice him, or the assassin saw that he was alone and didn't want to waste time so he hurried to find the Queen Mother.
"Okay, you can stay here and recuperate with peace of mind," said the Queen Mother.
Yu En grinned and said, "Thank you, Queen Mother."
After a pause, he continued, "The servants in this manor are so clumsy and have wronged the Queen Mother. I will go to Huangjue Temple and bring the maids who serve the Queen Mother here."
"You broke your hand, not your brain." The Queen Mother glanced at him coldly and said.
Yu En only felt a chill rising from the soles of his feet and shrank his neck weakly.
Did he say something wrong?
"You went to Huangjue Temple to look for someone, but you didn't tell everyone that I found him. I am recuperating here. Do you think the emperor will send someone to take me back to the palace, or take advantage of the situation to kill me?" The empress dowager glared at Yu En and said, "Why didn't I realize that you are not very smart earlier?"
She doesn't keep stupid people around her. If she had known this guy was so stupid, she would have killed him long ago!
Yu En touched his neck and felt like he had survived a disaster.
Uh...the one being scolded doesn't dare to say a word.
Yu En didn't dare to mention it again, and just stayed with the Queen Mother to recuperate, no matter how chaotic the situation was outside.
Even a broken arm could not stop Yu En from serving the empress dowager.
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