The little cannon fodder kept releasing melons, and people lined up to eat melons

Song Chengzhou turned around while holding Murong Xin, and the sword of the man in black pierced Song Chengzhou's chest directly.

Murong Xin opened her eyes wide in disbelief, tears rolling down her cheeks. She hugged Song Chengzhou, who kept spitting out blood while lying in Murong Xin's arms.

Murong Xin's lips trembled, her expression was painful and tears kept falling, but her throat could not make a sound.

The man in black fled immediately when he saw that he had succeeded. The other men in black who were fighting with him couldn't believe that the man had dared to seriously injure the prince consort, and only after seeing his figure did they realize that this man was not one of theirs.

All the men in black stopped immediately and ran out as fast as they could to chase the man. If they failed to catch him, they would all die.

When the guards saw that the prince consort was seriously injured, their hearts skipped a beat. They all had only one thought: they were finished.

Murong Xin hugged Song Chengzhou and cried inconsolably, her heart aching as if it was about to burst.

Murong Xin said painfully: "My dear husband, it's all my fault. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't be in any trouble at all. It must be very painful for you to meet me in this life! You had to marry me because of the imperial power. It's also my fault that you don't even have a child now. Now it's also my fault that you've taken your life."

Song Chengzhou reached out his hand with difficulty and touched Murong Xin's cheek. His breath was weak but he still insisted shaking his head at Murong Xin.

He said with difficulty: "Go back and say sorry to my grandmother for me. Her grandson can't go back to celebrate her birthday. I can't take care of you anymore. I'm sorry for leaving you behind. And... I don't feel pain in marrying you... In fact, over the years... I have finally... fallen in love with you..."

Song Chengzhou closed his eyes full of love after he finished speaking, and the hand that was touching Murong Xin's cheek lost its support and fell to the ground in an instant...

Murong Xin hugged Song Chengzhou's body tightly and cried loudly because of his last words, but her heart revived at this moment. He said he loved her, so he must not mind her accompanying him.

This time she will not be timid, she will hold his hand tightly, and she will not let go even if they reach the Naihe Bridge.

Murong Xin stopped crying, put down Song Chengzhou's body, and wiped the tears from her face.

The guards stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do, and Murong Xin ignored them.

He just used his sleeve to carefully wipe the blood off Song Chengzhou's face. How could such a handsome face be covered with dirt?

Murong Xin leaned close to Song Chengzhou's ear and whispered, "Song Lang, I am shamelessly pestering you again this time, you can't push me away again, can we still be husband and wife in the next life? If you don't say anything, I will take it as your consent..."

Murong Xin grabbed the sword at his side and slashed it towards his neck, then fell directly on Song Chengzhou's chest.

In a trance, she saw the first time she saw Song Chengzhou. With his back to the sun, he reached out his hand to her. This time, she could finally hold his hand...

Until Murong Xin died, all the guards had not yet recovered from the incident...

Lord Xu calculated the time accurately and pretended to be late to rescue the emperor, but what he saw were the corpses of the princess and her husband.

Lord Xu took several steps back. How could this happen? ? He was afraid that he was doomed this time. It didn't matter if he died, but his family would also be implicated by him.

Those men in black actually dared to disobey the emperor's order and kill the prince consort. According to the plan, it would have been fine if the princess had not been hurt. Now that such an incident has occurred, he must return to the capital to report the truth to the emperor.

After receiving the letter from the carrier pigeon, Murong Jingchu immediately went to Yaohua Palace and slapped Dugu Yan in the face.

Blood soon flowed from the corners of her mouth. Dugu Yan knelt on the ground as if nothing had happened. She said: "Your Majesty, please calm down..."

"Calm down? Duguyan, you are so bold that you dare to disobey my order. I said that as long as the eldest princess is injured, it's fine. You are the one who did this, right?"

"Your Majesty, you are wrongly accusing me. The man in black was arranged by your Majesty. How could I have done anything wrong?"

"Don't pretend. The man who killed Cheng Zhou has been captured. He finally confessed under torture. You arranged for him to take advantage of the chaos..."

"Since the emperor knows, I have nothing to say. I did this for the emperor."

"For me, I want to hear how you do it for me."

"The Emperor's plan was just to injure the Princess, but how could a mere injury be enough to start a war against Bei Lin? I knew that the Emperor couldn't bear to do it, so I was made the bad guy. My original intention was to kill the Princess, but I didn't expect the Prince Consort to die. But since the incident has already happened, it is useless to pursue it. It is better to use this opportunity to attack Bei Lin and gain the upper hand..."

"If it weren't for the fact that you are still useful, I would definitely kill you..."

Murong Jingchu said this and left with a flick of his sleeves...

Yan Yang immediately helped Dugu Yan up. She took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the blood from the corner of Dugu Yan's mouth.

"Master! Are you okay? I was really scared just now. The emperor was so angry and called the emperor to task. It was so scary..."

Dugu Yan took the handkerchief and wiped the blood off the corner of his mouth, and said confidently: "What are you afraid of? I just helped the emperor do what he wanted to do, but was afraid of being despised by the world..."

Yan Yang couldn't believe her ears. She asked uncertainly: "Master, do you mean that the emperor also wants Song Chengzhou to die?"

"That's not the case... At first, he did want to use the eldest princess as a scapegoat. After all, let alone the queen, Song Chengzhou is the emperor's cousin and his study partner when he was young. He didn't dare to have such an idea..."

Dugu Yan threw the blood-stained handkerchief on the table, picked up the teapot, poured a cup of tea, took a sip and swallowed it along with the taste of blood in his mouth.

After a pause, she continued: "But he knows better than anyone that if the princess and her husband are both dead, that would be the best excuse. I am just helping him find out what he wants. Look! Song Chengzhou is dead, and he was just angry. The fact that I am sitting here now proves that our emperor actually likes this result..."

"My master, I feel relieved now that the princess and her husband have been killed in Beilin. I'm sure the emperor will immediately order the Marquis of Zhenbei to go to Beilin!"

"Just wait and see! How could the emperor let go of such a good opportunity? Find a way to spread the news after the morning court tomorrow, and make sure everyone in the Marquis' Mansion knows..."

"Listen to the master..."

After the morning court session on the second day, all the civil and military officials were in uproar. Bei Lin actually dared to attack their eldest princess and her husband.

This was simply provoking an act of treason. Murong Jingchu was furious in the court and even threatened to make Bei Lin pay with blood.

Soon he issued an order to send troops to Beilin, and sent a pigeon message ordering all the troops stationed in Jiyuan State to rush to Beilin.

Some court ministers advised the emperor to think twice, saying that the people would suffer if the two armies fought.

As a result, he was scolded by Murong Jingchu, and even fined half a year's salary. He threatened that whoever dared to stop him would suffer the same fate.

The ministers in the court had learned from the previous experience and dared not speak out again. Until Murong Jingchu announced his withdrawal from the court, no one dared to say a word.

Everyone thought that the emperor just felt sorry for the princess and her husband, and soon the whole capital knew the news that the princess and her husband had been murdered in Beilin.