bestfiction Chapter 385: Near Assassination Attack
Chapter 385: Near Assassination Attack
Ling Jinlan was extremely worried. "What should we do? Xiao Hei is gone now. If I get caught by accident tomorrow, how can I break it?"
Jiang Ningwan was also thinking about this.
Although she had been tricked once, and he would probably not attack her again, Qin Shuangchi hadn't done that yet.
Other people around her may also be targeted.
Recalling that the ministers in his previous life had gotten into trouble because of assassination attempts, Jiang Ningwan racked his brains and came up with a solution.
"It's probably too late to find a solution, but there's a desperate way."
Then Jiang Ningwan lowered her voice and explained the solution.
Everyone was shocked after hearing this.
It is indeed a risky approach.
"Sister, will this work?" Ling Jinlan was extremely worried and didn't dare to use this method at all.
Qin Shuangchi said firmly: "There is no other way now, trust Ning Wan!"
Ling Jinlan nodded.
Then Qin Shuangchi changed into night clothes and quietly went out under the cover of night.
With the help of Jiang Zhouye, they successfully entered the dense woods behind the mountain.
Jiang Ningwan waited in the room until late at night, and Qin Shuangchi finally came back in the second half of the night.
"How about it?"
Qin Shuangchi closed the door, opened the black bag and showed it to her, "Is it enough?"
Jiang Ningwan's eyes lit up, "Enough! This is too much!"
"Hide well! We'll see what happens tomorrow!"
Qin Shuangchi tied his pockets tightly and hid under the bed.
……
The next day.
The Ice Lotus Banquet is held in the afternoon.
After the sun was at its hottest, a large amount of ice and water tanks with lotus flowers were brought into the garden, making the whole garden very cool.
The food at today's banquet was all prepared with great care by the concubines from various palaces. They valued the ingenuity behind the food more than its deliciousness.
Everyone praised it highly.
The emperor was also very satisfied. When he was excited, he shouted, "Haidehong, bring me my Penglai Spring. I want to drink it with everyone!"
Eunuch Hai reminded him awkwardly, "Your Majesty forgot that Penglai Spring only brewed one pot this year, which is not enough for Your Majesty to drink with everyone."
Hearing this, the emperor was very upset, "I forgot about this. What a pity there is only one pot!"
"Bring it to me, too!"
Soon, Eunuch Hai brought Penglai Spring.
Penglaichun is brewed by picking flowers in spring every year and consumed in the summer of the following year. However, the requirements for flower petals are extremely high, so only one pot was brewed this year.
"Sixteen must drink this wine with me! Haidehong, give me some wine!" The emperor was in a very good mood.
The emperor's gift of wine was a great honor, but in Jiang Ningwan's eyes, it was a huge risk.
The palace maid poured a cup of Penglaichun and handed it to Qin Shuangchi.
The moment he took the cup, a bug crawled from underneath into Qin Shuangchi's sleeve.
"Also, Cheng Qian and Wen Li, Qin Huaizhao and Qin Beihuang, give them all a glass of wine!"
Soon everyone raised their glasses and drank together.
The moment Qin Shuangchi stood up to drink, he felt an itch on his neck, but he couldn't immediately put down the glass and pat his neck.
I had to grit my teeth and endure it.
In just a moment, his eyes became blurry.
Jiang Ningwan immediately realized that something was wrong with him and that he must have been tricked.
As expected, there is no escape.
At this moment, Xie Yongan said, "Last time I saw General Jiang dance with his spear with such grace, I wonder if I can witness the King of Chu dance with his sword today?"
"The King of Chu is a renowned figure in our Great Yan, and is proficient in all eighteen kinds of weapons. I have been practicing swordsmanship since I was young, but my father always said that my swordsmanship was not even one-tenth as good as the King of Chu's. Now that the King of Chu's legs have recovered as normal, could you please give me some guidance?"
Hearing this, Jiang Ningwan's heart skipped a beat.
Is the assassination scene at the Binghe Banquet about to happen?
She clenched her palms nervously and looked back at Jiang Zhouye who was guarding not far away. Jiang Zhouye gave her a reassuring look.
The emperor said, "Sixteen, since the Fourth Prince wants to see it, let him see it."
Qin Shuangchi couldn't refuse, so he stood up and saluted, "Yes."
Then the eunuch handed over a sword. Under the sunlight, the sword was shining with a sharp cold light. It was a sharp sword that had been sharpened and stained with blood.
Qin Shuangchi grasped the sword, stayed awake and began to dance with the sword.
As the music started, the sound of drums also started to sound.
Jiang Ningwan pricked up her ears and listened carefully. The drum sound was obviously coming from the opposite side, behind Xie Yongan.
Looking at Qin Shuangchi's expression again, his eyes were still firm and he seemed unaffected.
But as the drumbeats continued, Qin Shuangchi's eyes became blurry and his gaze was no longer firm.
As the drumbeats intensified, Qin Shuangchi's eyes dimmed completely, and a voice kept coming from his mind: "Kill him, kill him, revenge! Kill him!"
Driven by hatred, he raised his sword and stabbed the man on the throne.
The sharp sword edge shone with a cold light.
Everyone present was shocked and almost held their breath.
Jiang Ningwan saw that something was wrong and released something in advance.
At the moment when Qin Shuangchi stabbed the emperor, Jiang Ningwan screamed and jumped up suddenly, "Ah! Snake!"
A scream scared everyone around.
It immediately caused a commotion.
In that moment of chaos, a faint cat's cry was heard, which made Qin Shuangchi immediately return to normal, but he could not retract the sword that stabbed the emperor.
Just at this moment, Qin Shuangchi's eyes turned cold and he found his target.
A snake was crawling on the screen behind the emperor.
Just as the emperor was swallowing nervously, the sword passed by his ear and he froze.
The sharp sword cut the venomous snake into two parts.
Dropped to the ground.
Everyone was terrified.
Everyone was shocked to find that Qin Shuangchi went to rescue the emperor!
After cutting off the venomous snake, Qin Shuangchi immediately dropped his sword and knelt down. "This is an emergency. I have no choice but to offend you. Please forgive me, my royal brother!"
Upon seeing this, Eunuch Hai immediately knelt down and said, "It was my fault that I allowed a poisonous snake to enter the garden and nearly harm the Emperor. I deserve to die!"
All the palace maids fell to their knees on the ground.
However, there was more than one poisonous snake in the garden, and exclamations were heard one after another at the banquet.
Jiang Zhouye immediately took people to catch all the snakes.
Some of them are poisonous, and some are non-toxic.
The emperor was furious and slammed the table. "How can this be? How can there be so many snakes in the garden? Where did they come from?"
The Queen beside her quickly stood up and knelt, "Your Majesty, I had people spray a lot of insect repellent yesterday, so there shouldn't be any snakes."
The queen was also frightened at this moment and her face turned pale.
Jiang Ningwan was about to speak when she caught a glimpse of a furry black creature behind her. She was delighted. Xiao Hei is here!
But don't let anyone else find it.
Especially the fourth prince Xie Yongan.
She gave Ling Jinlan a wink. Ling Jinlan, who was not far away, pretended to be frightened and unwell, left first, and quietly took the little black cat away.
There was already some chaos at the banquet, so no one noticed Ling Jinlan's actions.
Just now, Xie Yongan was also attracted by Jiang Ningwan's exclamation and did not hear the cat's meow. At this moment, he did not doubt it and his attention was all on the snakes.
Jiang Ningwan stepped forward at the right moment and said, "Your Majesty, some of these are poisonous snakes. I suspect the smell of the spray we sprayed yesterday was just what these snakes liked, which is why they gathered here at the same time."
The Queen retorted angrily, "That's nonsense! How can a medicine that repels snakes and insects actually attract snakes?"
Jiang Ningwan was surprised. "Repel snakes? But there was no realgar in the spray we used yesterday. How can we repel snakes?"