Save the villain and become the villain [Quick Wear]

On the day before New Year's Eve, an order was sent from the palace to temporarily lift the house arrest of the King of Qi and the King of Zheng, in the name of the Queen Mother missing her brothers.

The King of Qi never waited for the Emperor to beg him.

The King of Qi had not seen the Queen Mother for a long time since the autumn hunt. The imperial physician in charge of the Queen Mother's health always reported that there was nothing wrong with her except for her drowsiness.

He had planned to meet the empress dowager during the New Year's Eve banquet, but he did not expect that a strange eunuch with a round, fair face walked out of Ci'an Palace. He looked very amiable. It was Li Run, who took over after Yin Quan passed away.

"Your Highness, the Queen Mother has just gone to bed. Please come back another day."

The King of Qi frowned, but he was used to it, and said, "Before the end of the banquet, if the Queen Mother wakes up, please inform me."

"Yes."

The voice of the King of Qi disappeared, and as the footsteps faded away, the Queen Mother, who was pinned to the bed, covered her face with her hands and cried silently.

In just half a year, the once graceful, majestic and dignified empress dowager had completely changed.

His black hair was now nearly half white and draped over his body in a tangled mess. He looked haggard and his eyes were cloudy, as if he was in his twilight years.

When she was combing her hair in front of the mirror, she always felt that the person in the mirror looked very much like the women in the cold palace.

The nanny who was covering her mouth let go of her hand in disgust and said coldly: "Queen Mother, it's time to take the medicine."

"Get out, all of you get out of here." The Queen Mother roared hoarsely.

The nanny smiled contemptuously, and her attitude towards her was exactly the same as the attitude of the palace people towards the emperor in the past.

She stood up and stepped back, moving her fingers, and two strong eunuchs came forward, helped her up and twisted her shoulders. A palace maid came forward, pinched her chin and fed her medicine.

Just by smelling the taste, everyone felt their mouths and tongues go numb, and the bitterness went all the way to their stomachs. The Queen Mother was forced to take a sip, but she couldn't help nausea and vomited. She gritted her teeth and refused to drink any more.

The nanny didn't force it and said, "Since the Queen Mother doesn't want to drink, then bring in the incense burner."

The Queen Mother's pupils suddenly contracted, as if she remembered something terrifying, and she kept saying, "I drink, I drink."

Seeing that the empress dowager was about to reach for the medicine in the bowl, the nanny coughed lightly, and the palace maid who was feeding the medicine let go, and the medicine bowl shattered all over the floor, and the whole hall was filled with the bitter smell of the medicine.

The nanny smiled gently and said, "Empress Dowager, this is your favorite incense. It was not easy for His Majesty to find it. Please do not reject His Majesty's filial piety."

The incense burner was lit and hung where the empress dowager could not touch it. The nanny covered her mouth and nose and led the people out of the hall. She looked at the steward Li Run at the door and nodded slightly as a greeting, then went to Zichen Palace to report.

The empress dowager smelled the familiar light sweet fragrance, looked around numbly, smiled desolately, and a strange red gradually appeared on her bloodless face. She hugged the quilt and began to rub it.

She gnashed her teeth and shouted at the empty palace: "Xiao Jinglu, good, good, I actually raised a Zhongshan wolf like you."

This year's New Year's Eve banquet was organized by the Imperial Household Department, and everything followed the usual procedures of previous years without any new twists.

Xiao Jinglu watched the singing and dancing absentmindedly. When it was the turn of the acrobatic troupe, his eyes suddenly became stern. He reached out to hold Qi Yang's hand, his palms slightly sweaty.

Qi Yang patted the back of his hand soothingly and whispered, "Don't run around and don't get hurt. You just need to take care of the second half of this scene."

Assassins have been arranged to enter the palace, and killing a chief eunuch would be a waste of talent. Prince Qi and Prince Zheng plan to take the opportunity to injure the emperor as well.

Let him lie there quietly, do nothing, and die when the time comes.

"Ah."

A juggler in the audience held strong liquor in his mouth and sprayed it towards the torch. The fire was fierce and the flames flew, causing everyone to exclaim in amazement and cheer. In that instant, everything changed.

Qi Yang finally fulfilled his duty as the steward and shouted "Help me". Then someone stabbed him with a sword, and at the same time someone secretly shot a hidden weapon with a sleeve arrow.

He kicked the sword-wielding assassin in the waist, and was forced away from the emperor by the hidden weapon, and began to perform an escape with superb acting skills.

There was chaos in the hall. While he was walking the assassin, he took the time to look at Xiao Jinglu. Meeting his worried and anxious gaze, he blinked quickly with a soothing look.

Dodging another hidden arrow, he calculated the time and angle, suddenly accelerated, ran to the side of the Prince of Zheng, and bumped into him heavily.

After all, this was an assassination organized by two groups of people. King Zheng and King Qi were not allies. They were both trying to take each other's lives whenever they could, so they naturally had to be careful to dodge.

Prince Zheng was trying to get away from this dangerous place under the protection of his personal guards, but when he was bumped into, he subconsciously wanted to fight back.

Everything happened in that instant. Even Prince Zheng was not clear about what had happened. He saw the gray robe suddenly stiffen, and at the same time, a sound of breaking air was heard, which was covered by the noise.

The gray robe fell down, revealing the defenseless chest of Prince Zheng.

King Zheng looked at the blood-stained dagger in his hand with a confused look on his face, then looked down at the short arrow that had pierced his chest. The blood spread and dyed his light blue clothes red.

The dagger in his hand fell to the ground with a clang. He looked in panic at the guards who had just reacted. Before he could say anything, he fell down, curled up in pain and wailed.

Seeing the gray figure fall, Xiao Jinglu felt a sudden pain in his heart. He tried to rush forward with his body before his brain, but was stopped by Zhu Pan's quick eyes and hands.

"Your Majesty, calm down."

Xiao Jinglu clenched his fists tightly, but his eyes were bloodshot.

Of course he knew it was all a show, but seeing the man lying lifeless on the ground, he couldn't help but be moved and scared.

He looked at Fan Wushang who had arrived late, and roared angrily: "Fan Wushang, capture these assassins for me, I will skin them alive."

Fan Wushang received the order, sealed off all the entrances and exits, and after capturing all the assassins, he knelt before Xiao Jinglu, confessed his guilt and accepted the punishment: "Your Majesty, I am late in coming to your rescue, please forgive me."

The aura around Xiao Jinglu was terrifying and eerie, as if he was accumulating the wrath of thunder and was about to explode at any time.

He pushed aside everyone who was blocking his way, slowly walked to the man lying on the ground, his legs went weak and he knelt down, reaching out his trembling hand to stroke his cold face, fear sweeping over him.

Isn't this acting? Why is it so cold?

He held the man in his arms, rubbed his terribly cold hands and face, and shouted in panic: "Chongyang, Chongyang, wake up, look at me, Chongyang, Master..."

Fan Wushang winked at Zhu Pan, who hurried over and tried to persuade him in a low voice, but Xiao Jinglu suddenly picked up Qi Yang and said, "Jixiang, get all the doctors to the Zichen Palace."

"Yes."

When they were about to leave this dangerous place, Xiao Jinglu seemed to suddenly wake up, and stared at Fan Wushang with red eyes: "Commander Fan, find out who ordered the assassination today. If you can't find out, both crimes will be punished."

Fan Wushang accepted the order.

He immediately had the jaws of these assassins removed to prevent them from committing suicide, but even so, some of them died because they were quick.

He had the surviving assassins taken away for interrogation and began to count the casualties at the banquet.