The Reborn Noble Daughter

Chapter 451 451. Assassination

So he didn't wait for the guard of honor at all. He just took General Meng and hundreds of soldiers and quickly turned back.

When passing by a bamboo forest, an accident happened.

A group of people with high martial arts skills have been secretly ambushing here for a long time, just waiting for the eldest prince to break into the tiger's den alone.

Soon, the people on the eldest prince's side were caught off guard, and many people fell into disgrace.

While General Meng was protecting the eldest prince, he also had to kill the menacing assassins. He was indeed a bit overwhelmed.

The eldest prince never expected that there would be someone waiting here.

Sure enough, he wanted to catch them all in one fell swoop.

If Emperor Qi was killed, he would naturally want to return to the palace quickly, so the assassins here would be waiting to kill him.

But if Emperor Qi was not killed by the explosion, he would have to rush back to the palace, and then the assassin here would give him another fatal blow.

Such a dragnet really leaves no chance for them to survive.

General Meng was slashed twice and was about to lose his protection.

The eldest prince's eyes were so anxious that his eyes were red. Is it possible that his lifelong fame will be ruined here?

He saw that the assassin had already chopped off all the guards around him and was heading towards him.

The eldest prince's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately pushed General Meng, who was seriously injured while protecting him, out to block the sword that was stabbing him. He then galloped onto his horse and escaped immediately with the few dozen men remaining.

Seeing the knife in his chest actually inserted into his body, General Meng vomited blood and wanted to say something but couldn't.

The visitor also saw what he meant, so he leaned into his ear and explained the truth to him before he died.

"The Duke said that General Meng was a righteous man. Would it be more honorable to die to save His Majesty, or to be held accountable as the mastermind afterwards? The general will have a final decision."

While talking, he plunged the knife into it again and twisted it.

The big hole in his chest was bleeding, and he soon lost his breath.

Seeing the eldest prince running away, the leader of the men in black did not give the order to chase him, but all disappeared into the bamboo forest.

The eldest prince ran back to the Eastern Capital City like crazy, but did not notice at all that at this moment, he really ran into the golden bell of a dragnet.

"Close the city gate! Quick! Close the city gate!"

The eldest prince rode his horse and shouted loudly.

The city defender had just seen the eldest prince follow the imperial guard out of the city. He was so high-spirited at that time, but now he is in a state of embarrassment.

But they had to obey the eldest prince's order, and immediately ordered him to close the city gate!

At the same time, the city gates in the southeast, northwest and northwest also received orders and were actually closed.

At this moment, Dongdu City looks like an iron wall, but no one knows why the city gates are closed.

The people were panic-stricken, but the ministers in the court unexpectedly received a decree saying that the eldest prince had ordered them to enter the palace to discuss important matters.

The eldest prince, didn't you go to Fahua Temple with your Majesty?

Why did you suddenly return to Beijing?

He also called everyone to discuss things. He was so urgent. Could it be that something happened to His Majesty?

Sure enough, when they hurried to the palace, they learned the bad news that Emperor Qi had been assassinated.

"The jade bodies of my father and mother will be brought back from Fahua Temple later, but there must be someone behind this matter who wants to kill both my father and me. This is a must for the throne!"

As soon as the eldest prince said these words, all fools knew who he was referring to.

Seeing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the courtiers of the First Prince's faction wanted to nail the Ninth Prince to death for this matter, making it impossible for them to get up.

So one and two people started to quarrel. Without the support of the Wei family, the Ninth Prince and his party were defeated after several verbal battles.

Just when the matter was about to be confirmed by the eldest prince's party, suddenly there was a shout from outside, and it turned out to be the Duke of Guo, who had not appeared for a long time.

Behind him were the Ninth Prince and Wei Dalang, as well as General Meng, who had also been bandaged in a similar way.

The eldest prince was surprised when he saw General Meng at first.

"You're not dead?!"

General Meng sneered, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid you wish I were dead, otherwise wouldn't your lies be exposed?"

His surprised look just now was seen by all the courtiers.

So both of them began to doubt what the eldest prince had just said!

The eldest prince was speechless at this moment. His surprise just now was just because he felt ashamed that he had pushed General Meng out to die. Who knew he was still alive?

It just made him a little panicked all of a sudden.

It's a pity that when the members of the Ninth Prince Party saw their master coming, they straightened their backs and asked General Meng.

"How do you say this?"

General Meng suddenly raised his hand and said.

"It was him. It was he who ordered His Majesty to be killed, and then he wanted to silence me. If I hadn't noticed it in time and ran out, I'd be dead now!"

"What! How dare you talk nonsense!"

The eldest prince finally understood now that this was clearly a serial plan.

After his father was killed in a bombing, General Meng was the first person to remind him to return to the capital, and it was General Meng who stopped him from being chased in the bamboo forest.

It's not about asking him to come back quickly to take charge of the overall situation, but it's a deliberate design to dig a hole for him to jump into.

General Meng, that is His Majesty's confidant.

One sentence from him is as good as ten sentences from the eldest prince.

At this moment, everyone in the eldest prince's party looked panicked. The truth about whether they were regicide or not was not important at all.

The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit, just like they just wanted to put this crime on the Ninth Prince.

Therefore, at this moment they are thinking about how to reverse the situation.

How could the eldest prince endure hearing General Meng's confusion of right and wrong?

He immediately scolded, "You are so audacious that even I dare to interfere with you at will. Master Jueyuan of Fahua Temple is at the scene and as long as he is summoned, then I can be cleared of my injustice!"

As soon as he finished speaking, General Meng snorted coldly.

"Your Majesty is really a good calculator. Master Jue Yuan has died in Fahua Temple to save His Majesty. You should summon him to see if he has the words to argue for Your Majesty."

"you!"

At this time, the eldest prince felt what was an airtight plan.

Wei Guogong, who was looking at one eye, was staring at him now, and he understood something in his heart.

"The Duke of Guo is really good at it. He plotted against my father first and then against me. Is he thinking that he will send us all to hell so that our ninth brother can inherit the throne?"

There was no way out anyway, and the eldest prince was not afraid of saying anything to offend anyone, and went straight to reveal Duke Wei's plans one by one.

Duke Wei's expression remained as calm as a mountain, and he did not take the eldest prince's accusations to heart at all.

He has been in court for decades and has faced countless accusations.

The eldest prince's heart-wrenching remarks were nothing to worry about.

He turned to the ministers and said.