0p0 Chapter 214 Missed
Chapter 214 Missed
"Boom!"
A loud thunder exploded outside the palace.
Lightning streaked across the sky, stretching the shadows of the man and the fox on the dragon bed into twisted and long shadows, which were reflected on the curtains and were almost invisible.
The scimitar flashed with a sharp edge, wrapped in a cold light and brought up a chill in the air.
A smile that was twisted with excitement appeared on Gong Anyan's face as she saw that the scimitar was about to fall on Emperor Shunde's heart.
A golden light suddenly appeared from the side, covering Gong Anyan and the ghost fox on her shoulder.
The ghost fox let out a shrill scream when illuminated by the golden light, and at lightning speed it rushed up to the beam and broke through the tiles.
The excitement in Gong Anyan's eyes did not disappear with the departure of the ghost fox. She grinned, hesitated for a moment, exerted force with her hands, and inserted the scimitar into the heart of Emperor Shunde. The tip of the knife sank into the heart, and Emperor Shunde whimpered in pain in a coma.
The next moment, Gong Anyan was slapped away by someone.
She screamed and fell not far from the dragon couch.
The person who slapped her away had quite a lot of strength in his hands, and Gong Anyan vomited a large mouthful of blood after landing.
Xuanyuan Che stood in front of the dragon bed, looking at her with a pair of cold eyes.
Gong Anyan wanted to get up, but that palm strike almost took half her life. At this moment, even her bones were aching and she was too weak to get up.
"Let me go! You are so bold! If you dare to touch me with your dirty hands, I will kill all your clans!"
Empress Cao was really scared to stay in the palace, so she left and planned to go back to her own palace first.
By then, even if something happened to the emperor, she would have a reason to say that she had left long ago.
But I never expected that the weather would change as soon as I left the hall. A violent storm followed, thunder roared in the sky, and lightning struck the steps in front of the hall like snakes.
Empress Cao was so frightened that she dared not go out.
As a result, while she was distracted, several men in black appeared from nowhere, blocked her mouth in front of the palace gate and took her back to the main hall.
All her men were knocked unconscious and dragged away.
"Whose nine clans are you going to kill, mother? My nine clans? Or the nine clans of the Cao family?"
Empress Cao threw away the black-clad man who was holding her and slapped him in the face: "Get out of here! If you touch me again, I'll chop off your dog head."
The man in black who was beaten by Queen Cao had red eyes and his teeth were chattering, but Xuanyuan Che did not say anything, so he did not dare to act rashly even though he was angry.
"Queen, save me." Gong Anyan lay dying on the ground and reached out her hand to Queen Cao.
The moment Empress Cao took one look at her, she felt so regretful that her intestines turned green. She had thought she was a powerful person, but it turned out that she was more of a hindrance than a help, and was even beaten like this by Xuanyuan Che.
Empress Cao looked at Xuanyuan Che and said, "You hurt the princess of the Northern Territory so badly, aren't you afraid that the King of the Northern Territory will come after you?"
Xuanyuan Che took two steps forward, smiling grimly: "If he wants to settle accounts, he should go to the Queen. Why would he settle accounts with me?"
Empress Cao sneered, "You're the one who hurt me! What does this have to do with me?"
Xuanyuan Che also sneered: "You said that the person was alone and injured, who can testify for you?"
Queen Cao was stunned. She looked around and realized that everyone around her was Xuanyuan Che's men.
As for her people, they were all captured by Xuanyuan Che's men and had no idea what was happening at the moment.
"It doesn't matter if no one testifies. The injury is not fake. Ten or a hundred witnesses cannot outweigh the words of the Princess of the Northern Territory herself."
Queen Cao looked at Gong Anyan lying on the ground. As the most beloved princess of the King of the Northern Territory, the King of the Northern Territory would never let it go if someone did anything bad to her.
Xuanyuan Che is so shrewd that he would never risk offending the Northern Territory by killing Gong Anyan.
By then, once Gong Anyan recovers from her illness, there will be no need for witnesses. She herself will be the witness.
Xuanyuan Che looked at Empress Cao and saw a smile on her beautiful face that showed she had everything under control. He sneered, "Princess, have I ever hurt you?"
Gong Anyan tilted her head, her face pale, with a trace of bright red blood hanging from the corner of her mouth. She raised her eyelids to glance at Empress Cao, then changed the subject and said resolutely, "Never."
Empress Cao's hair stood on end and her face turned pale. She couldn't believe that Gong Anyan had sold her out like this. Her lips trembled as she spoke for a long time, "Do you know what you are talking about?"
Gong Anyan was lying in a pool of blood, forcing a bitter smile: "It was the Queen who lied to An Yan and said this would be accomplished, and it was the Queen who asked An Yan to recommend the Cao family to my father. Since it didn't happen, the Queen broke her promise to An Yan. An Yan still wants to live, and An Yan doesn't want to die."
"You bitch! Are you crazy?" Queen Cao went mad instantly and was about to step forward and drag Gong Anyan.
But as soon as she moved, she was held down by the man in black, who kicked her in the knee and made her kneel down.
"Let me go! I am the queen, the legitimate daughter of the Cao family! My father is a mighty general with great military exploits! Even if I am wrong, I am the queen of a country, and I will not allow you to be so presumptuous!"
Queen Cao also realized that something was wrong at this moment, and began to use her status to pressure others. As long as she left the palace tonight, she would be able to protect herself.
Unfortunately, what she did would not be enough even if she were beheaded ten times.
Even if Xuanyuan Che could let him go, the emperor would not let her go.
"It won't be that soon." The voice of Emperor Shunde came faintly.
Queen Cao raised her eyes suddenly and fell to the ground as if she had seen a ghost.
On the dragon bed, Emperor Shunde had woken up at some point.
He leaned against the dragon couch with a frown and a gloomy look in his eyes. Xue Chen walked out quickly with a medicine box, took off his clothes and treated the wound on his chest.
From Queen Cao's perspective, she could see the bloody knife wound on his chest, with blood oozing out.
"Your Majesty..." She had clearly drugged him, there was no way he could wake up so quickly.
"Empress, I never thought you would hate me so much." Emperor Shunde sighed and laughed at himself, "How could I have thought that the person who had been by my side for so many years would join forces with outsiders to put me to death."
"It is said that a husband and wife are bound by love for a hundred days. Queen, you have such a cruel heart."
"What did you say?" Queen Cao's originally frightened face suddenly twisted strangely. She pulled the corners of her mouth and then burst into laughter.
"What did you say? A husband and wife are bound by love for a hundred days after they were married?" Empress Cao's eyes began to turn red from laughing, and tears rolled down her cheeks. Then she gritted her teeth, looked at him fiercely, and spat.
"You told me that a marriage lasts for a hundred days? You only have that bitch Miao Jin in your heart! How could you have thought of me at all! If you had any favors towards me, how could I be forced to kneel here by your good son? You are such a hypocritical and selfish villain!"
At this moment, Queen Cao had lost the dignity and decency of a queen. Her phoenix hairpin was tilted, her makeup was smudged by sweat, and she looked like a withered flower, no longer as gorgeous as before.
She looked at Emperor Shunde with hatred in her eyes, as if he was not a person she lived with day and night, but an enemy with whom she had a blood feud.
"If you care about the relationship between husband and wife, you can let me go. Can you let me go?"
Emperor Shunde shook his head and looked at Empress Cao with great sorrow: "You disappoint me so much."
Empress Cao spat again, her behavior was no different from that of a common woman, which made Emperor Shunde frown.
"You are such a hypocritical villain! A liar!"
Emperor Shunde really didn't want to say another word to Empress Cao, so he waved his hand and had someone drag her away.
Empress Cao was still cursing until she was dragged away, as if she had gone mad.