Chapter 319 - Chapter 319: Chapter 319. Saving The Sovereign
Chapter 319: Chapter 319. Saving The Sovereign
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Their goal was obvious, which was to kill the Emperor. They threw more than a dozen scimitars at the old Emperor. As long as they hit the old Emperor, he would die.
The Emperor’s guards protected him in the center, waving their sabers to block the scimitars. At the same time, some guards fell to the ground after being hit by the scimitars to protect the Emperor.
The guards protected the Emperor with all their might, but Madam Li had no one to protect her. Seeing the scimitar flying towards her neck, she was so scared she couldn’t move.
Seeing that Madam Li was about to die, Su Qing descended from the sky and stepped on the scimitar to save Madam Li.
When she went to save Xiaoying, she saw that the Third Prince had protected her by his side. A sharp whistle pierced through the night sky.
Su Qing turned around and saw more than ten men in black attacking the Emperor and Madam Li. She understood that the poisoned wine was the enemy’s plan. First, they wanted to poison her to death. Second, they wanted to use this opportunity to create chaos and assassinate the Emperor. Since Xiaoying had the Third Prince’s protection and Luan Hong was also protected by a man, she decisively returned to rescue the Emperor and Madam Li.
The palace maids and guards protected Madam Li to hide at the Emperor’s side. The Emperor’s guards could not resist the black-clothed men’s attack and were about to be broken through by them. The Emperor was in danger.
“Go and protect the Emperor.”
Su Qing kicked up a steel knife from the ground and joined the battle. Her arrival was like the arrival of a heavenly army. She did not even need the help of the royal guards. She had them do their best to protect the Emperor.
When Su Qing arrived, the men in black could no longer approach the Emperor. A cold blade flashed, and the men in black’s heads were chopped off like melons. The speed was so fast that it was dazzling.
The Emperor was the Emperor, after all. After a short period of shock, he regained his composure and shouted at Su Qing,
“Miss Su, leave him alive.”
Su Qing thought so too. The assassination attempt this time was strange. Only by catching the assassin could he find out who was behind it.
She knocked the remaining assassins unconscious with the back of her saber instead of using a sharp blade.
After knocking out the assassins, she pried open their mouths. Sure enough, there was a deadly poison hidden in their back teeth. When the matter was exposed, they bit the poison and committed suicide.
Su Qing asked the guards to take the poison out of their mouths. The guards were in awe of her. This woman was too powerful. She was like a god of death. If she were an assassin, no one could stop her.
Su Qing saved the Emperor and Madam Li. The Third Prince also protected Xiaoying and squeezed out of the crowd. Seeing the assassination scene, he broke out in a cold sweat.
Fortunately, Su Qing was here. Otherwise, the Emperor would have been doomed.
Just as the Third Prince was feeling a lingering fear, the army surrounded the Azure Mountain Meet. The Empress wore armor and sat on a horse with the Second Prince. Behind them were soldiers holding swords and spears. The soldiers had a red cloth tied around their arms as they fought with the Emperor’s army.
“Empress, are you rebelling?”
The Emperor was so angry that his face turned pale when he saw the Empress in her military uniform. A night as husband and wife was a hundred nights of gratitude. He treated the Empress well and gave her a noble status. Even when he discovered her wild ambitions, he did not kill her for the sake of their relationship. He only grounded her and gave her a minor punishment.
He didn’t expect her to be so unrepentant that she led her troops to rebel.
“Rebellion? Your Majesty has misunderstood ChenQie. ChenQie is protecting Your Majesty. The Third Prince and Madam Li have wild ambitions and have brought Han spies to assassinate you. ChenQie has brought troops to save you after receiving the letter.”
The Empress sat on her horse and looked down at the Emperor, who the guards protected. Her phoenix eyes were cold, and there was no love between husband and wife. She said that she wanted to clean up the side of the Emperor, but when she ordered her subordinates, she said,
“Kill, leave no one alive.”
After saying that, she wrapped her face with a cloth, and the people she brought covered their faces. It was unknown what the Empress and the Second Prince threw into the bonfire, but a cloud of black smoke rose, and the Blue Mountain Meeting venue was filled with the stench of rotting corpses.
“Hold your breath.”
Su Qing realized that they might have thrown poison, but she was still a step too late. Many people had fallen to the ground, and even the Emperor and Madam Li were unconscious.
The Third Prince was alert when the Empress put on the scarf. When he heard Su Qing’s shout, he immediately held his breath. Xiaoying had been by Su Qing’s side for a long time and reacted quickly. She was also not knocked out by the smell.
Luan Hong breathed in the poisonous smoke and fainted in the arms of the man who saved her. The man used his arm to cover his mouth and nose to avoid being smoked.
Some guards of the royal guards reacted quickly and covered their mouths and noses to survive. The Empress’s gloomy gaze swept across the Third Prince Su Qing and the young man, and her laughter was filled with contempt and disdain.
“You guys are quite smart.”
She dodged the poisonous smoke but couldn’t avoid the army’s slaughter. She waved her hand at the army behind her and gave a sharp order,
“Eat it.”
Su Qing gave the Third Prince and Xiaoying an antidote pill, then gave it to the guards to save the Emperor.
Su Qing had just finished distributing the medicine, and the army arrived. She flew up and snatched the spear from the soldier on the horse at the front. She turned the horse around and started killing the Empress’s army.
“Wargod ability.”
She shouted, and her spear drew a cold arc in the air, sending the soldiers in the front row flying. The soldiers at the back were knocked off their horses by the powerful impact, and the soldiers at the back did not have time to stop their horses and trampled over them.
Su Qing swung her spear again. It was like a tornado that blew past and knocked down another side. She was like a god of war. She could hold off ten thousand enemies alone.
Not only was the Empress shocked, but even the old Emperor, who had just taken the antidote and regained consciousness, was equally shocked. This Miss Su was simply a god, able to fend off thousands of troops by herself.
The Great Xia Kingdom was indeed full of crouching tigers and hidden dragons. Those who made enemies of her were like throwing an egg at a rock. Fortunately, he had always wanted to live in peace and did not want to violate the contract with General Xiao Heng.
The Empress had thought that her plan was a sure win. Taking advantage of the fact that the Emperor was unprepared and entertaining the divine doctor, she would eliminate all the royalists in one fell swoop and let her son usurp the throne.
As long as her son ascended the throne, the Emperor’s army outside could only silently acknowledge the truth and would no longer object.
However, she had thought it out very well and her plan was comprehensive. To win in one move, she even used a series of strategies. First, she had people poison the divine doctor to create chaos and send assassins to assassinate the Emperor.
She used the excuse of protecting the Emperor and bringing her troops to clean up the side of the Emperor. After she took down the Emperor, she would pin the crime of rebellion on the third prince. To make the royal guards unable to resist and take control of the scene smoothly, the Empress even used poison. It could be said that the plan was perfect. However, Cheng Yaojin appeared halfway, and she was destined to fail when she met Su Qing.
Seeing the soldiers she brought being killed by Su Qing, the Empress repeated in disbelief,
“Impossible; how can there be such a powerful person?”
The people of Tartan worshiped heroes. Su Qing’s bravery made the rebellious soldiers feel fear in their hearts. As long as you were afraid, you were not far from death. This was how war was.
The Queen’s army fled, and the situation took a turn for the worse..