GBP Chapter 194 The Queen Who Used as a Shield in a Good Pregnancy Novel (44)
Chapter 194 The Queen Who Used as a Shield in a Good Pregnancy Novel (44)
Time quickly came to the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. All officials of the fourth rank and above were allowed to bring their families to the palace to attend the banquet.
In the past, when there was an opportunity to enter the palace to attend a banquet, civil and military officials would bring their families along.
But weren't they all vaguely aware of or even directly involved in tonight's operation? Every single one of those officials didn't bring their wives, children, or elderly relatives.
At a palace banquet meant for the emperor and his officials to enjoy themselves, all the seated officials were sitting alone, and none of them had a smile on their face; they all looked extremely serious.
Yingyi glanced at everyone and whispered to Leyan, "Your Majesty, please be careful later. I'm afraid someone might come after you."
Although he was confident in his martial arts skills, he knew that confidence alone was not enough to protect the Empress.
Le Yan nodded slightly: "Song Zhi is right behind me."
Wen Songzhi was worried about the chaotic scene today, so he entrusted other matters to his trusted subordinates, while he disguised himself and stayed close to Le Yan, protecting her at all costs.
Ying glanced at him sideways, then turned back to watch the song and dance performance without making a sound.
The singing was melodious, and the dancing was graceful, but the more the dancers danced, the closer they got to them.
Suddenly, the magnificent and elegant music abruptly changed, and the dancers transformed into assassins, instantly drawing soft swords from their waists and rushing towards the emperor and empress.
Offstage, some officials who knew nothing about the situation were in a panic and all cried out for help.
But more often than not, they simply sat there calmly.
For example, Prime Minister Wang Fu was leisurely enjoying his wine.
As a result, a long sword came flying at him. If he hadn't dodged quickly, he would have had his head chopped off on the spot.
Wang Fu looked shocked and furious, "How dare you!"
Why would the assassins he personally arranged attack him?
What Wang Fu didn't know was that among the dancers were indeed his assassins, but also other people's assassins.
That's why these colleagues are so in sync; they all want to plant assassins among the dancers, but there aren't enough spots for them to do so.
Ying had meticulously planned and painstakingly placed several groups of assassins within their ranks, going to great lengths to prevent them from noticing anything amiss.
However, the result was still good. Looking at the chaotic scene, with three groups of assassins injuring and capturing people everywhere, those who were sitting calmly before all started jumping up and down as if they had dogs chasing them.
While dodging the assassins, Wang Fu gritted his teeth and sent out the signal.
Originally, he planned to control everyone first before having his eldest son lead troops to surround the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony, but the situation had changed, so he had to change his plans immediately.
But after sending the signal for a long time, he still hadn't seen his eldest son bring people in, leaving Wang Fu completely bewildered.
What's going on here?
Wang Fu had a bad feeling.
Several other people shared his ominous premonition.
Duke Yang Xiao of England, along with General Hang and Grand Tutor Sun Feng.
Like Wang Fu, they sent a signal when they sensed something was wrong, but no one came after waiting for ages.
All three groups of people were confused, while only Leyan, who was in control of the situation from above, silently counted down the time.
By now, the three armies that have met on the narrow road outside should have already decided the outcome, right?
Le Yan turned to ask Ruan Ruan, who checked the fertility system and then bent down to answer in a low voice: "Princess Anning has already led her men to trap them like turtles in a jar and captured them all."
Upon hearing this, Le Yan nodded in satisfaction and gave Chao Wensongzhi a hand gesture. The next second, a group of imposing eunuchs rushed into the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
They were all from the East and West factories.
The Eastern Depot was responsible for dealing with assassins, while the Western Depot was responsible for arresting the officials who were running around in all directions.
Seeing the people from the East and West Factories appear, and then seeing their own soldiers not come in for a long time, Wang Fu, Yang Xiao, and Sun Feng all became dejected.
It seems they made a miscalculation and fell into the Emperor's trap.
He raised his eyes and watched as the emperor, dressed in a dragon robe, slowly walked down the platform. His cold eyes swept over them. "Truly, my good ministers."
"What? Just because I can't have children, you can all rise to power?"
Ying Yi curled her lips into a cold smile, kicked Sun Feng in the stomach, settling a personal score, and then ground her foot hard.
"What a fine father-in-law! I thought you were a virtuous and upright official, and I rewarded your Sun family many times. What, is the position of the father-in-law not worthy of you?"
Sun Feng clutched his stomach, vomiting blood continuously. He wanted to speak, but couldn't.
He struggled to reach out his hands, begging the emperor for mercy and the empress for help.
But as soon as Ying turned her head, she stepped on his hand again.
Seeing the emperor, who supposedly loved his empress so much, treat his father-in-law like this, Wang Fu and the others felt utterly disheartened.
A complete defeat would likely mean certain death.
Ying glanced at them sideways, saying nothing to them, but instead continued to criticize Sun Feng, turning her attention directly to the Empress: "As the father-in-law of the Emperor, yet he has committed treason and rebellion. What crime does the Empress think the Sun family should be punished for?"
Upon hearing this, the group of officials, who had been hanging their heads and remaining silent, all pricked up their ears, eager to hear what the Empress would say.
But they could not hear the Empress's voice, only the "whoosh" of a sword being drawn.
Suddenly looking up, they saw the Empress, whom they disregarded, pointing her long sword directly at the Emperor.
The officials were all horrified. Even Sun Feng never expected his daughter to do such a thing.
Yingyi glared at Leyan with a grim face and shouted angrily, "Empress, what are you doing!"
Le Yan smiled and tilted her head slightly. "Isn't it obvious?"
"Your Majesty, I also intend to usurp the throne."
Ying's eyes flashed sharply. "Sun Leyan, do you know what you're saying?"
Behind the sharp expression was suppressed fear. Although it was acting, calling the Empress by her full name directly made Yingyi feel flustered and at a loss.
Fortunately, few people dared to look him in the eye, so they didn't notice anything unusual about him.
The group of officials who were removed from their posts were all shocked by the current developments.
First, a dancer turned into an assassin; then so many people prepared to rebel, but the emperor suppressed them; and now the empress is plotting a rebellion. What kind of day is this?!
The group of people were lost in their own thoughts, but none of them believed that the empress would succeed.
After all, even the prime minister failed, so what could the empress, a mere woman deep in the palace, possibly accomplish?
Just then, Le Yan took the glass bottle handed to her by Ruan Ruan and smashed it on the ground in front of everyone.
The glass shattered, and the crisp sound attracted everyone's attention.
Then came a series of footsteps, accompanied by the sound of armor grinding, growing ever closer.