The beauty of fast time travel and the tragic villain

Chapter 246 Attacking the Curious Tyrant (27)

Before Jian Anning became the crown princess, she was the concubine of the prime minister's family. Her eldest sister, Jian Yihuan, could not even ride a horse and shoot arrows. She was just a concubine, and she had no chance to learn archery.

"Then I will teach you as a husband reluctantly." The crown prince Shen Qiye also raised his eyebrows, showing a rare gentle smile on his stern and pale face.

Suddenly, a cold arrow shot into the carriage that the prince Shen Qiye and the princess Jian Anning were riding in.

The arrowhead of Lengjian shot straight at Prince Shen Qiye's chest, and at the nick of time, he grabbed the arrowhead.

The Crown Princess Jian Anning was almost frightened to death, her heart was pounding.

And the person who shot the cold arrow was hiding behind the eaves of an inn and standing on the eaves. Although he was dressed in black and covered his face with a black cloth, he had a pair of red phoenix eyes, sharp eyes, and he did not look like an ordinary person.

After the masked man in black shot an arrow with a crossbow, he hurried away.

Half of the bodyguards escorting the Crown Prince Shen Qiye and the Crown Princess Jian Anning were sent out to hunt down the man in black who was trying to murder the Crown Prince Shen Qiye, but to no avail.

Crown Prince Shen Qiye and Crown Princess Jian Anning took the carriage and hurried back to the palace.

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The assassination of His Royal Highness Shen Qiye ended so hastily, and the man in black was not found in the end.

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the other side.

An inn not far from the palace, in the wing room on the second floor.

"Seventh Prince, what are you doing to startle the snake?" A man in a black robe said, he was the bodyguard of the Seventh Prince he was talking about, named Zhao Yu.

"I am not loyal to my father, I am faithfully performing the task."

Xiao Yu, the Seventh Prince of Shu, was dressed in a dark green robe. He was sitting on a chair, drinking tea unhurriedly. With his red phoenix eyes, he was squinting at Zhao Yu, the guard sitting beside him.

Xiao Yu, the Seventh Prince of Shu Kingdom, is 20 years old this year and has just reached the crown. His jet-black hair is tied up and fixed with a silver hair crown and a silver hairpin. His pale and handsome face is covered with a layer of haze;
He came to Chen State as an envoy. In name, he came to discuss the trade between the border between the two countries. After all, since the war between the two countries ended eight years ago, there has been no war on the border for a long time. Just occasional friction.

The blood feud in the past gradually faded away, and the Kingdom of Shu intends to establish diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Chen. The first step is to increase the trade between the two countries.

Xiao Yu, the Seventh Prince of Shu, was an envoy, and he came here for this reason in name;
But behind the scenes, his father Xiao Zaijun arranged a task for him, asking him to find a way to kill Shen Qiye, the crown prince of Chen State, so as to help Chen Yan, King Yu of Chen State, seize the throne.

King Yu of Chen State, Shen Yan, had already conspired with Emperor Xiao Zaijun of Shu State by flying pigeons to send letters——

Yu Wang Shen Yan of the Chen Kingdom promised to the Shu Emperor Xiao Zaijun that if he could help him ascend the throne, he would cede ten cities on the border between the two countries to the Shu Kingdom in exchange.

It's not that Shen Yan, King Yu of Chen State, did not propose such a condition to Emperor Xiao Zaijun of Shu State before, but he was rejected at that time;

Because although the conditions are attractive, who can guarantee that, even if the plan to assassinate Chen State Prince Shen Qiye is successful, who can guarantee that Chen State Emperor Shen Shen will not trick a few more sons out.

But so many years have passed, Emperor Shen Shen of the Chen Kingdom only favored Concubine Shu Xiao Xihua, but her stomach was unbelievable, she had been favored for eight years, and she was married every few days, but she still couldn't give birth to a child .

Xiao Zaijun, the emperor of the Kingdom of Shu, had already given up his plan to support Xiao Xihua, the dancing girl he sent to the Kingdom of Chen. After all, she couldn't give birth to dragon species, and he couldn't help him if he wanted to.

Xiao Zaijun, the emperor of the Kingdom of Shu, thought about it later, and thought that it was a good choice to back up Shen Yan, King Yu of the Kingdom of Chen, and signed a covenant with him. The content of the covenant was roughly——

If Yu Wang Shen Yan of Chen State ascended the throne in the future, he would cede ten cities on the border between the two countries designated by Shu State. Moreover, during Yu Wang Shen Yan's reign, he would never take the initiative to send troops to attack Chen State.

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In this way, Xiao Yu, the seventh prince of the Shu Kingdom, was sent to the Chen Kingdom as a nominal envoy and an actual assassin.

Among the group brought by Xiao Yu, the Seventh Prince of Shu, except for a dozen or so real envoys who were used to discuss the political affairs of the border trade between the two countries with Chen Shen, Emperor Shen Shen, and the courtiers;
There are more than a hundred other dedicated dead soldiers, and each of them is well-trained.

They planned to sneak into the hunting ground on the eighth day of August, during the autumn hunting season, and assassinate Shen Qiye, the Crown Prince of the Chen Kingdom.

In fact, Xiao Yu, the Seventh Prince of the Shu Kingdom, was on the way back to the palace today when the Crown Prince Shen Qiye and the Crown Princess Jian Anning returned home to visit their relatives;

He acted alone, dressed in black, covered his face with a black cloth, and shot that cold arrow in the direction of the window of the carriage with a bow and crossbow, it was just a whim.

If he was lucky enough to kill Shen Qiye, Crown Prince of Chen, it would be good, he would not have to stay in Chen until the eighth day of the eighth month, and he would not have to pretend to be an envoy to meet Chen Shen, the emperor of Chen, and ask for trade between the borders of the two countries;

As long as he finds a reason to say that the Prince Chen Qiye has passed away, he deeply regrets that now is not the time to discuss the border trade between the two countries, so he can return to Shu Kingdom as soon as possible.

Frankly speaking, Xiao Yu, the Seventh Prince of Shu, thinks that it doesn't matter to him whether the mission is successful or not——

After all, he is the seventh prince, and the status of his mother and concubine is also humble. He is a maid in the palace. Only when his six older brothers are dead will he have a chance to be the emperor of Shu.

But this time, he traveled a long distance to Chen Guo, and after such a hard work, if he succeeds in the assassination, what good will it do him?
In case the conspiracy was revealed, and he failed to assassinate, but unfortunately died in a foreign country, his father, Emperor Xiao Zaijun, probably would not shed a tear for his death;
Father would still say that he was so incompetent, he couldn't handle this matter well, and he deserved to die; father would try his best to disregard the relationship between Shu Kingdom and this matter.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yu, the Seventh Prince of the Shu Kingdom, felt that he was a little envious of Chen Qiye, the crown prince of the Chen Kingdom. He was the only prince of the Chen Kingdom, and he was the eldest son.

What Xiao Yu, the Seventh Prince of Shu, doesn't know is——

Shen Qiye, the crown prince of the Chen Kingdom, who is frivolous on the surface and ignorant, is planning how to kill his father, how to take revenge on his father, the emperor Shen Shen, for the tragic death of his mother and queen Zhao Xinyun;

Although that will be a few years away.

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In the next month or so.

Xiao Yu, the Seventh Prince of the Shu Kingdom, led his envoys to meet with the Emperor Shen Shen of the Chen Kingdom, after discussing the border trade between the two countries, as well as many other complicated matters related to the business exchanges between the two countries.

(End of this chapter)