Princess and the General

at Baibu Yang had given him…

Kun YuYang squeezed through the crowd and suddenly had her arm grabbed.
Turning her head, she saw that it was Ning TangShu.

“Why have you come?”

Ning TangShu did not blame her for acting improperly as she had expected.
Instead, he looked a little happy, “What is it? I’ve only been gone for a short time, yet you’re already missing me?”

What sort of time was it? How could Kun YuYang be in the mood to talk about this sort of thing with him?

She turned her head and ran into the encirclement.
The second prince’s arrow had been loosed, and she subconsciously let out a cry, as she saw the arrow that was flying straight at the boar suddenly change direction while it flew and struck Emperor Ning directly in the chest!

It all happened in the blink of an eye.
Emperor Ning did not know what had happened, but he felt a sharp pain in his chest followed by an immense pain in his abdomen.

He felt as if his heart had been turned to a ball of mush, as blood started to leak from the corners of his mouth and land on his clothes.

All that he could see was the look of horror and panic on the second prince’s face and the look of calm steadiness on the eldest prince’s face…

He heavily closed his eyes.

“Quickly, save His Majesty! Quickly call for an imperial physician!”

The crowd became chaotic.
The members of the cabinet were all civil officials, and in their old age, some did not come along.
With the crowd having no leader, Yin Shuo, as the prime minister, stepped forward.

“Quickly send His Majesty back to the main tent at the camp to be treated by imperial physicians.
Are the imperial guards here?”

“This subordinate is here!”

Yin Shuo pointed at the second prince, who was looking completely horrified, “The second prince has attempted to assassinate His Majesty, and the evidence is irrefutable.
Immediately have him arrested.
His punishment shall be decided when His Majesty awakens!”

The second prince screamed in a hoarse voice, “Impudence! Who dares? This prince is the prince born of the empress.
With His Majesty no longer here, who dares to touch me?”

The imperial guards hesitated for a moment but quickly apprehended the second prince.

Who cared what his identity was? He had shot an arrow into the Emperor’s chest in front of so many people.
This was something that could not have been faked!

As if a rock had been thrown at a tree, a flock of crows suddenly took flight, as the officials closely followed Emperor Ning’s imperial sedan back toward the camp.

The eldest prince led the group down the mountain, while Yin Shuo brought up the rear.
Suddenly, he noticed Kun YuYang.

She was wearing a set of pink and green clothes.
In the crowd of men, she really stood out.
Yin Shuo rode over to the couple’s side and saw the look of horror on Kun YuYang’s face.

For her to come up the mountain at a time like this, could it be that she knew something?

“Madam Ning, why have you come here? When everyone was coming up the mountain with His Majesty, I don’t think that I saw madam.”

Ning TangShu also had no clue as to why Kun YuYang suddenly came up the mountain.
Just a moment earlier, something about her seemed off.
It was as if she knew that something was about to happen, as she had been staring in that direction.

Just as he was about to ask, the second prince’s arrow had already struck His Majesty in the chest.

Kun YuYang subconsciously hid behind Ning TangShu.

Emperor Ning had been attacked, but Yin Shuo did not go and check on Emperor Ning’s condition like the others.
Instead, he came to talk to her, someone who was completely unrelated to the situation.

This made her aware of some sort of conspiracy.

Ning TangShu was very sensitive to his wife’s strange behavior and quickly came up with a good excuse, “I’ve allowed prime minister to see something unseemly.
My wife said that the women of Western Kun are allowed to participate in archery and riding, and her skills are no worse than mine.
How could I allow her to come and mess up something like the autumn hunt? That’s why I insisted that she not be allowed to come.
Who knew that she would sneak up the mountain and end up seeing His Majesty get attacked, hah.”

Kun YuYang reacted very quickly, miserably holding the hem of Ning TangShu’s clothes, “I just wanted to come up and hunt with everyone.
His Majesty did not say that I couldn’t… What just happened was too frightening.
If I knew that this sort of thing would happen, I wouldn’t have come up the mountain.
Dear husband, I’m scared…”

She leaned her head against Ning TangShu’s chest and let out some tears.

Yin Shuo stared at her for a bit but did not see anything off, thus he decided to not question her any further.

“What happened today was indeed beyond expectation.
Who could have expected the second prince would actually attack His Majesty? This official needs to go down the mountain first to check on His Majesty’s situation.
Please take your time.”

Saying this, he rode off.
After he left, Ning TangShu clearly felt the person in his embrace let out a sigh of relief.

“YuYang, are you afraid of Prime Minister Yin?”

Kun YuYang looked at him with tears in her eyes.
Ever since the day of their marriage, he had not seen her cry again.

She was a strong woman, and she knew martial arts.
She was cheerful and bold, and she did not like making use of her tears to express herself like the other noble ladies in Eastern Ling.

For her to cry today, was it just because she had been frightened by Emperor Ning’s assassination?

Kun YuYang said: “Does husband not feel that it was very strange? As the prime minister, he did not go to accompany His Majesty and had the time to chat idly with us?”

Ning TangShu froze and carefully contemplated her words.