The Ugly Empress《丑娘娘 》Chou Niang Niang
The Ugly Empress vol 1, Chapter 22: Assassination
“Protect the Emperor!"
Before Teng Yun got off the sedan, he heard a mess outside.
Xue Jun Liang has got out of the sedan. Although he thought that someone would intercept the empress's sedan, he didn't expect to go so close to the Ten Miles Pavilion.
Although Xue Hou Yang had prepared for it, he didn't expect that there would be an ambush in the post house. All around the place, there was chaos. Especially this time, the escorted empress, inevitably brought a lot of women.
Teng Yun was sitting in the sedan, his heart jumping. It's a great chance to escape. But he's a little too weak now. If he was not afraid of being captured before, he might be killed by assassins.
Teng Yun opened a corner of the curtain. The assassins outside seem to go for Xue Jun Liang. However, Xue Jun Liang is the emperor of a country. How can he be a sitting duck during assassinating? The assassins were prepared early, not so thoughtless.
Teng Yun is right. The assassination of Xue Jun Liang is actually a cover. There are a lot of assassins. Some of them secretly touch the side of the sedan when the guards couldn't respond.
Xiu Yao stumbled in, grabbed Teng Yun and said, "Empress run, it's hard for them to keep support and defending on the outside!"
Teng Yun knew that if he doesn't run out, the assassin may be able to kill him. After all, this time, he has the trusted soldier selected by Xue Hou Yang himself, but now is the best chance to escape and take advantage of the chaos.
He thought for a moment, and immediately lifted his hand to take off the crests on his head and all the extra jewelry on his body. Xiu Yao was also a smart woman. She understood Teng Yun’s meaning, found a not very bright clothes from the small cabinet, and helped him to take off his outer robe and put it on the newly found clothes.
Xiu Yao has been the palace maid in all her life. Although she looks calm at this time, in fact, her soul has been scared away. Her hands were shaking constantly. She has sweated while she was helping Teng Yun put on his clothes.
Xiu Yao peeked out of the sedan curtain, jumped out of the sedan, reached for Teng Yun and jumped down.
Teng Yun took off all the fragmentary jewelry, dressed just like the ordinary the palace maid, and the two people were not conspicuous.
On both sides of the road, there is a small forest. Teng Yun ran to the forest with Xiu Yao, but there was a sound after two steps. It looks like someone is coming after them.
Xiu Yao was a little flustered, and Teng Yun whispered, “We go separately."
“Empress...”
Xiu Yao seems to think it's a bit inappropriate. Although two people's goals were a little bigger, she doesn't dare to be alone, but Teng Yun almost doesn't think about it for her. She went to the other side.
There are a lot of weeds in the forest. It's not convenient for Teng Yun to wear a skirt and shirt. It always brings grass and dead leaves on the ground and made a loud swashing noise. Moreover, his physical strength is not as it used to. After two steps, he can't breathe. His voice seems to be congested.
Teng Yun simply shrunk in the grass, covered his mouth and nose with his hand, and tried to calm his breathing.
As soon as he hid in the grass, he heard someone's voice and this voice walked past him. Teng Yun held his breath for fear that they would find himself.
As soon as those people passed by, Teng Yun relaxed a little, he felt that it was getting dark, and he was shaking around in a whirling way, and he fell on the ground.
The assassins seemed to be good hands in the family. When they heard the sound, they immediately turned back and cut the grass with a leaf cutting knife to check.
Teng Yun tried to get up with his hands propped up, his arms trembled, and it seemed that he could not use his strength at all, but he was pulled out of the harm at the next moment.
Behind Teng Yun is a soil slope, which is not too steep, but the slope was very long, and it spread all the way down. It's dark in the forest, so you can't see what's underneath.
Teng Yun was attacked with no resistance at all. He was firmly held in someone arms and rolled down the slope.
The man's hand clasped his back brain and pressed him into his arms, trying to protect Teng Yun from being hit by the earth and stone.
This roll is a whirl of the sky. Teng Yun's eyes were closed, and his stomach seems to be rolling, bringing out a wave of nausea.
At last, Teng Yun could hardly breathe, but he still couldn't open his eyes, as if he was still moving around. He had not slowed down, and had been pulled up by someone He didn't take a few steps, and dragged into the next pit.
When his nausea and dizziness gradually subsided, what he saw when he opened his eyes was... Xue Jun Liang.
Xue Jun Liang's crown tassels were gone. Although his hair was still tied, it has scattered a lot. It was a bit messy. The black snake-skin robes were all gray, and there are several scrapes on his face. He looked very embarrassed, but his expression was still calm.
Xue Jun Liang held Teng Yun in one hand, shrunk in the mud pit as much as possible, and covered his mouth with the other hand, signaling for him to maintain silence.
When an assassin saw someone fall down, he naturally followed him to look for her. Fortunately, it was dark nearby, and there were more dead trees, weeds and vines. There were also several stinking small ditches. When the assassin looked for, he was afraid of falling down and running away. He dared not stay for a long time and went deep.
Xue Jun Liang's hand hasn't been put down. The assassin went far and waited for a long time before finally leaving. Teng Yun took two breaths. In a little longer time, he was afraid he would be smothered to death.
Xue Jun Liang looked at his red face and smiles a little. They were close together. The Emperor Xue breath hits Teng Yun's ear, which made him shiver. He turned his head and looked at Xue Jun Liang.
The two of them had a better understanding. They waited a long time, but they didn't see the assassin come back before leaving the pit.
Xue Jun Liang has some blood stains on his body. It seems that he was scratched by the soil when he fell down. Although he was in a mess, he was not seriously injured, but his right hand seems to be not very flexible.
Xue Jun Liang was not too dirty. He sat aside and said, “What can I do, Consort Ai? My hand seems to be broken."
Teng Yun didn't expect that this man would save his life.
He looked at Xue Jun Liang with complicated eyes. In his last life, they were enemies and even died in his hands. Now, the man is willing to save him.
He didn't know how Xue Jun Liang suddenly appeared here, or in fact, he found it just when he ran away?
Teng Yun looked at Xue Jun Liang and pretended to be pitiful. It seems that the other side is not afraid of losing his life without his army at all, and doesn't find out how embarrassed his situation is.
“Why, is Consort Ai moved by my actions. I'm not worried. I'll show you enough actions when I get back to the palace."
Xue Jun Liang's words were ambiguous and his voice is deliberately lowered. However, Teng Yun didn't even think of going there. He just got up and picked up some thick branches nearby. Then he sat next to Xue Jun Liang, tore his clothes from the crack and fixed Xue Jun Liang broken hand.
Xue Jun Liang used his other hand to look at the torn opening, as if it was a pity that his clothes were so bad. He smiled casually and said, “Consort Ai is so skilled in her movement."
Teng Yun's bandaging hands paused for a while, then pretended not to care. He was used to fighting outside. These minor injuries and illnesses would be dealt with by himself, but as a spoiled princess, she would not. Let alone deal with the wounds. In this situation, she should be very flustered.
He thinks so. But felt that it was better to fix Xue Jun Liang’s hand.
Although Xue Jun Liang thought that the other side was a little different, the doubt that just flashed by and he didn't pay attention to it.
He pulled back his black robe with one hand, spread it on one side, stretched out his hand, clapped it, and said: “Sit down and rest, Hou Yang’s people should be able to find us soon."
Teng Yun took a look at the clothes on the ground. He didn't want to talk, and he didn't have the strength to talk. The body was really spoiled, and his physical strength and endurance were not good. Now, Teng Yun's throat is swollen and congested, so he was afraid to spit it out at once.
When he sat down, Xue Jun Liang saw that they were far away from each other, so he took the initiative to move this way, then held Teng Yun's head, leaned on his shoulder, and said, “If you are tired, close your eyes and have a rest."
Although Teng Yun was very tired, he felt tired by when sitting down. However, he can't relax by leaning on Xue Jun Liang, and his whole body is stiff.
Xue Jun Liang also found that Teng Yun’s head was leaning against her, but her body was tight. He couldn't help laughing, and then reached out to pull the other person’s waist from behind.
Teng Yun's own sleepiness was shocked by this. Xue Jun Liang felt that he was shaking, but he held people tighter. “It's cold, this is warmer."
Xue Hou Yang's movement was also fast. Before one hour, they found them, and most of the assassins have been caught.
Xue Hou Yang knelt down to plead guilty. Xue Jun Liang didn't say anything. At this time, Teng Yun is asleep, and people dare not shout to wake up empress by being too loudly.
Teng Yun was dizzy and felt warm. He shrank. Suddenly, he felt something fluffy sticking to his face. He was shocked.
Xue Jun Liang watched him stand up fiercely, thought he had a nightmare, patted Teng Yun’s back gently, and said: “It's OK. We will go to the palace and you can get up again later."
Teng Yun didn't wake up completely. He stared at Xue Jun Liang for a long time. He always felt a little shaky. He was still covered with fur blankets. Xu Jun Liang's clothes had been changed, and he had changed back to the way he was before.
Xue Jun Liang looked at others in a daze. He laid on his own legs and sleeps. He thinks he can't wake up when he went back to the palace.
The man's clothes didn't change, for fear of waking him up, Xue Jun Liang didn't think it was dirty, so he asked him to pillow on his legs, but at this time, Teng Yun's face was slightly flushed, as if it was warm, his eyes were a little dazed, and he looked at him with dense watery eyes.
Although it's not suitable at this time, Xue Jun Liang was looked at like this, which seems to be a little restless. And Teng Yun laid on his own leg, which is a very suggestive gesture.
Xue Jun Liang knew that if the two of them keep this posture again, their reactions will be found later.
Put out his hand and press the person on the ground. Xue Jun Liang pinned the broken hair behind his ears, pinched the other's earlobes, heard the "um" from Teng Yun, and felt a sudden tightening, like being smashed.
Xue Jun Liang's hand slipped from the earlobe to Teng Yun's chin, reached out to hold it, and kissed.
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~ The Ugly Empress ~
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