Capítulo 22: The Phoenix Crown Fell
Editor: Atlas Studios
The sedan chair swayed along the way. In order to create a scene, Eunuch Hua even ordered people to sprinkle copper coins along the way. Many commoners followed throughout, and the scene was extremely lively.
Shen Mingjiao, who was sitting in the sedan chair, twirled the apple in her hand. She was thinking about what had just happened. Who wants to harm her?
Although her eldest cousin was not close to her, he was tactful. Even if he really disliked her and wanted to mess with her, he would not choose to use such a method to hurt himself.
As for Madam Li, although she had been targeting her previously, she would not joke about her son's safety.
On the other hand, Shen Qiang was a concubine's son who had been raised and crippled by the Li family. Perhaps he had the intention to harm his eldest brother, but he did not have the guts. However, he definitely knew something…
That left only Shen Mingyan.
Shen Mingjiao frowned. She had always been confused about Shen Mingyan. When she was young, Shen Mingyan was arrogant and despotic, but she was pretty dumb. Later on, she seemed to have become smarter.
Integrating her own experiences, she originally guessed that the other party had also been reborn like her.
Otherwise, how could she explain the fact that she took the initiative to seduce Pei Ji? When she found out that Pei Ji's family was in trouble, Shen Mingyan cried and wanted to break off the engagement.
But now, Shen Mingyan did not hesitate to set up her own brother's injury just to make things difficult for her! It did not make sense at all.
The two of them were biological siblings, and her eldest cousin had always doted on his sister. There were many ways to deal with her, but Shen Mingyan didn't have to do this at all.
Unless… she didn't care about her brother's life at all.
No matter how much a person experienced, their personality would not change. Although Shen Mingyan was arrogant and brainless when she was young, she would not be so cold-blooded.
Thinking of this, she raised her eyebrows with interest and felt that this matter was getting more and more interesting…
Her intuition told her that Shen Mingyan must know something incredible…
At this moment, on the second floor of an inn, Su Qing stood in front of the window, staring at the majestic wedding procession, as well as the exorbitant betrothal gifts from the Prince's Mansion.
She gritted her teeth and stared at Feng Lisheng, who was dressed in red. Although she could not see the expression on his face from afar, she felt that he was inexplicably happy from his back.
Su Qing suppressed the bitterness in her heart and turned to the maid. "Let's go to the East Palace."
At this moment, she desperately wanted to see Feng Qiyu and prove that her choice was right.
…
It took about two hours to walk from the Duke Mansion to the Prince's Mansion. Shen Mingjiao gradually dozed off with a phoenix crown that was as heavy as a box of apples.
The group turned through the lively crowd and passed through Vermillion Street. The surroundings gradually became quiet.
However, at this moment, there seemed to be the sound of rushing wind in the air. Shen Mingjiao, who was in a daze, vaguely heard the sound of intense fighting and the screams of the bridesmaid. She suddenly sat up straight.
Haitang lifted the curtain and said anxiously, "Miss, t-there are assassins…"
Shen Mingjiao asked, "How many of them?"
Haitang turned her head and took a quick glance. "About… 30 people…"
Shen Mingjiao calmly closed her eyes. "Oh, that's fine."
With the abilities of Feng Wu and the rest, coupled with Feng Lisheng, this number of people was just enough for them to warm up.
Haitang said with a bitter face, "But… His Highness and the others don't have weapons…"
Shen Mingjiao was stunned for a moment before she slapped her forehead.
Right. Today was her wedding day with Feng Lisheng. They were here to welcome the bride, so why would they carry weapons!
Shen Mingjiao was a little nervous now. She quietly lifted a corner of the curtain.
No matter how powerful Feng Lisheng and the others were, they were still restricted without weapons.
They saw a large crowd who were fighting. At a glance, these assassins were not weak. Fortunately, Feng Wu and the others were not to be trifled with. Although they did not have weapons in their hands and were a little restrained, no one was injured.
Feng Lisheng snatched the saber from the assassin's hand and swiftly dealt with the two assassins behind him. He came to the bridal sedan and said to Shen Mingjiao, "Don't come out." He glanced at the people fighting with the assassin.
"Daniu and the rest, come over and protect the princess."
The few people who were called out quickly left the battlefield and surrounded the bridal sedan.
At this moment, the battle had reached its climax. Feng Wu and the others were slightly on the winning side, but they were all injured. Some assassins fell to the ground, and the rest were red-eyed from killing. All of them gave their best in every move.
Shen Mingjiao smelled the thick smell of blood in the air. She couldn't help but think of the palace change before she died in her previous life. Those familiar people were pierced by arrows one by one. That was the real bloodshed.
Her face was a little pale. She secretly held the golden bracelet that Cui Lingling had given her and immediately felt much more at ease.
Outside the carriage, Xu Daniu carefully comforted Shen Mingjiao while keeping an eye on the assassins around him. "Princess Consort, don't be afraid. His Royal Highness is here."
Shen Mingjiao tried her best to remain calm. "Yes, I believe in all of you."
Seeing that their Princess Consort wasn't frightened to tears by this scene, Xu Daniu and the others immediately felt gratified. However, when they thought of what the Prince had said last time, they immediately fell silent.
When Shen Mingjiao saw the two assassins in black flying towards them, her heart skipped a beat. She tightened her grip on the golden bracelet in her hand.
Xu Daniu and the others also tensed up their bodies vigilantly. They waited for the assassin to come over and fought with all their might.
However, the two assassins stopped ten steps away from the bridal sedan. They glanced at the few of them nonchalantly before turning a corner and charging towards Feng Lisheng with all their might, as if they did not see such a huge bridal sedan at all.
Xu Daniu and the others stared at them. It seemed like they were not here to snatch the bride.
Shen Mingjiao stared too. She could only say that these assassins were quite moral. At least they didn't kill the innocent.
Seeing that they were no match for him, someone took out a smoke bomb and threw it. White fog instantly rose in front of their eyes.
In an instant, the white fog dissipated. The remaining assassins had already fled, leaving only a few corpses on the ground.
Xu Daniu muttered, "Has the times changed? Didn't these assassins like to bite their poison sacs and commit suicide after their assassination failed in the past? Why are they using martial arts tricks now?"
The few injured people simply bandaged their wounds. Those who were not injured began to clean up the venue and check the corpses.
Shen Mingjiao held Haitang's arm and got out of the bridal sedan.
The bridesmaid, who had been scared silly, got up trembling and looked at her hesitantly. She wanted to say that the bride could not get out of the sedan chair casually, but when she saw the blood on the ground that had not been cleaned up, she immediately shut her mouth.
Shen Mingjiao walked towards Feng Lisheng. As the hem of her dress was too long and her head was covered, she accidentally stepped on it and fell towards Feng Lisheng.
Feng Lisheng took a step forward and supported her. However, he did not notice that he had stepped on a few golden beads that someone had dropped during the fight.
Just like that, driven by inertia, he followed Shen Mingjiao's momentum and both of them fell to the ground.
At this critical moment, a rapid sound of air being torn apart came.
"Your Highness, be careful—"
Feng Lisheng's pupils dilated. He wanted to turn around, but the arrow was too fast!
At this moment, Shen Mingjiao's mind was blank. She felt the sound of rushing wind getting closer and closer to her. In an instant, she seemed to have suddenly returned to the moment before she died in her previous life.
It was also like this. As Shuo'er roared, the rebel army's sword shot straight at her. In the blink of an eye, it accurately pierced into her chest.
So she was going to die again! And in the same way!
She couldn't help but curse the God of Destiny in her heart. At least let her enter the Prince's Residence before dying.
Sigh! She would never be able to see those lovely treasures in the Prince Mansion's storeroom again!
This change happened in an instant. Everyone watched as the arrow flew straight at the back of Shen Mingjiao's head.
Everyone subconsciously closed their eyes and could not bear to look anymore. They sighed in their hearts. How much did the Princess Consort love the Prince to pounce on him and block the arrow for him!
At this moment, they really wanted to die for the Princess Consort. Such a good Princess Consort is meant to always accompany the Prince.
Just as everyone thought that Shen Mingjiao would die for sure, they heard a "ding" sound. The arrow landed squarely on the huge gem on the top of Shen Mingjiao's phoenix crown.
Due to the impact, the heavy phoenix crown fell off, and a head of black hair fell.
Shen Mingjiao pushed her limp body up and carefully picked up the fallen phoenix crown.
She swore that she would never complain about the weight of the phoenix crown again.
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