The Captivating Crown Prince
chapter-228

Chapter 228

Looking at the dancers’ dancing, Shang’s heart was a little displeased. These dancers were not from the crown prince’s residence, but had been brought here for a banquet. Although they had already been checked out, it was not clear enough in such a short period of time.

Huan Mo Che’s gaze hadn’t left Shang Wuxin since the start of the banquet. Now that he saw Shang Wuxin’s slight frown, he immediately understood what Shang Wuxin was thinking as he followed her gaze towards the dancers.

Although the words of Yishui who had just passed through Shang Wuxin annoyed many people, men still approached her based on her looks. A few men had surrounded Yishui who was sitting there. Yishui was not enthusiastic but she did not refuse. From time to time, she would glance at Shang Wuxin who was sitting on the stage. People thought that she was adoring the crown prince, but in reality, that was not the case.

While everyone was busy with their own matters, the female dancer, who was originally dressed in red and green, suddenly pulled out a weapon from her clothes and rushed towards the crown prince to kill him. This scene happened too suddenly. The officials rushed into the table in fright. The military officials picked up their weapons and started to fight with the dancers, but the young miss and the madame only screamed in fear. In a short while, the entire hall was in chaos.

By the time the dancer took out her weapon, Huan Mo Che had already taken out his fan and stood beside Shang Wuxin. Shang Xin wasn’t unprepared either. He was wary of so many strangers entering the Crown Prince’s Palace in this day and age, so his sudden attack by the dancers was not a surprise to Shang.

The sword was pointed straight at Shang Wuxin’s chest. Shang Wuxin did not dodge but watched as the female dancer slowly approached her with her full body full of killing intent. Nangong Lian watched in horror as she wanted to help, but the dancers around her could not.

Just as Huanmo Che’s fan was about to fall out of his hand to save Shang Wuxin, he saw Shang Wuxin slightly turn his body to dodge the long sword, in his hand was a pitch-black dagger, and before the dancer could understand the situation, he was already standing behind her.

“Didn’t your master tell you not to release killing intent so easily?” Shang carelessly breathed into the dancer’s ear, and the cold dagger had already cut her neck. Shang Tong had no intention of letting the Blood Shang Army control their killing intent while they were training. If you were equipped with killing intent, you would have been alerted from the very beginning.

At the moment of the incident in the main hall, dozens of Blood Shang soldiers entered the hall and sealed off the entire hall. More importantly, these Blood Sang soldiers were much better than the martial arts of the dancers and were more than enough to deal with it.

At the moment of the accident, Steward Hai had already appeared in the hall, and was sent by Shang to protect Yi Yin. Although Steward Hai seemed to be getting on in years, his attacks were still ruthless. Every dancers that fell into his hands would die beyond belief.

Shang Tong did not reveal much of his abilities after taking care of the dancer, but he was still a great shock to everyone. At this moment, Shang Wuxin was standing at a high position. Next to him, stood Huan Mo Che with a smile on his face and a fan that was still dripping blood. One by one, they would kill one, and one by one, so the dancers would not even have the chance to approach Shang Wuxin. The crowd could see how terrifying the Minister of the Left was. Even after killing so many people, his smile was so gentle that it gave people a creepy feeling.

“Crown Prince!” “All the assassins were all women, they were all killed!” It wasn’t that they didn’t want to leave any survivors, but these assassins who were obviously trained to be like deathsworn, there was no need at all for them to leave any survivors.

Shang unwittingly glanced at the crowd below and saw that the injured officials, along with their wives and children, had all been members of his faction. It seemed that these people had indeed come prepared. Shang was certain that if it were not for the hasty dinner, tonight’s assassination would not have been so simple. After all, it was too much of a coincidence that not a single member of the Duke of Qing’s faction had been injured.

“Send every minister and princess back to the palace to receive their royal doctors!” Shang Tong ordered in a harsh tone, as he looked at the crowd of people who had yet to recover from their shock, “I am truly sorry for scaring everyone today, I am very surprised!”

Shang Tong’s attitude was quite good, but those ministers had experienced life and death situations, and many of them had been severely injured. They did not understand that the matter today was not so simple, and more or less still resented the crown prince, but they did not dare to show it and could only respectfully allow the Blood Shang army to support them as they left the mansion.

After everyone had left the crown prince’s mansion, the entire hall quieted down. If not for the blood stains on the ground, no one would have imagined that a fight had just occurred. Shang was not in the mood to look at Yi Yin, whose face had not changed at all. He smiled and said, “Auntie, it’s getting late, let’s rest early!”

Yi Yin smiled along with him and patted Shang’s shoulder, “You rest early too, don’t be too tired!” It wasn’t the first time that Yinyin had seen something like this, but seeing how such a young man remained impassive when faced with an assassination attempt, how much was required for her to do so. She suddenly had the urge to put this child in her heart and spoil him even more than her own son.

At this moment, Yishui was still sitting on the ground. During the battle, she had hidden under the table and no one had looked at her but no one had come to save her. Now that the incident was over, no one cared about her.

“I’m sorry!” Lin Jia Er’s body was drenched in blood and he came to Nangong Lian’s side with a weapon in his hand. He lowered his head in apology. Instead of accompanying Nangong Lian to protect Nangong Lian, he had gone to protect the crown prince and to criticize him. Although he had been paying attention to Nangong Lian from the beginning and if Nangong Lian was unable to deal with him, he would definitely help her, this did not mean that he was not a good candidate for a husband.

Nangong Lian was not angry. All of the people here came to Lin Jia Er’s side and took out a handkerchief to wipe the blood off Lin Jia Er’s face. “What’s there to be sorry about?” “You are a very responsible man, I have not misjudged you!” If Lin Jia Er had been able to see that she had forgotten her responsible status, Nangong Lian would have been disappointed. Furthermore, she was not a delicate woman. She had the ability to protect herself.

Seeing that Lin Jia Er was still as guilty as before, Nangong Lian did not hesitate to grab Lin Jia Er’s arm. “Aiya, am I that weak? And haven’t you been paying attention to me? I know all about it! ”

Lin Jia Er looked at the pretty face before him. He suddenly felt that the most correct thing to do in his life was to have such a woman accompanying him. He didn’t care about his status and wanted her to support him. What else could he ask for?

“Mo Che, go to my study!” This place was not a good place to talk, and Shang did not like to stand in a place filled with the smell of blood either.

As the two walked out of the hall, they saw a very unexpected person standing there. Even in the dark night, the lanterns hanging from the crown prince’s residence were still hung high in the sky, so Shang couldn’t clearly see who was standing there. She looked cute and charming in her pink palace attire.

“Crown Prince!” Of course, she had attended the banquet as well, but after what had happened, she had been sent out. However, she did not actually leave, but rather waited here for Shang to pass by.

He didn’t know why he kept having the nagging feeling that Shang Liangge was a bit evil. Now that he knew that this person was connected to the Western Regions, he was even more wary, he did not wish for this kind of person to come into contact with Shang.

“Lord Left Premier, what kind of expression is that? Can’t you even say a few words to the crown prince as an imperial sister?” “Seems like the Minister of the Left has a bit of authority to deal with this!” Shang Liangge covered her red lips as she spoke, smiling. As she spoke, she moved closer to Shang Wuxin.

“Sister, I am very grateful for your visit, but I don’t know if you will be able to see if I am still alive?”

At the time of the assassination attempt, Shang Wuxin saw Shang Shuangge standing there like she was watching a play, occasionally there was a scream of terror.

She just stood there and looked at Shang Wuxin from head to toe. That look in her eyes made Huanmo Che feel that something was not right, and he hurriedly stood in front of Shang Wuxin to protect him.

Seeing Huan Mo Che block Shang Guanwu’s path, he was a little displeased, but before leaving, he approached Shang and said something meaningful to him, “Crown Prince, don’t die so easily. This world is so boring!”

Looking at Shang Xiange’s back, Shang Wuxin suddenly laughed, which gave Huan Mo Che goosebumps.

“This Shang Xiange is obviously not a docile woman and is not on the same side as us. It’s best to avoid contact with her from now on!” Huan Mo Che began to speak nonsense, refusing to admit that he himself did not like Brother Shang Qian.

Shang Wuxin did not say anything. Some people were not people that one did not want to get into contact with. Moreover, Shang Wuxin had a premonition that there would be more interactions between them in the future. Of course, she would not say these words to Huan Mo Che.

When the two of them arrived at the study room, Huan Mo Che poured a cup of water for Shang Wuxin, but he saw that during the whole banquet, Shang Wuxin did not even have a sip of water. Shang carelessly received the teacup and realized that he was truly thirsty. Huan Mo Che always took care of small matters like these.

“What do you think about what happened tonight?” Shang asked bluntly. Although she already had a general idea of what was going on in her heart, she had to admit that there were a lot of times when Huan Mo Che was so sensitive in the court, and since they were her own people, she needed their suggestions.

Huan Mo Che watched as Shang Wuxin downed another cup of water before answering, “It is obvious that they are here for the Crown Prince’s Palace. Tonight, almost all of our court officials were injured, and more importantly, no one from the Duke Qing Residence participated in tonight’s event. This performance is too obvious!”

Since the Duke of Qing dared to do such a thing, it meant that they had dealt with the matter well. Therefore, even if Shang Wuxin and the rest knew who did it, there was no evidence that they could only swallow this matter.

“It seems that the Duke of Qing cannot wait any longer!” Shang didn’t feel the need to sigh. In the past, the Duke of Qing’s faction had only gone against the Crown Prince’s Palace in private. Now, even an assassination attempt had been carried out, which was to break the stalemate.

Huan Mo Che frowned as he looked at Shang Wu Xin, his heart becoming anxious, “Don’t worry, don’t worry!” Regardless of whether it was Duke Qing or the Western Regions, he would never have the heart to defend Shang’s country. He thought that the others would definitely think the same way, but if Shang didn’t have the heart to let her enjoy life in the mansion, they would present everything to her. Yet, this kind of person was standing at the very front with a weapon in his hand, and this was also the reason why they loved her.

If not for this pair of peach blossom eyes, Shang Wuxin would truly have handed over all these to Huanmo Che.

“I’m going to …” A smile even appeared on his face. When the two of them were done talking, it was already midnight, so Shang Wuxin went straight to the sleeping hall to rest, while Huan Mo Che sat in the study room for a long time before returning.