nucmednet Chapter 271: Shooting Arrows
Chapter 271: Shooting Arrows
Yu Gongchen seemed to be completely indifferent to Empress Sun's fear and pleading. He narrowed his eyes slightly, and a hint of ruthlessness and determination flashed in his eyes.
In his heart that was completely blinded by his ambition for the throne, anyone who was seen as an obstacle to his ascension to the throne was like an ant blocking the road and must be ruthlessly eliminated. There was no room for mercy.
He slowly raised his chin, his attitude was arrogant and cold, and then he roared at the guards beside him: "Shoot! Don't let her ruin this prince's plan!"
Before he finished speaking, he waved his hand violently with an unquestionable decisiveness. His wide sleeves drew a sharp arc in the air.
When the guards heard the order, they were stunned for a moment, but they came to their senses in an instant.
They quickly and in unison put arrows on the bowstrings. For a moment, the sound of "swish, swish, swish" came one after another, and the sound of the bowstring being pulled echoed in the imperial study room, which was so quiet that it was almost depressing.
In an instant, countless arrows shot towards the direction of Li Ma and Empress Sun like dense raindrops.
Nanny Li was already in danger because of protecting her master. Now it was too late for her to avoid the locust-like rain of arrows.
In just a moment, her body was pierced by sharp arrows, instantly dyeing her body a glaring blood red.
Empress Sun also failed to escape this deadly rain of arrows. She opened her eyes wide, full of disbelief and despair, and couldn't help but let out a desperate scream.
The extremely gorgeous phoenix robe was quickly stained red with blood after being pierced by the sharp arrow. The once noble and arrogant posture was now gone.
Following that scream, her body slowly fell down, like a withered peony, leaving behind only misery and sadness.
The Imperial Concubine watched helplessly as Nanny Li and Empress Sun were pierced through the hearts by arrows. She felt as if her heart was hit hard by a heavy hammer. She seemed to have lost all support in an instant and collapsed on the spot.
After a moment, she seemed to come to her senses suddenly, and crawled towards Li Ma Ma desperately, groping forward on the ground with her hands, crying out: "Li Ma Ma, Ma Ma, why are you so stupid..."
The crying was filled with endless sorrow and self-blame, and sounded particularly mournful in the quiet imperial study.
Although Nanny Li was already dying, she still used up her last bit of strength to hold the Imperial Concubine's hand, and managed a sad smile on her face. She said with difficulty: "My queen, please don't cry. It was my fault that I failed to protect you. I will go to the underworld to apologize to Gong Hao."
As soon as these words came out, the imperial concubine's heart trembled suddenly. She widened her eyes, tears flashing in her eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "Mammy, what are you talking about? Brother Hao, he... he has already..."
Before she could finish her words, the Imperial Concubine burst into tears. The past that had long been buried in her heart surged into her mind like a tide, and her heart was filled with unspeakable grief.
Nanny Li held the Imperial Concubine's hand tightly, her breath becoming weaker and weaker. She continued slowly, "My Lady, Gong Hao never blamed you. He wanted you to be with the Emperor. The Emperor loves you. The Emperor forced you to marry him just to save hundreds of lives in the Lin and Shangguan families."
As her words gradually fell, Nanny Li's hands slowly dropped, her eyes gradually lost their luster, and finally she closed her eyes forever.
"Mammy... Mammy..." The compassionate cries of the Imperial Concubine came from the imperial study. The voice echoed in the silent palace, moving everyone who heard it and feeling an inexplicable sadness in their hearts.
Yu Gongchen looked at the falling figure of Queen Sun coldly. Although there was a tiny ripple in his heart, the momentary heartache was soon completely overwhelmed by his blazing desire for the throne.
He then turned his cold, disgusted and angry gaze towards the Imperial Concubine. In his opinion, Nanny Li's act of resistance was undoubtedly a great provocation to his authority, which made him feel that he must teach the Imperial Concubine a very painful lesson in order to calm his anger.
Yu Gongchen slowly walked towards the Imperial Concubine, with a hideous smile on his face due to his twisted heart, and snorted coldly: "Humph, do you think you can be safe? The people around you are so ignorant of life and death, how can you be any better?"
After that, he began to attack the Imperial Concubine with extremely humiliating words, mocking her background and maliciously slandering the sincere feelings between her and the Emperor.
Every word that came out of his mouth was like an extremely sharp blade, stabbing the Imperial Concubine's already broken heart again and again.
The Imperial Concubine was so angry that she trembled all over when she heard these humiliating words. She glared at Yu Gongchen with flames of hatred in her eyes and cursed him fiercely: "You traitor, you will be punished by heaven for such evil deeds!"
Yu Gongchen was completely enraged by the curse. He took a step forward, grabbed the imperial concubine by the hair, and dragged her to the center of the hall, shouting viciously, "How dare you talk back? Today I will let you experience a fate worse than death."
Then, he looked around, his sinister eyes swept over the guards one by one, and finally stopped at a burly guard. He ordered gloomily: "This prince will give you a favor, go and do it to the imperial concubine in public."
When the guard heard this, his legs went limp with fear, and he knelt down with a plop, begging for mercy: "Your Highness, this is absolutely not allowed, please let me go!"
Yu Gongchen became furious upon seeing this. He drew out the long sword from his waist without hesitation. With a flash of cold light, the guard's left hand fell.
Yu Gongchen roared, "You useless bastard! How dare you disobey the orders of this prince?"
The guard's face suddenly turned as pale as paper, beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down his forehead. He widened his eyes and stared at his broken left hand. Blood spurted out like a fountain, instantly dyeing the ground in front of him a deep red.
His lips trembled violently, and he wailed in agony and despair: "Your Highness, Your Highness, please spare my life! I have elderly and children at home, and they all depend on me for support. Please have mercy, Your Highness!"
The guard used his only remaining right hand to tightly cover the wound, trying to stop the bleeding. His body curled up into a ball due to the severe pain, and he kept rolling and twisting on the ground. His miserable appearance was really unbearable to watch.
Yu Gongchen kicked him aside with disgust on his face, as if he was not kicking away a person but a stumbling block that annoyed him.
Then, his gaze swept back and forth among the guards again, and finally fell on the guard Li with a face full of flesh.
A hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes, and he said, "Guard Li, come here. As long as you kill the Imperial Concubine in public today, I will immediately appoint you as a general after I ascend the throne."
When Guard Li heard this, an extremely obscene smile suddenly appeared on his face. He rubbed his hands excitedly, secretly rejoicing in his heart, thinking that such a good thing actually fell into his head, it was simply a godsend.
So he swaggered towards the Imperial Concubine, reaching out his hand as he walked, eager to tear off her clothes.
The emperor witnessed all this and was furious. His eyes were red and he roared, "Yu Gongchen, you beast!"
Yu Gongchen was not moved at all. He looked at Guard Li coldly and uttered two words: "Do it!"
As soon as Guard Li touched the Imperial Concubine's hand, she struggled desperately. She used all her strength to bite Guard Li hard.
Guard Li felt the pain and immediately became angry and slapped the imperial concubine in the face, cursing, "You stinky woman, you still dare to resist?"
At this critical moment when Guard Li was about to commit even greater violence against the Imperial Concubine, suddenly, a shrill cry like thunder came from outside the Imperial Study: "Brother Crown Prince, save me!"