Chapter 313.2: Assassination
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Hearing her words, Imperial Concubine Dowager Jing sighed in relief: "Amitabha, good, good."
"Now Imperial Concubine Dowager should finally have an appetite, right? This servant will tell people to cook some vegetarian dishes then." Grannie Cai smiled delightedly and turned to Gu Jiao and Rui Wangfei, saying, "If Rui Wangfei and Young Miss Gu don't mind, why don't you stay and have a meal with Imperial Concubine Dowager before you leave? Otherwise, I'm afraid Imperial Concubine Dowager will go without eating."
Imperial Concubine Dowager Jing glared at Grannie Cai, "How can the children be used to the food in the nunnery?"
"Of course we are used to it! Right, Young Miss Gu?" Rui Wangfei winked at Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao was fine with it.
She hadn't yet tasted the vegetarian dishes of the ancient temples and nunneries. She was very curious.
Facts had proved that Gu Jiao overestimated the culinary level of ancient temples and nunneries. Little Jing Kong was basically a vegetarian at home, however regardless of whether it was Gu Jiao or Old Chief, the array of vegetarian dishes they produced was not only abundant in varieties, but also perfectly seasoned and full of childlike whimsy.
Gu Jiao gazed at the bowl of boiled tofu, boiled bean sprouts, and diced cucumber with scallions before her… Despite not being a picky eater, she couldn’t help but think that this meal was really too plain…
Perhaps Imperial Concubine Dowager Jing really felt relieved. She had a good appetite and managed to eat half a bowl of rice, a little bit of vegetarian dishes, and a bowl of tofu soup.
Rui Wangfei, who had been used to a life of luxury, found it almost as hard to stomach these dishes as if she were eating dirt. After a few mouthfuls, she found herself unable to eat any further.
Imperial Concubine Dowager Jing laughed at her, "Just admit that you’re not used to it."
Rui Wangfei cleared her throat, "I, I am pregnant and simply have a bad appetite, it’s not that I‘m not used to such food."
Imperial Concubine Dowager Jing smiled.
After having a meal, Rui Wangfei chatted with Imperial Concubine Dowager Jing for a while. Imperial Concubine Dowager Jing then became anxious due to the lateness of the hour, urging her to get on the carriage to return home.
On the carriage, Rui Wangfei said with distress, "Imperial Concubine Dowager has had it too hard; she had to eat such plain food all these years…"
"It's not too bad." Gu Jiao said.
Rui Wangfei said sadly, "It is, isn’t it? It’s so plain... the taste is so insipid… She’s so pitiful... She's the most pitiable woman of the former Emperor…"
Gu Jiao paused for a moment and said, "Isn't Empress Dowager the most pitiable one?"
Rui Wangfei asked curiously, "What is there to pity about the Empress Dowager? She is the ruler of the Six Palaces and the overlord of the court. Her power is immense, and her grandeur surpasses even that of the Emperor. She has nothing to do with the word 'pitiable'.”
Although Rui Wangfei belonged to Ning Wang’s faction, from the perspective of a daughter-in-law, she preferred the gentle and kind Imperial Concubine Dowager Jing more. Empress Dowager Zhuang was simply too domineering, her methods ruthless, and she was not sympathetic at all. Rui Wangfei really did not dare to associate with her.
It was much more comfortable to be around Imperial Concubine Dowager Jing.
But Gu Jiao believed… that her Grandaunt was the loneliest person.
Gu Jiao refrained from arguing with Rui Wangfei, understanding that everyone had their own opinions and that it would be unfair to impose her will upon another.
All she had to do was send more love and care to Grandaunt, along with the love and care of others.
While the carriage slowly continued on its way, Rui Wangfei gradually dozed off, leaning her head onto Gu Jiao's shoulder.
Gu Jiao was starting to feel drowsy as well.
She closed her eyes slightly and was about to take a nap, but suddenly her ears twitched and she heard a faint yet swift sound of something piercing the air.
She quickly opened her eyes and in a flash, shot out her hand towards Rui Wangfei’s spot to grab a cold arrow that had come shooting in!
Rui Wangfei was jolted awake by the sound of the arrow, her body trembling as she asked, "What's happening?"
When she opened her eyes, she saw a metal arrow shining with a cold glint!
Her gaze shifted to Gu Jiao's hand, which now held the arrow, and a cold sweat broke out on her forehead.
Had Gu Jiao not reacted quickly enough, she would have already…
Her face paled, and she uttered, "Young Miss Gu…"
Gu Jiao's eyes turned frosty as she grabbed the back of Rui Wangfei's head and pushed her into her embrace, then she turned sideways.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Three arrows flew past her long hair and embedded in the wall of the carriage she had just been leaning against.
Gu Jiao's cold gaze fixed at the carriage window that was now full of holes. The arrow in her hand pointed in the opposite direction and flew out!
A masked assassin drew his sword and was about to approach the carriage when he was pierced in the shoulder by an arrow shot from afar, sending his whole person flying with its tremendous force.
He crashed heavily into a tree and tumbled to the ground, losing consciousness on the spot.
The coachman was shot by an arrow and had already fallen.
The horses, startled, ran forward in a panic!
This was a mountain road, if the carriage continued to rush straight forward like this, it would result in them falling off a cliff!
"Rescue Wangfei!"
Shouted the guards accompanying them.
However, they were blocked by a wave of assassins that descended from the sky, and a fierce fight ensued between the two sides.
"Secure yourself!" Gu Jiao released Rui Wangfei from her embrace, placing her hands on the handrail of the carriage wall. "Hold tight!"
"En!" Rui Wangfei nodded anxiously, her heart leaping to her throat, yet she did not falter in the critical moment and didn't give Gu Jiao additional trouble.
She clung to the handrail tightly.
Gu Jiao opened the curtains and stepped out, settling into the outer carriage seat, both hands tugging on the reins.
It's not that she hadn’t thought of leaping from the carriage with Rui Wangfei, but such an act would likely leave Rui Wangfei's child unprotected, so she had to find a way to bring the carriage to a halt.
They were getting closer and closer to the cliff.
The horses rushed forward like madmen.
Gu Jiao leapt onto one of the horses, gripping its belly tightly with her legs. She tugged its reins harshly so that its front hooves rose off the ground and its body reared up in an attempt to throw her off.
However, Gu Jiao held on tenaciously, her strength undiminished.
Eventually, the horse was subdued, neighing several times before coming to a stop and gasping for breath. However, due to inertia, the carriage continued forward with its wheels smashed apart by rocks until half of it was hanging at the edge of the cliff.
Squeak—-—-
The carriage swayed precariously on the edge of the cliff.
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