After Xiao Fubao's life was stolen, he became the favorite of everyone in the capital

Chapter 427 Assassination
Niu Niu had also seen Concubine Lin in the palace in the past. At that time, this person always followed behind Concubine Li, but she was not like Concubine Liu who always rushed to take the lead in everything.

Now in the enclosure, Niu Niu has neither a good nor a bad impression of Concubine Lin. Concubine Lin does look at her unfriendly sometimes, but she is very dedicated in teaching Niu Niu how to ride and shoot.

Niu Niu just felt that Concubine Lin was a contradiction.

When the emperor heard the proposal from his favorite concubine, he thought about it for a moment and agreed.

"This is Niu Niu's first hunting. It's already amazing as long as she can pull the bow. No need to worry about the accuracy." The emperor comforted Niu Niu in advance.

Concubine Lin was standing aside, watching the emperor being so gentle. If Niuniu wasn't so young, she would have almost thought she was seeing the past scenes of the emperor and the imperial concubine getting along.

"Little vixen." Concubine Lin cursed in her heart.

When the emperor went hunting, he was always accompanied by many guards to protect his safety. These people also had bows and arrows, and if they encountered prey, they would help shoot arrows.

Niu Niu rode the white pony sent by the Princess's Mansion and followed slowly behind the emperor.

The emperor had always been unrestrained in hunting, but today he seemed to have changed his temperament and patiently accompanied the little girl as they walked slowly in the woods.

Lin Jieyu rode on her horse and complained in a tender voice: "Your Majesty, our horses run too slowly and can't even catch up with the prey. We have been in the forest for so long and I haven't seen a single rabbit."

The emperor also felt that Concubine Lin was buzzing around him like a fly, so he waved his sleeves and said, "Forget it, you can move around in the forest by yourself, you don't have to follow us all the time."

Concubine Lin acted like a spoiled child and asked the emperor to accompany her: "Your Majesty, Niuniu is so young, she can't catch anything, just let a few guards accompany her, and we can hunt happily together!"

The emperor was indeed not very dedicated in his hunting these past two days, but he didn't know why. Even though the purpose of this trip was hunting, when he saw Niu Niu this time, he felt like a lost treasure had returned to him.

Compared to hunting, which can be done at any time, he cares more about accompanying Niu Niu.

"You can go by yourself. I have other plans."

When Concubine Lin heard this answer, a hint of viciousness flashed in her eyes, but she also knew that the emperor's words could not be refuted by others, so she could only choose a direction and ride her horse over.

The emperor took Niu Niu and walked forward aimlessly as if he was taking a walk in the woods.

Gradually, they walked deep into the woods.

It’s not that they want to go deep into the forest, but the prey on the outskirts seems to have been eaten by something, and there are very few prey to be seen.

"It seems that the boys had a great harvest yesterday. They killed all the prey in the forest." The emperor sighed without thinking much about it.

"Uncle Emperor, it feels weird here. I don't like it. Let's go back." Niu Niu suddenly said.

Niu Niu felt as if she was being stared at by some sinister creature in the depths of the forest, and she felt a chill all over her body.

The emperor looked at the little girl's pale face with heartache. Just as he was about to nod in agreement, he suddenly saw a white shadow flash before his eyes.

"Your Majesty, it's a white fox!" said the guard beside him.

The emperor had an idea. White foxes are rare, and if he could peel off a complete coat of snow-white fox fur, he could make a coat for Niu Niu.

"You guys go chase it!" The emperor ordered three guards to chase the white fox.

The others stayed where they were and waited for them to come back. Shortly after the three guards left, another white shadow flashed in front of everyone.

This time the white shadow stopped in front of everyone.

Two innocent and wet eyes looked at everyone and then ran away as if frightened.

"Little white deer!" Niu Niu shouted excitedly.

The snow-white fawn is a symbol of good fortune. There is one in the zoo now, and even the royal family regards it as a treasure. No one would have thought that they would encounter one deep in the forest.

The emperor thought that even without mentioning that it was a symbol of good fortune, just because Niu Niu liked it, it was worth sending people to chase the deer: "You guys go chase it, and catch it alive!" The four guards chased in the direction the white deer fled.

Niu Niu suddenly felt that there seemed to be no one around her. The little girl looked around and saw that originally there were ten guards around the emperor, but now there were only three left.

The guard leader also realized that something was wrong and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, they will return to the team after completing the hunt. For your safety, I beg you to return to the palace."

The emperor had no intention of making things difficult for his subordinates, so he nodded in agreement.

Just as the horses turned around, everyone heard a woman's shrill cry for help.

"Help! Help! Your Majesty, save me!"

Niuniu listened for a moment and said to the emperor, "Uncle Emperor, it seems to be the Concubine Jieyu."

It was impossible for the emperor to just stand by and watch his woman die, so a group of people hurried in that direction.

Coincidentally, Concubine Lin was also running in their direction.

Concubine Lin, who was full of vigor and vitality before entering the woods, now looked disheveled with her clothes on her head disheveled.

The emperor originally thought that his favorite concubine had encountered a ferocious beast, but he did not expect that there were several masked men with knives following her.

As soon as they saw each other, the chief guard shouted, "Protect His Majesty!"

Together with two other guards, he firmly protected the emperor behind him.

The emperor stood in front of Niu Niu again.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

The sounds of arrows were heard in the woods. Several masked men were standing high up in the trees and shooting arrows downwards.

The guards blocked the arrows in time and they were shot down one after another. Neither the emperor nor Niu Niu was injured.

It’s just that humans have protection, but horses don’t.

After several horses were attacked, they neighed and lost control.

Several people had to abandon their horses. The three guards formed a circle and hid behind a big tree, surrounding the emperor and Niu Niu in the center, so that no arrows could reach them.

Concubine Lin also wanted to run over to them, but as soon as she made a move, the captain of the guards pointed a long sword at her.

"Your Majesty, these assassins were brought here by Concubine Lin. She is not innocent!" said the captain of the guards.

The emperor naturally understood this truth, and his eyes were extremely cold when he looked at Concubine Lin.

Concubine Lin was still complaining about the injustice: "Your Majesty, I am wronged, please save me!"

But after seeing the emperor, those masked men no longer cared about Concubine Lin's life or death.

"Who are you? How dare you assassinate His Majesty!" the captain of the guards shouted.

The masked men did not answer, and since their arrows could not reach them, they gave up their bows and arrows and instead picked up long swords and attacked the emperor and his entourage.

"Every move is deadly and the movements are neat. He seems to be a soldier!" The captain of the guards analyzed while blocking.

Niu Niu had never seen such a dangerous scene before. The little girl couldn't help thinking in her heart that, normally, she would get a warning in her dreams every time she encountered danger, so why didn't she get a warning this time?

She suddenly realized that there was something extra in her hand, and when she looked down, she saw that it was half a tiger talisman.

"Take it and bring it back to Beijing to your grandmother, the Empress Dowager," said the emperor.