The Princess of the Fairy Phoenix Road

Chapter 998 The envoy was killed and the marriage was blocked (1)
His heart immediately twitched, and before he had time to figure out where this strange feeling came from, he suddenly saw the handmaid's arm under the tray flipped, and a bright dagger was pulled out, Straight into his vest with lightning speed.

Because the distance between the two is very close, Chu Qifeng has no way to dodge at all. At the critical moment, he can only turn his feet decisively, turning sideways, before the dagger is about to stab his body, and backhand with two fingers. Go get that blade.

"Your Highness! It's poisonous!" Jiang Liu saw it from the door, and before rushing in, he could only scream in panic.

Chu Qifeng was startled.

At this moment, the sharp blade with faint blue light was about to sink into his chest by a hair's breadth.

Chu Qifeng didn't change his face, but frowned vaguely. Unavoidably, he pointed at the hand that had been raised in the air, and suddenly turned his wrist, and his wide sleeve fluttered in the air, just covering the dagger in the air. under it.

The maid who assassinated was stunned for a moment, she just felt that her action was hindered, but she was not sure whether she could stab him. When she was in a daze, Jiang Liu had already rushed in from the door with someone. The maid kicked away from a distance.

The maidservant's body flew out obliquely, and landed on the ground far away with a bang.

"Your Highness, are you okay?" Jiang Liu still didn't dare to take it lightly, and asked nervously.

Chu Qifeng's face was stern, but she didn't bother to answer, she was about to take a step forward immediately to get the maid, because——

It was only at the moment when he made a move that he suddenly realized that the maid's strength was limited, and it was clear that——

She's just an ordinary woman who doesn't understand martial arts.

If someone wanted to assassinate him, how could such a woman be used to do it?

this matter--

something wrong.

He took a step forward to meet it, but it was still too late.

Because the maid just fell to the ground, she was in a mess, and immediately got up staggeringly, screaming "ah", and directly bumped her head against the wall next to her.

Blood splattered, spilling all over the wall and the floor.

Her body slid slowly to the ground stiffly.

The guards who rushed in were all taken aback.

Jiang Liu was the first to come back to his senses, hurried over to check, bent over to test his breath, shook his head regretfully and said, "Dead!"

Chu Qifeng frowned, didn't say a word, just turned up his sleeves again, dropped the dagger to the ground, and said in a cold voice: "Go and check! Confirm the identity of this servant girl, and test the poison on the dagger to see if it works." What clues are you chasing?"

"Yes!" Jiang Liu took the order and called the guards to come in and carry the maid's body down, then picked up the dagger, and ordered someone to invite the imperial physician.

From the start to the end, it is only a blink of an eye, but because it is a matter of life and death, the process is so long that it seems to have gone through a long time.

Ge Xiang next to him was a civil servant, his face was livid from fright, and he was covered in cold sweat. He stood beside him for a long time and did not recover.

Chu Qifeng lowered his head and tugged at the cuff that was cut by the dagger.

Ge Xiang was just agitated, and suddenly came back to his senses, and the shock just settled down: "His Royal Highness, are you all right?"

"I'm fine!" Chu Qifeng replied casually.

Ge Xiang was still a little distracted, opened his mouth, and wanted to say something, but found that his good eloquence could not be mobilized at all.

There are assassins hidden in this posthouse?

How can such a thing happen?
Fortunately, the target of the other party's attack was Chu Qifeng, if it was aimed at him——

Thinking about it, I was covered in cold sweat again.

Here he couldn't help but secretly rejoicing, but this kind of joyful mood for the rest of his life hadn't been fully mobilized, and he was caught off guard by the guard's reply.

"Your Highness, the maidservant's identity has been found out." The guard said, while glancing at Ge Xiang from the corner of his eye, he continued, "He came here with the envoys from Nanhua, not our posthouse." The servants in the house."

"What?" Ge Xiang exclaimed, his voice was a little out of line.

It's fine if it's just an internal conflict among the Xiyue people, but now it's really proven that the maidservant who followed him from Nanhua wanted to assassinate the prince Xiyue?
Then the consequences of this matter will be serious.

"This is impossible!" Gathering his mind, Ge Xiang said quickly, bowing his hands to Chu Qifeng earnestly, "Your Highness, you know the purpose of this mission to Xiyue under the order of the emperor, which is to tie the two countries together." Qin Jin is so good. My Majesty the Emperor and the officials are all sincere and want to turn hostility into friendship. There must be some misunderstanding about this matter!"

After hearing the guard's report, Chu Qifeng still had the same indifferent expression on his face at the beginning, and he didn't get angry with him, just listened to him calmly.

After Ge Xiang finished speaking, he raised his chin outside the door and said, "Are there any witnesses? Bring them in for questioning!"

"Yes!" The guard responded, turning sideways to the door and beckoning.

Immediately after, a chief secretary wearing Nanhua's official uniform walked in anxiously, knelt down in front of the two of them, and said with a bitter face: "My lord, the maid who killed herself just now is called Hongmei, and she was indeed brought here from Nanhua." People. It's just that this girl has always been honest and responsible, and it's strange to think about it. I don't know how she would suddenly do such a rebellious thing."

In the posthouse in the capital of Xiyue, assassinate the prince of a country in Xiyue in public?
Not to mention what kind of sensation and consequences will be caused between the two countries if the situation becomes serious, just the mission they came over this time—

I'm afraid that even one of them won't be able to retreat completely, right?
In just a short while, the clothes on the back of the head book under the jurisdiction of the person in charge were already soaked in sweat.

Ge Xiang is also anxious like an ant on a hot pot.

But Chu Qifeng was the only one who listened calmly and self-possessedly.

Looking at his expression, Jiang Liu understood, and continued to report: "The place where the servant girl lives has also been searched, the room is very clean, and nothing was left."

An ordinary maid who doesn't know martial arts, and is also from South China, if it's just out of her own will, she has no reason to assassinate Chu Qifeng.

"His Royal Highness——" Ge Xiang naturally knew that this matter was strange, but this person followed him, so he couldn't absolve himself of the blame, and wanted to say something eagerly.

"Lord Shangshu, please be safe and don't be impatient." Chu Qifeng didn't tell him to continue, but raised his hand decisively to interrupt him, "My palace has never doubted the sincerity of Lord Shangshu and His Majesty the Emperor of your country. It’s just a routine matter, after all, there was an accident in the post house, it’s a big deal. Fortunately, this time, there is no danger, if we can’t investigate thoroughly, and later threaten the safety of Lord Shangshu, I will be duty-bound.”

(End of this chapter)