Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Chapter 537 The Prince's Hostage

royal palace.

Gu Qianning, wearing a bright red wedding dress, was pushed onto the platform.

A sword shining with cold light was placed across her neck, less than an inch away from her skin.

Not far away, an archer drew his longbow and pointed the arrowhead at her heart.

As long as she or her second brother made the slightest movement, the sword and arrow would fall ruthlessly and take her life.

It was not until now that she knew why her second brother forced her to marry far away in Jiangnan. It was not until now that she realized why her second brother had never snatched Shen Wantang back to the Gu family.

It turned out that he was planning a rebellion.

She didn't know why her second brother was plotting a rebellion, but at the moment she didn't have the heart to delve into the reasons. If one person plotted a rebellion, the entire family would be executed. Unless her second brother could succeed, the Gu family would be wiped out.

The prince's voice rang out in the dead silence: "Gu Qianhan, if you dare to take another step forward, your sister will die! Do you really not care about her at all?"

The cold rain had soaked Gu Qianning's entire body, and the bone-chilling cold permeated her entire body.

When she got married in the daytime, she felt it was too hot and asked someone to put an ice container in the sedan chair.

Now, she was shivering from the cold.

Maybe, it’s not entirely because of the cold, it may also be because of fear, not the fear of being killed, but the fear of the whole clan being wiped out.

However, this fear also gave her extraordinary rationality and courage.

She did not look at the prince who was standing not far from her. The man she once loved deeply was now insignificant.

She looked straight at Gu Qianhan: "Second brother, the eldest brother has been killed, and I will be the next one. What are you waiting for?"

After leaving the city during the day, the wedding procession was ambushed halfway.

The black-clad men who ambushed them were all death warriors, and they all fought with all their might, and their numbers far outnumbered them by several times.

All the people who were there to escort the bride and welcome her were killed in the battle. No one survived, except herself.

At first she didn't understand why they left her alone. Now she knew that the person was sent by the prince, and she was the hostage used by the prince to restrain his second brother.

She thought that her second brother would be angry and sad when he heard that her eldest brother was dead, but that was not the case.

The second brother was still the same as before, indifferent and cold. There was no emotion on his face illuminated by the firelight.

Gu Qianning smiled. For the first time, she sincerely admired her second brother. He was so strong that he was not moved by anything external. Emotions like panic and fear would never appear in him.

This way, she felt relieved.

Although her second brother is at a disadvantage now, she thinks that he may be able to break out and avenge her and her eldest brother.

Now that things have come to this, there is no room for relaxation. She is willing to help her second brother and the Gu family fight to the death!

She was alive and was held hostage by the prince. The second brother was afraid of the consequences and was immediately at a disadvantage.

If she dies, my second brother will have nothing to worry about anymore!

She took out the scimitar hidden in her sleeve and rushed towards the prince.

"Be careful, Your Highness!"

"Don't kill her!"

Two voices sounded at the same time, the first voice was from the guard, and the second voice was from the prince.

However, the arrow was faster than the prince's voice and faster than Gu Qianning's movements.

The sound of breaking air penetrated the rain curtain and pierced Gu Qianning's chest.

Gu Qianning staggered and fell down as severe pain struck her. Her blood soaked her wedding dress and dyed the rain red.

"A Ning!"

The prince roared, and there was pain in his voice, as if he had lost a loved one and it was unbearable.

"kill!"

Gu Qianhan's cold voice sounded, and then he led his men to rush forward.

Arrows fell like rain, and each arrow carried a torch. Wherever they fell, there was a sea of ​​fire.

The flames shot up into the sky again, and the sounds of killing became more and more intense. People kept falling down, and people kept rising up. Amidst the flash of swords and sabers, Gu Qianhan rushed towards the prince.

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The sky gradually brightened, the rain subsided, the fire died down, and the sounds of killing gradually stopped.

Shen Wantang stood at the gate of the palace, feeling as if her heart was being tightly grasped by an invisible hand, and she was having difficulty breathing.

The winner has been decided.

I just don't know who won.

Time seemed particularly long at this moment. I didn't know how long I waited before there was finally a knock on the door.

"Open the door."

Following Shen Wantang's order, the heavy door of the palace slowly opened.

The moment Shen Wantang saw the person coming, his heart suddenly sank to the bottom.

The eunuch's shrill voice sounded: "The emperor has ordered that the Gu family rebel against the emperor and endanger the country. Their crimes are heinous and they must be executed! The two sons of the traitorous Gu family took advantage of the chaos to escape. Anyone who hides them will be punished with the same crime and will be killed without mercy! Anyone who reports their whereabouts will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold!"

Shen Wantang lowered his head, hiding the emotions in his eyes.

Gu Qianhan failed.

The Gu family was once again executed along with all nine clans, but in the previous life, the crime of treason was forcibly pinned on the Gu family by the prince, and in this life, Gu Qianhan was forced to commit treason.

Although the reasons have changed, the results have not changed.

From the Gu family, only Gu Qianhan escaped.

No, that's not right. This time, there's also Gu Qianning! She's married, and the disaster won't affect a married woman. She should be fine!

But Gu Qianhan would probably die just like in his previous life.

Shen Wantang was in a daze. She couldn't even hear what the eunuch was saying. Even when Xiao Qingxi came running over and shouted happily, she couldn't hear it at all.

Everything in this life is strikingly similar to the previous life. The people who died and the reasons for their death are almost the same!

It’s just that everyone died earlier!

What about her own?

Will she die too? Will she die early?

It's funny to say that she was a person who was well versed in medicine, but she died of a cold in her previous life.

In this life, she won’t die of a cold again, right?

She looked down at her wet embroidered shoes and felt that she should go back and change her shoes.

After sending the eunuch away, she turned around and returned to her own courtyard without paying any attention to Xiao Qingxi's arrogant provocation.

She couldn't fall ill at this moment!

She changed her shoes and wet clothes, wrote a prescription for herself, and handed it to Du Juan: "Ask someone to get the medicine and boil it for me to drink."

Du Juan looked at her worriedly: "Princess, are you...are you okay?"

Shen Wantang turned around and said, "What's wrong with me? The palace won, Prince Ning's Mansion was saved, and my position as the Crown Prince's Consort was also saved. What's wrong with that?"

"But, but your expression..."

"What's wrong with my face?"

Shen Wantang turned around and looked at the mirror.

In the mirror, a bloodless face was reflected.

Shen Wantang closed her eyes subconsciously. What happened to her? Didn't she already know about the ending of the Gu family? Why did she react so strongly?

She thought she disguised herself well, but her body betrayed her.

She calmed down for a while, suppressed the turbulent emotions in her heart, and handed the prescription to Du Juan again: "Go get the medicine."

Du Juan took the prescription and went out.

Before the medicine was brought back, Qin Xin hurried back from outside: "Crown Princess!"

"what happened?"

"I heard...I heard..."

"Say!"

"I heard that Miss Gu died in the palace last night!"