Chapter 43 Emperor Qing was suddenly assassinated, Chen Pingping was surprised!

"Li Chengde is living happily in Northern Qi!"

Emperor Qing looked at the latest information sent by the Supervisory Council and a smile appeared in the corner of his eyes.

This time the news mentioned Shen Zhong and predicted the Queen Mother of Northern Qi's next actions.

The purpose is to make preparations for internal and external cooperation in advance.

In addition to this relatively important message, there is also a topic that is of a gossip nature.

The eldest princess of Northern Qi sneaked out of the palace to have a private date with Li Chengde.

It would be fine if it was just this one person, but Shen Zhong’s daughter also went there!
Although the latter had a very legitimate reason, it was entirely for the purpose of asking someone to help save Shen Zhong.

However, the appearance of both parties at Li Chengde's residence together still caused quite a stir.

This ability to flirt with other women did not disappoint Emperor Qing at all.

Of course, he would not have any requirements on Li Chengde. As long as it did not affect the overall situation, he did not care.

In other words, letting the eldest princess of Northern Qi marry Li Chengde would be a good choice.

However, Emperor Qing was still shaken.

If in his heart before, the most suitable crown prince was only Li Chengqian.

In the past six months, Li Chengde's performance has broken his original cognition.

Unlike the second prince who is just a whetstone, Li Chengde does have some potential to inherit the throne.

But so far, it has only faltered.

"Since the Princess of Northern Qi and Li Chengde are in love, I cannot be a bad guy."

"Let the cabinet draw up a charter and formally propose a marriage alliance with Northern Qi. When Li Chengde returns to the capital, bring the person back with him." Emperor Qing gave the order in a calm voice.

Eunuch Hou accepted the imperial edict without any emotion and immediately left the imperial study and went to Wenyuan Pavilion.

Emperor Qing turned his gaze to another person in the hall, "What do you think of my order?"

Chen Pingping, who was sitting in a wheelchair, smiled and said, "Your Highness the Prince of Wei and the Princess of Northern Qi are a perfect match. They are made for each other."

"Your Majesty's gift of marriage is wonderful. I'm sure His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei will be grateful and will be unable to repay your grace!"

If Li Chengde was interested in the throne, he would definitely not accept this decree with pleasure.

After all, there is no doubt that the future queen cannot be a princess from an enemy country.

But Li Chengde had no choice, and Emperor Qing didn't care about his feelings.

A person with Tianmai should just be a wise king who assists the emperor, and should not dream of the throne.

Emperor Qing looked indifferent, "Everyone is happy about this matter, and I am happy for them too."

As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately noticed someone on the roof.

The whole person instantly became alert, with sharp eyes.

The next moment, a voice suddenly rang out.

"Oh!"

The roof was broken in an instant, revealing a big hole.

At the same time, an iron rod fell from the sky and stabbed towards Emperor Qing’s crown!

Emperor Qing's body immediately flashed to avoid the attack.

At this moment, his eyes were full of confusion.

What exactly is going on? !
According to his and Li Chengde's estimation, there would only be two places that the temple messengers would attack.

One is the workshop that developed the steam engine, where Emperor Qing deployed a large number of experts.

Even Hong Siyang lived in the imperial manor outside the city. His only purpose was to wait for the temple messenger to come and try to kill or capture him alive!
It is also obvious that another place where the temple messenger is likely to appear is Li Chengde, who is far away in Shangjing City!

But why would the temple messenger appear in the palace now? This situation is really unbelievable!
Were all the people in the imperial farm outside the city killed?
Li Chengde has also died, but the news has not yet been passed on?

Emperor Qing quickly overturned his own guess.

The man in black in front of him looked exactly like Wuzhu. He looked exhausted, as if he had been traveling for a long time, but he didn't look like he had just killed someone.

Therefore, Emperor Qing could easily judge that the temple messenger was coming for him!
But this doesn't make sense at all!

From any perspective, he should not be within the range of elimination by the temple messenger.

However, no matter what, he must be fully alert now!
There is no master above the eighth rank in the imperial palace now, and no matter how many imperial guards there are, it will be of no use.

Especially, Emperor Qing has seen Wuzhu's strength, which is comparable to the level of a grandmaster!

The same is true for the temple messenger.

That would be a bit difficult to deal with.

"Be careful, Your Majesty!"

The moment Chen Pingping reacted, he pushed his wheelchair and rushed towards Emperor Qing.

Emperor Qing glanced at Chen Pingping out of the corner of his eye and quickly made a decision.

If he doesn't show the strength he has concealed for many years, his situation will be very dangerous!
As for Chen Pingping, he is still at the scene, but he can't take care of so many things now.

"Whoosh!"

The blindfolded temple messenger did not give Emperor Qing a chance to hesitate. He pierced the air with the iron rod in his hand and launched another sneak attack!
There was no emotion in Emperor Qing's eyes, but his aura suddenly changed at this moment.

The true energy in his body surged, with a muffled sound like thunder, and the violent power turned into a fist and hit the temple messenger directly!
When Chen Pingping saw this scene, shock suddenly appeared in his eyes.

Back then, Ye Qingmei taught Emperor Qing the domineering Qi, but during a battle with Northern Wei, Emperor Qing's meridians suddenly had problems and he became completely paralyzed.

It was at that time that Chen Pingping led the Black Cavalry to complete a thousand-mile raid, shocking the whole world!

From that day on, in everyone's impression, Emperor Qing had lost his martial arts skills.

But today, due to the appearance of the temple messenger, Chen Pingping suddenly discovered the shocking secret hidden by Emperor Qing.

Not only had Emperor Qing recovered his martial arts skills long ago, but he could also fight back and forth with the temple messenger!
This means that Emperor Qing has most likely reached the level of Grand Master!
This result made Chen Pingping's eyes widen.

Emperor Qing has deceived the world so badly!

Everyone was wondering whether the grandmaster in the palace was Hong Siyang.

But even if one racked their brains, no one would guess that the Grand Master was actually Emperor Qing himself!

Of course, Chen Pingping had already had some doubts in his heart.

But until the moment when it was confirmed, he still couldn't help but be surprised at Emperor Qing's forbearance.

Chen Pingping knew very well why Emperor Qing did this.

There are only two things he fears, the missing Wuzhu and the mysterious weapon that killed the two princes!

But now it is a matter of life and death, facing the temple messenger, Emperor Qing has no choice but to deal with it with all his strength.

So the question is, does he want to help out a little?
A hint of coldness flashed across Chen Pingping's eyes.

He has been looking for an opportunity to avenge Miss Ye.

And now, Emperor Qing is fighting the temple messenger with all his might and has no time to take care of himself. This is a good opportunity given to him by God!
It’s a pity that the incident happened so suddenly and he was totally unprepared, otherwise he would have planned an ambush and killed him with all his strength!

Now, if he uses his trump card, is it possible for him to kill Emperor Qing successfully?

Thinking of this, Chen Pingping placed his hands on the armrest of the wheelchair, looking hesitant.

To take action or not to take action?

(End of this chapter)