In addition, Dongfang Changqing is also the only person who allows him to go to court with a knife. He holds a six-foot long sword in his hand. The reason why the blade is so long is that it can kill the opponent one step early when the enemy attacks. It is a way to ensure His Majesty's safety. Although it is a bit like stealing the bell, after all, the blade is so long that the speed of the knife will inevitably slow down, but it is very in line with His Majesty's taste. Dongfang Changqing spent a whole five years to practice this long sword to ensure His Majesty's safety.

The military tent is ahead, and you can hear the sound of soldiers practicing at a distance. The soldiers of the empire are like alien creatures. Although their activities are closely related to the common people, they think they don’t disturb them. Apart from completing specific tasks, they almost never interfere in local affairs, and they are the same everywhere.

The emperors have absolute loyalty and pursuit of honor. They enjoy high salaries and high treatment, and they pay sweat and hard work. For ordinary people, being able to become an emperor is a matter of gloriousness and an opportunity to change their lives.

The military tent is filled with the breath of men. This is a place that belongs only to men. It is a little smelly but can make you feel energetic. The soldiers shouted loudly and powerfully. Countless people practiced and spoke together, but they could turn into a sound in a uniform manner, which showed unity and strength.

Dongfang Changqing walked to the martial arts field, which was located at the entrance of the military tent. When he came in, he could see: "Stop the exercise for a while, gather all of them, I will introduce one person to you."

When he came to the military tent, his voice became rhythmic, loud but not harsh, and it came into the ears of everyone present.

The officer who was commanding the soldiers to operate heard the voice of Dongfang Changqing and immediately said, "The whole army gathered." The Imperial Guard is a relatively special organization. Although it is small in scale, it is one level higher than that of local troops.

For example, the commander of the Imperial Guard is the general, who is on par with the commander of the North and South Army. The commander of a thousand men enjoys the treatment of a thousand men, and every ordinary soldier enjoys the treatment of a thousand men. The commander is a thousand men. After a command, the soldiers gathered over, with the same pace, orderly dispatch, a strong face, and sweating profusely. At first glance, they were a fierce tiger army that was diligent in training.

"This is the deputy commander Tuoba Lie appointed by His Majesty himself. Welcome everyone."

...

On the day Tuoba Lie announced his inauguration, Long Live visited the military camp and personally praised his heroic deeds in front of the soldiers, urging him to cooperate tacitly with Dongfang Changqing to raise the strength of the guards of the imperial city by a step up.

With such strong support, Tuoba Lie felt deeply flattered. After returning to the palace, he kept talking about this with Shen Fei. Shen Fei nodded silently and said to him: "It seems that the real prince has already posed a substantial threat to His Majesty. Otherwise, His Majesty would not promote you so eagerly. Your Highness needs to be motivated to avoid anyone secretly interfering."

Tuoba Lie Shen agreed. When it was dark, he got up early to change his clothes, hoping to turn around the palace before the morning court to check that the soldiers were lazy when they were on duty. However, he never expected that the sedan chair had not left the mansion, and the bad news came first, the seventeenth prince Tuoba Hua was dead!

It's like a bolt from the blue.

...

Yongning Palace is located in the southwest corner of the harem, quite far from the bedroom of the two most powerful women in the harem. The word Yongning was personally given by His Majesty. I hope that this place can be peaceful forever and away from unreasonable battles and killings.

Living in Yongning Palace is the most beloved woman His Majesty is now, Empress Rong, known as Mrs. Quan Yu, and her two children, adopted son Tuoba Hua and parent-child Tuoba Rui.

At this moment, the magnificent palace was emitting a stench. The palace maids and eunuchs were summoned together and were guarded by the soldiers of the Imperial Guard. Concubine Rong held the baby in her arms and cried. His Majesty personally comforted her and hugged her in her arms with pity. Dongfang Changqing and Tuoba Lie, as the chief and deputy commander of the Imperial Guard, looked at the corpse lying in the room with frowns, and felt very bad in their hearts.

Tuoba Hua's body was twisted into twists, and the blood that burst out from his blood vessels sputtered onto the stool, on the table, on the bed, on the window, on the roof. Looking around, it was full of blood, his eyes were filled with blood, and he was about to protrude from his sockets, his face was pale, his mouth was open, and blood was pouring in his throat.

"Everything in the room is intact. A sudden death occurs in an instant, and it is impossible to even shout for help. The body is seriously distorted, but the face is kept intact. I am afraid that the murderer will unintentionally conceal the identity of the deceased, or deliberately let us determine the dignity of the deceased's identity. It is a provocative act. There is still light in the lamp in the house, and the quilt is covered without any traces. I am wearing only a garment on the upper and lower body and lying at the door. It is not difficult to speculate that His Highness was about to go to bed when he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door, or a noise outside the door was made to get up to check it out, and he was killed at the moment when he opened the door." Dongfang Changqing has been the commander of the Imperial Guard for many years and has seen many murder cases. He made an analysis based on the scene, without reservation, and Tuoba Lie.

"The first person to find the body was Concubine Rong. She got up at night and went to the clean room (toilet) to relieve the problem. When she saw that the light in His Highness's house was still on, she went to knock on the door. After knocking for a few times, no one answered. She gently pushed the door and opened directly. She saw the body." Dongfang Changqing said in an orderly manner.

"I guess I was quite frightened. Why didn't there be a guard in Yongning Palace? What is the food for the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Tuoba Lie was worried. Such a tragic incident occurred in the palace as soon as he took office, which was probably a warning.

"The people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs are all guarding outside the hall. His Highness's two personal bodyguards were just killed this morning. The newcomer is still confirmed and has not been sent here, so no one is guarding him." Dongfang Changqing knew everything well, which made Tuoba Lie admire him. When he arrived, he had completed the on-site investigation. It can be seen that as the commander of the Imperial Guard, he needed to patrol and perform his duties even at night to prevent danger in the palace.

"In this way, it should be done by the insider."

"The murderer must be among the people who attended the morning court this morning."

"what to do."

"Although the harem is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the murderer sneaked into the palace and the Imperial Guard failed to discover and stop it in time. Changqing was indirectly responsible for the tragic death of His Highness. After the murderer was found, he would resign."

"If the father really holds him accountable, I will be punished together as the deputy commander and General Changqing."

"Your Highness, your future is still long. Don't act irritating. This happened when Your Highness first took office. I'm afraid it's not that simple. It won't be so easy to sit in the position of the Imperial Guard."

"General Evergreen."

"After all, I'm old. According to the current situation, Changqing only wants to protect himself and spend his old age safely."

Tuoba Lie knew what he meant and nodded, and did not continue to try to keep him. Dongfang Changqing was a sensible person. The imperial palace was more important than other places. In addition to the Imperial Guards and the Interior Office, there were also monks from Lingyin Temple guarding day and night. The murderer could actually kill people openly, as if he had entered a state of no one. It can be seen that his strength was unpredictable. It can be seen that the battle for the throne had reached the point of fighting for life and death, and was unscrupulous. In this case, he should be able to retreat safely.

The two of them briefly communicated for a while, walked out of the house, and saluted respectfully in front of His Majesty. His Majesty hugged Empress Rong and sat on the wisteria backrest chair that was temporarily moved in the middle of the yard. There was a half-person-high stove on each side to keep warm. He looked coldly at all the palace maids and eunuchs on Yongning Palace who were trembling in the cold wind, with a blue face and no words.

Dongfang Changqing and Tuoba Lie knelt on one knee and reported truthfully: "Long live your letter, Your Highness..."

"You wait a moment." His Majesty raised his hand and interrupted him, "Lu Yi, come here."

The eunuch Liu Yi, who was always standing behind His Majesty, heard the other party's tone and felt a sudden slap in his heart. He restrained his arrogance when he was favored before, walked out from behind the chair with his waist and fell to the ground, "Long live."

"Liu Yi, you have been with me for many years."

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, the prince was murdered and the Ministry of Internal Affairs is not under the supervision of it. He deserves to be killed. But please leave a complete body for the old slave for his thirty years of service."

"Thirty years are about thirty years. Since I ascended the throne, the entire harem has been handed over to you to manage, and I am full of trust in you."

"Your Majesty, I deserve long live my life, and I deserve ten thousand deaths." While kowtowing, I cried bitterly. Liu Yi's performance made the eunuchs and palace maids present feel cold in their hearts. Even their leaders are in danger of their lives. What about them, where should they go and what kind of punishment should they accept?

"Princes must stay in the palace to study and live before they were ten years old. If they were underage, they were assassinated. I will be the last one! What are you doing, you dog slaves?" The old emperor paused word by word, sharp words, and seemed to have a calm tone, but it scared Liu Yi to sweat and his clothes were wet. He knew his master better than anyone else. He had expected that such a big thing would be inevitable, but he would never expect that it would endanger his life.

"Master, please leave a whole body for me for my long service." For many years, I have not been so embarrassed. As your Majesty's close minister, Liu Yi has been doing well for several years, covering the sky with his hands, but never expected to be involved in the battle for the throne for no reason. Because of the death of a little prince, he had to face the test of life and death. He instantly understood that he was afraid that the current situation of the empire had really reached the point of meeting life and death, and was terrifying step by step.

"I'm asking Your Majesty to be kind, and I'm asking Your Majesty to be kind." Liu Yi kowtowed like pounding garlic. After a moment, his skin and flesh were blooming and blood was flowing. "I'm asking Your Majesty to be kind, and I'm asking Your Majesty to be kind."

At dawn, Liu Yi's crying request resounded throughout the Yongning Palace, causing everyone present to sweat heavily. Another prince died, and died in the palace. The murderer used cruel methods to kill His Highness, but only retained his face intact. It was obviously a provocative act. He was challenging the imperial power, and he also ignored the imperial power, which brought about the thunderous wrath of His Majesty. The most beloved ministers faced the death penalty, what would these people end up like!

It was dawn, but everyone felt that the only light in the sky was about to be obscured by darkness. This was an illusion caused by the gap in the state of mind and an illusion brought by despair. Everyone believed that the world they were in was on the verge of collapse at any time.

"Come here, drag Liu Yi out, twenty rods." A cold voice came, but it made Liu Yi feel relieved and kowtowed even more intensely, shouting, "Thank you Lord Longyou, thank you Lord Longyou!"

"After all, I can't bear to kill you when I have a master and servant, but if the same thing happens in the harem, I will give you a white cloth."

"Thank you Lord Long's kindness, thank you Lord Long's kindness." The eunuch Liu Yi was pulled down. As the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the torture must show mercy. The scepter of twenty rods was just a warning.

The old emperor turned his eyes to the eunuchs who were circled together, and his eyes were so cold that it made people feel cold: "I just asked once, when the prince died, someone heard or saw something."

Everyone looked at each other, silent like a cicada.

The old emperor sighed helplessly and waved his hand: "Drag them down and kill them, and kill the nine clans."

"Your Majesty, please spare me, please spare me." Everyone cried and shouted, but unfortunately it was too late, and the emperor's order was no longer possible. Until a palace maid broke free from the guards' confinement and rushed to the front of His Majesty and fell to the ground: "Your Majesty, I saw it, I saw it."

"What did you see?" The old emperor leaned lazily on the rattan chair, pressing his right hand against his chin to stare at the palace maid who had burst out of potential in desperate situations. His eyes were cold. He had long expected that someone would say something when he was forced to go to the dead end.

"Your Majesty, I was the one who put the quilt on His Highness last night. I had just put the quilt on and left the room when I saw a white shadow flashing in front of my eyes. I thought it was dazzled at the time and didn't think much about it. Now it seems that the phantom should be the assassin who assassinated His Highness."

"Do you still remember the outline of the phantom?"

"Wearing in white and with loose hair, I should be a tall woman."

"Is this the only one?" His Majesty waved his hand again, a little impatient, obviously not satisfied with the clues she provided.

"No, no, your majesty, I have more important things to report."

"Then say it quickly."

"The more I thought about it, the more I felt something was wrong. After about half an hour, I came over to check it out. When I heard something happening in His Highness's house, I approached the window and listened. It turned out to be a man and a woman who was happy. At that time, I thought that it must be a bitch who was looking forward to getting pregnant with the king. He secretly went to his room to seduce him while his highness was young and ignorant, and did something shameful. He spat and went back, thinking about reporting this to his master tomorrow morning."

"Are you saying true?" The old emperor still had no expression on his face, but his eyebrows were slightly raised, obviously being interested. There are indeed some palace maids in the palace who would seduce him while the princes were young and ignorant. Once they became pregnant with dragon seeds, they could get rid of their slave-level status. However, Tuoba Hua was just six years old this year, so it was unimaginable to say that he could do something.
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