Inside the palace, Tianyang Hall.

A delicate-looking, rosy-cheeked little eunuch hurried in carrying a robe that was a little too long.

"Xiao Chunzi, what are you doing in such a hurry?"

The second prince Li Zhao, who was lying on the bench with his eyes half-closed, was letting two beautiful palace maids help him knead his legs.

The little eunuch knelt down and bowed before saying:

"Your Highness, something big happened last night."

"Big thing? What big thing?" Li Zhao yawned sleepily.

"Last night Duke Dingyuan entered the imperial city, rushed into the Ministry of Personnel and killed Yan Kai, the newly appointed Minister of the Ministry of Personnel."

"What!"

The second prince Li Zhao's eyes, which were half-closed, suddenly opened.

He suddenly sat up and kicked all the maids around him aside:

"What are you talking about? Duke Dingyuan killed the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel? Did he do it himself? Or did he do it in front of everyone in the Ministry of Personnel?"

"How can it be false? It spread throughout the entire imperial city last night!"

Xiaochunzi said a little aggrievedly:

"Originally, I wanted to tell His Highness the first thing yesterday, but you were not here..."

Li Zhao's expression changed slightly. Last night he secretly left the palace and played with several young men all night long, and he just came back this morning.

But I didn't expect to hear such breaking news as soon as I came back.

"Dong Dingyuan hasn't entered the imperial city for several years, right?"

Li Zhao casually waved away the two maids and said seriously.

"Yes." Xiao Chunzi thought for a while and said:

"The last time I saw him in the palace was four or five years ago.

Since he moved to the inner city, he basically no longer comes to the imperial city unless personally summoned by the emperor."

"Then tell me, why did he come suddenly this time? And he did it so hard." Li Zhao frowned and shook his head:

"That second-grade Yan Kai is obviously not qualified."

"Your Highness is wise."

Xiaochunzi immediately praised him and then said:

"You are right. Duke Dingyuan came to the imperial city last night. In addition to killing Yankai, he also went to see the prince."

Li Zhao was confused and said:

"What is he doing there? Is it my brother standing behind Yan Kai?"

"This slave doesn't know." Xiaochunzi shook his head, covered his mouth and snickered:

"However, I heard that the prince and the tutor were given a good lesson.

Not only that, but he also paid a considerable amount of medical expenses to Mr. Ding Yuan."

"He was seriously injured and he still has to pay for medical expenses?"

Li Zhao's eyes widened for a moment, and then he sighed:

"After all, he is a first-class public servant. The name Dingyuan is not something he can just seal."

"There's more." Xiao Chunzi smiled and said with some gloating:

"I heard that Lu Qiguang paid two sums of money, one to Duke Yuan and the other to the military department."

"Oh?" Li Zhao was even more surprised:

"Why is there anything related to the military department here?"

"This matter begins with the death of King Qiyang."

Xiaochunzi didn't sleep all night last night either.

He inquired about the news all night and finally figured out the whole story.

Not long after, after his detailed explanation, Li Zhao also understood.

It turns out that everything Dingyuan Gong did was because of a man named Sun Yu.

"Wait a minute, you just said that Sun Yu lives in Dingyuan Duke's mansion now?"

"Yes, Butler Zhou personally picked him up from the staff yesterday. The two of them were intercepted and killed on the way."

Xiaochunzi said rather strangely:

"But in the end, the entire assassin army was wiped out. I heard that a master of the Sky Breaking Realm died among them."

“Interesting, interesting!”

Li Zhao suddenly touched his hands and laughed.

"Your Highness, what's wrong?" Xiao Chunzi was a little confused.

"Haha, Duke Dingyuan actually went to such an extent for a boy who just came to Beijing. Do you know what this means?"

Xiaochunzi shook his head honestly:

"I don't know."

"The Feather Black Guards are such a hot commodity." Li Zhao threw up his sleeves and put his hands behind his back, looking out of the hall and sighed:

"In the imperial court, I don't know how many people are eyeing the position of the Black Guard President, including me and my brother who is the prince."

"But, isn't this Black Guard President the Duke Dingyuan?"

Xiaochunzi looked puzzled. He had lived in the palace for a long time and was very clear about everyone's official positions.

"You are right." Li Zhao nodded and said:

"Dingyuan Gong single-handedly founded the Lingyu Black Guard decades ago. From that day on, he has been the president, but..."

He changed the subject and said:

"In recent years, Duke Dingyuan has been gradually delegating power and has very little control over the affairs of the Black Guards.

Rumor has it that he has already decided to retire and is looking for a suitable successor in various places."

"Your Highness means..."

Xiaochunzi said with some uncertainty:

"Then Sun Yu is the person selected by Duke Dingyuan to take over the Lingyu Black Guard? He is also the next Black Guard President?"

"That's right! Otherwise, there is no need for him to do this!"

Li Zhao said with an expected smile:

"Enter the imperial city to kill Yan Kai, and even force the crown prince and master to bow his head.

Everything he did was not only establishing his authority, but also paving the way for Sun Yu.

Remind those thoughtful guys in the court that this Sun Yu is the successor personally chosen by his Duke Dingyuan. If anyone dares not to touch him, haha..."

Li Zhao did not continue, but Xiao Chunzi already understood the meaning.

He lowered his head and thought to himself:

"It seems that if you meet that little brother Sun in the future, you should be more polite."

"Oh, in this case, you go to Duke Dingyuan's house and invite Sun Yu to come to the palace to get together."

Li Zhao gave an order, but suddenly frowned, then shook his head and said with a smile:

"No, let's go to Tianle Pavilion in the imperial city. It's lively there and there are beauties in the company. He should like it."

"yes!"

Xiaochunzi bowed and left.

Inner city.

Dingyuan Gongfu.

"Okay, okay, don't worry." Lao Zhou said with a helpless smile:

"I'll go to the military headquarters later to urge them. I think your batch of Five Elements Stones will arrive in the afternoon."

"That's good!"

Sun Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

He talked hard and finally convinced Lao Zhou to help.

Although Duke Dingyuan takes action, the prince and tutor will not cause trouble for him for the time being.

But this level still needs to be improved as soon as possible.
To be continued...