King Xin slapped his hand on the table and said angrily: "I tried to take all precautions, but I still failed to take precautions!"
"What's wrong?" Princess Xin looked at him, suspicion flashed in her eyes, and asked, "Are you hiding something from me?"
"It's okay." King Xin shook his head and said, "Something happened in the court, and I have to deal with it now."
He strode out of the door, and someone came forward and said, "Your Majesty, there is something fishy about the assassination of the prince. Do you want someone to investigate?"
"Learning the trick is a skill." King Xin waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about him, let him do it on his own."
He looked at the man and said, "Take people to find the princess and bring back the people who are with her."
The man cupped his hands and said, "Yes!"
Prince's Mansion.
The prince of Chu State had gauze wrapped around his head and was lying on the bed. A maid beside him peeled the iced grapes and put them into his mouth.
A young man walked in from outside the door, walked to the bed, waved to the two maids, and they immediately stood up, saluted, and slowly withdrew.
The young man looked at the prince and said respectfully: "Your Highness, the news has been released. The news of your assassination has been known to everyone."
The prince spit out the grape seeds and asked, "What did they say?"
The young man said: "Your Highness's trick is really clever. There are only the Crown Prince and the Regent in the capital. Even if the Regent doesn't want to bear the blame, he still has to bear it."
The prince sneered and said, "Isn't he famous? I want to see how he explains it."
The young man smiled and said: "If King Xin didn't explain, the people would think he acquiesced in the matter. If he forced an explanation, people would think he was trying to cover up. They would never have thought that His Highness would assassinate him..."
The prince waved his hand and said: "Okay, keep an eye on what's going on outside at all times. If there is any news, report it to me immediately!"
Not long after Chen Guohe's envoys arrived in Kyoto, they were completely overshadowed by an incident before it aroused enough heated discussion.
The prince's car was assassinated on the street, killing several guards and even the prince himself was slightly injured.
This can be said to be the most serious case that has occurred in the capital in recent years. The current emperor is seriously ill, and the prince, as the crown prince, is also the only heir to the throne. If something goes wrong, the government will be in chaos. Therefore, as soon as the case comes out, it attracts enough attention.
, the Jingzhao Mansion Office and the Criminal Department started investigating as soon as possible.
Jingzhao Mansion Office.
A few corpses were placed in the hall. They were all the guards of the Prince's Mansion who had been killed this time. The policemen in the Yamen had already left in full force.
The governor of Jingzhao walked around the hall with a suspicious look on his face. He looked at the corpses and murmured: "Is the prince planning to start an uprising?"
A man hurriedly walked in, looked at the corpses on the ground, and asked, "What on earth is going on?"
Jing Zhaoyin looked at the Minister of Punishment and said, "I was just about to ask you, is it the prince's side..."
"No one told me, and this doesn't seem to be the prince's method." The Minister of Punishment shook his head and said: "You and I both know that if the prince had wanted to, he would have dominated the world long ago, why wait until today?"
Jing Zhaoyin shook his head and said: "Today is different from the past. There is a close friend of this officer in the imperial hospital. He only revealed a piece of news to me two days ago."
The Minister of Punishment's eyes moved and he asked: "What's the news?"
Jing Zhaoyin stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty's body may not be able to survive this year."
The expression of the Minister of Punishment suddenly changed, "Seriously?"
Jing Zhaoyin shook his head and said: "If Your Majesty hadn't taken a few doses of life-extending medicine, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to survive now. The medicine is three-thirds poisonous. After the effects of those few doses of medicine have worn off, it will be hard to save him.
"
The Minister of Punishment looked out the door. The sky was clear and cloudless, but in his eyes, what he saw seemed to be gathering dark clouds, getting lower and lower and lingering for a long time.
He let out a long sigh and said: "The rain is about to come, and the sky will collapse and the earth will collapse. How on earth should you and I deal with it?"
Jing Zhaoyin clenched his fists and said: "There is a strong enemy watching on the grassland. Although the name of the alliance between the Chen State and us is in fact a guard against it, the Chu State has finally reached this point. The courtiers in the palace and the people of the world must watch Chu today."
Will the country be destroyed in one fell swoop?”
The Minister of Punishment looked at him and asked: "What do you mean?"
"If the prince is not deposed, the state of Chu will be deposed!"
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"If the world falls into the hands of the prince, will the people still have a good life?"
"The prince has done so many evil things over the years. God has no eyes to see. Why didn't he let the assassin kill him?"
"If the prince dies, King Xin will definitely not stand idly by and let the Chu State do nothing. It is ten times better for the prince to be the emperor than to be the prince!"
As Tang Ning and Li Tianlan walked on the street, they heard countless similar remarks.
The prince of Chu State has long been called a beating among the people. This kind of statement is treasonous anywhere, but it is so popular in the streets and markets of Chu State.
Li Tianlan seemed to be used to this. He turned his head, looked at him and asked, "So you came to Chu State to prevent the marriage?"
Tangning nodded.
Li Tianlan looked into his eyes and asked: "Then are you stopping Princess Pingyang from marrying the prince, or are you stopping me from marrying to Chen Guo?"
"Both." Tangning thought for a while and said, "Both the Crown Prince and Prince Duan Kang are not good people. If you marry them, your life will be ruined."
Li Tianlan looked away and asked: "How can you stop it on your own?"
In fact, before arriving in Chu State, Tang Ning did think that it would be difficult to prevent the marriage. But only two days after arriving in Chu State, he realized that this matter seemed to be easier than he thought.
He did not answer the question, but looked at Li Tianlan and asked: "What will happen to you if the prince really becomes the emperor?"
Li Tianlan paused in his steps and did not speak.
The prince regarded King Xin as a thorn in his flesh, and he was afraid that the first thing he would do after ascending the throne was to get rid of them. Tang Ning looked at her and said, "If you can't stay in the Chu Kingdom, come to the Chen Kingdom. The prince's hand
No matter how long it is, it can't reach Chen Guo, so I can protect you."
Tang Ning is very experienced in hiding people. Hiding a princess is also hiding, and hiding an extra princess is also hiding. There is not much difference.
And this is only the worst case scenario. If King Xin figures it out and calls out from the top, the prince will be deposed, the princess will not need to marry, and the princess will not need to marry, and this publicly funded overseas trip will come to a successful conclusion.
Li Tianlan glanced at him and said, "Use your three-legged cat skills to protect yourself first."
Just as Tang Ning was about to speak, a group of guards hurried over from behind and walked up to Li Tianlan. The leader bowed and said, "Princess, the prince has asked you to go back and discuss important matters."
Tangning looked at her and said, "You should go back first. We will see you another day."
The leader looked at Tang Ning again and said, "Your Majesty said, please come with me."
…
I have visited the Prince's Mansion several times, and it was only today that I was able to enter through the main entrance.
Tang Ning waited in the living room for a long time and drank two cups of tea before a servant walked in and said, "Sir, the prince is waiting for you in the study."
Tang Ning followed him to the study door. The servant stopped and bowed, "The prince is inside."
Tangning knocked on the door and walked in.
In front of the desk, a figure turned his back to him and was writing quickly. Tang Ning stepped forward, cupped his hands and said, "Tang Ning has met His Highness King Xin."
King Xin looked back at him, with a look of surprise on his face, and blurted out, "It's you, are you Tangning?"
"So it's you, you're King Xin?" Tang Ning looked at the middle-aged man she met while fishing with Zhao Man yesterday, and said with the same surprise.
King Xin looked at him, frowned and asked, "Who was the girl who was with you yesterday?"
For some reason, when King Xin looked at her with such suspicion and scrutiny, the shadow of another person appeared in Tangning's mind.
The way Rich Man Tang looked at him on weekdays was exactly the same as King Xin at this time.
[PS: The recent status is really bad, so I might just update it today.]
