The people in the palace were in a hurry, walking very fast, and they didn't dare to stay longer.
They were afraid that if they walked too slowly, they would be scolded by their masters, so they all kept their heads down and just walked, not daring to raise their heads to speak or even look at each other.
Ever since the new king came to the throne, Lihuo Palace has been so lifeless, without any life at all.
Everyone in the palace also said that the new king seemed to be a completely different person since he came to the throne.
Although the original eldest prince was harsh in his treatment of others, he was actually a gentle person at heart. If we were to talk about the number of times he actually lost his temper, there were only a handful of them.
But since he became the new king, he has become moody and violent, especially he likes to kill innocent people indiscriminately.
In just one month, he had already executed many innocent palace residents from Lihuo Palace.
Jiang Lu wore a long sword and walked through the water corridor towards the main hall.
The main hall was extremely deserted, and there was no one on duty at all.
Jiang Zixu sat alone on the Eagle Claw Chair, closing his eyes tightly and looking as if he was taking a nap. However, he was frowning, as if he could not have a moment of peace in his dream.
Jiang Lu's hurried footsteps were extremely clear in the empty main hall. Jiang Zixu did not open his eyes, but his fingers were tapping the handle of the chair lightly.
"Sure enough, Chen Guo sent someone here." Jiang Lu said softly.
No one else dares to come in the main hall right now, and no one else will come in.
Jiang Zixu has been killing people wantonly in the past month. No matter the original palace attendants of Lihuo Palace or the palace attendants arranged by Chen Guo later, they now dare not approach the main palace easily.
They spread word of mouth that Jiang Zixu has now become a tyrant who kills without blinking an eye. It is too late for others to shrink back in fear, let alone step forward to serve him.
At this time, apart from the two brothers, there will be no third party in the main hall.
"It's Xiao Huan who had some tricks in Chen Guo." Jiang Zixu said in a low voice, "She seems to be different from before."
Jiang Lu was slightly startled when he heard this, as if he remembered something, and gave a wry smile, "After all, the person who is going to marry someone else to be the princess must be much more mature, and can no longer be the little princess around us."
In the empty main hall, only the echoes of the two of them could be heard, and nothing else could be heard.
If it had been in the past, Jiang Huan would have jumped to their side at this moment, making the deserted main hall lively.
But all these things can never come back.
"What's going on with Chen Guo?" Jiang Zixu asked in a low voice.
Ever since Jiang Zixu became the new king, Chen Guo has been racking his brains to turn Jiang Zixu into their puppet emperor.
They want to use Jiang Zixu's hand to become the new ruler of Jiang State. Only in this way can Jiang State be completely taken over by Chen State without a drop of blood.
Jiang Zixu and Jiang Lu knew this well, so they acted in a play together
Turn Jiang Zixu into the violent and incompetent new king, and lure Chen Guo's Xi Zuo back to report, thus relaxing their vigilance and making them think that Jiang Guo now has an opportunity.
Only in this way can their wolfish ambitions be clearly announced, and only in this way can the truly dangerous people behind them be lured into taking the bait.
The two of them were thinking smoothly, but something went wrong, and it happened to a palace official the day before yesterday.
That palace man had served Jiang Zixu for thirteen years, and he was Jiang Zixu's confidant, but he was betrayed by him and sent a secret message to Chen Guo.
It is said that Jiang Zixu may seem confused and dull, but in fact there is a shocking secret hidden behind him.
Fortunately, the secret letter was intercepted by the guards and never sent out. However, the palace man committed suicide in shame and anger and died in the main hall.
In order to hide the matter, Jiang Zixu claimed that he had killed the palace man. However, he did not expect that such a sentence would lead to his death.
It was not until yesterday when Chen Guo's killer secretly entered the main hall and pointed his sword at Jiang Zixu that Jiang Zixu realized that the so-called confidant he once trusted was not even a friend.
Thirteen years ago, his family was persecuted to death by the Jiang people. He kept his name anonymous for thirteen years just to watch Jiang Zixu die with his own eyes.
When Jiang Zixu found out about this, he couldn't help but sigh.
It was just a sigh of futility. Now that the agent Chen Guo arranged was dead, they mobilized other agents to start causing trouble in the palace for no reason and disrupting the order of Lihuo Palace.
Jiang Zixu had no choice but to continue to pretend to be stupid and look casual, but in fact he carefully selected the traitors and eliminated those who were crafty one by one.
Although this method is easy to use, it takes too long.
"We have arranged for an army to come here to investigate the death of Xi Zuo." Jiang Lu replied in a low voice.
Jiang Zixu frowned slightly, with a bad look on his face, "It seems that they have made it clear that they want to make a fuss about this meticulous matter, and use this meticulous matter to slander Jiang Guo."
In order to be able to execute the group of spies in the name of his own stupidity, Jiang Zixu also recruited some people from the Jiang Palace who were willing to die.
They used it as a cover-up to confuse Chen Guo so that Chen Guo would not suspect Jiang Zixu's mediocre temperament.
But precisely because of this, what the people of Chen State wanted was to confirm Jiang Zixu's mediocrity and push him down from the throne.
"But there is another very strange thing." Jiang Lu said, and took out a letter from his sleeve, "This is from Mengyu. She said that the prince of Chen State will take action.
Help leave the Fire Palace."
As soon as he said this, Jiang Zixu waved his hands in disdain, as if he didn't believe it at all, "Chen Ruyi? As the prince of Chen State, how could he help Jiang State? It's not like Xiao Huan went to Chen State.
Are you willing to listen to these men from the Chen Kingdom?"
Jiang Lu seemed to have guessed that Jiang Zixu would react like this, so he took out another object from his sleeve.
That object was nothing else, it was actually a seal engraved with dragon patterns.
This seal is plated with gold on all sides, and only the area with the dragon pattern at the bottom has a faint jade color.
This is something Jiang Zixu has seen before. It was a treasure carried by the Emperor of Chen State when Chen State was still on good terms with Jiang State.
It is said that the craftsmen of the Chen Kingdom spent decades casting this gold and jade seal before they found the best way to combine the two materials. Therefore, only the most noble emperor of the Chen Kingdom could own this object, and Chen Yan
He borrowed a good fortune and gave this golden jade seal to Chen Ruyi, hoping that his little prince could soar in the sky like a golden dragon.
This is an object that can symbolize the identity of the prince, but now it is lying in the palm of Jiang Lu's hand, quietly emitting light, making it difficult to look away.