The crescent moon is hanging in the dark night sky.
Although Kyoto did not have the bright moonlight shining on the earth on the night of the second day of the Lunar New Year, at this moment, the lights in Kyoto are as bright as daytime, and the lively atmosphere in the restaurants and restaurants everywhere has reached its peak. The super festival held by the Moon Worship House The standard banquet has come to an end.
The banquet at the Moon Worship Tower was full of energy and lasted less than an hour.
But in just this hour, a bloody storm broke out in Kyoto of the Qing Dynasty. Everyone who got the news was horrified by the thunderous methods of the Overwatch Council tonight.
Acting like this is undoubtedly the most direct and brutal response to the assassination in the suburbs of Beijing.
Since we can’t find the real murderer, we might as well just kill indiscriminately.
People have a better understanding of Lord Tisi of the Overwatch Council.
However, Fan Xian, the person at the center of tonight's topic, is not as happy as people imagined.
Lu Ze has already boarded the car back to the East Palace. Tonight's dinner was obviously more delicious than expected. Thinking that Fan Xian's face would not look good at this time, Lu Ze's face turned pale. With a faint smile, he lifted the car curtain, letting in the night breeze outside.
“Kyoto is still lively enough tonight.”
“After tonight, the second brother lost the power that truly belonged to him. From now on, he can only tie the palace to the eldest princess. On the Ye family's carriage, the whetstone lost its original function and was eventually thrown away as a useless stone."
Lu Ze muttered to himself. After a long time, he raised his head and looked through it. The car window looked in the direction of the majestic palace in the distance, with a bit of ridicule in his eyes.
The actions of Fan Xian and the Overwatch Council tonight were obviously the result of Emperor Qing's tacit approval.
Our second prince did not show more things that amazed Emperor Qing in this treacherous Kyoto. In addition, he had previously collaborated with Li Yunrui on smuggling from the inner treasury. Tonight, Li Chengze’s men became He became a victim of Fan Xian's anger.
Emperor Qing seems to have intentionally united the people in Kyoto.
So after he learned that someone in the military dared to openly attack Fan Xian in the suburbs of Beijing, although he was angry, he also had a feeling of joy in his heart. This man had been in the supreme position for many years. Your Majesty, the Emperor, really hopes to see someone jump out to challenge the authority of the King.
Emperor Qing was a very conceited person.
His Majesty the Emperor wants to accomplish all his feats in one battle, but he still feels that the water in Kyoto is too shallow. He wants to completely subvert Kyoto and break open everyone’s hearts, just like Li Yunrui told Emperor Qing. According to the evaluation, this is a conceited but extremely suspicious emperor.
"After you have eaten and drank enough, go home and have a warm meal with your wife and children."
"Fan Xian hopes that you can be more stable. Otherwise, you can just go back and forth wherever you want."
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"Tonight, it seems that I have to turn around and go to Mud Bottle Alley."
Er Er looked indifferent.The prince also left the Moon Worship Tower shortly after Lu Ze left.
The reason why the second prince stayed at the end was because he wanted to ask Fan Xian in front of him why he attacked him. Tonight, his power in the capital was uprooted, and even Xie Bi'an, a friend who had been with him for many years, died in an alley.
The hands under the second prince’s sleeves were shaking uncontrollably.
Now there are only two ways before him, to withdraw from this cruel war honestly, just like the old Prince Jing, who locked himself in the courtyard of the palace all day long with his butt raised high. Qi chose to escape everything.
The other way is to break the boat.
Thinking about what his wife Ye Ling'er in the palace said to him during this period, Li Chengze turned pale and raised a sarcastic smile on his lips, "There is no way out on the road to seizing the rightful son. If you don't succeed, your mother will not succeed." I'd rather die."
Fan Xian watched the second prince slowly leave from the Moon Worship Tower.
As Lu Ze said, Fan Xian's mood at this moment was not as good as he imagined.
The words Lu Ze said before leaving were like a sharp dagger, piercing into Mr. Xiao Fan's heart, because Lu Ze obviously saw the real intention behind Fan Xian's crazy behavior. Afraid.
Because he was afraid.
That’s why he used such crazy actions to show his attitude.
Fan Xian's weakness had already been exposed when he was assassinated from the suburbs of Beijing. Fan Xian's level of force at this time was very difficult to deal with a team armed with powerful crossbows. However, If he, a ninth-level master, was obsessed with escaping, the soldiers would not be able to stop him no matter what.
But unfortunately, Master Xiao Fan attaches great importance to the safety of his subordinates.
When the details of the assassination in the canyon were revealed, this advantage in Fan Xian became a weakness that could be overcome in the eyes of those who were interested. At least the future leader of the Oversight Council was hard-hearted. The level is far less than that of the person in the wheelchair at the moment.
Tonight, Fan Xian's mind has not calmed down for a long time.
Finally, we arrived at the dark courtyard. The arrival of Mr. Tisi did not seem to attract the attention of everyone on duty, because Dean Chen had issued the order early, obviously in anticipation of Xiao Fan tonight. The adults will come to him.
At this time, Chen Pingping was leaning against the warm fireplace, with a somewhat contented expression on her face. After seeing Fan Xian, she opened her hazy eyes and smiled, "You're here."< /p>
This was the first time Fan Xian saw Chen Pingping since he was assassinated in the suburbs of Beijing.
"I need to know your plan."
Fan Xian stared at the old man in the wheelchair in front of him. Compared with the Dean Chen he saw when he first entered Beijing, at this time The wrinkles on Chen Pingping's face are deeper and her eye sockets are sunken. She shows her age, and there is a feeling of aging hanging over her body.
“This assassination in the suburbs of Beijing has nothing to do with me.”
“A plan that must control everything within a certain degree can be called a plan.That's the plan. "
"The enemy has even moved things like military crossbows. You will die at any time. Do you think it was just an accident that I would come up with such an unspeakable plan?
Fan Xian sneered coldly, "Do you think I'm stupid? If those people didn't have the cooperation from the courtyard, or even the information from the courtyard, how could they know the specific itinerary of me, a supervisor of the Oversight Yuan? Although I I am going out to relax, but I am not a fool to completely expose my back.
Chen Pingping lowered her eyebrows and did not continue to answer Fan Xian's question. "Anyway, you must have vented your anger tonight. At least you are standing in front of me calmly now, and your enemy We will all pay a heavy price tonight and tomorrow morning. "
Unexpectedly, Fan Xian shook his head. Lu Ze's smiling face appeared in his heart, and his mood suddenly became more uncomfortable.
If Ruoruo really marries into the East Palace, Fan Xian had the desire to kill people.
Chen Pingping seemed to know what Fan Xian was thinking at this moment. He curled up his hands in the wool blanket and said softly, "I have no involvement in tonight's actions, but the outcome must be right. Yes, the second prince's side has completely lost the power to compete for the throne. It's because the prince can't take action against this dongong, that's where your heart knot lies. "
Listening to Chen Pingping's words, Fan Xian frowned.
Lu Ze's status is extremely special. Fan Xian can use the Overwatch Council to attack the second prince's subordinates tonight at all costs. But he cannot attack Lu Ze in this way because Lu Ze occupies the identity of the prince of the East Palace.
Fighting for the throne, fighting for the throne
At the moment, Qingguo is in trouble. Fortunately, the prince is sitting in the East Palace. Who is he competing for?
Tonight, the people on duty in the Control Yuan knew that the two most powerful people in the courtyard were going to have a conversation, so there was no one next to the room. Both of them had a contempt for the imperial power, and the topics they discussed were naturally a little treacherous.
Fan Xian's heart sank even more when he thought about Lu Ze's behavior at tonight's dinner. >
The hatred between him and the second prince was only due to profit, but the hatred between his family and the queen was forged with countless blood. Fan Xian did not forget that when he was a child, he had The assassin went to Danzhou to assassinate him. It was nominally the assassin sent by Aunt Liu, but in fact it was the work of the queen and the eldest princess.
“I can’t find his weakness. ”
Fan Xian’s tone was a little distressed and unwilling.
In fact, there are things that Lu Ze can dig deeper into, but the crux of the problem is that in the final analysis, these things are only trivial. However, it was difficult to fundamentally shake the status of the East Palace.
Chen Pingping was silent.
In fact, in his original plan, there was someone in the prince who could completely defeat him and the eldest princess. It's just that I didn't expect that the Crown Prince would jump out of the pit on his own initiative. This incident still makes Chen Pingping feel very regretful.
"There is no need to take action against the East Palace."
When Fan Xian heard Chen Pingping's words, he immediately stood up from his chair and stared straight at the old cripple in front of him, "Didn't you tell me before? What happened during the bloody night in Kyoto? Once the prince comes to power, won't we all become slaves on the eucalyptus board?"
Chen Pingping glanced at him and snorted, "In the final analysis, you are just trying to deal with the second prince. How can you still pretend to be insane and kill the second prince directly when dealing with those under his command?"
Fan Xian knew what Chen Pingping had not finished saying.
In fact, the real purpose of eradicating the second prince’s foundation this time is to force the second prince to take another path.
And that road was exactly the road that Emperor Qing did not allow the princes to tread.
Fan Xian looked at the faint smile on Chen Pingping's lips and instantly understood what he really meant.
Thinking of this, Fan Xian's face turned horrified.
"That's right."
"I mean the prince is already on that road, why bother using us to force him again"
Fan Xian There was silence for a long time.
At this moment, he suddenly remembered a classic saying: Why did your Majesty rebel?
Can’t this Prince of the East Palace even wait for twenty or thirty years?
"Are all royals so crazy?"
Listening to Fan Xian muttering to himself, Chen Pingping smiled hoarsely, "Aren't you also a royal?"
Mud Bottle Alley .
A very quiet and atmospheric house is located here.
Although it is called an alley, in fact, the specifications here are only slightly smaller than the Weiyang Avenue in front of the palace. The extremely luxurious house is built according to the specifications of the prince's mansion, and there are seats in the yard. The old man in cotton-padded clothes is watering the fields.
Even Deputy Chen, who was not afraid of Fan Xian in the Moon Worship Tower tonight, had to be extremely cautious when he walked into this farmhouse.
Although the dishes grown here are all very ordinary.
But because of the owner of this place, everything ordinary here seems so extraordinary.
He has served as an envoy in the Privy Council for more than thirty years. The old man of the Qin family has served countless emperors. This top figure in the military, even though he is extremely weak at the moment, is still the leader in the military. The sea-fixing needle.
"Why did Your Highness the Crown Prince come to my courtyard?"
At this moment, the old man of the Qin family frowned tightly, looking at Lu Ze who suddenly appeared in the courtyard with slightly cloudy eyes. , he didn't even know how Lu Ze got here, and his thoughts were spinning rapidly.
His Majesty the Emperor strictly prohibits the princes from having any relationship with the military.
Mr. Qin knew what his majesty was, so he was extremely unhappy with Lu Ze's sudden visit.
"Mr. Qin, you dare to openly use private soldiers to assassinate the Supervisory Yuan Secretary, and you are worried that I will invade the Qin family"
Lu Ze's words made the opponentThe old man in the field immediately tensed up. < /p>
Mr. Qin lowered his eyebrows.
He knew that Dong Gong had changed a lot in the past two and a half years, but he did not expect that he would become like this.
"Your Highness, I don't know what you are talking about."
Lu Ze shook his head and couldn't help but sigh.
These old bastards in Beijing must have been trained by Emperor Qing for many years, and they are all mellow. There are some things that even if the evidence is presented to them, they will not be able to admit it even if they are beaten to death. .
"Oh, that's it."
"I will be waiting for Mr. Qin in the imperial study."
Lu Ze turned around and planned to leave.
Soon, Mr. Qin’s faint voice rang out, “Could it be that His Highness the Crown Prince wants to take advantage of our Qin family?”
Lu Ze turned around and gave him a cold look. "Mr. Qin should be happy. Now your Qin family still has value. Since you have already entered the water, it is impossible to come ashore again."
Mr. Qin remained silent.
He didn’t know how Donggong learned about the assassination in the suburbs of Beijing.
He only knows that the Qin family can no longer sit back and watch the fire like before.
“I wonder what His Highness wants to do”
Doubts flashed across Mr. Qin’s eyes.
This is the doubt of Mr. Qin, and it is also the doubt of Fan Xian in the Overwatch Council.
No one knows why the Prince of the East Palace chose to wade into this muddy water. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that as long as the East Palace does nothing and makes no big mistakes, he can sit on the throne safely. His Majesty will be able to sit on the throne a hundred years later. The territory belongs to the new emperor's inheritance.
So, why is this?
Maybe, only the old guy in the wheelchair can vaguely detect something.
"Conceited."
"Our great Emperor is conceited, but the Prince of the East Palace is also so conceited, or even worse."
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