"To be able to enter and leave the palace, one's status must be not simple." Cai Laojiu's men analyzed: "Even a little baby is worth two hundred thousand taels. They asked us to kidnap an old man with a distinguished status. It must be more than 20,000 taels. It seems that Mr. Qiu Wu didn’t lie to us, there must be something fishy about the Hong family gang secretly colluding with these people.”
"Like last time, the dead and injured were all ours. Half of the Hong family gang was not injured and they got so much money in vain. It's the same this time. Boss, think about it if we were caught by the government and how much money we would have with the Hong family gang. It doesn't matter at all, we weren't the ones who got stabbed when we fell."
The more Cai Laojiu listened, the more angry he became: "I want to ask Hong Gui to find out what's going on?"
His men quickly grabbed him and said, "Let's go back first, find out who the last family is, negotiate the price again, and not get involved with the Hong family gang. Those Qiu family brothers are upright, and we will cooperate with them when the time comes."
Jin Palace.
Nangong Hao waited until dawn without waiting for news about Nangong Zhi.
So he sent his trusted aide to Prince Yu's Mansion to inquire about the situation. The trusted man came back and reported: "Everything in Prince Yu's Mansion is as usual today. Neither the prince nor the prince's concubine left the mansion. Prince Yu also entertained envoys from the Kingdom of Zhou in the mansion. His subordinates also heard that the eldest son last night I’m so drunk that I haven’t even gotten up yet.”
Nangong Hao was full of anger and thought to himself: "Why are you so calm? If the emperor disappeared in Prince Yu's Mansion, Nangong Yu would not be so calm."
Suddenly, Nangong Hao said sinisterly: "What's going on in the palace? Your Majesty, will you attend the morning court today?"
The confidant added: "The King of Yu has passed on the emperor's oral order to the prince to preside over the government and act as an agent for state affairs. Now all officials are performing their duties, and the emperor has not shown up."
Nangong Hao suddenly laughed wildly: "It seems that the person Nangong Zhi was looking for succeeded. In order to cover up the news of the emperor's disappearance, Nangong Yu dared to falsely pass on the imperial decree and the prince acted as an agent of the government. This is a serious crime of treason."
Immediately, Nangong Hao thought of a way to have the best of both worlds, which could bring down the prince and Prince Yu's palace.
But before implementing the plan, we must find out where the emperor is now.
"Go and find Nangong Zhi for me." Nangong Hao said angrily.
Just as the confidant left, another man in black jumped in, "Master, I have a secret message."
Nangong Hao took it, opened it, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "Lin Hu did not disappoint me. No wonder Nangong Zhi spent so much money over the years but failed to assassinate him once. It turns out that it was all his own stupidity."
After Nangong Hao read the secret letter, he went directly to the darkroom.
At this time, Lin Jingxian brought another bowl of decoction to treat headaches and blocked Nangong Hao's way: "I am here to see the prince."
Nangong Hao glared at Lin Jingxian coldly: "What are you doing here?"
"I brought medicine to the prince. The prince often had headaches. I thought, since this prescription is effective for the prince's headache, why not continue to drink it. I hope the prince's headache can be cured." Lin Jingxian said in a gentle voice.
Nangong Hao stepped forward and pinched her mandible. He felt that this face was really good-looking, but it was a pity that he didn't care about it: "Don't think that if you seduce me into your bed, I will believe that you have me in your heart." , Nangong Yuanyi’s marriage last night must have been a big blow to you.”
"I am already the prince's princess, so naturally I put the prince first in everything. Although the Lin family no longer exists, my aunt is the concubine Ji in the palace, and my grandfather is a British duke. I believe they will support me. Concubine, support the prince." Lin Jingxian extended an olive branch.
