Lu Ze did not choose to intervene in the assassination of Xuankong Temple.
He just made the expected assassination proceed smoothly. This assassination was undoubtedly the old cripple from the Overwatch Council testing Emperor Qing. Unfortunately, Emperor Qing did not reveal more of his trump cards even if he was injured.
Moreover, this assassination that shocked the court was, as expected, placed on Si Gu Jian who was far away in Dongyi.
But this time it was not like usual. It was Qing State who deliberately let Dongyi City take the blame. Emperor Qing who was in Xuankong Temple seemed to have seen the assassin in white. He pointed out the assassin and looked around. Sword's younger brother.
The assassin's true identity is the mysterious shadow following Chen Pingping.
Once the seeds of doubt were planted, they would gradually begin to take root and sprout, and Chen Pingping finally couldn't help but test it.
After dark, the East Palace is brightly lit.
Tonight, many households in Beijing are in a state of anxiety.
Everyone can feel the strangeness of this assassination at Xuankong Temple. How did the guard assassin sneak into the Ouchi guards in the first place? When was the dagger that pierced Emperor Qing's body buried in the top wooden floor? What were Zhu Li and Commander Ye Zhong doing when the incident happened...
In the back hall of the East Palace, a slightly cool night light shines through the screen windows.
Wan'er fell into a deep sleep after dinner. Today was a very exciting day for her. Fortunately, Wan'er was not frightened. When something went wrong, she was even calmer than the concubines in the harem.
Lu Ze waited for Sha Niu's return.
"Brother Lu Ze."
"Sha Niu has followed your instructions and met the Emperor of Qing."
The blindfolded man in black in front of him is clearly Sha Niu's transformation into Wu Zhu.
Although Lu Ze did not take the initiative at Xuankong Temple, he did not choose to give up this good opportunity. He simply asked Sha Niu pretending to be Wu Zhu to go to the palace and ask Emperor Qing in the imperial study. talk.
"What was the truth back then?"
These ten simple words seemed to be more powerful and more lethal than the serial assassination in Xuankong Temple today.
Lu Ze received in his mind the first perspective of Sha Niu after entering the palace. Looking at the complicated expressions on Emperor Qing's face, Lu Ze knew that his move had been successful.
Chen Pingping likes to hide her plans in secret, and Lu Ze, who is involved in conspiracy, is obviously more insidious and cunning than Chen Pingping.
Silly girl pretending to be anyone familiar to Emperor Qing would inevitably show a trace of disharmony in front of this deep-thinking Grand Master Emperor, but pretending to be Wu Zhu, a robot, is absolutely serious and 200% similar.
"Shakyue, broken sleep."
Lu Ze yawned and walked towards the bedroom.
Lu Ze knew that many people in Kyoto would not have a good sleep that night.
...
The next day, the news of Emperor Qing's assassination at Xuankong Temple spread throughout Kyoto.
It was impossible to hide such a big thing. The people in Kyoto who were talking about the assassination cursed the assassin one after another, and also scolded the guys in the Forbidden Army and the Overwatch Council for doing nothing. It was not only discussed among the people, but also the masters in the palace. He also whispered uneasily about the assassin's true identity.
In this assassination, after all, two assassins came from His Majesty's side.
Eunuch Hong walked out from the Queen Mother. This eunuch who had served in the palace for many years personally inspected the inside and outside of the palace according to the orders of Emperor Qing and the Queen Mother. The identities of the two assassins were quickly discovered. out.
The guard in the Forbidden Army was an assassin from the Nanyue Palace.
Back then, the Qing Kingdom's horse hooves trampled every inch of South Vietnam, and the flags of the army were planted all over the walls of the South Vietnam Palace. Although South Vietnam has been gradually assimilated by the Qing Kingdom in recent years, it seems that the blood was not shed cleanly, and there are still Vietnamese people. I remember everything from the past.
It's just that the person who arranged for the Yue people to enter the palace died early, and this matter became a mystery.
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After returning to the East Palace at noon, Wan'er pestered her to ask about the specific investigation situation.
"Where's the little eunuch?"
"What is the identity of the little eunuch who was knocked unconscious by your husband yesterday?"
After Wan'er heard the specific situation yesterday, she was amazed at Lu Ze's performance. She never thought that her husband could be so tough, and she admired him even more.
Lu Ze picked up the tea served by Wan'er herself and took a sip.
"The little eunuch is still alive, but we can find out more clearly."
"The little eunuch is a descendant of the prince who was left behind after the turmoil in Kyoto fifteen years ago. Too many people died in Kyoto at that time. A servant from the prince's palace ran away with the child who had just been born. That The child was later raised by a family on the outskirts of Beijing until he entered the palace for some unknown reason."
Lu Ze spoke eloquently.
After hearing this, Wan'er covered her mouth in shock.
Not only because she heard such a secret, but because Wan'er knew that the real center of the storm in Kyoto was actually the Queen's family. There was a deep apology in her eyes. She was about to say something, but was stopped. Lu Ze stopped.
Lu Ze smiled: "I have no memory of what happened back then, so you don't have anything to worry about."
Lu Ze was telling the truth.
He really had no feelings about that bloody night in Kyoto.
Everything you do after coming to this world is based on yourself, whether it is the attack on Fan Xian at the beginning, or the meeting with Chen Pingping later, or even letting Sha Niu pretend to be Wuzhu to enter the palace last night, it has nothing to do with the past, it is just for the future. That’s all.
Wan'er thought a lot for a while.
There were many things hidden behind the bloodbath that year, and no one could figure out what this assassination meant.
Ye Zhong, another figure at the center of the Kyoto topic, was also imprisoned by the Supervisory Council, and even the soldiers in the house were forcibly placed under his jurisdiction. The Supervisory Council is waiting for His Majesty to deal with this mainstay of the Ye family. Handle comments.
"Then what will happen to the Ye family this time?"
Wan'er thought of her friend Ye Ling'er again.
Uncle Ye has committed such a big taboo, but Wan'er discussed this topic with Lu Ze on the way back to Beijing yesterday. Lu Ze said directly: "It's very different from what we thought yesterday. It was the Queen Mother who ordered Ye Zhong went out to do business, but there was an assassination attempt at the Xuankong Temple. So during the interrogation, Ye Zhong just insisted that he was acting on orders, but he did not explain that he was acting on the orders of the Queen Mother."
Lu Ze was lying on the bed and continued: "This move seems very dishonorable and makes Ye Zhong look like a human being, but it is very effective."
Wan'er's brows furrowed tightly: "But why would your Majesty do this?"
Wan'er naturally knew that the Queen Mother had always ignored the affairs of the court, so the order to Ye Zhong to do things was ultimately the emperor's uncle's intention. She sighed: "The Ye family has been extremely loyal to the royal family and His Majesty these years, why should we do this? so..."
Lu Ze was very open-minded about these things: "If your majesty did not doubt the loyalty of the Ye family, of course he would not do this. But now that the marriage between Ye Ling'er and the second emperor brother is getting closer, the important place in the capital must no longer be controlled by the Ye family. , after all, the Ye family still has a great master."
Wan'er's expression was dark.
Although she lived in Taiping Villa these years, she went to the palace many times.
Those ladies who originally looked very friendly now seem to be a bit disgusting, and the dirty things behind the royal family are gradually revealed, so Wan'er cherishes her current family very much, and is afraid that one day she will change. Become such a person.
"Is it... is it because of Ling'er's marriage to the Second Emperor?"
"Yes." Lu Ze nodded, "When His Majesty issued the decree to grant the marriage, Ye Zhong should have politely refused. Even if he accepted it, he should have voluntarily resigned from the official position of the Kyoto Guard. Your Majesty would not allow the prince to marry anyone in Kyoto. The military defense had nothing to do with it, but unfortunately the Ye family didn't respond at all, so the situation became like this, and His Majesty resorted to petty tactics."
Lu Ze in the mansion doesn't have to be taboo about anything. What does he have for Wan'er?
What to say.
"Then the matter of Xuankong Temple was also arranged by His Majesty? I just don't know if he arranged all the things or just one of them."
Wan'er paused and asked and answered her own question: "Your Majesty doesn't like to take risks in this life. I guess he only makes mistakes."
After finishing speaking, Wan'er leaned her head on Lu Ze's shoulder and said softly: "I just hope that there will be no more troubles in Kyoto this year."
Her face glowed with motherly love, and she gently caressed her growing belly.
Lu Ze smiled and felt extremely happy.
...
In the dark building not too far away from the palace, an old man in a wheelchair seemed to be dozing off, listening to the following petitions from the organizers regarding the assassination. When the emperor was assassinated, except for those from the Imperial Guard, Bian needs to be held accountable, and the Supervisory Yuan cannot escape its responsibility as well.
It's just that His Majesty didn't knead the Supervisory Yuan like he did with the Ye family.
Several organizers also know that this matter is not a trivial matter, and a little carelessness will affect the holy scroll above their heads.
"Assassins from South Vietnam, remnants of the palace from fifteen years ago, Si Gu Jian's younger brother...it is simply impossible for these people to come together and plan such an airtight series of assassinations. To a certain extent, such assassinations are even It was successful because the dagger finally penetrated His Majesty's dragon body."
The voice of General Manager Yan Ruohai echoed in the secret room of the Overwatch Council.
The head of the Second Division, who was responsible for collecting and summarizing intelligence, apologized to the old man in the chair: "Dean, this time it was my fault in the Second Division. Our Second Division did not receive any information about such a killing. , even though these assassins may not really know each other, there must be a reason why they chose to take action on that day at the Xuankong Temple. You said at the beginning that all accidents are caused by necessity."
When Chen Pingping heard this, she finally opened her eyes and glanced at her subordinates with slightly cloudy eyes.
In fact, this sentence was not what he said, but what he heard from a strange woman. Later, he simply regarded it as a warning for the second place.
"This is just a coincidence, don't think too much about it."
Dean Chen's simple words gave the nature of the Xuankong Temple assassination that shocked Kyoto.
Chen Pingping closed her eyes and meditated, not thinking about this assassination, but thinking that His Majesty's reaction to this assassination seemed too mediocre. The danger factor of this serial assassination was even among all the assassinations that Emperor Qing had encountered since he ascended the throne. , can all be ranked high.
It's not because of the assassin's martial arts skills, but because the cooperation between these people is so perfect.
But His Majesty's reaction didn't seem to care that much.
"Where...what went wrong?"
...
Just as Lu Ze guessed, Ye Liuyun, the great master of the Ye family, did not return to Kyoto.
Emperor Qing's use of such means to deal with the Ye family this time may not necessarily have no intention of testing the great master. If Ye Liuyun really dared to return to Kyoto after what happened, the seemingly gentle Emperor Qing would show his With a truly ruthless side in his heart, Emperor Qing would remove the entire Ye family from Kyoto, even if it caused considerable losses to Qing's national strength.
The Ye family, which controls the defense of the capital's important territory, is about to marry the most popular prince in the capital, and there is even a great master behind it.
If the Ye family has any intention of dissatisfaction, Emperor Qing will kill all thoughts of the Ye family without hesitation.
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Emperor Qing sent him to Yanzhou to serve as the commander of the capital for "absent his duty without authorization". It was not like being sentenced to exile as everyone imagined.
At this time, many people also cast comforting glances at the second prince.
Presumably, the second prince who really felt uncomfortable when the Ye family suffered like this was His Majesty. His Majesty dealt with the Ye family very decisively, but he did not interfere with the marriage of Li Chengze and Ye Ling'er. They will probably get married according to the scheduled date.
Li Yunrui did not see Lu Ze in private again after returning to Beijing.
Perhaps because the relationship between the two has become more complicated now, Lu Ze also keeps a respectful distance from his mother-in-law.
After all...it doesn't fit.
But Li Yunrui met Li Chengze a few times.
Now it is clear that the power of the eldest princess in the capital is not as good as before. Lin Ruofu resigned, the internal treasury power was forced to be handed over, and even the situation of ally Li Chengze was so worrying.
"aunt."
"The Ye family is completely unable to turn over this time. Returning to Kyoto will be even harder than reaching heaven."
"The Kyoto garrison, everyone in the court was jealous, and it was no surprise that it fell into the hands of the Qin family in the end. However, my father actually let the eldest brother take the position of commander of the imperial army. I don't know what the purpose is."
In the second prince's house.
Li Yunrui and Li Chengze sat across from each other.
Li Yunrui looked at the second nephew with a gloomy face, and couldn't help but think of the nephew in the East Palace.
A smile appeared on her fair and girlish face.
For a time, it was bright and brilliant.
