"We originally wanted to use a trick to lure Yin Ji out of the room, and then send people to the room to kill Lu Zuo. But they didn't get there first and they didn't fall for the trick and didn't chase him out, so we went back to his room, but still Several brothers died, and by that time the servants of Tao Mansion had been alerted, so we retreated again. When it was almost the fourth watch, we sneaked into Tao Mansion again. This time we did not make any noise, but used fire. He lit several fires outside Lu Zuo's room, and even if he had wings, he wouldn't be able to fly out of the sea of fire." Deng Zhuo said proudly.
Xun Mou nodded with satisfaction and continued to ask: "The assassins who died didn't show any tricks, did they?"
"Don't worry, General Xun. When we went to the Tao Mansion, we had nothing with us except a sword, and the swords in our hands were ordinary things. We did not use the official swords." Deng Zhuo was extremely proud. He said, "Not only that, when we returned to Tao Mansion later, we found out that they dumped the bodies of several brothers in the woodshed of Tao Mansion, so we also set a fire outside the woodshed."
"Yeah! Very good!" Xun Yu also clapped his hands and applauded, "This time General Deng should take the lead!"
Xun Mou was still a little worried and asked: "How is the fever now?"
General Deng slapped his chest and said with a confident smile: "General Xun can sit back and relax. His subordinates even sent two brothers to pretend to be nearby people and ran to Tao Mansion to put out the fire. According to the two of them who came out, they reported that the main house was occupied by people. Two corpses came out, already burnt to char, and those two corpses must be Lu Zuo and Yin Ji."
"Well, when you come back to the prince, I, the general, will definitely ask for credit for you!" Xun Mou smiled at Xu Bingde and his father with satisfaction, "Now that the matter has been settled, let's all go back to our own homes to rest!"
At dawn, it was already bright, and the maid from Prince Ning's palace went to Prince Ning Liu Xun's bedroom to help him change clothes. The housekeeper Liu San'er whispered greetings to Liu Xun outside the door. Liu Xun asked calmly: "What's the matter?"
"Go back to your lord, the Tao Mansion was on fire last night!"
"What?" Prince Ning waved his hand and signaled the maid to go down. He strode out of the door and came to the housekeeper with a stern look on his face. "What's going on? Why didn't you tell me until now? Where is Lao Pan?"
Liu San'er whispered a few words in Prince Ning's ear, and Prince Ning suddenly said, "That's good. Where is he now?"
"Lao Pan said they had been taking shelter at our Xinghua Restaurant last night. There was no danger?"
"That's good. This king will enter the palace in the morning. The Holy Father may summon Mr. Tao then. Send a few more people to protect Mr. Tao secretly. Make sure nothing goes wrong. I hope he will not be alone when he enters the palace. Dead man, he is the lifeblood of our palace now! Go quickly!"
Since the death of King Wei, Funing Palace has become more and more quiet. The Empress Dowager originally liked quiet people, but now she doesn't like to see people. The emperor came to greet him several times, but was rejected. The emperor also knew that the Empress Dowager was Because of the incident involving King Liu Xu of Wei, I felt guilty and did not dare to provoke the Queen Mother, let alone meet other royal relatives. The Queen Mother sometimes either feeds fish and enjoys flowers in Yiwan Pavilion, or chants sutras and worships Buddha in the Buddhist hall. Today is the same as in the past. The Queen Mother is chanting sutras in the Buddhist hall in the wing of Funing Palace.
In front of the Buddhist niche, the Queen Mother was kneeling on the futon, closing her eyes and concentrating on chanting sutras. A palace maid behind her came to the side. Seeing that the Queen Mother was concentrating on chanting sutras, she did not dare to interrupt, so she had to stand aside and wait blankly.
"What's the matter?"
The Queen Mother closed her eyes and knocked on the wooden fish. This sentence suddenly came out, which really startled the palace maid. She quickly replied: "Go back to the Queen Mother, Your Highness Prince Ning, please see me!"
The Queen Mother said coldly: "Didn't I tell you before? I won't see anyone!"
"My servant said, but His Highness Prince Ning must see you today. He said that he is here to see you on behalf of a man named Lu Zuo!"
"not see!"
The Queen Mother blurted out impatiently. When the palace maid turned around and was about to go down, the Queen Mother suddenly looked startled, Lu Zuo? Isn’t it Lu Zuo of Shanzhou who advised King Wei! I had long heard that he was dead, so why would Prince Ning come to see him because of him? So he opened his eyes and said sternly: "Wait a minute, let Prince Ning wait outside the palace!"
"Yes!" The palace maid then walked out of the palace to report.
Ning Wang Liu Xun waited in the main hall of Funing Palace for a long time before he saw the Queen Mother wearing ordinary clothes and sitting tremblingly on the throne. Liu Xun saw that the Queen Mother looked much paler than before, and he felt sorry for her. After all, she was also his own grandmother, so he quickly knelt down to say hello to the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother sank like water, but still said coldly: "Xun'er, get up! If you have anything to say, just tell me!"
Liu Xun slowly stood up and said with a smile: "Empress Dowager, my grandson has nothing important to do today. He just came to visit you and then send a message to an old friend!"
"Old friend?" The Queen Mother's wrinkled brows knitted together, "You mean that person named Lu Zuo? What can you say if he's already dead!"
Liu Xun apologized and said with a smile: "It is Lu Zuo, but he is not a deceased person, but an old friend."
"Oh?" the Queen Mother exclaimed, almost unable to believe her old ears, "What did you say?"
Liu Xun stretched out his voice and said loudly: "Empress Dowager, my grandson is saying that this old friend is not dead!"
"Not dead?" The Queen Mother originally wanted to continue asking, but then she thought about it, and it seemed that it had nothing to do with her. "Xun'er, why are you telling the Ai family this?"
"Because my grandson is also complaining about his ninth brother!"
The Queen Mother let out a long sigh and remained silent for a moment with a sad look on her face, "Everyone is gone, what else is there to say!"
"Does the Queen Mother know how the ninth brother died?" Liu Xun asked.
The Queen Mother's cloudy eyes looked even more bleak. Yes, Xu'er's death was reported by her own nephew Du Zongting. It was really a trick of fate. However, if she had not let Xu'er get involved in this battle for the right to inherit the heir, , maybe this result will not happen. Thinking of this, the Queen Mother fell into a long silence again.
After a long time, it was Liu Xun who broke the heavy atmosphere, "The Queen Mother does not need to blame herself. Even if Du Zongting did not report the ninth brother, it would be difficult for him to succeed. According to the grandson, the prince had already calculated that the prince would rebel!"
"Really?" The Queen Mother said in a slightly disdainful tone, "So what, as long as it is rebellion, no matter who it is, they should be brought to justice on the spot!"
Liu Xun smiled awkwardly, "What the Queen Mother said is absolutely true, but..."
"Okay!" The Queen Mother interrupted Liu Xun impatiently, with a hint of displeasure and helplessness in her harsh tone, "The Ai family has said that anyone who has the idea of rebellion should be killed, no matter who it is. Yan'er did nothing wrong. If His Highness Prince Ning comes here just to tell the Ai family these things, then just step back!"
