At daybreak, word came from White Eagle that three of the six Assassins could not survive the torture and were willing to confess. It's a pity that their confessions were similar to what Duanmu Youning and others expected: the employer did not come forward in person at all, but just wrapped the deposit and the note with the assassination target written on it and placed it at the place designated by the killer. When they receive the money, they just kill people, and they never care about the identity of their employers.

This result was predicted, and several people were not disappointed, but Jiang Mingyue couldn't help but admire: "Wow! The White Eagle is so powerful, it can even pry open the mouth of an assassin." ”

Suo Tianli smiled and suddenly asked, "Mingyue, have you ever heard of Xuanyiwei?"

Xuanyiwei is a unique organization of the royal family of the Tianlong Kingdom, and its members have been screened layer by layer, and in the end, those who can be left are all masters who are unique in ten thousand. This army was personally commanded and dispatched by the successive princes, and its main responsibility was to protect the former princes and ensure their smooth accession to the throne.

This is not a secret in the entire Lingyuan Continent, Jiang Mingyue immediately nodded: "Of course I know! What's wrong?"

"Not much," Suo Tianli smiled, "I just wanted to tell you that White Eagle is not only my personal guard, but also the current leader of the Xuanyi Guard, so he has to have two hits." ”

"Oh, so that's the case," Jiang Mingyue suddenly realized, and praised again and again, "Xuanyiwei really lives up to his reputation, amazing!

At this moment, Cheng Depei's shrill voice suddenly came from the door: "The emperor has arrived!

Several people hurriedly got up to salute, Suo Mingze waved his hand to stop him, and the expression on his face was both anxious and annoyed: "Ning Gongzi, I heard that you encountered an assassin last night, have you ever been injured?"

"Thank you for your concern!" Duanmu Youning bowed down and replied, "Thanks to the timely arrival of the guards, the grass people are unharmed. ”

"That's good," Suo Mingze nodded, but there was a faint suspicion in his eyes, "But I also heard that when the guards arrived, the assassin had already been put down by your ** and lost the ability to resist." I didn't think you still had the ability to be an unpredictable prophet, and it was really powerful. ”

Hearing the temptation in his tone, Duanmu smiled quietly: "The emperor praises falsely, the grass people are just a square man, how can they have such a great ability? Every time you need to stay in an unfamiliar place, you will sprinkle ** in your room before you go to bed, just in case. ”

"This is obviously a good way, where is it stupid? It's because I don't take care of you, and it's true that you're frightened. Suo Mingze smiled, and the suspicion in his eyes slowly dissipated, "But since the assassin is disturbing, can I still do a craniotomy today?"

"Of course, as long as the emperor can ensure that there is no disturbance during the craniotomy. Duanmu Youning nodded, "The grass people have made all the preparations, and they are about to ask the emperor for permission to send heavy troops to protect the East Palace, and they must reach the point where even a fly can't fly in, and the grass people dare to do it." ”

Suo Mingze nodded without hesitation: "Don't worry, even if you don't say it, I will do this, to ensure that the entire East Palace is impregnable, and not even a fly can enter and exit freely! If you can't even do this, the Heavenly Dragon Kingdom will cease to exist a long time ago!"

Duanmu Youning didn't doubt this, immediately nodded in thanks, and prepared for surgery. Suo Mingze has already mobilized the Imperial Forest Army to guard the East Palace, the inner and outer three layers are surrounded by water, and the surrounding heights are full of archers, if someone plots against him, he will definitely shoot thousands of arrows, making him become a hedgehog in an instant!

Not only that, Duanmu Youning has also made a more powerful ** inside and outside the room, just in case. When everything was ready, she bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, the grass people are going." No one is allowed to enter the room until the grass people come out, and anyone who dares to approach it is ......"

"It's the intention to be unfavorable to Li'er," Suo Mingze waved the sleeve of his robe and said word by word, "There is no forgiveness for killing!"

That's what you're waiting for. Duanmu smiled quietly, took Jiang Mingyue into the inner room and locked the door, and then walked to the bed. Suo Tianli leaned on the head of the bed and smiled: "Girl, don't worry, I have made a note stating that even if I die, it has nothing to do with you, and no one dares to hurt a single hair of you!"

Duanmu smiled quietly: "Don't you believe me so much? Okay, I'll give you a promise: if I really can't save you, I will apologize with death." ”

"Don't!" Suo Tianli was anxious and cried out in a lost voice, "Girl, if you say so, then I don't want you to cure it!"

"When have you been playing with a child's temper?" Duanmu Youning tinkled with the utensils, "I'm just saying this to reassure you, I'm going to bring you back to life!" ”

Suo Tianli took Ma Boiling and drank it, looked at her for a moment before lying down, and said with a slight smile: "Girl, I hope I can see you again." ”

Duanmu Youning gently shook his hand: "Sleep obediently, you can see me when you wake up." ”

Suo Tianli nodded obediently, his eyes gradually closed, but suddenly muttered: "And Mingyue, I also want to see you again......"

Jiang Mingyue was stunned for a moment, and her eyes turned red: "Me too." ”

Duanmu Youning smiled at her comfortingly, and made sure that Ma Boiling had achieved the desired effect, and then began to do a craniotomy. Although she left Jiang Mingyue to help, she was afraid that Jiang Mingyue would be afraid of nausea when she saw the appearance of a person's skull being opened, so she asked her to turn her back to Suo Tianli and just hand her the utensils she needed one by one according to her requirements.

In the light sound of clanging, the craniotomy was carried out smoothly, and Duanmu Youning devoted himself to the operation, naturally not feeling the passage of time. The people waiting outside the door felt as if time had frozen, especially Suo Mingze, who was as anxious as ants on a hot pot, tirelessly turning around.

Although he didn't feel it, the people who accompanied him felt that his leg was about to be broken. In the midst of the waiting of each mind, this craniotomy turned out to be from the beginning of the morning sun to the setting sun. Although the imperial dining room sent the lunch with all the colors and flavors, Suo Mingze, who had no appetite, didn't even drink saliva.

Just when everyone couldn't wait any longer and felt like they were about to collapse, Duanmu Youning finally opened the door and walked out, with a strong tiredness in his eyes: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, the craniotomy was a success." ”

With just this sentence, Suo Mingze suddenly felt weak, and almost collapsed on the ground! His eyes immediately shot out of ecstasy, and his voice trembled like words: "Li'er is okay?"

"It's going to be fine for now. Duanmu Youning said more cautiously, "It's just that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's condition is more serious than Caomin expected, so he will be in a coma for a while and won't wake up immediately." Relevant precautions: The grass people will tell the palace maids and guards who are in charge of serving, please rest assured, the emperor. ”

"Okay! Okay!" Suo Mingze nodded again and again, tears almost coming out of his eyes, "Ning You, you have made a great contribution this time, I will definitely be rewarded! But I see that you are not lightly tired, go back and rest first, I will definitely not treat you badly!"

Duanmu Youning was already so tired that she fell apart, not to mention that she didn't come for a heavy reward, so she immediately said goodbye and went back to her room to rest first. But before leaving, she gently handed Jiang Mingyue a look, Jiang Mingyue understood, nodded without a trace, and signaled her to rest assured.

Ordering the Xuanyi Guard and the Imperial Forest Army to protect Suo Tianli day and night, Suo Mingze followed and took the White Eagle back to the imperial study and asked, "White Eagle, what else did the assassin say?"

"Back to the emperor, no," Bai Ying shook his head regretfully, "Obviously, the other party assassinated Ning You in order to prevent him from saving His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, which means that the real target of the mastermind behind the scenes is the crown prince!"

"Damn!" Suo Mingze slammed his fist on the table, his eyes gloomy, "You dare to openly murder the prince, am I a dead man?!"

Knowing that he was really angry, White Eagle didn't dare to speak casually, and lowered his head in silence. Fortunately, Suo Mingze then controlled himself, and just said coldly ...

Said: "Even if you don't sleep for the past few days, you must ensure that Li'er is safe and sound! If there are any more people with bad intentions, they will be dismembered!"

"Yes!"

Bai Ying agreed to retreat, and Suo Mingze sat behind the table, silently extracted a list of suspects, and began to compare the possibility of committing the crime in detail.

Don't think too stupidly about the king of a country, he will never be an idiot if he can rule a country smoothly for more than ten years.

As Suo Tianli's mother, Pu Pingzhu wanted to stay and take care of him personally. But there were already people waiting in the East Palace, Duanmu Youning trained a few palace maids in advance and taught them some necessary nursing knowledge, she stayed here not only could not help, but seemed to be in the way, so she had to leave temporarily.

returned to the queen's dormitory, Qifeng Palace, and before he could gain a firm foothold, a maid came to report, saying that the second prince asked to see him. Pu Pingzhu frowned: "Please let him in." ”

After a while, Suo Tianwei stepped in and saluted with a smile: "Erchen see the queen mother!"

"Excuse me, sit down. He had almost no contact with these two princes on weekdays, and Pu Pingzhu was very curious about his intentions, "Wei'er, do you have something to do with the palace?"

Suo Tianwei thanked him, didn't sit down, smiled more and more, and looked at the servant girl waiting next to him quietly.

Pu Pingzhu understood, waved his hand and ordered everyone to retreat, and Suo Tianwei opened his mouth with a smile: "Actually, it's not important, but there is something I want to ask the queen to take a look." ”

As he spoke, he took out a bag from his arms and put it in front of Pu Pingzhu, and then took two steps back. Pu Pingzhu became more and more strange, reached out and picked up the bag and opened it, and took out the contents of it. However, at this moment, her face changed suddenly, and she threw the thing out with a flick of her hand, almost instinctively, and screamed in exclamation: "Ah......! Where did you find this thing?!Take it! Take it away!"

Suo Tianwei jumped forward, grabbed the thing in his hand along with the brocade, and smiled proudly: "This is not bothering the queen's mother, Erchen thinks that what Niangniang should care about the most is why Erchen shows you this thing." ”

Pu Pingzhu was still panting violently, and his face was full of horror as if he had seen a ghost. Hearing this, she suddenly looked up at Suo Tianwei, as if she felt that the man in front of her was much more terrifying than a ghost!