Yao Pu, dead?

The prince's pupils were dilated, his lips were slightly open, and his surprised expression couldn't be contained.

How did Yao Pu die?

Yao Pu has followed him for nearly twenty years and is his right-hand man. Although he has not done things as properly in the past two years, and some places have displeased him, he still trusts Yao Pu the most after all.

Actually dead?

Moreover, this news still came from Yan Huaduan, a useless person.

In the past few days, no such news has ever reached the capital, and he did not know that this would happen.

Caught off guard for a moment, there was only a blank space left in his mind for a short time.

The blue sky of the lake is intertwined with blue and white clouds, and the red bricks and yellow-gray walls of the courtyard are presented in his inky eyes.

Suddenly, the sky darkened a little, and the sun was obscured by clouds, leaving only a hazy gray.

"How did you die?" The prince asked, his stunned eyes returning to normal, and the shadows in his eyes gradually disappeared.

Yan Huaduan secretly observed him, and hurriedly lowered his head when he saw his gaze.

"Lord Yao, he was killed." He said, his face was sad and lamenting, and there was a little shame, "As for who it is, the minister is incompetent and has not found out, so hurry back to Beijing to report this matter to His Highness." ”

"He was killed?" The prince pondered and said to himself, "Is there anyone else in the world who can kill him?" Unless...... It's him. ”

As he spoke, he began to walk slowly towards the side hall, oblivious to the problems of the people around him.

Yan Huaduan called His Highness a few words, but he didn't get a response, he thought about it and followed into the side hall.

This side hall is located in the south of the East Palace, away from the palace wall, no one is noisy, quiet and abnormal, the prince will come here to read books on weekdays, deal with some court affairs.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Yan Huaduan called out tentatively again, and his voice collided back and forth in the empty side hall.

Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said it very quietly, he still heard it, and he was very curious about who "he" in His Highness's mouth was.

The prince walked to the black wooden square table in front of the hall and took out a letter from the dark grid, the letter was written to him by Yao Pu more than ten days ago, and it was written by Yao Pu more than ten days ago, and it was in familiar handwriting, and he would not admit it wrong.

"Where is the body?" He said lightly, read the letter again, and threw it aside without finding anything unusual.

Yan Huaduan replied respectfully: "The minister found Lord Yao in the woods behind a ruined temple in the direction of Yizhou after leaving Gwangju, as well as his subordinate Mu Ji. ”

"Muji is dead too?" The crown prince sighed, his eyes were determined, "It seems that it is him, apart from him, this palace can't think of anyone else." ”

Yan Huaduan's eyes were even more suspicious.

As an ordinary official of the Hanlin Academy, he does not have a wide range of connections, although he has made friends with some ministers of the imperial court, but at this moment, no matter how he thinks about it, he can't think of who the person who did this is.

He looked at the crown prince and asked tentatively, "His Royal Highness the prince, who is that......

The prince curled his lips and sneered.

"It's him, Xue Yijian."

"Xue Yijian?" Yan Huaduan frowned and thought about it, and only remembered such a person after thinking for a while.

Xue Yijian.

It is the person who became the king's house.

I heard that it was the guard who protected His Royal Highness King Cheng's side concubine, a person from the rivers and lakes, who was met by His Royal Highness King Cheng when he traveled abroad, and later deliberately brought people back to the capital and sent them to the side concubine Niangniang.

He remembered that this person's martial arts were very high, and when he got angry, he didn't recognize his relatives.

Thirteen years ago, the side concubine Niangniang died, this Xue Yijian fought against the people in the Chengwang Mansion and the Yao Da who came to the mansion to check, and fled after injuring people, and disappeared for many years.

Yan Huaduan was about to forget about this person, but he didn't expect Xue Yijian to appear in everyone's sight in such a way.

As soon as he appeared, he directly killed the prince's right-hand man, Lord Yao.

Sure enough, it's extraordinary, killing people invisibly.

Yan Huaduan gasped.

It's good that he wasn't with Yao Pu, otherwise he would have become a dead man.

The prince glanced at him, and the corners of his lips rose more and more.

"What, you're scared?" He said, with a hint of sarcasm in his cheerful tone.

Of course, Yan Huaduan can't say that he is afraid, even if he is weak in his heart and wants to die, he must not admit it.

"I'm not afraid." He said, "Xue Yijian is now a lost dog, no matter how capable he is, he can't set off any waves." His masters are dead, and he's just the end of the bar! The minister is not afraid at all. ”

He spoke sonorously and vigorously, with a solemn and proud expression, and thought to himself that these words would definitely satisfy His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and he would not care about what he had not done.

But I don't know if it was his words that touched His Royal Highness the Prince's scales, Yan Huaduan only looked at him, his face became cold for a moment, and then his back suddenly became cold.

"Get out!" The prince said, flicking his sleeves vigorously, and the wide sleeves touched the glass lamp on the table, and with a bang, the fragments scattered all over the ground.

The sound was so loud that it almost punctured the eardrums of those present.

Yan Hua sweated on his forehead, his face instantly turned pale, he knelt down in a panic, wanting to defend but didn't know where to start, so he had to beg for mercy repeatedly.

The subordinate officials couldn't help but wave at him on the side, signaling him to be obedient and leave quickly, but Yan Huaduan didn't see it at all, and kowtowed one after another to ask for guilt.

"Your Highness, the minister said the wrong thing, and the minister is guilty......"

The subordinate officials have been following the prince for the longest time, and naturally they know the prince's temperament very well, and at this moment, the prince asked Lord Yan to get out, because he really didn't want to see him, and it could be solved by begging for mercy.

He stepped forward and whispered, "Your Highness told you to get out, you should leave quickly, Lord Yan." ”

As the prince's subordinate and a subordinate of the East Palace, of course he has to solve the troubles for the prince.

If this Lord Yan doesn't leave, His Royal Highness may really send someone to slap his mouth, just imagine, an adult of the Hanlin Academy, his face is so red and swollen that he comes out of the East Palace, and it doesn't sound good to spread out.

He must keep the good name of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Yan Huaduan heard his words as if grasping a life-saving straw, he trembled and hurriedly stood up, and after saying "the minister retreated", he pulled out his legs and ran out, and he disappeared all of a sudden, completely without the old and weak and hard work.

That's probably how a young strong man runs.

The subordinate officer shook his head and sighed, obviously helpless about Yan Huaduan's "feat".

"Your Highness is angry." He persuaded, "Lord Yan didn't speak lightly or heavily, and it was his fault to make you angry." ”

"But what we care about now is Lord Yao's business."

He soberly pulled the prince's sanity back.

The prince was silent and glanced at him lightly: "Send some people to check, he is dead, and this palace is not comfortable." ”

"Send Yu Dafeng another urgent letter and ask him to return to Beijing immediately."

After he said that, he sat down along the table, his eyes were silent, and he didn't know if he was thinking about Yao Pu or anything else.

The subordinate officials responded and withdrew from the side hall.

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Another mansion in the capital.

The green water surrounds the mountains, the mountains and rocks are stacked, the fragrance of flowers strikes people, and the breeze comes.

A young man sat in an octagonal pavilion watching a game of chess, and there was no one else across from him, except for two guards standing behind him.

He wore a brown embroidered bird robe, a light-colored cloak, a jade crown on his head, a face like white jade, his lips were vermilion, and his eyebrows were handsome and smooth, like the moon in the mountains, and the pine and bamboo in the forest.

Not far away, footsteps gradually walked in, and a black-clothed subordinate came to report.

"Your Highness, Yao Pu is dead." He said.

The young man's good-looking brow moved.

"Just dead? It's boring! His thoughts of watching chess were swept away.

"I thought he could make some big waves, but that's it." He pouted.

The corners of the subordinate's mouth twitched.

Obviously, a few days ago, His Royal Highness scolded Yao Pu in front of him, but today I heard that he died, so I changed my story.

He suppressed the words in his heart and said, "Your Highness, what should we do now?" Shouldn't you let Lord Xu ...... them?"

"Not yet." The young man raised his hand and raised his eyebrows slightly, "These days, let's leave their affairs alone, although my father has helped me, if I go too far, he may not be able to lose the face of the crown prince." Nowadays, we only need to do one thing well. ”

He looked into the distance, his eyes were meaningful, and those who didn't know thought that he had thought of some fun game.

His subordinates looked at him strangely and couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, what's the matter?" ”

The young man snorted twice.

"Haven't you heard, the crown prince wants to persuade his father to dissolve the marriage between Zhou Yunzhen and Fifteen." He said excitedly, waving his hand as he spoke, "Doesn't that mean that Zhou Yunzhen should come back?" ”

"Send a few men to look outside the city gates, and if you find him, you can report it. This time, I'm going to greet him well! ”

This greeting must not be the kind of friendly greeting, otherwise His Highness's tone of speech would not be such playful, it seems that someone in the capital is going to be beaten again.

The subordinates reluctantly responded yes.

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