Si Lu was pressed into prison, and even if he explained in every possible way that his waist card had indeed fallen from the assassin's body, he couldn't figure out who was trying to frame him.

Guan Yan sat in the room with an ugly face, and the attendant beside him lowered his waist and whispered: "Your Royal Highness, the slave doesn't know whether to say a word or not. ”

Guan Yan said weakly: "Speak." ”

The entourage hooked his eyebrows and lowered his voice: "Now that the emperor is old, the crown prince's accession to the throne is a foregone conclusion, at such a juncture, the second prince was sent away, and his whereabouts are still unknown, and you were plotted again last night, which is suspicious." ”

"What do you mean?" Guan Yan asked in a condensed voice.

"The minion is just guessing, judging from the current situation, you are the biggest threat to the crown prince's accession to the throne."

The entourage flattered Guan Yan and said: "Si Lu is the closest person to the prince, and he does everything the prince commands, and the waist card dropped by the assassin is probably the best evidence of Si Lu's collusion with that person." ”

When Guan Yan heard this, he had to be suspicious of the prince.

Is that really the case?

In the dim cabin, Mo Chao looked at Guan Qin, who was sitting in front of him: "Second prince, I'm right, as soon as this matter comes out, the crown prince and the third prince really have a disagreement, so the prince's power will definitely be greatly weakened." ”

Guan Qin showed a pleased smile on his face: "You did a good job in this matter." ”

Mo Chao then said: "It's better to ...... We took advantage of the victory to pursue and completely knock down the prince. ”

Guan Qin looked at Mo Chao with a confident expression: "What are your plans?" ”

"In a few days, the emperor will go to the palace, and the favored concubines and the three princes in the palace will also go with him." Mo Chao paused: "During this time, the accompanying guards will be greatly reduced, and this is the best time for us to act. ”

Guan Qin was silent, and pondered for a moment: "Okay! It's up to you to make or break it! "Anyway, he has no way out, even if he dies, it is better than this!

Mo Chao greeted Guan Qin, turned around and exited the hut.

Mo Qingyuan was sorting out the documents in the military department at this time, although there were many people in the military department, but they were very lazy and procrastinating.

Just when Mo Qingyuan went out with a pile of papers, he saw Mo Chao's personal attendant and Lord Xue, the squire of the military department, coming in from the door with a serious expression, and the two of them hurriedly whispered and talked about something.

"This is a great crime to kill the head!" Xue Bin's voice came, and the two of them walked towards the innermost part of the courtyard.

"How can this horse's subordinate appear in the military department?" Mo Qingyuan said to himself.

As he spoke, he looked at the backs of the two of them, and looked puzzled: "What is it that makes Xue Bin so flustered, or is it a big crime to kill his head?" ”

As he spoke, he put down the paperwork in his hand and cautiously followed.

Through the window, Mo Qingyuan saw Xue Bin pacing back and forth in the room, his face dark: "This matter, are you sure he decided it like this?" ”

The man replied: "The second prince asked me to tell you that now the crown prince and the third prince are not on good terms, the power of both sides has been weakened, and the emperor of the dynasty is old and has long been tired of court politics, and now is the best time." ”

Xue Bin stopped and held on to the table: "But...... The emperor's side ......"

The man looked at Xue Bin with a hesitant expression: "The second prince also said that after the matter is completed, you will be the greatest hero, and you will be indispensable for glory and wealth." ”

Xue Bin narrowed his eyes, nodded, turned around and knelt on the table to write a ciphertext.

Pick it up and hand it to the man: "Then listen to your master, tomorrow the emperor will leave the palace, go back and tell him, don't drop the chain when the time comes." ”

Mo Qingyuan listened to the conversation between the two of them, and muttered in his heart, the day when the emperor went to the palace? What are they planning? Isn't the second prince missing?

Without further ado, I have to go back and tell my dad as soon as possible.

Mo Qingyuan hurried to the guard military office, and the guards at the door saw him in a hurry, and hurriedly took him to see Mo Zhi.

Mo Zhi saw his son enter the door, and his face was strange: "Qingyuan? What are you doing here? ”

Mo Qingyuan froze and pulled Mo Zhi behind the screen: "Dad, I saw a person in the military department today who shouldn't be there. ”

Mo Zhi looked at him suspiciously, and motioned for him to continue.

Mo Qingyuan said word by word: "It's the personal entourage of the horse Changyang." ”

When Mo Zhi heard the name Chang Yang, his heart trembled, didn't he go to Qingyuan?

As Mo Qingyuan told what had happened, Mo Zhi's face darkened little by little.

He grabbed Mo Qingyuan's shoulder, took out his token, and said calmly: "You take my waist card and go to the palace to find the emperor, be sure to tell the emperor carefully, I will go to the prince, and then I will arrive." ”

Mo Qingyuan took the token and turned around and rushed towards the palace.

Mo Zhi didn't delay for a moment, found the prince, and told him about it after careful consideration.

Guan Zhen's face was very ugly: "I said that day Si Lu became a criminal who colluded with assassins for no reason, it turned out that Guan Qin was making trouble." ”

Mo Zhi looked at Guan Zhen with an angry expression: "Without further ado, we have to hurry up to see the emperor." ”

The two immediately asked someone to prepare a carriage and rushed to the palace.

In the Heart Cultivation Palace, there were only four people, and the surroundings were silent, and the three of them stood under the hall, waiting for the emperor to speak.

The man in the dragon chair slowly opened his eyes, and grabbed the dragon head on the handle tightly with one hand: "This bastard thing, he also did the rebellion in the palace!" I thought that I would miss the father-son relationship between me and him, and not kill him, but I didn't expect him to put me to death. ”

He slammed the string of agate beads in his hand to the ground, and the beads crackled and fell to the ground, and the crisp sound echoed in the ears of several people.

Guan Zhen opened his mouth: "Father, don't be angry, the matter has come to this point, I think that staying any longer will inevitably cause a catastrophe." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Mo Zhi's two fathers and sons: "It's better to leave this matter to Mo Commander and the two fathers and sons, which can be regarded as a crime for failing to catch the second prince in the first place." ”

The emperor nodded slightly: "Just listen to the prince, Mo Zhi, the Imperial Forest Army is at your disposal, you don't want to waste my trust in you, you must catch the second prince." ”

Mo Zhi knelt on the ground with a serious expression: "My subordinates obey orders." ”

In the princess's mansion, the three of them were trembling, and they were pushed to the ground by the five flowers, their faces were covered with a black cloth, and several black-clothed people with fierce expressions around them were holding long knives and waiting for orders.

"My lord, the little one is just a messenger, but he hasn't made any mistakes! Bring your words every time, never delay! ”

"Master Pony, I'm just a cart puller, I've never offended you, please have a lot of them, let me go!"

Mo Chao looked at the three people who were kneeling and crying with displeasure: "It's really noisy and annoying." ”

One hand rubbed his eyebrows, and with a wave of his hand, the man holding the long knife fell from his hand, and the skulls of three people rolled to the ground.

The vicious man on the side lifted the black cloth on his head, one was the entourage who went to the military headquarters to report the news today, the other was the coachman who was always waiting at the end of the alley of Guanqin's residence, and the other was the assassin who carried out the assassination in the teahouse that day.

Mo Chao looked at the frightened horror on the faces of the three people: "Pull it down." ”

He then stood up and looked at the vibrant scene in the garden: "Now, it's clean." "It's done, he is the biggest hero of the founding of the country, and if he fails, he has to find a way to make the second prince unable to speak again.

……

The next day, the emperor took the palace concubines out of the palace on time, and the vast entourage was very spectacular.

In order to avoid startling the snake, Mo Zhi reduced the guards around the emperor and placed them all on the way to the palace, and also mobilized all the remaining royal forest troops to stand by at any time.

He also arranged for Mo Qingyuan to take some of the Ouchi masters to the palace in advance, get ready, and listen to his instructions.

When they arrived at the palace, the delicate concubines of each palace looked haggard and rested in their respective rooms, and the unaware palace maids and eunuchs were still busy cleaning the palace and preparing for tonight's singing and dancing dinner.

The night is getting thicker, and the long-term cold palace is lively tonight, the red lanterns are hung on the eaves, and the delicate concubines of each palace are tidying up and walking towards the main hall of the palace.

Mo Zhi outside the hall, as always, patrolled around the palace wall, his alert eyes scanning all suspicious movements.

"The emperor has arrived!" Gao Gonggong's shrill voice came from the door.

All the concubines in the palace stood up one after another and said in unison: "Greetings to the emperor, respectfully asking the emperor to be safe." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, they are flat." The emperor walked into the hall and sat on the dragon chair.

At the beginning of the dinner, a group of dancing girls walked up, gracefully dancing in the golden hall, the concubines on both sides were talking and laughing, only the man on the dragon chair, his face was heavy, and the atmosphere at the moment seemed a little out of place.

Mo Zhi's eyes were like torches, staring closely at the wind and grass around him, outside the palace, the Imperial Forest Army was ready to go, everyone was tense, paying attention to all the movements around him.

The guards who were placed by Mo Zhi on the only road leading to the palace listened attentively, as if there was the sound of horses' hooves, and the experienced guards immediately heard that there were definitely a lot of people, and they were afraid that the comers were not good, so they hurriedly got up and drove their horses to the palace.

Outside the palace, I met Mo Zhi who was patrolling, "Mo ...... Commander Mo, people are coming! ”

Mo Zhi's face changed, and he explained to wait and see the changes, so as not to startle the snake, and the people in the bright and dark places were already concentrating on standby, and sure enough, within half an hour, people came!

Mo Zhi immediately retreated to the palace gate and shouted: "Protect the emperor!" ”

The guards around the palace wall jumped out one after another, and in an instant, there was a sword light and sword shadow around them.

Mo Zhi saw Guan Qin personally commanding behind everyone at a glance, and he must not let him escape again this time! Seeing the right time, he pulled out the sword at his waist and stabbed towards Guan Qin.

Guan Qin had already taken precautions, and as soon as he turned around, the sword grazed his neck, and Mo Zhi took it back and dragged Guan Qin off the horse, and the two of them immediately fought together.

The concubines in the palace were already in chaos, and they all hid in the backyard, Guan Zhen and Mo Qingyuan held swords in their hands, protecting the emperor who had actually dropped his bag a long time ago.