Chang Lu knelt on the ground with a pale face, his body couldn't help but tremble, and big drops of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Seeing Chang Lu's weak appearance, the emperor didn't understand anything, raised his hand and grabbed a wine bottle and smashed it towards Chang Lu without thinking about it. Where did Chang Lu dare to hide, he could only bear it stubbornly.

"Master Chang, plotting against the monarch is a big crime for the Nine Clans, are you sure you want to fight alone?" Chu Muzhi stared at Chang Lu's pale face and said coldly.

Chang Lu's face turned pale, and he subconsciously glanced at the crown prince Chu Yanzhi who was standing next to him.

Just this glance made Chu Yanzhi's eyebrows tightly twist a knot, "Bastard, haven't you seen that this is a trap?" Don't say it yet! ”

Chang Lu was shocked and suddenly came back to his senses.

What, it turned out to be a trap, could it be ......

Not the Prince.

Thinking like this, his heart suddenly became half cold, and the whole person seemed to have fallen into an ice cave, cold to the bone, "Your Majesty, Wechen is wronged, Wechen doesn't know anything about this matter......"

"Lord Chang, people came out of the dungeon of your Dali Temple? You, as the Siqing of Dali Temple, don't know at all? Is Master Chang joking with this king? Chu Muzhi looked at Chang Lu, and a sneering smile appeared on the corner of his lips.

Chang Lu's face turned pale, and he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, Weichen really doesn't know...... Wechen only knew that Ping'an Boshizi had come to Dali Temple that day, and later Li Qingfeng, the head of Zuo Temple, came to report that a death row prisoner had died in the dungeon, and Wechen didn't care about it at that time......"

Chu Muzhi sneered, "Since it's dead, what about the corpse?" ”

"Wechen...... Wei Chen didn't know ......" Chang Lu hung his head, and big tears rolled down one after another.

"Father, what do you see?" Chu Muzhi turned to the emperor and asked.

The emperor smiled coldly, then flicked his robe, and a gloomy voice echoed throughout the hall, "Someone! Go to Ping'an Bofu and Li Mansion immediately! ”

"Yes."

Seeing the guards take the order and leave, the Zichen Hall suddenly returned to silence.

After the assassination of Zichen Hall tonight, it has snowballed bigger and bigger, first pulling out a Dali Temple Temple, and now even the Ping'an Bofu is involved, and the prince standing behind them is the prince! The people sitting in this Zichen Hall tonight, unless the concubines and princes are the emperor's uncles and brothers, many of them have experienced the rebellion of the Six Kings that year, and they still have lingering fears about the bloody palace rebellion......

"Hiss......" Suddenly, there was a gasp sound in the silent hall, Xiao Xi covered his injured hand slightly, and his face turned pale in pain.

Chu Yanzhi frowned, then raised his feet and walked to Xiao Xiwei's side, squatted down to help her and said, "What's wrong?" But the wound hurt. ”

Xiao Xi shook his head slightly, "It doesn't hurt." After that, her hand hidden in her sleeve gently shook Chu Yanzhi's palm, and a trace of worry faintly crossed her dark eyes.

Chu Yan was stunned, and then realized that Xiao Xiwei was worried about him.

The originally cold and hard heart inexplicably floated a trace of warmth.

Before he could finish moving, he suddenly noticed that Xiao Xiwei seemed to be writing in the palm of his hand, he frowned, as if unintentionally, he raised his other hand to comb Xiao Xiwei's sideburns to attract the attention of others, and his heart was trying to feel what Xiao Xiwei wrote in his palm.

Kill.

It's killing!

Kill whom? Zhu Rubai?

Chu Yanzhi's eyes swept through a trace of undercurrent.

He looked at Xiao Xiwei in disbelief, but saw that her eyes were cold.

Did she also think that this was a game against him? Whether it is Chang Lu or Zhu Rubai, the purpose is to involve him in it. It's just that......

Did she really want to help him?

Or is she also the most important part of the game?

For a while, Chu Yanzhi hesitated.

Everyone in this Zichen Palace, every face, had different thoughts, different calculations, and apart from himself, he found that he could not find a person he could fully trust.

Even Xiao Xiwei is the same.

As if sensing the distrust at the bottom of Chu Yanzhi's eyes, Xiao Xiwei's hand holding Chu Yanzhi suddenly let go, her long eyelashes trembled, and finally slowly drooped.

Just when Chu Yanzhi was hesitating, His Royal Highness Zichen suddenly heard a rush of footsteps.

"Your Majesty, Uncle Ping'an and the son have been brought."

Chu Yanzhi turned his face and saw that Ping An Bo was pushed in by the emperor's guards with a frightened face, and behind him, the prince Zhu Rubai was brought in by the guards.

Although the bodies killed in the Zichen Hall have been moved out, the red blood stains on the floor are still there, and the prince of Ping An Bo Shizi only saw the pool of blood on the floor, and immediately the whole person was planted on the ground, and his body kept trembling like a sifting chaff, "Your Majesty...... I don't know what crime the dog has committed? ”

Originally, it was a family banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve, and I didn't want the Royal Forest Army to rush in suddenly, and dragged Rubai away without saying a word, and the entire Ping'an Bo Mansion was also guarded by the Royal Forest Army.

As soon as Ping'an Bo's words were finished, at this time, there was another movement outside the hall, Xiao Xi fixed his eyes slightly, and saw that Li Qingfeng's father and son were also brought in.

Looking at the people kneeling on the ground, the emperor laughed coldly, "Since everyone is here, let's recruit it!" Say! Who is the person who planned the assassination of Zichen Hall this time! ”

Unlike Ping'an Bo Lipo's shock, Zhu Rubai and Li Qingfeng looked dead silent, leaning on the ground, not daring to move for a long time.

"Your Majesty...... Will there be any misunderstanding in this, the dog is timid by nature, and it is absolutely impossible to do such a rebellious thing. Ping'an Bo said, frightened and frightened, then turned his head, hated that iron could not become steel, and pulled Zhu Rubai, who was lying on the ground and soft into a puddle of mud, "Evil obstacles, don't you say it quickly!" ”

He didn't believe that Rubai would have the audacity to plot to assassinate the emperor for such a great crime of killing the emperor unless......

Zhu Rubai lay on the ground, trembling all over, but couldn't spit out a word for a long time.

Seeing this situation, Chu Muyi smiled and walked up to Li Qingfeng, "The prince refuses to say, then, Lord Li?" ”

Li Qingfeng was shocked, and hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Lord Wang, the lower official...... Xiaguan gave Ping'an Boshizi the intention to release the death row prisoner, but Xiaguan really didn't know what Ping'an Boshizi was planning to do...... The emperor is sage, and the ministers are wronged! Li Qingfeng said and kowtowed to the emperor on the throne.

"Li Qingfeng, you ...... What are you talking about? Ping An Bo pointed at Li Qingfeng, trembling with anger.

"That's it!" Suddenly, a furious voice rang out from the throne, accompanied by the sound of cups and saucers falling to the ground and shattering.

Ping An Bo trembled and hurriedly fell down.

"The people of the Penal Division! Since they don't speak, let them speak! The emperor's eyes were gloomy, and the green tendons on his forehead were protruding, obviously impatient.

As soon as he heard that he was going to use the people of the Prudent Punishment Division, Ping'an's face was like a vegetable, and he couldn't help but pull up Zhu Rubai, who was paralyzed on the ground, and raised his hand and swept it over with a cruel slap.

only heard a 'snap', and Zhu Rubai's entire right side of his face was swollen.

"Evil obstacles, you still don't say it! If you don't want to die, do you still want to compensate the entire Ping'an Bofu? Ping An Bo said.

In any case, there is an aftermath of this incident, and the only hope is to confess and be lenient......

Maybe it was really this slap that worked, Zhu Rubai, who was full of chaos, seemed to be a little more sober, he covered his hot and swollen cheeks, and cried and shouted, "Father......" Immediately, he told the ins and outs of the matter.

It turned out that just a few days ago, he unexpectedly learned that King Qin was secretly planning to assassinate Princess Yan on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, and he originally wanted to reveal this news to the prince, but he didn't want to, but a strategist next to him gave him another idea - to take this opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

Because, compared to the crime of assassinating Princess Yan, the crime of assassinating the emperor is obviously much greater.

Hearing Zhu Rubai's mouth say that this assassination was really his doing, Ping An Bo seemed to be dozens of years old in an instant, his face was purple and bruised, he pointed at Zhu Rubai's hand and kept trembling, and after a while, he heard him say, "Evil obstacles!" Evil creature! I, why did I give birth to such a sin as you...... ......Before he finished speaking, suddenly, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and then the whole person fell to the ground.

At this time, Zhu Rubo, who was sprayed with blood on his face by Ping'anbo, closed his eyes, sat down on the ground dejectedly, and kept muttering, "I, I didn't want to assassinate the emperor, I just ...... I'm just pretending! I don't really want to assassinate the emperor...... I'm not really ......."

After listening to his father and Zhu Rubai's words, Li Po had faintly felt that this must be a game that had already been laid out, whether it was Zhu Rubai, the son of the world, or his father, or even his father's top boss Chang Lu, they were just chess pieces in this game, and the person who was behind the scenes really had to deal with was the prince of the East Palace. And right now, the most critical person who can prove all this is the strategist, and he has to figure out where Zhu Rubai heard such news? Starting from these two points, then, whether it is the Li Mansion or the Ping'an Bo Mansion, there is still a possibility of turning over, otherwise once the crime of rebellion and assassination is confirmed, then they will be all finished......

Thinking of this, Li Po hurriedly pulled Zhu Rupo and asked anxiously, "Shizi, is that strategist?" Where is he now? ”

Hearing Li Po's question, Chu Yanzhi, who had been silent, looked at him with a glimmer of light.

There is finally another one in it that is not too stupid, and I immediately thought of the most critical point.

This incident was obviously coming at him, and he didn't know if there was a follow-up move, so the only thing he could do was to remain silent and not say anything, in case those people took advantage of the opportunity to make trouble. Since he can't say it, then, someone needs to open this mouth for him, originally he was still anxious that Haiyang was not there, Ping'an Bo fainted, and there was no one in the entire Zichen Hall to speak for him, but he didn't expect that there was a Li Po.

Hearing Li Po's words, Zhu Rubai raised his eyes and looked at him, and then his face collapsed, "No...... Gone......"

Since he knew that something like this would happen in the Zichen Hall tonight, how could he calm down, so as soon as he got into the night, he went to the famous strategist to discuss, but he didn't want to, he went to the backyard, but the person was nowhere to be found...... But even if he wanted to change his mind, it was too late.

Now that the bureau has been completed, there is naturally no reason to leave it behind.

Thinking of this, Li Po felt a chill in his heart, but he still had a glimmer of hope, "Where did you hear this news from that world?" ”