The crooked moon is hanging above the dark sky.

Although there is no bright moonlight shining on the earth in Kyoto on the second night of the new year, but at this moment Kyoto is as bright as day, and the lively atmosphere in the restaurants and halls has reached the extreme, and the over-standard banquet held in the Moon Worship Tower has come to an end.

The banquet in the Moon Worship Tower was full of calculations, and it lasted less than an hour.

But it was precisely this hour's work that set off a bloody storm in Qingguo Kyoto, and the people who got the news were all terrified by the thunderous methods of the Supervision Yuan tonight.

This is undoubtedly the most direct and ferocious response to the assassination on the outskirts of Beijing.

Since you can't find the real murderer, you can simply kill indiscriminately.

People have a better understanding of the Inspectorate.

It's just that Fan Xian, the central focus of tonight's topic, is not as happy as people imagined.

Lu Ze had already gotten into the car to go back to the East Palace, tonight's dinner was obviously more delicious than expected, thinking that Fan Xian's face would not look good at this time, Lu Ze's face was full of smiles, and he lifted the curtain of the car, so that the night breeze outside came in.

"Kyoto is still lively enough tonight."

"After tonight, the second brother lost the power that really belonged to him, and in the future, he could only tie the palace to the carriage of the eldest princess and the Ye family, and the whetstone lost its original function, and finally it was thrown away as a waste stone."

Lu Ze muttered to himself in his heart, and after a long time, he raised his head and looked at the direction of the majestic palace in the distance through the car window, with a bit of mockery in his eyes.

The various behaviors of Fan Xian and the Supervision Yuan tonight were obviously the result of Emperor Qing's acquiescence.

Our second prince did not show more amazing things in this treacherous Kyoto, coupled with his previous alliance with Li Yunrui to smuggle in the inner library, Li Chengze's subordinates became victims of Fan Xian's anger tonight.

Emperor Qing seems to have deliberately united the people in Kyoto.

Therefore, after he knew that someone in the military dared to openly attack Fan Xian in the suburbs of Beijing, although he was angry, he also had a feeling of joy in his heart, His Majesty the Emperor, who had been in the supreme position for many years, very much wanted to see someone jump out to challenge the authority of the king.

Emperor Qing is a very conceited person.

His Majesty the Emperor thought about finishing his work in one battle, but he still felt that the water in Kyoto was too shallow, and he wanted to completely turn Kyoto upside down and break everyone's hearts to see, just like Li Yunrui's evaluation of Emperor Qing, this is a conceited, but extremely suspicious emperor.

"Eat and drink enough, go home and warm the kang head for your wife and children."

"Fan Xian... I hope you can be more stable, or you will have to go back and forth."

"Tonight, I think I'll have to turn around and head to Mud Bottle Alley."

......

The second prince, who was full of indifference, also left the Moon Worship Tower shortly after Lu Ze left.

The reason why the second prince stayed in the end was to ask him in front of Fan Xian why he did it to himself, tonight's forces that belonged to him in Beijing were uprooted, and even his friend Xie Bi'an, who had been with him for many years, died in the alley.

The hand under the sleeve of the second prince trembled uncontrollably.

Now there are only two ways in front of him, honestly withdraw from this cruel war, just like that old Jing prince, who locked himself in the courtyard of the palace all day long, and chose to escape everything with his ass pouted high.

And the other way is... Burn one's ship.

Thinking of what his wife Ye Ling'er in the palace said to him during this time, Li Chengze's face turned pale, and the corners of his mouth raised a mocking smile: "The road to the heir, where is there a way out? If it doesn't work, the mother would rather die."

Fan Xian watched the second prince leave slowly from the moon worship tower.

As Lu Ze said, Fan Xian's mood at this moment was not as good as he imagined.

Lu Ze's words before leaving were like sharp daggers, and they were fiercely inserted into Xiao Fan's heart, because Lu Ze obviously saw the real intention behind Fan Xian's crazy move-

Fan Xian was afraid.

Because he was afraid.

That's why he used such crazy actions to show his attitude.

Fan Xian's weakness has already been exposed from the time of the assassination on the outskirts of Beijing, such as Fan Xian's level of force at this time, it is very difficult to deal with a team holding a strong crossbow in the army, but if he, a master of the nine grades, wants to escape, the sergeants can't stop him anyway.

But unfortunately, Master Xiao Fan attaches great importance to the safety of his subordinates.

When the details of the canyon assassination were revealed, this advantage of Fan Xian became a weakness that could be broken in the eyes of those who care, at least the future helmsman of the Supervision Yuan was far less hard-hearted than the one in the wheelchair at the moment.

Tonight's Fan Xian's mind has not calmed down for a long time.

Finally going to the gloomy courtyard, Lord Tisi's arrival did not seem to attract the attention of everyone on duty, because Dean Chen had given the order early on, apparently expecting that Lord Xiao Fan would come to him tonight.

At this time, Chen Pingping leaned against the warm fireplace, with a somewhat comfortable expression on her face, and after seeing Fan Xian, she opened her hazy eyes and said with a smile, "You're here."

This is the first time Fan Xian has seen Chen Pingping since he was assassinated in the suburbs of Beijing.

"I need to know your plans."

Fan Xian stared at the old man in the wheelchair in front of him, compared to the Dean Chen he had just seen when he entered Beijing, at this time, Chen Pingping's face was wrinkled, his eye sockets were more sunken, and his old age was fully revealed, and there was a sense of twilight hanging over his body.

"This assassination on the outskirts of Beijing has nothing to do with me."

"Everything has to be grasped in a plan to be called a plan."

"The enemy has even moved something like a crossbow, and you will die at any moment, do you think I will come up with such a plan that will not be on the table? This time it's just... Accident."

Fan Xian sneered, "Do you think I'm stupid? If those people didn't have the cooperation of the courtyard, or even said that they didn't have the information in the courtyard, how could they know the specific itinerary of me, the director of the Supervision Yuan? I'm going out to relax, but I'm not a fool to show my back completely."

Chen Pingping's eyebrows lowered, and she didn't continue to answer Fan Xian's question: "No matter what, you should have vented the evil anger in your heart tonight, right? At least you are standing in front of me now, and your enemies will pay a terrible price tonight and tomorrow morning."

Unexpectedly, Fan Xian shook his head directly, Lu Ze's smiling face appeared in his heart, and his mood suddenly became more uncomfortable.

If Ruoruo really marries into the East Palace, Fan Xian has the heart to kill.

Chen Pingping seemed to know what Fan Xian was thinking at the moment, he curled up his hands in the woolen blanket, and said softly: "I didn't ask about tonight's actions, but presumably the result should be good, the second prince's side has completely lost the power to compete for the crown... You're because of the Prince, right? Not being able to do anything to this Donggong is where your heart knots lie."

Listening to Chen Pingping's words, Fan Xian's brows furrowed.

Lu Ze's identity is extremely special, Fan Xian can use the Supervision Yuan to do it to the second prince's subordinates tonight, but he can't do it to Lu Ze in this way, because Lu Ze occupies the identity of the prince of the East Palace.

Fight for savings, fight for savings...

Right now, the prince of Qingguo is still sitting in the position of the East Palace, which prince is fighting for?

Tonight, the people on duty in the Supervision Yuan knew that the two most powerful people in the courtyard would have a conversation, so there was no one left next to the house, and both of them had a surging contempt for the imperial power in their bones, and the topic of discussion was naturally a little rebellious.

Thinking of Lu Ze's various performances at tonight's dinner, Fan Xian's heart sank even more.

The enmity between him and the second prince is only because of interests, but the hatred between his own family and the queen is forged with countless blood, Fan Xian did not forget that when he was a child, there was an assassin who went to Danzhou to assassinate him, which was nominally a killer sent by Aunt Liu, but in fact it was the handiwork of the queen and the eldest princess.

"I... I can't find his weaknesses."

Fan Xian's tone was a little distressed and unwilling.

In fact, Lu Ze is not without a place to dig deeply, but the crux of the problem is that in the final analysis, these things are only trivial, and it is difficult to fundamentally shake the status of the East Palace.

Chen Pingping was silent.

In fact, in his original plan, the prince had a point in his body that could completely defeat him and the eldest princess, but he didn't expect that His Royal Highness the prince would take the initiative to jump out of the pit, which made Chen Pingping feel very sorry to this day.

"There's no need to make a move against the East Palace."

When Fan Xian heard Chen Pingping's words, he immediately got up from his chair and stared at the old cripple in front of him: "Didn't you tell me about the bloody night in Kyoto before? Once the crown prince ascends to the throne, won't we become swords on the eucalyptus?"

Chen Pingping glanced at him and snorted lightly: "You are dealing with the second prince, in the final analysis, you are only dealing with those under him, can you still pretend to be crazy and go directly to kill the second prince?"

Fan Xian knew what Chen Pingping had not finished speaking.

In fact, the real purpose of sweeping away the foundation of the second prince this time is to force the second prince to another path.

And that road is precisely the road that Emperor Qing does not allow the princes to set foot on.

Fan Xian looked at the shallow smile on the corner of Chen Pingping's mouth, and instantly understood what he really meant.

Thinking of this, Fan Xian's face couldn't help but become shocked.

"That's right."

"I mean... The prince is already on that road, so why use us to persecute him again?"

Fan Xian was silent for a long time.

At this time, he suddenly remembered a classic quote - why did Your Majesty rebel?

This prince of the East Palace, can't he even wait for twenty or thirty years of hard work?

"Royals, are they all so crazy?"

Listening to Fan Xian, who was muttering to himself, Chen Pingping smiled dumbly: "Aren't you also a royal person?"

......

Mud Bottle Alley.

An extremely quiet and atmospheric house is located here.

Although it is called an alley, in fact, the specifications here are only slightly smaller than the Weiyang Avenue in front of the palace, and the extravagant mansion is built according to the specifications of the prince's mansion, and there is an old man in cotton clothes watering the ground in the courtyard.

Even the deputy envoy Chen, who was not afraid of Fan Xian in the Moon Worship Tower tonight, had to be extremely cautious when he walked into this farmhouse.

Although the area is cultivated with some very common cuisines.

But because of the owner of this place, everything that is ordinary here seems so unusual.

Serving as the chief envoy of the Privy Council for more than 30 years, the old man of the Qin family does not know how many emperors he has served, this number one person in the military, even if he is extremely weak at the moment, but he is still the Dinghai Divine Needle in the army.

"His Royal Highness the Prince... Why did you come to my yard?"

At this moment, the old man of the Qin family frowned tightly, and his slightly cloudy eyes looked at Lu Ze who suddenly appeared in the courtyard, he didn't even know how Lu Ze came here, and the thoughts in his heart quickly turned.

His Majesty the Emperor strictly forbade the princes to have anything to do with the military.

Old Man Qin knew what this Majesty's reverse scale was, so he was extremely unhappy with Lu Ze's sudden appearance.

"Elder Qin, you dare to openly use private soldiers to assassinate the Inspectorate of the Supervision Yuan, and you are still worried that this palace will enter the door of the Qin family?"

Lu Ze's words made the old man in the field opposite tense instantly.

Lu Ze leaned under the big tree, and when he saw this, he smiled dumbly: "I'm in a hurry to go back, so to make a long story short, you were dragged into the water by the eldest princess and Chen Pingping, and there is no way back at this moment."

Old Man Qin's eyebrows drooped.

He knew that Donggong had changed a lot in the past two and a half years, but he didn't expect it to become like this.

"Your Highness, I don't know what you're talking about."

Lu Ze shook his head and couldn't help but sigh.

These old kings in Beijing should have been tempered by Emperor Qing for many years, and all of them are mellow and not look good, even if some things are

When the evidence came to the front, it was all beaten to death and could not be recognized.

"Huh? Is that so?"

"That palace is waiting for Elder Qin in the imperial study."

Lu Ze turned his head and planned to leave.

Soon, Old Man Qin's faint voice sounded: "His Royal Highness the Prince... Could it be that you want to use my Qin family?"

Lu Ze turned his head and glanced at him coldly: "Elder Qin should be happy, now that your Qin family still has use value, since it has been launched, it is impossible to go ashore again."

Qin Lao was silent.

He didn't know how Donggong learned about the assassination on the outskirts of Beijing.

He only knew that the current Qin family could no longer sit on the shore and watch the fire as before.

"I don't know Your Highness... What do you want to do?"

Doubts flashed in Qin Lao's eyes.

This is the doubt of Old Man Qin, and it is also the doubt of Fan Xian in the Supervision Yuan.

Everyone doesn't know why the prince of the East Palace chose to go to this troubled water, and anyone with a discerning eye knows that as long as the East Palace doesn't do anything and doesn't make big mistakes, he can sit on the throne safely, and His Majesty's territory after a hundred years belongs to the foundation of the new emperor.

So, why is that?

Probably, only the old guy in the wheelchair could faintly detect something.

"Conceited."

"Our Great Emperor His Majesty is conceited, but this Eastern Palace Prince is just as conceited, even worse."

"Does this Highness think that with the help of the temple, he will be able to overthrow the old heavens of Qingguo?"