Capital.

Royal Palace, Imperial Garden.

Dressed in a yellow dragon robe, Emperor Xia sat in the pavilion and tasted the fragrant tea in his hand.

At this moment, a soldier in armor suddenly appeared behind him.

"Your Majesty, your subordinates have found out that the news that His Royal Highness the Eighth Highness sent someone to assassinate His Highness the Ninth Highness was sent by His Highness to spread it."

Hearing this, the teacup in Emperor Xia's hand burst instantly, and Emperor Xia snorted coldly and said, "These children of mine are really getting more and more unable to sit still, could it be that they are all looking forward to my early death?" Are they so anxious to take the crown prince? ”

After seeing that Emperor Xia was angry, Situ Ce, the national teacher sitting opposite Emperor Xia, immediately said: "Your Majesty is angry, the position of the crown prince is undecided, and it is not surprising that there will be a situation where brothers attack each other. ”

Hearing this, Emperor Xia laughed, and then said: "National Teacher, you dare to say this to me, if someone else asks me to make a prince early, I will definitely let people drag him down to fight a hundred battles." ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Xia got up from the stone bench and looked at the lotus pond in the imperial garden with his hands behind his back.

"To be honest, I'm more curious about how Xiao Jiu survived than what happened in the capital."

Emperor Xia's thoughts were similar to Lu Shuyun's, even if the Chu family really sent a mysterious grandmaster to protect Lu Chen, there was a high probability that the assassination of Blood Moon Tower would be successful.

According to the information obtained by the shadow guard, the Blood Moon Tower sent a half-step grandmaster this time, as well as five nine pins to Beijun.

In addition, Lu Shuyun himself had planted some chess pieces in Beijun, and if they worked together, even if there was a grandmaster, it was unlikely that Beiwang would survive.

But the king of the north just survived.

This made Emperor Xia wonder, is the mysterious grandmaster beside the North King really just a grandmaster?

Situ Ce said at this time: "The Ninth Highness was able to survive, perhaps because His Highness the Ninth Highness should not be killed, and it was due to luck. ”

Emperor Xia said lightly: "That's it, the farce should also end, since the Chu family has not sent someone to Beijun to contact Xiao Jiu recently, then let Xiao Jiu toss in Beijun, and I don't plan to ask about him in the future." ”

Emperor Xia has asked people to investigate the Chu family recently, and found that the Chu family has not taken any action except for sending Chu Yuqin and the mysterious grandmaster to protect Lu Chen to Beijun at the beginning.

I didn't send anyone to contact Lu Chen, and it really looked like I had given up on Lu Chen.

Even Emperor Xia heard that the Chu family was very dissatisfied with Chu Xiong, the head of the family, and was already clamoring to change the head of the family.

Chu Xiong himself is already unable to protect himself, and it is normal for him to have no heart to care about Lu Chen, who is far away in Beijun.

Emperor Xia immediately said to the red-robed eunuch beside him: "Pass on my password, the eldest prince spreads rumors everywhere, which damages the royal majesty and is grounded for three months. ”

"As for the Eighth Prince......"

Speaking of this, Emperor Xia paused for a moment, and then continued: "Gonggong Liu, you go and talk to the Eighth Prince later, and let him stop in moderation." ”

Hearing this, the red-robed eunuch in front of Emperor Xia immediately said, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Then Gonggong Liu left the palace and went to the mansions of the eldest prince and the eighth prince to deliver the decree.

Meanwhile.

Jiangnan, Sufeng City.

Chu family.

An old man with gray hair was sitting in the courtyard, holding a letter in his hand and looking at it repeatedly.

At this time, a middle-aged man in a blue brocade robe came in at the entrance of the courtyard.

"Dad, didn't you say that you don't care about the affairs of the Northern Wangfu for the time being, why don't you let Qin'er come back? And you even quietly sent a grandmaster to protect the Northern King! ”

The man's name is Chu Hongfei, and he is Chu Xiong's son, that is, Lu Chen's uncle.

Chu Hongfei was in a very bad mood after learning that there was a mysterious grandmaster in the Beiwang Mansion, although Lu Chen was his nephew, but he and Lu Chen did not have much intersection, let alone any good feelings.

What's more, the woman he likes has been following the king of the north, which makes Chu Hongfei even more unhappy.

As for who the woman he likes, it is naturally Chu Yuqin.

Facing his son's questioning, Chu Xiong was silent for a moment, and then asked rhetorically, "Hongfei, do you really think that the grandmaster of the Northern Wangfu was sent by me?" ”

Hearing Chu Xiong's words, Chu Hongfei was stunned for a moment, and then he said, "Except for you, who would send a grandmaster to protect a waste prince." ”

In Chu Hongfei's opinion, Chu Xiong probably thought that Lu Chen was his grandson, so he was afraid that he would be injured. So he sent a guru over.

Chu Xiong sighed at this time and said, "I did think about sending a grandmaster to protect the Northern King, but when I thought of the various actions in the capital recently, I finally gave up this idea. ”

"I don't know where that mysterious grandmaster came from."

"And Yuqin was her volunteer to go to Beijun with the king of Bei, and now she doesn't listen to the Chu family."

At this time, Chu Hongfei showed a suspicious look on his face, and then he asked, "Dad, you won't be lying to me, right?" ”

"If it weren't for your orders, how could Qin'er have followed a waste who doesn't know how to learn? I don't believe it. ”

Chu Xiong hated the iron and said with a sense of iron: "Now Emperor Xia's actions are continuous, the commander of the forbidden army in the capital has changed and changed, even Zhou Wangtian has been raided and exterminated, and Mu Changtian is also imprisoned in the capital, Emperor Xia is obviously going to use the knife against the family next, I still dare to have too much contact with the North King at this time, you are really confused when I am old, I am afraid that Emperor Xia's knife will not come down fast enough?" ”

"As for Yuqin, I advise you that the kid had better die early, although her husband died on the first day she married into the Wang family, but she is still the daughter-in-law of the Wang family."

Hearing Chu Xiong's words, Chu Hongfei said thoughtfully: "Dad, if it is really not the grandmaster you sent to Beijun, then there should be no grandmaster who will protect the Beiwang?" ”

Chu Xiong touched his gray beard, and then said: "I was also puzzled when I saw this news at first, but I just received news from the capital, and this matter may have something to do with the eldest prince." ”

Speaking of this, Chu Xiong handed the letter in his hand to Chu Hongfei, Chu Hongfei picked up the letter and glanced at it, the expression on his face changed and changed.

Then he said: "Dad, do you think that the eldest prince sent the grandmaster to protect the Northern King, and he wants to win over our Chu family in this way?" ”

Chu Xiong said lightly: "It's not to win over the Chu family, but to win over me." ”

The letter in Chu Hongfei's hand was sent by the Chu family's spies in the capital, and the spies found out that the eldest prince had spread news related to the Northern King several times, including the news that the Eighth Prince sent someone to assassinate the Northern King spread in the capital this time was also spread by the eldest prince.

It seems that the eldest prince is protecting the king of the north.

But Chu Xiong is not a fool, this is obviously what the eldest prince did for him.

As for whether the grandmaster next to the North King is the Great Prince's subordinate, it's really hard to say.

As the eldest prince, the person most likely to become the crown prince, there is no doubt that he must have a grandmaster under him.

But the grandmaster is not a cabbage, the eldest prince himself needs the protection of the grandmaster, if the grandmaster is sent to protect the king of the north, then who in the capital will protect him, unless there is more than one grandmaster by his side.

At this time, Chu Hongfei put the letter on the stone table, and then said: "I don't care, no matter what, Qin'er must come back, what to do with a waste prince in Beijun, the environment in Beijun is so bad, she can only suffer in Beijun." ”

Hearing this, Chu Xiong didn't come out angrily, and said angrily: "I think about women every day, you just have a little bit of talent!" Now that the Chu family is about to be in disaster, you are still thinking about women! ”

Chu Hongfei said indifferently: "What does the Chu family's catastrophe have to do with me, when the time comes, I will take Qin'er to the Dawu Dynasty." ”

Hearing Chu Hongfei's words, Chu Xiong almost didn't come up in one breath.

"Get out! Get out of here! Chu Xiong scolded loudly.

Chu Hongfei saw that Chu Xiong was angry, and hurriedly left the courtyard.

After Chu Hong flew away, Chu Xiong looked at the empty courtyard, sighed deeply and said, "Yue'er, it's my father who can't stand you, he didn't protect you at the beginning, and now he doesn't even dare to send someone to protect your child." ”

(End of chapter)