Chapter 137 That Night

With a jingle, the eunuch's knife in his hand wiped the third prince's young body and pierced hard on the bluestone floor under the Chen corridor. A few grains of gravel collapsed, which shows how powerful it is.

The third prince twisted his body, screamed in a mess, kicking his feet, but he just avoided the knife, and the dagger he was shaking in his hand swung twice.

Two hissing sounds, the two eunuchs' lower robes were cut, revealing two broken holes. The eunuch had a cold face, and it seemed that he did not expect that the prince of the nobles of the heaven would carry a dagger at any time, and this dagger would be so sharp.

The dagger pulled out of his boot for the first time seemed to have not played the role he deserved. Although the dagger was sharp, it was held in the hands of an eleven or twelve-year-old boy.

At the moment of life and death, Li Chengping learned the courage of murder that Fan Xian had when he was twelve years old, but he did not learn the ability of his teacher to kill. Although the eunuch who killed people did not have any martial arts skills, he was strong and could not resist it.

A eunuch stepped on Li Chengping tightly on the ground. A eunuch stepped on Li Chengping's elbow, making him unable to move anymore. Looking at the thorn in his clothes, he shook his head, strangled Li Chengping's neck with one hand, and held the knife with the other, and stabbed him again!

Li Chengping breathed more and more difficult. He watched the knife stab and knew that he would die. He couldn't help but feel endless regret. He thought that when he swung the knife just now, he didn't even touch the other party's side. In despair, he couldn't help but give up, closed his eyes and cried.

However, I waited for a long time.

Li Chengping even felt the pain of the sharp object piercing into his chest, and the iron hand on his neck was cutting off his breathing... But he found that he was still alive and stepped on his body, and his feet did not seem to step on the ground forcefully.

He opened his eyes in horror, and then saw a scene that shocked him. He saw that the two eunuchs above him were also like him, with their terrified eyes. Two rays of black blood flowed from the corners of his eyes!

Li Chengping knew that his life would come back, so he screamed, pulled out his right hand from the eunuch's feet, and stabbed it hard on the calf that was stepping on his chest.

The dagger penetrated the flesh and a bloody flower bloomed.

Li Chengping struggled to stand up, looking at the two eunuchs who had been vicious and vicious before, falling down like two pieces of wood, and couldn't help but feel palpitations. His legs were trembling. He didn't dare to go forward to see what was going on, why the two eunuchs had black blood flowing from the corners of their eyes and fell down like this.

He looked down at the knife that was stuck in his chest, and then he felt endless pain and a tragic sound began to sound.

Fortunately, the eunuch was exhausted at the last moment when he stabbed the knife and could not continue to exert force. Only three points were inserted into the tip of the knife, which allowed Li Chengping to save his life almost again.

Li Chengping dragged his limp legs and walked to the two eunuchs who had died. He was afraid and felt endlessly confused, thinking that God was helping him and cast a curse on these two eunuchs?

It's not a curse - the awakened third prince finally understood. He stared at the two eunuchs' belly and clothes in a daze, then looked down at the black dagger in his hand.

The dagger in his hand was too sharp, so although he had just waved it twice before, he not only cut the eunuch's clothes, but also slightly wiped the skin under the other party's clothes. However, because the dagger was too sharp, or the teacher applied some medicine to the dagger, the two eunuchs didn't feel anything.

The dagger is quenched with the most powerful poison from the Supervision Bureau. As soon as the blade blew the skin and the medicine was bloody, it only took a moment to poison the two eunuchs and die. They did not even leave the last bit of time for the murder.

What awesome poison!

Li Chengping, who escaped from death, was trembling all over his body, holding the dagger tightly in his hand. Seeing the two eunuchs whose face gradually turned black, finally could not stand and fell to the ground. He knew in his heart that if it weren't for the powerful poison on the dagger, if these two eunuchs hadn't thought of this at all, then no matter how hard he struggled today, he would still be unable to escape the end of death.

He sat next to the two corpses with trembling body, his face pale, and he didn't know what he should do next. He was killed for the first time and killed for the first time. Even though he was a very powerful precocious prince, he was still shocked and confused.

I don’t know how long I sat there, but the twelve-year-old Li Chengping finally woke up and got up with some difficulty. Looking at the two corpses beside him, his eyes revealed complex emotions that children should not have. This emotion gradually turned from fear, helplessness, sadness, a little excitement... to calmness and anger.

Calm anger.

Who wants to kill him? Li Chengping didn't know, but he knew that he couldn't get out of his relationship with his brothers. He suddenly cried out, then clenched the dagger at his hand and stabbed him hard.

With one, two, three, he numb and mechanically stabbed the dagger into the body of the eunuch next to him, stabbing countless blood, and the blood finally splattered into black blood.

He hated these people, so he wanted to let the other party die thoroughly. Of course, he would be very careful not to let these blood poisons touch him.

After a while, he stopped crying in fear, stood up with the pillars, looked at the quiet and empty long passage of Chenling, his lips shook slightly, and then shouted loudly.

At the end of Chenling is the cold palace, and there are always palace maids in the cold palace.

"Mother, I don't want you to stay in the cold palace."

The weather in early autumn was not cold. In a wing room behind Hanguang Hall, the third prince was tightly wrapped in a large quilt. He looked at him with tears in his eyes, lowered his voice and said in a strong and cold tone: "I don't want to die. You can't die either."

Concubine Yi's eyes were red and she hugged him tightly.

The cold palace came to report the news before, and everyone realized that the third prince had sneaked out of Hanguang Hall and encountered an assassin in the deep palace! The queen mother was furious and ordered the inner palace to strengthen her defense. Not only did she arrest the assassin, she even angrily blamed the eunuchs and maids in Hanguang Hall. Even Guipin Yi did not let him go.

The Empress Dowager had been staying by the bed of the third prince in a coma and did not leave until she was previously.

When the empress dowager left, Li Chengping woke up and said this to his mother in a trembling voice. It was obvious that he pretended to be unconscious in front of the empress dowager. The third prince just had a secret fear of the empress dowager and did not want to face his grandmother.

"Don't worry..." Concubine Yi held her son, but Yu Jing didn't go away. She said in a trembling voice: "In Hanguang Palace, the Empress Dowager and the ancestors watched them, and they dared not do anything else."

Li Chengping's face was gloomy, knowing that his mother was just comforting him, but he didn't say anything. Concubine Yi looked down at her son. She wanted to speak but stopped, but she couldn't help but ask softly, "How did those two eunuchs... die? Whose landlords are they?"

"I don't know." Li Chengping did not explain the dagger. While calling for help, he had already hidden the dagger in the trees beside the hallway. There was a hint of horror in his eyes, and he looked at his mother and said, "I suddenly died... I don't know who wanted to kill me."

Concubine Yi was silent, looked around and found that there were too many people talking, and many eunuchs and palace maids were serving outside the wing room. It was indeed inconvenient to say too much, so she stopped talking.

Since she learned about the assassination of His Majesty, if she and the third prince were placed under house arrest in Hanguang Hall, they were not very clear about what was happening outside, but they knew that Fan Xian had been beaten to be a criminal offender, and the Fan family and Liu family were all under the control of the inner court, and the Empress Dowager looked at her with colder eyes.

Looking at the palace today, Concubine Yi felt a sense of coldness, and she thought to herself: "This Hanguang Palace may not be very safe."

At this moment, a middle-aged woman walked in from outside the house. It was the eldest prince's biological mother Ning Cairen. Concubine Yi quickly stood up and gave a gift. The two mothers looked at each other and sighed endlessly.

The prince also came to visit him. He comforted his younger brother a few words and promised to find out who the real murderer was. This was very sincere. However, Concubine Yi was always unable to listen. It was not until the night came, the people gradually left, and the house gradually became quiet. Concubine Yi looked at her son hidden in the quilt and said with a slight silence, "If it weren't for the prince, who would it be?"

The third prince was assassinated. Who is the most beneficial to the forces in Kyoto at this time? Concubine Yi involuntarily thought of a person's name, but she dared not say it out loud.

Li Chengping looked at his mother's thoughtful expression and felt a trembling heart. He knew that his mother was doubting who she was, so he shook his head firmly and said, "It's not a teacher."

Yes, Concubine Yi is suspicious of Fan Xian because there are a large number of civil officials in the court who are firmly standing by Fan Xian's side, using the so-called will and righteousness to attack the prince. If the third prince really dies in the palace, the prince will not be able to clear his crimes no matter what, and he will be at a disadvantage in his speech, and...

If Fan Xian is really sure to defeat the prince, what else can I do if the third brother is left? Concubine Yi looked at her son and said Youyou: "Although he is your teacher, he is not your cousin after all."

"He is my biological brother." The third prince said, biting his lips.

Concubine Yi sighed: "In this royal family, where is there any brotherly, master and disciple friendship? You have not told the Empress Dowager and the Prince before that the two eunuchs used to deceive you to Chenlang... If it weren't for your teacher's person, how could there be a token in your hand?"

The token is actually very simple, it is just a page in a book in the Peng family manor by West Lake in Hangzhou, Jiangnan... the third prince likes the most.

Li Chengping lowered his head: "I won't doubt the master... and I believe in his ability. If he really wants to kill me, he will make the palace mess for a while and will not use the token. These are all places where flaws are prone to. And the master... will never reveal so many flaws."

Concubine Yi forced herself to smile and said nothing. Emotionally and from the current critical situation, she was willing to believe her son's judgment of Fan Xian, because except for Fan Xian, the mother and son no longer had any trust.

"Yes... But I don't know when Lord Fan will rescue us." Concubine Yi thought in her heart. If Fan Xian really forced the prince to a state of retreating, the prince would have to risk the world's great trouble and use bloody means to suppress the ministers. At that time, I am afraid that his mother and son will never have a way out.

In the front hall of Hanguang Hall, everyone was silent, and the entire palace was shrouded in a depressing and tense atmosphere. The prince and the queen sat next to the empress dowager and gently beat the old man's back. The situation of this mother and son was much easier than that of Yi Guipin, but they also knew that the old woman must not have any problems under her fist.

"Auntie." The queen glanced at the queen mother and said timidly: "The third child is lucky..." She glanced at her again, "...I can survive like this. It seems that Fan Xian has really taught him a lot of things."

The prince frowned and saw the skin on his grandmother's temple slightly tense. He knew that his mother's words foolishly made the queen mother angry. He snorted coldly and said, "It's good for my brother to be alive, so don't discuss the rest of the matter for the time being."

The Empress Dowager took a few forced breaths, suppressed the anger in her heart, gently patted the back of the prince's hand, thinking that among the royal family, only the prince really understood what he was thinking. With this in mind, the Empress Dowager felt that his choice was not wrong. Qingguo really needed a child who knew filial piety and brotherly love like the prince to take charge.

"You all go out." The queen mother coughed twice. She was extremely tired and waved her hand. All the eunuchs and palace maids who served were ordered to leave. Even the queen, who was a little unwilling, was driven out of the palace. Only she and the prince were left in the entire hall.

The queen mother turned around, looked at the prince with some unsightly eyes, held the prince's hand, and said quietly: "I just don't want your brothers to be ill. That's why I support this body and look at all, I'm very pleased that you can understand this."

The prince didn't respond, but just sighed, wondering if he thought of the brother Fan Xian.

The empress dowager's eyes suddenly became cold, as if she saw through the prince's heart: "As an emperor, you need to break if you want to break if you want to break if you want to be broader... As for Fan Xian, this person is a thief who is trying to assassinate your father's evil thief. His surname is Fan but not Li. What do you want to do so much?"

The prince lowered his head and was taught: "The child understands that some people cannot be let go."

"It's a pity that he was not caught." The Empress Dowager slowly closed her eyes and said, "Where are the ministers of Shu Wu and his group of ministers now?"

"Pressed in the prison of the Ministry of Justice." The prince smiled bitterly: "It is naturally difficult to put it in the prison of the Supervision Bureau now, but... for some reason, these ministers were deceived by Fan Xian and were so confused that they refused to surrender."

The Empress Dowager sneered: "Blind? Not some sour people who read books to death, but only your father would allow them to be so presumptuous... Maybe they have seen the will on Fan Xian's hand, so they dare to hold on so hard."

The prince's face changed slightly, and he immediately calmed down and said, "There is no will."

"Yes." The Queen Mother looked at him with praise, "So, do you think these words are threatening the royal ministers, what should we do?"

The prince's expression changed again, and he knew that the queen mother was making up his mind. After a long time, he said in a deep voice: "If you should kill me, you should kill me."

"Very good." The Empress Dowager's face gradually became cold, "If you want to do it steadily, don't be afraid of killing people."

"It's just that the subordinates of the Supervisory Council are completely unordered by the emperor, which is a bit tricky." The prince said after pondering: "Today, many ministers in Kyoto were assassinated and died, and people were in panic, and the government was in chaos... Fan Xian was secretly in charge of everything, and the child could not think of a good way to deal with it for a while."

"Fan Xian is using blood and head to shock the court officials, intending to cause chaos in Kyoto." The empress dowager looked at her grandson and said softly: "Whatever you want to say, just say it."

After a moment of silence, the prince raised his head and said in a firm tone: "I dare to ask the Queen Mother to transfer his army into Beijing... to suppress it!"

The Hanguang Hall calmed down again. After a long time, the Empress Dowager slowly spoke: "In the Tai Chi Hall today, Yan Xingshu had this discussion, how was it rejected in the end?"

The prince smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "No one had ever thought that all the senior ministers of the school of the school were imprisoned... but someone jumped out today."

The person who jumped out of the court today has not a high position. But his identity is very special because he is the Zuodu Censor of the Censorate and He Zongwei!

He Zongwei has always been a faction in the East Palace, and later helped the eldest princess to drive Prime Minister Lin Ruofu out of Kyoto, and had always been a little inexplicable with the Fan Mansion. The prince always thought that this person would be his future minister in the court. Unexpectedly, when he was about to transfer troops into the capital to issue an edict, this person jumped out to object.

He Zongwei's opposition was extremely extreme. He took off his official uniform, took off his black veil, led more than a dozen censors, and knelt in front of the Tai Chi Hall. In a rage, the prince beat him with twelve big sticks and drove him out of the palace, but this talented man in Kyoto was kneeling in front of the palace wall with blood. He refused to give in!

"It makes sense for the Censor-He Ge to oppose it." The Empress Dowager lowered her eyes slightly and said tiredly: "In fact, the Ai family has never allowed the Qin family to enter the capital, and this is also the problem that is worried about... The court's ancestors strictly prohibit the military from entering the capital to interfere in politics. Once this precedent is opened, I am afraid that there will be endless troubles in the future."

The prince was silent, knowing the worries of the Empress Dowager's ancestors. The Empress Dowager always hoped to be able to take over peacefully. Once he was involved in the military, the Qin Ye family became a big shot, and he did not have supreme authority in the army like his father. What will the Qing Kingdom in the future evolve into?

"The Qin family has been loyal for generations, so there is no need to worry." The empress dowager said coldly. She had a deep relationship with the Qin family, so naturally she didn't need to worry about this problem. "But what about the Ye family? Ye Chong is your second brother's father-in-law!"

The Empress Dowager looked at the silent prince. After taking a deep breath, she spoke gloomy: "It's just Fan Xian... This ghost is too crazy. Without the suppression of the army, this Kyoto will never be stable. Even if you kill dozens of ministers in the prison, what can I make up for the matter? The situation will be delayed for several days. Once the morale of the other five elite troops in Daqing is unstable, the situation will be worrying."

The prince bowed silently and said, "Therefore, the child needs the military to enter the capital. Compared with the troubles in the future, Fan Xian is now a dagger placed in front of him."

He frowned slightly and said, "But...what should be done with He Zongwei? After all, he is the Zuodu Censor. He is accompanied by a group of famous censors who are not afraid of death, and is playing the advice outside the palace wall..."

The prince’s worries are not without reason. Killing ministers is not uncommon in history, but killing a swearing officer is a taboo. Even with the supreme authority of Emperor Qing, the censors collectively attacked his illegitimate son Fan Xian, Emperor Qing still had to stick a few times to express it.

"There are always people who need to be evil people." The Queen Mother stared into the prince's eyes and said kindly: "These people will be dealt with by the Ai family."

The Empress Dowager paused and said, "After the army entered the capital, your elder brother's commander can hand over it."

The prince was stunned, and gave a sincere courtesy, and was speechless.
To be continued...