Half a month passed in a flash.
Great Xia, the Eighth Prince's residence, the study.
Lu Shuyun looked at the information tightly held in his hand, his teeth clenched tightly, and his eyes were full of bloodshot.
He was so angry that he couldn't speak.
In the past, when he was angry, he would throw things, but the information he received today made him so angry that he even forgot to smash things. He was so angry that his body trembled and even began to sweat on his face.
He never thought that the owner of the Blood Moon Tower would bring so many ninth-grade warriors to personally assassinate a useless prince, but they all failed! ! !
The owner of the Blood Moon Tower is a veritable master!
Even if there is a mysterious master in the Northern Palace, the owner of the Blood Moon Tower will have no problem holding him back!
Of course, what made Lu Shuyun even more angry was Wang Qingci's rebellion.
Wang Qingci, an assassin who was raised by the Wang family since childhood, now actually rebelled and defected to the Northern Palace.
Lu Shuyun tore the intelligence in his hand into pieces. He sneered and said, "Good, good, good, very good! No wonder the Northern Palace can avoid the assassination of the Blood Moon Tower every time. It turns out that there is a traitor!"
"My good brother, you are really capable. You can actually turn the assassins trained by the Wang family since childhood into rebels!"
"I really underestimated you!"
Just when Lu Shuyun couldn't find a way to vent his anger, he suddenly heard a commotion outside.
Then, a servant rushed in in a panic and said, "Your Highness, something bad has happened!"
Lu Shuyun, who was angry, was about to kill the servant to vent his anger, when he heard the servant say, "Your Highness, run away! Some masked assassins broke in from outside, and our people can't stop them at all!"
Hearing this, Lu Shuyun was stunned.
Masked assassin?
Who dared to assassinate a prince in the capital?
At this time, Lu Shuyun didn't think about Lu Chen at all. After all, Lu Chen was far away in Beijun, and there was only one mysterious master around him. He couldn't send that mysterious master to the capital to assassinate him.
Lu Shuyun first thought of the other princes who participated in the fight for the throne. As long as he died, they would have one less competitor.
But...
Would any prince really dare to assassinate a prince in the capital?
If this was found out, not to mention that he would lose the qualification to fight for the throne,
he might even be driven out of the capital to become a vassal. But now is not the time to think about these things. The other party has already broken in, and he must find a place to hide quietly.
Fortunately, there are some underground passages in his mansion, so there is no problem escaping. Lu Shuyun is not worried about his death at all.
Then Lu Shuyun entered the underground passage of the palace and escaped using the underground passage.
In the end, although the masked assassins broke into the mansion of the Eighth Prince and killed the Eighth Prince's men and some of his retainers, they did not find any trace of the Eighth Prince.
Of course, the original purpose of these assassins was not the Eighth Prince.
By the time the imperial guards arrived, the masked assassins had all left.
The news of the assassination of the Eighth Prince quickly spread throughout the capital. Since Emperor Xia ascended the throne, there have been few such bad incidents, except for the last time when the remnants of the Chen Kingdom entered the palace to assassinate Emperor Xia.
A prince, staying in his own mansion, was assassinated by a group of masked assassins.
When Emperor Xia heard about this, he was even more furious.
Since he ascended the throne, few people dared to make such a fuss in the imperial city. The last time the remnants of the Chen Kingdom entered the palace, they were mainly looking for something and were accidentally discovered by the guards. Emperor Xia just exaggerated that he was assassinated, and then used this to exile the family of Duke Mu's mansion. That was not a real assassination.
But this time was different.
This time, the assassins entered the Eighth Prince's mansion with great fanfare, killing one by one, and directly bloodbathed the Eighth Prince's mansion.
This shows that the assassins have become lawless and do not take the imperial power into their eyes.
How can Emperor Xia not be angry when such a thing happened under the feet of the emperor?
Emperor Xia ordered the Ministry of Justice and the Imperial Guards to capture the assassins immediately that night, and not to let any of them go.
The next morning.
Xuanzheng Hall.
Early in the morning, the officials came to Xuanzheng Hall and waited.
They had heard about what happened last night, and people were very surprised. No one thought that there would be assassins so bold that they dared to send people to massacre the Eighth Prince's mansion.
You know, there is a master and several masters in the Eighth Prince's mansion.
At this time, Lu Shuyun dragged his exhausted body into Xuanzheng Hall.
At this time, Lu Shuyun's face was pale, completely bloodless, and the whole person looked like he had lost his soul.
Seeing Lu Shuyun himself appear, the ministers immediately surrounded him.
"Your Highness, are you okay?"
"Your Highness, are you injured?"
"Your Highness, those thieves are really hateful. They dared to trespass into your mansion. I believe that Your Majesty will not let those thieves go."
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Listening to the officials' caring voices, Lu Shuyun said nothing.
Although he escaped from the mansion yesterday and was not injured, what happened last night did scare him.
He only found out this morning that all the retainers in his mansion and the master sent by the Wang family to protect him were killed.
Not only that, almost everyone in the entire mansion died except him and a few servants who escaped.
Lu Shuyun thought at first that the masters in his mansion would have no problem blocking the assassins.
He entered the underground passage of the mansion just to be on the safe side and prevent the assassins from finding him directly.
But he didn't expect that the assassin's purpose was not only to assassinate him, the prince, but also his retainers.
At this time, the eunuch's voice came from the hall.
"Your Majesty is here!"
The officials hurried back to their positions, and then saluted and said, "Long live your majesty."
At this time, Emperor Xia stood in front of the dragon throne, and did not sit down, but looked down at the officials below.
Emperor Xia seemed to exude a strong murderous intent in his eyes. It seemed that what happened last night really made him very angry.
At this time, Lu Shuyun knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Father, you have to make the decision for me! In such a big mansion, only four people survived!"
After Lu Shuyun's voice fell, Emperor Xia still did not speak, and his eyes swept over the princes in the hall.
Stared at by Emperor Xia with murderous eyes, the princes felt tremendous pressure, and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.
Although they did not do this, it is a critical time to fight for the throne, and they are the most suspected. After all, once the Eighth Prince dies, they will lose one of the most powerful competitors.
But they are not fools, how could they do such a bloodbath in the prince's mansion under the feet of the emperor.
If this is found out, being driven out to the vassal is a small matter. If their father is angry and directly demotes them to commoners, it will be miserable.
Several princes are very depressed. Who is the idiot who actually did such a thing at this time? Could it be that Lu Shuyun directed and acted by himself?
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