Empress, you don't want to be thrown into limbo by your father, do you?

For several days in a row, Lin'an City was calm.

However, thousands of miles away in the capital, it was turbulent and not so peaceful at all.

In the Imperial City Department, Gu Fan directly released the secret report. Ever since he stayed in the capital, he has been busy.

Especially the Prince's side is constantly moving and needs to be watched all the time.

"Si Zun, the letter has been sent by flying pigeons. I believe His Highness will receive it soon!"

The people under his command came to report back, Gu Fan nodded upon hearing this, "Understood, let's go get busy."

"promise!"

After waving people away, Gu Fan came to the side room next door, where someone had already been waiting for a long time.

The other party looked very inconspicuous, and belonged to the appearance that would be ignored if thrown in the crowd. When he saw Gu Fan coming, he immediately cupped his hands respectfully: "My subordinates pay homage to Mr. Gu!"

"The prince, is there any action?"

It has been nearly two months since Li Changshou left the capital.

On the surface of the capital, the city seems to be calm and nothing happened, but the Secretary of the Imperial City has already grasped many secrets.

For example, in less than two months, no less than 10 ministers of the DPRK and China died suddenly and bizarrely in the capital.

The death certificates are all different. The six departments of the criminal department investigated for a long time, and finally closed the case hastily and reported it as an accident or death.

But actually!

"Yes, this is the evidence collected by my subordinates!"

The visitor respectfully took out some letters. Gu Fan opened them and saw that his expression remained unchanged. Most of these letters were written by the prince himself, and they included the secret correspondence between the prince and the Duke of Qi, as well as Shannan Jiedushi and others. .

He even secretly ordered the assassination of some ministers in the court.

Of course, those ministers are mostly treacherous ministers who have taken refuge in the noble concubine, but whether they are traitors or not, they are all officials ordered by the court, and the prince's behavior has crossed the line.

"Have all the traces been dealt with?"

Gu Fan collected the evidence and asked very seriously to make sure.

"Don't worry, my lord. The subordinates know the importance. The prince trusts the subordinates and others very much. We will handle many unscrupulous matters."

After the man who came secretly finished speaking, he said again: "This subordinate came today because he has something to report!"

"What's the matter?"

"The crown prince ordered his subordinates to assassinate Lord Censor Wei tonight!"

As soon as these words came out, Gu Fan's originally calm face immediately changed, and then he asked seriously: "The crown prince asked you to assassinate Wei Yushi?"

"Yes, this subordinate knows that the matter is important, so he came here alone, tonight?"

The person who came came wiped his neck. After all, he was at the prince's mansion during this time, and he helped the prince to eradicate dissidents a lot, but he was ordered by Li Changshou to help the prince to take power on the surface.

"Wei Yushi is a member of the Qing school, and one of the most important officials who support the prince!"

Gu Fan's identity is not yet his turn to go to court, but the most important thing in the Imperial City Department is the source of news, and there are people from them lurking in the Prince's Mansion, so he quickly learned the cause and effect.

It turned out that the reason why the prince wanted to kill was very simple.

Just because he was going to court today, Wei Yushi couldn't understand the prince's increasingly domineering attitude, so he said a few words in the court hall.

Just because I was said a few words.

The prince became murderous!
"My lord, do you want to follow the prince's request and kill Wei Yushi tonight?"

Before they stayed with the prince, although they were all doing dirty work that was not seen on the table, most of the people who could be killed were the imperial concubine's henchmen, or some grass-roots neutrals.

But today is different, the person the crown prince wanted to kill turned out to be one of his most important ministers who supported him, Lord Censor Wei.

"Let me think about it!"

Gu Fan couldn't make a judgment for a while. Before killing those treacherous ministers, he could stand on the sidelines and even think that the killing was good. Even though he is loyal to Li Changshou now, Gu Fan still doesn't want traitors to be in power.

But Wei Yushi's status is different, "It's too late to contact His Highness now!"

"My lord, could it be that the prince has doubts about his subordinates and others, and deliberately tried it?"

Is the prince stupid?

He's not stupid. There were more than one temptations in the past two months, but Gu Fan tried to resolve them. He didn't want to disappoint Li Changshou's expectations and arrangements for keeping him in the capital, but today's incident really made it difficult for him to make a decision for a while.

If you ignore it, you can only watch Wei Yushi die tragically. Compared with those treacherous officials, Wei Yushi, even if he is not a famous official, at least he is not guilty of death.

But destroying it would definitely arouse the prince's suspicion, and it would also ruin Li Changshou's layout.

Dilemma!

"If His Highness is still here, you should be able to think of a way to get the best of both worlds?"

Gu Fan had a very headache. One wrong step might change the situation. After much deliberation, he finally came up with a feasible strategy...

……

Late at night, Prince's Mansion.

The prince, who had gradually taken control of the court, swept away the haze of the past and was full of vigor.

He was waiting for news tonight, and it didn't take long for someone to appear in front of him.

"His Royal Highness."

"Is it done?"

"This subordinate did it himself. Just in case, he set it on fire. No one can bring it back!"

Hearing that the matter was completed, the crown prince showed a satisfied smile on his face, "Well done, Gu has always been rewarded and punished clearly, after a while, I will promote you to the rank of Thousand Households of the Forbidden Army!"

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness!"

"Okay, pay attention these few days, don't make people suspicious, go down."

He waved his hand to let the visitor leave, the prince picked up the wine glass, raised it to the moonlight and respected it from afar, and said with emotion: "Don't blame the lonely heart, if one or two Qingliu officials don't die, the emperor's side can't do it." It’s hard to explain.”

Is it really just for personal grievances?
Just because he was slapped a few times when he went to court, he hurt the killer?
Of course not!

The prince has his own plan. Recently, so many court officials have died, most of them are followers of the imperial concubine. Even a fool will suspect him. If the Qing School suddenly dies an important official at this time.

What will the world think?
Sure enough, on the second day, the entire ruling and opposition parties shook!
The atmosphere in the court hall was even more tense, the prince read a book directly with a sad and indignant expression, and the important officials of the Qing school headed by the prime minister were naturally a little excited, which almost made the whole morning court as noisy as a vegetable market.

In the end, Emperor Qianming flew into a rage, which interrupted the quarrel between the two parties.

……

"Zhang Xiang, what does this mean, Your Majesty?"

After the early court, many ministers were puzzled. The Minister of Rites of the Qingliu school probably hadn't calmed down yet, so he asked the prime minister directly.

"It's clear that the demon concubine is making waves. Fortunately, His Royal Highness Shou Wang voluntarily backed down and left the capital, but there is such a concubine mother. God is really blind!"

Not only the Minister of Rites, but many people in the Qing school sighed secretly.

If it wasn't for having no choice, they would have been completely disappointed with the prince, so they had no choice.

Facing everyone's emotion and discussion, the prime minister frowned. He naturally knew what happened last night, but he could faintly sense that the things inside were not simple, "Your Majesty's intentions are not something you and I can guess."

"Let the crown prince be in charge of clearing the Jianghu sects, it seems that His Majesty still protects the demon concubine!"

"Yes!"

Everyone nodded one after another, but not far away, the prince was not as happy as expected, and his brows were also frowned as if he was in some mood, and he left in a hurry without even having time to greet the prime minister and others.

This scene also caused a group of people from the Qing school to shake their heads. They also found that since the prince took over the country as the emperor, he did not even have the only stability in the past.

Even, the attitude towards them has changed from being respectful and courteous to corporals before, to becoming superior.

The prime minister sighed, bowed his hands to the others and left. He didn't reveal some things, for example, there are many strange faces around the prince these days.

Another example is the secret investigation, and found that the prince has recruited many powerful masters in the Jianghu, and even has correspondence with those Jianghu sects.

The prime minister suppressed these things for the time being, "I hope it's because I'm careless."

The demon concubine's followers were assassinated one by one, and the Qingliu faction applauded, but now that things are about to happen to them, they feel threatened one by one.

And the other side.

Emperor Ganming retreated back to the imperial palace, but his face was cloudy and uncertain.

All the maids and eunuchs dared not speak out.

"Prince, you really are my good son, good son!"

He is not stupid, so many ministers have died in the past two months, and now even Yu Shi, one of the most important ministers, has died tragically in his own house. As an emperor, how could he be indifferent.

"Come here, Gu Fan, the envoy of Xuanhuang City, is here to see me!"

……

Just when the imperial palace and the capital were in panic because of Wei Yushi's tragic death.

In the imperial concubine's bedroom, Eunuch Cao sent another secret letter to the imperial concubine.

"Your Majesty, today His Majesty has issued an order to order the Crown Prince to start eradicating sects in Jianghu, do you see?"

Throughout the dynasties, the rivers and lakes and the court seem to be two worlds that do not interfere with each other, but they often have an unclear relationship, especially the magic gate and the fairy gate, which are more or less related to the royal family of the Daqian Dynasty .

What happened in the court hall today caused Eunuch Cao to come back quickly to inform the noble concubine, but the noble concubine looked at the secret letter in her hand indifferently, her beautiful face was slightly powdered and her face could not be seen to be happy or angry, and she never made a sound.

Eunuch Cao didn't dare to urge him, so he could only wait aside.

I don't know how long it took.

The imperial concubine finally got a little bit of luck, and the secret letter in her hand turned into powder and scattered all over the place, she patted her dress gracefully, "Eunuch Cao."

"The old slave is here."

"Arrange for someone to meet the prince secretly."

"Ma'am, what are you?!"

Eunuch Cao was stunned. The prince is the biggest obstacle to the great cause of the Demon Sect.

"According to what I said, let people tell the prince, as long as I can make my religion the state religion in the future, I can help him ascend the throne! In addition, I will control the Jianghu for him and eradicate the fairy sect!"

The noble concubine's lazy and soft voice was filled with a terrifying chill, and Eunuch Cao was even more puzzled after hearing it.

The Demon Gate and the Immortal Gate have been fighting for hundreds of years, and it can even be traced back to the previous dynasty.

Being able to eradicate the immortal sect is naturally one of the long-cherished wishes of the demon sect, but he didn't understand the imperial concubine's intention, so he could only boldly ask: "Ma'am, where is His Royal Highness Shou Wang?"

The noble concubine is the leader of the Demon Sect. Unless the ancestor of the Demon Sect is born, the noble concubine now completely controls every move of the Demon Sect. Now is she going to give up the Shouwang and support the crown prince instead?
Is this reasonable?

Eunuch Cao couldn't help but complain about King Shou, what a good child, how filial and obedient, he is still the child of a noble concubine, how can he just give up?

This is not the year when a cold-blooded person like Eunuch Cao felt dissatisfied.

The noble concubine saw Eunuch Cao's expression in her eyes, and her eyes became very cold, "Are you doubting me?"

"Old slave dare not!"

For a moment, Eunuch Cao felt as if he was about to stop breathing. The breath of the noble concubine made him unable to breathe, and his face turned pale with fright and his forehead was sweating profusely.

"If you hadn't been loyal to me all these years, I wouldn't have spared your life! If there is a next time!"

"Empress, calm down! The leader, calm down!"

The noble concubine glanced coldly, the temperature in the whole room dropped a lot, since she recovered her skills, the noble concubine found that she seemed to be a blessing in disguise, her skills improved very quickly, but she still couldn't break through the last layer of shackles.

But to deal with a small grandmaster, he can easily kill him.

Fortunately, the imperial concubine restrained the aura of the great master of Tianpin, and Eunuch Cao's entire back was soaked in cold sweat.

Seeing him in such a mess, the imperial concubine said lightly.

"This is what Shou'er means."

"It's the old slave who is ignorant!"

Eunuch Cao was relieved after hearing this, and finally left in a cold sweat, no matter what the concubine ordered, he dared not neglect.

After Eunuch Cao left, the frost on the noble concubine's face eased a little, and she looked at the empty bedroom.

Can't help but let out a light sigh.

"I don't know that the letter is concerned about Ben Gong!"