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Willow catkins flutter unscrupulously in the city of Kyoto. This year's willows bloom more lushly than last year, and catkins are more rampant than snowflakes.

Duan Shiyu had only stood on the watchtower for half an hour, and her hair was already covered with catkins.

Zhang Ziwen went up to the watchtower and stood behind Duan Shiyu.Duan Shiyu stood upright, with his hands behind his back, and sighed deeply.

Zhang Ziwen asked, "Why are you sighing?"

Duan Shiyu shook his head, looked at most of the capital, and said, "I don't know, I always feel uneasy."

Zhang Ziwen looked up at the bright sky, and said with a smile: "If you take the crown prince, can you promise me one thing?"

Duan Shiyu asked: "Why are you so sure, sir, that I can succeed?"

Zhang Ziwen said: "Because, it is the destiny."

"Ha." Duan Shiyu asked, "What do you want me to promise, sir?"

Zhang Ziwen shook his head and said, "I'll tell you when the time comes."

Duan Shiyu deliberately teased him, turned around and said, "Should I agree?"

Zhang Ziwen was a little flustered. He looked at Duan Shiyu, but seeing Duan Shiyu was smiling, he said, "Just treat me as if I've been by your side for so long, and give me a little favor, wouldn't it be okay?"

Duan Shiyu had already thought about what Zhang Ziwen wanted him to promise in the future, so he lowered his head and gave a slight grace.

At this time, a cavalry rode in through the south gate and ran towards the direction of Miyagi.

Duan Shiyu squinted his eyes and followed the soldier.Seeing the soldier with a white gauze on his head, he felt even more flustered. He glanced at Zhang Ziwen and hurried down the watchtower.

The soldier ran to the palace gate, showed his badge, and was led into the Palace of Wangyou.

The emperor was playing chess with the master, and the two didn't talk much.The emperor picked up a black stone and dropped it, took out the white stone surrounded by the black stone, threw it into the chess basket, laughed, and stroked his beard.

The soldier broke in and knelt on the ground with a plop.

The emperor's interest was disturbed, and he frowned, without even looking at the soldier, he asked, "Why are you in such a hurry?"

The soldier shouted: "The prince was assassinated and died!!!"

"!!!" The white chess in the master's hand fell to the ground with a clang, and his fingers trembled slightly.

The emperor was a little surprised. He thought he had heard it wrong, so he asked again: "What did you say?"

The soldiers did not dare to raise their heads and shouted: "The prince was assassinated and died!!"

The emperor didn't catch his breath, and sat back with a plop, clutching his aching chest.

"Your Majesty!" The attendant Kutuo hurried forward and patted the emperor's chest to help him calm down, and shouted, "Call the imperial doctor quickly!!!"

……

The news of the prince's assassination spread quickly, and within half an hour, the entire harem knew about it.Some people laughed and some cried, and the one who cried the most was naturally the prince's biological mother Zhu Ling, and the one who laughed the most was no one but King Wu.

King Wu was still deeply involved in the matter of the crow.After being interrogated by Du Ansi, the Dafu had confessed that he bought him with money and asked him to recruit the crow into Fuling's Hall of Mental Cultivation.This let the emperor know that King Wu was also playing tricks secretly, so he lost his trust with the emperor.King Wu was trembling in this embarrassing situation, and he was not relieved until the prince died.

King Wu took a sip of tea, smiled and asked Song Xuanli, the royal censor beside him, "Are all these righteous men still there?"

Song Xuanli smiled and said, "They are all there, but there are not many left. Excluding the dead Liu Pianpian, there are still 4 top-notch ones left."

"Leave these four." King Wu said, "Kill the others."

"Ah."

When Duan Shiyu heard the news, it was already dark.The prince was not there, so he took Zhang Ziwen back to his house.

He remembered what Zhang Ziwen asked him in the watchtower, squeezed his fists, and asked Zhang Ziwen: "Can you send me a letter?"

Zhang Ziwen shook his head and said, "Yes, but it's not a confession. Senior brother said that the prince's valet killed the assassin."

"Boom!!!!" Duan Shiyu punched the wall where Zhang Ziwen stretched out his hand, gritted his teeth, but couldn't speak.

Zhang Ziwen said: "It's time for you to leave."

Duan Shiyu: "Without a confession, how can I kill King Wu."

Zhang Ziwen: "If you want to add a crime, there is no excuse."

Duan Shiyu wiped his face, thought for a while, and said: "You go to your elder brother, if I lose, don't come back."

Zhang Ziwen: "I will go with you."

"No." Duan Shiyu stared at Zhang Ziwen and said, "You have to go, go to your senior brother. If you don't go, even if you succeed, I will not promise you what you expected."

Zhang Ziwen was silent for a moment, nodded, and said, "I'll wait for you to come back."

There was constant wailing in the palace, and Zhuling knelt in front of the emperor, crying so hard that she almost lost her breath.The emperor gritted his teeth, and after listening to the soldiers narrate the situation that day, he said angrily: "Arrest!!! All of them are arrested by me!! I will be buried with my son!!!!!! Cough cough!!!"

Prince Qi wrapped his fingertips around the maid's hair, and the man kneeling under the bed raised his head and said, "The crown prince is dead, killed by an assassin."

Prince Qi frowned, then sighed again, and said, "Prepare the horse."

The servant asked, "Where are you going?"

Prince Qi said: "Go to the eldest princess."

The servant bowed and exited.Prince Qi was put on after being served by the maid, and then he went to Lang Zhongling's mansion leisurely.

Yu Chikan had already taken off his clothes and was about to go to bed, when he heard the servants coming to report Lord Qi's arrival, he quickly put on his clothes and went to the vestibule.

The two met and exchanged salutes, Prince Qi cut to the chase and said, "The crown prince is dead."

Yu Chikan shuddered all over, not understanding why Prince Qi came to him in the middle of the night to talk about it.He didn't understand why, but he couldn't show any strangeness, and said, "I have already comforted Yanyan to sleep."

"Hmm~~" Prince Qi shook his head and said, "I am not here to find my niece, but to you."

"????"

Prince Qi took a sip of tea and said, "Do you know who killed the prince?"

"assassin."

"Hmm~~" Prince Qi shook his head again, and said, "It's King Wu."

"..." Yu Chikan swallowed his saliva and remained silent.

If you don't tell this matter, Yu Chikan can still get away with it, but if you tell him, he can't pretend to be stupid.What Prince Qi wants him to do at this time, he can only tell him clearly whether to do it or not.If you do it, you will offend the emperor, if you don't, you will offend Prince Qi.

Prince Qi pretended not to see Yu Chikan's worry, pinched his fingers, and said: "The day the prince's body is brought back, according to the date, it just so happens that you take a rest."

The journey is far away, and there is no certainty when the prince's body will be brought back. The meaning of Prince Qi's words is very clear, that is to ask Yu Chi Kan not to interfere in this matter.Yu Chikan frowned, and asked in a cold voice, "What does the lord mean?"

Prince Qi said: "Oh, what I mean is that no matter what happened that day, you pretended not to know."

Yuchi Kan's eyeballs twitched and rolled around, silent.

Prince Qi raised his eyebrows at Yu Chikan, and said with a smile: "This king doesn't like to play tricks, and this king will never harm you. You are the husband of this king's daughter, and our eldest son-in-law."

Yu Chikan exhaled, and said, "Thank you, Lord Qi, for your love."

"Then what do you think about it?"

Yu Chikan knew that Prince Qi was an old fritter, and if he didn't agree to him now, he could hang around till dawn, so he could only nod his head.

Prince Qi smiled in satisfaction, turned around to leave without further entanglement.

Yu Chikan heaved a sigh of relief, staring straight at Prince Qi's back with a perplexed expression on his face.Prince Qi walked a few steps and then stopped again. He took a breath, shook his head, turned to look at Yu Chikan, and asked, "Is the chief guard guarding the north gate called Chen Li?"

"Yes." Yu Chikan didn't move his eyes.

Prince Qi slapped his forehead and said with a smile: "It's so dangerous, I almost made a mistake."

This matter involves the Praetorian Guard, and there is bound to be an armed conflict.This is a big matter, Yu Chikan didn't dare to fool him, he asked Prince Qi directly: "Uncle Qi, the imperial guards are directly under His Majesty, forgive me for not being able to fulfill my wish."

Prince Qi didn't seem to hear, he paced back and forth, frowned and said: "Then Chen Li's wife is the niece of the Censor... Hiss... Hey, this matter is not easy."

Yu Chikan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he felt that things were not that simple.Prince Qi really wanted to rebel, he wouldn't be so blatant, and Chen Li was his subordinate, no matter who his family was, he had to obey him in everything, so he didn't even think about it, he dug a hole for himself, and said: "Everyone The palace gates are all under my jurisdiction, what exactly is Uncle Qi going to do?"

"!!!" Prince Qi stared, laughed and said, "Yes, yes, yes."

"..." Yuchi Kanxin finished speaking.

Prince Qi walked over and took Yu Chikan's hand, put it in his own, and said: "These few days, you need to guard the north gate by yourself."

"Oh..." Yu Chikan nodded, and said meaningfully.Prince Qi asked him to guard the gate, which made Yu Chikan wonder if there were other people who wanted to rebel.

Prince Qi didn't say much about the reasons behind this, he changed the topic and asked Yu Chikan, "Where's the eldest niece?"

Yuchi looked at him and said, "Fall asleep."

"Oh." Prince Qi stretched his neck and glanced at the back door.

Duan Yanyan hid behind the door, the two met face to face, and Prince Qi left.

Yuchi watched Prince Qi leave before standing up, pacing back and forth in the room, he thought for a while, took a pen and wrote a letter, rolled the letter into a thumb size, went to the backyard to greet the pigeons, and put the letter On the legs of a carrier pigeon.

Holding the carrier pigeon, he hesitated for a while before letting it go.

The carrier pigeon flapped its wings a few times, and just as it flew away, an arrow came with the sound of the wind and nailed the carrier pigeon to the courtyard wall.

Yuchi looked at the tiger's body and was startled, he said: "Who??"

"Me." A calm female voice came.

Yu Chikan turned around when he heard the sound, saw Duan Yanyan standing behind the tree, he was relieved, but the expression on his face became more serious, and he asked, "Ma'am, are you still awake?"

"What are you sleeping for?" The eldest princess Duan Yanyan came out from the shadows, holding a bow in her hand, and said, "You are trying to kill King Yue."

"The King of Yue?" Yu Chi looked surprised and said, "The King of Yue also rebelled?"

Duan Yanyan hurried forward and covered Yu Chikan's mouth, and whispered: "It's a long story."

Yuchi Kan said coldly: "Madam is pregnant, rest at home, don't worry about other things."

"Crack!" Duan Yanyan clapped one hand on the stone table, stared at Yu Chikan, and said, "Is your family's ancestors a pig's brain?"

"I..." Yuchi looked hoarse, and immediately pouted, with a look of grievance on his face.

Duan Yanyan found a stone bench to sit down, Yu Chikan took off his clothes and put it on the stone bench before letting Duan Yanyan sit down.

Duan Yanyan glanced at Wanyue and said, "You listen to me about this matter."

Yu Chikan nodded, then shook his head again, and said, "The rich have to listen to me."

Duan Yanyan said: "My younger brother, king of Yue, came back with an arrow wound, prince... hey, do you understand?"

Yu Chikan shook his head, but seeing Duan Yanyan looking at him with anticipation in his eyes, he nodded again and said, "I understand, I understand."

Duan Yanyan rolled her eyes and said, "You don't know anything."

Yuchi Kan: "..."

Duan Yanyan said: "If you mess up this matter, I will go back to the palace."

Yu Chikan's heart suddenly tightened, and he said, "But it's up to Madam to decide."

Duan Yanyan nodded, and stroked Yuchi Kan's dog's head in satisfaction.