The eldest prince came out to take charge and began to cultivate his power as the next generation of emperor.
However, the third prince lived in the palace for a long time and was trusted by the emperor, so he was already acquiesced to be the next prince.
Suddenly an eldest prince appeared, although he was a child of a noble family, but he had not been trained by the royal family, how could he be compared with him
However, the emperor's doting and the queen's partiality pushed him to the same strength as him. Now that his father is seriously ill, how could he be willing to give up the throne
The court of the empire is full of turmoil, and most of the strange people and strange things are also coming out of the people.
After several ministers died at home late at night in the imperial city of the empire, the entire imperial city was shrouded in haze, and the people were even more anxious.
There are no cicadas and dogs barking late at night in the imperial city, and dead silence is its eternal theme.
There was a sudden cry from Zuo Xiang's mansion, followed by chaos.
In this empty and dead imperial city, it was like a thunderbolt appearing in the world, resounding through everyone's hearts and breaking all the tranquility.
"Master is dead..."
Zuo Xiangfu was in chaos, and everyone didn't know what happened.
Hearing the scream, everyone rushed to the front yard.
Zhaohua and Li Mingcheng followed closely behind.
"ah… "
"Be careful!" Li Mingcheng pulled Zhaohua away, and hit the cold arrow with his palm, causing his skin torn apart instantly.
"Your hand!" Zhaohua has long since lost the agility and arrogance of the past, and now she is just an ordinary woman.
A woman cared for by her husband.
"I'm fine." Li Mingcheng pulled Zhaohua's hand away and ordered, "Everyone, hurry to the front yard as soon as possible."
He stretched out his hand to protect Zhaohua, his eyes were piercing, and he scanned his surroundings.
When they arrived at the courtyard where Prime Minister Zuo lived, there were already cries inside.
Li Mingcheng tightened his pace, let go of everyone and walked to the bed.
There was already a kneeling in the back room.
The eldest son and the second son's family members have already arrived at the scene.
And their parents were lying peacefully on the bed, their expressions were very peaceful, their eyes were closed tightly, and there was nothing strange about them.
"Third brother, you are here!" The eldest son of the Li family stood up first, and greeted Li Mingcheng.
"Brother, this is father and mother?"
Mr. Li smiled miserably and looked at the old man on the bed.
"Father and mother are dead, can't you tell?"
Li Mingcheng nodded. It was true that there was nothing unusual from the outside, and there was no trauma at all.
"Have you ever heard of a spiritualist?"
Li Mingcheng was also a playboy in the past, and he didn't care about such important national affairs at all. It was only after marrying Princess Zhaohua that Cai'an's family began to study hard, but he was still vague about spiritual masters.
Zhaohua was a step behind and only then entered the back room.
Hearing this, he looked at the two of them in surprise.
"Brother, you are saying that father and mother were murdered by spiritualists?"
"It seems that Princess Zhaohua knows a lot."
Zhaohua frowned slightly, and explained, "Tinger, she understands this."
The eldest son looked at Li Mingcheng, and Li Mingcheng explained that what Zhaohua was talking about was the Ninth Princess.
"Oh, don't tell me, my siblings, I've forgotten that the show you performed on the Empress Dowager's birthday was rumored to be the masterpiece of the Ninth Concubine."
Zhao Hua immediately refuted.
"It can't be her!"
The eldest son of the Li family glanced at him, "My brother and sister are supercilious, I have no such intentions. Since the ninth princess disappeared years ago, there is no news yet."
"Brother, did you mention spiritual masters?"
"I'll go into the palace, you guys settle everything here and protect your family!"
When the Eldest Young Master said this, his eyes were cold, looking in the direction of the palace.
Everyone stayed where they were told.
However, what he didn't know was that as soon as he left the mansion, the entire Zuo Xiang's mansion was surrounded.
A large number of fires shot towards the mansion like flowing water.
All of a sudden, the screams and howls sounded, and everyone ran in a panic.
The entire Prime Minister's Mansion was on fire everywhere, and there was nowhere for everyone to rush to several gates.
However, what greeted them was still rows of bows and arrows.
"Second brother, is there a secret way at home?"
Li Mingcheng looked at the old, weak, sick and children in this room.
The second son of the Li family is a military general, and he was taken aback when he heard the words, "I don't know, the eldest brother is in charge of the family affairs, I'm away all year round, it's not easy to go home to visit relatives, and I encountered such a disaster."
On the contrary, the second sister-in-law of the Li family took a step forward and said, "Maybe I know where it is."
"Second sister-in-law Lao will lead the way." Li Mingcheng immediately ordered the servants present to carry Prime Minister Zuo and his wife to the secret road.
Fortunately, they were not far away, and all the people hiding and hiding along the way arrived safely.
"Third brother, you take them to hide and go out to have a look for your brother." As a military commander, the second son of the Li family naturally did not believe that anyone would dare to attack Zuo Xiang's mansion in the imperial city so openly.
"Second brother, do you still not see the situation clearly? They want to drive out all the people in our Xiangfu."
Li Mingcheng analyzed, "Such a big incident happened in our house, but none of the neighbors dared to come out. Don't you know why? Someone above thought of my house!"
"who?"
Li Mingcheng shook his head, he was also ignorant of government affairs.
But I think it's just people from those two factions.
It's just that he couldn't figure it out, how could his father be poisoned when he never stood in line
Have things really come to that point
The assassination cases that happened a few days ago were only below the capital officials, but now they have jumped to such a level.
If such a thing happened in the dignified Zuo Xiangfu, if no one in the palace knew about it, it would be impossible.
"Let's avoid living in it first, and make plans when the eldest brother comes back!"
At present, more than 20 people have avoided entering the secret passage, and they have no power to control other people, so they closed the entrance.
There are not many forks in this secret road, and they walked a few feet before they arrived at a secret room.
Putting Prime Minister Zuo and his wife down together, the servants around looked around and found a lot of food and water inside.
The second wife explained, "My mother once told me that if the family encounters a catastrophe and the eldest brother and husband are not around, I will take everyone in for refuge."
Zhaohua said, "It's still my mother who thinks far-reaching. The second sister-in-law is a woman, so it's really not easy to be noticed."
Li Mingcheng and the second son stood together, and the two muttered for a long time, and finally let the servants continue to scatter to find another exit.
Knowing that it was Li Mingcheng and Zhaohua, they knelt down to the left side again, beside his wife.
However, after a quarter of an hour, none of the servants who left had returned. Zhaohua noticed this, so he pulled Li Mingcheng to ask him what happened, and Li Mingcheng felt that something was wrong.
"Okay, I'm afraid someone sneaked in."
However, before they could react, a chuckle came from outside.
"The two young masters really know how to hide, but it's a pity that you have come to a dead end. What should I do?"
The man had a high-pitched voice, he was an internal official in the palace, and behind him were two young men, but what was different from ordinary people was that they had double pupils.
"Who are you?"
The second son immediately took a step forward to protect the family behind him.
"The person who wants to kill you!" Obviously, he didn't want to talk to them at all, so he waved his hand as soon as he came up.
The two young men behind him stepped forward, forming a string of blue flames in their hands, instantly surrounding the entire stone room. They stood outside without taking a step.
"Spiritualist? Did you kill your father and mother?"
Li Mingcheng yelled and was about to rush out, but was held tightly by Zhaohua.
"Don't go there." This kind of flame burns everything, she has seen Xiao Ting cast it before.
There was an ice coffin for suppressing evil in the sky prison, which once contained the corpse of Taozhi, but after seeing it, Xiao Ting completely incinerated the corpse, using this kind of flame, at that time Xiao Ting warned her that she must never get close to Xu Wei.
Although she held back Li Mingcheng, someone else was enraged and rushed out. As a result, as soon as Fang approached the flame, his whole body gradually disappeared like a smile.
This scene is very frightening. Where the body is close to the flames, it melts little by little.
"This is Princess Zhaohua?" Huoer, the man playing the palace official, laughed softly.
Zhaohua didn't bother to pay attention to him at all. Although she had never seen this person before, her reputation was known to everyone in the palace. If this person put her on the opposite side, it proved that he didn't want to let her go at all.
However, Li Mingcheng seemed to be grasping at the last straw, and said, "Yes, she is a princess. No matter who you are, he is the most beloved daughter of the current emperor. Do you really want to attack her?"
"Mr. Li is overthinking. There is no princess here, let alone Princess Zhaohua. When we arrived, everyone was dead. The bodies of the princess and the son-in-law were not found, and their whereabouts are unknown!"
His words made it clear that he wanted to destroy the corpse.
"Zhaohua is a princess. Whether it's the first prince or the third prince, they are all their younger sisters. Are you not afraid that your master will know if you act like this?"
Li Mingcheng was furious, he couldn't believe that the Third Prince and the First Prince would make such a decision, after all Zhaohua was not a threat to their position at all.
"You are all dead, so no one will know?"
"Oh, by the way, there is another person who was actually forgotten."
"Are you waiting for your big brother to come back?"
The hearts of everyone in the Li family sank. It seems that the eldest son Li is also in danger.
"Don't worry, your elder brother will definitely come back, and he will know who killed you, and he will avenge you, so you can go with peace of mind."
Li Mingcheng's heart sank, and at the same time he understood that everything tonight was a game.
Zuo Xiang has not expressed his attitude. Someone wanted to recruit him into the group, but he was rejected.
And it represents neutrality, and there are still many neutral cities in the court today, so it can be regarded as a warning to them.
At the same time, everyone in Zuo Xiangfu was killed, but Mr. Li was left alone. If he knew the truth, he would definitely fall to the other side.
The person in charge is the real murderer, but everyone in the Li family is dead, no one knows the truth, and the eldest son of the Li family can only be used.
"Even if we all die today, don't be too happy too early. You must know that there is no impenetrable wall in this world!"
(end of this chapter)