Zhou Shuren walked slowly out of the palace. He and the emperor both knew that the prince would be assassinated, but they had not expected such a large-scale assassination. The death squads that followed the emperor secretly had to show up.
Now that the crown prince is safe, the emperor is relieved, but he didn't mention a word about his grandson. Yes, no one else is as important as the crown prince, but what about his grandson
His grandson and Shangguan Liu are the prince's cover. The assassins would rather kill the innocent than let them go. His grandson is very dangerous.
After leaving the palace, Zhou Shuren looked back at the imperial palace and cursed in his heart, "Damn imperial era." He took a deep breath and took note of the Wen family.
What can he do now? He can only wait for news. It is impossible to send someone over. It is really frustrating. Damn the news delay. It is so good in modern times. You can know everything with just one phone call.
The Liu family and Guo opened a large warehouse in their home. The large warehouse was the accumulation of the Liu family over the years. The Liu family had accumulated a lot of good things from generation to generation, and they took the opportunity to collect some of them when the chaos broke out.
Guo had chosen the engagement gift for the Zhou family, and as soon as she went out she saw her youngest son, "Why are you here?"
Liu Yuanbo felt embarrassed and said, "I just came to take a look."
Thinking of her eldest son's engagement, Guo couldn't help but laugh, "When your brother got engaged, you disliked the expensive gift he chose and refused to let go."
Liu Yuanbo blushed, "Mom, I was still young at that time."
There is a big age gap between him and his eldest brother. He was born when his eldest brother was ten years old, and he was only six years old when his eldest brother got married.
Guo: "You are so stingy that your elder brother's face turned black at that time."
It was also difficult for the eldest son to grow up. Fortunately, he grew up with his father. If he really had to follow his husband, his husband would have been stingy with his son. When the younger son was born, the younger son would still be watching over him. It was too difficult for the eldest son.
Guo thought again about the time when she was engaged. Her father-in-law and mother-in-law chose her because she was good at spending money and was willing to spend money. Her father-in-law and mother-in-law were afraid that the reputation of the Liu family would be tarnished by her husband.
I never thought that she and her husband would get along so well.
Guo pointed at the gift for the designated bride and asked, "Are you still stingy this time?"
Liu Yuanbo glanced at it and cleared his throat, "Is it too little?"
Guo, "... You really take after your father. Don't let your eldest brother know what I said today."
The eldest son knew he would cry, and this younger brother was raised in vain.
Liu Yuanbo touched his nose and said, "The second branch of the Zhou family is well-off. You have also seen Miss Zhou San's knowledge of gemstones. Master Zhou Er must have a broad vision."
Guo smiled, "The eldest daughter of the Zhou family has a generous dowry. The second daughter of the second room is getting married this week, and her dowry will not be bad either."
Although she liked Yudie very much, who would complain about a small dowry? Among the ladies from the same background, she would choose the one with a larger dowry. Life in the capital depends on money, and as a mother, she naturally hopes that her son and daughter-in-law will have a well-off future.
The prince did not arrive at the mountain village until the afternoon, and this was because he set out before dawn. This shows how far Mingrui and the other man ran at that time.
After experiencing an assassination attempt, the general defending Huizhou did not dare to be careless. If something happened to the prince in Huizhou, all officials in Huizhou would be implicated.
There were many soldiers escorting the prince, and he was surrounded by death warriors. The small mountain village was surrounded inside and out.
Mingrui and Shangguan Liu met the prince. There was little emotion in the prince's eyes. Two days had made him less frightened. "I'm glad you're all right."
Shangguan Liu felt emotional in his heart. This was the first time the prince had been assassinated, and he would remember it clearly. After experiencing more in the future, he would no longer remember it.
Mingrui stood on one side. He also felt that the prince was different. His appearance had not changed, but his aura had changed. He was becoming more and more majestic as the crown prince.
The prince smiled and said, "You two have made contributions. You will be rewarded when you return to the capital."
Mingrui and the other man thanked the prince.
When the prince saw the two men, he wanted to see the gold and asked Vice General Wang, "What can you find out from the investigation?"
Deputy General Wang said, "Some people have recruited. When mining started, there were many people in the mountain village. As the gold output became less and less, they basically left. They are the most marginalized people. It is unclear where the gold is going. However, someone will come to collect the gold once every six months."
Prince, "Is it half a year now?"
"Not yet. The last time we took gold was in February."
The prince raised an eyebrow and said, "I will come to get the gold again in August. Take me to see the gold."
Today all the gold stored in the cave was moved down and placed in the house.
The prince entered the room with a sense of relief, but was still disappointed when he saw the amount of gold. "The gold mine is empty."
Deputy General Wang was also very heartbroken. This was Huizhou's gold mine, and it had been hollowed out right under his noses for so many years.
The prince picked up the gold and took a look at it. He felt even more heartbroken when he found that it was of good purity. He even thought about returning to the capital to ask his father to reward him with some silver.
The prince took paper and pen and wrote a letter to his father, saying that the gold mine must be reported.
The news of the prince's assassination could not be concealed. There were many young masters from noble families who went with him this time, so how could there be no casualties? The assassin wanted to kill them all.
Even though Shangguan Liu took away a large number of assassins and the death squad arranged by the emperor appeared in time, the weak young man was still killed.
Fortunately, the casualties were not great. Three seriously injured people were rescued, only two died, and very few people were slightly injured. It was not because the young masters were good at martial arts, but because every move of the assassins was fatal.
The emperor received the news of the prince's assassination in the morning, and received the details of the assassination in the afternoon. The Shangguan family and the Zhou family were fine. He looked at the two dead people and was silent for a moment. Fortunately, neither of them was the eldest son.
If Shangguan Liu and Zhou Mingrui died, the Shangguan family and the Zhou family would become mortal enemies with the Wen family. The Shangguan family is the maternal family of the future Crown Princess, and the Wen family is the Crown Prince's in-laws. The emperor had a blank expression on his face. He hoped that Shangguan Liu and Zhou Mingrui would be safe.
Because the prince was assassinated in Huizhou, the Huizhou prefect was almost scared to death, so he reported it to the emperor immediately.
No one dared to keep the prince's assassination a secret. As the urgent memorial from the prefect of Huizhou reached the capital, everyone in the capital knew that the prince had been assassinated.
At the morning court the next day, the emperor looked grim, "This is an urgent memorial from the prefect of Huizhou. Who do you think was responsible for the assassination of the crown prince?"
Lord Wen was one of the first people to know that the prince had been assassinated. He felt that many people were looking at him, and two of them were staring at him with hatred. Lord Wen felt bitter in his heart. If he had known earlier, he would not have let Wen Xu go. It was no use regretting it now.
Traveling with the prince meant both danger and opportunity. If Wen Xu hadn't exposed the prince's whereabouts, the deaths would not have been blamed on the Wen family. But now everyone is staring at the Wen family with hatred.
Zhou Shuren was anxious, as he had been hiding the news. Now the report from the prefect of Huizhou had arrived in Beijing, and the emperor did not want to hide it anymore. Today everyone in the capital would know that the prince had been assassinated.
The ministers expressed their opinions one after another. Some said it was the remnants of the previous dynasty, some said it was the southern nobles, some said it was the ambitions of the grassland, and so on. There were all kinds of guesses.
Some people even looked at Mr. Liu without saying anything.
This scared old man Liu, who was watching the Wen family drama, to death. How stupid the Liu family was to take action at this time? The queen has two legitimate sons. Now is not the time to take action at all.