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Lang Linling didn't expect to end up in such a situation.
Prince Rui firmly disagreed with Prince Xian's decision to let Fang Jing take action at this moment, fearing that it would alert the enemy and cause a lot of trouble.
He asked Lao Tie to chase and stop Fang Jing, but the Xian King ordered the palace guards to stop Lao Tie and the Rui King.
Prime Minister Lang and Empress Lang also thought that this move was not safe and wanted to persuade him, but King Xian fell into a slight frenzy. King Rui saw that time was running out, so he didn't say anything and took action together with his old friend.
The hall was in a mess, and everyone was shocked.
Although she knew that King Rui was capable of fighting on the battlefield, she did not expect him to be so skilled. He took over the guards and Lao Tie quickly escaped.
The wise king was shocked.
Although he took action, he remained polite and apologized before leading her out of Prince Xian's mansion.
The flames flickered in front of her eyes, and Lang Linling slowly came back to her senses from the shocking experience half an hour ago. She looked back and saw King Rui sitting on the couch, his eyes slightly closed, pretending to sleep.
She walked over, leaned on his shoulder, and said softly: "Don't be angry, my cousin..."
"Ling'er, you are tired too, go to sleep."
His voice sounded softly in her ears, and he held her close again, stroking her face with his slender fingers. She wanted to discuss the carriage map with him, but as she listened to him, she felt a wave of fatigue coming over her and slowly closed her eyes.
Prince Rui put the woman on the bed, glanced at the light white powder on his hands, lowered his head slightly, and blew it away.
He walked straight out of the bedroom. Outside the door, Xiang'er and several maids were still on guard. He waved his hand, signaling them to leave.
The maids left, and he walked forward with his hands clenched, stopped in front of a room, and asked the maids outside the room to leave as well.
He took out an oil-paper bag from his bosom. The thing was very small, only the size of a little finger. There was a small hole in the paper, and some white powder could be vaguely seen inside. He threw it with his backhand, and the paper bag immediately broke through the window screen and went in.
He glanced at it calmly and walked towards the study.
Not far away, three figures walked towards him, Fang Ming, Jing Ping and Jing Qing.
Behind is the room of excellence—
Night, Prince's Mansion, study.
There are quite a few people here.
The prince sat in a chair behind the desk, while Cao Zhaonan and Wang Mang sat at the desk in front. The three of them did not talk, but they all looked relaxed. The prince looked outside the door calmly, as if he was waiting for someone.
Suddenly, the door was pushed open and someone came in without being notified.
Wang Mang spoke first, "Fang Jing, how is it?"
The person who came was Fang Jing, who was in Prince Xian’s mansion half an hour ago.
Fang Jing smiled and looked at the prince, "Your Highness, please give me a map of the route."
Cao Zhaonan shook his head and smiled, "The virtuous king asked you to come here for this thing?"
Fang Jing nodded, and Wang Mang raised the corners of his lips slightly. "Last time you told him that His Highness was alone by Liuzi Lake, he sent someone to assassinate him, and ended up like this today. This time he still hasn't learned his lesson."
Fang Jing laughed and scolded, "Didn't the censor harm Fang Jing? If he learns his lesson, it means he has begun to doubt me."
The two of them joked for a while, and Cao Zhaonan looked at the prince, "Your Highness, what do you think?"
The prince then said calmly, "Since my elder brother wants to kill me again, I will grant his wish."
Cao Zhaonan smiled, "The emperor will definitely issue a killing order this time. It would be better to get rid of this man completely so that we can focus on dealing with Prince Rui."
The "Eighth Brother" prince stretched out his hand and tapped lightly on the table, his eyes fluctuating.
Fang Jing walked over and said with a smile, "Your Highness, please forgive me for being rude. I need to take the picture back to report in a while. It will take time to make a fake picture. Your Highness should quickly take out the original picture and use it as a reference to draw a fake picture. If Your Highness trusts Ah Jing, give the picture to Ah Jing and Ah Jing can draw it for you."
The prince smiled meaningfully upon hearing this, and then walked to the bookcase behind him. The bookcase was filled with books and various precious ornaments. The prince reached out and pressed on one of the jade lions, twisted it hard, and the board under the compartment opened with a sound.
Everyone saw it clearly. The prince took out a square folded scroll from the box and handed it to Fang Jing.
"When you left, I had some idea of my elder brother's intention. Now that he has been abandoned, how could he miss this opportunity? If you want to kill me, this chariot arrangement diagram is the key. I have just made an extra copy."
Everyone was stunned; they didn't expect the prince to be so sharp.
Wang Mang's eyes fell on the grid, and he saw another scroll inside. He asked curiously, "Your Highness, what's inside this..."
"True picture." The prince chuckled and turned the jade lion back to its original position.
The Crown Princess' bedroom.
This was Qiaomei's own bedroom. The prince had set up a separate courtyard for her, saying that he was afraid that if he worked late at night and she had already gone to bed, he would disturb her when he returned to his room. If he was not working late, he would come here to rest.
Although Jiaomei was not happy, she felt that the prince was being considerate and he also spent a lot of time resting with her, so she didn't say anything.
Tonight, she waited for a long time, and just heard the head maid come to report that the lights in the study were off and the prince had returned to his bedroom to rest.
She was a little annoyed, so she asked the head maid to take away the maids and guards on duty outside the door. Since the prince was not coming, she rarely served food at night, so she wanted to avoid the occasional noise from the servants outside the door that would keep her awake.
She threw her outer robe aside and was about to go to bed when she heard a loud voice in the yard saying "Catch the assassin". She was startled and was thinking of calling for help when she heard a voice coming from the door. Her heart skipped a beat and when she turned around, she found a hand pressing her mouth tightly.
When she came face to face with the visitor, she was so frightened that her whole body trembled.
The other person smiled coldly and suddenly pinched her chin quickly. She felt a salty and fishy pill being stuffed into her mouth. The other person then held her chin and tilted her back, and the thing immediately slid into her throat.
Chapter 126 The Favorite of King Rui (2)
She was shocked and angry. Before she could say anything, the person who came had already warned her softly, "Crown Princess, your mother is an expert in using poison. If she were here, she would tell you that this is a deadly poison. I can tell you that no one can cure this poison except me. I will let you go now. If you dare to scream, and something happens to me, I guarantee that you will die miserably. If you don't believe me, you can try it."
"Mei'er."
After a while, there was a loud noise outside the door, followed by the prince's voice from the corridor. He raised his eyebrows and hurried to open the door.
Prince Kou and Cao Zhaonan were standing at the door with many guards. Seeing that Qiaomei's clothes were disheveled, he hurriedly opened the door and said with concern, "Mei'er, are you okay? There is an assassin in the mansion."
She raised her eyebrows and put her hand on her chest, saying with lingering fear: "I am fine. Shuang'er was about to wait for me to go to bed when I heard someone shouting outside to catch the assassin, and then you, Your Highness, arrived."
Shuang'er was one of the maids who came with Qiaomei as a dowry. The prince narrowed his eyes slightly, and saw through the gap in the door that a little maid was bending over the bed and arranging the pillows.
Xiao raised his eyebrows and turned around and said, "Shuang'er, stop it. Come over and meet His Highness. You have been in Chaoge for some time. How come you still don't understand the etiquette here?"
"Yes, your majesty." The maid replied fearfully and turned around and walked over.
"I am afraid, Your Highness, please stay here tonight. I just asked Shuang'er to find a flute. Your Highness loves to listen to Wang Mang and A Jing playing the piano and flute. I am afraid, Your Highness, please stay here tonight. I just asked Shuang'er to find a flute for you. Your Highness loves to listen to Wang Mang and A Jing playing the piano and flute. I am afraid..."
As she spoke, she leaned towards the prince. The prince looked away, a trace of impatience flashed across his brows, and he slightly pulled her away, saying lightly: "You go to sleep first. I still need to investigate the assassin, so I will leave some guards outside the door for you, don't be afraid."
He raised his eyebrows and responded in a low voice. Behind him, Shuang'er was running towards him in a panic to pay his respects, but the prince had already turned around and led his men away quickly.
She closed the door with her eyebrows raised and teeth gritted, only to see Shuang'er spitting out a mouthful of black blood with a painful look on her face. She was secretly happy, but just as she moved, a cold flute was pressed against her throat.
"What I just taught you has really worked, Crown Princess. Do you know why? Because although your appearance is stunning, his love for you is not stunning. This love is nothing more than this."
As he was walking, the sound of a flute suddenly filled the palace.
Cao Zhaonan stopped first, his eyes filled with suspicion.
"Let's go." The prince said calmly, without stopping.
Cao Zhaonan said: "Your Highness, the only people in this palace who are required to play the flute and lead the Xiao are Wang Mang and Fang Jing. Now Wang Mang has returned to the Taifu Mansion, and Fang Jing has gone to the Xianwang Mansion to report. This..."
The prince sneered, "It's just someone trying to imitate someone else."
Cao Zhaonan nodded, "The sound of this flute is rough, far inferior to those two."
"Go search over there." He directed the guards around him and asked in a low voice, "Your Highness just said that the assassin was poisoned by the smoke, but did Your Highness set up a trap in the study?"
"Um."
"Hasn't your highness already given the fake map to Fang Jing? Why did the wise king send someone to steal the real map? He trusts Fang Jing very much, so he shouldn't have any doubts."
The prince's eyes flickered, "The one who stole the real picture must be my eighth brother's man. This man must be very good at martial arts, so he could hide outside the house and eavesdrop on our secrets while we were talking without being noticed. I once heard my mother mention that Chang Fei's servant Lao Tie had stayed at Xihai Xianyantai when he was young. It is said that this place is a place for cultivating immortals, and the martial arts taught there are shocking. Lao Tie is a powerful martial artist. If this spy is not Lao Tie, I think he must be of the same martial arts level, and my eighth brother's right-hand man. Don't forget that the assassination was reported by my eighth brother's spy, otherwise how did he know that I was at Liuzi Lake and rushed to rescue me?"
"Didn't Jing say he saw Eighth Brother in Big Brother's house? Actually, Jing doesn't need to confirm it. It is inevitable that Eighth Brother has contact with Big Brother. Eighth Brother is not like Big Brother. He must have expected that Jing would never be used by Big Brother. The picture Jing gave back to Big Brother must be a fake."
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"Because only the military supervisor knows all the arrangements for the carriage, my eighth brother gave up the position of military supervisor. This not only absolved him of the suspicion of helping my eldest brother to assassinate, but also made my father happy with his humility towards his brother. He killed two birds with one stone. But he gave up the position of military supervisor. Does he really not want my eldest brother to kill me? Impossible! I guess he is very likely to try to sneak a peek at the real map."
Cao Zhaonan nodded and said, "Your Highness is right. The King of Rui would not send anyone to steal it. He would definitely ask his spy to peek. Otherwise, if the real map is stolen, Your Highness will definitely make new arrangements. No matter how foolish the King of Xian is, he knows to let Fang Jing steal a copy of the map for him."
The prince raised his lips slightly, "It's a pity that the people of the Eighth Brother Zhentu will not be seen. After you left the study, I set up a poison smoke machine inside the study door. The poison came from the Tang Sect. The poison of the Tang Sect is unparalleled in the world. The poison that my eldest brother asked Ah Jing to take came from the Tang Sect. Of course, he didn't know that the Tang Sect had already served me. Ah Jing then took the antidote."
Cao Zhaonan suddenly asked, "Your Highness, does this carriage drawing need to be rearranged?"
The prince chuckled and waved his hand.
"I know that my eighth brother has a sharp eye and did not set up extra guards around the study to let him go in and steal the map. But in fact, the mechanism is connected to my bedroom. Once it is activated, I will know to rush there immediately. It is impossible for him to remember the real map before I arrive!
"Only the four of us know the mechanism of the jade lion that holds the real map. He has to find the mechanism to find the real map, but there is no time left. Even if he really learned the secret of the jade lion from other ways and immediately opened the mechanism to get the map, he had already been poisoned by the Tang Sect when he entered the gate. The poison is so strong that it will make people dizzy and paralyzed, making it difficult to remember and think. Besides, the pursuers are here, so the only thing he can do is to try to hide in the mansion or escape immediately. But this poison is so vicious that if he is not suppressed or detoxified within two hours, he will definitely die."
Cao Zhaonan laughed softly, "Don't worry, Your Highness. The Crown Prince's Mansion has been heavily surrounded by guards. Unless there are experts to help him, he can't escape. But he has no way of notifying the outsiders of his hiding place. We are now searching carefully one by one. If he makes any movement, he will be found immediately. This time, Prince Rui has lost a wing for nothing."
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