The East Palace and study room at this moment.

The prince was furious in front of the staff who were kneeling below him: "Idiot, idiot."

The emperor rarely leaves the palace. This trip to the summer resort is a rare opportunity.

It failed!

The leader of the staff stood up and asked the people kneeling on the ground to leave. He lowered his voice and said to the prince: "Your Highness, fortunately it was not exposed."

The prince's cold eyes glanced at him: "You still want to be exposed? There are only twelve members of the Imperial Forest Army, and Goshawk has a total of twenty-four people. The number is fully double that of the Imperial Forest Army. It still fails."

Where should I lose my face?
The staff advised him: "Your Highness, even if you fail, the future throne will still be yours."

"The problem is that it was Gu who brought up the matter of going to the summer resort. The old man has already begun to doubt Gu."

"Your Highness is overly worried. The assassination was done by Goshawk and has nothing to do with Your Highness."

When the prince heard this, his eyebrows moved: "You continue."

The staff added: "Fu Ciyi saved the emperor this time, so he has done a great job. And he is the son-in-law of Chenglong who is favored by Prime Minister Cai. Prime Minister Cai has come to support His Highness a long time ago. From now on, Fu Ciyi will benefit the most from being promoted to an official position." It’s you, Your Highness.”

The prince smiled lightly when he heard this: "You mean, is this action a waste of money?"

"It's not a loss. How about Fu Ciyi joining the team? As long as he is Prime Minister Cai's son-in-law, in the eyes of outsiders, they are naturally on the same team." The staff lowered their voices, "In exchange for the lives of twenty-four goshawks, Fu Ciyi Ci Yi, a fan, has made a profit."

There were many dead soldiers, but only twenty-four lives of goshawks.

The prince smiled and said: "Fu Ciyi is compared to a thorn by the old man. Such a person is not very obedient. How can he become a supporter of Gu?"

"I just need to let Prime Minister Cai give me a few pointers." The staff thought for a while and then said, "His Royal Highness is the crown prince and the future emperor. If Fu Ciyi is aware of current affairs, he will be a great man. His Highness should be the only one to follow the lead."

"No wonder the second and third sons are rushing to win over him, so let's beat him appropriately."

"I believe that His Highness should speak more kindly to Fu Ciyi in front of the Emperor. In this way, the Emperor will also reduce his suspicion of His Highness."

The prince smiled and nodded: "That makes sense."

Smiling, his smile turned cold: "Have you ever found the five escaped goshawks?"

The staff replied: "Their bodies have been found. They probably blamed themselves for not completing the task, so they all committed suicide by taking poison."

"Very good, don't let anyone find out about the relationship between Gu and Goshawk."

"My subordinate understands!"
-
Fu Mansion, study room.

Fu Ciyi asked quietly: "Are there any clues revealed in this operation?"

Leng Ying clasped his fists: "Your Majesty, don't worry, we will live up to your fate!"

Lengfeng also said: "For this assassination, Goshawk sent twenty-four assassins. When they took action, five of us intercepted and killed the five Goshawks and put on their clothes and weapons. During the action, we did not fight with them. Say half a word."

Leng Ying added: "On the night of the assassination, all the remaining nineteen assassins were killed. Five of us escaped safely. Please rest assured, Prince!"

At that time, the five of them and the ten Goshawk killers all faced the dragon tent. When the master appeared, they all faced the master.

The two swords on the master's body were struck by them.

As for the stabbing and killing of ministers and guardsmen, it was all done by Goshawk and had nothing to do with them.

Fu Ciyi nodded: "Okay."

He was just taking advantage of the situation.

After all these years, the royal disputes are still as cunning and bloody as ever, and the bloodshed has not diminished at all.

After talking about what happened on the night of the assassination, Leng Feng Leng Ying still had lingering fears.

"It's best that the injuries on the prince's body don't have any sequelae." Leng Feng was worried.

Leng Ying was even more frightened: "Why did the prince let us chop him in the heart and thigh with a knife?"

They are all critical points. If it were to go to such a small position, the prince's life would be lost immediately.

Fu Ciyi smiled faintly: "There are not many people in this world that I can trust, and you are one of them."

They could sacrifice their lives to save him and train secret guards for him for more than ten years regardless of compensation. If he didn't trust them, who else could he trust?
Oh, by the way, compared to the imperial physician, he still believed in her medical skills.

Lengfeng Lengying burst into tears of gratitude: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for believing me!" "Okay, you can go back."

"Yes."
-
Early the next morning, the prince entered the palace.

As soon as he arrived at the imperial study, he took off his robe, his inner clothes as well, and tied thorns on his back.

The emperor sat calmly and looked at him: "What are you doing?"

The prince immediately knelt down and said, "I know my mistake. My father was assassinated while traveling. It was all because of my son's lack of consideration, which allowed the assassin to take advantage of the loophole."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and took the whip from his attendant.

There was a snap.

He whipped himself hard on the back.

The whip passed over the thorns and immediately left a bloody mark on the skin of his back.

The prince's behavior made the emperor frown: "What are you doing?"

Although he didn't get up to look at the prince's back, he felt pain just from hearing the sound.

The head chamberlain hurriedly walked behind the prince, and what he saw made him exclaim: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness's skin is split."

The prince raised his hand again, wanting to whip himself again.

The emperor shouted: "That's enough, let it go."

The prince then threw down the whip, cupped his hands and said, "Fortunately, Mr. Fu and Mr. Yan protected my father's safety. I thought I should reward Mr. Fu and Mr. Yan. I have always been timid and was at a loss when the incident happened. Now every time I think of it, Extremely regretful.”

"What are you regretting?" the emperor asked.

"I regret that I did not stand up and block it with my own body like Master Fu and Master Yan."

The emperor sneered in his heart, this prince was always good at showing off.

But the prince didn't say anything, he also planned to promote Fu Ciyi and Yan Xinghe.

As for the promotion, it remains to be considered.

At this moment, a young eunuch came hurriedly.

As soon as I entered the royal study, I was shocked to see the prince in such a posture.

The head chamberlain glanced at him, and the young eunuch stepped forward with lowered eyebrows and eyes, respectfully holding a letter in his hands: "Your Majesty, this is a letter from the eldest princess."

The chamberlain took the letter and forwarded it to the emperor.

The emperor glanced at the words on the envelope, waved his hand and said, "Prince, please step aside."

"Yes, Father."

The prince stood up and left without putting on his clothes.

The emperor then opened the envelope and read what was written on the letter. He took a glance at it and laughed loudly.

The head chamberlain asked with a smile: "What makes the emperor so happy?"

"The eldest princess is about to return to Beijing. She hasn't come back yet, so she came to ask me for a betrothal gift."

"The emperor has always loved the eldest princess. The emperor is probably going to accept this marriage."

The emperor was obviously in a good mood: "Guess which noble girl she asked to marry A Chi?"

The chamberlain quickly bowed: "This old slave is too frightened to guess."

"You old fox, what else are you afraid of guessing?"

"Then old slave, would you dare to make a guess?"

"Guess."

"It was the second young lady of the Yan family who was married to Prince Chi before. Later, Prince Chi broke off the engagement. Now that the real second daughter of the Yan family has returned, it was also the contribution of Prince Chi. The old slave guessed that the eldest princess helped Prince Chi. The person I want to marry is the real second young lady of the Yan family.”

The emperor nodded and smiled: "You guessed it right." (End of Chapter)

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