Supreme Return

Chapter 69 Assassination, Rumors
When Chu Xuan and Chu Xiaotian were going to the secret storehouse, one night during the period, Emperor Qingtian Zhao Qingtian and Empress Feng Xiu, who had been asleep, were suddenly awakened, and they left the palace directly with gloomy expressions, taking A few personal guards rushed to the Chu Palace.

That's right, it is Chu Wangfu.

As soon as they entered the backyard of the mansion, Zhao Qingtian and Feng Xiu could smell the faint smell of blood in the air, even if there were drops of blood on the ground...

"See Your Majesty, Empress Empress!"

The servants of Chu Palace bowed and saluted one after another.

Perhaps because of the relationship between Zhao Qingtian and Chu Xiaotian, these servants are not as nervous as other ordinary people when they see the emperor and empress. Compared with people, they saw the emperor and empress more times than others.

In the past, Zhao Qingtian always came here with a smile on his face, but tonight his expression was gloomy. He just raised his hand casually and went straight into one of the courtyards.

At this time, the courtyard had been firmly guarded, and there were guards from the Chu Palace everywhere in all directions, and the atmosphere seemed quite dignified.

"Your Majesty, empress!"

A man with an abdominal injury came over.

"Wang Lin, how are Ran'er and Wan'er doing?" Zhao Qingtian waved his hand and asked in a cold voice.

"If you dodge it, the prince and the princess were slightly injured, and the people in the prince's mansion have helped to treat them, and they are not serious!" The man named Wang Lin replied respectfully.

This person is the head of Prince Zhao Ran's guard.

"The child has met the emperor father and the queen mother!"

Following that, Prince Zhao Ran and Princess Mingyue Zhao Wan also walked out of the room with the help of servants.

There were some bandages wrapped around their bodies, but it didn't look like there was much danger.

Seeing this, Zhao Qingtian and Feng Xiu breathed a sigh of relief.

"You all retreat first!"

Feng Xiu looked at Zhao Qingtian, and waved to Wang Lin and others.

"Yes!"

Wang Lin and the others bowed and exited the courtyard, and then Zhao Qingtian and Feng Xiu stepped forward and personally supported Zhao Ran and Zhao Wan to sit down in the courtyard.

"But, Wan'er, what's going on? How did you get assassinated?" Zhao Qingtian asked with a frown.

"My boy doesn't know either! This happened very suddenly, and the assassins are very powerful. If Wang Lin and the others hadn't tried their best to protect them, I'm afraid Wan'er and I would have been in real danger!"

Zhao Ran shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Later, after barely repelling the assassins, the boy felt that it was not far from Uncle Wang's mansion, and was worried that he would start all over again, so he ordered someone to take us here for shelter!"

"You did a good job! A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall!"

Zhao Qingtian nodded, and then glanced at Zhao Wan, who was sobbing softly in Feng Xiu's arms, obviously terrified, with a touch of love in his eyes...

"Wan'er, are you frightened? Don't worry, Father will avenge you and your brother!" Zhao Qingtian said softly.

"Woo...thank you, father!" Zhao Wan sniffled and replied weakly.

"Your Majesty, I will accompany Wan'er into the house to rest first! Why don't you just stay with my second brother tonight!" Empress Feng Xiuru said.

"it is good!"

Zhao Qingtian nodded, Zhao Wan didn't say much, and obediently let Feng Xiu walk into the room with her arms around her.

As a princess, as the only Princess Mingyue in the entire Qingyun Empire, Zhao Wan has always been loved to the extreme, how could she have withstood this kind of assassination tonight?

She was really terrified!
"Father, I think something is wrong with this matter!"

Seeing his mother and younger sister enter the room, Zhao Ran said in a concentrated voice.

"Of course it's not right! They dare to assassinate you, they are looking for death!" Enraged, Zhao Qingtian gritted his teeth.

"No, that's not what the boy said!"

Zhao Ran shook his head, and continued, "Wan'er and I went out to play in the private server of the palace. This is something that not many people know about! Those assassins obviously have a targeted plan, and the timing is very appropriate!"

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Zhao Qingtian couldn't help squinting his eyes, and suddenly his mighty arrogance as an emperor burst out...

"It seems that I haven't killed people for a long time, and some people have forgotten my methods!"

Zhao Qingtian's eyes radiated coldness, with boundless domineering aura.

"Father calm down!"

Seeing this, Zhao Ran hurriedly said, "This matter needs a long-term plan!"

"Don't worry, father is not that impulsive person!"

Zhao Qingtian took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "However, do you have any clues about the assassin?"

"no!"

Zhao Ran shook his head with a wry smile, "Those assassins are well-trained and very strong! According to Wang Lin, the warrior with the lowest strength among them is a seventh-level upper-level warrior, and there is another eighth-level middle-level warrior." A level earth magician!"

As the head of the prince's guard, Wang Lin himself is also powerful, and he is an eighth-level mid-level warrior.

All along, because of Wang Lin's protection, Zhao Qingtian didn't worry much about Zhao Ran's safety, but now it seems that those hidden enemies should not be underestimated.

"A person who can field such a lineup is by no means easy to deal with!"

Zhao Qingtian's eyes flickered, "By the way, but you just said you repelled those assassins?"

"Yes... But, it's not right either!"

Zhao Ran himself was a little puzzled, "If those people are desperate, even with Wang Lin's protection, Wan'er and I can't get away so easily!"

"That's weird!"

Zhao Qingtian was also suspicious.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this!"

Zhao Qingtian waved his hand and said, "However, go back to your room and have a good sleep! I will stay with your Uncle Wang tonight!"

"Yes, Father!"

Zhao Ran got up and said, "Father, you should also go to bed early!"

"Okay, let's go!"

Zhao Qingtian nodded, watching Zhao Ran enter the room, his complexion became gloomy again, and his whole body exuded a cold and stern aura, as if the temperature in the entire courtyard dropped a lot in an instant.

After a while, under Zhao Qingtian's call, Wang Lin and several palace guards walked in quickly, and then Zhao Qingtian gave some cold orders, and these people quickly left without the slightest hesitation.

How shocking is it that the prince and princess were assassinated?

If the murderer behind the scenes is really found out, Zhao Qingtian vowed to let him understand what is royal majesty!
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"Have you heard? Both the prince and the princess were assassinated last night, and were seriously injured, almost killing them!"

"How could I not have heard of it? Moreover, I also know that the place where they were stabbed is not far from Chu Palace!"

"Who do you think these assassins are? The prince and princess are very good people. They never put on any airs when they leave the palace, and they treat ordinary people like us equally!"

"That's right! Those assassins really deserve to die!"

...Even though Chu Xiaotian and Feng Xiu personally issued the password-sealed order, the news of Zhao Ran and Zhao Wan's assassination still spread throughout the entire imperial capital the next day, as if they had grown wings, and there was no way to stop it.

"By the way, do you know? I heard that it was done by people from Chu Palace!" Suddenly, someone said.

In other words, it wasn't sudden.

Instead, in many corners of the entire imperial capital, some people specifically drilled into places with a lot of people and talked about it one after another, and they actually pointed the finger at the Chu Palace.

"Chu Palace? How is this possible?"

"That's right! Who doesn't know that His Majesty and the prince are sworn brothers, almost a family!"

"That's right! If it is said that Chu Palace did it, I will be the first to not believe it!"

After hearing this man's words, others refuted one after another, but this man showed contempt on his face, "What do you know? Have you heard of the master of meritorious deeds? Have you heard of it?"

"Great master overlord?"

The others were stunned when they heard the words, and this person continued more proudly, "I have someone who works in the palace, and he said this himself! It is said that His Majesty is a little jealous of the ability of King Chu, and wants to abolish some of them. rights, especially military power!"

"Think about it, what will the King of Chu think when he hears this? Kill the donkey?"

"The King of Chu claims to kill the gods on the battlefield! He is definitely a bad tempered master, will he see that his rights are weakened? Not to mention the King of Chu, even if we encounter such a thing, we will resist, right? "

Glancing at the pensive looks of the surrounding people from the corner of his eyes, the man continued to whisper, "So, after the King of Chu got the news, he began to prepare to resist! The purpose of assassinating the prince and princess is to cut off our Descendants of His Majesty!"

"Even if you make sense, how do you explain the assassination last night? If it was really the Duke of Chu who did it, how could the prince and princess escape and go to the Palace of Chu to seek protection?" At this time, someone refuted it again.

"Don't believe me if you say you are stupid!"

The man rolled his eyes and continued, "Think about it, how could the King of Chu miss it? The purpose of his assassination is to let the prince and princess enter the palace of the King of Chu, and then..."

"And take them hostage?"

Another person said, "No, didn't you just say that King Chu wanted to kill them?"

"Do you know what it means to fight both ways, and what it means to be a soldier who is not tired of deceit? Forget it, I don't understand if I tell you!"

The man curled his lips, "I'm telling you, I'm afraid the king of Chu will raise his troops in a few days. We'll see what you say then!"

After he finished speaking, he left without giving the others a chance to say anything more.

But these people didn't notice the strange smile on the face of this person after he turned his back to them and left.

Rumors like this spread throughout the entire imperial capital like a violent storm. In just one day, almost everyone in the imperial capital knew the news that the "King of Chu is about to launch an army to rebel"...

In the palace, after Zhao Qingtian heard the report from the guards, there was an instant 'bang', the teacup in his hand fell to the ground and shattered, he stood up straight up, and said angrily, "Who? Go and find out who is here Spread these rumors! After finding out, I'll be skinned and cramp, and my corpse will be shredded into pieces!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The guard was so frightened that he quickly bowed and left.

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

Empress Feng Xiu came out from behind, frowned slightly and said, "This is obviously the work of the person behind the assassination of Ran'er and Wan'er! But..."

"What does the queen want to say?" Zhao Qingtian frowned.

"Great masters, it has existed since ancient times!" Feng Xiu raised her head and looked at Zhao Qingtian.

"What? Do you even doubt me?" Zhao Qingtian showed an unswerving expression.

"I don't dare to be a concubine, but don't forget, Your Majesty, you are the lord of a country!"

Feng Xiu shook her head and continued, "Even though you and King Chu are sworn brothers, you know each other very well, but what about the officials below? It's hard to guarantee that they won't be confused by these rumors!"

"The Queen is right! This matter is not simple! I'm afraid it's not just for Ran'er and Wan'er, but also for my brother!"

Zhao Qingtian's eyes flickered, "Unfortunately, Xiaotian is not in the mansion right now!"

(End of this chapter)