Chapter 407 Broken Arrow

The prince glared and said, "That's right! Anyone who dares to stand in my way will die."

He didn't expect that the person he had worked so hard to eliminate for so long was actually standing right in front of him.

Moreover, they were still as harmonious and friendly with the emperor as before. The emperor didn't even care about their crime of deceiving the emperor, nor did he care that they wanted to assassinate him, and promised them high positions and wealth!

But at the same time, he was punished for slaughtering court officials, and would no longer have the chance to become the crown prince. It was not certain whether he could save his life.

Why? Why is this happening?

The prince was extremely angry: "Since you all insist on coming out to get in my way, then this time, no matter if it's the real Lu Yunjue or the fake one, I want you all to disappear completely!"

Seeing the prince falling into a frenzy, the emperor intervened, "Prince, calm down!"

The archers on the wall did not dare to act rashly in front of the emperor.

The prince smiled sinisterly at this moment: "Why, do you think I have no tricks?"

He said coldly to the emperor: "Father, you have underestimated me from the beginning to the end."

After saying this, he pulled out a peculiarly shaped whistle from his sleeve. After he blew it, four people in strange clothes appeared out of thin air, fell from a great height, and headed straight for the emperor.

"Your Majesty, be careful!" Duke Xuanyuan took the lead in stopping him.

The whistle sounded like the cry of a partridge, and the unique sound stimulated Mu Qing's memory.

He covered his head with one hand and suddenly recalled that many years ago, he followed Jiang Yao to pay homage to his biological father. Before entering the door, he seemed to hear a partridge cry.

But at that time they did not think that this was actually a death whistle.

Mu Qing shouted with red eyes, "Nangong Jin, it's time for you to pay for our Lu family's life!"

The prince curled his lips: "Then we'll see if you have the ability."

Jiang Yao also recognized these people at this time.

She said hatefully, "Yes, this is the person who hurt us back then!"

The four of them surrounded the prince, ready to attack at any time.

Jiang Yao and Mu Qing flew over and started fighting with them with swords in hand.

The prince raised his sleeves and was about to give an order, but he caught a glimpse of the emperor's complicated expression from the corner of his eye.

He couldn't help but pause.

"Jin'er, stop it," the emperor sighed slowly. "Don't commit any more murders."

The prince came back to his senses from his brief trance and sneered, "If I stop now, will you let me become the crown prince?"

The emperor frowned. "The Crown Prince needs someone with both talent and virtue, but you massacred all the ministers and ruined your own future. How can you still be the Crown Prince?"

"Yeah, what do I expect?" The prince lowered his head and chuckled softly, not knowing whether he was mocking himself or others.

The emperor looked at the prince's self-deprecating expression and felt distressed. He couldn't help but say, "If you sincerely repent, I can take you to a Taoist temple."

Even amidst the fight, Jiang Yao couldn't help but scold, "If it weren't for our good fortune, the Lu family would have been destroyed by the Crown Prince long ago! With such a bloody incident right before our eyes, is Your Majesty going to cover it up and show partiality, just letting the Crown Prince copy poems and chant Buddhist scriptures, and then just let it go?"

The emperor was speechless for a moment. The prince was so cruel and unreasonable in public, not to mention how many evil things he had done in private.

He really wanted to keep the prince alive, but this was something that no one in the Lu family could accept.

Every one of them has suffered a life-and-death crisis from the prince and will never give up.

The prince pressed the issue, "Father, I'll ask you one last time. Will you still make me the crown prince? Will you listen to the Lu family and eliminate me?"

"Stop!" The emperor sighed heavily, trying his best to stop this disaster. "Jin'er, I can only say that I will mediate with the Lu family and try to save your life, no matter what the cost."

The prince was his most beloved son. How could he possibly watch the prince die?

He looked at Lu Yunjue earnestly: "Yunjue, I can imprison the prince in the clan residence. As long as you promise to spare his life, I will..."

Before he could finish his words, the prince shouted angrily, "Come here! Kill him!"

The direction of his finger was actually his father.

The emperor turned his head unexpectedly, and his whole body slowly stiffened like a stone statue, his expression full of anxiety and confusion, but most of all shock.

The prince, his most filial son, actually wanted to send someone to kill him?

The four men were extremely skilled in martial arts. Almost the moment the prince gave the order, they split into two teams, one rushing towards the emperor while the other guarded him.

Jiang Yao and Mu Qing were restrained and could only watch helplessly as the emperor was exposed to danger.

At this moment, Duke Xuanyuan shouted, "Prince, are you trying to usurp the throne?"

As an outsider, he never imagined that the prince could be so cruel and crazy that he could do such a heinous thing as regicide and patricide.

He flew forward and used his strong and sturdy body to block the attacks of the remaining two assassins.

The emperor was protected behind him. He looked at the scene in front of him and the prince's greedy eyes. His heart seemed to fall into a cold ice lake and kept sinking.

He slowly closed his eyes and opened them again, as if he had made up his mind. He shouted, "Someone, shoot!"

The prince was startled, his expression darkening. "Okay, okay! I knew you were just being polite."

How could he possibly survive under a hail of arrows? The prince felt that the emperor was clearly trying to kill him.

He also shouted: "Stop them!"

There was a sudden commotion near the courtyard wall, and the archers and secret guards raised by the two men started fighting.

In the end, the emperor's men were able to suppress the prince's side because of their large numbers.

"Swish" an arrow flew through the air with a sharp sound and brushed past the side of Duke Xuanyuan's face.

Immediately afterwards, countless arrows rained down.

Duke Xuanyuan reacted extremely quickly and took him away the moment the emperor gave the order.

The four men in charge of the assassination easily dodged the rain of arrows and even drew out the weapons at their waists to chop the rain of swords.

Mu Qing and others were not in a good situation either. Arrows have no eyes, so they had to immediately guard Lu and others who had no martial arts skills, and put revenge aside for the time being.

The prince was also protected by four assassins. The four men were extremely skilled in martial arts. While slashing at the rain of arrows, they did not forget to fight back.

The archer's sword bag was limited and soon it was empty, but the four killers and the prince were still unharmed!

The last arrow was cut off, and the prince smiled and said, "It's time for us to take action!"

The killers threw the broken arrows with their bare hands using their internal force.

Mu Qing and the others had to be extremely vigilant, but the remaining arrow still pierced the emperor's chest...