Chapter 331 Lu Jiangnian dug a big hole for the second prince

Concubine Zhao stiffened her neck and refused to obey the arrangement: "Why? The emperor must be protecting the prince. Ji'er is not good at speaking and will definitely not be able to win the argument with the emperor later. I cannot leave."

The emperor looked sullen and displayed his majesty. Concubine Zhao dared not speak any more.

"If you don't leave, I won't be in charge of this matter anymore. Go and investigate it yourself."

The Third Prince advised Concubine Zhao: "Mother, please go back first. I will never let the murderer go unpunished."

"I am also your father's son. Although your father is partial to you, he is always wise and will not allow the crown prince to murder his brothers."

Although he felt that the Third Prince was praising him, the Emperor always felt that these words were not so pleasant to the ear.

Why is he biased?

As expected, Concubine Zhao’s son looks just like Concubine Zhao.

After Concubine Zhao left, the imperial servants cleaned the palace and Feng Wei was also taken away.

Only the emperor, the crown prince, the third prince, and Lu Jiangnian were left in the room.

"Tell me, what did you find?"

Lu Jiangnian did not keep the secret and took out a token from his arms, which was exactly the same as the one in the third prince's hand.

The third prince shouted in surprise: "Lu Jiangnian, how come you have something in your hand..."

"this……"

"Father, was Feng Wei ordered by Lu Jiangnian?"

"In that case, it can be said that it was the Crown Prince who ordered it?"

Lu Jiangnian thought to himself, he didn't expect that the third prince was so good at acting. If he didn't know the inside story, he would have thought that this was what he thought.

The third prince simply wanted to vent his anger. Normally, he disliked the crown prince and Lu Jiangnian.

Although they were temporarily cooperating in order to deal with the Second Prince, he really enjoyed the feeling of pulling someone down.

The emperor looked at him helplessly and said, "Shut up and listen to what Lord Lu has to say."

"Your Majesty, this token is related to the assassins who tried to kill me. It seems that the person behind Feng Wei is most likely the same person as the mastermind behind the assassination."

The emperor immediately thought of those assassins who died when Zhao Liangfeng died.

The reason Lu Jiangnian went out this time was to investigate the origins of those people.

This time, he must have found out something, which is why he was being hunted down.

Before, Lu Jiangnian seemed to be about to report the details, but was interrupted by the third prince.

The prince was not slow to react. He asked with concern, "Someone tried to assassinate you. Are you injured?"

The Third Prince looked at Lu Jiangnian with disdain: "Isn't he just standing there?"

"I am the one who was injured, Prince. Why don't you care about me?"

The prince replied politely: "Just now I saw that you were full of energy, so I knew your injury was not serious."

The Third Prince pointed at Lu Jiangnian unconvincedly: "He, he broke Feng Wei's collarbone with his bare hands, he is full of energy, like a devil who is demanding his life, I can't see anything wrong with his body."

The prince smiled and said nothing.

"Is what I said wrong? Why don't you answer?"

The emperor was annoyed by his noise: "Alright, you are the one who talks too much. Jiang Nian was seriously injured, but he always endured it. He is not as delicate as you. You make a fuss when you are injured a little, and wish everyone in the world knew about it."

The third prince opened his mouth and was about to say something, but then he remembered that the emperor might scold him for making a fuss, so he shut up.

Is that a minor injury?

Your arm is almost broken?

There wasn't a trace of blood on Lu Jiangnian's body, so how could he have been injured?

My father is partial. He has been partial since childhood. He is partial to the crown prince and the people around the crown prince. Even the second and fifth sons are more favored than him.

Thinking about it this way, he felt depressed again.

The mood to sing opera was gone in an instant.

The emperor had no time to pay attention to his emotional changes. Since the third prince's injury was related to those assassins, things were not that simple.

"You all go back first. Don't discuss what happened today."

The Third Prince looked up at him with a hint of hurt in his eyes. The Emperor's heart softened: "This matter is more complicated. Don't worry. If it is the Crown Prince's fault, I will never cover it up for him. A prince who cannot treat his brothers well is not qualified to be the crown prince of Dajing."

The prince did not say much, he just replied firmly: "I will remember your father's teachings and will be friendly and respectful to my brothers, and live in harmony with them, so as not to cause your father any worries."

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Finally, only the emperor and Lu Jiangnian were left in the palace.

Lu Jiangnian told the emperor what he had found out.

"Earlier, I found out that among the four assassins who died that day, one of them had a purse with a unique embroidery technique. It was from the Bashu area, so I proposed to go to that area to investigate."

"There are too few clues. At the beginning, I can only search aimlessly, like looking for a needle in a haystack."

"Later, I found an embroiderer and traced the origin of this embroidery method."

The purse is real, and the embroidery method is also real, but the process of Lu Jiangnian's search is of course fake.

"There are very few people who know this embroidery method. I found one of them and based on the clues she provided, I found a place."

The emperor asked in a deep voice: "Where?"

"On the way from Bashu to the southern border, I wandered around Dalu Mountain for a long time and found a valley where someone had set up a camp."

"Camp? Training?"

The emperor stared straight at Lu Jiangnian. Lu Jiangnian did not dodge and continued to tell the story calmly.

"It's not a military training camp, it's a mountain stronghold that specializes in training assassins."

"However, it seems to have been abandoned. However, I found this token there."

"I have been very careful, but I was still assassinated on the road. It seems that someone has mastered my whereabouts."

These words were well-founded and the emperor believed most of them.

"Draw the detailed route of the Dalushan camp."

The matter is of great importance, he will not just listen to Lu Jiangnian's one-sided statement, he needs to send someone else to investigate further.

Lu Jiangnian had anticipated this, and when he made the plan, he had already given instructions to Xuanfeng to abandon the camp and rebuild it immediately.

He checked, but the emperor didn't believe it.

It would be great if the emperor's people could find some evidence involving the second prince there.

However, during this period of time, they also need to remain silent, so that the emperor will become suspicious of the second prince, and find a way to sever the relationship between the crown prince and the second prince.

When everything fermented to the extreme, there was no possibility for the Second Prince and Concubine Liang to turn things around.

"I will draw the route map right away."

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After Lu Jiangnian left the palace, the emperor immediately summoned the secret guards and asked them to investigate personally.

At the same time, he wrote a letter to the governor of Bazhou, asking him to cooperate closely.

The assassination of the third prince did not seem to cause any stir.

However, there were undercurrents in the court, rising and falling, and there was a sense of oppression as if a storm was about to come.

Under repression, people will become crazy.

The craziest person is Liang Zhi.

After Liang Shangjiong was impeached, he was banned from abusing others. Unfortunately, he has become a madman, so how can he be rational?

He did not stop, and behind the scenes, his perverted methods became even more severe.

How could Minister Zhao, this old fox, let go of such a good opportunity?

Liang Shangjiong and the second prince didn't know that Liang Zhi would not live for many days.

What they are worried about now is another matter.

A major matter concerning a man’s face!

All of a sudden, they couldn't do it anymore!

The Second Prince was completely unable to favor the woman last night, and till now, he still cannot accept this fact!

He is still so young, what went wrong?