"I don't care, if I don't beat them up to vent my anger, I'm not the Ninth Prince!" Shang Xiye was stubborn and defiant, and this time he really couldn't be appeased: "Especially that old hag, the Empress Dowager, I've put up with her for too long! Even if I can't tear her tendons out or skin her alive right now, it would be good to stab her in the heart a few times and whip her guts a few times!"

Ji Fengyao sensed something was off, as if there was something she didn't know: "Your Highness, after I left Cining Palace, what did the Empress Dowager discuss with Shang Xize?"

"Um!"

With a sullen expression, Shang Xiye recounted to Ji Fengyao the Empress Dowager and Shang Xize's plans for the ancestral worship banquet.

Ji Fengyao was stunned:

Holy crap, this old geezer actually came up with an idea like this!

Shang Xize even promised the Empress Dowager that he would perform a ritual before the ancestors of the Shang family...

No wonder Shang Xiye was so angry. If the ancestors of the Shang family, or even the late emperor, knew this in the afterlife, he would be so angry that he would crawl out of his coffin and strangle the Empress Dowager and Shang Xize!

Ji Fengyao clenched her small fists and gritted her teeth, saying, "Fight! You are the Ninth Prince of War, you definitely can't tolerate this, you must fight! It would be best if, after beating that brat Shang Xize, you threw him directly into the Empress Dowager's bed so she could pamper her good grandson!"

Upon hearing this, Shang Xiye happily kissed the little bandit's chubby cheek and laughed, "My little wife understands me perfectly!"

After returning to his residence, Shang Xiye went to the Ink Studio.

That evening.

Wu Zhong personally set off for the palace where the fourth prince was located.

The residence of the unmarried prince is called Yunlong Residence.

Located on the east side of the palace, adjacent to the outer court, and also connected to the inner palace.

Each prince resided in his own palace, arranged in order of seniority from the innermost to the outermost palace, and from the central palace to the outermost palace. The palaces were separated by high walls and large courtyards, ensuring excellent privacy and independence.

The Crown Prince moved to the Eastern Palace.

The second prince already has a family and has established his own household.

The third prince, having lost his virtue, was expelled from Yunlong.

All of the princes, from the fifth to the eleventh, died young.

Currently, only the Fourth Prince Shang Xize and the Twelfth Prince Shang Shenchen, who recently lost his mother, reside in Yunlong Palace. The vast palace complex is almost deserted at night, with only a few lights on, making it look strangely desolate and eerie.

As usual, Shang Xize closed the doors and windows, preparing to go to sleep. He had just secured the back window and turned to walk towards the bed when he heard a faint sound of something being pried open.

I turned around and looked.

A tiny knife, as thin as a cicada's wing, was inserted into the gap in the window sash, facing inwards. It was skillfully manipulating the window sash that he had just inserted, and it was about to be pulled open!

Shang Xize was terrified and shouted, "Assassin! Someone, catch the assassin!"

It would have been better if he hadn't shouted. As soon as he did, the masked man in black outside the window kicked the window to pieces with a loud crash.

The man in black jumped in through the window, quickly immobilized Shang Xize by pressing his pressure points, grabbed him by the waist like a dead dog, and leaped out of the back window.

When Wu Zhong arrived, he encountered men in black carrying Shang Xize and rushing towards the Cold Palace.

Just as he was about to give chase, the Imperial Guards that Yunlong had been alerted by rushed over.

The Imperial Guards looked at the smashed back window of Shang Xize Palace;

Then he looked at Wu Zhong, who was standing on the roof of the palace.

The leader suddenly pointed at Wu Zhong and shouted, "Brothers, the assassin is there! Catch the assassin!"

Wu Zhong: "..."

You blind idiots!

Am I leading you to chase after the real assassin?

Or should we let that assassin torture your fourth prince to the point of near death, or simply wait until he kills the man before leading you to hunt down the real assassin?