The guard's voice was filled with excitement.

Because the crown prince is dead, the second prince will soon be dead too. By that time, the third prince will be the first in line to the throne.

They will also drink the soup together.

The third prince was in disguise, sitting in the carriage at the moment. He did not look like his original appearance, but a middle-aged man with a goatee, who looked to be about forty years old.

What he wore was also a very ordinary robe.

Rather than a powerful person, he looks more like a wealthy businessman.

After listening to this, he smiled slightly, took a deep breath of relief and said, "It's just what I expected."

After a moment, he added: "It's freezing cold, and it's not easy to send a letter."

"But our news cannot be delayed, so when you return this time, use the falcon you trained before."

"If our people succeed at the Princess Zhaoyang's family recognition banquet today, you will immediately send a letter to me and ask the people at the Gu family cemetery to take action and send my second brother away as well."

If that were the case, everything would be simple.

The second prince was looking forward to it.

But this is only the best result. He still needs to prepare a way out, because in case it fails, this matter still needs to continue. He is really worried about what the Fourth Prince Nan Chu's spy will find out about him.

But at the moment, he doesn't have enough manpower and he can't take care of the Fourth Prince for the time being.

"If the Mu family fails, you will notify the people in the palace to prepare and send the explosives in."

When he said this, a hint of ruthlessness emerged in his eyes.

He lifted the car curtain and looked out at the vast expanse of white outside, and suddenly said something irrelevant, "There are still twenty days until the Chinese New Year."

“How cruel.”

Talking about the emperor.

He felt that the emperor was cruel for putting him in solitary confinement, not allowing him to get involved in matters related to the palace examination, and not letting him have a good New Year.

But he didn't think that he was cruel for killing his father.

There was silence for a while, and the carriage moved a little distance away.

He then spoke, "On New Year's Eve, Father will hold a banquet for all the ministers and the students who passed the exam this year."

The corners of his mouth rose, and he suddenly snorted a cold laugh, "If you don't let me participate, then I will send them to the west together."

The soft voice had a malicious meaning.

Upon hearing this, the guard asked, "What about that Ziwei lucky star? ... After all, she is a lucky star."

"Yes, after all, she is a lucky star. Whether it is true or not, she can always deceive the eyes of those people below and make them happy."

The third prince laughed and didn't take Ruyi seriously.

"She is a little clever, but women's cleverness is just for jealousy and fighting for favor in the backyard."

"If she encounters other things, she won't be able to handle it."

"If she behaves herself, after I ascend the throne, I will give her a place to be a vase. One more is not too much, one less is not too little."

"If you don't obey," the third prince's eyes showed a hint of murderous intent, and he snorted, "then we will die together."

However, the Third Prince never expected that his biggest enemy was not the concealed Rong Yan, nor the feared Prince Yan's Mansion, Li Xiangyi, the Mu family, and the Xiao family.

It’s as you wish.

At this moment, he was still full of expectation, looking in the direction of Yancheng and said: "My father seems smart, but he can't do everything well."

"He only knows that there is a problem with the city defense army, but he doesn't know that this is a trap set for him by me."

Having said this, he became very proud.

"He only knew to put General Yao in jail, but he didn't know that only when General Yao is in jail can our people go up."

"He only knew how to protect Ziwei Fuxing and called Xiao Pingyue back to celebrate the New Year, but he didn't know that once Xiao Pingyue left, Yancheng would become our world."

There was confidence in his eyes.

The guard was also happy to hear this, "Speaking of this, I remembered another thing."

"Just when I was leaving the city, I got some new news. It said that someone in the Northern Desert was causing trouble and the garrison commander there could no longer control it."

"There is no one in the court, so the emperor had no choice but to transfer Xiao Pingyue over."

"Xiao Pingyue didn't even bother to attend Princess Zhaoyang's family recognition banquet, and headed straight to the Northern Desert!"

The Third Prince was immediately delighted when he heard this, "This is even better, hahahaha!"

It was as if Yancheng was already in his hands.

"Go back and deliver the message in time."

The third prince snorted and told the guards to go back.

Take a deep breath and feel refreshed, with the future in sight.

…

At this moment, it is almost noon.

Gu Qingyun waited outside the palace for a very long time before the person he wanted to see appeared. He was a young eunuch in green clothes.

After the two came out, they hid stealthily in a dark alley.

"How is it? Any news about my father?"

Gu Qingyun was so anxious that his mouth was covered with blisters.

The young eunuch shook his head in distress. "The palace has been under tight control recently. No news has come out of the Imperial Study. I only heard that the Minister had met the Emperor."

Then he asked in astonishment: "But that happened two days ago. Hasn't the person returned yet?"

“…”

Gu Qingyun broke out in a cold sweat and finally shook his head and said, "Not only did my father not return, but Gu Qinghua is also missing."

“This is really weird.”

Strange, and not strange.

He remembered the night the prince was assassinated.

After discussing it as a family, they finally unanimously decided to sacrifice Gu Qinghua, the abandoned child, if all else failed.

So now, it has been sacrificed?

Or did something happen?

If he was sacrificed, why hasn’t my father come back yet?

Are you implicated?

Gu Qingyun was terrified, and the young eunuch also looked distressed. "The queen is not in the palace, and we have no one to support us. It is difficult to move around in the palace. Now we are almost blind and don't know what to do."

Then, he changed the subject, "However, I heard that the emperor suddenly asked Concubine Duan to worship Buddha for a whole month."

"It's very strange."

Gu Qingyun frowned, "It's very strange. The Second Prince and Concubine Li were locked up in my family's cemetery and couldn't get out. The Third Prince was put in solitary confinement, and Concubine Duan was locked up in the Buddhist temple..."

"Now, what does the emperor want to do?"

He can't understand.

The young eunuch couldn't understand it, "I don't know, it just feels like it's going to rain."

When Gu Qingyun heard this, he felt confused.

What should I do if I can’t find out anything?

In the end, he had no choice but to let the young eunuch return to the palace first, and he went out of the alley first, intending to look for Fang Yizhou.

At this moment, Mr. Gu also came to the cemetery.

"How about it?"

The Second Prince saw that he was somewhat excited, so he stood up and asked urgently, "Is it clean?"

He had been closely watched by Eunuch Yang these past few days and knew nothing about the outside world. He was still fantasizing about being the first heir and moving into the East Palace after the crown prince was buried.

But when I saw the old man of the Gu family's face, my heart sank.

The old man of the Gu family has been so worried these past two days that his hair has turned white.

He frowned at the Second Prince's appearance and shook his head, saying, "Your uncle went to deal with it, but the person is gone."

"The person is gone?"

The second prince didn't understand for a moment, "Who's gone? The assassin?"

But then the old man of the Gu family said sadly: "Your uncle is gone."