As for the emperor and others who had escaped, Lu Tong said that even if they were still alive, they would all have to "die" after he held a collective funeral for them.
Taking a deep breath, Lu Tong asked people to invite those old ministers in the court who were old and had long experience, but were either dependent on him or too weak to stand up straight.
In the presence of these people, he announced his decision to support the third prince to ascend the throne as emperor.
As for Concubine Ning, since she was the culprit for the sudden deaths of royal family members, Lu Tong decided to throw her into a mass grave and hold Ning's family accountable.
Someone cleverly suggested that, since this was the case, it would be better to directly register the third prince under the name of Queen Xiao Lu, and give the future emperor of Da Qi a mother who had no stain and was of noble birth.
Lu Tong was very satisfied with this person's proposal. He asked someone to find some royal relatives and have them witness the third prince's name being written under the name of little Lu.
After finishing this task, Lu Tong was about to discuss the funeral arrangements of the empress dowager, the emperor and other royal family members with everyone, when Lu Dingchang, who was in charge of taking care of the Fan family, sent someone to deliver some very bad news.
"Sir, the Fan family fought desperately, using traps, hidden weapons, poisons, and other things to kill over 300 of us."
Lu Tong's eyes were red with anger. "Fan Ting, is he planning a rebellion?"
The court officials, palace maids and guards who heard this all lowered their heads. They did not dare to criticize Lu Tong, so they could only stand quietly without saying a word.
Yu Zizhen, who was monitoring the entire capital through the baby-voice system, couldn't help but complain to the system about Lu Tong's twisted values. "He's going to kill the whole family, and he doesn't even want them to resist?"
The emperor who escaped from the palace had changed his appearance and was sent out by a team of her private soldiers. The reason why she did not follow him out of the city was because she had to wait for Fang Huaiying, whom she had only notified last night.
Fang Huaiying had few available men and relatively limited channels of information. Chen Hushan had smelled something and had already quietly left the capital, but he was still instructing his subordinates to keep the door closed and not to accidentally get involved in things that they shouldn't be involved in.
This child, like the eldest Lu family, never expected Lu Tong to be so cruel. He thought it was just a way for the Lu family to exclude dissidents.
Under such circumstances, he didn't think he would be in any danger even if things went in the worst direction.
It was not until last night when Fang Huaiying received the verbal message sent by Yu Zizhen that he began to make preparations in a hurry.
Fang Huaiying has prepared the indentures and severance pay for all the servants in the Duke of Wei's mansion. He will just wait for him to leave the capital with his guards and attendants today, and then the old housekeeper in his mansion will dismiss all the servants.
By the time Lu Tong had dealt with the issues in the palace and remembered to pay attention to these hostages, he had already disappeared with Yu Zizhen.
By then, not to mention him, the real boss, Lu Tong would probably not even be able to find his servants.
However, there was one thing Fang Huaiying didn't quite understand, that was why Yu Zizhen didn't want to return to the northern border, but instead proposed to go to the western border with him.
To be honest, Fang Huaiying himself didn't know what kind of situation he would face when he returned. By then, his life might not be as comfortable as when he was in the capital, let alone making his friends respected.
While watching the servants packing up, Fang Huaiying sighed inwardly.
If Yu Zizhen hadn't offered to help check his adoptive father's injuries, he really didn't want his friends to witness his embarrassing situation with their own eyes.
Yu Zizhen had no idea that Fang Huaiying was worried that she would find out about Fang Huaiying's embarrassing situation in Western Xinjiang. She was whispering to a secret agent who would not leave the capital, "If conditions permit, without exposing yourself, spend some money and have someone help the Fan family collect the bodies."
After all, she and Fan Zhongming were classmates, and he had never stabbed her in the back. Considering their friendship over the years, she didn't mind letting his grandfather and father rest in peace.
The undercover agent replied "yes". Yu Zizhen, who had already changed his clothes and even changed his face, bought some steamed buns, steamed buns and meat patties from the undercover agent's shop, then got into the car and left with the oil-paper bag.
The carriage she was riding in was just a small blue cloth carriage used by ordinary wealthy families, just as her current identity was just that of an innocent young child from an ordinary wealthy family.
After meeting Fang Huaiying and others who were also in disguise at the city gate, Yu Zizhen gave them the travel passes she had prepared long ago according to the number of people.
Unless there were special circumstances, the exit from the city was not strictly checked, and they secretly gave each of the soldiers guarding the city a small piece of silver, so the soldiers guarding the city naturally would not make things difficult for them.
The group of people left the city from the west gate without any danger. When the team had walked about twenty miles, Fang Huaiying, who was feeling uneasy, finally saw a familiar person on the side of the road.
He was about to ride over, but the two people he was familiar with got there first and excitedly called out "Prince".
Fang Huaiying shuddered and turned to look at the strange young man who stuck his head out of the carriage.
Yu Zizhen smiled at him, then raised his hand and responded to Yaoguang and Yuheng's call of "Prince".
"Zizhen? You, why are you......"
"I can disguise myself." Yu Zizhen knew Fang Huaiying must have many questions to ask. She waved at Fang Huaiying who was staring at her blankly, "If you want to know anything, get in the car and ask them one by one."
Fang Huaiying nodded, abandoned the horse, and rode in the same carriage with Yu Zizhen.
After sitting down, the first question he asked Yu Zizhen was not about her disguise skills, but about the current situation of the eldest prince Xiao Yuanjin and the emperor.
"Do you know how His Majesty and His Highness are doing now?"
Yu Zizhen replied: "Yes, he ran away, even earlier than us."
Fang Huaiying's eyes twitched slightly, "What about the Second Prince and the others?"
"He and Xiao Shaoke also ran away, as well as the eldest princess. My people sent them all away."
Fang Huaiying was shocked. "How did you do that?"
Is it so easy to smuggle the emperor and the prince out of the palace?
Yu Zizhen smiled slightly, "The hermit has his own clever plan."
As soon as Fang Huaiying heard it, he knew that this was a question that Yu Zizhen didn't want to answer, so he immediately stopped asking.
But he could ask about other people's affairs, "What about Hushan?"
"He saw the opportunity quicker than you did. He sneaked out last night."
Fang Huai's handsome face flushed slightly. "What on earth happened in the palace? How did we end up having to flee overnight?"
Yu Zizhen sighed and briefly recounted what had happened. By the way, she also explained how Lu Tong planned to cover up the truth.
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