Chapter 47: The Thought of Regicide

No one could have imagined that an ordinary civilian woman could cause the two princes to confront each other so fiercely.

But in the end, the Ninth Prince gained the upper hand and took the beauty away. The Second Prince looked extremely unhappy, but he still led his men to make way.

Hongdou was more and more confused about His Highness's actions today. He just said that someone should tie up the woman with a rope, and now he was kindly inviting Li Zhaoyun to ride in the carriage.

You have to know that although there are many palace servants serving the Ninth Prince, only a few can enter the inner palace. Similarly, there are only five people who can ride in the same carriage with the Ninth Prince.

However, at this moment, His Highness actually took the initiative to ask the woman to ride in the carriage with him.

If she hadn't heard it with her own ears and seen it with her own eyes, Hongdou would have thought that the prince in front of her had been replaced by someone else. However, she would never question the prince's decision. No matter how ridiculous the order sounded, it was the master's words.

These slaves do whatever their master says.

But when the woman got on the carriage, the Ninth Prince changed his order.

"Let's not go to the Duke's Mansion, let's go to Shuiyun Lane in the south of the city."

No matter how many doubts there are in my heart, the person in front of me is His Highness, and the orders he issued were all spoken in person, without any hesitation.

But--

"...Shuiyun Lane?"

Didn't you have to rush to the Duke's Mansion early this morning? Why did you suddenly change your mind now?

The maid frowned and asked tentatively,

"But, didn't Your Highness send someone to inform the Duke the day before yesterday? Why don't we go to the Duke's Mansion first and then go later..."

【Notify Duke Wei? ! ! 】

Li Zhaoyun was shocked.

She had never expected that Zhou Huaiyan would actually send someone to inform Duke Wei. This was in trouble. If Duke Wei brought people to chase her, it would be troublesome.

The most urgent thing was to take the person away immediately and get rid of the troublesome palace maid outside.

"Go to the Duke's Mansion in person and tell my uncle that I have something else to do today and will not be going."

——No rebuttal!

Hongdou's heart sank. The day before yesterday, His Highness had not asked her to inform the Duke, nor had he even mentioned going to the Duke's Mansion.

But on the surface, the maid still acted strangely.

"Your Highness wants me to go?"

It was never her turn to deliver letters or run errands, because from the moment Hongdou followed the boy, she served as his close protector and would not leave his side unless there were special circumstances.

But before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by the boy's fierce voice.

"Hurry up, now!"

Hongdou had never heard His Highness speak in such a tone before. Normally, even when he was angry, his tone was calm, not as anxious as it was now.

So the Grand Palace Lady finally nodded.

"Your Highness, calm down. I have said too much. I will go now."

She climbed onto the horse with great agility and grace.

"You, follow me."

She called a guard and quickly led her men on horseback to the Duke's Mansion.

A servant came over and continued to drive the carriage.

“Drive!”

Li Zhaoyun breathed a sigh of relief when he felt the carriage finally start moving again.

Originally, the queen worm was used to control the Ninth Prince, and this task should have been completed at the Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony three months ago, but Zhou Huaiyan was unexpectedly completely different from what was imagined.

Although he was a lecher, he was totally unimpressed by her advances, so Li Zhaoyun had no choice but to devote herself to the Second Prince temporarily and wait for an opportunity to find a way to get close to him.

I finally waited for the young man to leave the palace, but I didn't expect that he would go directly to the Duke's Mansion.

Now that the deadline given by Master Jian Kong is approaching, Li Zhaoyun can only resort to this last resort and stop the car in the street.

Originally, the best way for a mother insect to control her offspring was to use body/fluid or blood exchange to transmit the mother insect's commands.

But the Ninth Prince was surrounded by many guards, especially the head maid, who was skilled in martial arts. Therefore, getting through the snowy night would be harder than climbing to heaven. Fortunately, the Ninth Prince had a reputation for being lustful.

Therefore, even though Li Zhaoyun was not as smart as others, she had an extremely beautiful face and a clean background. Even if the emperor came to investigate personally, he could not find any doubts.

That's why he was chosen by Jian Kong.

However, Li Zhaoyun never expected that the other party would be so sensitive and would not give her any chance to get close.

The situation was urgent just now and there was no time to seduce him with sex. He could only turn the liquid secreted by the mother insect into colorless and odorless powder, and then let Zhou Huaiyan inadvertently inhale it.

In order to achieve the purpose of temporary control.

Fortunately, the second prince suddenly appeared and attracted everyone's attention, so she was able to succeed. Although there were some minor mistakes in the middle, she finally succeeded.

——Master Jian Kong is indeed a man of foresight.

However, speaking of this face that made Li Zhaoyun proud, she once thought that she could be called the most beautiful woman in the world, until she actually saw her mission target for the first time.

——The ninth prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Huaiyan.

I have to say, this dandy and useless prince really has a very good appearance.

Li Zhaoyun had seen his portraits long ago and was amazed at the time. But when he actually saw the real person, he only felt that the so-called skilled painter,

I couldn't even describe one-third of the young man's charm.

She sat in the luxurious and exquisite carriage, and her eyes could not help but carefully look at Zhou Huaiyan's face. Her heartbeat slightly quickened, and she even couldn't help but stretch out her hand to trace the boy's delicate brow bones, revealing a bit of infatuation in her eyes.

"What a pity, she has been fooled. When she loses her mind, all that will be left is this beautiful skin..."

Li Zhaoyun took a deep breath and forced himself to look away from the boy's face.

She took out a very small but sharp blade from her sleeve, and then rolled up Zhou Huaiyan's sleeves, exposing his wrist. But before she cut him, she seemed to suddenly see something.

Li Zhaoyun was stunned and began to feel a slight heat behind his ears.

All I saw was the overly delicate inner side of the wrist bone, which was as white as jade, covered with ambiguous red marks and tooth marks, winding all the way upwards.

Especially, it is very imaginative.

"......"

Everyone in the capital knows that the Ninth Prince has been obsessed with a lowly foreign slave recently. He keeps the slave by his side every day to play with and fondle her. This mark is probably caused by the latter.

Look at the color, so bright and juicy, probably from last night...

Li Zhaoyun finally came back to her senses. She touched her hot face, but couldn't help secretly hating Zhou Huaiyan for being so short-sighted. He ignored such a peerless beauty like her and instead liked to have sex with such a lowly and filthy foreign slave.

Next, she took out the blood that she had prepared earlier, and then used a blade to cut a tiny cross on the inside of the boy's wrist bone.

The sharp blade pressed against the jade-white skin, and the bright red blood immediately flowed down the palm to the fingertips, staining the carpet with a dark color.

Next, take out a fine needle and transfuse the blood containing the female worm's secretions into the...

At this moment, Zhou Huaiyan only felt terrible pain like thousands of ants gnawing at his bones, coming from the countless nerve endings throughout his body.

My brain felt like it was about to explode, and my mind seemed to be shattered by something, leaving only chaos.

The boy felt waves of nausea.

He had long been accustomed to physical weakness and illness since childhood, but this was the first time he felt his mind was out of control. This feeling made Zhou Huaiyan feel unprecedented anger and panic.

It's like a person groping in a dark forest, surrounded by wolves and tigers, but he suddenly lost his only torch.

[This won’t work...]

【We need to wake up...】

【Wake up! 】

At the same time, Li Zhaoyun suddenly felt a pain in her chest. She immediately covered her mouth with a handkerchief. When she took it down, she saw a glaring red spot on the snow-white handkerchief.

She looked terrified and suddenly raised her head to look at the boy sitting there with a blank look in his eyes.

[The young dragonflies are actually resisting the orders of the mother dragonfly in my body...]

——This is absolutely impossible!!!

But now there is no time to delay. Although there was a slight resistance just now, the main control is still in Li Chaoyun's hands.

She had to take the person away immediately. As long as they reached Yunshui Lane, there would be someone to pick them up.

At the same time, Hongdou had turned around at another alley, with an expression more serious than ever before.

"Go and report to the Duke immediately that His Highness is suspected to be held hostage by a woman using unknown means. Ask him to come immediately. I will leave a mark along the way."

"yes!"

Seeing the guards galloping away, Hongdou immediately dismounted, quickly undid her hair, and bought a coat from a roadside clothing store.

In just a few minutes, she transformed from a calm and dignified maid into an inconspicuous peasant woman, blending into the crowd, quickly finding the convoy and secretly following it.

However, what Hongdou didn't know was that the guard was robbed and killed on the way before he arrived at the Duke's Mansion.

......

As the sky gradually darkened, Ah Fei stood guard at the gate of Qiwu Palace, but there was no sign of her master returning.

[Are we going to stay at the Duke's Mansion tonight? ]

The little cat lowered his head somewhat dejectedly, and he thought again of the last scene of last night——

What about you?

"......Owner?"

Obviously, their bodies were so closely connected at that time, but Ah Fei felt as if there was a thousand miles between them.

"You've been...very strange lately."

"What's so strange about that?"

Looking at the boy's eyes as dark as black jade, for a moment, he even thought that the other party had seen through all his secrets.

"What...what happened?"

Ah Fei's voice began to lose its lustful tone and became rational and tense.

Zhou Huaiyan did not answer because he was still unsure. But at this moment, the boy could clearly sense his nervousness, because the kitten's body also tightened with nervousness.

"......"

After a brief silence, the silver bell shook violently, almost frantically. After a while, Zhou Huaiyan left and walked into the bathroom.

It was the first time that Ah Fei felt such terrible fear after being intimate with his master. He habitually cleaned up the mess on himself and in the room. When he looked up inadvertently, he found that a little light from the sky had penetrated through the window...

The master even changed his usual routine. Although he stayed up all night, he changed his clothes directly after bathing and hurried to the Duke's Mansion.

And, for the first time, I didn't bring myself with me.

Ah Fei clenched her unconsciously trembling fingertips.

——He must have discovered something.

[That's right, the master is such a smart person...]

Ah Fei had anticipated this moment since the day his identity was discovered by the aliens, but he did not expect it to come so soon.

Even...he hadn't had time to find out the hidden list of human-pigs in the capital.

Originally, Ah Fei planned to kill the man in black in Yunding Mountain. After all, the other party needed to be tested to find out his identity. If he was killed, perhaps he could continue to hide as before.

But just maybe.

Because Ah Fei's appearance is so special and she is close to the Ninth Prince, with countless eyes watching her, she will be exposed sooner or later.

Why not. Find a permanent solution, such as...

——Completely crush the plan of the foreign king Qu Pingye.

Eliminate all the human pigs, destroy all the information behind them, and silence all those who know about it.

In this way, his secret can truly remain a secret forever.

In addition, he had to find the mother worm that matched the larvae in the master's body. Although he could use his own body to draw out the larvae, there had never been a precedent for such a thing before.

Ah Fei is not 100% sure, there might be some sequelae...

Just as the little cat was squatting at the gate of Qiwu Palace, lost in deep thought, a familiar, small figure suddenly came running from a distance.

——It’s the Thirteenth Prince.

The child ran very fast with a terrified look on his face, as if he had encountered some horrible incident.

Ah Fei stood up and caught the little prince who rushed over to her. Just as she was about to salute,

"I have met His Majesty the Thirteenth Prince, you..."

"Don't salute, don't salute, hurry up, I want to see Brother Xiaojiu!!!"

His tone was hurried and flustered. He pushed Ah Fei away and was about to run inside, but the next second he was stopped by the kitten.

"The master went back to the Duke's Mansion early this morning and hasn't come back yet. Does His Highness Thirteen have any urgent business?"

"The Duke's Mansion..."

Xiao Shisan was stunned for a moment, then immediately grabbed Ah Fei's hand.

"Quick! Go and inform Brother Xiaojiu that our father is dying. Right now, the Second Prince's mother, Concubine De, is presiding over the meeting in Xuanzheng Hall. My eighth brother is also here, and even the Empress has arrived. She has summoned many ministers, and it seems that they are about to decide on the succession to the throne!"

"Stand up?!"

Ah Fei was shocked and immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.

Emperor Zhou fell ill due to the flood in the south of the Yangtze River and the death of the third prince. Several princes and concubines served him day and night. It is unknown what tricks were used.

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Ah Fei turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Xiao Shisan, and something cold was stuffed into her hand.

"It is now a time of palace curfew. All palace gates are closed. This is my prince's token. Take it. It may be useful."

Although the boy's young voice was trembling noticeably, his mind was extremely calm at this moment.

"A Fei, Brother Xiao Jiu always says that you are very good at martial arts. If you are blocked by the imperial guards on the road, it may be a palace coup. So no matter what, you must break out of the palace and ask Duke Wei to enter the palace to take charge of the situation."

Ah Fei stared at the child in front of him. He finally understood why his master, although he was afraid of trouble, had his own purpose in everything he did and everyone he kept.

But he always took some care of this little prince who was of humble origin and of no use at all.

A person's true character is revealed in times of adversity.

However, when Ah Fei rode her horse quickly to the palace gate, she found that hundreds of imperial guards had already gathered there. Each of them was wearing armor, holding a sword, and exuding a murderous aura.

"Who is coming——!"

The alien youth was wearing black clothes and riding a white horse, with a red longbow on his back. His face was cold and solemn, and he directly took out the gilded token.

"I have been ordered to urgently summon Duke Wei to an audience. Please let him pass immediately!!!"

Everyone in the palace knew that the Thirteenth Prince was of low status, so Ah Fei did not directly say which prince it was. But the other party did not even look at him and directly pointed the long sword at him.

"The Empress has ordered that anyone who leaves the palace without permission after the ban today will be detained, no matter who they are or what they did. If anyone resists, they will be killed on the spot!!!"

The man's powerful voice was filled with murderous intent.

"Someone, take him down for me!!!"

"......"

Ah Fei had long been prepared to be blocked and even surrounded by a group of imperial guards, but he did not expect the situation to be so serious.

The cat's cyan eyes suddenly narrowed——

[In that case, then we have no choice but to......]

A Fei drew his bow and arrow, the string was like a full moon, and the murderous aura was like a rainbow!

[He forced his way out! 】

......

Half an hour later, the queen received an urgent report.

Snap——

The priceless jade ruyi was smashed to pieces on the ground. The woman's face was filled with extreme anger.

"What? Hundreds of people couldn't stop one?!!!"

The aunt immediately went up to support her.

"Don't be angry, Madam. Even if he really ran out of the palace and found Jiang Yi, it would be useless."

"What?"

The queen frowned, and then the maid whispered something in his ear, and the woman's frown finally relaxed.

But he did not show any joy, instead he laughed miserably.

"Jiang Xian... Jiang Xian... your brother gave up on you for the emperor back then. Do you think he will give up on your son this time?"

"If Jiang Yi knew that he claimed to be a loyal subject to the emperor, but he personally sent his own sister into the knife, would he regret it? Would he... kill the emperor?"

"Hahahaha...what a sin...Zhou Hongjin, this is all your fault!!!"

Zhou Hongjin is the famous name of the current emperor.

However, the maid seemed to be used to it and just supported her quietly.

"My lady, please take care of yourself..."

At this moment in the Duke's Mansion, Duke Wei was sitting in the study from morning till dark.

In his left hand he held the secret decree from the Emperor, while in his right hand he held the handwritten blood-written letter from the Empress.

Written on it is the truth about Jiang Xun’s death.

She risked her life to give birth to a child for that man, but the child's father killed her with his own hands.

Killed her.

Jiang Yi still remembered the oath that the emperor had made to Min'er when he was still the fourth prince. Every word of it was sincere and earnest.

However, Zhou Hongjin had clearly promised to marry her as his principal wife, but when Jiang Min went to Jiangnan to quell the rebellion of Prince Jing, the man married the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Zhenguo.

After ascending the throne, the emperor wanted to confer the title of Imperial Consort on Jiang Min, but Min was unwilling at that time.

But Duke Wei thought that everyone knew that the emperor had a love affair with Jiang Min, so who would dare to marry her in the future? Moreover, the emperor and the fourth prince of that time were not the same.

Although the Jiang family is powerful, they are still subjects of the emperor after all.

Therefore, Jiang Min entered the harem. From being the only female general in the Great Zhou, she became an imperial concubine.

But within three years, she died of dystocia. No, she was killed by Zhou Hongjin, the king that Jiang Yi was loyal to...

Wei Guoan sat quietly, looking over and over again at the blood letter written by the queen herself, which carefully listed the evidence. She even wrote down the truth about the prince's death.

At this moment, the National Security Officer was so quiet that he almost became a statue.

Jiang Yi, who had been instilled with the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor and patriotism since he could remember, actually had the thought of killing the emperor at this moment.

The Jiang family may look glorious and honorable, but all this honor was gained at the cost of many lives.

Every male in the Jiang family had to go to the battlefield, so now, a century-old family has lost so many descendants, even to the point of extinction.

But how did the royal family repay? Zhou Hongjin originally begged to marry Xin'er, but when she gave birth to his child, the man killed her with his own hands.

There was no expression on Duke Wei's face, but only he knew how terrifying the hatred in his heart was at that moment.

Regicide...

So what if it was really regicide?

Anyway...he still has Huai Yan, right? Kill the emperor and let Huai Yan sit on that throne.

With Huai Yan's intelligence and wisdom, it is not difficult to govern the world well...

At this moment, Duke Wei even began to seriously consider the possibility of plotting treason and usurping the throne, and then pushing his beloved nephew onto the throne.

Although the 300,000 cavalrymen in the north had to guard the border and resist foreign tribes, it was not difficult for him to transfer 100,000 troops at his command. As for the south, the deployment left by Xun'er in Jiangnan was still there. Zhenguohou had passed away for many years, and the remnants of his old troops were not strong enough.

Although the second prince's mother's family is powerful, they have no military power. The third prince faked his death and prepared for treason, and the Duke of Wei can kill him at any time.

The fourth prince is in charge of flood control in Jiangnan, the eighth prince is even more reckless, and the thirteenth prince is young and weak...

After all the calculations, no one is more suitable than his Huai Yan.

Duke Wei's eyes were filled with murderous intent.

【No one...】

Bang--!!!

The door of the study was suddenly pushed open, and Jiang Yi immediately hid the blood letter in his hand into the box.

Before he could ask for culpability, he saw a familiar figure covered in blood and murderous aura.

"......A Fei?"

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