So Li Xiuzhu asked, "Besides my three brothers, were there any other people killed last night? I mean the palace maids."

Wang Defa looked at Li Kuo when he heard this. Seeing Li Kuo nod, he shook his head and said, "Except for the three princes, no one else was killed."

Li Xiuzhu nodded and said, "If that's the case, then I have a direction."

"First of all, it must be someone I know. It's impossible for me, who is visiting the palace for the first time, to commit crimes in the rooms of three princes within an hour without someone's guidance."

"Not to mention whether we have enough time, just finding the bedrooms of the three princes is difficult to do."

"If you say you accidentally entered one prince's bedroom, it's possible, but if you accidentally entered three, you would have to be very precise."

"So the perpetrator must be someone familiar with the palace."

"Some people might be thinking, what if I catch a palace servant showing me the way?"

"But even the palace servants are mostly responsible for their own places. How many palace servants know all the palaces?"

"How many people do we need to capture if we want to find them all the way there?"

"And in order to avoid being exposed, they had to kill people to silence them. Fortunately, no palace servants died last night."

Li Kuo and the concubines in various courtyards believed what he said, and Queen Ruan Wenjun also breathed a sigh of relief. After Li Xiuzhu said this, his suspicion was cleared.

Li Kuo listened to Li Xiuzhu's analysis and then remembered Li Xiuzhu's talent. He was silent for a moment and continued, "What do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Li Xiuzhu glanced at Concubine Hui in silence. Seeing how sad she looked, he didn't know how to start the conversation.

Li Kuo frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "Just say what you want to say, don't worry about anything else."

Li Xiuzhu then spoke up: "I think Father has already sent someone to invite Third Brother."

"Do you suspect the third brother?"

Li Kuo spoke calmly, which showed that he had guessed this way before.

What the two said shocked Concubine Hui. She looked at them suddenly with disbelief in her eyes.

It's not that Concubine Hui hadn't thought about it, but she shook her head after just a brief thought. These were all Chengyu's brothers. How could he possibly harm his own brothers?

Although she thought her son had some minor flaws, his good points outweighed his flaws and his character was not that bad.

Just then, there was a sound of rapidly approaching armor colliding outside.

As soon as someone came in, he immediately saluted with his fists.

"Your Majesty, the Third Prince is not in his residence. We have also checked the Third Prince's properties in Shangjing City, but there is no trace of the Third Prince. I suspect that the Third Prince may not be in the city."

Li Kuo remained silent. The situation now was extremely clear. His third son was probably the mastermind behind this incident.

Li Kuo seemed to know why, and Li Xiuzhu also knew it.

Li Xiuzhu really didn't expect that the third prince would be so cruel. He killed his brothers and only killed those who posed a threat to him during the battle for the throne of the Nine Dragons.

But who would have thought.

But this is indeed the correct approach. Think about the nine sons of Kangxi who were competing for the throne. Everyone originally thought that either the crown prince or the eighth son would inherit the throne, but the two of them fought for a long time and were taken advantage of by that scheming Yongzheng. It was like he got it for free. Can you believe it?

If the eighth brother or the prince had been a little more ruthless, there would be no chance for others.

At this moment, Li Xiuzhu's expression suddenly changed slightly. Since the Third Prince had killed his brother to prove his truth, the Crown Prince must be in danger.

Li Xiuzhu hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Father, the Crown Prince is in danger. Please send someone to fetch him back. We need experts and a lot of people."

Li Kuo immediately thought of this matter after being reminded by Li Xiuzhu, and hurriedly told the guard commander beside him: "Ji Gang, take 1,000 imperial guards to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Ji Gang, the guard commander in seclusion? He came out? "Yes!"

"Wait a moment."

Ji Gang, who was about to leave, was startled and looked at Li Xiuzhu.

Li Kuo and other imperial concubines also looked over, except for Concubine Hui, who obviously had not yet accepted the reality.

Hmm? This is a private secret. Why does he want to know this?

Ji Gang looked at Li Kuo, and Li Kuo was silent for a moment and then nodded.

Seeing Li Kuo nod, Ji Gang shook his head.

“Just a little bit more.”

"Within three years, I will definitely be able to enter the peerless world."

Ji Gang is in his early thirties and he is definitely a genius if he can reach the peak of his powers within three years.

However, Li Xiuzhu shook his head at Ji Gang's arrogance, and said with a slightly embarrassed look: "Your Majesty, there may not be enough people."

Huh? Li Kuoren was stunned.

One thousand good fighters, you tell me that they are not enough? You have to know that he only has three thousand imperial guards, and these imperial guards are composed of second-rate or above masters. Not to mention anything else, they can handle an army of 30,000 people.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

If you are defending a city, as long as the city gates are not broken, even 100,000 people cannot break into the city.

Isn't that enough for you to tell me? Don't you understand the concept of a warrior?

Don't you know what a second-rate master is? Not to mention Li Kuo, even Ji Gang was dissatisfied. A small son-in-law actually looked down on me.

"Xiuzhu, you may not understand the strength of the Imperial Guards."

However, Li Xiuzhu's next words broke Li Kuo and Ji Gang's resentment.

"If I'm not mistaken, the Third Prince dared to do this because he was working with the people from Cihang Jingzhai."

"Cihang Jingzhai, don't you know that father knows that the Buddhists must have been involved? And even more terrifying than the Buddhists is Ning Daoqi, the leader of the Taoist sect."

"His strength has reached the peerless late stage."

Upon hearing this, Li Kuo looked at Li Xiuzhu with burning eyes and asked, "How did you know?"

Li Xiuzhu's words were totally unlike the harmless Li Xiuzhu he portrayed in the past. You have to know that even he didn't have this information.

Li Xiuzhu also knew that he was being suspected again, and explained, "Two days ago, the two of them went to visit the mansion, and yesterday, while watching the moon, they happened to run into Bi Xiuxin, the head of Cihang Jingzhai."

"I asked about Ning Daoqi, but he said that Ning Daoqi was busy with other things and was not there."

"Biyao and Liuli were also present at the time."

Upon hearing this, the two women hurriedly nodded, confirming what Li Xiuzhu said.

"I think Ning Daoqi is likely to kill my eldest brother. Once my eldest brother dies, your Majesty will only have the third prince as your son."

"Then you will have no other choice but the Third Prince to take the throne."

"I don't think you will let the Prince of Zhennan inherit your throne."

Li Kuo was stunned. Indeed, if it was true as Li Xiuzhu said, he would definitely let the third son inherit it. At least the benefits would not be left to outsiders.

In other words, no Taoist saw the Third Prince at this time, otherwise they would be surprised to find that the Third Prince had new purple energy on his body.

The Buddhist methods are so terrifying.

"Then how do you know Ning Daoqi's realm?"

Upon hearing this, Li Xiuzhu said, "The Taoist Tianzong's heir apparent has suffered a love calamity that has befallen me. Tianzong's leader, Xiaoyaozi, asked me to introduce him to the crown prince."

"Xiaoyaozi told me about Ning Daoqi's realm."

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