Chapter 412 Curious?
"And our Zhang family is not from the previous dynasty at all. Stop talking nonsense here."
At this time, the leading assassin also arrived, holding a sword dripping with blood in his hand: "Your Highness, please stop giving us those signals. You know clearly whether what we say is the truth or not."
"Our royal family of Tao only knows how to enjoy themselves. But the Guo family, from the immortal emperor to the royal relatives, all of them exploit the people and only care about their own enjoyment. Our Tao family is far inferior to your Guo family."
"You don't need to say anything more. I'm not afraid to tell you that we're here today to teach you a lesson and serve as a warning to your Zhang family. If you know what's good for you, quickly release our young master, otherwise we'll make sure no one in your Zhang family is left alive."
Concubine Zhang was completely stunned, watching the assassin rush over and cut off her hair, and then...
“Ah! Ah! My face… How dare you ruin my face!!”
The assassin snorted as he heard the voice outside: "Tell Prime Minister Zhang that if you don't hand over our young master, we will take your life next time."
"The guards are coming, let's go!"
Bu Ruo looked at the assassins who were fleeing in all directions and Concubine Zhang who had collapsed and fainted, and clicked his tongue twice. He ignored the noisy guards below and took the two of them to the highest point of Ninghe Palace... to seize the Dongzhu.
On the way back, Bu Ruo looked at Guo Lu who was lost in thought and asked, "Curious?"
"Yes, I am curious."
Bu Ruo gave the fist-sized Dongzhu to the little girl to play with. "It's nothing, actually. Ever since the princess and her two children were molested by that bastard from the Zhang family, the prince went to investigate the Zhang family. He found out that the Zhang family was actually a former subordinate of the Tao family from the previous Beining Dynasty."
"The Zhang family's ancestors were once saved by the Tao royal family, and later received their help. Therefore, the Zhang family's ancestors established a family motto: no matter how the future changes, the Zhang family will protect the Tao royal family for generations and will never betray them."
"The Zhang family has always remembered their ancestors' teachings. When the Tao royal family was destroyed, the Zhang family endured humiliation and served as officials in the imperial court, hoping that the Tao family would one day make a comeback. Until this generation, Prime Minister Zhang found the descendants of the Tao family who had escaped from the imperial palace that year."
"We have to mention the secret guards of the Tao family. They are really powerful. The Beining secret guards were almost at their doorstep before they became alert, but the Tao family's secret guards were different."
"The Tao clan's secret guards are divided into two types. One is there to guard the Tao clan's mausoleum for generations, and the other is there to protect the heir to the throne. Although the Tao clan was incompetent, they attached great importance to the heir to the throne. Every time a prince is born, there will be two dedicated secret guards to guard him. When the master is born, the secret guards will protect him. When the master dies, the secret guards will die with him."
"Back then, the Guo family organized an army of common people to overthrow the Tao family's imperial power, captured the imperial city, and slaughtered all the Tao family members. Only the crown prince and the then head of the Imperial Hospital escaped under the protection of secret guards through a secret passage known only to the emperor, and then destroyed the passage."
"And the Emperor at the time, the Tao family, chose to buy time to protect his son, and ultimately died in that palace coup. In this respect, the Tao family was better than the Guo family."
"The Tao family's mausoleum is more interesting. Unlike today, where everyone knows the location of the royal mausoleum and heavily guards it, the Tao family's mausoleum is not as well-known as it is today."
"Only the Emperor, the Crown Prince, and the secret guards know the location of the Tao family's mausoleum. It might be in a cellar in a village, or somewhere deep in the mountains. No one has ever known about it. After the Crown Prince Tao and his group escaped, they have been hiding in the mausoleum ever since."
"At first, the Tao prince was still thinking about taking back the throne, but after the ancestor of the Guo family ascended the throne, he directly exempted the people from taxes for three years, set up soup kitchens, and opened schools. Everything he did was done with the people's hearts and minds in mind. This made the Guo family extremely prestigious and popular at the time."
"Seeing there was no hope of restoring his country, Prince Tao could only hide his identity and live the life of an ordinary citizen in the countryside. He eventually married the daughter of an honest farmer and had a son, eventually dying of depression. The secret guards who had protected the prince for generations also trained new secret guards to protect their master."
"Originally, the Tao family could have continued to live like this until Chief Minister Zhang, who was on patrol, discovered a jade pendant on a descendant of the Tao family, symbolizing the royal family of the Tao family."
"Every descendant of the Tao family knew their identities, so when Prime Minister Zhang approached them, they immediately hit it off. Anyway, the Guo royal family is completely rotten now, so it's a good time for them to restore their country."
"The Zhang family is actually ready to take action in a month. Over the years, they've sent many people from the imperial court and government to the palace through Prime Minister Zhang. As soon as Beining pays all the compensation to the Great Zhou, they'll say that Old Deng was incompetent and forced him to abdicate."
"What happened next... Haha, I have to praise that idiot from the Zhang family."
"After this princess deposed that idiot, and the sorcerer couldn't cure him, the Zhang family thought of the imperial physician from the Tao family who had escaped with the crown prince. The second thing the Tao royal family can offer is medical skills."
"But just three months ago, the imperial physician's descendant went out to collect herbs and hasn't returned since. The Zhang family believes the Tao family's descendants are deliberately preventing the imperial physician from treating that idiot, hoping to take advantage of them at the last minute. The Tao family, however, is unable to explain themselves to the anxious Zhang family, and the relationship between the two sides has become increasingly strained."
Guo Lu listened with gusto, as if she were listening to a story: "Then what about these assassins? Was it you, Princess, who did it?"
Bu Ruo smiled gently: "It was the prince who did it. That guy felt sorry for us because we were wronged, so he left the palace early to get rid of the Zhang family."
"But this is Beining after all. The Bu family army cannot attack until the compensation is received. He couldn't wait and took action himself."
"Those assassins did intend to kill this princess, but it was not for the Zhang family, but for themselves."
"The prince had our people disguised as assassins and kidnap the descendants of the Tao family. He also deliberately left clues pointing to the Zhang family. Combined with what happened before, they will naturally fight each other. Those assassins don't really want to kill me, the princess, but they want to kidnap me and threaten the Zhang family to hand over their master."
"After all, if this princess dies, no one will be able to save that idiot from the Zhang family."
Guo Lu was secretly shocked. The Regent truly lived up to his name. It had only been a few days since the incident, but he had already thoroughly investigated the Zhang and Tao families, and even had such meticulous arrangements and deployments…
When Bu Ruo and the other two quietly returned to Mingyang Palace, the assassins had already run away to death, and the queen was pacing back and forth anxiously in the front hall.
"How could such a good person disappear? Was he captured by an assassin?"
"I don't care. Send more people to help me find him. Even if I have to tear down Mingyang Palace inch by inch tonight, you must find him for me!"
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