Half an hour ago, Chu Xuan and Shen He returned on horseback, and both of them looked unhappy.
After entering the room, Chu Xuan asked about the princess first, but was told that the princess had been taken into the palace last night and had not returned yet.
Chu Xuan's already bad mood suddenly became even worse.
What is the purple air coming from the east in the Night Palace? It's all an excuse deliberately made up by someone with ulterior motives.
Chu Xuan had no time to wait for news to come from the palace. He personally selected a hundred soldiers and rushed to the palace to ask the emperor for the person.
As a result, they happened to meet Lu Yanluo and her group who were ambushed in the alley.
In order to kill Lu Yanluo in one fell swoop, the Lin Mansion's assassins deliberately chose a narrow alley to rob and kill her.
Unexpectedly, this just facilitated Chu Xuan's rescue operation.
Chu Xuan led fifty men to block the alley entrance directly, and the other fifty went around the back and attacked Lin Mansion's assassins from the front and back. The result was naturally self-evident.
Most of the dozens of assassins died in the battle, and the remaining dozen or so were about to commit suicide when they were discovered by Chu Xuan on the spot, who immediately cut off the jaws of several of them.
"Are you okay?" Chu Xuan walked to the front of the car, took Lu Yanluo out, looked her up and down, and only felt relieved when he was sure that she was okay.
"It's okay." Lu Yanluo slowly walked to the assassin who had just been captured, looked at him for a while, and said, "Who sent you to kill me?"
The captured assassin looked at Lu Yanluo, turned his head and said nothing.
"No need to ask, take them back. I don't believe they can still be so stubborn under heavy punishment!"
Lu Yanluo snorted and laughed, and walked slowly around a few people. After a while, she stood in front of a dark-faced assassin and slowly said, "How old are you this year? Are you over 18? Are you going to sacrifice your life for a stranger?"
Lu Yanluo's words were full of temptation, and she enticed the youngest one in the group to speak: "Have you seen the outside world? Do you know which is the best tavern in the capital?" As she spoke, she slowly pulled out the knife in the hand of the guard beside her and put it against the neck of the assassin.
"Do you see the knife in my hand? As long as you speak, I promise that you can survive and enjoy the world. If you don't speak, I will immediately fulfill your wish and let you be loyal to the Lord."
Chu Xuan stood not far away, taking everything in, a smile of appreciation slowly spreading across the corners of his mouth.
Lu Yanluo was very smart. She did not choose those older assassins to rebel. Instead, she chose a young and immature boy. The life of an assassin is boring, and the teenager is at an age where he is interested in everything.
The most important thing is that young people have not seen too many life and death situations, and are not numb to the act of killing.
Sure enough, under Lu Yanluo's gaze, the young man slowly lowered his head and nodded after a moment.
Chu Xuan waved his hand, the poison in the boy's mouth was taken out, and the removed jaw was returned to its place.
Under the unwilling eyes of the other assassins, the young man asked hesitantly: "Will you really... let me go?"
“Yes.” Chu Xuan walked closer and said firmly: “My words are as good as gold and I will never break them.”
Seeing Chu Xuan's promise, the young man hesitated for a moment and finally spoke: "We are the assassins kept by Concubine Lin's mother's family. We suddenly received news today and were asked to ambush the carriage of Prince Ye's Mansion. No matter what, we must... kill Concubine Ye..."
As if she had expected this, Lu Yanluo snorted coldly and looked at Chu Xuan: "Your Highness has just returned and you may not know yet, but your good concubine, Princess Zhaohe, has been demoted to a commoner and imprisoned by His Majesty because she had an affair with the late emperor's youngest son, Prince Chang'an."
Thinking of Chu Rui, Lu Yanluo sighed softly: "I guess she must have passed away by now."
Chu Rui is leaving Beijing soon, and he is afraid that he will not let Zhong Xiu live before he leaves.
Chu Xuan looked at Lu Yanluo in surprise. He had only been away from Beijing for a few days and such a thing had happened!
Lu Yanluo sneered: "Concubine Lin's plan to marry Zhong Xiu to the Night King's Mansion has failed. She is so angry that she decided to go all out and get rid of her as soon as possible."
Chu Xuan's face darkened, and he ordered, "You go back home first, I will go in and find Concubine Lin right away. I will definitely ask her for an explanation on this matter!"
Before he finished speaking, Chu Xuan jumped on his horse and headed straight for the imperial city.
Zhaoren Palace.
Chu Xuan rushed in regardless of the obstruction of the palace servants.
"King Ye, what are you doing?" As soon as Chu Xuan entered the room, he saw the emperor sitting in the main seat with a sullen look on his face.
Concubine Lin glanced at Chu Xuan and said sarcastically, "Your Highness, King Ye, although I am not a very important person, this Zhaoren Palace is not a place you can just barge into whenever you want."
Chu Xuan's eyes were dark as he stared at Concubine Lin. He walked closer, lifted his robe and knelt down: "Father, I am guilty of trespassing into the inner palace today. I am willing to be punished, but Concubine Lin used the Lin family's assassins to rob and kill my wife in the street. For this matter, I must seek justice!"
Before the emperor could speak, Concubine Lin immediately sat up and argued, "What do you mean, King Ye? I have no grudge against Princess Ye, so why would you kill her? I know you have some prejudices against me, but I have never done this before. Please, Your Majesty, make the decision for me!"
The emperor raised his hand and looked at Chu Xuan with some reproach: "Okay, King Ye, stop making trouble here. This is the harem. Leave quickly!"
Chu Xuan snorted coldly and interrupted the emperor openly: "Your Majesty, you are joking. How can there be no grudges? Have you forgotten about my mother? I have found the testimony of the Prince of Jin. It clearly states that there is nothing wrong between him and my mother. They have never done anything wrong. There is also the case file of that year."
Chu Xuan pulled out a file from his sleeve and threw it on the ground: "Since I took over the Shadow Order, I have been investigating my mother's death. According to the records in the diary of that year, before my mother passed away, only the palace maids around you went to my mother's bedroom. It is obvious that you murdered my mother first, and then used the matter of Prince Jin to cover it up, saying that my mother committed suicide out of fear of crime. This way, you kill two birds with one stone, Concubine Lin, you are really a master!"
"Nonsense!" Concubine Lin finally couldn't sit still anymore and shouted, "Your Highness, Prince Ye, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. Everyone in the palace knows that Concubine Yun was exposed for having an affair with Prince Jin, and she felt guilty about it. This time she died to apologize. After so many years, Your Highness actually put the blame on me. It's ridiculous!"
"But it is clearly written in the confession of the Prince of Jin that he and my mother have no private feelings at all!"
Concubine Lin sneered upon hearing this: "Impossible! The confession I gave you was false. This sentence was not written on it at all!"
Before she finished her words, Concubine Lin finally realized that something was wrong and looked at the emperor with a dull expression.
Chu Xuan, who was sitting at the bottom, raised a hint of ambiguous smile and looked at Concubine Lin: "Oh, so the testimony Your Majesty gave me was false. I'm afraid that giving me false testimony is not only to make A-Luo agree to let Zhong Xiu enter the palace, but also to send me away so that it will be easier for you to kill A-Luo, right?"