Chapter 740 Trouble (1)
That night, someone deliberately disturbed a pool of spring water, causing cold flowers to bloom even in the winter wind. Naturally, there were also people in the mansion who were furious because their plans failed.
King Zhou and King Li were caught in the same dilemma at their palaces.
Tonight, tonight, someone knocked on the door of King Zhou's house. Thinking it was a servant, King Zhou called out for help, but no one entered. King Zhou rose to open the door, only to be met with two cold corpses. No one knew how these bodies had gotten to the palace. Furious, King Zhou severely reprimanded all the guards on night watch and searched the house for a traitor, but all was lost.
And the two bodies were also found out, they were the assassins sent to kill Shen Miao today.
King Zhou was feeling uneasy, so he sent someone to convey the news to King Jing at night. The two brothers planned to study the matter carefully.
As for Prince Li, the situation was even more brutal. Someone had simply thrown two bodies over the wall into the palace, startling the palace guards. They went out in pursuit, but couldn't find a single soul. It was eventually discovered that the two bodies belonged to the assassins Prince Li had sent to kill Shen Miao. Prince Li was extremely upset and uneasy. Obviously, the death of his assassins had cut off his path, and naturally, his enemy. His enemy's men in Dingjing City were so skilled that the entire palace guards couldn't catch a single one. Prince Li was extremely dissatisfied.
On the other side, the two brothers, Prince Zhou and Prince Jing, were talking.
The King of Zhou asked, "Who do you think did it?"
Prince Jing pondered for a moment and said, "Perhaps it is Prince Li."
"I thought so too." King Zhou nodded. "Perhaps he wanted to use this to threaten me, or perhaps he had the same idea as me."
"But Prince Li has always been outwardly friendly and wouldn't do something so disastrous." Prince Jing shook his head: "Perhaps it was the Crown Prince's doing."
"Crown Prince?" King Zhou paused, then nodded. "The Crown Prince has been feigning illness for years. Who knows if it's just a deception? None of us have witnessed his methods. If he's the one who instigated a conflict between Prince Li and me, the Crown Prince could reap the benefits."
"That's right." Prince Jing sighed, "But there's one person you shouldn't forget, and that's Old Nine."
"Forget about Lao Jiu." Prince Zhou waved his hand indifferently. "Even if Lao Jiu is full of talk, he has no guts. He barely moves around in the court, so where does he get his connections? To be able to calmly go to Prince Zhou's palace and cause trouble, his subordinates must at least be experts."
"I don't know why, but I always feel that Lao Jiu is not as simple as he seems." Prince Jing said, "Don't underestimate him."
"In short," King Zhou sighed, "this matter is not that simple. Both Prince Li and the Crown Prince have ill intentions. I will investigate further. I want to find out who is behind this."
Prince Jing nodded in agreement.
Prince Zhou and Prince Li naturally had no idea that the person who had wiped out their assassins and returned the items was not the Crown Prince or the other party as they had suspected, but someone completely unrelated. However, this tactic of deflecting the blame proved effective. The struggle between the princes of Ming and Qi intensified unnoticed.
As time passed, while the Shen family anxiously searched for a "suitable candidate", the imperial edict from the Mingqi royal family had not yet arrived. This was not because of anything else, but because Emperor Wenhui had recently been extremely troubled by something.
He asked the Crown Prince beside him, "What does Daliang mean by this? Is he going to go against Mingqi? I have never seen such an arrogant person!"
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