Chapter 449 Leaking Whereabouts
The royal secret guards hid in a secluded corner, staring at the mansion with dark eyes, wondering who in Yongqing County was actually against Feng Zhihuan and on Zhao Yi's side.
In addition, the opponent's strength is not low, and his subordinates are well-trained and have extraordinary skills.
This was not good news for the Emperor of Northern Qi.
This means that Zhao Yi is more difficult to deal with than imagined.
He intended to sneak into the mansion to find out what was going on, but he moved slightly and then retreated, keenly aware that there were other people lurking around the house.
The royal secret guards did not dare to act rashly anymore and continued to lie dormant in the same place, hiding their figures even more secretly.
The person who entered the mansion stood inside the door, glanced towards the place where the royal guards were hiding, and made a gesture towards the darkness.
He saw someone in the dark and went to investigate where the Royal Guards were. He then went to the study and reported to Prince Yu, "Your Majesty, I have fulfilled your orders."
Prince Yu lowered his eyes and looked at the two secret letters in his hands. The first secret letter reported to him that everything had been done as planned, and Prince Rui was "drunk and fell off his horse" and became a living dead. The imperial physician confirmed that Prince Rui would never wake up again.
Another secret letter said that Emperor Jing'an planned to appoint the third son as the crown prince after he returned to Da Zhou with his bride.
He was so eager to enthrone the third son as the crown prince, obviously because he suspected that he had done something to Prince Rui.
Prince Yu crumpled the two letters together before looking up at his subordinates: "How's the situation with Zhao Yi?"
The subordinate replied, "We have taken the lead in eliminating the Guangling Prince's men." After a pause, he continued, "Given the Guangling Prince's cunning, he will surely seize the opportunity to capture Feng Zhihuan and take control of Yongqing County."
Prince Yu twitched the corner of his lips noncommittally and threw the ball of letter paper in his hand into the stove.
He solved Zhao Yi's worries and made it impossible for anyone to find fault with him. If Zhao Yi still couldn't seize the opportunity, it wouldn't be worth his trouble.
At this time, a carrier pigeon landed on the window.
Prince Yu extended his hand.
The carrier pigeon landed in his palm.
Prince Yu removed the bamboo tube from the pigeon's foot and took out a piece of paper. Inside was a message: [Prince Guangling has taken control of the situation.]
He ordered: "Set off for Da Zhou tomorrow."
"Yes." The subordinate remembered something and said, "I'm back to report to you. It seems like someone is following me. I've already sent someone to investigate."
Prince Yu frowned slightly, raised his hand to hold down a corner of the rice paper that was blown up by the wind, and wondered who might be following him.
If they were Feng Zhihuan's men, after the people who caught him killed the people Feng Zhihuan arranged to disguise as mobs, the most urgent thing would be to inform Feng Zhihuan instead of following his people to the mansion.
Since he is not Feng Zhihuan’s man, then whose is he?
Prince Yu listed all of Zhao Yi's enemies in his mind. Besides the Northern Qi Emperor, the only other people capable of such a move were the Xian Prince's forces.
The Northern Qi Emperor sent Zhao Yi to Yongqing County to deal with the mob case, with the intention of getting rid of Zhao Yi and appointing the virtuous king as the crown prince. When Zhao Yi returned to the capital, the matter was already settled.
The virtuous king is now in a hurry to rush from his fiefdom to the capital, where he will face pursuit from Zhao Yi's forces. How can he have the time to send people to Yongqing County to follow Zhao Yi?
Thinking of this, Prince Yu suspected that it was the Emperor of Northern Qi.
After all, the Emperor of Northern Qi was suspicious by nature and did not want Zhao Yi to complete the task smoothly, so he sent people to keep an eye on Zhao Yi so that he could come up with a countermeasure.
Prince Yu suspected that the Northern Qi Emperor's men were following Zhao Yi, and that they had just caught his men committing a crime and had followed him all the way here.
If it is the Northern Qi Emperor's people, then it will be troublesome.
He said in a deep voice, "Leave the city today as the gates are closed."
The subordinate understood and said worriedly: "Our team is too large and will attract too much attention."
Prince Yu fell silent. From the moment he decided to leave the city today, he had no intention of taking Princess Guangning with him. Instead, he planned to leave Princess Guangning in Yongqing County to conceal her whereabouts, so that he could escape smoothly and return to the Great Zhou. He would then arrange for someone to come to Yongqing County to pick up Princess Guangning.
At this time, the person who went to investigate came back and said, "Your Highness, I have traced the situation and found no suspicious persons."
Prince Yu nodded slightly and told them to make preparations.
The subordinates took the order and left.
Prince Yu sat quietly in his study for a moment before he stood up and walked out. Suddenly, he stopped and looked at Princess Guangning who was walking towards him.
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