764 New Year's Eve, Chaos in the Harem of Xiling
Although Feng Qingchen is not considered an enemy by the four countries, she is definitely considered a public enemy by the assassins in the assassin world. Asking Zuo An to protect Feng Qingchen is only a temporary solution and cannot fundamentally solve the problem.
On this matter, the Ninth Prince and Wang Jinling agreed that Feng Qingchen must recruit the Killer Alliance for his own use. Only in this way can the bounty problem be truly solved.
Of course, this is not a simple question. The Ninth Prince also covets the Killer Alliance, but he has to admit that the Killer Alliance is indeed a hard nut to crack and one can easily break one's teeth if not careful.
But they must chew this hard bone, otherwise Feng Qingchen will never have peace.
Thinking of the wave after wave of assassins during this period, the Ninth Prince felt a headache and became more determined to conquer Zuo An. Let Zuo An worry about it!
"Qingchen, you don't have to worry about the Xiling Royal Family. This king will help you block them for a while. What you need to do now is to find a way to take Zuo'an for your own use. Three to five years will be enough. With three to five years, we will always be able to find a way to solve the problem of the Killer Alliance."
"I understand. Let me think about how to make Zuo An willingly protect me." Although Feng Qingchen did not encounter any assassination on the way to Xiling, the occasional smell of blood made him understand.
It's not that there were no assassins coming, but they were dealt with in advance by the Ninth Prince's men. It is imperative to find a capable person to protect her. It is easy to subdue Zuo An, but it is not an easy thing to make Zuo An willingly protect her. After all, whether she is dead or alive has no effect on Zuo An.
Feng Qingchen did have a few ideas, but they were all of auxiliary use. They could be used by the Ninth Prince to subdue Zuo An, but she wanted to use them to make Zuo An protect her, but she was a little lacking.
Feng Qingchen paced back and forth in the room. The Ninth Prince did not rush her. He sat there quietly, waiting for Feng Qingchen to think of a feasible solution. They still had time and there was no rush.
This time he came to Xiling, one was to find Zuo An, the other was to prepare a big gift for Xiling Yaohua's wedding. He did not forget Xiling Tianlei's attack on him and Princess Yaohua's attack on Feng Qingchen.
Since the two brothers and sisters had done it on the first day, he didn't mind doing it on the fifteenth.
That night, Feng Qingchen had not yet thought of a good solution, and the Ninth Prince did not urge her. He only told her that he would be going out at night and asked her to be careful alone.
"Go, I'll be fine." Feng Qingchen helped the Ninth Prince straighten his clothes and walked him out of the room with a smile. Regardless of their identities, they really looked like a newlywed couple, so much so that when the Ninth Prince left the room, the atmosphere around him became much warmer.
It is not easy for the Ninth Prince to come to Xiling. Now that he is here, of course he has to meet the people they planted in Xiling that year, and at the same time he also has to make some arrangements.
The innkeeper had already made preparations. After the Ninth Prince left the inn, he quietly boarded a carriage with green curtains, and the carriage headed for the largest red-light district in Xiling.
When passing Xiuzi Street, the carriage slowed down and drove side by side with another green-curtained carriage at the corner of the street. It stopped at the corner, and the people in the other carriage immediately got off and got into the carriage of the Ninth Prince.
"Greetings, master." The man knelt down as soon as he got into the carriage. No one knew how he managed to do that in such a small space.
“No need for formalities.” The Ninth Prince looked at the spy who was sent into Xiling fifteen years ago.
Ouyang Chengan, at the age of fifteen, was just an ordinary scholar, poor and nearly starved to death. Who could have thought that fifteen years later, this ordinary scholar would become the deputy commander of Jinyiwei, the largest intelligence agency in Xiling.
The Jinyiwei of Xiling, like the Xueyiwei of Dongling, is the trump card force in the hands of the emperor. On the surface, it is a violent interrogation agency, but in fact it is the largest intelligence department, an organization hidden in the dark, specializing in collecting information and performing secret missions for the emperor. It has the same nature as the Shenjiying in the hands of the Ninth Uncle.
"Thank you, Master."
Ouyang Chengan raised his head, and the moment he saw the Ninth Prince, he was stunned.
He knew that his master was excellent, but he did not expect that he was such an outstanding person. Although he had heard that the Ninth Prince of Dongling was unparalleled in talent and elegance and was a great figure in the capital, he was not as shocked as when he saw it with his own eyes.
Ouyang Chengan was stunned until the Ninth Prince showed dissatisfaction and knocked on the door of the carriage. Then he reacted and lowered his head quickly, not daring to stand up: "This subordinate deserves to die, please punish me, master."
"Go to the punishment department and receive your sentence." The Ninth Prince did not say anything mercifully. As an emotional service officer, he could lose consciousness so easily. He was totally unqualified.
"Yes." Ouyang Cheng'an responded quickly with cold sweat. Only then did he realize that although his master was extremely handsome, he was by no means an easy person to deal with. Overwhelmed by his master's aura, he almost didn't know what to say.
You know, even when facing the emperor, he wouldn't be so timid.
Seeing that Ouyang Chengan, the intelligence agent of Xiling, had behaved himself, a cold light flashed in the eyes of the Ninth Prince. It was true that the other party was loyal, but he was young after all. If he could not control him during their first meeting, there was no guarantee that he would not have second thoughts.
The Ninth Prince had no intention of asking Ouyang Chengan to stand up. He let him kneel in front of him and began to inquire about the situation in Xiling and the development of his own personnel.
Gathering intelligence requires all kinds of people, and Ouyang Chengan alone is not enough. He has been in Xiling for many years and has not done anything to betray Xiling. His mission in Xiling is to gain power and then plant some trouble.
With Ouyang Chengan, no matter how capable he was, it was impossible for him to climb from a small and down-and-out scholar to the position of deputy commander in just fifteen years. All this was thanks to the Ninth Prince's uncle. The Ninth Prince's uncle paved the way for Ouyang Chengan to rise to the top behind the scenes, and now is the time for Ouyang Chengan to repay his debts.
After learning about the situation in Xiling and the development of his own manpower, the Ninth Prince affirmed the work done by Ouyang Chengan and asked him to speed up the pace of deploying personnel.
After hearing Ouyang Chengan's assurance, the Ninth Prince stopped his lecture and gave him a task: "Tell Hongxiu to take action at the New Year's Eve banquet, and spend more time with the Queen during this period."
"Yes." The Ninth Prince did not specify it, but it was enough for Ouyang Chengan to understand.
Hongxiu was their pawn placed in the harem of Xiling. She was the concubine who became pregnant with the emperor's child not long ago. They asked Hongxiu to take action at the New Year's Eve banquet so that she would abort the baby in her belly on that day.
Before this, she had been in frequent contact with the Queen, not to frame her, but to say that the Queen would help her. Since the Queen would help her, the target of the frame-up was Concubine Yu.
The Queen is the mother of Xiling Tianyu, and Concubine Yu is the mother of Xiling Tianlei and Princess Yaohua.
According to the theory of establishing the eldest son as the heir, Xiling Tianyu, as the legitimate prince born to the empress, should be the only candidate for the crown prince of Xiling. However, he was kidnapped as a child, and his legs were disabled after he was rescued. From then on, he had no chance of becoming the emperor of Xiling.
Although no evidence has been found so far, all signs indicate that the person who caused Xiling Tianyu's legs to become disabled was Concubine Yu, who gave birth to Xiling Tianlei and Princess Yaohua. After Xiling Tianyu was crippled, Concubine Yu was the one who benefited the most...