958 Aftermath, this girl doesn't like cowardly men

It was a bloody night in the imperial city. It was absolutely true. Fourteen families of ministers were killed overnight, hundreds of people died, and the whole street was filled with blood.

When the Imperial Guards arrived, they only had time to collect the bodies of the dead. As for the murderer? Maybe they saw a shadow.

Zhai Dongming was dug out from under his quilt in the middle of the night. After learning the whole story, Prince Zhai, who usually didn't care about anything, had a gloomy face and ordered the maid to change him into court clothes. He wanted to go to the palace to report to the emperor.

As for whether the timing was right or not, that was not within Zhai Dongming's consideration at all. The matter was too serious. Such evil deeds were a slap in the face of him as the general defending the city.

However, before entering the palace, Zhai Dongming had to make arrangements first. When Zhai Dongming finished a series of instructions, it was dawn. Zhai Dongming knew that he could not wait any longer, so he abandoned the sedan chair and rode his horse towards the palace. If he had not started shouting as soon as he walked outside the palace, the patrolling guards would have almost mistaken him for an assassin and killed him.

The emperor, who had fallen asleep with his beauty in his arms, was awakened by palace servants at dawn. However, by the time he changed into his dragon robe and washed up, it was not long before the morning court session.

Zhai Dongming was so anxious that bubbles appeared on the corners of his mouth. When he saw the emperor walking in with a gloomy face, Zhai Dongming had no time to be afraid and immediately reported everything to the emperor.

"Asshole!" The emperor slammed the table and jumped up from the dragon throne. "Some thugs sneaked into the imperial city and killed my ministers under my nose. You, the general in charge of the safety of the imperial city, didn't even know that those thieves dared to kill officials in the imperial city today, and they will dare to kill me in the palace tomorrow."

"I have failed in my duty. Please punish me, Your Majesty." Zhai Dongming also knew the seriousness of the matter and did not dare to beg for mercy.

"Punish, of course I will punish you, Zhai Dongming. I give you ten days to arrest the murderer. If you fail to catch the murderer, you will ask to go to the imperial mausoleum and build it for me." The emperor was really furious this time. The person who blew up the imperial mausoleum has not been found yet, and someone is running wild in the imperial city unscrupulously. How can the emperor not be angry.

Zhai Dongming had nothing to say and quickly agreed. In the face of the emperor's wrath, he crawled out of the palace.

"It's so damn unlucky." Zhai Dongming kicked the step hard outside the palace. When he looked up, he saw the Ninth Prince standing not far away looking at him. Zhai Dongming quickly put away his anger and saluted the Ninth Prince.

"No need for formalities." The Ninth Prince responded indifferently and walked towards the palace.

There were no surprises at today's morning court, as it was all related to last night's murder. The ministers unanimously demanded that the murderer be severely punished and that the evildoers must not be allowed to go unpunished. They also had to strengthen the guard of the imperial city and prevent similar incidents from happening again.

There was no way out. Those villains robbed the ministers last night. These officials were all in danger, fearing that they would be the next unlucky ones.

The emperor just listened to these unconstructive opinions without saying anything, and pretended not to hear the words of half of the ministers who called for severe punishment of Zhai Dongming.

As long as Prince Su is around, Zhai Dongming will be safe. At most he will be dismissed from his post. But the emperor still wants to use Prince Su's power to find out who committed the crime in the imperial city, so the emperor will not touch Zhai Dongming for the time being.

After the morning court session, the emperor summoned several trusted ministers and Fu Lin to discuss matters in the imperial study. The ministers unanimously concluded that the people who committed the crime yesterday were most likely the same group of people who blew up the imperial mausoleum, and they all wanted to challenge the authority of the Eastern Mausoleum.

Fourteen Beijing officials died overnight, which was indeed a provocation to Dongling.

Then the ministers proposed several ways to catch the murderer, but the emperor just listened but did not say whether to adopt them or not. After the discussion, the emperor saw that Fu Lin had not spoken, so he left Fu Lin alone.

"Minister Fu, do you disagree with what Lord Xue and the others said?"

"Your Majesty, I agree with what Lord Xue and the others said, but I have a hidden worry in my heart." Fu Lin had a stern face, his handsome features had become firm and expressionless due to the hardening of officialdom.

"What's the hidden worry?"

"Your Majesty, I have checked and found that no suspicious person has entered the city in the past month. The person who committed the crime yesterday must have been lurking in the imperial city or near the imperial city for many years. I dare not say whether the murderer who committed the crime yesterday and the one who blew up the imperial tomb are the same group. I only know that there is such a powerful force lurking in the imperial city, but we don't know about it. This is extremely dangerous." Fu Lin was worried, as if he was thinking about the emperor.

Even if Fu Lin didn't say it, the emperor understood this worry, and the ministers also understood it in their hearts, but they were unwilling to mention it because once they mentioned the investigation of the murderer, there was a high probability that they would be the ones to bear the brunt of the responsibility.

The other party is definitely not a simple person as he has been hiding in the dark for so long. The ministers are already in high positions and have great power. They do not seek merit but only avoid mistakes.

The emperor hesitated for a moment and said, "My dear Fu, I will give you the power to mobilize the nine governors. You must root out that hidden force for me."

"Your Majesty, I obey your command." Fu Lin quickly lowered his head to hide the light in his eyes.

The Nine-Gates Admiral, the City Defense General, and the Imperial Guards are the three major forces guarding the Imperial City. The Emperor is handing over one-third of the Imperial City's military forces to Fu Lin, and he trusts Fu Lin very much.

It is certainly easier to get things done with troops at hand. Fu Lin took the order and left. He had already made up his mind that he would start with the fourteen dead ministers and unravel the mystery to find out the hidden forces behind them.

Overnight, the streets and alleys of the imperial city were filled with soldiers and officers. The people were in a panic. When faced with the soldiers' inspection, they even recited their entire ancestors.

Every official was in danger. If anyone was found to be suspicious, they would be thrown into jail. For a time, the jails in the capital city were filled to capacity.

The entire imperial city was shrouded in a sense of uneasiness and fear. In just one day, the imperial city seemed to have lost order. Officials were not interested in government affairs, as they were only focused on finding the perpetrators of the crime. Ordinary people were not interested in their daily lives, as they were afraid that making a wrong move would implicate the entire family.

Feng Qingchen saw the chaos in the capital and asked the people in the Feng Mansion not to go out unless necessary. If something happened at this moment, even she would be helpless.

The Feng Mansion was closed, but Feng Qingchen could stop others but not the Ninth Uncle. The Ninth Uncle and Feng Qingchen wandered around the Feng Mansion and finally came to the high pavilion.

The Ninth Prince pointed outside the city and asked, "Are you satisfied with what you see?"

Feng Qingchen looked in the direction where the Ninth Uncle pointed. That was where the fourteen ministers lived. "Did you do this?"

Killing the entire family of fourteen ministers in one night was truly a huge feat.

"Who else can do it except me?" The Ninth Prince was not proud, he was just stating the facts.

Feng Qingchen did not comment and asked, "Why?"

"The zoo is on fire."

"Just for this?" Feng Qingchen looked at the Ninth Uncle with suspicion.

She didn't think that the Ninth Prince would kill anyone because of the fire in the zoo.

"Part of it. By the way, I will use the emperor's hand to catch those rats hiding in the dark." Killing with a borrowed knife, framing someone, anything you can think of, you can say it.

Feng Qingchen nodded in understanding: "That's what I said. No matter how you look at him, you don't look like the kind of person who only wants beauty and not the throne." After saying that, he did not forget to look the Ninth Prince up and down.

Seeing Feng Qingchen's look of "I see through you", the Ninth Uncle couldn't hold it in and laughed: "If I only loved beauties and not the country, you wouldn't look down on me."

It is impossible for a man to indulge in the land of gentleness forever, and women are not the only ones for men.

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