It was a dark and windy night, at the former Wu Prince's Mansion, now the Jianwen Prince's Mansion.
The Prince's mansion didn't have many servants.
Zhu Yunwen was resting in his room at the moment. His mother, Lady Lü, was also resting in her room.
However, half asleep and half awake, I vaguely heard the sound of a door opening.
In a panic, Madam Lü quickly sat up, staring at the doorway, and said:
Who is it?
Then a candlelight appeared, and the figure who appeared at the door lit a candle and then slowly placed it on the table next to him.
Only then did Madam Lü get a clear look at the person's appearance, and it turned out to be Zhao Qingzhu.
Zhao Qingzhu had a smile on her face and was carrying a box in her hand. That box was the one that Lu Shi had taken to the Nameless Tower to buy and sell assassins.
Lady Lü looked at Zhao Qingzhu and said:
"What are you doing here? How did this box end up with you?"
Zhao Qingzhu smiled and said, "Weren't you going to the martial arts world to find someone to assassinate Zhu Yunwen?"
Lady Lü's face darkened, and she immediately denied it:
"Don't talk nonsense here. I have never done such a thing."
Zhao Qingzhu said, "Although I'm not very bright and not that smart, you have to believe that Zhu Yunwen is not stupid."
Lady Lü had already realized that her plan had been exposed. Considering that only Zhao Qingzhu had come alone, and there was no one else, she saw no need to hide anything. So she snorted and said:
"So what if it's me? Hmph, I didn't expect people in the martial arts world to be so unreliable, actually leaking the information. They're really useless."
Zhao Qingzhu said:
"I heard you're spending all this gold and silver jewelry to hire a very capable person."
Lady Lü did not deny it, saying:
"Indeed, she is said to be ranked third on the list of martial arts masters, and she is a woman. It's just a pity that it seems she failed."
After Lady Lü finished speaking, Zhao Qingzhu looked at her with a mocking gaze and slowly said:
"Is it possible that I am the third-ranked master on the martial arts master list?"
Upon hearing this, Lady Lü immediately showed a look of shock.
She looked at Zhao Qingzhu in surprise and said:
"How...how is this possible?"
Zhao Qingzhu sneered and said:
"What? You didn't expect that, did you? You hired someone to kill my fiancé, but it came back to me. What do you think I should do?"
Lady Lü clearly found this fact difficult to accept, but the facts were undeniable, leaving her no choice but to say:
"Even so, so what? Do you and Zhu Yunwen dare to do anything to me?"
Zhao Qingzhu said calmly, "Of course I won't let you go. Since you hired people from the martial arts world to kill him, then I will use martial arts methods to deal with you. This matter will have nothing to do with him."
What do you want to do?
Hearing this, Madam Lü panicked.
Zhao Qingzhu chuckled and said:
"Of course, I'll take your life. I'm an assassin in the martial arts world now. If I kill you, all the clues will lead to the martial arts world. No one will suspect that it's related to Zhu Yunwen, and no one will suspect that it's related to me."
Madam Lü turned pale with fright and sat up abruptly on the bed, saying to Zhao Qingzhu:
"You can't kill me. I am the Crown Princess of the former Crown Prince, and the mother of the Prince of the County."
Zhao Qingzhu retorted, "You are an even more vicious woman, a woman who has tried to kill my fiancé time and time again. Don't you know how Zhu Yunwen's mother died more than ten years ago?"
Zhu Yunwen suddenly fell seriously ill some time ago. What exactly happened? Don't you know the answer? Have you been deliberately trying to destroy it all these years? Wasn't it you who did it?
Hearing these words, Lady Lü was already filled with fear, and hurriedly said:
"I don't know what you're talking about. None of what you're saying has anything to do with me."
"Now that things have come to this, you still want to argue? But no matter how you try to argue, it's no use. Tonight, you will surely die."
Lady Lü was about to say something when she saw a flash of sword light.
Lu's eyes widened suddenly, then she covered her neck with her hand and slowly collapsed to the ground.
Zhao Qingzhu took a deep breath and said:
"I'm not as clever as Zhu Yunwen, but I've been through the world and I'm quite decisive. Do you think you can save your life with a few words? Ridiculous."
After saying that, Zhao Qingzhu turned and left.
The next morning, news quickly spread throughout the capital.
Zhu Yunwen's mother, the former Crown Princess Lü, died at the Jianwen Prince's residence.
This news caused a stir in the court and among the public. Many civil officials were extremely shocked and panicked by the news.
Because all along, Lady Lü had been in contact with these civil officials.
Most civil officials would give Lady Lü some face. But now that Lady Lü has suddenly died, these officials can't help but have wild thoughts.
Zhu Yunwen, in a state of near madness, went to find Zhu Yuanzhang early in the morning and insisted that his mother's death was related to Zhu Yunwen.
In fact, in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, it was no longer important who was involved in Lady Lü's death.
He never had a good impression of Lady Lü, especially after Zhu Yunwen's serious illness. He himself suspected that Lady Chang's death and Zhu Yunwen's sudden illness were related to Lady Lü.
This includes the several assassination attempts that Zhu Yuanzhang (Zhu Yuntong) later faced.
However, due to the lack of evidence for some matters, Zhu Yuanzhang was unable to impose any punishment.
But now that Lady Lü is dead, he sees it as retribution. Even if it was Zhu Yunwen who did it, he believes that Zhu Yunwen must have plenty of reasons.
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