The Tengxiang Four Guards Battalion, under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Horse Administration, has always been the emperor's most trusted and relied-upon confidants.
Sending them would not easily lead to leaks, nor would it disturb the ancestors.
Steward Li respectfully agreed, his eyes flickered, and then he said:
"Your Majesty, Prince Rong's information network is so advanced that he found Su's whereabouts before our secret guards and the imperial army. This matter is something we must think about."
"Especially that cannon. If it hadn't been dealt with beforehand, the Emperor would probably not have escaped the cannon's ravages."
Upon realizing this, Steward Li broke out in a cold sweat.
Lu Xingjian's dark eyes gleamed with a cold light.
“The people trained by the Great-Grandmother are naturally skilled, otherwise Uncle Thirteen would have died long ago like Uncle Fourteen.”
They kidnapped Su Wanwan as bait, set a trap, and waited for Lu Xingjian to rush in.
As for the death of Lady Ruian, which led to Su Wanwan's expulsion from the palace, whether Prince Rong, Lu Youting, was behind it requires further investigation.
Steward Li said no more and bowed his head as he withdrew.
But a question lingered in his mind: who killed those two people next to the cannon?
The method of murder was the same as that of the charred corpse: the neck bones were broken, a single, swift and decisive blow.
Lu Xingjian closed his eyes, but in his heart he was thinking about why Su Wanwan did not make a sound when she was kidnapped from the thatched hut.
Lu Youting and his guards were just one door away.
She would become alert if she made even the slightest unusual sound.
Was it because her kidnappers were too powerful, giving her no chance to react?
Or was it because the person who kidnapped her was someone she trusted?
If it's the latter, who would have kidnapped her?
She trusted that man more than Rong Wang Lu Youting?
He suddenly opened his eyes: "Go and investigate the whereabouts of Wei Xiaobin."
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