This was the first time that Fu Jinxi had openly traveled around the capital as Prince Kang.
He followed behind his princess, and the two of them rode towards the palace.
Although the main streets in the city were spacious, they were lined with shops and countless vendors, and were always crowded with people. The two of them were both very good at controlling their horses. Not only did their mounts not hurt anyone when they galloped through the streets, they didn't even step on anything or any food. The two huge horses were so beautiful, and the man and woman on their backs were even more eye-catching, so eye-catching that the people who saw them on the street were a little afraid to recognize them.
"Is... is it Prince Kang?" He rubbed his eyes.
"That one in front is definitely Princess Kang. I've seen her a few times on assignment at the Six Gates. She's quite a formidable figure." He gave a thumbs-up and then scratched his chin. "As for the one in the back, well... how could it be Prince Kang? If he could ride a magnificent horse like that, I'd chop off his head and let you use it as a chair."
"Oh, that's hard to say. Perhaps Princess Kang has been successful in training the ailing Prince Kang and has restored him to full strength. Didn't the patrol battalion and the Six Gates accompany Lord Meng to break into Prince Kang's mansion and capture him? Anyone with eyes saw it that night. Princess Kang held Prince Kang captive and practiced martial arts, unleashing a multitude of hidden weapons, even bringing out maces."
"Huh? What I heard is different from what you said. I heard that Prince Kang refused to obey his orders that night and insisted on going to brothels with Prince Li to find girls. Tell me, would Princess Kang allow this? Of course not! So swords, hidden weapons, and maces were taken out and used in turn. Princess Kang naturally didn't dare to make a real move, but Prince Kang didn't let him step out of the room. If he really fought, I don't think Prince Kang would be able to hit even one of Princess Kang's little fingers."
The people of the imperial capital turned the bizarre and interesting stories in the city into topics of conversation. After a while of laughter and joking, no one forgot to find out whether the man who had just galloped on his horse was Prince Kang.
On this side, two riders have arrived outside the moat of the imperial palace. Without the emperor's grace, no one is allowed to enter in a sedan chair or on horseback.
Fu Jinxi and Mu Kaiwei dismounted and took out a jade token that the empress dowager had asked Emperor Xingyu for him. With this royal jade token engraved with the emperor's seal, he could enter and leave the palace freely.
The Empress Dowager might have felt guilty and sympathetic towards him, so she specifically asked the Emperor to allow him to enter and leave the palace freely. However, he always acted low-key, and whenever he showed the jade token, he would only go to the palace where the Empress Dowager lived. He never relied on such rights to wander around the front hall and the inner court.
When the jade token was shown, and it was revealed that it was indeed Prince Kang and the princess who came, the guards at the city gate let them in without hesitation.
After passing through the moat gate, no one came to greet them, and there was no need to bother notifying them. So the two of them ran for a short distance until they were almost at the front hall. Passing a huge screen wall carved from white marble, Mu Kaiwei suddenly pulled Prince Kang behind the screen wall.
"What do you want, Weiwei?" Fu Lixi asked with a wary tone, preemptively grabbing her shoulders with both hands. "You dragged me here, are you planning to get rid of me?"
Mu Kaiwei was stunned by Prince Kang's unexpected question.
His handsome features looked very hurt, as if she didn't trust him at all and was afraid that he would mess things up. It was just... a sad and angry expression, as if "he was about to be abandoned by his most beloved master."
"No... I didn't!" She couldn't help but exclaimed softly, "I was in such a hurry to leave just now that I forgot to explain clearly. I was just reminding you that my senior brother was summoned to the palace today. He asked his uncle at home to deliver a letter to me early this morning, saying that the emperor held a family banquet in Chongyuan Pavilion and asked the third prince, Prince Cheng, the fourth prince, Prince Qing, and the fifth prince, Prince Li, to bring their families to the banquet. Of course, the crown prince and princess who live in the palace, as well as the ninth prince, Fu Jinyi, must also attend.
"Not only that, even though it's a royal family banquet, the Emperor also summoned several trusted ministers to join the feast. So, when I heard Master mention that Dream-Eroding Flower Poison, I felt... I felt that something was fishy. The Emperor's sudden family banquet, with no apparent reason, seemed like a trap set up specifically for my Senior Brother..."
It was obvious that Prince Kang relaxed his shoulders. He suddenly leaned his forehead against her and whispered -
"No...that's good. No matter what the situation is today, I will never leave you. You'd better be aware of this."
"I don't want you to leave me either!" Mu Kaiwei climbed up his arms, gripping them tightly, his tone rather harsh. "How can I let you go alone when the situation is unclear? Fu Jinxi, listen carefully. Since you insist on breaking into this palace, you must obey me in everything. Be a good boy. You must not resort to violence unless absolutely necessary. If violence is to be resorted to, I will initiate it. Do you understand?"
She just didn't want him to fall into danger. Once Emperor Xingyu knew the truth, Prince Kang's disguise for more than ten years would be in vain. He would undoubtedly fall into the emperor's endless conspiracy and assassination.
Her heart ached, and she suddenly couldn't help but hug his waist tightly.
"Weiwei..." Fu Jinxi was slightly startled, but instinct drove him to slide his hands around her shoulders and embrace her tightly. "I listen to you, I follow your orders. If you want me to go east, I won't dare go west. If you want us to be together, I will never leave you until I die."
"Prince...Prince Kang...Mr. Hei San...Fu Jinxi..." She whispered his name over and over again, finally letting out a soft sigh. "So...I already love you this much. So I, ah, love you so much..." She loved him so much that she would go through fire and water with him. Her heart was tangled yet contradictory and joyful. She felt both immense concern and absolute peace of mind for him.
Throughout her life, she, Mu Kaiwei, finally fully understood the feeling of loving someone.
"Fu Jinxi, please be good, be good for me, okay? You...you've made me love you so much."
It was as if the brightest and most dazzling star in the clouds crashed into his arms. A colorful light flashed before Fu Jinxi's eyes. He was extremely dizzy and didn't know how he could hold on. His princess was indeed different from ordinary people. She was so strange that it was shocking and surprising. She chose to confess her love at this critical moment instead of any other time.
Oh! What did she want him to do by saying this? It seemed... it seemed the only option was to kiss!
He lowered his head to search for her lips, kissing her hard and passionately. Finally, it felt like he had used up almost all of his life's self-control before he reluctantly let go of his wife's slightly swollen mouth.
Mu Kaiwei grabbed the fabric on both sides of his waist and looked at him with bright almond eyes. "Your Highness, please be careful."
"I will follow you closely, not even a step away." He said in a low voice.
Mu Kai nodded slightly, stood on tiptoe and kissed his lips hard, showing him a bright smile. Then, the two of them walked hand in hand around the tall front hall used by officials when they attended court, and then walked around the middle hall used as preparation for the emperor to attend court, and then arrived at the Chongyuan Pavilion at the back.
As we went deeper into the palace, although it was still some distance away from the Empress Dowager and the Queen's harem residences, it was already the inner court where the Emperor lived and worked. The whole atmosphere was very strange. Every door and every corner where there should be guards standing guard was completely unobstructed.
I was originally wondering what had happened to the Imperial Guards, but when I got closer, I saw that Chongyuan Pavilion was surrounded by three circles of Imperial Guards inside and three circles outside. And those who came were not ordinary Imperial Guards, but the carefully selected Imperial Guards Tiger and Wolf Guards. They wore iron helmets with half tiger and wolf masks that covered the upper half of their faces. Just standing there was impressive enough, not to mention that all their swords were unsheathed.
Most of the emperor's hidden chess pieces are from the Tiger and Wolf Guards, and among them there are those who hold dual positions... Mu Kaiwei believes that there should be quite a few.
The smell of blood filled the air, so strong that it made her frown despite her excellent sense of smell. The man next to her pulled her hand. She sideways to look and saw him pointing at the double-eaved roof of Chongyuan Pavilion, which was about three stories high. He glanced around and blinked.
Chongyuantu is surrounded and we can't get in. You and I can use our Qinggong skills to get onto the roof.
They were so smart that she understood what he meant without saying a word, and blinked her almond-shaped eyes in response.
The two men then jumped onto a tree, stepped on the treetop and flew to the corner of the eaves of Chongyuan Pavilion. Finally, the two bodies lay silently on the top of the pavilion, still holding hands.
Mu Kaiwei knew that Prince Kang's internal strength and lightness skills were better than hers, but he just let her pull him and rushed forward with her. In fact, he was always protecting her behind her. If his lightness skills were not used well this time, it would make a noise and alert the group of tiger and wolf guards below, but he would not let her fail. He would take care of her, just as she took care of him.
Her heart warmed, and she smiled at him again, but she didn't expect that this man would really start a business if she gave him a little color. He even crawled over there, stretched his jade neck, pursed his lips and tried to sneak a kiss on the corner of her mouth.
Mu Kaiwei didn't move and had to be kissed obediently. What was worth celebrating was that Prince Kang knew to stop... uh, stop talking, and didn't go too far.
He made a slapping gesture, and she nodded. The next moment, he flattened his palms against the roof tiles, and with a subtle internal force, the tiles on the roof cracked in a circle. When the cracked tiles were removed, a neat hole opened up, just enough for the two of them to peek down together.
Because of the family dinner, Emperor Xingyu, who was over fifty years old, did not wear a heavy dragon robe, but a white home suit with gold and red brocade embroidery. However, at this moment, his white brocade robe was splashed with blood, and the bottom of his sleeves was dyed bright red. He was not injured, and no one dared to hurt him. It was because he had chopped too many people with the unsheathed Emperor's Sword, and the blood splattered on his brocade robe like a picture.
The two people on the top of the pavilion could see the confrontation below very clearly because, except for Emperor Xingyu, all the living and moving people were huddled behind Meng Yunzheng. The situation was just like that day in the lecture hall of Baohua Temple, when Guanzhi, Guanji and others launched an attack and forced the Queen Mother, Prince Kang and a group of palace ladies and maids to hide behind Mu Kaiwei.
Seeing that her senior brother was fine, Mu Kaiwei felt relieved, but she saw pools of blood on the bricks paving the Chongyuan Pavilion, and countless people had fallen. She saw two old ministers, Prince Cheng, Prince Qing and Prince Li... Even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was lying on the table, motionless. The blood dyed the long table covered with fine wine and delicacies red. The situation before her was truly thrilling.
There are nine princes in total. Except for the second prince who died in an accidental fall from a horse after he reached adulthood, the sixth, seventh and eighth princes all died in childhood. In today's situation, if the crown prince, who is the eldest prince, and the three princes who have grown up and have established their own palaces are all gone, then... then only the ninth prince, Fu Jinyi, is left. Where is he?
Fu Jinxi's thoughts returned to her, and he pointed his long finger in front of her eyes, pointing out where the ninth prince was.
It seemed that Meng Yunzheng and the remaining ministers all realized how important Fu Jinyi was, and they formed a human wall to protect the twelve or thirteen-year-old young prince behind them.
Meng Yunzheng was at the front, and the ministers were the second line of defense.
Next came the royal women, and finally the ninth prince's mother, Concubine Yan Shufei, and the Empress Dowager.
The empress dowager was holding Fu Jinyi, who had fainted for some unknown reason, in her arms. Her eyes were clearly blurred from crying, but her eyes were full of hatred as she stared at Emperor Xingyu across the wall of people.
"Your Majesty, what else do you want to do? What else do you want? Have you lost your mind? Back then, you wouldn't let your own brother live, and now you want to kill all your own offspring. Could it be that you even want to... Your Majesty to kill me with your own hands?" The Queen Mother shouted angrily, her anger so intense that she couldn't help but blurt out her words. "I was blind to protect you. If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have designated you as the eldest. There was no clear-cut confusion about who would be born first between your twins. Ting'er, my Ting'er, I never thought you would harm him like this, letting him die in such an unclear way. If I had designated Ting'er as the eldest, I wouldn't have allowed you, this evil creature, to cause such a disaster today!"
Mu Kaiwei realized that the person the Queen Mother mentioned should be Old Prince Kang. She looked at Fu Jinxi, who had a calm expression but deep eyes, and it was unknown what he was pondering.
She squeezed his hand, and his phoenix eyes immediately raised to meet hers, as if understanding her silent question and worry. He smiled at her and shook his head lightly. "I'm fine, don't worry."
Suddenly there was a scream in the Chongyuan Pavilion. They leaned down to look again and saw that the Crown Princess, who was hiding in the corner, could not bear it anymore. She crawled to the side of the bleeding Crown Prince and tried to stop the bleeding from the deep bloody hole on his back. At this time, the Queen also jumped away from Meng Yunzheng and the guards and hugged Emperor Xingyu's arm holding the knife.
"I am the Son of Heaven, the supreme Emperor of the Celestial Empire. No one can ever think of replacing me. I will be emperor for a hundred years, two hundred years... I will be immortal. Even if I die, I can be resurrected. No one can ever seize the throne!"
Seeing that the scene was about to become chaotic, several concubines saw the empress holding Emperor Xingyu and rushed towards their own son who was lying in a pool of blood.
As the master charged, the palace maids and servants who served him personally naturally followed suit. On this side, the emperor had already kicked the queen away and swung the emperor's sword down mercilessly.
With a "clang" sound, the sharp blade in Emperor Xingyu's hand was knocked away. The force was so great that the Emperor's Sword broke into several sections immediately.
The one who took action was Meng Yunzheng. He broke the Emperor's Sword with his move and rescued two people who opened the door and wanted to escape from the weapons of the Tiger and Wolf Guards. At the same time, a big hole appeared on the top of the pavilion, and a man fell from the sky, taking his place and guarding in front of several old ministers and the Queen Mother.
"...Princess Kang!", "Yes, it's Princess Kang, you are such a good child..." Several ministers and the queen mother took a closer look and saw the person who broke into Chongyuan Pavilion. Although they were still hesitant and uneasy, their eyes lit up.
Mu Kaiwei exchanged a quick glance with his senior brother Meng Yunzheng at a distance, then said to the Queen Mother, "Your Majesty, the Six Gates have recently uncovered some matters concerning the Imperial Master Liu Zhenren. These matters must be personally questioned to the person himself, and Prince Kang was very anxious when he heard what I mentioned. He was afraid that if he didn't clarify things quickly, something unexpected would happen to the Emperor and the palace, so he forced his way in today." His words were half true and half false.
The empress dowager nodded repeatedly. She had witnessed with her own eyes the way Mu Kaiwei did his job, and she believed it completely when she heard it. "Very good... very good... you are very good, Jinxi is also very good, they are all good children... The emperor must have been fooled by him and has gone crazy. What kind of imperial teacher is this? He is simply a monster, a monster!" Holding the unconscious ninth prince with one arm, the empress dowager raised her other arm and pointed directly at the big golden pillar with gold powder and carved clouds and dragons in the corner at the back of the hall.
The man slowly stepped out from the shadow behind the golden pillar, his gray hair lightly scattered on his shoulders, and a dark black robe was the only color on his body.
"I really want to hear what Princess Kang and the Six Gates have uncovered, Master. However, the princess has really ruined my enjoyment of the show. The emperor even forgot to kill the ninth prince, which is really unpleasant."
"Liu Yanguo, born in the small southwestern nation of Qiongcang, is an orphan of the Qiongcang royal family. Back then, the Celestial Empire assisted the Fuli in exterminating your royal family and people and occupying your territory. You refined poisonous flowers and herbs, mastering the art of manipulating people's minds and wills." Mu Kaiwei boldly stated this. Although he hadn't fully confirmed it, seeing Liu Yanguo's expression at that moment, he knew he had grasped the key point. "You gradually approached the Emperor and penetrated the inner court, not to refine the elixir of immortality for him, but to facilitate your poisoning, slowly cultivating the Emperor's mind, soul, and will into your control. Just like those black-clad assassins you sent on the Luoyu River that day, and Guan Qin, who is still imprisoned in the Dali Temple, awaiting execution in the autumn."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar. Several concubines threw themselves on top of their own princes who had already died, crying and wailing. The palace maids who served them personally tried to comfort them while crying. The only three remaining ministers stood up from the Queen Mother's side and scolded Liu Yanguo one after another.
"Your heart is utterly despicable! This move is truly vicious. His Majesty is under your control, so you said you would offer everyone a drink, but then the Emperor's Sword at your waist was unsheathed. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Prince Cheng, Prince Qing, Prince Li, and the Ninth Prince were all seated in a row. If His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince hadn't quickly stepped back and was not rescued by Lord Meng in time, they would have been killed by the Emperor's Sword!"
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, please wake up! This Liu is a traitor. Your Majesty, immediately order the Tiger and Wolf Guards outside to come in and arrest him. I will bring this thief to justice!"
Meng Yunzheng took a few big strides to Mu Kaiwei's side.
The two of them naturally formed a standing posture to guard each other, their eyes paying attention to their surroundings, staring at Liu Yanguo and Emperor Xing Yu who was unconsciously shaking his upper body in place.
"Brother, are you really okay?" Mu Kaiwei asked in a low voice.
Meng Yunzheng also replied in a low voice. "No problem. The elixirs and small medicine sachets you sent me worked wonders. Entering Chongyuan Pavilion, things were initially quite harmonious, but the dishes and wines the Emperor gifted me were off-putting. I didn't even touch them, and even pretended to drink the wine."
The herb in the small medicine bag that Mu Kaiwei prepared for him was Bingqingcao. She asked her master Feng Qingcheng for a small bag and specially gave it to her senior brother Meng Yunzheng for self-defense. Bingqingcao will emit a pungent and strange smell when it encounters poisonous substances, and it also has the effect of purifying and detoxifying. This time it really came in handy.
Meng Yunzheng continued, "I pretended to be poisoned, feeling dazed and faint, and then I followed two palace maids who led the way into the back garden of Chongyuan Pavilion. They attacked from the front and back, but I knocked them down. When I quietly returned to the hall to secretly capture them, it was already unsuccessful. The emperor was so furious that he killed several princes, along with the ministers, palace maids, and servants who rushed to stop him."
That's why the confrontation just now happened. After all, we have to take action.
Emperor Xingyu allowed his ministers and concubines to cry and wail there, as if they had lost their souls and could not see or hear anything.
He ignored the ministers who scolded him, and his gentle and narrow eyes glanced at the siblings Meng and Mu, his tone revealing pity.
"The Emperor summoned Lord Meng to a family dinner today, originally to reward me with a great opportunity to control the Emperor's mind, soul and will. Although it is interesting, it would be more interesting if I could catch Lord Meng, the 'World's Greatest Detective', and find a quiet place for me to slowly practice. Unfortunately, the fine wine and delicious food specially prepared for Lord Meng turned out not to have a single bite, and my two disciples who went to the toilet with Lord Meng were killed on the way." He chuckled.
"I've been plotting in my mind, don't be defensive. When the first plan doesn't work, I'll use another one. The emperor wants to go on a killing spree. He is the Son of Heaven and has the power of life and death over everyone. The emperor wants to kill you, will you save you, Lord Meng? If you save you, it will be disobeying the emperor's order. But, if you obey the order to the end, the emperor wants you to kill the princes and grandchildren, will you kill them? Moreover, if the emperor finally wants you to commit suicide, will you do it? What a pity, this scene cannot be watched because an unexpected character jumps in to disrupt the situation." His narrow eyes locked onto Mu Kaiwei again, and he kept smiling.
"That day on the Luoyu River, Princess Kang ran into me on her own. It was a rare opportunity, and I wanted to try to capture you, Princess Kang, for fun. I never expected that most of the assassins I had worked so hard to cultivate would be killed on the river. Could it really be the work of one person? This has been on my mind for a long time, and I just can't figure it out."
"There are many talented people around me, who have many brilliant ideas but are very secretive. If you want to figure it out, you may have to reincarnate and try again." Mu Kaiwei also responded with a smile.
Liu Yanguo nodded in agreement. "Yes, I'm genuinely curious about you. After all, I'm a little lost. So...why don't you come with me? If you'll follow me, I'll promise you mountains of gold and silver, treasures galore. Qiongcang was destroyed that year, but the treasury in the Abyss still holds a treasure trove. Do you want to come with me and see it? Come, and the whole thing will be yours. How about that?"
Mu Kaiwei caught a glimpse of a sound coming from the top of the pavilion. It was extremely subtle, but she was sure that the person lying on top was crushing something in frustration.
She struggled to hold her breath, trying not to look up, but… Senior Brother must have heard and guessed it, and he raised his sword-like eyebrows at her with amusement, as if saying—
So that guy is here too! That's right, how could he let you take such a risk alone?
But your Prince Kang is so attached to you and loves you so much, can you bear to hear this?
Even if it was unbearable, she had to grit her teeth and endure it! Mu Kaiwei gritted her teeth. If Prince Kang jumped down now, she would never pay any attention to him again. Just when she wanted to break through the roof and jump down, she had been entangled with him for a long time.
He insisted on following her, but if he wanted to jump down with her, he had to use his light body skills. Such a move would easily expose him in front of everyone. Whether he agreed or not was up to her!
Finally, she had no other choice but to lean closer and whisper into his pretty ear, "The Emperor has Yinqi, Liu Yanguo has the black-clad assassin, and Princess Kang has Prince Kang. I have you."
He, Prince Kang, is the most powerful killer move of her "Imperial Capital Jade Rakshasa" - this is what Mu Kaiwei wants to make clear.
But she was too naive and had no idea that her words had fallen into the ears of Prince Kang and had become some kind of whisper between lovers that only he could understand, intoxicating him so much that he finally allowed her to jump into the sinister situation alone.
Fortunately, there was no more noise from the roof, and no one jumped down from the big hole at the top.
Mu Kaiwei calmed himself down and, as if to say something about a small move, said to Liu Yanguo, "I'm afraid you'll never see that mountain of national treasure again in this lifetime. At this point, do you still think you can escape unscathed? Are you underestimating the people of the Celestial Empire?"
"Whether you can escape unscathed or not, you'll have to ask your Celestial Emperor."
Liu Yan had just said this when Emperor Xingyu, whose upper body was shaking constantly, suddenly jumped, as if a puppet was suddenly pulled, and shouted angrily at the Queen and others who tried to approach him again -
"Back off! Everyone, get out of my way!"
"Your Majesty! It's me!", "Your Majesty——", "Your Majesty, wake up!"
Emperor Xingyu remained unmoved, but instead shouted, "Tiger and Wolf Guards!"
Bang! Suddenly, a uniform stomping sound rang out from outside, and hundreds of imperial guards responded at the same time. "Here!"
"Anyone who attempts to stop me and the Imperial Master will be killed without mercy."
"Yes!" The guards responded with a sound that almost shook the entire Chongyuan Pavilion.
Meng Yunzheng took the opportunity to attack at this moment, aiming directly at Liu Yanguo who was a few steps away. With his superb martial arts that earned him the title of "The World's Greatest Detective", if he didn't attack, it would be fine. Once he did, he would naturally hit the target.
However, just as he grabbed Liu Yanguo's throat with his tiger claws, the people behind him cried out in shock, and even Mu Kaiwei shouted -
"Brother, stop!", "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, you must not do this, Your Majesty!", "Oh my God, oh my God——"
Meng Yunzheng first saw Liu Yanguo frowning because of the pain from the throat lock, and then he actually showed a sly smile. He glanced back and was shocked to see that Emperor Xingyu had a small dagger in his hand, which went straight into his shoulder. Immediately, a large amount of blood dyed the emperor's snow-white brocade robe red again.
It's actually a chain reaction. If Liu Yanguo feels unwell, the emperor will also suffer!
Meng Yunzheng was afraid of the consequences and had to believe it, so he had to loosen his five claws and let Liu Yanguo use Emperor Xingyu as a shield and a barrier. He opened the door and walked out of Chongyuan Pavilion leisurely.
The people who were left in the Chongyuan Pavilion were in an uproar, and Mu Kaiwei couldn't help but glance up at the top of the pavilion.
"Brother, don't start a conflict with the Tiger and Wolf Guards. Stay on the defensive for now. With you here, everyone will feel more at ease." Mu Kaiwei then took out all the Golden Healing Medicine and Heart Protecting Pills from his arms and handed them to Meng Yunzheng. "My Prince Kang won't be able to behave for long. I have to go and help him clean up the mess. Brother, wait for me. I'll definitely find a way to get the Tiger and Wolf Guards to withdraw. If that doesn't work, I'll bring Prince Kang back with me to save the situation."
Meng Yunzheng also knew that it would not be difficult for him alone to escape unscathed from the encirclement of hundreds of Tiger and Wolf Guards who followed the emperor's orders, but if he wanted to protect the empress dowager, the ninth prince, the concubines, the old ministers, and the palace maids, it would be impossible to do things perfectly, so a defensive stance was the best option at the moment.
Wait till the clouds clear and the moon appears. If that doesn't work, just as my junior sister said, we can wait for her to come back and fight together. There's nothing to lose.
He took the golden medicine and the heart-protecting pill, nodded to show that he understood, and then saw his junior sister rising from the ground and jumping out of the big hole at the top of the pavilion. She really went out the same way she came, cleanly and neatly.
It was a great pity for Liu Yanguo that he failed to completely kill the only surviving ninth prince.
However, just now in the Chongyuan Pavilion, although he was relaxed and spoke calmly, he knew that his plan had been thwarted and it was impossible to turn the situation around. Fortunately, he still had the emperor's hand, which could help him escape. While everyone was still trapped in the Chongyuan Pavilion, he thought, he had already escaped from the palace walls long ago.
But carrying around an emperor half covered in blood was too conspicuous. If one wanted to leave the palace, the best way was to take the secret passage.
In the past few months, he had dug out a lot of secrets about the imperial city from the emperor. He knew exactly where several secret passages in the imperial palace led to.
It’s okay to start all over again.
The most important thing is to survive.
Just like the day when his country was destroyed and his family was ruined, the soldiers of the Celestial Empire and Fuli broke into the palace of Qiongcang, burning, killing and looting. He hid in a manure pool used for fertilizer. The stench filled his eyes, ears, mouth and nose. He leaned on a hollow reed tube and breathed in and out carefully with his mouth, and managed to survive the longest and most painful day of his life.
Since he managed to make it and survive, no one who deserved to die could escape.
He first turned Bingli upside down, and then targeted the Tianchao. Although the current situation was not as good as he had set out to achieve, it was not without success. He would take the emperor away and torture him slowly until he was satisfied. Maybe he would be merciful and kill him with a single blow, or maybe he would do something so that no one could recognize the emperor anymore, such as cutting off his tongue, deafening his ears, and blinding his eyes. Then he would restore the emperor's mind and will, and then throw him into some remote place to see how the once high and mighty emperor would respond.
He thought, it would definitely be interesting and exciting!
However, just as he was dragging the emperor into the secret passage deep in the palace, Liu Yanguo felt a sudden chill on his back. When he realized that there was a third person present and had followed them into the secret passage, it was too late for him to take action.
"Who is it?!" He retreated subconsciously. It was not that he gave up the emperor, but that the emperor had fallen into the hands of the other party in an instant.
Then he found that he could not make the emperor do anything, because the man's hands moved so swiftly that he had sealed all the acupoints on the emperor's body in an instant, even the mute acupoint.
"Who exactly are you..." Liu Yanguo paused, narrowed his eyes, and his expression froze for a moment.
"Prince Kang... Fu Jinxi, hehe... hahahaha—so, so, I figured it out. It was you, it was you." He nodded repeatedly. "The reason Princess Kang escaped unscathed from the Luoyu River that day and even saved you from drowning wasn't because of her incredible skills, but because of Prince Kang's unwavering support. You and your wife, one in the open, the other in the dark, coordinated so seamlessly that it truly astonished me."
Fu Jinxi, who had been following all the way, let the emperor lie on his side on the ground, and took out the medicine made by Feng Qingcheng. After removing the wooden cork on the medicine bottle, he placed the small bottle under Emperor Xingyu's nose, letting the smell from the bottle penetrate into the emperor's breathing.
Once everything was settled, he slowly stood up and faced Liu Yanguo. "'Perfectly crafted,' the four words sound quite pleasing to the ear. I like them."
Liu Yanguo tucked his hands into his sleeves. "The Imperial Capital's famous 'medicine-jar prince,' kicked and beaten by his own princess, was it all an act? Prince Kang hides his true strength, and living this humiliating life is tolerable."
Fu Jinxi snorted coldly. "I can tolerate anyone, but not you."
Prince Kang's words were indeed strange, but Liu Yanguo didn't say anything more. He turned around and ran away, and his lightness skills were surprisingly good.
Logically, it was impossible for Fu Jinxi to not catch someone with his skills. The bad thing was that Liu Yanguo not only practiced the lightness skills for escape very well, but also had secrets hidden in his sleeves and arms. He scattered handfuls of red scorpion poison powder. Fu Jinxi, who had already swallowed the antidote to protect his body and heart, was not afraid. It was just that the red scorpion poison powder was really uncomfortable when it fell into his eyes, and it made him burst into tears for a while.
In his heart, Fu Jinxi had scolded himself a thousand times. He should have taken action right from the start, but he was talking so much nonsense to the other party!
I had to follow the sound and chase after him!
After finally opening his eyes a little, he was filled with thick green smoke. He didn't know whether there was a mechanism hidden in the secret passage of the palace or Liu Yanguo had added it later.
The cold smoke like green mist caused a slight tingling and hot numbness when it touched the skin. It seemed to be poisonous. Fu Jin knew that he was fine, but he thought that if the poisonous smoke drifted along the secret passage to the emperor, if something happened, Chongyuan Pavilion would be in even greater chaos.
Things have their priorities, so he ran back quickly, faster than the smoke could spread.
He lifted Emperor Xingyu onto his shoulder, grabbed the medicine bottle, and quickly rushed out of the secret passage.
The two of them were in an artificial cave in the imperial garden that was built with layers of Taihu stones. Just as he closed the stone door that should lead to the secret passage, Fu Jinxi heard his princess calling him. He glanced sideways and saw that his wife had run to the narrow cave entrance that was only wide enough for one person to pass through.
"Weiwei!" Prince Kang roughly tossed the Emperor to the ground. His wife dodged into the cave, and he strode over to embrace her. "I broke off a lot of the special golden tiles from the Chongyuan Pavilion and scattered them along the way, just to serve as a mark for you. And you tracked me down. Am I really that clever?"
Mu Kaiwei couldn't help laughing, pinched his lower back, and then rubbed it as a response.
She looked up and said, "You have snatched back the emperor, but...what about Liu Yanguo?"
"...ran away." Very depressed.
Mu Kaiwei's heart tightened. He pushed him a little distance away and asked hurriedly, "So he has seen through your disguise of being sick and weak?"
Unexpectedly, Prince Kang's eyes filled with tears as he shouted in anger. "Weiwei, is that the point? The most important point is, how dare that fellow Liu Yanguo ask you to go with him? What does he think of me? Does he think I'm not here?!" Thinking of his wife being coveted, Prince Kang's mind completely collapsed, completely forgetting that he was hiding on the rooftop at the time, and no one knew he was there.
"I just met him and before I could finish my harsh words, he ran away. He also spread poison powder and released poisonous smoke. If I wasn't afraid that the emperor would be poisoned, I would have cut him into pieces long ago!" He clenched his hands and twisted them, as if he was twisting Liu Yanguo's neck.
Mu Kaiwei felt like he had nothing to say and just wanted to sigh.
When she glanced behind him, she found that Emperor Xingyu, who was thrown to the ground, was not unconscious, but his whole body was covered with blood. The emperor's eyes were wide open, and his eyeballs were rolling around, as if he saw everything... Mu Kaiwei sighed even longer.
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