Clang! It sounded like something had fallen heavily to the ground, the sound almost shattering Cui Yan's eardrums. He even doubted that he had heard correctly!
"Father, I know you can't bear to part with my little brother, and neither can I! But if my little brother doesn't die, Yun Zhuo will take him to the Emperor to complain, and Xiao Jiu'er and I will be in trouble!"
"Assassinating a prince of the current dynasty is a serious crime, and Father should know very well! Even though the Emperor currently favors me and Xiao Jiu'er, assassinating a prince is not a matter for the inner palace, but a matter for the court!"
"Those court officials will surely plead with the Emperor to punish me and the Cui family! Once I and the Cui family are punished, Xiao Jiu'er's position will also be in jeopardy!"
"Father, do you want the Cui family and me to rise to prominence, or do you want my brother's life? You choose! As your daughter, I will obey your decision!"
Cui Yan's lips trembled incessantly, his face deathly pale. After a long while, he finally said, "Kill your little brother, and then what?"
Consort Xian took a deep breath and said, "I have already sent my brother's personal guard back to his courtyard. He is covered in injuries. We will find a group of people to plunder his courtyard and take the opportunity to kill a few servants."
"I entered the palace first and complained to the Emperor that Yun Zhuo secretly sent people to cause trouble at the Cui family on the night of his wedding and kidnapped my younger brother, all to avenge his wife, Ye Qingxue!"
"Everyone knows that Ye Qingxue and Xiao Jiu'er are irreconcilable enemies, and the Emperor will believe it."
Cui Yan said, "If that's the case, there's no need to kill your brother! As long as we accuse Prince Jing of kidnapping, and the Emperor intervenes, Yun Zhuo will have no choice but to release him!"
The Virtuous Consort said, "My brother has lived a life of luxury. Can he withstand torture? What if Yun Zhuo or Ye Qingxue use tricks to force him to tell the truth? Only the mouths of the dead can be kept shut! Otherwise, we will always be in danger!"
"Moreover, only if my younger brother dies can people believe that Yun Zhuo really kidnapped him on his wedding night!"
Cui Yan's lips were still trembling violently.
Soon after, his body began to tremble.
He only has one legitimate son, and he really can't bear to part with him!
Consort Xian said, "Father, make your choice. Whatever you choose, I will listen to you! Now, my daughter, Xiao Jiu'er, and the wealth and glory of the Cui family are all in Father's hands!"
Consort Xian said this, but her heart had already hardened like iron.
She understood it very well.
Even if she fails to kill Yun Zhuo tonight, she can use her brother's life to kill Yun Zhuo tomorrow.
This paved the way for Xiao Jiu'er to become the crown prince.
“Your brother… he still hasn’t married!” Cui Yan cried, hunching over and squatting down to cover his face, tears still spilling from between his fingers.
Consort Xian stepped forward and squatted down, placing her slender hand on Cui Yan's shoulder: "Father, from now on, Xiao Jiu'er will be your son. Besides, besides my younger brother, you have other biological sons, don't you? Even illegitimate children are sons."
Cui Yan cried even harder, her body trembling so badly she was about to faint.
However, Consort Xian understood that her father's tears meant that he agreed with her proposal.
There's no time to lose; we must quickly find people to ransack my younger brother's courtyard. At the same time, we need to place her informants in the Prince Jing's residence to kill her brother.
As early as the beginning of the Jingwang Mansion, when eunuchs were to be sent to the Jingwang Mansion, she had already placed her own people in there.
After she finished all these things, she still had to wait for the spies from the Prince Jing's mansion to send her a message. As long as it was confirmed that her younger brother was dead, she would immediately return to the palace and, before Yun Zhuo and Ye Qingxue entered the palace, complain to the emperor!
This time, Yun Zhuo is doomed, and Ye Qingxue, as his bride, can only wait to be buried with him!
...
In the courtyard of Prince Jing's mansion.
After the young master of the Cui family was captured by Yun Zhuo, the assassins, seeing that the situation was not good, all those who could retreat withdrew.
They came in a flash and left in a flash, disappearing completely in an instant.
After Yun Zhuo removed the veil from the young master of the Cui family, he raised an eyebrow, both surprised and finding it reasonable.
Consort Xian wanted to help the Ninth Prince seize the throne, so she had to kill him; however, it was quite unexpected that Consort Xian would send her own younger brother to lead the team.
So it seems that Consort Xian did not expect to lose, which is why she let her younger brother lead the team?
"You dare to assassinate the Prince? Your Cui family is doomed!" Zhuang Xin said viciously. These people were really annoying; they had to make a move on his master's wedding night!
The wedding night, how many wedding nights does one have in a lifetime?
As a result, the Prince's Mansion was covered in blood and dead bodies. I really wanted to tear all these people to pieces!
Zhuang Xin asked, "Your Highness, what should we do next?"
If the young master of the Cui family is sent to the emperor, the virtuous concubine, the ninth prince, and the Cui family will all suffer heavy losses. Even if they don't die, they will completely lose their chance to seize the throne in a short period of time.
Yun Zhuo looked at the young master of the Cui family, who was about the same age as him. His young face was covered in blood, his eyes were full of fear, and his body was trembling.
Just as Yun Zhuo was about to speak, the smell of blood between his nostrils suddenly became incredibly strong, instantly overwhelming him.
His head began to throb with pain, as if two axes were pounding inside, one blow after another, causing him to break out in a cold sweat instantly.
He gritted his teeth and, summoning his last bit of willpower, said, "Lock him up first! No one is allowed to visit him without permission!"
He knew the deadly poison in his body was about to take effect; besides the headache, the sea of blood was spreading up again.
As far as the eye could see, everything was a sea of blood, engulfing his insteps, his knees, his thighs, down to his waist, then his chin, and finally his mouth, nose, and eyes.
He was completely submerged and struggling to breathe. It might have been a hallucination, but in his world, it was real.
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