Chapter 97 The Assassination of the Eighth Prince

Half a month flies by in a blink of an eye.

Capital, the eighth prince's residence, study room.

Lu Shuyun looked at the information in his hand, clenching his teeth tightly, and his eyes were bloodshot.

He was now too angry to speak.

In the past, when he was angry, he would throw things, but the information he received today made him so angry that he even forgot to throw things. He was so angry that he was shaking and even started to sweat on his face.

He never expected that the owner of the Blood Moon Tower would lead so many ninth-grade warriors to personally assassinate a useless prince, but they would all fail! ! !

The owner of the Blood Moon Building is a veritable master!

Even if there is a mysterious master in the North Palace, the owner of the Blood Moon Tower will have no problem holding him back!

Of course, what made Lu Shuyun even more angry was Wang Qingci's rebellion.

Wang Qingci, an assassin who had been raised by the Wang family since childhood, had now rebelled and defected to the Northern Palace.

Lu Shuyun tore the information in his hand to pieces. He sneered and said, "Okay, okay, okay, very good! No wonder Beiwang Mansion can avoid the assassination of Xueyue Tower every time. It turns out there is a traitor!"

"My good brother, you are really capable. You can actually instigate the assassins that the Wang family has trained since childhood to rebel!"

"I really underestimated you!"

Just when Lu Shuyun couldn't find a way to vent his anger, he suddenly heard a commotion outside.

Immediately afterwards, a servant rushed in in a panic and said: "Your Highness, something serious has happened!"

Lu Shuyun, who was furious, was just about to kill this servant to vent his anger when he heard the servant say: "Your Highness, run away! Some masked assassins broke in from outside, and our people can't stop them at all!"

Hearing this, Lu Shuyun was stunned.

Masked assassin?

Who dares to assassinate a prince in the capital?

At this time, Lu Shuyun didn't think about Lu Chen at all. After all, Lu Chen was far away in Beijun, and there was only one mysterious master around him. It was impossible for him to send that mysterious master to the capital to assassinate him.

Lu Shuyun's first thought was of the other princes participating in the heir apparent. As long as he died, they would have one less competitor.

only……

Would any prince really dare to assassinate a prince in the capital?

If this is found out, not to mention losing the qualifications to seize the throne, he may even be kicked out of the capital and become a vassal.

But now is not the time to think about this, the other party has already broken in, and he must quietly find a place to hide.

Fortunately, his mansion had some underground passages, so escaping was no problem at all. Lu Shuyun was not worried at all that he would die.

Lu Shuyun then entered the underground passage of the palace and escaped using the underground passage.

In the end, although the masked assassins broke into the Eighth Prince's mansion and killed all the Eighth Prince's men and some retainers, they found no trace of the Eighth Prince.

Of course, the original goal of these assassins was not the Eighth Prince.

By the time the Imperial City's Imperial Guard arrived, all the masked assassins had already left.

The news of the eighth prince's assassination quickly spread throughout the capital. Since Emperor Xia ascended the throne, except for the last time when remnants of the Chen Kingdom entered the palace to assassinate Emperor Xia, such a bad incident has rarely happened.

A prince was assassinated by a group of masked assassins while staying in his mansion.

When Emperor Xia heard about this, he was extremely angry.

Since he ascended the throne, few people have dared to cause such trouble in the imperial city. The last time the remnants of the Chen Kingdom entered the palace, they were mainly looking for something and were accidentally discovered by the guards. Emperor Xia just exaggerated and said that he had been assassinated. Then he used this to exile Mu Guogong's family. That was not a real assassination.

But this time is different.

This time, the assassins rushed in through the main entrance of the Eighth Prince's residence with great fanfare, killing every one they met, and directly bloodbathed the Eighth Prince's residence.

It can be seen from this that the assassin has become lawless and does not take the imperial power in his eyes at all.

How could Emperor Xia not be angry that something like this happened at the emperor's feet?

Emperor Xia gave an order that night, asking the Ministry of Punishment and the imperial army to arrest the assassins immediately, and not to let anyone go.

the next morning.

Xuanzheng Hall.

Early in the morning, the officials came to Xuanzheng Hall and waited.

They had all heard about what happened last night, and everyone was very shocked. No one thought that an assassin would be so bold as to directly send people to bloodbath the eighth prince's mansion.

You must know that there is a grandmaster and several masters in the Eighth Prince's residence.

At this time, Lu Shuyun dragged his exhausted body into the Xuanzheng Hall.

At this time, Lu Shuyun's face was pale and bloodless, and he looked as if he had lost his soul.

Seeing Lu Shuyun himself appear, the ministers immediately surrounded him.

"Your Highness, are you okay?"

"Your Highness, are you injured?"

"Your Highness, those thieves are really hateful. They dare to break into your mansion without permission. I believe that Your Majesty will not let those thieves go."

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Listening to the officials' inquiries, Lu Shuyun said nothing.

Although he escaped from the mansion yesterday and was not injured, what happened last night really shocked him.

He only learned this morning that all the retainers in his mansion, as well as the grand master sent by the Wang family to protect him, were all killed.

Not only that, except for him and a few servants who escaped, almost everyone in the palace died.

At first, Lu Shuyun thought that the masters in his mansion would have no problem blocking the assassins.

He entered the underground passage of the mansion just as a precaution to prevent assassins from finding him directly.

But he didn't expect that the assassin's goal was not just to assassinate him as a prince, but his disciples were also the targets of the assassin.

At this moment, the eunuch's voice came from the main hall.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

The officials quickly returned to where they were standing, then saluted and said: "Long live your Majesty, long live long live your Majesty."

At this time, Emperor Xia stood in front of the dragon chair. He did not sit down, but looked down at the officials below.

Emperor Xia's eyes seemed to be filled with murderous intent. It seemed that what happened last night really made him feel very angry.

At this time, Lu Shuyun knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Father, you have to make the decision for me! In the end, only four people survived in this huge mansion!"

After Lu Shuyun finished speaking, Emperor Xia still didn't speak. His eyes swept across the princes in the hall.

Being stared at by Emperor Xia with murderous eyes, the princes all felt tremendous pressure, and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.

Although they were not responsible for this matter, now is the critical time to seize the throne, and they are the most suspect. After all, once the eighth prince dies, they will lose one of their most powerful competitors.

But they are not fools, how could they do such a bloody massacre of the prince's mansion at the feet of the emperor.

If this was found out and kicked out, it would be a trivial matter. If their father was so angry that he demoted them to common people, it would be tragic.

Several princes were very depressed. It was that idiot who actually did such a thing at this time. Could it be that Lu Shuyun directed and acted it himself?