Tragic death and rebirth, the daughter of a general poisoned the government and the country

In the past two days, Nan Huaishuo's eyelids kept twitching, making him irritable.

Is there something wrong?

Emperor Ming clearly had no intention of investigating the Crown Prince's death, so he suppressed the matter for him, and the Empress also fell ill.

Although Nan Rongjing did not die, which made him feel a little regretful, Nan Rongjing's physical condition was similar to that of the prince, and he would not live for many years.

Now Nan Huaishuo only had to wait patiently for Emperor Ming's decree to appoint him as the crown prince, but he always felt something was wrong.

That day in the imperial study, Nan Huaishuo took out a handkerchief that had been poisoned with a Gu, and used his own blood as a primer, which seeped through the handkerchief and poisoned Emperor Ming.

As long as he is crowned the crown prince, Gu Zhi will manipulate Emperor Ming to cause the poison to break out and cause him to die.

And after that, he can ascend to the throne legitimately.

As for Gu Zhi, he knew so much about himself. Nan Huaishuo had already made up his mind that he would be the first one to kill him after Emperor Ming died.

And Nan Huaishuo has indeed found the beauty in the painting that he has been looking for. When the time comes, Nan Huaishuo will fulfill their wish and let them die together.

Everything is under control, so where does the uneasiness in his heart come from?

Gu Zhi has been placed under house arrest by Nan Huaishuo in his mansion and is being guarded and closely monitored by more than twenty secret guards.

After Xu Ce finished the disaster relief work in Xuzhou, Emperor Ming wanted to keep him in the capital to serve. Today, Nan Huaishuo specially called him over to discuss the appointment of Xu Ce to an official position.

Nan Huaishuo glanced at Xu Ce, who was as cold as ice, with some dissatisfaction.

"Following this prince, will this make Lord Xu unhappy?"

Xu Ce spoke in a respectful tone, but his expression was still as aloof as ever.

"Your Highness is joking. It is my humble servant's blessing to be able to work for Your Highness."

"How about this, I'll give Lord Xu an idea. When you can accomplish something great for me, I will return your status as a lone minister to you, and you won't have to work for me anymore."

Xu Ce's brows moved slightly. A great achievement?

What kind of achievement can be considered a great achievement is not entirely up to Nan Huaishuo himself.

However, since Nan Huaishuo agreed, Xu Ce felt somewhat hopeful.

As long as he is no longer controlled by others, no longer involved in party struggles, and can work wholeheartedly for the people, Xu Ce is willing to do his best to make great contributions to Nan Huaishuo!

At this time, a guard came in to report.

"Your Highness, the Queen Mother sent someone to deliver a Mid-Autumn Festival gift."

"Bring someone in."

"Yes."

Nan Huaishuo remembered that this year's Mid-Autumn Festival palace banquet was cancelled due to the death of the prince, and the empress dowager only rewarded each mansion with holiday gifts as a token of her gratitude.

The guard came back again, followed by a young eunuch. Nan Huaishuo had never seen him before, but he was someone close to the empress dowager after all, so Nan Huaishuo spoke in a gentle and polite tone.

"My Lord, you are so polite. Please take this trip with me."

"Your Highness, Fifth Prince, you are too polite. I, under the order of the Empress Dowager, have come to bring you Mid-Autumn Festival gifts. Here is the gift list. Please review it."

Nan Huaishuo walked towards the eunuch and stretched out his hand to take the gift list, while the eunuch lowered his head respectfully and presented the gift list with both hands.

Just as Nan Huaishuo's hand touched the gift list, the eunuch suddenly loosened one of his hands, swung his arm downward, and a sharp dagger appeared in his hand.

Nan Huaishuo never expected that the eunuch beside the empress dowager would suddenly assassinate him. He was caught off guard, and in the moment of shock he lost the best opportunity to dodge.

A cold light flashed, and Nan Huaishuo subconsciously dodged to the side, but the dagger still grazed his shoulder, and blood immediately gushed out.

There were only Xu Ce, Nan Huaishuo and the eunuch in the room at that time. The eunuch had only one chance in this short period of time before the guards at the door heard the noise and rushed over.

After missing the first strike, the eunuch turned around and stabbed Nan Huaishuo again.

"You are so brave!"

Nan Huaishuo suddenly felt murderous intent. Although his martial arts skills were not very high, he could definitely fight against an assassin of average level.

The eunuch in front of him was obviously not as good as him in martial arts. Nan Huaishuo drew a dagger from his waist and stabbed at the eunuch who was rushing towards him.

However, the moment Nan Huaishuo raised his sword, all his strength disappeared instantly, and he fell straight to the ground like a piece of wood with its strings broken.

The dagger is poisonous!

Xu Ce also reacted at this time, stood up and wanted to step forward, but seeing that the eunuch was about to rush in front of Nan Huaishuo again, Xu Ce suddenly stopped in his steps to stop him.

If Nan Huaishuo died, wouldn't he be able to get rid of the coercion and be completely liberated?

But Xu Ce couldn't do it. After reading the books of sages for many years, if he did not help the person in danger, even if the other person was his enemy, he would never have peace of conscience.

So Xu Ce suddenly rushed forward and stood in front of Nan Huaishuo, and at this time the eunuch's dagger just happened to chop down.

puff!

The poisoned dagger suddenly stabbed into Xu Ce's chest, and the spurting blood splashed all over the eunuch and Nan Huaishuo behind him.

Nan Huaishuo didn't expect that Xu Ce would actually save him, and the eunuch didn't expect it either.

"A great achievement...I have completed it..."

Xu Ce uttered a few words with difficulty. He reached to his waist with great effort and grasped a green sachet. He died with a smile...

The guards at the door heard the noise in the house and pushed the door open.

The eunuch knew that he had lost the chance to assassinate Nan Huaishuo. He rolled his eyes, turned the dagger in his hand, and stabbed it towards his heart, then fell towards Nan Huaishuo who was lying on the ground...

This was the scene the guards saw when they came in.

There was a bloody hole in Xu Ce's chest that was bleeding, and he fell beside Nan Huaishuo.

On the other side of Nan Huaishuo, a palace eunuch had a dagger stuck in his chest and was twitching in a pool of blood...

Nan Huaishuo was unable to move just now, but now his limbs have gradually regained consciousness. He slowly stood up, looked at the guards who had drawn their swords and looked around in confusion, and gave orders in a hoarse voice.

"The eunuch in the palace assassinated this prince, and Lord Xu Ce was also injured by him. Go and call the imperial physician."

The guards came to their senses and immediately began to clean up the mess.

The imperial physician was hurriedly invited into the Fifth Prince's mansion, and the news of the palace eunuch assassinating the Fifth Prince spread throughout the capital in an instant.

After half an hour of treatment, the imperial physician stroked his beard and shook his head.

"I am an incompetent old minister. Lord Xu's heart has been severed and there is no way to save him..."

Nan Huaishuo showed sorrow upon hearing this, and he only hated himself that he had not made good use of Xu Ce to work for him, and he died so simply.

"Thanks to Lord Xu, Lord Xu is so righteous, otherwise I would be the one who died today..."

After sending the imperial physician away, Nan Huaishuo personally led people to carry Xu Ce's body to a mansion where Xu Ce was temporarily staying in the capital.

Mrs. Xu did not follow Xu Ce to the capital, but stayed at home enjoying her grandchildren.

Cao Bingyan gave birth to a son one year after she married into the Xu family. Mrs. Xu loved this rare grandson as if he were her own eye, and she kept him by her side never leaving him for a moment.

Therefore, there were only Cao Bingyan and Xu Zhichang in the Xu Mansion in Beijing.

Nan Huaishuo brought his men into Xu's house. When Xu Zhichang saw Nan Huaishuo, he immediately put on a pug-like attitude and kept nodding and bowing.

"Mr. Xu, please stand up. Actually, I am here today because..."

Nan Huaishuo looked at the coffin behind him with sad eyes, and explained in a few words what had just happened.

After hearing this, Xu Zhichang was stunned and then threw himself on the coffin and burst into tears.

"Dad, my dad..."

A hint of green seemed to have heard the noise and, disregarding the etiquette of the backyard, ran over quickly.