Crown Prince's Counterattack

Luoyang East Palace

Sima Yi was dealing with government affairs in his study as usual. These days Liu Xiu gave him a lot of miscellaneous things and made him do a lot of hard work for nothing, but in fact he didn't give him half of the benefits. If he hadn't done several tasks The emperor is very familiar with these ditches, and he might think that Liu Xiu thinks a lot about him, but it's just a perfunctory show.But even so, Sima Yi still had to do things seriously, he didn't believe that Liu Xiu entrusted him with these difficult and complicated tasks, maybe he didn't want to take advantage of his weaknesses.

"Your Highness, something serious happened!"

Sima Yi's hand trembled, and an extra ink dot appeared on the paper. Sima Yi put aside the brush in his hand, closed his eyes, rubbed his temples, and frowned slightly.His eyes were a little dry from staring at the piano for a long time, and what was worse was his current mood. He always felt that "big things" were happening constantly these days, and there was no day of peace.

"Tell me, what happened?"

There was a little tiredness in Sima Yi's tone, the pressure from Liu Xiu was always hanging over his heart.

The eunuch who summoned him took a careful look at Sima Yi, and was relieved to see his calm face.

"Today morning, Lord Inspector Xie Yunxie impeached you as the crown prince but lived extravagantly and was not strict with all kinds of crimes. I hope that your majesty will depose you as the crown prince."

Sima Yi opened his eyes, there was a faint cold light in his eyes, the eunuch took a deep breath, lowered his head, not daring to meet his gaze.

Sima Yi sneered, it seemed that Liu Xiu was finally ready to make a move.This Xie Yun is Liu Xiu's confidant, and the words he said in court this morning are probably from Liu Xiu's hint. This is a signal to the courtiers that the emperor is not satisfied with the prince, so follow those who want to make trouble There will be no less, but he is not unprepared.

Liu Xiu endured it for so many years, and now he finally decided to take action. What happened in the early court was just the beginning, and the real thunder was yet to come. Sima Yi's expression became serious.

The sound of fingertips hitting the table reached the eunuch's heart, and the heartbeat seemed to be beating along with it. The eunuch lowered his breathing, not daring to interrupt Sima Yi's meditation.

"Go, call Ye Wen over, I have something to tell him to do."

"promise!"

The beating sound stopped suddenly, and the eunuch heard Sima Yi's indifferent voice in his ears, he responded quickly, and hurriedly left Sima Yi's sight.

Sima Yi reopened another memorial, picked up a brush, and carefully reviewed it, and the original calm was restored in the room.

After finishing the morning court, Liu Xiu returned to the bedroom with a gloomy face. The door was closed heavily with a piercing sound, and the eunuchs who followed him looked at each other with embarrassing expressions. No one had the courage to follow in.The emperor was furious, and there were millions of corpses floating around, they didn't dare to hit the muzzle of the gun just like that.Immediately after the sound of crackling porcelain came from the closed door, everyone's small thoughts were extinguished. Well, let's just stand outside the door and wait for His Majesty to calm down.

The room was in a mess, and Liu Xiu swept all the things on the desk to the ground. He sat on the dragon chair, clenched his right hand into a fist, and pounded heavily on the table. After a muffled sound, the table trembled.

Liu Xiu's face was gloomy, his brows were tightened, his eyes burst out with a piercing cold light, and there was a voice almost gnashing his teeth, expressing his state of mind at the moment.

"Chaos-official-thief-son!"

At the beginning of the uprising, he was single and weak. In order to win strong support, he wronged his beloved woman to marry the niece of King Zhending Liu Yang. Even after the founding of the country, he suppressed the rebellion of King Zhending. But in order to win people's hearts, he did not hesitate to make the Guo family the empress. He endured the humiliation for so many years. Now that he is finally in power, it is time for him to settle the score, but he did not expect that the old subordinate of Liu Yang, who has been keeping a low profile all these years, is in the court today. He was extremely active, and even did not hesitate to offend him to maintain the status of the prince. He was worried that something that had been happening for so many years still happened.

The Guo family is the niece of King Zhending Liu Yang, and she is also from a noble family. Although he has suppressed many of the old ministers who rebelled with Liu Yang over the years, the remaining people have now become the forces behind Liu Jiang. It is not good news for Liu Xiu, who has always wanted to abolish the prince.Sure enough, he shouldn't show mercy to these remnants at the beginning, but regretting it now is useless. Even though Liu Xiu has fears in his heart, he is no longer the Liu Xiu of the past, and he will never back down this time.

Liu Xiu originally didn't plan to do it so early, but the performance of the prince since he was involved in politics finally made him make up his mind. Without anyone's guidance, the prince actually did the things he explained perfectly, and let his subordinates He is very convincing, he is very skillful in handling government affairs, and his methods are extraordinary. This is only a teenage child. It can only be said that this child should be born to be an emperor, which makes Liu Xiu very jealous.

For this excellent prince who made him unable to find any faults, Liu Xiu felt very complicated. It was hard to put into words the mixed feeling of relief and apprehension. In comparison, his other son, Liu Yang, was slightly inferior. But even so, Liu Xiu still didn't deserve her original intentions, and he could only be completely ruthless towards the prince.

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The spring is beautiful and the sun is shining brightly. Liu Xiu accompanied Yin Lihua for a rare walk in the garden, followed by a large group of court ladies and eunuchs, which could not affect his good temperament at the moment. Full of smiles.

"Fun Lord, take your life!"

A dozen or so men in black suddenly sprang out of the garden, the swords in their hands glaring dazzlingly under the shadow of the sun, and they rushed towards Liu Xiu and the others.

"Come on, escort! Escort!"

The maids and eunuchs were in a mess, and the shrill voice rang out, and the guards not far away heard the cry for help and rushed over nervously.

Liu Xiu's complexion changed, and she asked the maids to protect Yin Lihua to avoid it, and she drew her sword to defend on guard, with nothing but indifference in her eyes, how could the emperor rushing out on horseback be afraid of such a small battle.Yin Lihua hid aside and watched nervously, the silk handkerchief in her hand was tightly pinched together by her.

This group of men in black was unexpectedly weak, and they were all captured by the guards before they rushed in front of Liu Xiu. The tense atmosphere suddenly eased. He was relieved that he was not injured, and Liu Xiu held her hand with a moved face, and his anger dissipated a little.

A dozen men in black were stripped of their masks and bundled up before Liu Xiu.

"Who sent you to assassinate me?"

Liu Xiu's eyes darkened, and he always felt that something was wrong everywhere. How did this group of men in black in the blue sky break in? What's even more strange is that this group of people really wanted to assassinate him?

"Fun Lord, no one ordered us to come here to kill you!"

It's a wayward way of saying it. Everyone who hears it has black lines on their foreheads, but such arrogant people usually don't live long. As expected...

"killed!"

Liu Xiu frowned slightly, and ordered lightly, he hates others shouting in front of him.

The guard stepped forward and stabbed the man with a sword, and then the man fell to the ground vomiting blood, and the audience fell silent.

"you……"

Before Liu Xiu finished speaking, the man in black kneeling on the ground immediately spoke.

"I said, I said, it's the prince, it's the order of His Royal Highness, we just follow orders, don't kill us"

"Yes, yes, His Royal Highness sent us here"

"..."

A dozen people confessed one by one, as if they were afraid that they would be the next person to be stabbed to death.

They had no idea how much shock their words had caused to people.

The prince assassinated the emperor!

The palace people looked at each other with doubts in their eyes. How could it be possible? No matter how you look at it, this extremely stupid assassination operation was planned by the prince. On the contrary, it was more like someone trying to frame the blame. After all, they have lived in the palace for so many years. Never seen an assassin who confessed so quickly.

Yin Lihua's eyes widened, with a look of disbelief, but she was thinking about who was trying to do something to the prince, but this method was a bit unsightly.

Liu Xiu's expression was calm. Even after the assassins revealed that the prince was behind the scenes, Liu Xiu's expression was not moved at all. He didn't think that the prince's scheming would make such an assassination with many mistakes. It is a good excuse for him to wonder if someone wants to take this opportunity to suppress the prince.

"Come on, surround me with the East Palace!"

Liu Xiu looked angry, as if she had already decided that the crown prince was the mastermind behind the assassination. To Liu Xiu, it didn't matter who was the mastermind behind the current situation. Prince's reason.

The palace people were a little bit embarrassed, this was such an obvious frame-up, even they could see it, but His Majesty believed that it was the prince who did it. It seems that the sky in the harem is about to change, and His Majesty's favorite is indeed Noble man.

"Your Majesty, please calm down, maybe this is just a misunderstanding..."

After careful consideration, Yin Lihua stood up and interceded, some gestures were indispensable.

"This villain actually did such an outrageous thing, Lihua, you don't have to plead for him."

Liu Xiu softened her face. Sure enough, Lihua is the only one who will plead for the prince at this time. Only she has never changed. Even though she knows it is for their son, she still maintains a kind heart and never will changed by power.

East Palace

A large group of guards suddenly rushed into the East Palace, completely surrounding the entire palace.

"Your Highness, it's not good, something serious happened!"

The little eunuch rushed into the study with a flustered expression.