Lord Prime Minister

Mu Zihuai's eyes were wide open, he ran two steps, and saw that the prince was being stopped on the way, and the person who stopped him was very familiar to him.

After settling his mind, Mu Zihuai took a deep breath, stepped forward and shouted, "Long Xiu."

As he approached, he said he looked around, fortunately, only Long Xiu was alone.

"You patrolling today?"

Long Xiu looked at Mu Zihuai who appeared suddenly, although he was a little puzzled why he was still in the palace at this time, he still replied: "I am in charge of patrolling this area, why are you still in the palace?"

Mu Zihuai approached slowly, with a hard-pressed smile on his face. "There are some business matters that haven't been finished yet." While talking, he waved to the dazed prince, signaling him to leave quickly.

Just as Huangfu Hongguang stepped forward, there was a burst of shouting from the East Palace behind him.

"The prince has escaped! Go and find the prince!"

"It's a witch! The queen is ordered to capture the prince!"

Long Xiu saw that Mu Zihuai was just about to speak, when a distant shout came to his ears, he moved quickly, turned his head and grabbed the prince who was two steps away, within a breath.

Seeing the prince being captured, Mu Zihuai grabbed Long Xiu in a panic, and was taken away by him a few steps away. His movements tore at the wound, and the pain made him sweat profusely.

"Long Xiu, don't!"

Long Xiu grabbed the prince with one hand, and helped Mu Zihuai who was about to fall with the other hand, seeing that his face was covered with sweat, did he tell himself not to catch the prince just now?

"Long Xiu..." Mu Zihuai opened his mouth, the pain behind him tore his nerves, making his whole body scald, but his face was translucent white.After thinking for a long time but couldn't think of any reason, Mu Zihuai looked at Long Xiu. "Do you believe me?"

Long Xiu looked at Mu Zihuai under the moonlight, his pale face was almost transparent, his slightly sweaty hair was sticking to his forehead, his dark eyes were bloodshot, his whole body was in a state of embarrassment, but it moved his heart.

He opened his mouth and couldn't look away. "Um……"

Chen Bu is one of the guards patrolling tonight. He has been in the palace for more than ten years. He has mediocre qualifications and little credit, but at least he got the position of leader of a small team.

The patrol team of five people walked back and forth around the East Palace and several surrounding palaces non-stop all night.

There is a distance from the palace gate here, and the most perfect patrol mechanism is within the Meridian Gate, how could an assassin be able to penetrate here.

Chen Ji deserted while walking.There was a lot of noise coming from the east palace which had been quiet all the time, probably another maid made a mistake, but the prince is weak, why is there such a big noise today?

Just as they were about to go around with the other four people, an old nun rushed out from the door and almost bumped into Chen Ji.

"Hey, mother, what made you so anxious? Even if the servant girl committed a crime, it's already late at night, so it would be bad to wake up all the ladies."

The old nun supported Chen Ji's hand and stood up, patted his arm and shouted anxiously: "The empress has ordered that the prince perform witchcraft, and arrest him immediately."

Chen Ji was stunned for a moment, it was the first time in more than ten years that he encountered such a big event, he was a little flustered, and before he had time to speak, he was slapped on the forehead by the old mother. "What are you doing in a daze? Hurry up and chase! It's too late, the Empress will chop off your head!"

When he heard that his head was about to be beheaded, Chen Ji was shocked, and ordered the two guards to chase in one direction, while he led the other two to run in the opposite direction.

After running a hundred zhang away, a black brocade boot fell on the ground, which belonged to the prince.

The three of them chased after each other, ran for a while, and lost their clues for a while.

"Stop!" A voice came from a distance while hesitating.

Chen Ji listened and turned around. "Walk!"

After running for a while, there was another shout, and Chen Ji and the others ran even faster.

Running along the sound all the way, it turned out to be on the stands beside the moat.

The prince was on the edge of the stands, stepping back step by step.On the opposite side stood a man, wearing a black bodyguard uniform, with the saber drawn in his hand, confronting the prince.

"Prince, you can't escape anymore, why don't you just catch him without a fight, and ask His Majesty the emperor to show mercy." The black-clothed guard said, and took another step closer to the prince.

"I was wronged, my father will not believe me anymore, and I will die if I go back, why not jump down from here, and get a whole body." The prince had already retreated to the edge, and stood on the top while leaning on the railing.

Chen Ji was stunned, wiped his face, and stammered: "Mother...His Royal Highness, you come down first, behind is the moat connecting the outer river, the water is raging, if you fall, you will not be able to get up."

The prince stood on the stone pillar and swayed, with an expression on his face that looked like he was about to cry. "It's not me! I didn't do it, it was the empress..."

Just halfway through the conversation, another group of guards rushed over after hearing the news. Just after hearing this, a guard's eyes flashed coldly, he raised his bow and arrow, and shot the arrow.

The arrow bent and jumped forward in the air, piercing the air and making a small sound.

Long Xiu's eyes froze, he took two steps forward almost at the same time, and stretched out his hand to stop the arrow.

His finger touched the feather on the tail of the arrow, and the arrow body tilted slightly, but it didn't stop.

The arrow continued to move forward, and it didn't stop when it reached the Prince's body, and it went straight into his chest with a puff.

The crown prince Huangfu Hongguang was terrified, took a step back, tilted his body, and fell from the stone pillar, followed by a sharp pain in his chest, his body hung and fell into the rushing river.

Mu Zihuai was standing in the accounting room at this moment, and the last official had not left yet, so Mu Zihuai asked him to check the expenses of the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace.

The older official with a look of reluctance turned over the account books and threw them to Mu Zihuai. "Choose to come in the middle of the night, how dare you not sleep?"

Mu Zihuai smiled apologetically, and while checking, said: "I forgot that there is still the prince's palace, and I just remembered it now. If I come back tomorrow, it will be too late. Please forgive me."

The old official snorted, sat back at the desk, closed his eyes and was about to doze off when an official ran in in a panic.

"The prince is dead!"

The old official who was about to fall asleep was so frightened that he yelled that he sat up again, staring at his cloudy eyes. "What nonsense are you talking! Let people hear and punish you!"

The man was still panting, and waved his hands while saying: "The crown prince's practice of witchcraft was discovered by the queen, and the guards chased him to the stand beside the moat. The crown prince got an arrow in the chest and fell into the river. He is definitely dead!"

Mu Zihuai was transcribing the record, the pain from the tear in his back made him feel like he was sitting on pins and needles, he was finally relieved when someone came to deliver the news, and then he was shocked when he heard that the crown prince had been stabbed, and the brush in his hand fell off, Rolled a few times on the ground.

In the deep palace, the hour of Hai had already passed, but there was a sudden commotion.The palace lanterns were lit one after another, and there were voices from one palace to another. The maids and eunuchs who had just fallen asleep put on their clothes again, and hurried towards their master's palace.

In the Jiaotai Hall, Emperor Guangcheng had already closed a bright yellow robe, and sat on the dragon chair without saying a word.

The queen walked in with a group of maids and nuns, the expression on her face was slightly distorted by anger.

"The concubine visited the crown prince, and accidentally found this item hidden in the East Palace!" She raised her hand to ask the nun behind her to present the contents on the tray.

The emperor looked at the tightly covered tray, and stretched out his hand to lift off the brocade cloth. A black thread-wound doll appeared in front of his eyes, with the birth date of the current Holy Majesty written on the back, golden needles pierced on the limbs and chest, and a nail pierced through the neck. Passing through, flashing cold light.

Emperor Guangcheng's complexion changed, and he knocked the tray to the ground with his backhand, coughing before he could speak.

"Ahem... Where is the prince? Ahem, bring him to me!"

The queen glanced at the nanny, stepped forward and said seriously: "Your Majesty, the prince's move was broken by the concubine, and he fell into the moat while being chased by the guards. There is no bone left."

Emperor Guangcheng frowned, and his severe cough subsided. "Call the guards who are patrolling today."

After a while, several guards were called in and knelt on the ground one by one.

"How many of you are patrolling today?" The emperor glanced at the people below and saw that Long Xiu was among them, the emperor turned to look at him. "Long Xiu, tell me."

"Yes." Long Xiu cupped his fists and said, "Wei Chen was patrolling outside the East Palace. When he heard that the empress ordered someone to arrest the prince, he chased him out. He intercepted the prince in the stand by the moat, but failed to persuade him to surrender. The rest of the guards arrived. Among them One person shot an arrow at the prince, the minister was worried about hurting the prince, so he shot to stop him, but he didn't stop the arrow, His Royal Highness was hit by the arrow and fell into the stands. Everything is the fault of the minister, and I ask the emperor to punish him."

Emperor Guangcheng kept his mouth shut and did not speak, exuding the majesty of an emperor all over his body.

"Who is that archery man? Bring it to me!"

"Your Majesty, that guard has committed suicide."

The emperor's gaze fell on the speaker, and he shouted angrily, "Who are you?"

The people below trembled and fell to the ground. "Weichen is Chen Ji, the team leader who is in charge of patrolling tonight, and the guard who shoots the arrow belongs to Weichen."

"Tell me what's going on."

"At that time, the minister was patrolling outside the East Palace. The nanny next to the empress said that the prince had disappeared. The empress ordered to arrest the prince, so she followed the voice to the stand. The prince and General Long Lang were confronting each other. General Long Lang invited the prince His Highness came down from the stone pillar first, but His Highness the Crown Prince didn't listen, and then some guards came, one of them shot an arrow at His Highness the Crown Prince, General Long Lang stepped forward but couldn't stop him, His Highness the Crown Prince was hit by the arrow and fell into the river." Chen Not shaking his voice, he didn't dare to lift his head. "I found the body of that guard in the garden just now. He committed suicide in fear of crime."

How could he have imagined that this kind of thing would happen. The people under his command killed the prince by mistake. Although it was the empress who let people arrest him, there was no way to determine whether the crime of the prince was true or not. up.Even if he committed suicide, the young and old in the family might not survive.

Seeing that he was quite honest before, how could he make such a mistake?

"Is it the queen's order?" The emperor looked up at the queen who was still standing below, and said calmly.

The queen's face darkened, she was really ugly, and she knelt down before she could speak. "The concubine saw witchcraft hidden in the crown prince's womb, and remembered that the emperor's old illness had relapsed recently, and he couldn't cure it for a long time, so he was furious. The prince disappeared, so he asked people to find the prince. Wait for the tragedy. It's the concubine's fault, and I ask the emperor to punish me."