nashuaworldcup Chapter 304 Eavesdropping
Chapter 304 Eavesdropping
Wu Tian looked in disbelief at the Jinwu Guards who rushed in from outside and tried to assassinate them. He didn't understand why they were going to be executed on the spot?
Could it be that the person who was just said to be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just happened to step on a landmine?
Weapons clashed in front of him, and the flashes of swords flew everywhere. The sword in his hand had already reacted before him.
While desperately resisting the attack in front of him, he hurriedly explained to Pei Fan, "Commander, it's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding!"
Swords clanged and he raised his voice, "We are not the guards of the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace, but the Three Emperors..."
I thought that if I revealed that I was the third prince, Pei Fan would stop.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened his mouth, this sentence was more like a death warrant, forcing Pei Fan to take action himself.
Wu Tian's fighting power was still a little weaker than Pei Fan's. Pei Fan raised his sword and slashed it down, blood spurted out, Wu Tian's head spun, and blood splattered on the spot in an instant.
Watching their leader's head being chopped off, the Yulin Army was thrown into confusion, looking at each other, and their morale dropped rapidly.
Taking advantage of this critical moment, under the leadership of Pei Fan, the Jinwu Guards took full advantage and quickly killed all the imperial guards in the rear hall.
The paper crane spirit by the window of the rear hall was constantly conveying news from this side to Lu Xuan.
Hearing the sound of the last Imperial Guard falling, she couldn't help but sigh, "Those fake Imperial Guards, for the benefit of the Third Prince, thought they could strike first and strangle us in the Eastern Palace. Little did they know, from the moment they thought of seizing this opportunity, they were already wrong."
"Whether they claim to be from the Eastern Palace or the Third Prince, it's a dead end. That commander is no fool. Ordering the killing of all the Imperial Guards is indeed in his best interest."
Jiang Xing had been listening to all this and was not too surprised by it.
"Life in this palace is like this. You fight me, I fight you, but at the root of it all, everyone is just running around trying to keep their own position."
"Pei Fan was personally cultivated and promoted by my brother. He knows what answer my brother wants. If Jiang Xu is exposed, my brother will definitely not be happy. But if Jiang Xu is not exposed, and the people he planted in the Eastern Palace are killed, he will not be happy either. Therefore, it is the wisest choice for Commander Pei to execute everyone directly."
"Let those lives take the truth away, let everything be buried in today's lies. As long as we ourselves are still well, that's enough."
Lu Xuan was a little dissatisfied, "Are we just going to let today's events go?"
"You and I both know what the Third Prince's men are up to. We hid this time, but there will be many more. Does Your Highness have to rely on others to save him, or hide on his own, every time to avoid danger?"
Anger flared in her eyes. "In my opinion, we have to deal with the Third Prince before all these difficulties can be resolved!"
She had not yet told Jiang Xing about the scenes she had seen in the prince's consciousness.
But because of this incident and the grudges in the previous life, he already had extreme hatred towards the third prince in his heart.
This person must be eliminated!
Jiang Xing was shocked when he saw Lu Xuan's murderous face.
Why does A Xuan hate the Third Prince so much today?
Although she didn't like him in the past, she just treated him with disdain and distance, never with such deep hatred.
What are the reasons behind this?
He gently put his arm around her shoulders and said, "Just look at the emperor's attitude towards the Ji family. Even though the Ji family was condemned by the people, the emperor stripped them of their titles, but he didn't confiscate their property, nor did he punish the entire clan. He even participated in the funeral ceremony."
"On the other hand, we still have to support the Ji family. Isn't all this for the sake of Queen Ji?"
"The Third Prince is his and Empress Ji's most precious son. If something were to happen to him, he wouldn't just lose his son, he might also lose Empress Ji. You and I both know how he would react. At this critical juncture, it's best not to fight a powerful enemy with an egg..."
Listening to Jiang Xing's words, Lu Xuan looked at the prince with some reluctance.
Clearly, when Sister Siyu was around, he was the one who was treated like this...
Feeling Lu Xuan's gaze, the prince smiled knowingly.
There was an extreme sense of ease and relaxation in her voice. "A Xuan, don't look at me like that. I don't need you to sympathize with me on these matters."
Lu Xuan was embarrassed to think about the prince's pride and integrity any further.
At this moment, waves of dense sounds flooded into her eardrums.
She quickly stood up and ran out of the hall.
Lu Xuan looked towards the back hall, where hundreds of disembodied souls were heading towards the gate of reincarnation.
She looked at Jiang Xing, who had run out with her. "Your Highness did not execute most of the palace servants who betrayed the Crown Prince today, but instead allowed them to leave the palace. This seems a bit unreasonable to me. Did you foresee that you would take their lives to help us fight against the Third Prince's Yulin Army?"
Jiang Xing remained silent, but his brows knitted slightly: "We came here today knowing nothing about the situation in the Eastern Palace. Feixing is the only one with me, and I cannot take risks with you and the Crown Prince.
When I went out to interrogate the palace servants one by one, I determined that they came from various factions. Plus, there were always several pairs of eyes watching outside the palace. I couldn't be sure if any of them would choose to attack you, me, and the Crown Prince today. Therefore, this can only be considered self-defense."
Lu Xuan sighed, "I don't mean to blame the prince. Disloyalty and injustice should be punished. If it weren't for your wisdom and understanding of people gained from being in this palace since childhood, I'm afraid the Yulin Army would have attacked us and the prince long ago, and there wouldn't be such a brilliant use of force today.
But too many people died today. To prevent the accumulation of evil spirits, I must take this opportunity to help them transfer souls, so that their spirits won’t continue to linger in the East Palace.”
Hearing her say this, Jiang Xing's frown suddenly relaxed. "We have to stop before Pei Fan gets here. We'll have to deal with some more after the corpses in the back hall are cleaned up."
When Pei Fan led his men out of the back hall, it was already dark.
He quickly bowed to Jiang Xing and said, "Your Highness, all the disturbances in the rear hall have been suppressed, and all the scoundrels have been executed. Were Your Highness and the Crown Prince harmed earlier?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Xing immediately jumped up from his chair, exclaiming in fear, "Did you say you were hurt? Psychological damage is still damage! Commander Pei, if the prince and I hadn't nearly died, do you think I'd have nothing to do? Send someone to inform the emperor that someone was faking an assassination attempt?"
As he spoke, he sighed helplessly, "Look at what a mess the Eastern Palace has become! First, I came to see if the Crown Prince was doing well, so I asked the palace servants a few questions. They all said they didn't want to be on duty in the Eastern Palace and wanted to leave. I was kind-hearted and wanted to let them go home. But I didn't expect that right after I finished asking, someone would come to assassinate the Crown Prince!"
"I don't know where these imperial guards appeared from. As soon as the palace servants and the imperial guards met, they exchanged a few words and started fighting. If the prince, the princess, and I hadn't been protected by Feixing, we would have been cut down by those imperial guards."
"Luckily you arrived in time to help resolve these insubordinate acts. However, I would like to trouble Commander Pei to order your men to clean up this back palace. After all, the Crown Prince's palace maids and guards are gone now, and only the few servants are left in the East Palace..."
Jiang Xing had a forced smile on his face, but his request seemed to be sincere, as if the sarcasm just now did not come from his mouth.
Pei Fan didn't take Jiang Xing's complaints and eccentricity and harshness seriously. This dandy prince had always been like this, acting arbitrarily and exaggerating.
However, at present, Jiang Xing's testimony would be beneficial rather than harmful to his decision to kill all the imperial guards, and he was happy about it.
He smiled brightly at Jiang Xing, "I'm sorry to have frightened Your Highness and Your Highness. Don't worry, I will definitely clean up the East Palace. However, regarding what happened today, I'm afraid Your Highness will have to accompany me to the Emperor to make a statement..."
"It's so late, and we still have to make a statement in front of the emperor?" Jiang Xing pretended to be serious.
"At this time, I have to go back to the palace with the princess to sleep!"