The substitute prince: Reported the emperor's brother at the beginning

Chapter 146: Diverting trouble to the east

The capital city, which had been dull, became quiet since Aturu, the marriage envoy, arrived again.

It has completely become an undercurrent.

At night, the second prince hid behind a young eunuch.

When the guards rushed into the bedroom, they caught the two palace maids who were trying to assassinate him.

The second prince pushed away the trembling eunuch in front of him and finally stood up.

Standing beside the two palace maids who were pinned to the ground, she asked coldly, "Who sent you here?"

The two maids looked at him with hatred, their tone filled with hatred: "No one sent us here, we are here to avenge the hundreds of sisters you killed. You damned devil, you will go to hell sooner or later."

Just as they finished speaking, the two palace maids bit their silver teeth hard, and the poisonous fangs in their mouths were bitten open, and they died instantly from the poison.

The second prince's face turned pale and his whole body was shaking, half out of fear and half out of anger.

The guards dragged the bodies of the two palace maids out, and the leader bowed and said, "Your Highness, the backyard is currently under martial law, and all the palace maids are under control."

Several counselors who received the news also hurried over to pay their respects.

The Second Prince suddenly roared at the head guard, "Go and chop off the steward in the backyard for me."

"Tell all supervisors to keep an eye on their men. If there are any more assassination attempts, I will have them all buried with me."

The head guard nervously bowed and accepted the order before leaving quickly.

The counselor advised: "Your Highness, please calm down. As long as all the servants are checked, the assassination can be prevented."

"Put an end to it!" The Second Prince raged at his advisor, "You keep saying that, and yet this is already the fourth assassination attempt."

"How many more assassinations will it take before you stop?"

The second prince was furious since he had received news last time that the fourth prince was going to assassinate him.

He was repeatedly assassinated. Either a guard would suddenly appear and stab him with a sword, or a eunuch would suddenly rush towards him with a dagger.

There was even one time when a cook ran over and started chopping with a kitchen knife.

This time, he was about to go to sleep, but recently he didn't dare to visit any of his concubines except his two princesses.

Unexpectedly, the two palace maids who were least likely to be suspected, used the excuse of helping the prince get up at night to shoot him to death with a small crossbow.

And this time was the most dangerous. If the loyal eunuch had not blocked the arrow, he would have been seriously injured if not killed.

The counselors were also helpless. Although they had received news that the Fourth Prince would assassinate the Crown Prince, they did not expect him to be so crazy.

"Crown Prince, now we should think about how to stop the Fourth Prince from doing this."

"Prince, I suggest that you report this to the Emperor and directly report that the Fourth Prince has assassinated the Crown Prince."

"No, even though we only know that the Fourth Prince is planning the assassination, we don't have any evidence against any of the assassins. If we rashly report it, we'll be accused of being framed."

Several counselors, after discussing with each other, could actually start arguing.

The prince said irritably, "Shut up, everyone."

"The fourth brother wants to play dirty. He's taking advantage of the old man's serious illness to do so. In that case, I'll have some fun with him too."

"Go, and let our people assassinate the fourth brother directly."

The prince didn't want to think too much now. He just wanted to vent his anger and let the fourth brother also taste the pain of being assassinated.

But it was quickly stopped by the counselors.

After all, if this matter were to be exposed, the Second Prince’s reputation would definitely be damaged.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who appeared to be humble and gentle, actually assassinated his own brother in secret. When the news got out, the whole court was shocked. Who would still be willing to follow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?

What does the emperor even say?

The reason why the emperor wants to support the prince to ascend the throne now is because he is gentle.

When the prince successfully ascends the throne, he will definitely spare his brother's life.

But now, even before he ascends the throne, assassinations have begun. How could the old emperor possibly give him the throne?

The prince was very upset by what they said: "Is this the only way for me to tolerate it?"

The counselors advised: "Your Highness, for now, you can only be patient."

"Although we cannot report this to His Majesty, there are people who can."

The prince was puzzled: "Who will go?"

A counselor said confidently with a smile: "Sixth Prince."

"We just need to divert the blame elsewhere, for example, assassinate the Sixth Prince, and then give the weapon to the Fourth Prince, how about that?"

This trick of shifting the blame elsewhere made the Second Prince ponder for a while before he chuckled, "That's a good move! With Sixth Prince's temper, wouldn't he immediately run to the old Emperor and file a complaint? That's what we'll do."

"However," the prince warned, "tell the assassin not to actually kill that stubborn guy, Old Six."

Now he doesn't want Lao Liu to die.

The Sixth Prince is the one who openly helps him fight against the Fourth Prince.

With the Sixth Prince around, the Crown Prince can bully him at any time.

Just as they finished discussing this, Ning Yi received the news early in the morning.

He looked at the note in front of him with a strange look. It had just come out of the Second Prince's Mansion.

Qin Haifeng said solemnly: "Your Highness, the Crown Prince actually wants to assassinate you."

"In my humble opinion, we should be on high alert. If anyone comes, we will kill them."

Ning Yi tapped the table and said with a tut, "The intelligence department's ability to gather information is increasingly satisfying to this prince."

Qin Haifeng and Zeng Rou who was standing next to him were both surprised.

Shouldn't Your Highness be paying attention to the issue of being assassinated now? Why is he keeping a close eye on the Intelligence Department's ability to gather information? Isn't assassination a top priority?

"In the capital, how is the news spreading that the Fourth Brother is colluding with the barbarians?"

Speaking of this, Qin Haifeng smiled and said, "Your Highness, you may not know that the Intelligence Department is very good at spreading information."

"In just a few days, the entire capital, from the gatherings of dignitaries and nobles to the high-end restaurants and brothels, down to the peddlers and hawkers, has been discussing the Fourth Prince. They say he is colluding with the barbarians and preparing to rebel. He has already prepared an army of 100,000 and will cede several cities to the barbarians after ascending the throne."

In the capital, no one has discussed anything else recently.

Instead, the news that the Fourth Prince was colluding with the barbarians to rebel was spreading everywhere.

The story was so convincing that many people even patted their chests and guaranteed that they had seen the Fourth Prince and the Barbarian Prime Minister conspiring with their own eyes.

Ning Yi smiled with satisfaction and said, "What a great time! I hope Fourth Brother can enjoy this delicious meal and not die from overeating."

"Tell everyone below that everything is business as usual."

......

In the Fourth Prince’s Mansion, the Fourth Prince is indeed in a state of panic.

Although he and the prime minister had already decided on a strategy to assassinate the second prince first and then join forces with the barbarians to rebel.

However, the second prince's assassination attempt failed. Instead, the news that he wanted to unite with the barbarians in rebellion spread everywhere in the streets and alleys.

This made the Fourth Prince extremely anxious. He couldn't afford to be dealt with by the old emperor before he even started the rebellion.

Based on his understanding of the old emperor's suspicious character, he would definitely be suspicious of such a thing and would conduct a thorough investigation.

Seeing the butler coming back, the Fourth Prince immediately asked, "Have you found out who is spreading the news?"

The butler apologized bitterly, "Your Highness, I am incompetent. I have arrested several people but have not been able to get any information from them."