After the cannon fodder of the Hou Mansion read my voice, he went on a killing spree.

Chapter 259 The shopkeeper suspects something happened to his eyes
Over at the inn, the shopkeeper looked down and then looked up again. He couldn't see Qiao Niannian anymore. He rubbed his eyes.

That’s not right! The little girl who was still in the inn just now suddenly disappeared.

He glanced in the direction of the stairs and didn't see Qiao Niannian.

It’s really strange. Could it be that I saw it wrong?
The shopkeeper rubbed his eyes a few more times, and when he opened them again, he saw Qiao Niannian sitting there peacefully.

Shopkeeper, what's wrong with him?
He is only in his forties, he must have something wrong with his eyes!
Do not do this!

He is still so young!
Forgetting the shopkeeper's account, he wanted to go to the hospital to have his eyes checked.

Qiao Niannian watched the shopkeeper leave and curled her lips.

The fifth prince felt a little absent-minded after returning to the palace.

The two guards went to follow His Highness the Crown Prince.

His Royal Highness looked at the two people and asked again uncertainly.

"You said that the fifth prince left in a hurry, not to meet anyone, but to go to a restaurant for dinner?"

The fifth prince was not a glutton at all. How could he go out in such a hurry just for a bite to eat.

He suspected that the two men had made a mistake.

But the two guards remembered clearly that after the fifth prince arrived at the restaurant, he ordered a table of delicious food and started eating.

The two of them kept watching until the fifth prince finished eating and left, then they came back to resume their duties.

Chu Yuanheng was silent.

For the first time, I felt speechless.

It was many times that the fifth brother left the restaurant in a hurry and went to have a meal before returning.

However, he did not doubt the guards' words. These two people were his confidants and could not deceive him.

Even if one person tells a lie, two people will not lie together.

His Royal Highness knew that the fifth prince did not go out to meet anyone, so he asked the two people to leave.

However, he was still worried about the fifth prince, and still asked people to keep an eye on the fifth prince's side. If there was any movement, they would notify him immediately.

After the fifth prince returned, he tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.

He didn't believe that the prince's brother would betray Xi Chu. He decided to follow the prince himself in the past few days. He wanted to see if what Qiao Niannian said was true?
On the morning of the first day, the fifth prince got up early. After getting up, he went to find his brother.

His Highness the Crown Prince was a little surprised to see the fifth prince coming so early in the morning.

"What's wrong? Did something happen when you came here so early in the morning?"

The fifth prince's face was calm: "I just thought that I haven't had breakfast with the emperor for a long time, so I came here early in the morning to eat with him."

The prince did not refuse and asked his servants to set out the dishes.

The fifth prince took a look and saw that all the food on the table were his favorites.

It seems that the prince and brother have not forgotten his preferences, even though the two have not eaten together for more than a year.

It was rare that the fifth prince took two more bites and felt a little full.

After breakfast, Chu Yuanheng went to the imperial study room to review the memorial.

Chu Yuanheng's life is very regular. He starts going to the morning court before dawn, has breakfast after the morning court, and starts reviewing the records after breakfast.

Thinking about it, it’s very hard.

But Chu Yuanheng has long been used to it. He has been very strict with himself since he was a child. These hardships are what every emperor must go through.

Chu Yuanheng reviewed the memorial, but Chu Yuanyi did not follow him.

Reviewing memorials is so boring that he might fall asleep. Chu Yuanyi left Chu Yuanheng's palace.

Even though Chu Yuanheng now fully controls the government, because the emperor has been unconscious, some ministers in the court even proposed that Chu Yuanheng succeed to the throne directly.

But he was rejected by Chu Yuanheng.

He said that as long as his father is still alive, he will never succeed to the throne.

Because of this incident, the emperor's brother left a good name both in the court and in the hearts of the people.

Even these brothers are impressed by it, but how many people can withstand the temptation of the throne?

Everyone fought hard to compete for that position. Now the position was placed in front of Chu Yuanheng, and he refused.

This is also the reason why Chu Yuanyi does not believe that the emperor brother will betray Xi Chu.

Chu Yuanyi originally wanted to wander around the palace and wait for the emperor's brother to review the memorial.

Unexpectedly, on the way, he met the guard who was with the imperial brother last time - Qu Yihang.

Chu Yuanyi stepped forward. When Qu Yihang saw Chu Yuanyi, he naturally stepped forward to salute.

"The fifth prince."

Chu Yuanyi nodded: "I remember you, you are the person next to the emperor brother, what is your name?"

Qu Yihang was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "My name is Qu Mu."

Chu Yuanyi understood: "It turns out to be Qumu, raise your face and let me see it.".

Qu Yihang then raised his face. It was the face of a man in his thirties. His skin was not fair. There was a scar on his cheek from many years ago. There was some beard on his chin. It was nothing like the portraits he had seen before. Same.

This is clearly two faces.

Chu Yuanyi didn't know whether the other party was afraid that he would recognize him and deliberately disguised himself, or whether he looked like this the last time they met.

However, he was still certain that the person in front of him was Qu Yihang. Without looking at the face, it looked exactly like the one in the painting from the side.

Chu Yuanyi's eyes fell on the mole on his ear. Qu Yihang probably forgot to cover the mole on his ear when he was doing makeup.

However, Chu Yuanyi did not expose the other party, he just said hello and spoke naturally.

"What important thing should you have to do to find Brother Huang? Brother Huang is in the Yushu Room now. You should go and find him."

Qu Yihang was a little surprised.

He also thought that Chu Yuanyi had some doubts about his identity. He also thought that Chu Yuanyi would take this opportunity to embarrass him? I didn't expect to let him go so easily.

Qu Yihang was surprised for a moment, then quickly recovered, saluted Chu Yuanyi, and left.

Qu Yihang came to the imperial study room, and Chu Yuanheng quickly let him in.

After Qu Yihang entered, Chu Yuanheng retreated, leaving only Qu Yihang alone.

Only then did Qu Yihang speak.

"According to the calculations of our leader, there will be dark clouds covering the moon in six days. It will be a good time to absorb Xi Chu's luck. You should be prepared. I will come to find you when that day comes."

Chu Yuanheng's hand holding the memorial paused for a moment, then quickly returned to his natural state.

His face was calm and showed no emotion.

"Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. Please don't enter the palace for the next two days, so as not to arouse unnecessary suspicion."

"When you enter the palace on that day, what do you need me to prepare?"

Qu Yihang expressed that he was very satisfied with Chu Yuanheng's cooperation, and his voice became a little gentler: "You don't need to prepare anything, but you need to stand at the highest point in the palace that day."