Besides lying down, I also know a little about power struggles

Chapter 174: More danger than good
The Seventh Prince was still mumbling to himself. Seeing that Feng Twelve ignored him, he felt bored and stretched his neck behind him: "Twelve, what are you looking at?"

Feng Twelve rubbed the fine powder on his fingers, examined it carefully for a while, and then brought it to his nose and sniffed it.

"What are you doing?" The Seventh Prince was blocked behind him and couldn't see what he was holding. He asked anxiously, "What did you pick up?"

"gunpowder."

Feng Twelve looked around and saw that the moss nearby was of different depths. The shallow areas looked like they were pressed by something. He walked over and gestured with his hand.

The Seventh Prince climbed up, holding his waist and twisting his body to follow him: "What did you say just now? Gunpowder?"

Feng Twelve looked down at the marks on the moss: "One and a half palms wide, it's a wheel track."

"What?" The Seventh Prince didn't hear clearly.

“Someone has unloaded goods here.”

Feng Twelve suddenly stood up and walked towards the imperial guards guarding outside the imperial manor.

The Seventh Prince reached out to grab the corner of his clothes but failed, and shouted, "Twelve, wait a minute—"

Before he could finish his words, there was a loud "boom", and the sound drowned out the tail end of his voice.

The Seventh Prince stretched his arms in the air and looked back blankly.

As far as the eye could see, thick smoke rose into the sky.

The explosion occurred in none other place than the quiet room where the emperor rested.

Feng Twelve naturally also heard the loud noise. He paused, turned his head to look towards the source of the smoke and dust, and a dark light flashed in his eyes.

Frantic footsteps sounded, and the commander of the imperial guards led his men to rush over: "Your Highness, this——"

"Divide the people into three teams," Feng Twelve said, "One team will guard outside the village and not allow anyone to approach. One team will patrol the village and arrest any suspicious people. The other team will be led by you. Follow me immediately."

The commander of the imperial guards was a veteran, but the current situation still made him panic. After hearing Feng Twelve's order, he finally regained some sense and immediately acted as he was told.

A group of people ran towards the quiet room filled with thick smoke. The Seventh Prince caught up halfway, out of breath: "Twelve, quiet room, quiet room, His Majesty..."

He spoke incoherently. Feng Twelve looked at him and said, "You stay here and lead the imperial guards to guard the gate."

"Why, why?"

Feng Twelve turned his head and looked in the direction of the explosion: "Everyone will go to rescue Your Majesty. It doesn't matter if you are one more or one less. I am worried about Zhuangwai instead."

The Seventh Prince was stunned.

Feng Twelve said again: "Someone has transported gunpowder to the village. This must have been planned long ago."

The Seventh Prince opened his mouth and took a breath of cold air.

No one who grew up in the royal family is a real fool.

"I understand." He nodded heavily and ran towards the gate. "I'll be outside watching. If anyone dares to come over, I'll kill them all."

Feng Twelve and the commander of the imperial guards rushed to the outside of the quiet room, only to see ruins and flames everywhere.

The other princes were drinking tea in the water pavilion, which was closer to here. They rushed over when they found something was wrong.

Seeing the quiet room turned into a pile of bricks and rubble, everyone panicked.

Some were busy directing the guards and eunuchs to put out the fire, while others took the lead in searching the collapsed area. The scene was in chaos and some people even started quarreling.

When the commander of the imperial guards saw the collapsed quiet room, his heart had already turned cold. He knew very well that today's matter would not end well. If the emperor was fine, it would be fine. If he was...

He closed his eyes and shook off the terrible thought.

In any case, put out the fire first and find the person first.

He waved his hand and ordered the guards to come forward to help, and shouted: "Your Highnesses, putting out the fire and saving lives is the most important thing. Please follow my command." His voice was loud and clear, drowning out the noise of the crowd. For a moment, everyone stopped and looked at him.

The commander of the imperial guards looked at Feng Twelve beside him. Seeing that he did not say anything, he took a deep breath and said loudly, "There may be other dangers here. Your Highnesses, please retreat to a safe place for the time being and make plans after we put out the fire."

These princes are precious and valuable. If they are accidentally smashed or dropped, not only will they be of no help, but they will cause more trouble.

After hearing his advice, Feng Yuyang walked out of the crowd.

"Your Majesty's life or death is uncertain. We will not go far. We will watch from the pavilion in front. Please save him quickly."

He led the princes to retreat to a long pavilion several feet away. Outside the pavilion was a small moon-shaped pond full of duckweed. The cool water vapor dispersed the heat waves, and the pavilion was quiet and peaceful.

Under normal circumstances, this would be a great place to cool off and enjoy the scenery. However, at this moment, everyone was sweating, their faces and bodies were covered with gray dust, and their pale faces made them look even more dispirited.

"Your Majesty, he..."

Someone murmured something, but quickly stopped.

They had just asked the eunuchs outside, and they knew that the emperor had been staying in the quiet room and had not come out. Not only the emperor, but also his attendant Chao En and the crown prince Feng Yunxi were all inside.

No one had thought that something like this would happen. They were just going to the imperial farm to rest for a while. In a short while they would set off again and return to the capital to attend the palace banquet tonight.

Everything was obviously fine, and there was no alchemy furnace in the emperor's resting room, so how could it suddenly explode?

Silence spread silently in the pavilion.

Everyone looked at each other, and no one spoke.

After a long while, someone sighed and said, "I just checked. That area was reduced to ruins. There is no other secret passage in the room. I'm afraid that your majesty and the prince are in great danger."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked over and saw that the person who spoke was Prince Jing Feng Yuyang.

Feng Yuyang calmly welcomed everyone's gaze: "Why, am I wrong?"

Several princes looked away.

Feng Yuyang was right. They had all seen the scene and it was likely that the emperor and the prince would not be able to come out alive.

But these words can only be kept in mind and no one dares to say them out loud easily.

Seeing that no one said anything, Feng Yuyang turned his gaze and looked at Feng Twelve: "Twelve, what do you think?"

Chapter 12: "Auspicious people are blessed by heaven."

Feng Yuyang sighed: "Yes, Your Majesty has the dragon energy to protect his body, maybe he can escape the disaster, don't you think?"

Feng Twelve's eyes were calm and he kept silent.

Feng Yuyang shook his head and looked at the fire outside the pavilion that was slowly dying out.

"I also hope for a miracle, but there are not so many miracles in this world."

"Third brother," one of the princes finally couldn't help but speak out, "It's too early for you to say that now."

Feng Yuyang raised his eyebrows, leaned on his cane, walked a few steps towards the railing and leaned on it.

"I'm just reminding you that it's best to be mentally prepared."

The expressions of several people present changed slightly, and they knew what he was referring to.

If the emperor and the crown prince really met with an accident, not to mention how the court would be turned upside down, one of them would definitely ascend to the throne.

This was an opportunity they had never dared to think of or have had before.

The emperor favored Feng Yunxi and appointed him as the crown prince at an early stage. According to the rules of Dazhao, Feng Yunxi was the eldest son, so no one could shake his position as the crown prince.

But what if Feng Yunxi died?
After thinking about it, although it is not far from the end, I will still update two chapters today~