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Chapter 97 The Eighth Prince is Assassinated

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

The capital city, the Eighth Prince's residence, study.

Lu Shuyun stared at the intelligence report she was clutching tightly in her hand, her teeth clenched, her eyes bloodshot.

He was so angry that he couldn't speak.

In the past, when he got angry, he would throw things, but the intelligence he received today made him so angry that he forgot to smash things. He was so angry that his body was trembling and cold sweat was even breaking out on his face.

He never imagined that the Blood Moon Pavilion Master, leading so many ninth-rank martial artists to personally assassinate a useless prince, would actually fail!

The master of Blood Moon Tower is a true grandmaster!

Even if the Northern King's Mansion has a mysterious grandmaster, the Blood Moon Tower's master can hold him off without any problem!

Of course, what angered Lu Shuyun even more was Wang Qingci's betrayal.

Wang Qingci, the assassin raised by the Wang family since childhood, has now betrayed them and joined the Northern Prince's Mansion.

Lu Shuyun tore the intelligence report in his hand to shreds. He sneered, "Good, good, good, very good! No wonder the Northern Prince's Mansion has always managed to evade the Blood Moon Tower's assassinations; it turns out there's a traitor among them!"

"My dear brother, you are truly capable! You actually managed to turn the assassins that the Wang family has been training since childhood against them!"

"I really underestimated you!"

Just as Lu Shuyun couldn't find a way to vent her anger, she suddenly heard a commotion outside.

Immediately afterward, a servant rushed in, panicking, and said, "Your Highness, something terrible has happened!"

Lu Shuyun, still furious, was about to kill the servant to vent his anger when he heard the servant say, "Your Highness, run! Some masked assassins have broken in, and our men can't hold them off!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Shuyun was stunned.

Masked assassin?

Who would dare to assassinate a prince in the capital?

At this moment, Lu Shuyun didn't even consider Lu Chen. After all, Lu Chen was far away in Beijun, and he only had a mysterious grandmaster by his side. He couldn't possibly send that mysterious grandmaster to the capital to carry out an assassination.

Lu Shuyun's first thought was of the other princes who were vying for the throne. If he died, they would have one less competitor.

only……

Would any prince really dare to assassinate a prince in the capital?

If this is discovered, not only will he lose his eligibility to compete for the throne, but he might even be banished from the capital to his fiefdom.

But now is not the time to think about these things. The other party has already broken in, and he needs to find a quiet place to hide.

Fortunately, his mansion had some underground passages, so escaping was not a problem at all. Lu Shuyun was not worried about dying at all.

Lu Shuyun then entered the underground passage of the Prince's Mansion and used it to escape.

In the end, although the masked assassins broke into the Eighth Prince's residence and killed his subordinates and some of his retainers, they did not find any trace of the Eighth Prince.

Of course, these assassins' original target was not the Eighth Prince.

By the time the Imperial Guards arrived, the masked assassins had all left.

News of the assassination attempt on the Eighth Prince quickly spread throughout the capital. Since Emperor Xia ascended the throne, apart from the last time when remnants of the Chen Kingdom entered the palace to assassinate Emperor Xia, there had been very few such heinous incidents.

A prince, while staying in his own residence, was assassinated by a group of masked assassins.

When the Xia Emperor heard about this, he was furious.

Since he ascended the throne, few people have dared to cause trouble in the capital. The last time the remnants of the Chen Kingdom entered the palace, they were looking for something and were accidentally discovered by the guards. Emperor Xia simply exaggerated that he had been assassinated and then used this to exile the entire Mu family. It was not a real assassination attempt.

But this time is different.

This time, the assassins stormed into the Eighth Prince's residence through the main gate in a grand manner, killing anyone they encountered and completely massacring the Eighth Prince's residence.

This shows that the assassins had become lawless and had no regard for imperial authority.

How could the Xia Emperor not be furious that such a thing could happen right under the emperor's nose?

That very night, Emperor Xia ordered the Ministry of Justice and the Imperial Guards to immediately arrest the assassins and not let a single one escape.

the next morning.

Xuanzheng Hall.

Early in the morning, the officials arrived at Xuanzheng Hall to wait.

They had all heard about what happened last night, and everyone was shocked. No one expected that an assassin would be so bold as to send people to massacre the Eighth Prince's residence.

It should be noted that the Eighth Prince's residence houses a Grandmaster and several other experts.

At this moment, Lu Shuyun dragged his exhausted body into the Xuanzheng Hall.

At this moment, Lu Shuyun's face was deathly pale, completely devoid of color, and he looked as if he had lost his soul.

Upon seeing Lu Shuyun appear, the ministers immediately surrounded him.

"Your Highness, are you alright?"

"Your Highness, are you injured?"

"Your Highness, those thieves are truly hateful, daring to trespass on your residence. I believe Your Majesty will not let them get away with it."

……

Hearing the officials' warm greetings, Lu Shuyun remained silent.

Although he escaped the mansion yesterday without being injured, what happened last night really gave him a fright.

He only learned this morning that all the retainers of his mansion, as well as the grandmaster sent by the Wang family to protect him, had been killed.

Not only that, almost everyone in the entire palace, except for him and a few servants who escaped, died.

Lu Shuyun initially thought that the experts in his mansion would have no problem blocking the assassins.

He entered the underground passage of the mansion only as a precaution, to prevent assassins from finding him directly.

But unexpectedly, the assassin's goal was not only to assassinate him, a prince, but also his retainers.

Just then, the voice of a eunuch came from the main hall.

"His Majesty has arrived!"

The officials quickly returned to their positions, then bowed and said, "Long live Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty!"

At this moment, Emperor Xia stood in front of the dragon throne, but did not sit down. Instead, he looked down at the officials below.

The Emperor's eyes seemed to radiate intense killing intent, indicating that what happened last night had indeed made him extremely angry.

At this moment, Lu Shuyun suddenly knelt on the ground and cried out, "Father, you must do justice for me! In my vast mansion, only four people survived!"

As Lu Shuyun finished speaking, Emperor Xia remained silent, his eyes sweeping over the princes in the hall.

Staring at the Xia Emperor with murderous eyes, the princes felt immense pressure, and cold sweat poured down their foreheads.

Although they didn't do it, this is a crucial time for the struggle for the throne, and they are the most suspicious. After all, with the death of the Eighth Prince, they have lost one of their most powerful competitors.

But they weren't fools; how could they possibly commit such a bloody massacre at a prince's residence right under the emperor's nose?

If this is discovered, being banished to their fiefdom is a minor matter; if their father, in a fit of anger, were to demote them to commoners, that would be disastrous.

The princes were all very frustrated. Who was the fool who did this at this time? Could it be that Lu Shuyun orchestrated this whole thing?

(End of this chapter)