Chapter 39 The Chu Family’s Crisis

Beijing.

Imperial Palace, Imperial Garden.

Emperor Xia, wearing a yellow dragon robe, sat in the pavilion, savoring the fragrant tea in his hand.

At this moment, a soldier in armor suddenly appeared behind him.

"Your Majesty, I have found out that the news that the Eighth Prince sent someone to assassinate the Ninth Prince was spread by the Grand Prince."

Hearing this, the teacup in Emperor Xia's hand broke instantly. Emperor Xia snorted coldly and said, "My children are getting more and more restless. Could it be that they all hope that I will die soon? Are they so anxious to get the position of the crown prince?"

Seeing Emperor Xia's anger, the national teacher Situ Ce, who was sitting opposite Emperor Xia, immediately said, "Your Majesty, calm down. The position of the crown prince is still undecided. It is not surprising that brothers will attack each other. If Your Majesty can appoint the crown prince as soon as possible, it will calm your mind."

Hearing this, Emperor Xia laughed and then said, "National Teacher, only you dare to say this to me. If someone else asked me to appoint the crown prince earlier, I would definitely have someone drag him down to fight a hundred battles."

Speaking of this, Emperor Xia got up from the stone bench and looked at the lotus pond in the imperial garden with his hands behind his back.

"To be honest, compared to what happened in the capital, I am more curious about how Xiaojiu survived."

Emperor Xia's thoughts are similar to Lu Shuyun's. Even if the Chu family really sent a mysterious master to protect Lu Chen, the assassination of Blood Moon Tower is likely to succeed.

According to the information obtained by the shadow guard, Blood Moon Tower sent a half-step master and five ninth-grade masters to Beijun this time.

In addition, Lu Shuyun himself planted some pawns in Beijun. If they act together, even if there is a master, the King of the North is unlikely to survive.

But the King of the North survived.

This made Emperor Xia doubtful. Is the mysterious master beside the King of the North really just a master?

Situ Ce said at this time: "The Ninth Prince was able to survive, perhaps because of his luck."

Emperor Xia said indifferently: "Forget it, the farce should end. Since the Chu family has not sent anyone to Beijun to contact Xiaojiu recently, let Xiaojiu toss around in Beijun. I don't plan to ask about his affairs in the future."

Emperor Xia recently asked someone to investigate the Chu family and found that the Chu family had not taken any action except sending Chu Yuqin and the mysterious master to protect Lu Chen to Beijun to be enfeoffed.

No one was sent to contact Lu Chen, it seems that Lu Chen was really given up.

Emperor Xia even heard that the Chu family was very dissatisfied with Chu Xiong, the head of the family, and was already clamoring to change the head of the family.

Chu Xiong himself could not protect himself, so it was normal that he had no mind to care about Lu Chen who was far away in Beijun.

Emperor Xia then said to the red-robed eunuch beside him: "Pass on my order. The eldest prince spread rumors everywhere, which undermines the majesty of the royal family. He is under house arrest for three months."

"As for the eighth prince..."

At this point, Emperor Xia paused for a moment, and then continued: "Eunuch Liu, you will go and tell the eighth prince to stop."

Hearing this, the red-robed eunuch in front of Emperor Xia immediately said: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Then Eunuch Liu left the palace and went to the residences of the eldest and eighth princes to pass on the order.

At the same time.

Jiangnan, Sufeng City.

Chu Family.

A gray-haired old man was sitting in the yard, holding the letter in his hand and reading it repeatedly.

At this time, a middle-aged man in green brocade came in from the entrance of the yard.

"Dad, didn't you say that you would not take care of the affairs of the Northern Prince's Mansion for the time being? Why didn't you let Qin'er come back? And you actually secretly sent a master to protect the Northern Prince!"

The man's name is Chu Hongfei, the son of Chu Xiong, and Lu Chen's uncle.

Chu Hongfei was in a bad mood after learning that there was a mysterious master in the Northern Palace. Although Lu Chen was his nephew, he and Lu Chen did not have much interaction, let alone any good feelings.

What's more, the woman he liked had been following the Northern King, which made Chu Hongfei even more unhappy.

As for who the woman he liked was, it was naturally Chu Yuqin.

Facing his son's questioning, Chu Xiong was silent for a moment, and then asked back: "Hongfei, do you really think that the master of the Northern Palace was sent by me?"

Hearing Chu Xiong's words, Chu Hongfei was stunned for a moment, and then he said: "Who else would send a master to protect a useless prince except you."

In Chu Hongfei's opinion, Chu Xiong might think that Lu Chen was his grandson, so he was afraid that he would get hurt. So he sent a master over.

Chu Xiong sighed and said, "I did think about sending a master to protect the King of the North, but when I thought about the various actions in the capital recently, I finally gave up this idea."

"I don't know where that mysterious master came from."

"And Yuqin voluntarily followed the King of the North to Beijun, and now she no longer listens to the Chu family."

At this time, Chu Hongfei showed a look of doubt on his face, and then he asked, "Dad, you are not lying to me, are you?"

"If it weren't for your order, how could Qin'er follow an unlearned waste? I don't believe it."

Chu Xiong said with regret, "Now Emperor Xia is constantly taking actions, the commander of the imperial army in the capital has been replaced again and again, even Zhou Wangtian has been confiscated and exterminated, and Mu Changtian has also been imprisoned in the capital. Emperor Xia is obviously going to take action against the aristocratic families next. How dare I have too much contact with the King of the North at this time? Do you really think I am old and confused, and I am afraid that Emperor Xia's knife will not come down fast enough?"

"As for Yuqin, I advise you to give up as soon as possible. Although her husband died on the first day she married into the Wang family, she is still considered the Wang family's daughter-in-law."

Hearing Chu Xiong's words, Chu Hongfei said thoughtfully: "Dad, if it is really not the grandmaster you sent to Beijun, then there should be no grandmaster who would protect King Bei?"

Chu Xiong touched his gray beard, and then said: "I was very confused when I saw the news at first, but I just received news from the capital. I'm afraid this matter has something to do with the eldest prince."

Having said this, Chu Xiong handed the letter in his hand to Chu Hongfei. Chu Hongfei picked up the letter and glanced at it, the expression on his face changed again and again.

Then he said: "Dad, do you think that the eldest prince sent a grandmaster to protect King Bei, and he wants to win over our Chu family in this way?"

Chu Xiong said calmly: "It's not about winning over the Chu family, it's about winning over me."

The letter in Chu Hongfei's hand was sent by the Chu family's spies in the capital. The spies found out that the eldest prince had spread news related to the Northern King several times, including the news spread in the capital that the eighth prince sent someone to assassinate the Northern King. It was also spread by the eldest prince.

It looked like the eldest prince was protecting King Bei.

But Chu Xiong is not a fool, this was obviously done to him by the eldest prince.

As for whether the grandmaster around King Bei is a subordinate of the eldest prince, it's hard to say.

As the eldest prince, the person most likely to become the prince, there must be a master under him, there is no doubt about this.

But the grandmaster is not a cabbage. The eldest prince himself needs the protection of the grandmaster. If he sends a grandmaster to protect King Bei, then who in the capital will protect him, unless there is more than one grandmaster around him.

At this time, Chu Hongfei put the letter on the stone table, and then said: "I don't care, no matter what, Qin'er must come back. What are you doing in Beijun with a useless prince? The environment in Beijun is so bad, she only has Suffering.”

Hearing this, Chu Xiong burst out of anger and angrily said: "You think about women every day, and that's all you can do! Now the Chu family is about to be in disaster, and you still think about women!"

Chu Hongfei said nonchalantly: "What does the Chu family's impending disaster have to do with me? When that time comes, I will take Qin'er to the Dawu Dynasty."

Hearing Chu Hongfei's words, Chu Xiong almost breathed out.

"Get out! Get out of here!" Chu Xiong yelled.

Seeing that Chu Xiong was angry, Chu Hongfei quickly left the yard.

After Chu Hongfei left, Chu Xiong looked at the empty yard, sighed deeply and said: "Yue'er, daddy can't help you. He didn't protect you well at first, and now he doesn't even dare to send someone to protect your child." "