Chapter 267 Assassination

Just as Luo Qingqing said, the prince first stated the achievements of the court this year to the crowd outside the palace, but rarely mentioned the evil spirits.

With the help of the amplified sound, his voice could be heard clearly even from hundreds of meters away.

"Don't you think it's ridiculous?" Qian sneered, "The Gao Kingdom fought all the way from Leizhou to Suzhou, and there were rumors that troops from other countries appeared in Youzhou, but His Royal Highness the Prince never mentioned it and pretended to be in a peaceful and prosperous era. If there were traces of enemy troops near the capital, I wonder if the prince could still stand safely on the high walls of the palace."

"Has the Gao Kingdom army entered Suzhou?" Xia Fan said unexpectedly.

"It's normal that you don't know, after all, the east-west roads were blocked by the Daqi garrison, and they intercepted the border news. If the Privy Council hadn't moved in full force, I guess Youzhou would have been gone."

This is an unexpected piece of information.

But is the Gao Kingdom so powerful?

According to the princess, the two countries have had occasional frictions on the border, and it was a situation where both sides took advantage of each other and neither could do anything to the other. How come two months ago, they suddenly exploded, continuously conquered cities, and even penetrated deep into the interior of Daqi without being contained?

According to this situation, it is already a slim hope that the war will end when winter comes.

With the city as a support, the Gaoguo Army can completely spend the winter in Qi.

"Let's wait until the little brother passes the ceremony before we talk about these things." Yu Linglong moved to Xia Fan's side, "What military and national affairs, don't you think it's a bit of a downer to talk about them at such a banquet? In my opinion, it's better to talk about something relaxing and happy."

A few inches away, Xia Fan could already smell the faint fragrance coming from the other person.

He leaned back calmly, "For example?"

"For example, confidantes, romance." Yu Linglong raised the corner of her mouth, "If you want to say where Shangyuan is inferior to Yongding City, it can be said that it is inferior in every way, but when it comes to brothels, Shangyuan can be said to be the best among the six countries."

"Alas... here it comes again." Fei Nian held his forehead.

"Hahaha, Linglong didn't lie to you!" Qian suddenly laughed, "Yongding was once the capital of the Yong Dynasty, and it naturally has unique advantages, but Shangyuan was famous for its many gentle women at that time. And there is another advantage here, that is, there is a seaport in the east of Daqi, not only local women, you can even find women from the Western countries in the flower street."

Speaking of this, Yu Yi suddenly lowered his voice and pretended to be mysterious, "Do you know why King Qi cut off most of his overseas contacts after founding the country?"

"Because the aftermath of the war is not over, and the evil spirits are not yet quelled?" Xia Fan brought out the official answer.

"Hey, those are all excuses to cover up the truth! In fact, King Qi doesn't want his capital to be like a brothel. When people mention the royal residence, they will automatically think of the affairs of the Yingying and Yanyan!" Qian was in high spirits and poured himself another pot of wine.

"And... this saying?" Xia Fan twitched his mouth.

"If it's not a serious matter, you should only believe half of what Lord Qian said." Fei Nian reminded quietly.

"But this kind of thing can't be eliminated by suppression, so to this day, the level of the brothel here is still the best in the six countries." Yu Linglong said with shining eyes, "After the Wandeng Banquet is over, do you want me to take you to visit? I know all these attics and courtyards."

A beautiful woman in her teens wants to take me to visit a brothel, and she is also a guard of the Privy Council?

Can the capital be good!

"Don't worry about her." Fei Nian added, "Don't look at Yu Linglong dressed like this, but she is actually the same as you."

"The same as me?" Xia Fan was half a beat late to react, "Uh, you mean-"

"Well, she is a man."

"Cough, cough cough..." Xia Fan was choked immediately. Even though he claimed to be knowledgeable and had accumulated knowledge in that area to the subspace, it was another matter to see it in reality.

"Sure enough, you are very good!" Yu Linglong suddenly said seriously, "When other people hear my identity, most of them will show disgust and disgust, but you... are just a little surprised."

"Lord Qian," she turned her head and looked at Yu Yi, "I recognize this person."

"Please don't treat the grand ceremony as a joke!" Bai Zhan said coldly, "This matter concerns the future of all countries."

"How you evaluate it is your business, can't I express my opinion?" Yu Linglong made a face at Yunshang Jushi, "If someone sees me as if seeing a ghost, then no matter how talented he is, I don't like him!"

When Xia Fan came to the banquet, he had made many assumptions, but he didn't expect that the capital would be so "lively". Now think about it, Xin Wu's words are not a bluff. Among the core members, official positions and status are not decisive.

Just as the two of them were looking at each other coldly, the sound in the square suddenly became much noisier, and many of the invited guests stood up and looked up at the direction where the prince was.

"It's time to light the lanterns." Fei Nian said.

It turned out that Ning Weiyuan had completed his "year-end summary" unknowingly, and the Lantern Festival entered the stage of blessing and celebration.

"I wish the people of Shangyuan... and even the millions of people of Daqi peace every year, and I wish my Daqi country prosperity!"

The voices of the people reached a peak in an instant.

Even across the high palace walls, Xia Fan could still hear the thunderous sound outside the wall. Obviously, the reputation of this prince in the hearts of the people is not low. At least at this moment, the people regard him as a ruler who is no different from the emperor.

As if to push the atmosphere to its climax, countless floating lanterns soared into the sky, carrying little candlelights into the night sky. Not only inside and outside the square, but also in the whole city, there are floating lanterns flying. The brightness of each lamp is not obvious, but tens of millions of them are connected together to form a dense net.

This soft "net" is pulled up and down by the fluctuations of the air flow, integrating the entire Shangyuan City. The stars in the sky are eclipsed at this moment, and the flying floating lanterns have become a new sky.

"Nice view." Xia Fan whispered.

"Yes," Fei Nian nodded, "Only in recent years when the evil spirits have been eliminated, people have the leisure to appreciate it as a landscape, rather than a life-saving thing to resist evil spirits."

Under the reflection of thousands of lights, Xia Fan noticed a strange shadow rising from the ground and crawling towards the palace wall.

Was he dazzled?

He rubbed his eyes and looked back at the strange place - the shadow was almost moving against the wall. At first glance, it seemed like a natural change caused by the change in the angle of the fire. But soon, he realized that the shadow was not afraid of the fire.

What's going on?

Xia Fan raised his eyes and his eyes immediately fell on the Crown Prince.

An idea suddenly jumped into his mind -

This shadow is heading towards Ning Weiyuan!

"Hey, look over there!" Yu Linglong also noticed the abnormality on the palace wall.

Qian had thrown down the wine pot and stood up.

But the shadow was faster than all of them.

The moment Yu Linglong shouted, it had already jumped onto the wall, turned into a black shadow in the shape of a human, and pounced on the Crown Prince!