Chapter 1484: Chaos in Kyoto, the Conspiracy Between the Crown Prince and the Second Prince

Kyoto, the residence of the second prince.

Princess Li Yunrui was absent-mindedly arranging flowers. The Ye family was exterminated. She was in Kyoto and received the news immediately.

She didn't know Zhou Chen was still alive, but judging from the fact that the Ye family was exterminated, she was smart and immediately realized the problem.

The Ye family is the top wealthy family in Kyoto. There are only a few people in Kyoto who can destroy the Ye family in such a short time. But who in Kyoto dares to exterminate the Ye family? Aren't they afraid of the revenge of Grandmaster Ye Liuyun?

Who is not afraid of Grandmaster Ye Liuyun?

So after thinking about it, there are only two possibilities. One is that Emperor Qing is ready to take action against the Ye family, and the other is that someone is already "dead" and has a great grudge against the Ye family.

Emperor Qing was directly ruled out by Li Yunrui, because Emperor Qing had no reason and no reason to take action against the Ye family at this time.

Then there is only one possibility, that is, the power of the former Duke Zhenguo Mansion, or directly speaking, Zhou Chen.

Although the court has announced that Grandmaster Zhou Chen has been executed, no one has seen Zhou Chen's body, and Li Yunrui is also skeptical about this.

But after the Ye family was exterminated, she can conclude that Zhou Chen is definitely not dead, and is near Kyoto.

The extermination of the Ye family was just a signal, so her attention quickly shifted from the Ye family to the Hanging Temple.

She couldn't say that she knew all of Emperor Qing's arrangements around the Hanging Temple, but she knew some of the situation. It's just that she didn't understand what Emperor Qing wanted to do before, but now, she understands.

Emperor Qing must also suspect that Zhou Chen is not dead, so he prepared to set a trap in the Hanging Temple and wait for Zhou Chen to take the bait.

Now it seems that Zhou Chen must have taken the bait. The extermination of the Ye family is just one part of his plan. Emperor Qing must be Zhou Chen's biggest target, and Ye Liuyun is probably no exception.

So she has been waiting for news from the Hanging Temple, and naturally there are her people there.

"Your Highness."

The maid suddenly rushed in, and Li Yunrui immediately threw the watering can in her hand and asked anxiously: "Is there any news?"

"Your Highness, there is news from the Hanging Temple, please take a look."

Li Yunrui immediately grabbed it and quickly opened it to read, but after seeing the first sentence, her expression changed drastically and her body stiffened.

"Is he really dead?"

Even though she was full of resentment towards Emperor Qing, she still felt extremely painful when she learned that he was really dead. After all, Emperor Qing was the first man she fell in love with, and the man she had always wanted but could never get his true heart.

To describe the position of Emperor Qing in her heart in one sentence, that is, love and hate, the more passionate the love, the stronger the hate.

Now that Emperor Qing is dead, her mood is extremely complicated, sad, happy, empty...

But she is an extremely self-centered, selfish woman after all. After a brief emotional fluctuation, she quickly suppressed her emotions and continued to read.

Seeing Zhou Chen's name appear, she was no longer surprised. Seeing that Emperor Qing was dead, she had already guessed Zhou Chen. She already knew that Emperor Qing was a grandmaster. Only a grandmaster could kill a grandmaster, and the one who could kill Emperor Qing must be Zhou Chen.

Then she saw that Ye Liuyun was also dead, which surprised Li Yunrui. The six grandmasters fought, Emperor Qing died, and Ye Liuyun also died. That means that there are no grandmasters on the Qing side, except for Zhou Chen who has "traitored the country".

This is not a good phenomenon.

Li Yunrui couldn't help but worry. Qing didn't have a grandmaster. Facing Beiqi and Dongyi City, the highest-end combat power was incomparable. This was very bad for the top leaders of Qing.

"If I can win Zhou Chen over to my side..."

But this thought only flashed through her mind. Zhou Chen was impossible for her to use, but she could give it a try.

As she continued to read, her mood was no longer so wonderful. On her beautiful face, there was a rage that was even stronger than at the beginning.

"Fan Xian, Ye Qingmei's son, Ye Qingmei's son."

Fan Xian was Ye Qingmei's son, which really stimulated Li Yunrui. The person she hated and envied the most in her life was Ye Qingmei.

No wonder she was very disgusted with Fan Xian from the first time she saw him. Now that she thought about it, Fan Xian was really similar to Ye Qingmei in some ways. It turned out that he was the son of Emperor Qing and Ye Qingmei. She had been kept in the dark and even let her daughter marry Fan Xian.

"Fan Xian, you deserve to die, I must make you die."

Li Yunrui let out a shrill roar. Even if Fan Xian married her daughter Lin Wan'er, she would not let Fan Xian go. She swore in her heart that she must kill Fan Xian.

She was extremely angry, but she had not lost her mind. Even if she wanted to kill Fan Xian, she could still tell what the situation was now.

Once Emperor Qing died, Qing would surely fall into chaos. Who would succeed him became the focus of the world, especially in Kyoto. Now that Emperor Qing's sons were all there, it was foreseeable that when they returned to Kyoto from the Hanging Temple, there would be a bloody battle for the throne.

In fact, she was right. Even before returning to Kyoto, the turmoil over Emperor Qing's death had already begun.

In the Hanging Temple, Emperor Qing, who was almost like being tortured to death, had few intact parts on his body. His body was carefully placed in the coffin.

The princes standing by all had sad faces, like filial sons who were sad and upset.

As for Chen Pingping's body, countless people clamored to cut Chen Pingping's body into thousands of pieces, but Fan Xian forcefully stopped him and asked Shadow to take Chen Pingping's body away.

Because of this, Fan Xian was scolded and scolded by many officials, causing a lot of trouble, but Fan Xian didn't care about it. Chen Pingping was an elder he respected. He knew that Chen Pingping killed Emperor Qing solely to avenge his mother. , just for this reason, he couldn't let Chen Pingping's body be humiliated after her death.

Tens of thousands of troops escorted Emperor Qing's coffin and rushed to Kyoto with great momentum and full of sorrow.

During this period, homing pigeons secretly flew into the sky. Few people were truly saddened by the death of Emperor Qing. Next, whether they were princes or officials, they all had to consider their own futures.

Whether to get close to the prince, join the second prince's sect, or find other ways out, in short, everyone has begun to make plans before returning to Kyoto.

Fan Xian followed the large army back to Beijing, and Fan Jian sat in the same carriage with him.

"Xian'er, actually I don't agree with you being the dean of the inspection institute, but since Chen Pingping has given this position to you, I can't let you give up, especially in the coming Kyoto, which will definitely be turbulent. There are constant disputes. If you can control the inspection agency, it will be a good thing for you. "

In the past, Fan Jian did not support Fan Xian in taking over the Inspection Institute because he knew that the Inspection Institute was complex and dangerous. But now that Emperor Qing is dead and Kyoto is about to fall into chaos, a powerful military institution like the Inspection Institute will instead Seems extremely important.

Not to mention anything else, each of the eight departments of the Inspection Institute has extraordinary abilities, as well as the black knight who is sweeping the world. This will be the sharpest knife in Fan Xian's hand.

"Next, the prince will definitely try his best to win over you. Even the second prince who is at odds with you will make friends with you. You have to be prepared."

Fan Xian's face was complicated. There were so many things that happened today that he had not yet reacted. However, he did not have much time to react. He also knew that when he returned to Kyoto, for the sake of becoming the emperor of the Qing Kingdom, What kind of storm will be caused.

He was originally standing at the center of the storm, and now he has been appointed by Chen Pingping as the new director of the Inspection Institute. He also has internal financial power in his hands. In addition, it has been revealed that he is the illegitimate son of Emperor Qing. It is impossible for him to escape from the storm. The center may even become the target of public criticism.

"Li Chengze?"

A cold light flashed in Fan Xian's eyes. If there was any prince he wanted to unseat the most, it would definitely be the second prince Li Chengze.

Fan Jian said: "I know that you have great conflicts with the second prince, but if you want to choose the prince, you must think carefully. The prince may not be what you see."

He didn't know the prince very well, but after all, he had been an official for decades and had always been a close confidant of Emperor Qing. He had experience in judging people. So what if the prince could hold the position of crown prince for so many years without being overthrown by the powerful second prince? Probably a simple character.

"I understand. In fact, I don't want to participate, but as you said, in my current situation, it is impossible for others to ignore me. I have to think about it."

The fight for the position of Emperor of Qing was indeed a major event, but he was currently concerned about other things.

One is the safety of Wu Zhu. Wu Zhu and another person who is very similar to him don’t know where he went, and he doesn’t know what the current situation is. He heard that the person came from the temple, so he is very worried about Wu Zhu. safety.

The other one is Zhou Chen. Ever since he knew that Zhou Chen was in the same situation as him, he had been particularly concerned about it.

For those things he did in the past, Zhou Chen had long known his identity, but he didn't know Zhou Chen at all. He didn't expect that Zhou Chen was actually reborn like him. In this way, what he did before In Zhou Chen's eyes, don't those things about him look like a clown?

Thinking of his plagiarism, he felt inexplicably embarrassed. It was really embarrassing.

After learning about Zhou Chen's situation, he could no longer regard Zhou Chen as a person of this era, and he also understood why Zhou Chen ignored the imperial power like that.

He is also 'reborn'. His mother Ye Qingmei has done so many earth-shattering things. A large part of the reason for his current achievements is Ye Qingmei's legacy.

Zhou Chen was about the same age as him and did not have as good conditions as him, but he relied on himself to become a great master early and also accomplished earth-shattering things.

Compared to these two people, he felt that he was much inferior.

They came from the same era, but under the current circumstances, it might be difficult for him and Zhou Chen to become friends.

No one knew that an unexpected person was welcomed into the prince's carriage.

The second prince, Li Chengze.

"Second brother came here unexpectedly. He shouldn't be talking about our brotherhood with me, right?"

The prince looked at the second prince with an indifferent expression. No one else was present, and he stopped pretending.

The second prince smiled sarcastically: "Your Highness, you know very well why I came. Now that my father is gone, I will not give up that position."

The prince said coldly: "I am the prince. When my father is gone, I will be the new emperor."

"Ha ha."

The second prince couldn't help laughing, "There is no one else here. Your Highness, please stop talking such nonsense. The prince is the prince, and the emperor is the emperor. Since ancient times, there have been too many princes who have not ascended to that position. How do you know that you will Can it succeed?"

"So, you're here to declare war?"

"Do we still need to declare war? After fighting for so many years, we have long been fighting to the death for that position, aren't we?"

The prince did not speak, which was regarded as acquiescence. The relationship between them was already life-and-death. No matter who got into that position, they would not be able to let the other go.

When Emperor Qing was still there, they would not fight too fiercely, but now that Emperor Qing is dead and the throne is vacant, there is no room for relaxation between them. If they take action, it will definitely be a killing move.

"You came here just to say this?"

"of course not."

The second prince's expression became very serious, instead of the lazy and carefree look of the past, he was just solemn.

"I will fight with you. No matter who wins in the end, I believe you and I have nothing to say. But if you and I fight and someone else gets the advantage, I believe neither you nor I would like to see it, right? "

The prince raised his eyebrows: "You mean the boss?

"I'm talking about Fan Xian."

"Fan Xian?"

The prince suddenly smiled: "Second brother, are you scared when you see Fan Xian taking over the inspection agency and controlling the financial power of the internal treasury?"

The second prince asked, "Aren't you afraid?"

The prince's smile froze for a moment. Fan Xian had indeed completely fallen out with the second prince. If the two of them fought, he would be very happy to see it. But as the second prince asked, Fan Xian took over the inspection institute. How could he? Probably not nervous.

"If Mingren doesn't tell secret words, what exactly do you want to say?"

The second prince said: "I admit that Fan Xian's power does make me nervous, but what scares me is Fan Xian's identity. Although he is an illegitimate son, he is indeed his father's son. It seems that he does not have the right to inherit, but Looking at the power and status he currently controls, including the Inspection Agency, the inner treasury, the son-in-law of the former prime minister, and the Qingguo Poet God, if he wants that position, he may not be able to achieve it. "

"Your Highness, please don't forget how Northern Qi was founded."

The prince's expression suddenly changed. The predecessor of Northern Qi was Northern Wei. At that time, Wei was the most powerful country in the world, but it was usurped by the Taizu of Northern Qi and took over the world.

People with foreign surnames can achieve this by relying on their power. Fan Xian also has royal blood, and coupled with his power, just thinking about it makes him shudder.

"Also, as Si Gu Jian said before leaving, he supported Fan Xian, and our Qing Kingdom no longer has a grand master. If Fan Xian really wants to compete for that position, you and I may not be able to do it together. is his opponent."

"Even if he doesn't have this idea, compared to Chengping who is related to the Fan family, do you think he will support you or Chengping?"

The prince's hand trembled slightly. Yes, Li Chengping was related to the Fan family, and his relationship with Fan Xian was not as good as he thought. He had also done many things behind his back. If Fan Xian knew about it, There will definitely be no harmony between them.

"You want to join forces with me and deal with Fan Xian first?"

"Yes, only if we solve Fan Xian's problem first can we fight with peace of mind."

The prince fell into silence. The second prince was his long-standing rival, and he did not have a deep grudge against Fan Xian. Logically speaking, he should deal with the second prince first.

But the second prince was right. There was too much uncertainty about Fan Xian's existence. Fan Xian controlled too much power. Lin Ruofu, who was once the most powerful minister, was Fan Xian's father-in-law. If Fan Xian had other intentions, the consequences would be It’s unimaginable.

"If I agree to help you deal with Fan Xian, what good will it do to me? Fan Xian has become big, but as long as I get to that position, I will have many ways to deal with him in the future. You are more of a threat to me than him. big."

"Ha, Li Chengqian, we have been fighting for so many years. You don't have to pretend in front of me. You are already attracted, so why bother to use this method? Tell me, what are your conditions?"

The prince then showed a smile.