Chapter 456: Imprisonment in Disguise

Ling Chu originally thought that even if they came back, it would not be good to let outsiders know.

Otherwise, there would be no way to explain how she and Ning Chuyi were in a small county thousands of miles away from the capital the day before, and how they managed to appear in Kyoto in such a short time.

Even if they knew about the affair between Concubine An and Zhao Chuanlin, they could not expose it.

But now, she changed her mind.

It was fine that Concubine An and Zhao Chuanlin mixed up the royal bloodline, but she could not watch the Chongzhao Dynasty's country destroyed by such a person.

Otherwise, the world would be in chaos, and the people would suffer.

Her master could not stand by and watch.

Master Xuanyi was old, and it was not good to let her work hard. As a disciple, since she had encountered this matter, she could not turn a blind eye.

Moreover, if Concubine An and Zhao Chuanlin were not dealt with, it would be too unfair to her expensive teleportation talismans.

She and Ning Chuyi used eight teleportation talismans, all of which were exchanged for rare high-quality jadeite.

Seeing Ling Chu throw the drug in his hand towards the bed, Ning Chuyi watched quietly and did not stop him.

"Tsk, the drug of the second senior brother is really useful, but it's a pity that this is the last bit. Next time I see him, I have to ask him for more." Seeing that Concubine An and Zhao Chuanlin, who were about to have a second spring breeze, fainted.

Ling Chu patted the remaining powder on his hands and raised his feet to go around the screen.

Ning Chuyi twitched his mouth and quickly grabbed her arm.

"Don't look at it, be careful of getting a stye."

Ling Chu paused. Forget it, if you don't want to look, then don't look. She has no interest in the naked body of a foreign man.

Although there is an invisibility talisman, Ling Chu and Ning Chuyi did not go out through the main door of Concubine An's bedroom. Instead, they climbed out through the window that Zhao Chuanlin came in.

It was still dark at this time, about the time of Yin.

Although it was still dark, there were palace lanterns everywhere in the palace, so there was no need to worry about not being able to see the road in the dark.

The second prince spread the news of the emperor's death, and at this moment, he didn't know what was going on in the palace.

Relying on the invisibility talisman, Ling Chu and Ning Chuyi didn't have to hide. After leaving Concubine An's bedroom, they started to explore the palace.

Ling Chu was not very familiar with the palace, but the emperor often summoned Ning Chuyi to the palace. He took Ling Chu directly to the palace where the emperor lived.

From a distance, the two heard faint crying.

Along the way, Ning Chuyi frowned more and more.

The guards in the palace were not only more than when the emperor was there, but also all unfamiliar faces.

It seems that the second prince dealt with all the people left by the emperor and replaced them with his own people.

Fortunately, they wore the invisibility talisman and did not encounter anyone who stopped them along the way.

As they got closer, the crying became louder and louder.

The bedroom where the emperor lived became a place for the funeral.

At this moment, the palace door was open. At a glance, the palace was covered in mourning and people were kneeling densely.

After a quick glance, Ling Chu found that all the officials in Kyoto had gathered here to mourn for the emperor.

In the middle of the hall stood a majestic and simple coffin. The emperor's body must be inside.

The second prince was kneeling in front of the coffin in mourning, holding a stack of yellow paper in his hand and putting it into the burning copper basin.

Kneeling beside him were several princesses and young princes.

The third prince was nowhere to be seen.

Although he had a disability in his legs and feet, the second prince did not let him go. He killed his father and brother, but put the blame on the third prince and Ningguogong father and son.

I don't know whether the third prince was killed by him or imprisoned.

Although Ling Chu wanted to expose the matter of Concubine An and Zhao Chuanlin, she was not prepared to do it herself.

There was a best candidate in the palace.

The death of the crown prince was closely related to the second prince, and the queen must hate Concubine An and her son.

Ling Chu thought that it would be best to tell the queen about Concubine An and Zhao Chuanlin.

But she glanced at the people crying for the dead and found that not only the third prince was not there.

On the side where the women were crying for the dead, all the concubines of all levels were there, but the queen, the master of the harem, was nowhere to be seen.

It is said that when the emperor passed away, even if the queen was sick, she would come to cry for the emperor.

Ling Chu was a little worried about the people in Dingyuan Palace. She searched the crowd and found Princess Dingyuan.

But she looked haggard and pale, maybe because she had been kneeling for a long time, her body looked a little shaky.

Ling Chu was worried that she couldn't bear it, but she was invisible at the moment and could only watch.

She looked to the other side again.

The officials crying for the dead on the left were officials in the court. Ling Chu looked and saw only her eldest brother Han Lin, and her father, King Dingyuan, was not there.

Ning Chuyi's face was dark. He found that not only was Prince Dingyuan absent, but there was no one from the Ningguo Mansion crying in the hall.

The second prince pinned the crime of murdering the emperor on the Ningguo Mansion, and it was unknown whether his family was executed or imprisoned.

Ning Chuyi's eyes fell on the coffin in the center of the hall. The emperor was not dead, so the body inside must be fake.

In fact, as long as everyone could see that the person in the coffin was not the emperor, the second prince could be exposed.

But Ning Chuyi did not open the coffin directly.

Although the coffin was casually placed in the middle of the hall, many imperial guards with swords in their hands stood in the shadows.

It was obvious that the second prince was guarding against someone trying to use the emperor's body to make a fuss.

Following Ning Chuyi's gaze, Ling Chu also saw the imperial guards.

The two looked at each other and turned to leave the hall.

They walked straight to a remote and deserted place before stopping.

Ling Chu looked back at the emperor's palace, feeling a little confused, "It has been a few days since the second prince heard the news of the emperor's death. Ordinarily, even if all the officials want to go to the palace to mourn, they will only stay in the palace for the first three days.

After three days, as long as he goes to the palace on time every morning to cry, he will go back to the palace to rest in the evening and go to the palace again the next day.

Otherwise, even an iron man wouldn't be able to stand it if he knelt down and cried like this every day.

But now, all the officials in Kyoto are in the palace and have not returned home, which is really unreasonable. "

Ning Chuyi's eyes darkened, "Although the second prince has heard the news of the emperor's death, he knows that the emperor is not dead. It will be a long night and many dreams, and he may not be able to wait to ascend the throne."

"But it had only been a few days since he heard the news that the emperor had passed away. He couldn't wait to ascend the throne, and he wasn't afraid of anyone poking his back."

"For the sake of the throne, he even dared to kill his father and brother, so how could he be afraid of others' criticism. He could have arranged for a few officials to invite him to the throne on the grounds that the country cannot live without a king for a day."

"What's more, almost all the officials in Kyoto have come to the palace.

The second prince kept them in the name of crying spirits, which was both a shock and a disguised form of imprisonment.

After all, those who can come to the palace to cry are not only the pillars of each government, these people also represent the power of the entire Kyoto.

As long as the second prince orders people to close the palace door, these people will be held hostage by him.

In this case, who dares to oppose his ascension to the throne?

Even if there is, it's nothing to worry about. Just fabricating a few baseless accusations is enough to scare the chickens!

The entire Kyoto was controlled by the second prince, and the Queen Mother might have lost her freedom and become his trump card.

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