365. The Arrival of Huhe Huangcheng (I)

Translator: Storm in a Teacup

The fourth prince and Xu were strolling around the mansion hand in hand, which was quite a peaceful and pleasant scene.

Especially Xu, it was rare that he wasn’t so active and noisy like he was before. Held by Fang, he looked obedient and lovelier.

Of course, in the fourth prince’s eyes, Xu was always lovely.

When some servants saw them holding hands, they couldn’t help but think that the two of them were a perfect match!

When night came, Fang couldn’t stay at home.

As the younger brother of the crown prince, he needed to keep vigil beside the coffin.

But Fang wouldn’t do it all night, because the fifth prince was “punished” and had to stay there.

Fang didn’t want to attract more attention at this time. In the second half of the night, he went back when the eunuch told him that he could leave.

Of course, he didn’t forget to pretend to care about his “dear” younger brother.

“Suye, if you can’t hold it, just tell the eunuch and don’t make it hard for yourself.”

Zhou Suye nodded. “Thank you for your concern, brother.”

Without saying anything more, Fang nodded and left.

However, he encountered some a.s.sa.s.sins on the way.

Fang immediately looked cold.

There were just five a.s.sa.s.sins and Fang had some guards with him, so the a.s.sa.s.sins were stopped soon.

At last, those five people didn’t end up well. They were all killed.

However, Fang wondered who would try to kill him on the cusp of the storm.

Afterwards, Fang went to the imperial palace in an imposing manner.

“What? a.s.sa.s.sins?” Emperor Zhou’s face darkened once he heard that.

Fang smiled bitterly. “Yes, father, I’ve taken the a.s.sa.s.sins here and they’re at the gate of the palace now.”

Emperor Zhou turned livid with rage. Hardly had one wave subsided when another rose.

He immediately summoned the officials from the Ministry of Punishments and ordered them to find out the truth.

This time, the Ministry of Punishments was very efficient.

It was because the crown princess killed herself in the crown prince’s mansion.

The a.s.sa.s.sins were just sent by her.

Why did she try to kill Fang? In fact, she wanted to kill both him and Zhou Suye.

However, Zhou Suye was guarding the crown prince’s coffin in the imperial palace and her men couldn’t get in there at all.

Moreover, after the crown prince died, she couldn’t mobilize too many people.

Therefore, she could only try to kill Fang.

The crown prince’s mansion was outside the imperial palace, but his mourning hall was in there. Although she was the crown princess, she wasn’t qualified to guard her husband’s coffin.

It must be done by members of the imperial family, such as Zhou Suye.

The maid beside the crown princess confessed everything.

Fang really felt that it was an undeserved accident.

After he returned to the mansion, Xu immediately went over. “What on earth happened? Why were there a.s.sa.s.sins on the way?”

Fang smiled bitterly. “The crown princess did it.”

Xu was slightly stunned.

Fang patted him. “Forget it. Let’s talk about it tomorrow.”

Xu nodded. “Okay, let’s go to bed first.”

After Long got up the next morning, he learned that Fang was attacked last night and the mastermind, the crown princess, was found out not long after.

“That woman… was quite smart. She probably thought that her husband must be killed by one of you, so she wanted to kill you guys. However, Zhou Suye is staying in the imperial palace and it’s hard for her to find him. She couldn’t wait any longer, so she tried to kill you first.”

“Right. If I were killed, I guess she wouldn’t commit suicide so early. She would still try to kill Zhou Suye.”

“Don’t talk nonsense! You won’t be killed!” Xu said unhappily.

Fang smiled. “Yes, you’re right. I won’t be killed.”

Xu felt better. “Right. Now all the people are fighting for their lives. Either we or they will die. We would rather be the bad guys, as long as we all live well.”

“Yes.” Fang nodded.

Long smiled. “Whoa, you’re so eager to be a bad guy.”

“I learned it from you, elder brother,” Xu said right away.

Long said innocently, “How can you say that you learned it from me? I’m obviously a good and kind-hearted man.”

Xu rolled his eyes. “Well, if you’re a good man, I don’t think there are any bad guys in the world.”

Hearing that, Long looked at s.h.i.+ like a poor kid. “Qingzhou, he criticized me like that! This is too much!”

“Yes, it’s really too much.” s.h.i.+ nodded in agreement.

Long finally found support. “Look, even my Qingzhou can’t stand you!”

Xu became speechless.

Fang smiled. “Let’s have breakfast first.”

After some jokes, the depressing atmosphere improved a lot.

The crown prince was given a grand funeral. As for the crown princess, although she tried to kill another prince, Emperor Zhou allowed her to die in a decent way, which was to be buried with the crown prince.

Emperor Zhou also asked Fang, the victim, about his opinion.

And Fang agreed.

Why would he make it hard for a woman?

Thus, the crown princess was buried next to the crown prince.

And the crown prince still ended up in the imperial mausoleum.

After the grand burial of the crown prince, a power struggle was under way in the imperial court.

However, it looked very calm on the surface.

More and more ministers tried to get close to Fang with all kinds of excuses. Fang was very polite to them, but he didn’t keep in close contact with everyone.

Moreover, even if there were Fang’s “confidants” and they were surely working for him…

Fang never said anything about dealing with Zhou Suye in front of them.

At the moment, Zhou Suye was still reflecting on his fault at home!

However, Fang knew that he would definitely be released and it wouldn’t be very late, because after one and a half months, it would be the emperor’s birthday.

His birthday party would naturally be a grand occasion.

Too many things had happened this year.

Most of his sons were dead, so Emperor Zhou needed to adjust himself.

Besides, the murderers who a.s.sa.s.sinated the second and third princes hadn’t been caught up to now…

Of course, he needed the real murderers, not some scapegoats.

Emperor Zhou always felt that some people were hiding somewhere, plotting against him and trying to hurt him.

The deaths of his several useless sons were proof.

For this reason, Emperor Zhou ordered a lot of guards to protect himself and Zhou Suye. It could be said that even a fly couldn’t get close to them.

Emperor Zhou didn’t make such arrangements for Fang, so Fang just did everything by himself.

The emperor actually treated his two sons so differently!

Fang naturally had noticed that, but he didn’t mind at all.