"Whose child is that?" Eunuch Deng asked.

"He's a little beggar on the street. He was adopted by the woman at the gate of the capital this morning."

Eunuch Deng: "..." The remaining bit of luck was shattered.

The plan was arranged in a watertight manner, and only success was allowed and failure was not allowed. The people who went on the mission were all dead soldiers, and a little beggar was specially made to blind people. It seemed that a certain prince in the capital had made a real move.

Are these people trying to kill Zhao Ruxi before he announces the decree?

This gave the second and fifth princes a warning and minimized the impact. After all, Zhao Ruxi had not yet accepted the order, so she was not considered a member of the royal family. The death of an ordinary person or a sixth-rank official would be the same as the death of a royal daughter-in-law.

, there is still a big difference between the two. At least the emperor's anger is not that strong.

In addition, there is a huge difference between ordinary guards and guards trained by the royal family. If Zhang Tao and the others were not here, today's assassination might have been successful. So they had to assassinate Zhao Ruxi before he sent Zhang Tao and the others to arrive.

Unexpectedly, he wanted to sell Zhao Ruxi and King Qi a good deal, so he arrived in Nanyang before going to the Yamen at noon. He announced the decree and sent two guards over in time to prevent Zhao Ruxi from this disaster.

It seemed that the future Princess Qi was a blessed person, but he was unlucky, so why was she hated by that prince?

Eunuch Deng was depressed, but he didn't know what to do.

He said helplessly: "Send these people to the capital together with their corpses and let the emperor know."

The emperor and the king of Qi will definitely inquire about this matter in person. Although these passers-by are irrelevant, who is to say that they are unlucky enough to pass by at that time? Then they can only go to the capital for a visit and be a witness.

He was imprisoned in Nanyang. If something happened and Liu Hongyu was convicted, he would not be able to get rid of the involvement.

As for Gusu, of course we can't go there.

"Where is Mr. Zhao..." the imperial guard asked again.

"You ask Mr. Liu to prepare the carriages and horses and take care of everything; let's go visit Mr. Zhao. When our family comes back, we will go back to Beijing together." Eunuch Deng said.

They had to rush back to the center of the capital before the city gates closed, and they had to bring a lot of passers-by and several corpses with them. They couldn't go fast, so they had to hurry up.

Coming out of the house, Eunuch Deng said to Liu Hongyu: "Send a fellow magistrate, a foreman, and a yamen servant to accompany us to escort these people to Beijing."

When these people were being interrogated, Liu Hongyu and everyone in the state government were not allowed to approach the two rooms, and they all waited outside in panic.

When he heard that someone was coming to Beijing, Liu Hongyu did not dare to ask any more questions and responded repeatedly: "Yes, yes." He turned to look at Cai Yaozong and Li Li.

When Li Li learned that Zhao Ruxi became the princess, he decided to hold on tight. After all, he was the first to surrender to Zhao Ruxi and had a natural innate advantage. As long as he assists Zhao Ruxi well in the following days, he will have

If there is a chance, Zhao Ruxi or King Qi will promote him to some extent. Even if they don't promote him, he will have nothing to lose.

But the assassination just now made him clearly aware of the danger of the battle for the right to inherit the throne. Before Eunuch Deng came out, he had been fighting between heaven and man, and his original desire to hold on to him began to waver.

Now is the time for him to take a stand.

If he wants to defect to the camp of the second and fifth princes, he must step forward now to escort these people to Beijing, and at the same time, he must state what happened today in front of the emperor. By then, the people sent to assassinate Zhao Ruxi will definitely hate him too.

, want to get rid of it quickly.

Is it better to seek wealth and wealth through risk, or to be a petty official for the rest of his life? This is a dilemma.

Until Liu Hongyu asked, Li Li was still undecided. But when he met Liu Hongyu's gaze, his heart moved and he quickly stepped forward and said: "I am willing to go."

Cai Yaozong belongs to the prince. If the person who assassinated Zhao Ruxi cannot be investigated, the prince will not be able to escape suspicion. Therefore, Liu Hongyu will not let Cai Yaozong go to the capital. The emperor and His Highness King Qi do not want to see Cai Yaozong, let alone believe him.

the words said.

There will be a lot of trouble involved at that time, and Li Li will not be able to escape these troubles.

So since he was the one who would go anyway, he would naturally benefit more from taking the initiative.

Cai Yaozong was also thinking about the battle between heaven and man just now. Seeing Li Li take the initiative to stand up now, he felt relieved and said: "Then I will help Mr. Li."

Eunuch Deng didn't care how these people were assigned, he randomly grabbed a yamen servant and asked him to lead the way to the hospital. Just as he was about to go out, he saw some people carrying baskets and followed the yamen servant who was guarding the door.

"Eunuch, sir, Mr. Zhao has sent someone to bring us food." The gatekeeper shouted happily.

Everyone in the Yamen suddenly became energetic.

Not only was there food to eat, but Mr. Zhao also ordered it to be delivered, which shows that Mr. Zhao should be fine.

If Mr. Zhao is fine, the anger of the Emperor and His Highness Prince Qi will not reach Nanyang Prefecture Yamen, and they will not become a fish in the pond.

At this moment, everyone felt relieved and became happy.

When Eunuch Deng saw Zhao Ruxi's nurse named Xiang Ming coming in, he quickly asked: "How is it? How is your master's injury?"

Xiang Ming said: "The injury is not serious. Fortunately, the maid next to the girl also knows some martial arts and pulled the girl to avoid the attack. The girl only suffered a scratch on her left arm, otherwise she would have been in danger."

As he spoke, he still looked frightened.

Only then did Eunuch Deng feel relieved.

"My girl said she was really sorry that something like this happened, so she asked the restaurant to bring the food over, so everyone can eat as they please." Xiang Ming added.

"Thank you, Master Zhao, for still thinking of us people at this time." Eunuch Deng said.

Everyone agreed and were grateful to Zhao Ruxi from the bottom of their hearts.

"Our family plans to send people to the capital soon to report the matter to the emperor. So we can't go to Gusu. Later you will take me to visit Mr. Zhao, and then we will set off back to the capital." Eunuch Deng said again.

Xiang Ming nodded: "Thank you for your service, Eunuch Deng. Eunuch, please eat first."

He asked Liu Hongyu for leave on behalf of his master.

Liu Hongyu said: "Just let Mr. Zhao rest at home and rest peacefully. Don't worry about the government affairs. We can take care of anything."

Even though Eunuch Deng was in a hurry, he had to eat. He sat down and finished the meal with a heavy taste, and then followed Xiang Ming to the Zhao Mansion.

"Eunuch Deng, you have to talk to the emperor carefully. My sister Xi must be given justice for this matter." Mrs. Zhu cried as soon as she saw Eunuch Deng.

"Mom, please don't make trouble." Zhao Ruxi glanced at Mr. Zhu helplessly.

She apologized to Eunuch Deng: "My mother doesn't have many expectations for my marriage. She only hopes that I will be safe and sound. Now that the imperial edict of marriage has suddenly become like this, she is very emotional. Please forgive me for any rudeness."
Chapter completed!