Before Lu Zhan got married, everything went smoothly during the seventeen years of his life. It could even be said that everything was going well.

But starting from the mistake he made on the night of his wedding, his life has been in turmoil. Over the years, it has been ups and downs, and it has long been uncertain whether the once kind people around him are really kind.

In addition to his father and mother, even the emperor, who had only cared for his grandson since childhood, had to reserve a three-pointed attitude.

After being demoted, the mother-in-law has been trying to save herself. As a grandson who was demoted to a commoner, he could not enter the capital without an imperial edict. During this year, the mother-in-law's secret letters also gave him numerous instructions and instructions, telling him not to

Thinking of sneaking out of the city without breaking the rules.

She was such a cautious person, but now she sent her confidants to pick him up, and also set a time limit for his return. If the emperor's grandfather knew - no, no matter who else knew, the mother-in-law's behavior was a blatant disobedience, and she was risking her life.

Huge risk!

When the time comes to cause trouble in the court, let alone the fact that she is just the princess before the crown prince is established, even if she still has her father who is a bachelor, it will be useless!

But he still obeyed.

Because the mother-in-law must understand the consequences. If she dares to do this, something more serious than resisting the decree must have happened. And what else can such a thing be besides the emperor?

Perhaps only his father, mother and concubines believed him about what happened in the paddock, but it was useless for them to believe it. The emperor had to believe it!

His only chance to stand up is with the emperor. Before he redresses his grievances, nothing can happen to the emperor!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but speed up again.

"drive!"

The sound of galloping horses echoed through the post road.

Even though he hasn't ridden a fast horse for more than a year, he doesn't feel unfamiliar at all. It's just because he is always ready to make a comeback.

"Where are you in front?" He turned to ask Zhou Yi, the bodyguard sent by Princess Jin.

Zhou Yi caught up with him on horseback and wiped the rain off his face: "This is the boundary of Hanzhou, and there are mountains in front of it. Landslides are easy to happen on rainy days, so be more careful!"

Lu Zhan reined in his horse, looked at it, nodded, and jumped into the mountain pass.

The five days were destined to be traveled day and night. Under the heavy rain, the narrow pass was like the mouth of a giant beast, waiting to swallow everything.

"Get your weapons!"

Although the world has already achieved prosperity in the past few decades of the emperor's reign, and we have not heard of grass bandits blocking the road for a long time, the atmosphere still reminded Lu Zhan to be careful.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by the sound of thunder, lightning illuminated the sky brightly.

But after this moment of strong light stimulation, the vision inevitably fell into unprecedented darkness.

"Qiang——"

In this brief period of darkness, with the sound of rain falling like beans and the sound of thunder fading away, a dragon roar suddenly sounded in the air! Just as Lu Zhan's vision adjusted, lightning struck again, and an imminent "

"Lightning" also pointed accurately at his chest!

"Master!"

Zhou Yi exclaimed, jumped up from his horse and killed him!

Lu Zhan made the first move and took the move first, and then with the help of Zhou Yi, he counterattacked and stabbed the opponent with his sword!

The killer landed, but a large rustling sound came over the sound of rain. The reflection of weapons in the darkness and the sound of rapid footsteps were like another heavy rain. The situation was extremely clear!

"Young Master!" Zhou Yi's face turned pale, and he immediately asked the others to surround him in a circle.

This is definitely not a bandit, nor is it an accident!

Lu Zhan stared at the approaching enemy, then turned to Zhou Yi: "What on earth happened in the capital!"

To be able to strike accurately in such a wilderness was definitely premeditated. Someone was premeditating his murder!

He had known for a long time that ordinary men were not guilty, but those who possessed the jade were guilty. He was a member of the royal family and was born with a special status. Given the current situation in the court, those who ambushed him here could only come because of his status!

The news that the princess must have sent someone to take him to Beijing has been leaked. However, with the princess's cautious behavior, how could the news be easily leaked?

Even if someone got wind of it and wanted to harm them, they could just report it directly and be done with it once and for all. Why would they send someone here specifically to assassinate them?

"You haven't said anything yet, are you trying to force me to be suspicious of you?!" Lu Zhan drew his sword in a deep voice, with a cold light in his eyes.

At the moment of life and death, he can't trust anyone!

If there wasn't something going on in the capital, then it could only be that he fell into a trap, right?

Zhou Yi belongs to the princess, and the princess has indeed treated him as her own child over the years, but one thing is that she is not his biological mother!

He was originally very reluctant to doubt his aunt who devoted all her energy to cultivating and protecting him, but under the current situation, he couldn't help but think so!

The person who came to pick him up on her order was hers, the person who took him into this mountain pass was also hers, and the person who was hesitating at this moment was also hers!

Lu Zhan's eyes turned red and without blinking, the rain poured directly into his eyes and flowed out again.

"Young Master, don't be too anxious to be sad!" Zhou Yi stamped his feet and gritted his teeth: "It's not the princess, it's something happened in the palace! Two months ago, when the emperor came back from his summer resort, an old injury suddenly broke out, triggering a heart attack.

"Last month, the princess came to the palace to pay her respects. She saw that the emperor was still changing his clothes and giving a memorial. She thought it was great, so she didn't write to tell the prince.

"Who would have known that the emperor suddenly fell seriously ill half a month ago - the crown prince has not yet been established, and the news of the emperor's critical illness cannot be spread widely. The princess was worried that she would not have time to ask for orders to redress the young master, so she sent a message overnight to the young master and rushed to Tanzhou to pick up the young master.

Instruct the young masters to act in secret! The purpose is to allow the young master to reach the capital smoothly before the emperor's departure, and ask the emperor to issue a pardon!

"The reason why I didn't tell you is that the princess has other concerns - have you forgotten about the paddock?!"

Lu Zhan clutched the hilt of his sword tightly, still staring at him in the rain.

Of course he had not forgotten what happened in the paddock. Some people could not tolerate him. He knew it when he shot out the arrow!

The emperor devoted himself to government affairs, and there were not many people in the harem. He only gave birth to five princes in total, and the queen alone gave birth to three.

The eldest son of the emperor was established as the prince, but fell ill before the wedding. The second son was King Jin, Lu Zhan's father. The third son, King Ning, died in prison because the prince died and his wife was involved in a case of collusion with foreign officials.

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The crown prince and Prince Ning passed away one after another, which devastated the emperor. In the following years, he never established a crown prince again. Only the remaining legitimate son, Prince Jin, stayed in Beijing as his companion, and the two concubine princes were divided according to the law.

The unexpected illness of the emperor will of course affect the court situation first. As the most likely candidate to succeed the new emperor, the Jin Palace will inevitably attract attention from all parties.

If the King of Jin can get the imperial decree to establish the crown prince, then it will be a good thing for Lu Zhan. The King of Jin succeeds to the throne and becomes the new emperor. Let’s not talk about the family relationship between father and son, but only about the interests. The top priority of the new emperor is to stabilize the imperial power, and it is time to appoint people.

At that time, he naturally would not let his own son, who he had carefully cultivated, still be demoted.

But I’m afraid not!
Chapter completed!