Chapter 469 Zhao Gao: At this point, there is only one way!
Xianyang.

The imperial capital at night seemed no different from usual.

The curfew was implemented early, and the streets and alleys were empty. Most of the houses, mansions, shops and other buildings in the city also turned off their lights early. The entire Xianyang city fell into silence, and the light of the stars and the moon fell on the eaves, like a huge silver-white gauze curtain, creating a sense of coldness.

Oh oh oh!
In the deep night, inside a mansion with a temporary plaque of "Eighteenth Young Masters' Mansion" hung on it.

Black banners and white cloth were hung on the eaves, brackets, green tiles and red walls, indicating that the owner of this mansion had welcomed the funeral. In the hall decorated as a mourning hall, Hu Hai, the eighteenth prince of the empire who was driven out of the palace by Zheng Ge, knelt in front of an open coffin and cried loudly.

There was no body in this high-quality yellow pine coffin, only a few clothes and ornaments.

Hu Hai's mother, Lady Mingzhu, was ordered by Zhengge to drink poison and die. After her death, her body was buried by Zheng near his own Mausoleum of Mount Li. No funeral was held in the palace, as if the death of a concubine who had been in power for many years was like an ant being accidentally stepped on and killed, which was nothing at all.

Hu Hai could only pray for his mother in the mansion allocated to him by Zheng Ge, and use several of his mother's clothes and personal accessories as his mother's remains.

tread!tread!tread!
After a long time, heavy footsteps were heard, breaking the mournful atmosphere in the mourning hall. Hu Hai, who had nowhere to vent his anger, suddenly raised his head, and his strange-colored eyes revealed an undisguised murderous intent. He was ready to tear this madman who had ruined his mood into pieces, to vent his hatred for his mother being poisoned to death and for having no hope of becoming the emperor of the empire.

Unexpectedly, the person Hu Hai saw was the person he respected the most.

The Imperial Chariot Officer, Zhao Gao!
Hu Hai's teacher was dressed in eunuch's attire, with three thousand scarlet hairs flying down. His androgynous face was completely silent, and he seemed not to be affected by Zheng Ge's actions today at all.

"You all get down."

Zhao Gao stepped into the mourning hall, waved his hand, and ordered everyone guarding there to leave.

When the servants heard Zhao Gao's order, they left the mourning hall silently as if they had been pardoned, leaving space and time for Zhao Gao and his disciples. The two people who walked at the end were even smarter to close the doors and windows tightly, isolating the inside and outside.

"Eighteenth Young Master, you are crying so sadly. Are you sad about the death of Madam Mingzhu, or because you have no hope of becoming the crown prince of the empire?" After driving away the irrelevant people, Zhao Gao took a cushion and sat down. His narrow triangular eyes revealed endless ferocity, and he asked Hu Hai.

"Teacher, does it make any difference?" Hu Hai wiped the tears from his cheeks. "No matter what, if I want to stay alive, I will stay in this mansion honestly from now on. Otherwise, no matter whether my eldest brother ascends the throne or my fourth brother succeeds to the throne, they will not let me go!" At the end, Hu Hai turned his head and looked at the yellow pine coffin.

"Eighteenth Young Master, the reason why Madam Mingzhu was sentenced to death by His Majesty was because of the eldest young master's strategy of retreating to advance." Zhao Gao's sinister face was filled with deep hatred, and in the light of the snow-white candle, he looked like a ghost ready to devour someone.

Hu Hai finally found an object to vent his hatred, and gnashed his teeth and said, "Fusu!"

"The eldest and fourth sons want to limit the position of crown prince to the two of them, and not allow others to interfere." Zhao Gao added, "Today, the eldest son instructed his officials to petition His Majesty to make Madam Mingzhu the empress, in order to make those who depend on us follow suit, arouse His Majesty's fear, and order Madam Mingzhu to be executed."

"At the same time, the Fourth Young Master mobilized his Night Owls to wipe out Luowang's forces in Qi County, Langya County, and Dong County."

"Why?" Hu Hai was confused. "Why can't Fusu and Tianxuan tolerate me competing with them for the position of crown prince?" Zhao Gao glanced at Hu Hai with disdain, but his facial expression was as respectful as always: "Eighteenth Prince, have you forgotten? Before the background of the Fourth Prince was exposed, he and the Eldest Prince were childhood friends who grew up together and have been friends for many years. Even if the background of the Fourth Prince was exposed and they became rivals for the right to inherit the empire, they still have some friendship after all."

"If the position of crown prince of the empire is only fought between the two of them, then the winner will not mind giving the loser a chance to survive. If other princes join in, then they will have to worry about whether others will take advantage of them! His Majesty also believes that among his many sons, the eldest and fourth princes are the most outstanding, and he will not give others a chance!"

When Zhao Gao finished his analysis, Hu Hai's body trembled as if he had suffered a fatal blow, and the blood color on his face faded at a speed that was difficult to see with the naked eye.

"Teacher, what should we do?" Hu Hai recovered after a while and said in despair, "Do I really have no chance at all?"

Zhao Gao smiled sinisterly, "Under normal circumstances, you, the Eighteenth Prince, really have no chance. But, if you kill the Fourth Prince and direct the spearhead towards the Eldest Prince, then you will have a chance!"

"Teacher, what do you say?" Hu Hai asked impatiently.

"It's very simple! The Nong family has a close relationship with Changping Jun. If the fourth prince died at the hands of the Nong family assassin, Your Majesty will have no choice but to suspect the eldest prince." Zhao Gao explained.

Hu Hai was delighted at first, but then said in embarrassment: "Teacher, is it possible? The fourth brother is very skilled in martial arts and has many masters around him. It is not easy to kill him!"

"If the peasant assassin can't do it, then I will do it myself and send that little bastard Tian Xuanzi to his death!"

Hu Hai's worry was also Zhao Gao's concern. However, things had come to this point, and if they didn't do something, they would have no hope. However, before Zhao Gao could respond to Hu Hai, a voice that was full of domineering and should never have appeared rang out in the closed door and window of the mourning hall, frightening Zhao Gao and Hu Hai, both of them changed color, as if they had seen a ghost.

Brush and pull!

Master and disciple Zhao Gao, in extreme fear, subconsciously looked in the direction where the sound came from, and sure enough, they saw a figure that should never have appeared.

………………

Dongjun, Daze Mountain.

Daze Mountain is the headquarters of the Nong Clan. Although the six clans of the Nong Clan have been ruling their own clans since the death of the former chivalrous leader Tianguang, they have not completely fallen out with each other, and they are unwilling to let war taint this place of great significance to the Nong Clan. Therefore, even though the six clans are all located in Daze Mountain, Daze Mountain remains calm on the surface despite the turbulent waves.

call!
Lieshan Hall.

Since the previous head of the hall, Tian Meng, died as a net covering the sun, the position of head of Lieshan Hall was inherited by Tian Yan, who was known as the wisest man in the Nong family and the female Guan Zhong of the Nong family. However, the death of Tian Meng still had a great impact on Lieshan Hall. The position of the head of the Tian family in the Nong family was inherited by Tian Hu, the head of Chiyou Hall. Lieshan Hall was dependent on Chiyou Hall, and its prestige was far less than when Tian Meng was alive.

It was dark at night. Tian Yan, who succeeded the position of the head of Lieshan Hall, finally finished dealing with the matters he was responsible for. He let out a long breath and walked towards the room accompanied by his confidant Mei Sanniang.

(End of this chapter)