After several injections of penicillin under Gong Xiaonan, her fever had come under control and her condition had stabilized. As long as she rested well afterwards, they could examine the results in three months. She was confident that Gong Xiaonan's legs could recover to what they were before.
The attempted assassination of the Crown Prince was becoming more and more complicated as the investigation went on. When all the evidence pointed to the Sixth Prince, the Sixth Prince was beside himself and privately went to the Third Prince: "It was you who said at the beginning to find the assassin who is ranked first in the Jianghu, and said he would definitely not fail. Now it's about to trace back to me. Once the evidence is conclusive, Father will not forgive me. What should I do?"
"I didn't expect the accident with Helian Yu in between, and I looked down on this Gong family girl too." The Third Prince frowned, regretting that he didn't help promote Lin Yueru at the beginning.
The reason why he chose to assassinate the Crown Prince during the Mid-Autumn Festival was first because he got the news from the Wuji Sect that he could send the top ranked assassin in the Jianghu to do it, and with some of his arrangements, he would definitely succeed. Second, he noticed that Father was secretly having people monitor them, so he should act as soon as possible, otherwise once the contact with Wei Country was exposed, there would be no chance anymore.
"What are you daydreaming about? I'm talking to you, what should we do now? If something happens to me, don't think you can get away with it either." The Sixth Prince said viciously.
"What's the panic for, at worst we'll go all out anyway. There's only one life." The Third Prince's eyes were cold and profound, giving the Sixth Prince next to him a suffocating chill.
"Are you thinking of..." The last two words were not spoken, but the two tacitly understood each other.
The Third Prince didn't say anything, but also expressed his meaning.
The Sixth Prince fell silent and looked at the Third Prince at this moment as if he had never really recognized the other person before.
"What's wrong? Don't dare? Scared? If you're even scared of this, then I advise you to just give up on competing for that position with the Crown Prince early!"
"Third Brother, all these years, you've been helping me behind the scenes without asking for anything in return. Were you really willing to do that?" The Sixth Prince stared into the Third Prince's eyes and said, trying to detect some flaws from his face.
"Of course."
Unfortunately, from the other's expression, the Sixth Prince couldn't see anything unusual. He pondered for a while, as if making a major decision, gritting his teeth and saying fiercely: "An arrow that has left the bow cannot be retrieved, the deed is done, and I don't care about one more."
Compared to the undercurrents in the court, Gong Xiaohua's life was relatively plain. She went back and forth between the barracks, Qin's house, and Gong's house every day.
Until one day, Qin Chuyuan suddenly gave her a secret map of Beijing and told her to stay in the barracks from then on. If she noticed anything wrong, she could take the Gong and Li families out of the city. Gong Xiaohua took the secret map and realized that a major change was about to take place in the court.
"What about your mother and elder sister? Should they come together too?"
"No need. Going together would make too big of a target. I have my own arrangements for them."
"How sure are you all? Can you get away safely?"
"Don't worry."
"If it really comes to that time, focus on your own safety first. There is only one life, and if it's gone, it's gone."
"Okay, same for you."
After that, a few more days passed, and Gong Xiaohua was leading team training in the barracks when she suddenly received an order to urgently go to the capital city with the army to provide support.
It turned out that during the morning court session, Lord Gu presented all the evidence before His Majesty. The Sixth Prince suddenly launched a coup d'etat, controlling all the ministers in court, the royal palace, and the city gates.
It turned out that the city defense army and the garrison generals around the capital were Lord Lin's people, and Lord Lin had in-law relations with the Sixth Prince. The garrison troops around the capital entered the city under the passage of the city defense army and surrounded the royal palace while sealing off the city gates.
The Sixth Prince wanted to force the King to abdicate and behead the Crown Prince with lightning speed, but with the desperate protection of Lord Lang and the royal guards, they did not succeed in a short time.
The royal guards confronted the garrison troops.
"Don't continue to struggle in vain. You know that the entire royal palace and city gates are surrounded by our people. Today, you have no way to escape." The Sixth Prince said to the not so distant King Ye and Crown Prince.
"Bastard! Other than the throne, I have satisfied you with every power, honor and privilege you should have, yet you are still not content." King Ye scolded angrily.
"Contentment? Since ancient times, the lowly common people, the wealthy aristocratic families, which man does not want power, let alone us princes. Who does not thirst for that position? Father, don't blame me for being ruthless. May the best man win by his own ability."
"The Crown Prince is also your brother. Now we have all fallen into your hands, why must you still pursue to kill us all?"
"The blame can only be put on him for having too much influence in Ye Country. Only by convicting him of this crime of treason and punishing him can I sit steadily on this throne."
"With your ability, you couldn't have planned all this alone. This must have the Third Brother's hand behind it, right?" The Crown Prince questioned.
"So what if it does? Sixth brother, they are just dragging time. Finish it quickly." The Third Prince stood up and said to the Sixth Prince.
"Hmm." The Sixth Prince raised his left hand and waved it at the people behind him.
The soldiers behind, led by the general, held knives dripping with blood and walked towards the Crown Prince and others with an icy aura, surrounding them.
Some of the ministers, seeing this, feared being massacred and knelt down to plead allegiance, saying they were willing to follow the new master.
Just as the battle of life and death was about to begin, Qin Chuyuan coldly spoke: "Sixth Prince, do you really trust the Third Prince that much?"
"What do you mean?"
"Sixth brother, don't listen to his nonsense."
"Whether it's nonsense or not, why doesn't the Sixth Prince listen to me first. After all, we have already fallen into your hands, what's the hurry to kill us all at once? What if after killing us all, the Sixth Prince ends up in the same dead end as us in the end?"
"Sixth brother, do it, don't listen to their nonsense, they are clearly just trying to drag time."
"The Third Prince really jokes, the city defense army and the garrison troops around the capital are all under your control. Now who else in this capital can contend with you all?"
"Alright, I'll give you a chance. Speak."
"Sixth brother!" The Third Prince shouted anxiously. He was really going to be angered to death by him.
"Third Brother, if you are innocent, why should you worry about being talked about. I'm curious to hear what they can say."
"Sixth Prince, you must know that a few months ago when I went to Sishui Prefecture for military and political inspection, I took a trip to Nanlong Prefecture midway. Sixth Prince must know that at that time my wife was with Lord Li in Nanlong Prefecture investigating a case. At that time my wife and Lord Li were being hunted down by the Wuji Sect. The Wuji Sect is a sect of assassins in the Jianghu, but it is also an intelligence organization of the Wei Dynasty. At that time it was found out that this Wuji Sect had contact with a certain prince of the court. At first we suspected it was the Sixth Prince until the last assassination attempt on the Crown Prince when we realized the Sixth Prince didn't even know the assassin was from the Wuji Sect. So the prince they had contacted must be someone the Sixth Prince has extreme trust in."
When the Sixth Prince insisted on hearing the truth, the Third Prince silently signaled to the outside of the door.
"Sixth Prince moved so quickly to assassinate the Crown Prince, it must be under the provocation of Third Prince, right?"
"Humph, nonsense."
Qin Chuyuan didn't expect the other party to respond to his question, but went on to say to the Sixth Prince: "The Third Prince knew His Majesty had been monitoring him secretly, and time was running out for him, so he needed to gain control of His Majesty and the Crown Prince as soon as possible. And you are just a pawn in his hands."
Then to the Third Prince: "Back then in Nanlong Prefecture, the magistrate who had been madly accumulating wealth for many years must have all gone into Third Prince's hands. I'm very curious what the Third Prince used so much money and treasure for? I guess it should have gone to the garrison troops around the capital. By injecting a large amount of money into the garrison troops, and contacting the Wei Dynasty, what do you intend, Third Prince? Do you want to destroy the hundreds of years foundation of the Ye Dynasty?"
"Third Brother?" The Sixth Prince looked at the Third Prince in disbelief and questioned.
"Pa! Pa! Pa! The Junior Minister is indeed clever. That's right, the magistrate of Nanlong Prefecture was my man, and the one who contacted the Wei Country was also me. But so what, none of you can escape today. Do it!"
