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Chapter 97: 97: Prince Lu Shuyun is Assassinated 1
Chapter 97: 97: Prince Lu Shuyun is Assassinated 1
Chapter 97: 97: Prince Lu Shuyun is Assassinated 1
Translator: 549690339
Half a month had flown by in the blink of an eye.
In the Capital city, within the residence of Prince Lu Shuyun, the study.
Lu Shuyun looked at the intelligence report he was clutching tightly in his hand, his teeth gritted so hard, his eyes filled with bloodshot veins.
He was now so furious he couldn’t speak.
In the past, when he became angry, he would smash things, but today the information he received left him so enraged he even forgot to smash things; his body was shaking, and his face even started to break out in a cold sweat.
He never imagined that the Tower Master of Blood Moon Tower, leading so many Ninth Grade martial artists to assassinate a useless Prince, had actually failed!!!
The Tower Master of Blood Moon Tower was a true Grandmaster!
Even if there was a Mysterious Grandmaster in the North Prince Mansion, it was no problem at all for the Tower Master of Blood Moon Tower to occupy him!
Of course, what made Lu Shuyun even more infuriated was the matter of Wang Qingci’s betrayal.
Wang Qingci, an assassin who had been raised by the Wang Family since childhood, had now actually switched allegiance to the North Prince Mansion.
Lu Shuyun tore the intelligence report in his hands to shreds and said with a cold laugh, ‘Good, very good! No wonder the North Prince Mansion can each time evade the assassinations from Blood Moon Tower, it turns out there was a traitor!’
‘My dear younger brother, you really are capable, to have won over an assassin that the Wang Family has nurtured from childhood!’
‘I really did underestimate you!’
Just as Lu Shuyun could not find a way to vent his anger, he suddenly heard a commotion outside.
Then, a servant burst in, panic-stricken, and said, ‘Your Highness, something terrible has happened!’
As Lu Shuyun was seething with rage and was about to kill the servant to vent his anger, he heard the servant say, ‘Your Highness, you must escape! Some masked assassins have broken in, and our people can’t stop them at all!’
Upon hearing this, Lu Shuyun was momentarily stunned.
Masked assassins?
Who would dare to assassinate a Prince in the Capital city?
At this moment, Lu Shuyun didn’t even consider Lu Chen as a possibility; after all, Lu Chen was far away in North City, and he only had one Mysterious Grandmaster by his side. It was impossible that he would send that Mysterious Grandmaster to the Capital city to carry out an assassination.
The first thing that came to Lu Shuyun’s mind was the other Princes involved in the succession struggle; with his death, they would have one less rival.
But…
Would a Prince really dare to assassinate another Prince in the Capital city?
If that were ever discovered, not to mention losing the right to contend for the throne, they might even be banished from the Capital city.
However, now was not the time to think about these things. The attackers had already broken in, and he had to quietly find a place to hide.
Fortunately, his residence had some underground passages, so escaping was not a problem at all; Lu Shuyun was not worried in the slightest that he would die.
Lu Shuyun then entered the underground passage of his mansion and used it to escape.
In the end, although those masked assassins had broken into the residence of Prince Lu Shuyun, and had killed many of his subordinates and some guests, they did not find any trace of the Prince himself.
Of course, Prince Lu Shuyun wasn’t the target of these assassins in the first place.
By the time the Imperial Guard arrived, the masked assassins had already left.
The news of Prince Lu Shuyun’s assassination attempt quickly spread throughout the entire Capital city. Since the Sum Emperor ascended the throne, such a heinous incident had rarely occurred, except for the last time when the remnants of Chen Nation had entered the Imperial Palace attempting to assassinate the Sum Emperor, which was seldom the case.
A Prince, in his own mansion, had actually been targeted for assassination by a group of masked assassins.
When the Sum Emperor learned of this incident, he was incredibly furious.
Since he ascended the throne, few had dared to make such turmoil in the Imperial city. The last time the remnants of Chen Nation entered the Imperial Palace, it was mainly to seek certain items and were accidentally discovered by the guards. The Sum Emperor had only exaggerated the incident claiming he had been subjected to an assassination attempt. Then, using that as a reason, he had banished the entire Duke Mu family from the Capital city. That was not a true assassination.
But this time was different.
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On this occasion, the assassins boldly stormed through the main entrance of Prince Lu Shuyun’s residence, killing anyone they encountered, and directly bloodbathed Prince Lu Shuyun’s mansion.
It was clear that the assassins were lawless, utterly disregarding imperial authority.
Such an incident happening right under the Emperor’s nose, how could the Sum Emperor not be furious.
The Sum Emperor ordered that very night for the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the Imperial City Forbidden Army to immediately apprehend the assassins without letting a single one escape.
The following morning.
Xuanzheng Hall.
Early in the day, officials had arrived at the Xuanzheng Hall to wait.
They had all heard about last night’s incident and were utterly shocked. No one had anticipated that assassins would have the audacity to bloodbath Prince Lu Shuyun’s mansion.
After all, Prince Lu Shuyun’s mansion was guarded by a Grandmaster and numerous experts.
At that moment, Lu Shuyun, dragging his weary body, entered the Xuanzheng Hall.
His face was deathly pale, totally devoid of color, and he appeared as if his soul had been lost.
Seeing Lu Shuyun in person, the ministers immediately gathered around him.
“Your Highness, are you alright?”
“Your Highness, are you injured?”
“Your Highness, those villains are despicable. They dared to invade Your Mansion. I believe His Majesty will never let those villains off.”
Listening to the officials’ warm inquiries, Lu Shuyun said nothing.
Although he had escaped from the mansion uninjured the day before, last night’s events had indeed frightened him.
Only this morning did he learn that all the retainers from his mansion and the Grandmaster sent by the Wang Family to protect him had been killed.
Furthermore, almost everyone in the mansion had perished, except for him and a few servants who managed to escape.
Lu Shuyun had initially believed that the experts in his mansion could hold off the assassins with no problem.
He had entered the mansion’s underground tunnel just as a precaution, in case any assassins came directly for him.
But he did not expect that the assassins’ purpose was not just to assassinate a prince; his retainers were also targets.
Just then, the eunuch’s voice echoed through the hall.
“His Majesty has arrived!”
The officials hurriedly returned to their places and saluted, saying, “Long live, long live, long everlasting live His Majesty.”
At this time, the Sum Emperor stood in front of the Dragon Throne without sitting down, looking down upon the officials below from a height.
There seemed to be a heavy murderous intent in the Emperor’s eyes, showing that last night’s events had indeed angered him greatly.
Then, Lu Shuyun dropped to his knees with a slap and said aloud, “Father Emperor, you must seek justice for your son! From my grand mansion, only four people have survived!”
As soon as Lu Shuyun finished speaking, the Sum Emperor remained silent, his eyes sweeping across the princes within the hall.
Feeling the Emperor’s gaze, sharp as if to kill, the princes felt immense pressure, and cold sweat began to bead on their foreheads.
Although they were not responsible for this incident, it was a critical time for the fight for succession, and they were the most suspect, as Prince Lu Shuyun’s death reduced one powerful competitor for them.
Yet they were not fools; how could they commit such an act of bloodbathing a prince’s mansion right under the Emperor’s nose.
If this event were to be traced back to them, being sent away to a fiefdom was the least of their worries. If their imperial father, in a fit of rage, decided to demote them to commoners, that would be a disaster.
The princes were frustrated; who would be the fool to commit such an act at this time? Could it have been a scheme orchestrated by Lu Shuyun himself?