Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military Lineage

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Chapter 172: Trouble

At this night, someone deliberately disturbed a pool of spring water and caused the flowers to bloom even in the cold winds of winter. Naturally there were plans that fell through and currently there were people who were in a thundering rage.

In the residence of Prince Zhou and Prince Li, it was such a situation.

In this evening, someone knocked Prince Zhou's room door and Prince Zhou thought it was the servants and called them to enter but no one enetered. Prince Zhou got up to open the doors and saw two ice cold corpses directly hitting his face. No one knew how the two corpses came into the residence of Prince Zhou. Prince Zhou flew into a rage and punished all the guards that were on night duty harshly before looking through carefully for traitors but at the end it was all without success.

The two corpses were also identified as the assassins who was sent off today to kill Shen Miao.

Prince Zhou's heart was restless and on the very night called Prince Jing over so that the two brothers could research the matter carefully.

As for Prince Li's end, it was even worst. Someone just threw two bodies directly into the residence from the walls and scared guards in the residence of Prince Li. The guards went out to chase but could not even find the shadows of anyone. At the end the found out that the two corpses were the assassins that were sent to kill Shen Miao. Prince Li was very troubled and restless of it. Obviously his assassins were killed and his route was broken and naturally that was his enemy. However for his enemy in Ding capital to be this highly skilled that the entire residence of Prince Li's guards could not even catch one person, Prince Li was extremely dissatisfied.

At the other end, the two brothers, Prince Zhou and Prince Jing, were in the middle of a discussion.

Prince Zhou asked, "Who do you think did it?"

Prince Jing muttered, "Perhaps it is Prince Li."

"I too think so." Prince Zhou nodded his head, "Perhaps he is taking the opportunity to threaten me or perhaps he has the same thoughts as me."

"However Prince Li always has an amicable appearance and would not do such a matter that could tear it apart." Prince Jing shook his head, "It might also be from the Crown Prince's hands."

"The Crown Prince?" Price Zhou paused before nodding his head, "These years the Crown Prince was proclaimed sick but everyone knew that it was just a cover-up. Neither one of us had seen his methods before and if he cause an internal fight between me and Prince Li, the Crown Prince can enjoy the benefits of a fisherman after the fight."

"Correct." Prince Jing sighed, "You better not forget there is another person, Number Nine."

"Forget about Number Nine." Prince Zhou waved his hand without a care for it, "Even if Number Nine make it known, he has no guts to do it as he does not move in the court to gain connections. To be able to create trouble in the residence of Prince Zhou, one's subordinates have to be experts."

"One does not know why but one always feel that Number Nine does not appear as simple as he looks." Prince Jing said, "You should not underestimate him."

"All in all," Prince Zhou signed, "This matter is not that simple. No matter if it is Prince Li or the Crown Prince, the oncoming person has ill-intentions. I will closely investigate it again. One want to know who is the one behind playing tricks."

Prince Jing nodded his head in agreement.

Naturally Prince Zhou and Prince Li did not know that the other party who eliminated both of their assassins and returned it back to them was not the Crown Prince that they guessed but one who had nothing to do with them. However this method of redirecting the waters of calamity to the East was indeed not bad. In the fight between the Princes of Ming Qi, unknowingly it had become fiercer.