Ministers Begging Me to Ascend the Throne

Chapter 1050: Chapter 109: The Future Princess Han’s Unexpected Origins...

In Youzhou, at Prince Han Mansion, Prince Han was playing chess with Yang Qi. However, his face did not look well; his brows were furrowed, and his expression was very impatient. Sitting opposite him, Yang Qi appeared calm.

"Your Highness, our suicide squad has taken action, Prince Chu is bound to die, you needn’t worry," Yang Qi wasn’t concerned about whether Prince Chu would die, but rather worried about the aftermath. No matter how perfectly they executed, there would be some traces left, and with the court’s capability, they might find out about Prince Chu’s death being related to them.

Yang Qi never dared to underestimate the court in the capital city, primarily because the emperor was too formidable, and the emperor’s thoughts were hard to fathom. Once attention was drawn to the court and the emperor, the situation would become very serious.

The emperor always favored Prince Chu; if Prince Chu were killed, the emperor wouldn’t possibly remain indifferent, and would surely decree a thorough investigation into the matter. He couldn’t fully guarantee that they hadn’t left any traces. If the court discovered that they were behind Prince Chu’s death, the emperor definitely wouldn’t spare Prince Han.

Sigh, he hoped his scheme to frame would succeed. That way, Prince Han would be safe.

Prince Han had a lot of confidence in the suicide squad he raised in his mansion; logically, he shouldn’t be worried, but the assassins sent earlier had always failed to kill Prince Chu, which made him doubt the suicide squad he dispatched.

"Old Fourth is too sly, I can’t feel assured in my heart." This time, Old Fourth came to the northern frontier having made full preparations. In addition, he inherently was insidious and treacherous, making it not easy to eliminate him.

"Your Highness, no matter how sly Prince Chu is, he is still human; it’s impossible for him to survive from our suicide squad," Yang Qi didn’t expect the ever-so-imperious Prince Han to feel uneasy at this time.

Listening to Yang Qi’s confident words, Prince Han felt a significant reduction in his unease.

"Sir, you are right."

"Your Highness, we just wait for good news."

"I await it."

Prince Han’s face returned to normal, a nonchalant smile emerged at the corner of his mouth, as he continued to play chess with Yang Qi.

After the two finished the game, the suicide squad returned.

Upon learning that Prince Chu fell off a cliff, Prince Han laughed heartily, "Dead, Old Fourth is finally dead."

Yang Qi didn’t share Prince Han’s joyous laughter but instead carefully inquired about the process of Prince Chu falling off the cliff from the suicide squad. Additionally, he asked whether they had gone to the cliff bottom to find Prince Chu’s body.

The suicide squad informed Yang Qi they deliberately forced Prince Chu and his entourage to the edge of the cliff and severely injured them. Before falling off the cliff, Prince Chu and several of his attendants were already heavily injured; it was absolutely impossible for them to survive the fall. Of course, they did go to the bottom of the cliff to search for Prince Chu’s body. Prince Chu’s body was terribly mangled from the fall, but fortunately, his face was not completely destroyed, allowing them to confirm Prince Chu’s death.

After hearing the words from the suicide squad, Yang Qi could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"You did well."

Yang Qi had previously instructed the suicide squad to disguise themselves as bandits when assassinating Prince Chu and kill him. Unexpectedly, not only did the suicide squad successfully disguise themselves as bandits, they also managed to push Prince Chu off the cliff. This way, when the court sends people to investigate the cause of Prince Chu’s death, they couldn’t possibly trace it back to them.

Despite being praised, the suicide squad’s face remained void of any expression.

Yang Qi asked the suicide squad a few more questions before letting them withdraw.

"Your Highness, now you can be completely at ease."

Prince Han was in excellent spirits, "I am so happy." The death of Prince Chu not only helped Prince Han preserve his greatest secret but also removed a major threat from his heart. "Sir, this is worthy of celebration, let’s go have a few drinks."

Yang Qi wouldn’t dampen Prince Han’s enthusiasm, "Your Highness, tonight we drink without restraint."

"Alright, we won’t return until drunk." These days, as the assassination of Prince Chu was always unsuccessful, both Prince Han and Yang Qi had been in a poor mood. Now that Prince Chu was finally dead, the great burden on their hearts had finally been lifted.

After confirming Prince Chu was completely dead, Prince Han resumed his secret dealings with the Third Princess just like before. Meanwhile, Prince Dai in the northern frontier was completely unaware.

Prince Han did not send the news of Prince Chu’s death back to the capital. Prince Chu’s death would be kept from the court until their discovery.

To ensure the court wouldn’t find anything suspicious about Prince Chu’s death, Yang Qi sent people to the site of Prince Chu’s fall, destroying all evidence of Prince Chu and his entourage’s bodies. Destroying the evidence ensured the court would find nothing.

Far away in Swamp Prefecture, Zhao Yao also received the news of "Prince Chu" falling off the cliff and dying, and was aware that Prince Han had sent people to destroy the evidence.