Ministers Begging Me to Ascend the Throne

Chapter 1114: Chapter 139: Prince Han Never Expected...

At midnight, Tong Xi was awakened by the sounds of fighting and cursed in his heart: His Highness really jinxed it.

Tong Xi wasn’t worried about Zhao Yao’s safety and didn’t rush to Zhao Yao’s side but went to capture the assassins first. Meanwhile, Zhao Yao slept soundly, completely unaffected by the disturbance outside.

As soon as an assassin approached Zhao Yao’s room, he fell to the ground without even having the time to let out a scream.

Lu Guang, who was guarding Zhao Yao’s room, glanced at the commotion outside the window, feeling unruffled. He yawned, realizing there was no need for him to act, and continued sleeping.

When Zhao Yao woke up, it was already the hour of Chen. He had slept very well last night, completely undisturbed by the assassins. Learning about last night’s attempt on his life, he was not surprised at all.

Tong Xi complained, "Your Highness, you really are a jinx."

Zhao Yao laughed, "This is just the beginning, there will be no peace ahead..."

Tong Xi interrupted Zhao Yao before he could finish, "My Lord, please say no more." Tong Xi wished he could cover Zhao Yao’s mouth.

"Not a single survivor?" Zhao Yao asked while drinking porridge.

"At first, we caught a few survivors, but they bit their tongues to commit suicide." Actually, they bit onto poison in their mouths. "I am useless, Your Highness may punish me."

Zhao Yao waved his hand and said, "It’s not that you all are useless, but my dear Fifth Brother sees me as worthy enough to specifically send a suicide squad to assassinate me."

"Suicide squad?" Tong Xi was taken aback, then recalled the ruthless actions of last night’s assassins and finally realized they were a suicide squad. "No wonder those assassins last night were so fierce and fearless." Tong Xi had never encountered a suicide squad before; last night was his first experience, and it was normal not to recognize them.

Zhao Yao glanced at Tong Xi and said with a smile, "There will be batch after batch of suicide squads next, and perhaps even some from the Xiongnu. You’re going to have a hard time."

Seeing Zhao Yao speak such terrifying words with a full smile, Tong Xi’s mouth twitched slightly, and he said irritably, "Your Highness, don’t talk as if it has nothing to do with you." Also, what’s with your gloating tone? The suicide squads are here to assassinate you, not me.

"Having assassins as company along the way isn’t a bad thing; at least it’s lively."

Tong Xi: "..." Your Highness, you really are fearless.

As Zhao Yao expected, the assassins kept coming one after another, relentlessly. More importantly, each wave was more ruthless than the last. If they hadn’t been prepared to deal with it in advance, they might not have been able to cope with the unending assassination attempts.

The assassins, unable to get close to Prince Han, set fire to the ships directly. Since they didn’t know which ship Prince Han was on, the assassins set fire to all the boats of the Liang Family’s Trading Team.

Zhao Yao changed boats every day and did not stay on just one.

Anticipating the assassins would set fire to the ships, the fleet had already applied a layer of fire retardant material on them, which did not completely prevent the fire, but slowed its spread.

When the fire broke out, there was time for the sailors to put it out without letting the whole ship be consumed.

The assassins hadn’t expected the fire setting strategy to fail, so they continued boarding to assassinate.

Speaking of the guards on board, the sailors have been to sea and faced various dangers on the waters. They have confronted pirates more ferocious than assassins, so facing assassins, they had sufficient experience. Moreover, their ship had been specially modified for maritime risks and was not an ordinary merchant ship. The ship had various mechanisms; when assassins boarded, a small group would die in the traps set on the ship.

Seeing that setting fires and boarding assassinations failed, the assassins thought of sinking the ship. Unfortunately, they did not realize that the Liang Family’s ships were not standard boats; sinking them with ordinary means wouldn’t work unless they used explosives. But, the assassins didn’t have explosives.

These days, the assassins exhausted all methods to kill Zhao Yao. Forget about succeeding, they hadn’t even seen Zhao Yao’s shadow.

Far away in Youzhou, Prince Han was furious to learn that the assassins sent out had not succeeded yet in the assassination. If possible, he wished to personally kill Zhao Yao.

Yang Qi also didn’t expect that assassinating a Prince Han would be so difficult. Luckily, there was still some time before Prince Han returned to the capital, so they still had the chance to kill him.

Prince Han did not want a repeat of the failed assassination attempt on Prince Chu and couldn’t allow Zhao Yao’s smooth return to the capital. He must be killed at sea, and then his body thrown into the ocean, leaving no trace behind.