Ministers Begging Me to Ascend the Throne

Chapter 1122: Chapter 142: Prince Chu’s Worries (2)

"I don’t know, Your Highness."

Prince Chu asked, "Where is the Tenth Brother now?"

"Almost at Qiantang."

"Send someone to meet the Tenth Brother immediately." If he could, Prince Chu wished he could personally go to Qiantang to greet Zhao Yao.

"Yes, Your Highness, I’ll send someone right away."

After Wei Mian had left, Princess Consort Chu came in. She had overheard some of the conversation between Prince Chu and Wei Mian.

"Your Highness, Prince Han is a blessed man with fate on his side; he will be fine," Princess Consort Chu knew that Prince Chu cared deeply for his younger brother, Prince Han. If anything were to happen to Prince Han, she feared what Prince Chu might do.

Thinking about the scene in his dream where Zhao Yao was assassinated by a killer, Prince Chu couldn’t help but tear up.

"You’re right, the Tenth Brother will definitely be fine." No wonder the Tenth Brother didn’t tell him his exact return date to the capital. It seems the Tenth Brother had long foreseen that Prince Han would send people to assassinate him.

"Your Highness, it’s cold at night; you should go back."

"Princess, you go back and continue sleeping," Prince Chu said gently, looking at Princess Consort Chu, "I’ll be fine."

Princess Consort Chu also knew that Prince Chu wouldn’t be able to sleep, "I’ll stay here with you then, Your Highness."

"No need, you can go back." Prince Chu called out to someone outside to escort Princess Consort Chu back to rest.

With no choice, Princess Consort Chu returned to rest.

Prince Chu sat at the desk, pondering why Prince Han would want Zhao Yao dead.

Did Prince Han truly know that the Tenth Brother was aware of his collusion with the Third Princess Consort? Prince Han, unable to eliminate him, took out his anger on the Tenth Brother.

Wait, isn’t Prince Han supposed to be sick and not returning to the capital by the year’s end? Could it be that Prince Han isn’t really sick but pretending?

Why would Prince Han feign illness?

For Prince Han, returning to the capital at the year’s end is extremely important; he wouldn’t feign illness for no reason.

Could it be that Prince Han’s absence from the capital at year’s end is related to the Tenth Brother?

What did the Tenth Brother do that scared Prince Han enough not to return to the capital?

It seems the Tenth Brother did something significant, so much so that Prince Han dared not return to the capital.

Could the Tenth Brother have found evidence of Prince Han colluding with the Xiongnu and the Third Princess Consort?!

Only this could scare Prince Han enough not to return.

Knowing the Tenth Brother discovered the evidence, Prince Han sent an assassin to kill him.

The Tenth Brother, worried about implicating him, didn’t tell him about it, wanting to shoulder it alone.

After figuring it out, Prince Chu cursed Zhao Yao in his heart.

Once Zhao Yao safely returns to the capital, Prince Chu decided to teach him a good lesson. For now, the priority is to bring Zhao Yao back quickly to ensure his safety.

Far away at sea, "Zhao Yao" was once again under assassination. However, he was no longer on the Liang family’s merchant ship. The "Prince Han" on the ship was someone else in disguise, while he himself had quietly gone ashore.

Tong Xi, who had been so disturbed by the assassins that he couldn’t sleep well at night, was now furiously killing the assassin.

As Zhao Yao’s personal eunuch, he had to stay on the ship and guard the fake Prince Han, otherwise, their cover would be blown.

Zhao Yao disguised himself as another person and boldly boarded a ship from Qiantang to return to the capital.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t visit the Liang family in Yangzhou to see his grandfather and them. He could only wait to detour to Yangzhou to see his grandmother when he returned to Swamp Prefecture.

This assassination this time didn’t end until dawn.

Covered in blood, Tong Xi sat heavily on the ground, sighing softly, "Ah, when will these assassinations ever end."

Liang Chun, sitting next to him, said, "Probably not until we reach the capital."

Tong Xi waved his hand, saying, "Even when we reach the capital, there might still be assassinations. The Xun Family wouldn’t let him off."

"The Xun Family is too arrogant," Liang Chun said indignantly, "Once he returns to the capital, he must teach the Xun Family a lesson."

"After the New Year, he will give the Xun Family a gift of total annihilation," Tong Xi sneered, "For now, let them jump around a bit longer."

"Does he already have evidence?"

"He should have." Unable to bear the smell of blood on himself, Tong Xi stood up and said, "Young Master, I should go back first."

"Safe travels, Sir."

Meanwhile, far away in the capital, Prince Chu received another piece of news from the palace.

Yang Ling asked in surprise, "Why is the Emperor investigating the relationship between Shu Pin and Princess Consort De? Aren’t they supposed to be arch-enemies?"

"It seems they aren’t actually arch-enemies," Prince Chu said thoughtfully, "They must have an extraordinary relationship; otherwise, Father wouldn’t suddenly investigate them."

"Did Shu Pin and Princess Consort De do something?"

"On the surface, they did nothing, but I’m afraid they did something secretly together," Prince Chu suddenly thought of the two matters of Prince Han not returning to the capital at the end of the year and his sending people to assassinate Zhao Yao.