Crowned by the Treacherous Big Shot

Prince Fu lowered his face: "So, Hu Lie will assassinate the Emperor within three days?"

Meng Qianqian replied, "That's his plan."

Prince Fu clenched his fists.

Cui Hu asked, "Young Madam, should I also go to the Cold Palace to protect His Majesty?"

Meng Qianqian gave him a complex glance.

Cui Hu's face darkened: "Young Madam, I am also an Imperial Guard, could you please not look at me with such distrust?"

He admitted, his martial arts were not as good as Ji Feng's.

But his brains...

Damn it, his brains were not as good as Ji Feng's either.

Cui Hu fell silent.

"You have your task."

Meng Qianqian instructed Cui Hu to return to the Crown Prince Mansion and await news.

"Lu Yuan, you've found Bao Shu and the Emperor, right? You must hold on until the third day."

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Underground palace.

After Emperor Liang, the Miao King, and Treasure Piggy ate and drank their fill, they continued their journey to the real entrance of the underground palace.

It was only at this time that Lu Qi understood what had transpired in the Capital City.

Although there was no evidence, no one was a fool.

Along the way, he was very silent.

"Do you even know the way?"

The Miao King, following behind Emperor Liang, asked irritably.

Emperor Liang gave him a chilly glance: "Ate your fill and now have the energy to seek death?"

The Miao King retorted unhappily, "Who do you look down on? If it weren't for the child, I would have already punched your teeth out!"

Emperor Liang couldn't be bothered with him.

The priority was to get out of the Imperial Mausoleum quickly; as for the rest, he would settle it slowly.

Lu Qi watched the hostile interactions between Emperor Liang and the Miao King, his expression suddenly relaxing.

Lu Yuan, walking beside him, asked with a half-smile, "Are you relieved now?"

Lu Qi said, "My royal father committed a crime, and your father is no better off, one internal strife, one external calamity, who dies first is uncertain."

Lu Yuan asked with a chuckle, "Are you gloating over this?"

Lu Qi gave him a cold side-eye.

Lu Yuan brazenly walked over to Emperor Liang, pointed to Treasure Piggy, who was nursing a bottle in Emperor Liang's arms, and said: "Let me hold it."

Emperor Liang retorted, "Get lost."

Lu Yuan stopped with a smile, letting Emperor Liang pass by, and only when Lu Qi was beside him, he gave Lu Yuan a knowing look.

Lu Qi furrowed his brows in deep contemplation.

Grandfather loved Zhaozhao dearly.

It was possible he might show leniency towards the Crown Prince Mansion on her behalf.

But there was no one in the Jin Prince Mansion who could rival Zhaozhao's status.

If Grandfather passed judgment, the consequences would be disastrous.

He stopped in his tracks, watched everyone's retreating figures, and clenched his fists in conflicting emotions.

Previously due to lack of food, Emperor Liang and the Miao King did not travel quickly, visibly taking several days, but in fact not covering much distance.

However, today they traveled quite a bit, getting very close to the entrance of the Imperial Mausoleum.

"How much longer?"

The Miao King impatiently asked.

This damned underground palace had trapped him long enough, he wanted out!

He didn't want to be trapped here for life, he still wanted to see Xian'er!

The unexpected happened at that moment, when Emperor Liang led the group through a labyrinth, countless arrows suddenly shot out from various openings.

Emperor Liang quickly retreated while holding the child.

The Miao King instinctively blocked in front of him.

At this moment, regardless of past grievances, their bodies acted on pure instinct.

Lu Yuan blocked another side.

Seeing the formation of the three, Lu Qi, after briefly weighing the pros and cons, filled in the gap on the other side.

The group narrowly survived the rain of arrows.

The Miao King, looking at the broken arrows littering the ground, puzzledly asked: "Where did these arrows come from? Who accidentally triggered the trap?"

Lu Yuan smirked at Lu Qi.

Lu Qi coldly stated: "I didn't touch anything."

The Miao King bypassed his grandson: "Not you, not him, not me, could it be you?"

He glared at Emperor Liang.

Emperor Liang gave him an annoyed look.

Miao King said, "So if it's none of us, then someone must be controlling the mechanisms here?"

This was a bold guess.

But Emperor Liang did not refute it.

The Miao King put his hands on his hips and gloated: "Ah, Old Liang, quite a few people want you dead, you've been quite a failure as an Emperor!"

Emperor Liang retorted, "How do you know it's not targeted at you? Your enemies seemed relentless."

Lu Yuan cleared his throat and unobtrusively kicked away a Gu Worm on the ground.

The Miao King, seeing it sharply, widened his eyes in disbelief.

Damned!

Who was sabotaging him!!!

Just as the mechanisms settled down, another wave arose.

Not only that, they encountered an ambush.

The Miao King was enraged: "Old Liang! Is your Imperial Mausoleum a cabbage patch? Are there too many people?!"

This group seemed exceptionally familiar with the layout of the underground palace, frequently using the traps and secret passages to appear suddenly and disappear, being extremely cunning.

"This group seems to know your place better than you, what's going on?"

The Miao King slapped an assassin flying and asked Emperor Liang with frustration.

Emperor Liang did not respond.

Lu Qi's expression suddenly turned a bit unnatural.

The Miao King did not know, but he had heard of this.

The Hu Family was involved in constructing the Imperial Mausoleum.

He accidentally overheard it outside his royal father's study.

At that time, he just assumed it was the widely known mausoleum outside.

In a spot unseen by others, he secretly clenched his fingers.

Suddenly, a black-clad person charged at him, pushing him into a stone door.

The stone door closed with a loud rumble.

Lu Qi was about to punch the black-clad figure.

The black-clad person suddenly knelt on one knee: "Commandery Prince!"

Lu Qi was stunned.

The masked person tore away his mask and said to Lu Qi: "I was sent by General Hu to rescue you!"

"Uncle Grandfather?"

Lu Qi asked curiously, "Those assassins outside—"

The masked person answered, "They are also under the Great General!"

Lu Qi's face darkened: "If they are my Uncle Grandfather's men, didn't they recognize my royal grandfather? Killing the Miao King is one thing, eliminating Lu Yuan another, but why target my royal grandfather?"

The masked person hesitantly said, "This is... the general's order."

Lu Qi frowned and said, "You're lying! How could my Uncle Grandfather order an assassination of His Majesty?"

The masked person hesitated, but decided to explain the situation: "With the Imperial City in chaos, and such a major incident, His Majesty has likely figured out who is responsible. Once His Majesty leaves the Imperial Mausoleum, the Jin Prince Mansion and the General Mansion will face catastrophic destruction!"

Lu Qi clenched his fists and said, "But we can't kill the Emperor!"

The masked person dared to look up at him: "Commandery Prince, under the nest, no egg is left intact. If something happens to the Jin Prince Mansion, you will also be implicated. Even though you have done nothing wrong and have shown filial piety to His Majesty, the Emperor will disregard the bond between grandfather and grandson. His Majesty is decisive and ruthless, he won't leave any threats to the throne and will certainly remove the Jin Prince Mansion, the biggest stumbling block for the Crown Prince Mansion to inherit the throne smoothly."