Prince Qi's palace.
Prince Qi was the fourth prince, Lei Haoran. He was not the eldest son, but his mother was the empress!
Therefore, when Lei Haoran reached adulthood at the age of eighteen, he was given the title of Prince Qi. From then on, he became the center of attention.
Until now, his henchmen had spread throughout the imperial court, and he had many strategists by his side. It could be said that he had established his own faction.
At this moment, he was conversing with a capable strategist. "Mister Yan, what do you think about the assassination of Lei Haoqing?"
The man with the goatee opposite him smiled. "There are only two possibilities. First, the other princes could not hold it in.
Secondly, someone did it on purpose in order to mess up the situation! "
Lei Haoran also looked thoughtful. "If it's the first possibility, who do you think did it, Mister Yan?
If it's the second possibility, who's the one secretly adding fuel to the fire? "
"Among all the princes, only Prince Ying and the thirteenth prince have the ability to hire the golden-striped blood-clothed assassins from the Blood Garment Pavilion. However, the traces are too obvious. In fact, the two of them are the least suspicious.
If it's not one of the princes who did it, then this matter is worth thinking about. I'm afraid that someone will come to disrupt the situation! "
Lei Haoran did not say anything, but his hands were clenched tightly!
At the same time, the thirteenth prince, Lei Haoyun, also received the same information.
Lei Haoyun was Lei Chengjun's youngest son. He had just turned twenty this year. Whether it was his appearance, personality, or behavior, he was very similar to Lei Chengjun. Therefore, Lei Chengjun doted on this youngest son very much.
Just because of this favor from the heavens, a large number of court officials and spirit cultivators came to seek refuge.
Lei Haoyun frowned. "Sigh, Lei Haoqing and I don't get along well. Now, I'm afraid that many people are suspecting me. The tree wants to be quiet, but the wind will not stop."
In the depths of the palace, Lei Chengjun threw out the report that recorded this matter!
His face looked calm, but his eyes were filled with rage!
"Cough cough!"
Suddenly, he coughed violently. An old eunuch beside him hurriedly fed him a pill and patted his back. Only then did he feel better.
"Little Du, I'm not dead yet and they're already so daring. When I'm dead, do they still want to rebel?!"
The "Little Du" he spoke of was the Head Steward of the Servants Administration. He was in charge of all the eunuchs in the palace. Even Eunuch Gao was his subordinate.
He smiled and said, "Your Majesty, please don't be angry. There is something strange about this matter. Maybe someone is deliberately slandering you."
"No matter what the truth is, the situation in the Imperial Capital will definitely change …" Speaking up to here, Lei Chengjun paused for a moment, and a trace of determination flashed through his eyes. "Little Du, you go and prepare for that matter. It must be done within a year."
"Your Majesty, there's no need to be in such a hurry, right?" Eunuch Du asked in surprise.
Lei Chengjun said sternly, "We can't wait any longer. In order to resist foreign aggression, we must first settle our internal affairs. If we don't suppress those brats, we will fail for sure!
Go! "
"This servant receives the order." Eunuch Du could only accept the order and leave.
Lei Haoqing's assassination midway attracted the attention of all the higher-ups. Even His Majesty was alarmed.
But no one would have thought that Lian Ye, who arranged this matter, just didn't want Lei Haoqing to bother her. Even Lian Ye herself wouldn't have thought that the struggle in the Imperial Capital would become even more intense because of her!
Several days later, the two months Leng Shiqi had been in seclusion for finally came to an end.
On this day, He Fei Chen knocked on the door to Leng Shiqi's secret room. "Sir, Eunuch Gao sent someone to pass on a message. He wants you to go over."
Leng Shiqi walked out of the secret room and asked, "His calculations are quite accurate. Did anything happen in these two months?"
He had secretly snuck out to assassinate Lei Haoqing. No one knew that he had left.
He Fei Chen immediately began to talk about this matter with a smile of exultation. "… Apart from this, our Twenty-Ninth Guard Squad has also completed three missions, all of which went very smoothly. It has to be said that Feng Mo is truly powerful.
Once, if it weren't for him, we would have lost several people! "
Leng Shiqi laughed secretly. Feng Shamo was indeed very powerful as the personal disciple of the Blood-Robed Pavilion Master.
"Oh, by the way, these are the materials sent from the Western Wilderness Prefecture. They have been sent twice." He Fei Chen took out two mustard seed bags and said.
Leng Shiqi probed inside with his spiritual force. There were a lot of resources in the two mustard seed bags, but their grades were very ordinary. They added up to about 170,000 to 180,000 spiritual stones.
He took out some Awakening Elixirs and commonly used healing elixirs from the mustard seed bags and gave them to He Fei Chen, saying, "You have worked hard during this period. You can share these with everyone."
"This lowly subordinate thanks milord." He Fei Chen didn't say any more courteous words and happily received it.
Then, Leng Shiqi went straight to the Cold Nether Pavilion and met Eunuch Gao.
Eunuch Gao looked up and down at Leng Shiqi and said slowly, "Your strength now is not weaker than the late stage of Gang Spirit Realm. You have also made contributions, so you are qualified to take over as the Eunuch Envoy."
"That's my intention." Leng Shiqi nodded. He had planned to be promoted as the Eunuch Envoy by himself after coming out of training.
"Well, you can do it in two days. At that time, you will also be in charge of several guards, and your status and rights will be announced soon."
Hearing this, Leng Shiqi felt a little strange. It seemed that Eunuch Gao was very eager to promote him as the Eunuch Envoy. He probably wanted him to do something.
Sure enough, Eunuch Gao continued, "When you are stable as the Eunuch Envoy, do me a favor."
Leng Shiqi thought to himself that what was to come would come. The debts owed would be paid back sooner or later. He had just repaid Lian Ye's favor a few days ago, and now it was Eunuch Gao's turn.
Eunuch Gao had helped him to bear the destruction of the Small Chaotic Cave of Five Elements, which was a big favor!
He immediately cupped his fists and said, "Master, please instruct me."
"Li Jue Cheng schemed against us last time. Of course, we can't just let it go!"
Eunuch Gao's tone was cold. "We are now in charge of eight counties in the west of the Thunderfire Dynasty, but there are actually nine counties in the west. Do you know who is in charge of that county?"
Although Leng Shiqi didn't know, he immediately guessed it. "Li Jue Cheng!"
Eunuch Gao said sternly, "That's right. There was once when we were seriously injured, and there were many things going on in the palace, so he secretly took away one of our counties!
That county was Ningyang County! "
Hearing the words "Ningyang County", Leng Shiqi's heart skipped a beat. Isn't the secret treasure of the Star Clan that Zhuge Yun mentioned in Ningyang County?
If Eunuch Gao sent him to Ningyang County, he could take the secret treasure along the way.
"Right now, Li Zhangtao, the Patrol Inspector of Ningyang County's Dark Thunder Guards, is Li Jue Cheng's trusted aide. However, he is a complete piece of trash. His cultivation of Unity of Heaven and Man was forcefully broken through by relying on external objects.
Ningyang County is in endless chaos. How can such a person be the Patrol Inspector of a county? "Eunuch Gao's words were full of disdain for Li Zhangtao.
Leng Shiqi understood that Eunuch Gao wanted him to go to Ningyang County to seize power!