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Chapter 65 Prince Yong's Mansion is attacked again

"The emergence of the Eighth Prince's Party in this election of the new crown prince once again caught the emperor by surprise. The emperor discovered that the Eighth Prince's Party was unprecedentedly powerful and once again threatened the imperial power. The new crown prince is the future emperor, but the current emperor is still healthy and in his prime. The new crown prince is certainly important, but no matter how important he is, he cannot be more important than the emperor himself, so the situation that follows can be predicted."

Li Yan agreed with what he heard and asked quickly, "Please teach me, sir!"

"If Wu is right, the next step for the Emperor is to separate the Prince and the Fourteenth Prince from the Eighth Prince's party."

"Of course, the prince is no longer a loyal supporter of the Eighth Master's Party, but the emperor will definitely let the prince leave the Eighth Master's Party with good reason and weaken the Eighth Master's Party. He will even strengthen the power of the Fourth Master's faction to compete with the Eighth Master. With this, the court will be stabilized again."

"And this is also the art of emperorship, and it is what the prince needs to master." After Wu Sidao finished speaking, he looked at Li Yan with a faint smile on his face.

Li Yan was shocked when he heard this. He relied on foresight to do things, and although he could always do things just right and prepare in advance, without this solid basic skill, he always felt a lot weaker and was easily out of the situation from time to time.

What I lack is a macro-grasp of the overall situation and a clear judgment of worldly affairs and human nature. It seems that my knowledge is still far from enough!
Li Yan secretly made up his mind that in the future, he would not get involved in the power struggles in the court. Instead of engaging in intrigues and deceptions with the Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Brothers, it would be better for him to learn more about the Four Books and Five Classics, the Hundred Schools of Thought, and Confucian classics from Mr. Wu.

This knowledge is not given for nothing. Even if I inherit the throne in the future, such a large country, with thousands of provinces and hundreds of millions of people, has a vast territory far beyond that of previous dynasties. Ethnic issues, regional issues, rich and poor issues, and various conflicts among social classes are intertwined and extremely complicated. It is definitely not something I can handle now.

If one takes on this heavy responsibility but fails to govern well and makes a mess of government affairs, it will be a disaster for the country and will ultimately harm both the country and oneself.

One night, the moon was dark and the wind was strong. The entire capital city fell into sleep. Only the night watchmen appeared on the street once every hour to remind the various governments to be careful with fire as the weather was dry.

Soon after the night watchman passed by, a group of men in black quietly appeared outside the gate of Prince Yong's mansion. The leader was a thin man who looked inconspicuous among the tall people. The thin leader was also dressed in black. He looked around and saw that the street was empty at night. He waved his hand and more than 20 people behind him ran quickly across the street and appeared under the wall of the palace.

Two men in black put their hands together, and one of them stepped up from the side. The man below lifted his hands vigorously, and the man above jumped up quickly, landing lightly on the wall without making any sound. He looked around carefully, then jumped down. In just a moment, the door was opened, and the group of men in black drew their long swords and rushed in decisively.

As soon as he rushed through the front yard, he was discovered by the guards hiding in the dark. Several screams broke the night sky, breaking the tranquility of the late night, and suddenly the harsh sound of gongs rang out in the dark courtyard. The thin leader who had just given the order outside did not follow him into the yard, but shrank into the alley and hid.

The leader of the black-clad men who entered the mansion said, "Don't worry about them, just go to the back house where Prince Yong is sleeping."

After that, a group of people skillfully passed through the front garden and the middle courtyard, heading towards the backyard where the owner of the palace lived. In the middle, they encountered several waves of servants and guards who hurried to stop them. Although this group of black-clothed people were not many in number, each of them was a hero picked from a hundred. They were quick and decisive, and had great skills. Ordinary servants and guards were no match for them. They could not stop them for a moment before they were quickly defeated.

However, this group of black-clad men did not seem to be extremely vicious. Most of them did not hit hard, just injured and repelled the enemy, without killing them. As long as the servants did not come out to stop them, they would ignore them. So although the fight looked fierce, in fact, few people had died so far. But the ferocity of this group of people and the failure of the guards who dared to stop them at the beginning made the others hide in the house in fear and dare not come out again.

Not long after, the men in black rushed to the backyard where Yinzhen lived. It seemed that they saw their target right in front of them. One of them excitedly ordered: "Go, kill Prince Yong and you will be rewarded handsomely." When the others heard it, they rushed forward desperately. However, when they reached the middle of the yard, torches were lit all around, making the yard as bright as day.

A group of men in tight clothes appeared in front of the main house, holding bows and arrows, and pointed coldly at the courtyard. This group of people was obviously different from the mob in the front yard. They said without a word: "The prince has ordered that no one should be spared."

"shoot"

“Swish. Swish.”

"Puff."

"what!"

Countless arrows came towards them with great force, and the men in black waved their swords to block them, dancing their swords so hard that no wind could blow in or water could splash in. Although the men in black were considered to be highly skilled, if they defended for too long they would lose, and it was dark, so they were bound to be caught off guard. From time to time, people were hit by arrows, and screams could be heard.

When half of the people on the field had fallen, the arrows from the opposite side also stopped. The men in black just breathed a sigh of relief when two more teams rushed up from the side, one on the left and one in the right hand, holding long swords and slashing. The two groups fought together and it was impossible to tell which was which.

Although the men in black were also very skilled, they were no match for these people. In addition, the other side had too many people and was familiar with the terrain. After a while, several of the men in black were killed. The remaining ones panicked when they saw this, knowing that if they continued, they would be wiped out. They shouted:
"Brothers, retreat, retreat quickly."

But the Yongwang Mansion, which used to be peaceful, was now like a den of dragons and tigers, easy to enter but difficult to leave.

The men in black rushed desperately and quickly retreated from the yard. Fortunately, there was no ambush on the way here. It is estimated that the people in the palace did not expect that this group of people would have such strong fighting power. The men in black fought and retreated. Facing the pursuit of the palace guards, people were injured and fell one after another. Fortunately, the front yard was still dark, and the guards were worried about accidentally hurting their own people, which gave the men in black a chance to escape.

That's how it was. When they reached the gate, there were only two of them left. After so much hardship, they arrived at the gate, as if they saw hope of survival. They were overjoyed and rushed out of the gate desperately. At this time, they heard the whistling sound of arrows from behind. They looked back and were so scared that they lost their souls. Countless arrows were flying like raindrops. They stepped hard and dodged quickly.

"what"

With a scream, one of them was shot in the neck, and with a thump, he fell at the gate like a rag bag, struggling for a while, and then there was no sound. Another person groaned, and was also shot in the back. His body sank and he felt a sharp pain, but fortunately the arrow did not hit his vital parts.

Finally, the man in black knew that if he stayed, he would die. He gritted his teeth, endured the pain, held his breath, and ran desperately across the street and disappeared into the street opposite.

(End of this chapter)