I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 121 Fan Xian's Decision

It has been more than a month since Emperor Qing left Beijing, and many things have gradually surfaced.

Kyoto seems calm, but there are actually undercurrents.

Of course, with the eldest prince in control of Kyoto's garrison and the imperial guards, and Dean Chen exuding a dark and terrifying aura, it is impossible for anything big to happen in Kyoto. If something big were to happen, it could only happen to His Majesty, who is far away from Kyoto.

Thinking about the news he had found out recently, Yan Bingyun was very distressed. His status was not high, but his role was very complicated. He was actually the third person in the Supervisory Council and a close confidant of Fan Xian, but his father had another identity. The most important thing was that before His Majesty left Beijing, he was summoned to the palace by His Majesty, and after a long talk all night, he had another identity.

In addition to these, the third prince Li Chengzong also specifically talked to him before leaving Kyoto, so he also played another role, but he never told anyone about this role.

It was also by virtue of this unique role that he received news from Prince Ding's Mansion, vaguely guessed some of the truth, and began to be horrified by this truth - he never thought that the dean, who was loyal to Qing Kingdom and His Majesty in his mind, would plot to provoke a war and design to kill His Majesty.

He didn't know how he gave himself away, he just asked his father a question.

"If you had to choose between His Majesty and the Court, would you choose His Majesty or the Court?"

As expected, his father's answer was the hospital.

Then he was locked up at home.

Yan Bingyun did not say anything. He was loyal to His Majesty and the court, but he found that he could do nothing. After all, he was an official of the Supervisory Council and his father's son, so in the end he only sent a letter to Prince Ding's Mansion.

The Royal Villa in the west of the city.

Li Yunrui, who was no longer able to make any waves in the eyes of the public, could always find hidden power in Kyoto. He brought Xinyang strategist Yuan Hongdao into the villa which was heavily blocked by the Supervisory Council without being discovered by the people of the Supervisory Council, which proved this point.

"A blind man can tell what your majesty is thinking. But I just can't understand one thing: where does your majesty's confidence come from? Can Eunuch Hong alone resist the two great masters Si Gu Jian and Ku He?"

This was a question that Yuan Hongdao could not figure out after he learned that Emperor Qing was going to Mount Dadong to offer sacrifices to the heavens. Although Qing Kingdom also had two grandmasters, he also knew that these two grandmasters were Emperor Qing's men, and it was hard to say whether they could resist Ku He of Northern Qi and Si Gu Jian of Dongyi City. Therefore, this trip to Mount Dadong to offer sacrifices to the heavens was still very risky.

Li Yunrui has more white hair on her head than in the past two years, but this does not affect her beautiful appearance. She is still the most beautiful woman in the world, and her eyes are still charming and affectionate. However, people who are really careful can see that this woman's mind has undergone many changes. At least when she heard the name Emperor Qing, there was deep hatred and indifference hidden in the depths of her eyes.

"He was too confident. Being overconfident means being conceited. He was so conceited that he thought he could outwit the enemy. The Dadongshan assassination has now become a ridiculous open assassination. He knew I wanted to kill him and was waiting for me to kill him. I knew he was waiting for me to kill him, but I still wanted to kill him. It's really interesting."

Looking at the smile on Li Yunrui's face, Yuan Hongdao did not find it interesting, but instead felt a slight chill. If he did not understand why Emperor Qing jumped into the trap even though he knew it was a trap, then he now did not understand the woman in front of him. How could she be so sure of killing Emperor Qing? Could it be that Ye Liuyun really defected to the eldest princess?
Although he had become Li Yunrui's top counselor after Huang Yi's death, he knew that although Li Yunrui had been forced to retreat step by step by Fan Xian and His Majesty in the past two or three years, there was really not much need for him in terms of strategies.

It was also because of this that he had never figured out Li Yunrui's final arrangements and had no way of reporting anything to the dean and His Majesty. Unfortunately, he didn't know, and even if he knew the details, it would be useless, because the assassination of Emperor Qing was originally the brains of Chen Pingping.

Yuan Hongdao opened his mouth, but before he could finish his words, Li Yunrui opened his mouth again and said with a smile: "Mr. Yuan, what do you think is the point of killing someone?"

"Timing." Yuan Hongdao blurted out.

Li Yunrui nodded, then shook his head: "It is true that timing is important, but in the end, it all depends on who has higher martial arts skills, who has more people, and who has a faster knife."

Li Yunrui took a sip of tea and said slowly, "Fighting for the throne is essentially the same as fighting for territory in the martial arts world. Your Majesty is too arrogant and suspicious. He thinks he has the whole world figured out, but he forgets that not all the knives are in his hands, and not all people will listen to his orders. His arrogance will definitely lead to his defeat."

Yuan Hongdao smiled. He didn't know where Li Yunrui got the confidence from, but he couldn't help feeling a little anxious. However, he concealed it very well and said, "The Crown Prince and the Second Prince have almost been in contact. We will start making arrangements as soon as the news reaches Kyoto. There is no problem with the civil officials, but for the military generals, especially the Qin family, although the Third Prince is not in Kyoto now, as long as the Third Prince returns to Beijing, I am afraid that civil strife will be provoked."

Li Yunrui nodded, but didn't care about the question. He asked with a smile, "Mr. Yuan, have you forgotten that there is Fan Xian who is supported by the Supervisory Council?"

"Fan Xian?"

Yuan Hongdao was stunned, then shook his head and said, "Fan Xian cannot possibly ascend to the throne. After all, he is an illegitimate child. Moreover, his relationship with Northern Qi is very complicated. The court officials will not allow him to ascend to the throne, even with the support of the Supervisory Council."

Li Yunrui nodded in agreement and smiled, "Yes, the Supervisory Council has always been a shady existence. They are a powerful tool, but at certain times, they cannot become a decisive force. As long as there is support from the court officials and the palace, Chen Pingping will be useless."

"Will the Queen Mother support the Crown Prince, or will she support the Third Prince?"

As everyone knows, the Queen Mother favors the Third Prince the most, but don't forget that the Queen Mother is the Crown Prince's great-aunt, and at the stage before the crown prince is deposed, the Crown Prince still holds the upper hand, so when it comes to the throne, no one knows who the Queen Mother will choose in the end.

Li Yunrui did not answer, but asked: "Mr. Yuan, are you loyal to His Majesty or to Chen Pingping?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Hongdao was immediately frightened and pretended to be calm, saying, "I am loyal to Her Royal Highness the Princess."

"Mr. Yuan, stop pretending. I know you are from the Supervisory Council, but I don't know whether you are loyal to His Majesty or to Chen Pingping."

Yuan Hongdao opened his mouth, but heard Li Yunrui smile and said, "Whether you are loyal to His Majesty or to Chen Pingping, I hope you can be loyal to Qingguo in the future. Mr. Yuan, go and get busy."

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On the top of Mount Dadong, Fan Xian met Wuzhu, whom he had not seen for a long time.

There were many things that Fan Xian did that he could not hide from Chen Pingping, but as long as Chen Pingping did things that he didn't want him to know, there was no way that he would know.

Therefore, Fan Xian had always believed that Emperor Qing had teamed up with Chen Pingping to target Ye Liuyun, a destabilizing factor. He had no idea that this was actually a plan set up by Chen Pingping for Emperor Qing.

In Fan Xian's opinion, Wu Zhu's arrival meant that the emperor needed his help. After all, the emperor could command everyone in the world but could not command Wu Zhu, so he needed his help to persuade Wu Zhu.

So after reminiscing about the past, Fan Xian looked at Wu Zhu and said, "Your Majesty brought me here to see you. Uncle Wu Zhu, you should know why, right?"

"I know!" Wu Zhu nodded, still looking aloof.

A complicated expression flashed across Fan Xian's face, and after a while he said, "I have been in Beijing for more than four years, and I have done a lot of things, but I know very well that these things were all done by someone who was taking advantage of me, and now that person is using me to take advantage of you, I don't mind it, after all, I have something to ask for, but you have nothing to ask for in this world, so it's unfair to you."

"There is no such thing as fair or unfair in the world." Wu Zhu said calmly: "The key is what choice you make."

"Your Majesty has thrown himself into a dangerous situation. If we don't help him, and he is really killed by Ye Liuyun, then things will get out of hand. By then, the already turbulent world will inevitably fall apart. He is using his own life and the lives of the people of the world to coerce us and force us to help him."

Fan Xian smiled bitterly and said, "Of course, I don't really care about these two points, but I care about the safety of my family in Kyoto. If Ye Liuyun takes action, then Li Yunrui and the Crown Prince, or she and the Second Brother must have reached some kind of agreement. We can't let them succeed, otherwise, except for Wan'er, I'm afraid none of my family members will be able to escape. So Uncle Wu Zhu, you must save His Majesty's life."

Lin Wan'er is Li Yunrui's daughter after all, so in Fan Xian's opinion, even if Emperor Qing died in Dadong Mountain, Li Yunrui would spare Lin Wan'er's life, but the rest of the Fan family in Kyoto would definitely not have an easy life. Wu Zhu was stunned for a moment, then said, "Chen Pingping told me not to tell you, but I still think I should tell you about this."

Fan Xian noticed something very strange: after not seeing Uncle Wu Zhu for over a year, Uncle Wu Zhu now talked a lot more than before, and his expressions were also much richer.

So he was stunned for a moment before he asked in confusion: "What's the matter?"

"He is the murderer of your mother. The trap at Dadongshan was set by Chen Pingping."

"what?!"

Fan Xian's expression changed instantly.

He has been with Emperor Qing for a while, and he has heard a lot from Emperor Qing about his mother Ye Qingmei. He can feel that Emperor Qing loves his mother, but now Wu Zhu tells him that Emperor Qing is the murderer of his mother? !
Fan Xian didn't understand. He was extremely shocked at this moment.

Wu Zhu nodded and said, "This time Chen Pingping set up the trap to avenge the young lady, so I have to kill him too. The people who killed him are the three great masters, so he must die. Chen Pingping asked me to tell you to find an excuse to leave Dadong Mountain as soon as possible."

Fan Xian was silent, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Wu Zhu did not disturb him and just stood quietly beside Fan Xian.

He didn't know whether his words would be good or bad for Fan Xian's future. Maybe Chen Pingping was right, but he always believed that as the young lady's child, Fan Xian should know everything.

At this time, the night was gradually deepening, and the temperature on the top of Dadong Mountain was slowly dropping. The insects in the grass had stopped chirping due to the cold, and a solemn and murderous aura gradually gathered between the several temples.

Fan Xian looked up in a daze, looking at the small temple he was in, listening to the crisp sound of wind chimes ringing under the eaves of the temple, his expression was very complicated.

He had been with Emperor Qing for more than four years, and even though he knew that Emperor Qing was using him most of the time, he couldn't help but develop some father-son feelings for him. However, he had never met his mother, Ye Qingmei.

But even so, his feelings for Ye Qingmei are much deeper than for Emperor Qing, without any reason.

Not to mention that this time, on the opposite side of Emperor Qing, there are Chen Pingping and Wu Zhu, with whom he has a deeper relationship, so he never thought about telling Emperor Qing about this matter. He was just thinking about how to deal with it.

Kill Emperor Qing with your own hands to avenge your mother?
Frankly speaking, Fan Xian really couldn't bring himself to do it.

Of course, the most important thing is that he cannot kill Emperor Qing. After all, the great master Hong Sixiang is right beside Emperor Qing and will not give him any chance at all.

After much thought, it seemed that it would be best for him to leave as soon as possible.

Fan Xian, who had been silent for a long time, came back to his senses, stood up, bowed to Wu Zhu, and said in a low voice: "Uncle Wu Zhu, anyone can die on the top of this mountain, but you must not be in any danger."

Wu Zhu did not answer, but tilted his head slightly and listened. After a moment, he looked towards the foot of the mountain and said quietly, "You can't get down the mountain."

He didn’t know if it was Fan Xian’s illusion, but he felt that Uncle Wu Zhu seemed to be smiling.

"Someone is coming to kill us?"

"Ah."

After hearing this word, Fan Xian said no more, went out of the small temple to check the situation, and then came to Emperor Qing.

"Did you convince him?"

Emperor Qing stood with his hands behind his back, on the edge of a pitch-black cliff. The moonlight tonight was blocked by thick clouds. It was a dark and windy night. The vast sea below the cliff was as black as ink, and only extremely faint spots of light could be seen. They were the escort ships of the Jiaozhou navy.

Fan Xian glanced at Emperor Qing's back with a complicated expression. He did not answer his question and said directly, "Your Majesty, there are cavalry attacking from the foot of the mountain."

Emperor Qing turned around slowly, not noticing Fan Xian's expression. He had a smile on his face. Although he didn't know how Fan Xian knew about the situation at the foot of the mountain, he didn't question Fan Xian's words and said slowly, "Really? How many people are there?"

Fan Xian lowered his head, his tone still the same as usual: "I don't know, but I think that now that the enemy is attacking, we should immediately send out the Tiger Guards to break through and ask for help from the local area."

Just as he finished his words, a rocket whizzed through the night sky, illuminating some of the sky and reporting the urgent enemy situation at the foot of the mountain.

Although no sound could be heard at the top of the mountain, nor could the situation at the foot of the mountain be seen, one could tell that at that moment in the foot of the mountain there was a scene of deafening screams of killing and flying blood and flesh. The most daring act of regicide in the history of Qing Kingdom had thus begun.

Emperor Qing looked at his son quietly, shook his head, and said in a solemn tone he had never used before: "I have something for you to do. You must immediately go down the mountain and return to Kyoto secretly. If I encounter any misfortune and the Third Prince has not returned to the capital, you will have full authority over Kyoto's affairs."

"Isn't the Third Prince dead?"

Fan Xian had his doubts about Li Chengzong's murder, but the other party's story was too good to be true. He didn't find any loopholes. In addition, he always believed that there was a Western conspiracy against Li Chengzong, so he thought it was better for Li Chengzong to die, so he didn't think about it carefully.

Emperor Qing did not answer, but waved his hand: "Go!"

Fan Xian opened his mouth, but in the end said nothing.

He knew that he could not intervene in the Grandmaster's battle, but his sniper rifle could. If someone was holding the Grandmaster back, the sniper rifle could also pose a threat to the Grandmaster.

Of course, he was not doing this to protect Emperor Qing.

Just like he said, anyone can die on this mountain, but Wu Zhu must not be in any harm, so Fan Xian has to protect Wu Zhu.

Even if Emperor Qing wanted to attack Wu Zhu, he would shoot and kill Emperor Qing without hesitation.

This is Fan Xian’s decision.

So Fan Xian did not obey Emperor Qing's orders in the end. Instead, after going through some risks, he took out the box left for him by Ye Qingmei, and then found a suitable sniper point to hide in.

(End of this chapter)