"What’s all the fuss about? Just a few servants, why report to the governnt? Are you deliberately trying to make things difficult for , so that Father dislikes even more? So that Empress Mother abandons ?"
The heavy accusation frightened the steward so much that he fell to the ground, kowtowing desperately, "Fourth Prince, spare . That’s not what I ant."
"Then what do you an? Knowing full well that Empress Mother has started to disdain and has adopted Second Imperial Brother under her na, at this crucial ti, I need to keep my head down more than ever, yet you think of reporting to the governnt? I think you want to ruin , right?"
"No, no, Fourth Prince, you’ve misunderstood . That’s not what I ant." The steward was terrified. Recently, he’s clearly felt significant changes in the Fourth Prince, perhaps because of the blow from losing his sight, his speech has beco more gentle yet sinister, and he’s taken to wearing red clothes and wandering around at the Third Watch of the Night.
Several tis, when he’s gotten up in the middle of the night to visit the toilet, he saw the Fourth Prince in a red robe, wandering around the mansion, which startled him. However, a master is always a master, and no matter how strange he finds it, he dares not speculate wildly.
Fourth Prince said fiercely, "Do not report to the governnt, understood?"
Steward: "Yes, I rember, sir."
Fourth Prince: "Do not speak of the missing servants to anyone else, lest it causes panic. If Father gets a bad impression of , I’ll chop off your head."
The steward shivered: "I understand, Fourth Prince, rest assured, no one will know about this."
The Fourth Prince was satisfied: "Alright, you may retire."
"I take my leave."
After the steward exited, he closed the room’s door.
The Fourth Prince let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he managed to stabilize the steward; otherwise, once the governnt office cos to investigate, the corpses in the dry well would surely be discovered, and even if they don’t catch him directly, suspicion would certainly fall on him.
He walked to a bronze mirror and slowly removed the eyepatch from his face. Where there was once only a black hole in his left eye, an eyeball was gradually growing out. However, as it’s not fully healed yet, the eyeball remained white. After a period of diligent practice, the eyeball would return to normal.
At that ti, he would claim to have found a Divine Doctor who healed his eye, allowing him to seamlessly participate in the battle for succession.
A strange smile appeared on the Fourth Prince’s face, originally thinking his life was over, but who knew, facing death, Heaven allowed him to encounter his Master, thus embarking on his path to greatness once more.
Then, he would kill the Second Prince before Empress Mother and tell her that his position is irreplaceable.
War Prince’s Mansion, at the gate.
A luxurious carriage arrived at the gate, and curious passersby watched. To their surprise, they discovered it was the Fourth Prince’s carriage, naturally inducing their curiosity—hadn’t the Fourth Prince fallen out with the War Prince?
Why is the Fourth Prince visiting the War Prince’s Mansion again?
The Pri Minister’s residence is the Empress’s family, and also the Fourth Prince’s support. The War Prince killed the Pri Minister, cutting off Empress’s backing. Their enmity has reached a point of no return, a situation of life and death struggle. The Fourth Prince visiting the War Prince’s Mansion today, what’s the aning of this, could he be stirring up trouble?
And so, so curious onlookers stopped to watch.
Not only did the passersby think this way, but even the guards at the gate thought so too. As soon as the Fourth Prince’s carriage stopped at the gate, they appeared extrely wary.
They knew clearly that not long ago, the War Prince’s Mansion was attacked by over a hundred assassins in the middle of the night, with the mastermind behind it being the Fourth Prince.
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