The smell of gunpowder…. It emanated from the collar of the captain of the guard. For those who have been in the arsenal since Xiaopao, no one can be more sensitive to this kind of thing than him. However, the autopsy officer clearly stated that Chief Guard Lu died of suffocation, so why does he still smell of gunpowder?

Kings Camp glanced at the coroner and the police officer with a subtle look. There was no need for these two to lie about this. Once the autopsy report came out, if it was too far from the scene, there was no room for explanation.

That is to say, suffocation must be one of the causes of death of the head guard of Lu, but it is not necessarily a fatal injury.

"His Royal Highness?" Seeing that Lu Chen still didn't respond, the police officer reminded him again.

Lu Chen raised his head and glanced deeply into the distance, where his father's palace was located. He suddenly smiled, with a look on his face that no one else could understand. It seems that, while talking to himself, it seems that he has thoroughly thought about it: "As you wish."

After saying that, he turned around and walked straight out of the banquet hall without looking at his uncle.

Look where he disappeared....

The second princess tightly held the silk handkerchief in her hand, her lips trembling slightly. Suddenly there is an ominous premonition...

The eldest princess looked at her indifferently, then frowned and stared at the two great dukes not far away. In any case, she was marrying the emperor on behalf of her own country. If the emperor's throne was unstable, why would she, the princess, be here? Is the country on a firm footing? Unlike all the other women in the palace, she seemed to have the strongest background, but, on the contrary, was also the most dangerous. What kind of face can a neighboring princess who has no use value return to her motherland...

She lowered her eyes and looked down at the princess. For a long time, there was a touch of exhaustion.

I thought she had a major traffic accident that year, and everything would start all over again. Who would have thought that reality could never be as imagined. Her once smart daughter was still ruined by the scandal of the year. Now, when she just returned to the imperial capital, she was so stupid that she was so close to the chief guard beside her father, and had too close contact with the emperor's confidants. No matter where such a thing was placed, her reputation would not be good. She closed her eyes and forcibly suppressed the anger that had risen in her heart!

In any case, the police were involved, and it was too late to do anything. She can only hope that her husband still has some other skills, otherwise, with Lu Chen's strength alone, even if the cause of Lu's bodyguard's death is found out, if the truth of the "sudden death" of the fourth prince back then is true as the two grand dukes said, Her position as the first princess can be regarded as sitting at the end....

But, who is the pianist who appeared and disappeared mysteriously?

Before she left, she suddenly looked back at Leng Yiyao who was indifferent.

In the audience, I'm afraid it's only her, and the one behind her who can see clearly the true face of each other. After all, they seemed to be the only ones on the second floor at the time….

The eyes of the eldest princess were dark, and she could not see the end like an abyss. After a long time, turn around and leave...

"Everyone, in order to cooperate with the investigation, please do not leave the imperial capital at will in the near future. The police may come to take notes at any time in the near future. Please forgive me." The police officer tried his best to be polite and euphemistic. There is no way, it is obviously not realistic to bring these powerful and famous families to the police station to make a record. But there are too few clues left at the scene, and if there is no testimony from the witnesses on the scene, there will be no direction. Up to now, he still can't understand that according to the time of death, the body of the head guard Lu was clearly moved to the bottom of the dining table under the eyes of everyone, but how was this done?

Everyone looked at each other, although they didn't want to, but that was all they could do.

The two grand dukes had strange expressions on their faces. They were indifferent and couldn't tell how they were feeling, but, after all, tonight's dance, which had a happy opening and a tragic ending, really came to an end.

"I'll take you back." Hemo suddenly said, and handed his right hand to Leng Yiyao.

Clearly through the mask, he couldn't see his expression clearly, but Leng Yiyao felt that his expression was a smile, not a smile at the moment.

A royal feast, with endless accidents, can be regarded as a clear enough style of painting.

She smiled, looked in the direction where Lu Chen disappeared, fixed for a moment, and finally put her hand into Hemo's palm, and the two walked away slowly under the inexplicable gazes of the police and the subtle gazes of everyone...

But no one expected that just after they left, when Lu Chen stepped into the emperor's palace, the expression of the imperial doctor who stayed inside was extremely solemn.

"Don't lie to me, what's wrong with the royal father?" He walked to the bed, looked at the man who was immersed in the boundless darkness with his eyes tightly closed, and finally found out, or when he didn't notice, who the heroic father was. old. That slightly frowned brow, as if struggling with everything, completely forgot where he was. The corners of his mouth were dry, and he seemed to be saying something intermittently, but as soon as the voice touched the air, there was no trace. Even when he fell into a coma, he maintained an unimaginable vigilance, even in his own bedroom...

With a sigh, Homer picked up the towel that was covering his father's head, soaked it and wringed it off again, and placed it on top of his head.

The temperature under his hand made his fingertips tremble slightly. The voice of the imperial doctor rang in his ears at this time: "Your Majesty is probably a nightmare. The most troublesome thing is that he has a high fever and is hot all over."

There was a deep pain in Lu Chen's eyes, as if the whole person had settled down, just staring at his father and emperor struggling and tossing and turning.

"Since when did the emperor's health become so bad?" He raised his head and looked at the keen-looking imperial doctor, his expression was frozen, and the mood and anger of the past were gone, and the whole room was actually cold for no reason.

The imperial doctor's back was slightly cold, and he really didn't want it. One day, the seemingly heartless His Royal Highness will show such an expression.

"I, when I went to City D to find you last time, His Majesty's body was already in bad shape." He lowered his head and glanced at his hands cautiously.

At that time, I disguised myself, avoided many eyeliners, and came to D city. I never thought that the way back was still surrounded and blocked. But at that time, everyone thought the same. All assassinations and interceptions are aimed at His Highness, and now I want to come...

The expressions of the two suddenly turned cold...

Is it possible that someone has doubts about the physical condition of His Majesty the Emperor...

Otherwise, how could the two Grand Dukes dare to attack at the same time?

I have endured it for so many years, so why is it only now "revealing"?

"I, I was wrong..." The raving voice suddenly intensified. The emperor's voice returned to the same dilapidated state of a bellows. Although it was only a few words, people could already understand what he was saying. "When.... Back then... it was all... me, my fault..."

A harsh voice escaped from his lips.

The imperial doctor's face suddenly stiffened, he stumbled, and fell to his knees.

At this moment, he can't wait to plug his ears so that he can't hear anything.

If anyone outside heard the ravings of His Majesty the Emperor at the moment, I am afraid that the matter of "the sudden death of the fourth prince" would immediately be confirmed.

That is, the fourth prince is only eighteen years old.

He bowed his head in trembling, his head lying on the ground, the cold marble tiles freezing him to the point of unconsciousness. Lu Chen, who was sitting in front of the bed, seemed to have no reaction, just looked down at his father. In the bottom of his eyes, there is a deep darkness that no one can understand...

After a long time, he suddenly stood up, without even looking at the trembling imperial doctor: "I will leave your father's illness to you. Remember, no one except you and me is allowed to stay in His Majesty's palace, if anyone hears it Things that shouldn't be heard..." His fingertips suddenly stopped by the door, seemingly carelessly fell on the edge of the door, and knocked. The voice was extremely clear, but the heart of the imperial doctor was cold for no reason.

"My chief guard will be outside, and he will know what to do when the time comes." He quietly dropped this sentence, turned around, and left....

At the moment when the door to the bedroom was closed again, the imperial doctor collapsed to the ground.

In the end, he is the prince who grew up in the royal family. What if he was straight and arrogant in the past? In his bones, there is the blood of the royal family, and he is cold and calm...

He suddenly glanced at His Majesty the Emperor, who was in a coma on the bed, and only felt his mouth full of bitterness.

Shaking his head, he didn't dare to think about it anymore, he walked over again, took off the towel from His Majesty's forehead, and replaced it with a new one. This night, the darkness is long, far from the end....

On the other side of the royal family, there was still a deep silence.

Everyone seems to be waiting for an ending, but they dare not take the most critical step at this time of crisis. If the emperor did not fall down completely in a day, who would dare to defect easily?

Lu Chen stepped on the long and silent corridor of the palace. For a long time, he only heard the sound of his own footsteps echoing in his ears, lonely and cold...

He stepped up to the observatory step by step.

It used to be his favorite place of nostalgia as a child.

Once, when he was in a bad mood when he was a child, as long as he walked here, even if no one spoke, as long as he raised his head, the starry sky would make him quickly turn his anger into joy.

He was born in the royal family, but his maternal lineage was of ordinary status. His business background was in this ancient family, and he was never a respected lineage. He seemed careless and didn't take anything to heart. In fact, he didn't want his mother and concubine to be emotional and sullen in his heart.

According to the tradition of the royal family, the prince is not allowed to be raised by his mother. He has only one wet nurse who is sincere and for his own good regardless of any gain or loss. When you are sick, the other party will always be at the bedside. He still remembered that he had a high fever one day, and the other party stayed up all night and knelt beside him. Those dark eyes were full of worry and helplessness, and the words in his mouth were all incantations that he could not understand.

Later, she finally recovered from her illness, but I heard that she went out of the palace to "return her vow".

Someone chuckled and said that his wet nurse was a superstitious little old woman, but he felt warm, and gradually he was not disgusted by the weird "secret arts" that came out of her mouth from time to time.

After all, everything is for him.

Later, when the wet nurse was old and her hands and feet were not very convenient, she was sent to do some light work by him, which was regarded as an honorable support.

He looked up at the starry sky, and for some reason, he remembered these old things tonight...

Looking up, the bright starlight came into view, but it did not make his gloomy mood any better. This night is too long...

Leng Yiyao and Hemo left the palace in the same car, but she did not follow him back to the Marshal's Mansion.

Frey drove the car very slowly, and his eyes fell on the movement behind him from time to time. After a long time, he was sure that no one was following him, and then he turned his head and nodded to the marshal.

At this time, Zhai Mu's car, who had been following him, followed, and the two cars stopped at the same time.

Zhai Mu respectfully bowed to Hemo, and saw Leng Yiyao getting out of the car, his expression was slightly stunned.

Homer didn't seem to be surprised, and only warned: "Pay attention to your body and go to bed early."

The eyes looked down her back, so slender, but thin. In the past, I only thought it was interesting to discover the potential in her, but now, I have a feeling of reluctance to bear. He helped his forehead, but he could hardly remember the feeling he had when he sent her to the military academy for training...

She turned around in his inexplicable look, and waved her hand at will: "Don't worry."

The rest, but not a word is said.

Homer took off the mask on his face, that handsome face, stared at her deeply in the car for a moment, and for a long time, the corners of his lips were slightly raised, he turned his eyes slightly, and the car slid out in the night...

Leng Yiyao did not rush to let Zhai Mu drive, but sat up and glanced lightly into the distance.

Night, very still, very still...

After a long time, the jade finger was far away and landed under a flickering lighthouse. She calmly said to him, "Go there."

Zhai Mu couldn't figure out what she was thinking, but, according to her request, he drove the car quickly.

When we got there, there was no one around here, and even the guards disappeared in vain. He was about to take out his pistol, but Leng Yiyao glanced behind him calmly: "You're here..."

Lu Chen took a step, that expressionless face flickered under the lights...