Crown Prince Lin Tianrong was filled with hatred.
As the Crown Prince, it was one thing for his study to be set ablaze, but he still had to worry about being killed in the Crown Prince's Residence. Furthermore, he was seen by so many courtiers. One could imagine how humiliated he was today.
In the future …
How could he establish his authority in the court?
Such a scene naturally fell into the eyes of countless courtiers. The courtiers were speechless. The Crown Prince was surrounded by guards?
Was there danger?
What happened in the Crown Prince's Residence?
The courtiers stared at the Crown Prince's expression. They wanted to ask the questions in their hearts, but they did not. There were more important things to do.
"Oh no, there's an assassin in the Crown Prince's Residence!"
"Quick, capture the assassin!"
"Protect the Emperor!"
A few voices could be heard at the same time. The Royal Guards behind Emperor Lin Mubai reacted quickly and raised their spears one by one.
Cold light flashed.
Following the alert of the Royal Guards, a few generals quickly stepped out from behind Emperor Lin Mubai. Every single one of them had already brandished their weapons.
"Your Majesty, we will go save the Crown Prince!"
"Mm." Emperor Lin Mubai's expression was solemn, but he still nodded. However, when he saw the study behind Crown Prince Lin Tianrong, he was slightly surprised.
Upon receiving Emperor Lin Mubai's signal, the few generals dared not tarry. They flew towards Crown Prince Lin Tianrong's direction, their bodies glowing with all sorts of colors.
Soon, they reached Crown Prince Lin Tianrong's side.
"Your Highness, are you alright?" One of the generals asked.
"I'm fine. The assassin is behind us. Please help yourself, General Li!" Crown Prince Lin Tianrong answered without hesitation.
"Alright, let's take down the assassin together!" General Li did not dare to go alone. After all, an assassin that even the Eastern Palace could not take down would not be easy to deal with.
The other generals nodded when they heard General Li's words.
He quickly followed behind General Li, bypassing the Crown Prince and the guards who were protecting him.
However …
Soon, they came to a stop.
That was because they had already seen the huge pit and the three miserable guests standing in it. They could see the fear on the faces of the three guests.
However, there was no one in front of the three guests. Not even a strand of hair.
"Your Highness, where is the assassin?" General Li asked subconsciously.
"Don't tell me it's not behind?" Crown Prince Lin Tianrong was confused. He stopped running and turned around to look behind him.
Then, he saw the three guests standing there in a daze.
As for the black-robed man?
He had long since disappeared without a trace.
Crown Prince Lin Tianrong's expression changed when he saw this.
What was going on? Where is he? Where did he go?
As the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, he had lost all face today. The Eastern Palace was on fire, and he couldn't even protect himself. But none of this could compare to another matter.
That was …
The prisoner left safely!
"Where is he?! Where did he go? " Crown Prince Lin Tianrong was pushed back and didn't notice the black-robed man's movements. But now, the black-robed man was nowhere to be seen. How could he not be anxious?
"This …"
The three guests finally reacted. They looked at each other and saw the fear in each other's eyes.
"I asked you, where did he go?" Crown Prince Lin Tianrong asked again.
"We deserve to die!" The three guests immediately knelt down and looked at each other. Then, they shook their heads in unison. "We only saw him jumping into the study room, then we …"
"The study?!" Crown Prince Lin Tianrong was shocked. He looked at the study that was about to be burnt to ashes. He didn't expect the black-robed man to jump into the study.
Suicide?
Impossible!
Because the black-robed man couldn't possibly be burned to death by such a fire.
The generals, who had already drawn their weapons, frowned when they heard this. Jumping into the study that was engulfed in flames was, of course, a smokescreen.
After all, if one had sufficient control over the flames, it would be impossible for the flames to hurt him. But the problem was …
Why didn't anyone give chase?
The surrounding guards also looked at each other. They didn't even know when the black-clothed man jumped into the study, so naturally, it was impossible for them to know what had happened in that instant.
"He's … gone?" The guards were all shocked.
Because this meant that the black-robed man had set the Crown Prince's residence on fire and then left unscathed despite being surrounded by a group of people.
How ridiculous was that?
"Scram!" Crown Prince Lin Tianrong was infuriated when he saw the expressions on the guards' faces. He reached out and pushed away the guards who were surrounding him.
Insult!
This was the most blatant insult!
Coming to the Eastern Palace in the middle of the night to set the Crown Prince's residence on fire, burning down a loft and a study. Then, he used a knife to kill a guest, scaring him into retreating.
Finally …
He left safely?
He left!
Crown Prince Lin Tianrong could not accept such humiliation. This humiliation was even more infuriating than if he were to be killed. In his rage, he subconsciously snatched the saber from one of the guards.
Under the moonlight, the tip of the knife gleamed coldly.
He needed to vent his anger!
"Your Highness, please don't!"
"Your Highness, please calm down!"
"Please calm down, Your Highness!"
The courtiers were shocked when they saw this scene. After all, Emperor Lin Mubai was standing in front of them.
If Emperor Lin Mubai saw Crown Prince Lin Tianrong killing someone for no reason, it would be a huge matter.
Crown Prince Lin Tianrong's hand froze.
He heard the voices of the officials and saw the anticipation in King Duan's eyes. He was furious, but he couldn't let King Duan get what he wanted.
"B * stard, put down the knife!" Emperor Lin Mubai's voice finally rang out. His brows were tightly furrowed, and his eyes shone with a chilly light.
As the Emperor.
He rarely scolded someone like this in front of all the civil and military officials of the court.
Furthermore, this person was the Crown Prince.
However, the moment he stepped into the Eastern Palace, he could smell the stench of blood. Wantonly injuring people, disregarding human life, none of these crimes were considered minor.
Even though these people were the guards and servants of the Eastern Palace, the laws of the empire didn't stipulate that the lives of guards and servants were not lives.
"Ding!"
Crown Prince Lin Tianrong's hand loosened, and his knife fell to the ground. His face was filled with anger and indignation, as if he was begging for his bad luck.
These were two completely different emotions.
The anger and indignation were because Crown Prince Lin Tianrong knew that the men in black had already left. The self-denial was because his actions were seen by Emperor Lin Mubai.
As for remorse …
Of course he wouldn't.
That was because the life of a guard was nothing in his eyes.
"Why aren't you kneeling?" Emperor Lin Mubai couldn't take it anymore when he saw Crown Prince Lin Tianrong still standing after dropping his knife.
"Father, I was just … just too angry, I didn't …"
"Kneel!"
"Father, now that the assassin has escaped, I …"
"Kneel!"
"Yes …" Crown Prince Lin Tianrong looked at Emperor Lin Mubai's expression and finally gritted his teeth, kneeling on the ground. His face was still filled with indignation.
"You are the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, how can you behave like this?" Emperor Lin Mubai was exasperated.
"Father, I was only doing this because the study room was burned. These hundreds of useless people couldn't even catch one person, and even let him escape …"
"Shut up!" Emperor Lin Mubai stopped Crown Prince Lin Tianrong. At the same time, he glanced at the study room that was still bathed in flames. "In such a short period of time, even if the assassin escaped, he wouldn't be able to leave the Crown Prince Residence. Pass down my orders, the Royal Guards, the Crown Prince Residence guards, immediately seal off the Crown Prince Residence, no one is allowed to enter or leave!"
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
Upon hearing this, the Royal Guards and the guards of the Crown Prince Residence immediately responded in unison. Then, they quickly scattered in all directions.
"Speak, what happened?" Emperor Lin Mubai didn't care about anything else. Instead, he quickly turned his attention back to Crown Prince Lin Tianrong and frowned.
Beneath the feet of the Emperor, in the Crown Prince Residence.
Even he was somewhat surprised that a building had been set on fire like this.
"Father, nothing much happened in my residence tonight. I have been studying in my study room, but the residence suddenly caught on fire, and then …" Crown Prince Lin Tianrong quickly recounted the entire sequence of events. Of course, he naturally left out the part about the wanton murder.
After listening to Crown Prince Lin Tianrong's story, the officials all looked at each other, their hearts filled with countless emotions.
"Isn't he too daring?"
"He actually came to the Crown Prince Residence and set fire to one room after another. He didn't even run away?"
"Who did this? To be able to fight against three Rebirth State cultivators at the same time, there are only a handful of people in the entire Flame Capital City who can do this. "
As the officials sighed in their hearts, they were more or less confused. Names flashed through their minds one after another.
Emperor, King Liqin, Stabilisation Constabulary Xing Hou? Divine Constabulary Chi Hou? And the current Imperial Concubine Hua Fei …
Other than these few people, who else in the entire Flame Capital City could do this? It couldn't be the ambitious Yan Qianli from the Yan Family of Western Liang, could it?
Emperor Lin Mubai also had some doubts.
There weren't many people in the Flame Capital City who had such abilities. Furthermore, every single one of them had a sufficiently high status. Being associated with any one of them would have a huge impact.
"You said that person is very young?" Emperor Lin Mubai asked again.
"Yes, at most … not more than 35 years old!" Crown Prince Lin Tianrong confirmed.
"Third brother, why are you so sure? He doesn't look more than 35 years old. Third brother, are you joking? In the entire Flame Capital City, only Imperial Concubine Hua Fei has such abilities and is not more than 35 years old, right? Are you trying to say that Imperial Concubine Hua Fei burned down your study? "
King Duan Lin Xinjue's voice rang out at this moment. His eyes were smiling, but the meaning behind his words was clear.
"I did not say that. Why are you trying to stir up trouble?" Crown Prince Lin Tianrong was already suppressing his anger. After being provoked by King Duan, his anger flared up again.
"Haha, you were the one who said that. As your younger brother, I am not spouting nonsense. Could it be that there is a second person below 35 years old in the Flame Capital City?" King Duan chuckled.
Of course, he could tell that Crown Prince Lin Tianrong was suppressing his anger. However, he didn't mind Crown Prince Lin Tianrong unleashing his anger.
"Sixth brother, you are eloquent! I am only speaking the truth. Even though the night sky isn't bright, there are no wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. Why can't you say that he is below 35 years old? "Crown Prince Lin Tianrong clenched his fists. His body trembled slightly, but he suppressed it in the end.
"What do you mean by disguise?" King Duan chuckled again.
"Disguise?!" Crown Prince Lin Tianrong's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. He recalled the man in black's deep voice and his expression changed.
When the other officials heard the word 'disguise', they looked at each other and nodded. After all, there were only a handful of people below the age of 35 who could easily deal with three Rebirth State cultivators in the Flame Capital City. Other than Hua Fei, there was no one else who could do so.
However, if one looked at it from another perspective …
The other party had purposely created a loophole that would cause misunderstandings. He had disguised himself before coming here to mislead people into thinking that he was below 35 years old.
The possibility of this was very high!
After all, something as big as setting fire to the Eastern Palace's Crown Prince's Residence must have been planned. How could it be possible that they came here on impulse?
The courtiers looked at each other and nodded with absolute certainty.
As for …
Ping Yang getting drunk in his residence and running to the Eastern Palace to set fire to the Eastern Palace … No one would have thought of such a possibility.
After all, Ping Yang's strength was undeniable.
Not to mention three Rebirth State cultivators, even one Rebirth State cultivator could beat Ping Yang to the ground.
"Princess Ping Yang has arrived!" At this moment, a voice came from afar. Then, a group of people appeared in the eyes of the officials.
The person in the middle was wearing a long red dress. Her eyes were as clear as water, and her pink lips were slightly raised. She had an arrogant look on her face.
It was Ping Yang.
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