Chapter 430 No Knock

While Li Ji and Cheng Jiao were whispering, inside the Palace of Prince Zhao.

Guo Kai brought Zhao Qian to the palace, replaced Queen Chang, and commanded the palace guards to surround and kill the only surviving old man of the Zhao royal family, who was also the last and most threatening one.

If this old guy is not killed, I'm afraid Zhao Qian will not be able to safely succeed to the throne tomorrow.

Fortunately, although the old man was very powerful and had almost reached the half-step heavenly realm, he was not as abnormal as Cheng Jiao. In addition, he was old and weak, and could not withstand the siege of nearly a thousand royal guards.

While observing the scene, Guo Kai told Zhao Qian what he needed to pay attention to tomorrow.

"The queen is now going to deal with those restless concubines. Your Highness, do not leave the palace tonight. Go directly to court tomorrow morning. The queen and I will announce the late king's will in court."

Zhao Qian was in high spirits at this time, and was still worried whether his father would depose him from the position of crown prince.

In the blink of an eye, I heard that my father had died and found out that I was going to ascend the throne. It felt so damn good.

Zhao Qian listened to Guo Kai's tireless instructions and suddenly asked, "Teacher, how did my father die?"

"Don't interrupt, it's poison... Uh, Your Highness, you don't need to care how the king died, just wait to succeed to the throne tomorrow."

Guo Kai realized that he almost let the cat out of the bag and quickly changed the subject.

Zhao Qian said sinisterly, "Teacher, are you and my mother doing something shameful? My mother is so beautiful and charming, I didn't expect that teacher..."

Guo Kai's face was stern. "What nonsense are you talking about? I and the queen are innocent. How can you slander my innocence out of thin air?"

Zhao Qian laughed and said, "Teacher, don't be angry. Just keep talking and I'll listen."

In his heart, he confirmed his guess. Although he was young, he had hung out with those bad friends and had seen a lot of dirty things.

It was probably because Guo Kai's affair with her mother was exposed, which led to his father being poisoned to death.

However, he did not intend to avenge his father, he just wanted to kill Guo Kai. What a jerk, how dare he scold and educate him!

But now we need to wait a little longer until he ascends to the throne and secures his throne.

Zhao Ya, who had just come out of the bedroom and saw the chaos in the palace, rushed to the royal ancestor. She saw that her ancestor was hit by many crossbow arrows and was struggling to resist. He was about to be killed.

I couldn't help but say sadly: "No!"

Zhao Ya's painful cry attracted the attention of Guo Kai and Zhao Qian who were not far away.

"Haha, it's my aunt. Someone, arrest her for me. Tonight I want her to..."

Guo Kai hurriedly shouted, "No! Your Highness, let's wait until tomorrow when you take over the throne. Come, arrest Your Highness the Princess first and lock her up in the dungeon."

Zhao Qian said unhappily: "Teacher, it is almost evening now, and it will take at most seven or eight hours. I am the king, what are you afraid of!"

Guo Kai didn't expect Zhao Qian to be so stupid. Even if there was a 90% chance of success, wasn't he afraid of that one chance?
If you die in a woman's belly, I will be stabbed to death by Li Mu when he comes back.

"Now, the throne is the most important thing, Your Highness."

Guo Kai almost had "If you dare to mess around again, I'll pack up and leave" written on his face.

Zhao Qian was about to order his men to capture Guo Kai, but when he saw that the imperial guards all listened to Guo Kai, he could not help but suppress the urge to kill Guo Kai.

"All right, all right. Lock that woman up in the dungeon until I succeed her as King of Zhao. I'll teach her a lesson!"

Guo Kai breathed a sigh of relief. When the dust settled, he didn't care what Zhao Qian did.

Zhao Ya witnessed the tragic death of her ancestor, as well as Zhao Qian and Guo Kai's secret conversation. She gritted her teeth and blood oozed from the corners of her mouth.

Seeing the imperial guards surrounding her, her mind told her that she must not be caught. She needed to survive and wait for General Li Mu to return to the city before she would have a chance to kill the murderer Guo Kai.

She was sure that Guo Kai was definitely involved in the mysterious death of the king's brother, and he might have conspired with Zhao Qian. As for the Queen Chang, she didn't know whether she helped the tyrant and conspired with Guo Kai to murder the king's brother.

Zhao Ya kept thinking while running for her life.

The relationship between the king and Queen Chang was good, so it was unlikely that Queen Chang would plot against the king. However, with Guo Kai's involvement, it was hard to say. After all, if the king died, Zhao Qian would be the biggest beneficiary.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ya couldn't help but feel resentful towards Zhao Yan. She had repeatedly advised Zhao Yan not to trust Guo Kai and not to make Zhao Qian the crown prince.

Now, I don’t even know how I died.

Zhao Ya escaped from the palace safely. Fortunately, she had a sudden enlightenment a few days ago, otherwise she would be in great danger today.

In Handan City, a large number of city guards were constantly patrolling and searching for suspicious people.

Zhao Ya knew that she could not return to Yafei Pavilion, and she was afraid that Yafei Pavilion had been sealed off by now.

Where to go? Ya Fei was confused for a few breaths, then she thought of Xue Nu and decided to go to Cheng Jiao to see if she could hide for a while.

At least, Guo Kai is very afraid of Cheng Jiao now.

When Zhao Qian heard the news from the imperial guards that Zhao Ya had escaped, he shouted angrily, "Search the whole city for him. If anyone dares to hide here, I will exterminate his entire clan!"

Guo Kai didn't care. Although he disliked Zhao Ya, at this moment, it was better to avoid trouble than to worry about it.

After giving a few casual instructions, he continued to talk to Zhao Qian about what he needed to pay attention to when he succeeded to the throne tomorrow.

He witnessed Zhao Yan's ascension to the throne with his own eyes and was very clear about the process.

It takes quite some time and all the tedious processes need to be gone through.

If it weren't for the Queen's cooperation and keeping everything simple, it would have been impossible to complete Zhao Qian's task by just giving him a crash course.

After dusk, Cheng Jiao set up a table in the Qin Envoy Inn to celebrate Li Ji's breakthrough.

The black and white sisters sat at the table somewhat flattered. They didn't expect that Cheng Jiao would really treat them equally.

Da Siming had no other thoughts and was eating listlessly at the table.

She had already seen that the Yin-Yang family would become history under Cheng Jiao's conspiracy. When she thought of this, she lost her appetite.

Mengniang was smiling as she helped Niangrong and Liji pick up rice, acting like a housewife.

The Snow Girl didn’t care much about whether Cheng Jiao ate or not, but she was very concerned about whether Cheng Jiao ate less.

Seeing the table full of women, Xue Nu couldn't help but sigh in her heart that Cheng Jiao was really charming. Fortunately, it was unlikely that she would be his wife, otherwise she would not be able to control all these women for Cheng Jiao.

According to Niang Rong, Cheng Jiao had many women in Xianyang Prefecture who were both talented, beautiful and skilled in martial arts. She didn't know what kind of woman could be Cheng Jiao's legal wife and subdue so many beautiful women.

Cheng Jiao, who was enjoying the service of the Snow Girl, suddenly stopped and faced the door.

"somebody is coming."

The Snow Girl asked in confusion: "I didn't hear any knocks on the door. Who would come at this time?"

"She didn't knock on the door. She sneaked in, and she's someone you know."

Cheng Jiao took Xue Nu's hand and said, "Let's go and see your dear sister Ya Fei. Why did she sneak over to our place? You don't want to eavesdrop on our room tonight, do you? Haha."

The Snow Girl glared and said, "Sister Yafei wouldn't do that."

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(End of this chapter)