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Chapter 908 His White Moonlight 41
As he spoke, the emperor felt increasingly tired.

He rubbed his temples and said in a somewhat lazy voice, "If what Prince Duan said is true, that there are no more infected patients in the city and the plague has subsided, then let's welcome him back."

After all, they've been gone for so long; it's time to come back.

After saying this, the emperor appointed officials to inspect Gushui City and then announced the end of the court session.

This official was a trusted senior minister of the emperor, with long service, high rank, and a neutral stance, without taking sides or showing favoritism.

Moreover, he is very smooth and adept at playing the game of tai chi, so ordinary people can't get any information out of him.

The Emperor's intention in sending this official was quite clear.

He knew the different thoughts and intentions of the people in the court, and he also knew about the various forces at play beneath the surface.

He had simply observed quietly without intervening, hoping to allow those forces to check and balance each other, preventing a situation like that of the former crown prince from recurring after one faction became too powerful.

Moreover, the Emperor has not yet established a Crown Prince because he still has doubts and is hesitant, wanting to see how others perform.

Sending Lou Yunsheng to provide disaster relief this time is both a test and an observation.

The outbreak of the plague midway through the journey was truly unexpected.

However, this also makes Lou Yunsheng's performance in dealing with emergencies even more apparent.

Therefore, the emperor naturally did not want anything to happen to his capable son.

After figuring all this out, Lou Yunxian felt increasingly uneasy.

However, things happened too suddenly. Prince Duan evaded all possible reconnaissance methods, not only concealing the situation in Gushui City very well, but also delivering the information to the capital city accurately.

It took more than two months!
Lou Yunxian actually missed the best opportunity to bring down Prince Duan!
Those incompetent subordinates!

But the damage had already been done. Even if Lou Yunxian chopped up all those people and fed them to the dogs, there was no way to undo the consequences.

Lou Yunxian was so angry that her liver hurt.

He urgently consulted with his subordinates, but they still couldn't come up with any good ideas.

In the end, Lou Yunxian could only think of the moves he had used before.

Assassination.

After the previous assassination attempt failed, Lou Yunxian realized that he might have been exposed.

Although his bodyguards are all rigorously trained and would immediately commit suicide by swallowing poison if captured, there is still no guarantee that they will be completely safe.

Lou Yunxian has been hiding herself for so long, and now she is prepared for her identity to be exposed.

Besides, now is the time to expose ourselves.

If he continues to hide, and even his father ignores him as a prince, then the position of crown prince will likely be in Prince Duan's hands.

Lou Yunxian immediately dispatched his most elite bodyguards to find an opportunity to kill Prince Duan before the officials arrived at Gushui City.

Lou Yunxian knew that his younger brother was very skilled in martial arts, but his elite troops were all experts in assassination, and the number of times they had failed in the past could be counted on one hand.

Not only is he highly skilled in martial arts, but he is also very capable in other areas.

For example, poisoning, drugging, tracking, etc.
Lou Yunxian's orders to his secret guards were that they didn't necessarily have to confront the Prince of Duan directly, but should eliminate him by any means necessary.

No matter how insidious the trick, it doesn't matter. Even poisoning the water source and killing some innocent people is fine.

Anyway, there was a plague outbreak not long ago, so let's just say that the people who died died from the disease.

This would also allow them to frame Prince Duan, saying that he had failed in his duties and had not resolved the plague at all.

Thinking of this, Lou Yunxian revealed a sinister smile.

The best course of action would be to poison the entire city and then, to prevent the spread of the plague, set fire to Valley Water City and burn it to the ground.

In this way, all the evidence vanished. His bodyguards departed with this ruthless and arduous mission.

He also arranged for some people to delay the officials' journey to Gushui City, so that he could have more time to deal with Prince Duan.

But to his surprise, several days passed and all his secret guards disappeared without a trace, as if they had vanished into thin air.

Lou Yunxian and the others grew increasingly anxious and restless.

He then dispatched a second wave of bodyguards.

The second wave of bodyguards is not as strong as the first wave in all aspects, but these are the only people we can use now.

But unsurprisingly, if even the more capable people couldn't complete the task, the less capable bodyguards would have an even greater chance of succeeding.

Lou Yunxian was like a gambler who had lost everything. Two consecutive defeats did not stop him. Instead, he continued to send more men to Gushui City, trying to annihilate Prince Duan.

However, the consequence of doing so was that the number of his secret guards decreased, and he became increasingly insane.

Lou Yunxian's men, sent to delay the officials, succeeded; the officials arrived in Gushui City two days later than expected.

However, it was of no use.

Officials quickly confirmed that everything Prince Duan said in his letter was true.

He received special permission from the emperor to welcome Prince Duan back to the capital after confirming that the plague had subsided.

At the same time, the official also wrote a letter and ordered it to be sent back to the capital as soon as possible.

Lou Yunxian didn't dare to stop this letter.

Unless he dares to kill Prince Duan along with that official.

Let alone whether the Emperor would find out, even if Lou Yunxian had the guts, he didn't have the ability.

After losing almost his entire elite bodyguard force, Lou Yunxian realized that he had no way to get rid of Prince Duan now.

So, more than half a month later, he saw Prince Duan, Lou Yunsheng, again.

The city gates of the imperial city were wide open, and crowds thronged the streets. The people all knew about the achievements that Prince Duan had made in Gushui City.

Not only did he successfully control the floods and help with disaster relief, but he also stayed in the city during the outbreak of the plague, working alongside all the people to overcome the difficulties.

Such an action is something that even an ordinary official might not be able to do, let alone a prince.

From then on, plague was no longer a fatal infectious disease; it was something that could be overcome by human effort.

This alone is enough for the people to remember.

Not to mention that Prince Duan was so diligent in governing and caring for the people, working day and night, disregarding his own safety, and determined to stand with the people through thick and thin.

In such an era of imperial power, the only thing ordinary people could rely on was a good leader and some good officials.

If those in power indulge in pleasure, live extravagantly and dissolutely, and if officials embezzle and accept bribes, and oppress the people, then the people will suffer.

To put it bluntly, it's all about luck.

Now that the common people have met a prince who truly cares about them, they naturally want to worship him and fawn over him.

People spontaneously lined the streets to welcome Prince Duan's triumphant return, and some even picked flowers to scatter at him as his procession passed by.

Yu Muhuai, who had been traveling a long and tiring way, was suddenly hit by a shower of flower petals.

Sitting on the horse beside her was Yuwen Xue.

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