Professional Ethics of a Concubine

After a while, the palace guards arrived, searched, and continued the pursuit.

Next, King Qi and Hu Xiaoqi started running and destroying the house like Erha, and a group of people followed them, shouting and killing them.

When he was about to catch up, Hu Xiaoqi threw a low-profile smoke bomb and was instantly safe.

"Hahaha...it's quite fun." Hu Xiaoqi laughed when he saw that there was no danger anymore.

The King of Qi no longer had a sour look on his face, he also found it funny.

However, General Wei who followed them in was in a miserable situation. Fortunately, he was quick-witted. He killed a guard, changed into the man's clothes, and started to fish in troubled waters, running around in the palace with other guards.

They ran like this all night, and when it was almost dawn, King Qi and Hu Xiaoqi gave up playing. They dropped a smoke bomb, and under the cover of the smoke, they quickly jumped onto the palace wall and ran away.

Except for not completing the assassination mission and not finding the person, everything was perfect tonight!

"The assassin ran away! He ran away! He ran far away!"

Many guards saw it, but they were too far away to stop it. They could only shout loudly to tell others not to waste time looking for him in the palace.

After being walked around by the two Huskies all night, many people couldn't run anymore. Their legs went limp and they sat directly on the ground, gasping for breath!

Where did these two assassins come from? They are so despicable!

Ever since the prince ascended the throne, there have indeed been many assassins who have come to the palace to kill people. They have become accustomed to it and have set up many traps.

For example, the poisonous incense in the bedroom and the archers hiding in the dark, these killing moves can solve 80% of the assassins.

The rest are easy to catch. With guards everywhere, if the assassins dare to come, they will not be able to get out.

However, today two masters came. Not only did they have extraordinary martial arts skills, they also carried strange things on them that could explode and produce smoke.

Every time I see I’m about to catch them, they do this. Ahhhh… I’m so angry! I’m so angry!

When Emperor Yan returned to the palace and learned what had happened last night, he became furious. In his rage, he wanted to order severe punishment for the guards who had failed in their duty.

Whipping, military sticks, and even the guillotine!

"Your Majesty, you must not do this!" The chief steward beside Emperor Yan hugged his legs and cried and admonished him.

"These guards are all loyal to Your Majesty. If Your Majesty wants to kill them, then Your Majesty will have no loyal people to protect your safety!"

In fact, at night, Emperor Yan would not live in the palace. He would go through the tunnel of the palace and live in a house in the city.

There are three such houses, which highlight the saying "a cunning rabbit has three burrows" and require caution.

"How hateful! I am the Son of Heaven! How could I not have anyone to use!"

The Emperor of Yan angrily kicked the chief steward away, but even though he was shouting like that, he knew that the chief steward was right.

He was able to convince those nobles to unite and rebel and kill his father because he tempted them with the promise of countless amounts of sugar by conquering Zhao.

However, half a month ago, battle reports came from the border. They were defeated completely. All the Yan troops were captured. It was said that some people voluntarily surrendered and offered the city, and there were a large number of deserters.

The Emperor of Yan was very angry. He didn't understand why all his soldiers had become cowards and wimps who didn't know how to kill the enemy but only knew how to kneel down and surrender.

A few years ago, this was clearly not the case!

No matter how angry the Emperor of Yan was, the attitudes of the civil and military officials and nobles began to change since the news of the defeat at the border arrived.

Some people began to advocate surrender, and took the initiative to submit to the Great Zhao and become a vassal state of the Great Zhao, so as to avoid national destruction.

It was also from that time that someone sent assassins to kill him.

He had to act cautiously, leave the palace and hide in the city. Such frustrating things made him like a powder keg every day, ready to explode!

In the past few days, news came that more than a dozen cities in Yan State had been occupied by Zhao State, and the tens of thousands of troops he sent to reinforce could only stop in Suicheng and use it as a stronghold to resist the Zhao army.

As for the cities south of Suicheng, they had completely fallen and became the territory of Da Zhao.

Of course, the Great Zhao announced to the outside world that it was helping the King of Ming to quell the rebellion and to get rid of this traitor. However, everyone knew that this was just an excuse to save face!

The Great Zhao was conquering the State of Yan bit by bit, and the State of Yan... had no power to resist.

Shame! Shame! This is a great shame!

When Emperor Yan thought about this, he became furious again and turned into a desktop cleaning master, sweeping away everything on the table.

The chief steward was not surprised at all. He called in the palace maids and eunuchs, and asked them to clean up the place quickly and replace the place with a new batch of tea cups, vases and other items.

At this time, the leader of the Guards asked for a meeting.

Emperor Yan immediately let him in and asked with a frown, "Have you found out the identities of the two assassins who caused chaos in the palace last night?"

"Your Majesty," the leader of the Imperial Guard said to him, "At the beginning, the two thieves did not wear masks, so I asked the soldiers to repeat their stories and asked the painter to draw their portraits.

Once I post the portraits and offer a large reward, I will definitely be able to find clues to their identities!"

Although Emperor Yan was not satisfied with this answer, he could not find a better solution, so he could only agree and frowned.

"Okay, got it, go and do it quickly!"

The leader of the Imperial Guard also breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that the emperor would get angry and remove him from his post in a rage.

"Your Majesty, I have something else to report."

"Hurry up and say it all at once." Emperor Yan said impatiently.

"Your Majesty, there was actually a third assassin yesterday. He sneaked into the Imperial Guards and was discovered at dawn." The leader of the Imperial Guards said quickly.

"He is Wei Shitou, the personal guard of the King Ming. I have dealt with him many times and will never make a mistake."

"Have you caught the person?" Emperor Yan asked immediately upon hearing this.

"...We haven't caught the person yet." The voice of the leader of the Royal Guards suddenly dropped eight octaves and his neck shrank.

"Useless!" Emperor Yan cursed immediately, "I'll give you three days to catch him, or you'll be beheaded!"

"...I obey your command!" The leader of the imperial guards responded with a bitter face, then took his leave.

"Is there any news from Suicheng?" Emperor Yan asked with a frown after the leader of the imperial guards left.

"No." The steward immediately responded, and said to Emperor Yan, "Your Majesty, no news is good news."

Emperor Yan wanted to get angry again, but he took a deep breath and suppressed his anger. He just said, "Is there anything wrong with Concubine Rong and Prince Ming's wife and children?"

"Your Majesty, everything is normal over there." The steward spoke again.

"Since Wei Shitou showed up yesterday, and the other two assassins were running around in the harem and asking the concubines to reveal their identities, it is very likely that they are also the King Ming's men and are looking for Concubine Rong and the others."

"Yes, that makes sense." Emperor Yan nodded grimly, and then said to the general manager, "They must be detained and not allowed to be rescued."

"Your Majesty, please rest assured." The steward responded immediately.

Now people like Concubine Rong are probably the last bargaining chips in the emperor's hand. By using them, perhaps he can save his life.

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On the other side, King Qi and Xiao Qi came out of the palace and returned to the courtyard where they were temporarily hiding.

"Why hasn't Wei Shitou come back yet? Has he been caught?" Hu Xiaoqi took a nap and when he woke up he found that General Wei had not come back yet. He couldn't help but say worriedly.

The King of Qi also frowned, and immediately stood up and went out to look for someone.

"You're going to find someone? I'll go with you." Hu Xiaoqi also stood up.

However, before the two of them left the house, General Wei came back, looking disheveled and with a dark face. No one knew what had happened to him.

"Oh, what happened to you? Did you fall into the coal pile?" Hu Xiaoqi laughed when he saw him like this.

"You guys caused me so much trouble that I almost didn't make it back." When General Wei saw them, he was furious and told them about his experience of being taken away last night.

"When I saw you guys running away, I was ready to run too, but the guards knew each other very well, and I was quickly discovered. Fortunately, I am very familiar with the palace, otherwise I would not have been able to escape."

Hu Xiaoqi chuckled twice, but then said, "The assassination attempt failed yesterday, and we didn't find the seventh prince's wife, children, and mother."

"I know." General Wei nodded and continued to speak out his guess. "Although both missions failed, it's not a complete failure. I ran around the palace a few times last night and I'm sure Emperor Yan is not in the palace."

"Ah? He put a puppet in the palace and hid outside the palace?" Hu Xiaoqi frowned and said with disgust.

"He is such a coward as the Emperor of Yan."

General Wei snorted and said disdainfully, "He is such a cruel person with no humanity or morality. He deserves to be in such a situation."

The King of Qi frowned. Now that the target of the mission was no longer in the palace, he started running around the city. How could he find him?

The difficulty of his assassination mission has increased again.

"Then let's not kill Emperor Yan first. Let's go kill those high-ranking officials who have committed many evil deeds. We have nothing to do anyway. Maybe while we're killing them, we'll find Emperor Yan."

Hu Xiaoqi spoke up, emphasizing his casualness. If this way doesn't work, then try another one. Why bother to insist on going to see Emperor Yan?

If you can't defeat the big boss, you can just clear out the small monsters along the way.

The King of Qi had no objection, nodded, and said to General Wei, "Make a list and do it tonight."

General Wei,...

If you think about it carefully, it's not impossible.