Chapter 2264: Chapter 2264: Imperial Palace
Thus, the guards began a massive search near the fourth prince’s mansion.
Meanwhile, Xuexue and Long Rui had already led the fourth prince far away.
The fourth prince relentlessly pursued them, determined to kill these two thieves who broke into his mansion so his secret wouldn’t be revealed. Yet, for some reason, just when he was close to catching them, they always managed to escape.
The fourth prince was huffing and puffing, nearly driven mad by the two thieves ahead.
"If you’ve got the guts, don’t run! Let me catch you, and you... you’ll be... doomed, whew...! I’m exhausted." The fourth prince panting heavily, stopped again with his hands on his knees.
Seeing this, Xuexue and Long Rui halted.
"Shit Prince, weren’t you trying to kill us to silence us? What’s wrong? Giving up or out of strength because of your magical mania! Tomorrow we’ll spread the word in the streets that the fourth prince practiced evil cultivation, causing a city-wide mania and killing so many people, demanding The Emperor give the public an explanation." Xuexue’s annoying voice chimed in again.
The fourth prince was infuriated to the point of madness by them. He wanted to give up but feared they would leak the secret; if he continued, it seemed either their luck or his own misfortune always made him two steps short of catching them. Moreover, the hateful female thief kept making infuriating remarks, almost making him blow his top.
"Curse it, today I must kill you two thieves," the fourth prince, provoked by Xuexue, stood straight again, gathering all his strength to chase forward.
At this moment, in the fourth prince’s mind was a single thought: he must kill these two and prevent his imperial father from learning about this.
Xuexue and Long Rui exchanged glances, showing a triumphant smile; the Imperial City was just ahead. As long as the fourth prince chased them, he was falling into their trap.
Exactly, Xuexue and Long Rui were deliberately losing in the chase, with the purpose of drawing the fourth prince into the Imperial Palace, making the current emperor witness his state. Then, everything would be revealed, and the fourth prince would be doomed.
No matter how biased The Emperor might be, if he knew the fourth prince practiced evil cultivation causing a widespread mania, he surely would not let the fourth prince off. After all, it’s a significant matter involving the life and death of Moli Country.
As Long Rui and others jumped onto the palace walls, they alarmed the Imperial Guard Army; clearly, there had been a considerable increase in the hidden guards in the palace.
Indeed, ever since The Emperor’s treasure was stolen recently, the security within the palace had been tightened, especially at key places like palace gates—openly and covertly—where masters abounded.
While they noisily drew closer to the palace, they had already caught the attention of the Imperial Guards lying in ambush around. So, as soon as they jumped onto the palace wall, they were surrounded by the guards.
"How dare you, and don’t you see who we are?" Xuexue shouted roughly.
Under the moonlight, somehow Xuexue and Long Rui’s veils were gone, while Long Rui’s mask was firmly on his face.
"Prince? War Prince?" The Imperial Guards were utterly shocked.
Long Rui frowned and said, "What’s this? Don’t you recognize this prince?"
"No, no, no, prince coming here at midnight, what might be the reason?" The Imperial Guards watched Long Rui with vigilance, thinking, The Emperor isn’t wrong to be worried; the War Prince indeed appears suspicious of rebellion.
Indeed, in the dead of night, a prince wielding significant influence doesn’t stay in his mansion but comes sneaking into the palace, even avoiding the main gate—what’s his intent? Does he intend regicide?
Thinking this, as protectors of the palace, the Imperial Guards were eyeing Long Rui like tigers. They thought, if it costs our lives tonight, we’ll keep the prince outside the palace gate, preventing any harm to The Emperor.
Long Rui loudly proclaimed, "This prince is under orders from The Emperor to investigate the murder demon case and pursued the murder demon right here."
Murder demon?
Where?
Why did it seem like it’s the prince being chased?
At this moment, the fourth prince, in hot pursuit of Xuexue and Long Rui, had no clue about what was happening on the wall and stormed up, shouting loudly, "Little thieves, where are you running? Tonight, I’ll definitely kill you!"
