Chu Honglin frowned and said, "It's best if you don't inquire about these things indiscriminately."
Chu Zhiyuan asked in confusion, "Is there some taboo involved?"
"This is the thing that Imperial Brother wants to mention the least. Once you inquire about it indiscriminately, you will definitely anger Imperial Brother," Chu Honglin said.
He secretly shook his head and sighed inwardly.
This Third Imperial Prince's actions are indeed vicious.
Fortunately, Zhao'er is inquiring with me. If he were to inquire with others and Imperial Brother heard about it, it would surely provoke a punishment.
Chu Zhiyuan frowned.
What Chu Honglin thought of, he naturally thought of as well.
It can only be said that, as expected of Third Brother!
Chu Honglin said, "As far as I know, the ones who attacked you were indeed from the Demon Clan, and a Great Sky Demon at that."
"That's strange then. Why would they want to kill me? I'm not Eldest Brother or Second Brother. If they wanted to kill someone, they should kill them, right? ... Is it to kill my mother?"
"Yes, that should be the case. To Imperial Brother, your mother is a fatal weakness."
Chu Zhiyuan said, "Since it's a fatal weakness, it could also be a source of power."
The deeper his understanding of the Great Radiance Fist, the more he felt the principle of light and darkness.
Where there is light, there must be darkness; where there is yin, there must be yang. The two can also transform into each other.
Chu Honglin was stunned, as if realizing something.
Finally, he slowly nodded.
"The Demon Clan is targeting Father Emperor," Chu Zhiyuan quickly thought through the entire sequence of events. "They are unable to directly kill my mother and Father Emperor, so they use me to kill my mother, thereby causing Father Emperor's state of mind to collapse... Could it be that Father Emperor was at a critical juncture in his cultivation at that time?"
Chu Honglin sighed and slowly nodded, "Imperial Brother is a genius of his generation and has also obtained a great opportunity. Originally, he was going to break through to Spirit Venerable, but now there is no hope."
Chu Zhiyuan frowned.
Chu Honglin said, "After something happened to your mother, Imperial Brother almost went into Qi Deviation and paid a great price to stabilize himself, but there is no hope of becoming a Spirit Venerable now."
Chu Zhiyuan became solemn.
Chu Honglin sighed, "The Demon Clan also paid a great price, but now it seems that they have still won. They paid the price of three Great Sky Demons to severely injure you, harm your mother, and thereby drag Imperial Brother down."
Chu Zhiyuan said coldly, "Someone must have been informing them, right?"
A surge of anger welled up in his chest, an anger that came from the original owner's instincts.
His mother's death and the reason why he was disliked had always been a knot in the original owner's heart.
Now he finally understood.
Only anger.
Endless anger and killing intent towards the Demon Clan.
"I often say that our Jade Scenery Dynasty is like a sieve, and no news can be kept secret."
"Father Emperor's cultivation situation should be a secret among secrets. How could the Demon Clan know about it?"
"Although the Demon Race can be ever-changing, the Demon-Expelling Spirit Talisman can keep them outside the Imperial City. The Sky Demons are the most troublesome. They can possess bodies and are hard to guard against. As long as they don't enter the inner city, the Astronomical Bureau has no way to monitor them."
"They can't enter the inner city, yet they can obtain Father Emperor's secrets?"
Chu Honglin sighed, "Not to mention that there are many who sell information, and there are also some relatives and friends. In short, the palace is like a sieve, full of loopholes."
Chu Zhiyuan frowned and pondered, finally shaking his head.
When there are too many people, it becomes very troublesome to manage, especially in this kind of imperial city with a long heritage.
All kinds of relationships are intertwined, and one can connect to another after three turns.
If you want to block a piece of news in the palace, it is difficult unless you start a massacre.
And his Father Emperor is not a ruler of slaughter, but rather very benevolent.
Chu Honglin said, "During the Light Festival, you left the palace. At this time, it was the most chaotic to celebrate with the people, and as a result, you were taken advantage of by the Great Sky Demon... Nowadays, the young imperial princes no longer leave the palace together because of this."
"Fifteenth Uncle," Chu Zhiyuan said, "How do we identify these Demon Clans?"
"Those who mix into our imperial city are often Sky Demons. Ordinary Demon Clans will not mix in."
"Sky Demons..."
"Aura..." Chu Zhiyuan closed his eyes, thinking about the handsome, pale youth he had seen before.
"What, do you want to find a Sky Demon?"
"I'm afraid that if I really encounter a Sky Demon, I will be ignorant and incompetent. That would be too frustrating."
"The aura of a Sky Demon..." Chu Honglin thought for a moment, "I'll go back and look for it."
Chu Zhiyuan smiled.
He knew that Chu Honglin would have a way.
After all, Chu Honglin hated the Demon Clan to the extreme and would naturally find a way to deal with them.
And the Demon Clan is not only in the extraterritorial battlefield, but also within the three great dynasties.
If he couldn't go to the extraterritorial battlefield, then he would clean up the Demon Clan within the Jade Scenery Dynasty.
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Third Prince's Residence
The setting sun cast its afterglow on the magnificent Third Prince's Residence, both inside and out.
Chu Lieyang suddenly appeared in a small courtyard. The quiet courtyard was empty except for him.
He had given instructions that outsiders were not allowed to enter or leave this small courtyard. Guards were stationed outside, and even birds could not enter.
He glanced around and, finding no one, slowly entered the small pavilion, closing his eyes and remaining motionless.
He was reviewing today's words and actions.
After a long while, he opened his eyes, revealing a smile, stepped out of the pavilion, and came to the main house.
These were three connected study rooms.
In the main room, he came to the antique shelf on the east wall, looking at the several painting scrolls inserted in the jade vase, and then drew out one of them.
He gently opened it, revealing a cold and exquisite young woman.
She was standing above a wide, turbulent river, standing in the air.
The river was surging, her white clothes were like snow, and her sleeves fluttered.
Her hair fluttered, but her phoenix eyes were cold and firm, as if coldly glaring at the person looking at the painting.
The coldness and arrogance in her phoenix eyes were overwhelming, even making people ignore her exquisite beauty.
Chu Lieyang stared blankly at the woman in the painting, his gaze gradually becoming fiery.
He stared straight at her for the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, and then he carefully put away the painting scroll and gently placed it back into the jade vase.
Only then did he leave the study with a satisfied expression and leave this courtyard.
When the small courtyard completely returned to silence, a small knife floated up from above the carved beams of the small pavilion and lightly drilled into the flowerbed next to it.
At this time, in the Ninth Prince's Residence, Chu Zhiyuan was already sitting at the dining table drinking wine.
He held the jade cup, a look of realization on his face.
He recognized who was in the painting at a glance. It was the Twelfth Princess of the Phoenix Dynasty.
Also his future wife.
No wonder, no wonder.
No wonder Third Brother wanted him to resist. He originally wanted to replace him!
If he messed around, and they needed to change people, probably no one would stand up.
Everyone knew that becoming a consort in the Phoenix Dynasty was a pit of fire. Who would jump into it?
At this time, as long as he stood up, he could steadily replace him.
He really couldn't tell that his Third Brother was actually a sentimental person.
Compared to Ruoling's beauty, she was only on par. In his heart, she was far inferior to Ruoling.
Especially the arrogance and aggressiveness in her temperament were palpable.
Such a woman, no matter how beautiful she was, made people lose their appetite.
He shook his head.
He really didn't know how Third Brother became infatuated with the Twelfth Princess. It was extremely outrageous.
If this matter were told, probably no one would believe it.
His thoughts moved slightly, letting the flying knife quietly leave the Third Prince's Residence at night, continuing to circle within the imperial city, figuring out every place, every residence, every household.
