Chapter 1646: Scouting the Imperial Palace At Night! I (1/2)

Chapter 1646: Scouting the Imperial Palace At Night! (I)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

”In addition, according to that Imperial Army soldier, the heads of those people had been beaten open through tremendous force. Moreover, their clothes were also very strange, neither those of the servitors of the palace nor of the Imperial Army. They didn't seem like members of the palace at all. They were more like…”

The eunuch hesitated.

”Like assassins?” Wang Chong helped him with the rest of his sentence.

”Yes!” the eunuch said, bowing.

The Great Tang's Imperial Palace was the most guarded place in the realm, and it was extremely challenging for outsiders to enter. In addition, these people had died extremely gruesome deaths that no ordinary person would experience. As maids, eunuchs, and Imperial Army soldiers had been ruled out, they could only be assassins.

”That's not all; our investigation has revealed that around that period of time, several palaces around Taiwu Palace were badly damaged, and a group of craftsmen was summoned from outside to repair it. The explanation the palace gave at the time was that these palace buildings had fallen into disrepair and had also been struck by lightning.”

At this time, the other eunuch spoke up, lowering his head and bowing.

”But in this past month, there's been no rain, so there was naturally no lightning either!”

The eunuch did not continue, but he had said more than enough. One suspicious area was one thing, but two or three suspicious events taking place around Taiwu Palace meant that it was worth carefully considering that area.

Wang Chong's brows deeply furrowed, his expression solemn. If the information gathered by Yang Zhao and the others was accurate, then an assassination had occurred near Taiwu Palace.

In addition to these facts, one had to consider that Taiwu Palace was very close to the Sage Emperor's Taihe Palace, and the palace was of a very high rank. Only consorts and Princes could enter it. This palace was also one of the places that Little Li said was frequented by Eunuch Gao. Many things were now evident.

How could it be? To think he would be so daring!

Wang Chong's expression was solemn and his heart was heavy, his mind awash with unease.

Wang Chong had had this feeling before, when meeting with Little Li, and now, he finally had evidence for that most disquieting theory.

Wang Chong had never imagined that someone would truly be so daring and reckless as to attempt to assassinate the supreme Eunuch Director of the Inner Court in a place so thickly carpeted with experts as the Imperial Palace, and in the end, they had even managed to injure him, even though the assassins had paid with their lives.

Just how high of a cultivation level did those assassins have, that they were able to injure Gao Lishi?

But this was not the extent of Wang Chong's worries. Gao Lishi was devoted to the Sage Emperor, and given the Sage Emperor's condition, very few people could draw him away from his side. He would have never gone to Taiwu Palace unless it was absolutely necessary.

Besides that, such a major incident that even left several other palaces damaged had barely caused a stir in the palace.

From the situation at the time, it was also apparent that the surrounding Imperial Army soldiers had been transferred away before the incident. There wouldn't have been so little information otherwise.

In the Imperial Palace, there was only one person capable of such things.

First Prince, have you already grown so impatient for the throne?! Wang Chong said inwardly.

……

Time slowly passed, and whether it was Wang Chong, the Confucian Sect, or the Eastern Palace, all parties decided to remain restrained and quiet for the time being. But under the surface, even greater waves were building.

”Is it good?” Deep in the night, in the southwest corner of the Imperial Palace, a low voice came out of the darkness.

”Those people just went past. This is finally our chance! There must be no mistakes. His Highness regards this matter with utmost importance!” another voice replied.

”Relax. They can't run. No one can run from Heaven Deaf and Earth Mute!” the voice from before replied.

These were that renowned pair of martial artists that Wang Chong had sent to the Imperial Palace, Heaven Deaf and Earth Mute. When the two worked together, their 'Heaven Sight Earth Sounding' art would cover an extremely large area with incredible sensitivity, even able to hear the crawling and gnawing of a worm deep within the earth. Given their cultivation, they were probably the most formidable scouts in the entire Imperial Palace.

”They haven't noticed us yet. Go!”