When Lin Bai heard what Mr. Wen said, he couldn't help but deduce in his mind what happened five thousand years ago.
The royal family of Chu State secretly investigated and found that the princess of Prince Hong's Mansion was a warrior from the Nine Nether Demon Palace, and was constantly sending messages to the Nine Nether Demon Palace.
Back then, Prince Hong's Palace was one of the strongest military palaces in the Chu Kingdom, and it held a lot of confidential information.
The State of Chu could not guarantee how many secrets this princess had passed on, but no matter what, she could not let it go.
This princess must be eliminated.
As a result, the Chu royal family secretly summoned Prince Hong to the palace and informed him of the matter.
Prince Hong loved his wife and daughter so deeply that he was even willing to give up his world-wide power and soldiers to save the lives of the mother and daughter.
If Prince Hong didn't want to save the lives of the princess and his daughter, he could have killed the princess and her daughter out of justice. He is still Prince Hong now.
But Prince Hong did not do this. He gave up his title and military power.
Then new problems arise.
To deal with Prince Hong, even if Prince Hong voluntarily gives up his title and military power, will the proud soldiers under his command recognize this?
You must know that five thousand years ago, Prince Hong's Mansion had over 100 million soldiers and over 10,000 generals. It was once a super existence that swept across the Eastern Region of the Demon Realm.
These soldiers and generals would never agree to Prince Hong giving up his title and military power.
The royal family wants to kill Prince Hong's princess, who is equivalent to their mistress, and they are even more unwilling to do so.
How to deal with the soldiers and generals in Prince Hong's Mansion is the biggest headache for the Chu royal family.
This is definitely not something that Emperor Chu can do with a single edict.
Even if the Emperor of Chu issued an edict to depose Prince Hong and kill the princess, even if the soldiers of Prince Hong's palace rose up, they would not be able to overthrow the Chu State, but after all, violent bloodshed would occur.
The Chu royal family was unwilling to see infighting within the dynasty unless it was absolutely necessary.
Therefore, under the close arrangement and operation of the Chu royal family, this matter was completely connected with the "competition for military power."
Prince Liang's Mansion appeared in the royal family's sight.
At that time, Prince Liang's Mansion was not considered a weak prince's palace. Although Prince Liang's fiefdom was far away and close to the northern region, the power of Prince Liang's Mansion in the north was extremely huge.
Emperor Chu secretly summoned King Liang to the palace to discuss the matter.
King Liang immediately agreed.
The royal family's plan began to be implemented.
Prince Liang's palace came forward to report to Emperor Chu that Prince Hong's concubine was a warrior from the Nine Nether Demon Palace and was stealing the highest secrets of Chu State day and night.
Once this matter comes out, no matter what, the Chu royal family will come forward to investigate.
The Emperor of Chu then handed over the evidence he already had to the Zhaoxing Division, who announced the investigation of Prince Hong and Princess Hong.
Finally, Prince Hong entered the palace to meet Emperor Chu, and a great drama was staged.
Prince Hong was ordered to die in the Golden Palace by King Liang, the princess was also ordered to die in the palace, and their only daughter was sent to Mingyuefang to reflect on her past mistakes.
With an edict from Emperor Chu, Prince Hong's subordinates began to be recruited from the Prince of Liang's Mansion.
Prince Hong, who was nominally dead, helped secretly, allowing King Liang to successfully integrate Prince Hong's old troops in just a few years.
Although there are still some soldiers and generals who are dissatisfied with Chu's punishment and take their soldiers to other places to become bandits, there is nothing to be afraid of.
This is what happened back then!
Princess Shenxian took a deep breath and asked Mr. Wen: "Senior, you just said...are my father and my parents not dead yet?"
Mr. Wen smiled and said: "Of course he is not dead. Isn't it because the Chu royal family spent so much effort just to save the lives of Prince Hong and the princess?"
"But...but..." Princess Shenxian was in disbelief.
At that time, both the royal family and Prince Hong's old subordinates told Princess Shenxian that both the prince and the princess had been brutally slaughtered.
Especially when the princess was sentenced to death by the royal family, it was well known that there were many servants and maids who could testify.
Why is Mr. Wen so sure that neither Prince Hong nor the princess is dead?
Besides.
If the princess and the prince are not dead, why are Princess Shenxian so grown up that they are so determined not to see her?
Princess Shenxian was very happy when she thought that her parents were still alive, but when she thought that they abandoned her so cruelly, she felt a little resentful and angry.
Princess Shenxian didn't know what to say for a moment.
Lin Bai then asked for Princess Shenxian: "Since Prince Hong and Princess Hong are not dead, then where are they?"
Princess Shenxian reacted immediately and looked at Mr. Wen curiously.
The person who knows you best in the world is definitely not your friend, but your enemy.
Princess Shenxian could not find anything about Prince Hong and Princess Hong in Chu State, but Jiuyou Demon Palace would definitely be able to find out.
Mr. Wen smiled: "This matter is really difficult to find out. The Chu royal family made a good move and made us all think that Prince Hong and Princess Hong are indeed dead."
"But it wasn't until something happened later that we realized something was wrong."
Lin Bai asked: "What happened?"
Mr. Wen looked at Chu Zimo and Chu Tingxue and said, "Do you remember what I said just now that Prince Liang and I are old friends and we fought against each other back then?"
Chu Zimo nodded: "Senior is talking about what happened four or five thousand years ago, when Prince Liang's iron horse rode across mountains and rivers."
Chu Tingxue had vaguely guessed what was going on, and a look of surprise appeared on her face.
Mr. Wen nodded and said, "That's right. Prince Liang's palace suddenly sent out troops and swept across the territory of Chu State with thunderous force. All the forces they targeted were the secret sub-rudders of our Nine Nether Demon Palace."
"This is very strange."
"These sub-rudders are hidden within the territory of the Chu State. They have never been exposed, and they rarely even have contact with the Nine Nether Demon Palace. How did the Chu State know about it?"
Mr. Wen said with a smile: "We immediately guessed that there might be a traitor inside the Demon Palace, so we carefully checked the interior, and found no clues."
"Later, after our rigorous investigation, it was found that... besides the top management of the Demon Palace, there is another person who knows about these helms."
"This person is Prince Hong's princess!"
Old General Wen looked at Princess Shenxian again and said: "The princess held the position of Taoist disciple in Jiuyou Demon Palace back then, and she was considered to be a high-ranking official. Moreover, she belonged to the Taoist disciple who was traveling outside. For the territory of Chu Kingdom in the Eastern Region of the Demonic World,
I also know all the branches inside.”
"But isn't she already dead?"
Mr. Wen muttered: "The Demon Palace became suspicious of this matter, and then secretly sent warriors to the Imperial Capital of Chu State to carefully investigate the cause of death of Prince Hong and Princess Hong."
"As a result, we found out... that we were all tricked by Chu State, and Prince Hong and Princess Hong were not dead at all!"