Chapter 527 - Prince Ren Mansion

Chapter 527 - Prince Ren Mansion

Li Huowang accepted the scroll and saw that it depicted a highly detailed map of a complex of buildings.

The layout of each room and their names were labeled clearly. There were three words written in red underneath—Prince Ren Mansion.

“Prince Ren Mansion?” Li Huowang frowned and looked up at Ji Lin.

“Prince Ren is my second brother. Take it slowly. It’s rumored that there are many evil cultivators among his followers. Back then, his followers were the ones responsible for the deaths of my mother and my sister.”

Li Huowang instantly understood what he needed to do next. He said nothing else and bowed to Ji Lin before leaving with the scroll.

“Er Jiu, do your best! Help me ascend the throne, and I will not let you down!”

Shangjing was vast, but it wasn't that difficult to find Prince Ren Mansion.

It’s strange that the mansion is not built in the prince’s fiefdom but in the capital. Li Huowang thought to himself. He was kneeling on a roof as he silently gazed at the large plaque in the distance.

Li Huowang muttered to himself once again, “Yes, indeed. Perhaps the imperial family has always been planning to raise a Gu.”

As Li Huowang spoke, his colored phantom merged slowly into the tiles. His invisible body began to move stealthily towards Prince Ren Mansion.

The towering walls posed no obstacle to Li Huowang, as Li Sui’s tentacles effortlessly scaled the wall.

Li Huowang sensed several hidden sentries behind the wall. Instead of leaving quietly, he approached one of them.

After some time, Li Huowang stood on a roof beam and looked down at the eunuch who lay motionless by the window.

This person was one of Prince Ren Mansion’s hidden sentries. He had been fixedly staring outwards through a small hole in the window.

He’s just the test subject. Li Huowang mentally thought to Zhuge Yuan in his mind, as he grasped the hilt of his spine sword.

Swoosh! Li Huowang sliced his sword downward from the beam, and a silent wave of Great Qi history swept across.

He searched several places successively but found nothing. In the end, he found Prince Ren by following the bustling noises within the estate.

The grand stage adorned with lanterns was filled with tropes taking turns to perform. Every single performance involved over a hundred performers, and every single performer could easily become a star outside.

They were far better than the Lu Family Troupe by many times.

These troupes were all for one person’s enjoyment. It was Li Huowang's first time seeing Prince Ren’s face. He was a middle-aged man with a pale complexion and pale lips. If it weren’t for the dragon robes he was wearing, Li Huowang wouldn’t have thought he was someone vying for the throne with Ji Lin. Prince Ren's eyes were squinted as he lay on a plump woman. His fingers were adorned with sharp nail guards decorated with gold and jade, and he was tapping his knee to the music.

Li Huowang was crouched on a tree branch, and he swept his gaze across everyone. He didn’t know what the so-called "evil cultivators" were like. However, none of them looked evil.

Should I just make a move now? No, this place is too open. There are so many people around as well, so I could get easily ambushed. I can’t afford to make the same mistake twice. Perhaps Prince Ren, like the eldest princess, is also pretending to be weak. This might be a part of his scheme.

Li Huowang squatted silently, waiting for an opportunity to move.

An hour passed just like that. When it was the second section of the night, Li Huowang assumed that Prince Ren wanted to watch the performance all night, but the performance eventually stopped.

Prince Ren sat inside a grand sedan that was being lifted by twelve people. A group of eunuchs surrounded the sedan as the precision headed toward Prince Ren's quarters.

Li Huowang followed the sedan but found nothing unusual.

Li Huowang didn’t believe that anyone daring to vie for the throne would be this careless, especially after the recent death of the Empress Dowager and the eldest princess.

The incongruity made Li Huowang become even warier.

The crowd outside gradually dispersed as Prince Ren called it a night.

Li Huowang sensed an opportunity and cautiously followed inside.

Li Huowang was surprised to hear singing inside Prince Ren's quarters.

Li Huowang followed the singing and found Prince Ren sprawled out on his bed. A woman stood before him and was singing a song. The woman's makeup made it clear to Li Huowang that she was an opera performer, but she wasn't wearing anything else aside from her makeup.