Two weeks later.

Chu Di and the brocade guards escorted the ten princes back to Kyoto.

In these ten days, he, King Chu Luo of Liang, and King Chu Hao of Wu searched more than 60 cities in the east one by one.

The city lords who discovered more than ten cities did not act, and cleaned up more than 20 families who were bullying and had no court, and reduced the hidden dangers in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

On the way back to Kyoto together, Chu Mu, the king of Shu, Chu Hao, the king of Wu, and Chu Luo, the king of Liang, sat in the same carriage.

When he heard about the two of them, he was very envious and a little jealous.

At the same time, he was afraid to death.

Because when he went to appease the refugees, he discovered the trick of the city lord, but he was afraid that he would lose his life, so he deliberately pretended to turn a blind eye, so that the people in the city continued to live in misery.

"Death is done, death is done, if I go back like this, will I be punished by His Majesty?"

The more Chu Mu thought about it, the more scared he became, in order to make himself feel more at ease, he tentatively asked the two people in the car.

"Brother Shu Wang, Brother Wu Wang, I have a question in my heart, I don't know if I can answer this king's questions?" Chu Mu's eyes showed a look of expectation.

Liang Wang Chuluo looked up and down, as if he hadn't heard.

Seeing that asking Chu Luo was fruitless, Chu Mu turned his head to look at Chu Hao, the king of Wu, on the side, with a burning look in his eyes.

Chu Hao also wanted to learn from Brother Liang Wang and pretend to turn a blind eye, but the other party stared at him directly, and he felt uncomfortable.

Chu Hao showed a reluctant smile and said, "What questions does Brother Shu have about it? This king is not talented, I don't know if I can give the answer in Brother Shu's heart." ”

Hearing this, Chu Mu was overjoyed.

"No, no, no, Brother Wu Wang, as long as you can answer this king's question, this king will be satisfied. ”

After speaking, Chu Mu continued: "Brother Wu Wang, this king wants to know, if someone is threatened with their lives and is incapable of completing a thing, will His Majesty blame him?"

Don't you have any pressure in mind?

Chu Hao was speechless, and couldn't help complaining in his heart, but on the surface, he still answered Chu Mu's words kindly.

"Brother Shu Wang, this situation, this king thinks, you should know it in your heart, why do you need to ask this king, comfort yourself?"

When Chu Mu heard this, his heart was cold, he sighed softly, lowered his head, and didn't say anything more.

There was silence in the car.

..................

A day later.

The group returned to Kyoto.

On the morning of the same day, Chu Di and a group of princes came to the council hall.

This is an "award ceremony" specially prepared for them.

"Chen Chudi, see Your Majesty!"

"Brother Chu Luo, see Your Majesty!"

"Brother Chu Mu, see Your Majesty!"

"Brother Chu Hao, see Your Majesty!"

"Brother ......"

"Excuse me. Chu Ran stood high on the dragon chair, spread his hands, and said lightly.

After the salute, Chu Ran slowly began to say again: "These days, you have worked hard, and I see it in my eyes. ”

"It's not hard to wait!" said a group of people in unison.

"Okay, don't come to that with me, I see your hard work, and I will naturally reward what deserves!" Chu Ran waved his hand and said.

Chu Luo and the others, they didn't expect Chu Ran to say this.

For a moment, I felt a little excited.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" the crowd shouted in unison again.

"First of all, General Chu Dichu, to calm down the turmoil in my Great Zhou, reward 1,000 catties of yuan stones, and ten acres of fertile land. Chu Ran said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Longen!" Chu Di knelt down on one knee with a calm face and said with a fist clenched.

When many people saw his expression, they couldn't help but complain in their hearts, they were all rewarded, and they still had a stinky face, although it should be modest, but everyone was acting out on the surface, but it was the first time I saw someone as cold as you.

The acting is too good, right?

It's just that they don't know that Chu Di is not a complete human, he is a robot who knows how to kill.

Chu Ran naturally knew this in his heart, so he nodded and set his eyes on Chu Luo and Chu Hao.

"King Chu Luo of Liang, King Chu Hao of Wu, the two of you are my brothers, you have done an excellent job this time, and you have solved a big hidden danger for General Chu for my Great Zhou, I will reward the two of you, each of you has 10,000 catties of yuan stone, ten acres of fertile land, I hope you two can do more practical things and work hard for my Great Zhou hegemony!"

Chu Ran said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen!" the two said happily.

They were not happy to be rewarded, but to hear Chu Ran's words.

Don't look at the simplicity of what you say, in fact, the subconscious meaning is to tell them to do things well, and you can also let them get errands in the court in the future.

This is an emperor's promise!

"Hmm. Chu Ran believed that they should also understand what they meant, so he looked at the next person, Chu Mu, the king of Shu.

Seeing Chu Mu, Chu Ran narrowed his eyes slightly, and a trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

He had already heard Zhu ignore and say that Chu Mu was worried that he would die, and let those people continue to harm the people, but he pretended to turn a blind eye.

He doesn't keep a cowardly, incompetent waste.

Thinking of this, Chu Ran spoke again.

"Where there is a reward, there should be a punishment!"

This sentence made many princes feel a lot in their hearts.

I saw that Chu Ran said again: "King Shu, do you know what I want to say?"

After hearing this, Chu Mu secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, my brother...... The subordinate brother doesn't know ......"

"You don't know?" Chu Ran said coldly with murderous intent in his eyes, and then sneered and said, "Since you pretend that I don't understand, then I will tell you!"

"Because you are afraid that you will be assassinated, you pretend to turn a blind eye, and any of those people are cruel to the people, and act recklessly, to a certain extent, you are also an accomplice, and I can't wait to kill you now!"

Thump!

Hearing this, Chu Mu's knees weakened and he knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty Mingjian, my brother really didn't do such a thing!" Chu Mu said with a vigorous kowtow.

"Oh?" Chu Ran laughed angrily at him, and said with a cold smile: "Could it be that you are questioning my intelligence ability and thinking that I am slandering you?"

"Brother Chen didn't dare, Brother Chen was also forced......" Chu Mu said weakly.

"What a forced!" Chu Ran stood up and said: "Being forced by others, can you pretend to turn a blind eye, arbitrarily act recklessly, brutalize the people, and let the people live in misery?"

"That's not the reason!"

Chu Ran reprimanded angrily.

"What I want is a person who can do practical things and can share my worries, whether he is poor or noble, as long as he has the strength, I dare to appoint him!"

"I don't want a waste of waiting to die for nothing!"

"Someone!"

As soon as he finished speaking, soldiers entered the temple.

At the same time, abolish his royal title, Zhu ignored it, and sent Jinyi Wei to copy the Shu Palace!" Chu Ran said with a final word.

Chu Mu was stunned, he knew that he would be punished, but he didn't expect that the final result would be to lose his life and lose the king's title.

I knew that he would stop those people that day!

"Your Majesty's life!Your Majesty's life!" Chu Mu begged for mercy loudly.

Chu Ran turned a deaf ear.

Soon Chu Mu was dragged down.

Chu Ran set his eyes on the other seven princes again.

Chu Ran squinted his eyes and said, "Do you know, what I'm going to say next?"

"Your Majesty, the younger brother knows his mistake, please punish Your Majesty!" the seven princes knelt down at the same time and said in unison.

They said it very cleverly, not begging Chu Ran for mercy, but saying "begging for mercy", which indirectly avoided the risk of losing their lives.

Chu Ran looked at them and did not speak.

They just kneel, waiting for the judgment!

Chu Ran knew that killing a prince was nothing, if he killed a group of princes, there would definitely be people who would oppose it.

Maybe he will be given the title of "tyrant" at that time.

Although Chu Ran does not recommend being a tyrant at a critical moment.

But now there's really no need for that.

Because he's got a better way!

It's a thankless job to kill all of them.

"Since you have all admitted it to me, I don't want to say more, all of you are grounded in your respective palaces for a month, give me a good reflection!"

After a pause, Chu Ran said again: "In addition, I hope you can think deeply about your mistakes, I will arrange for you to conduct a test in a month, and everyone will have to! If you fail, you will directly abolish the title of the king and be demoted to a commoner." ”

What the!

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all shocked.

If the prince fails the exam, he will be demoted to a commoner and the king's title will be removed?

This is too overbearing, isn't it?

In other princes, they felt aggrieved, but Chu Luo didn't think so.

He felt that this was another good opportunity to prove his own strength.

He has to take advantage of it.

In addition to Chu Luo, Chu Hao also thought so.

"Okay! If you have something to do, let's retreat from the court if you have nothing to do!" Chu Ran looked at the civil and military officials below, and saw that they had nothing to say, so he said:

"Retreat!"

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!" the civil and military officials shouted.

Amidst their chanting, Chu Ran slowly left the council hall and came to the Heart Cultivation Hall.

"Xiao Linzi, call the general over to me. Chu Ran commanded.

"Yes, the minion will go. Xiao Linzi hurriedly left the Heart Cultivation Palace.

............

In the harem.

Inside the Golden Phoenix Palace.

After the early dynasty, the fact that the prince was going to take the exam immediately reached the ears of those who had a heart.

Today, the Golden Phoenix Hall has become lively again.

The Queen Mother sat in the courtyard and tasted the tea, took a sip, the mellow fragrance was thick, the taste was bursting, and the Queen Mother gently praised a sentence of "good tea".

After speaking, the Queen Mother set her sights on the concubines.

After glancing around, finding Concubine Xu in the crowd, the Queen Mother lightly opened her lips and said, "Concubine Xu!"

Hearing the Queen Mother call her name, Concubine Xu hurriedly stepped forward and responded.

"Queen Mother!"

"Hmm. The Queen Mother nodded, and said: "Concubine Xu, King Liang did a good job this time, the mourning family heard that the emperor rewarded him, he is a capable and practical person, do it well, in the future, you can rely on your son to enjoy the blessings of the rest of your life." ”

The Queen Mother's words, firstly, are to encourage Concubine Xu, and secondly, to remind the other concubines that the prince must take the exam, and if he fails the exam, he will be demoted to a commoner, and there is no need to discuss!

When Concubine Xu heard this, she was overjoyed.

Empress Dowager Xie praised and believed that Luo'er would definitely make some achievements, and I hope that he can solve the problem for His Majesty when the time comes. Concubine Xu said "modestly".

"Well, since that's the case, the mourning family is relieved, you go back first. The Queen Mother said.

"Yes, the concubine will retire!" Concubine Xu knew in her heart that the Queen Mother was very optimistic about Chu Luo, so there was no need for her to continue to stay.

After Concubine Xu left, the Queen Mother glanced back and forth at the other concubines and asked, "What are you doing when you came to visit the mourning family today?"

The concubines hurriedly shook their heads and said, "The concubines just saw that the sky was good and wanted to come and talk to the Queen Mother." ”

"The mourning family likes to have clean ears, if it's okay, go back and rest!" the Queen Mother said lightly.

Everyone understands that the Queen Mother is driving people away.

Seeing this, the concubines also knew that they couldn't plead, so they left one after another.

............

In a moment, Zhao Chun came to the Heart Cultivation Palace.