The Emperor Shangguan of the Ethereal Empire is very old, and his abdication is imminent, and the throne was originally taken over by the crown prince, but the crown prince died suddenly half a year ago, and the cause of death is still a mystery. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Emperor Shangguan had a total of nine sons, and the crown prince who died violently was the eldest son.

The ethereal empire, a great country, cannot be without a king for a day, nor can there be no prince to take over as the monarch.

Therefore, the crown prince had to be elected among the remaining eight princes.

Among the eight princes, except for the little prince, that is, Shangguan Wenqian, the ninth prince, has no ambition to compete for the throne, the remaining seven princes are all ambitious, and everyone covets the throne.

However, Emperor Shangguan favored his little prince the most, if it weren't for the fact that the little prince didn't have the ambition to dominate the world, he would have made him the crown prince a long time ago.

Because the queen of the snake people, Aoying Saqiu, suddenly disappeared, the Ethereal Empire and the Sky Empire began to stir, and friction continued, and the two empires soon had a big fight.

Emperor Shangguan's health is deteriorating day by day, and he is no longer able to handle state affairs, and he urgently needs to elect a crown prince to take over the throne.

After consulting the opinions of the princes and ministers, for the sake of fairness, Emperor Shangguan decided to let the eight princes "choose the crown prince by force".

The so-called competition to elect the prince is not a competition to test the strength of the eight princes, who can be elected as the prince.

On the contrary, none of the eight princes can come on stage to participate in the competition.

"Choosing the prince by competition" is the comprehensive power of the eight princes.

The so-called comprehensive force is that the eight princes each recruit talents, recruit a group of capable people, and let these people compete on stage.

Whoever wins in the end will be the current prince.

Of course, according to the regulations, there are strict age and number regulations for the princes' subordinates to participate in the competition.

The age is set between eighteen and twenty-five years old, and the number is set at ten.

Really talented people, especially those of this age, are not easy to find, and they are not something that can be hired with money.

This will test the comprehensive power of the princes.

As soon as the news of "contesting to elect the prince" came out, the entire imperial city was boiling.

The young talents of the major families in the imperial city are all ready to move, gearing up, thinking about which prince to defect to.

The eight princes, except for the little prince Shangguan Wenqian, are all eager to recruit talents from all over the world on a large scale.

The news of "contesting to elect the prince" was like a gust of wind, and it soon spread throughout the entire Ethereal Empire.

The young generation of eligible forces in the entire empire were all excited.

Once recruited by the princes to serve the prince, even if he does not win the crown prince for the prince in the end, it is a great honor.

The whole family will follow the light and rise to a level that is respected by the locals.

All over the country, a large number of young talents rushed to the imperial city, and the scene was spectacular and lively.

Of course, it is not easy to be recruited by the princes, and it is necessary to go through layers of competitions and announcements, and the final winning young talents can have the opportunity to be recruited by the princes.

In addition to the little prince Shangguan Wenqian, the other seven princes' mansions are crowded with people every day, setting up rings one after another, and competing in the sea to select the world's talents.

Shangguan Wenqian is kind-hearted, benevolent, has no quarrel with the world, recites poems every day, strokes the qin and drinks tea, and lives a peaceful and leisurely life, without the slightest ambition to compete for the throne with his seven brothers.

However, Shangguan Wenqian had no ambition to compete for the throne, and his seven brothers did not think so.

The seven brothers all think that he is playing a trick to capture the old and indulge, on the surface it seems that he has no quarrel with the world, but behind his back, he relies on the favor of his father, and secretly plays with the yin!

Since ancient times, there have been countless examples of imperial families fighting each other for the throne.

As a result, a vicious assassination attempt is about to be staged......

Chengdong Caishikou.

The crowds of beggars were looking forward to it, waiting for the arrival of Shangguan Wenqian, the Nine Emperor Princes.

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and on the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year every month, the philanthropic Nine Emperor Princes will personally come to Dongcheng to give alms to the beggars who are suffering and have no food to eat in the imperial city.

"It's coming! It's coming! The Nine Emperors are here!"

"I haven't eaten for three days, and I'm dying of hunger!"

"The Nine Emperor Princes are really good people! let's pray for him and bless him with a long life!"

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The beggars cheered excitedly when they saw a caravan of horses and carts approaching this way.

Ye Xuan was dressed as a beggar, blending in the crowd of beggars, slightly urging his right eyes, his eyes were piercing in the crowd of beggars......

Ye Xuan inadvertently got a message that someone was going to assassinate Shangguan Wenqian on the day he gave alms to beggars.

Shangguan Wenqian is the only prince among the nine princes who has no ambition to conquer.

If he can become the crown prince and take over the throne, it is very likely that he will be able to avoid the war between the two empires, which is definitely a blessing for the people in the world.

Ye Xuan felt that to stop the war between the two empires, he should start with Shangguan Wenqian and assist him to become the crown prince and the throne.

So, Ye Xuan disguised himself as a beggar and mixed in with the beggars, secretly protecting Shangguan Wenqian.

Shangguan Wenqian never recruits talents, and it is not easy for Ye Xuan to become his confidant.

The best thing to do is to save his life so that you can win his trust.

Ye Xuan's gaze locked on the two beggars in their thirties, and secretly sneered.

The two beggars had their faces full of meat, restrained their breath, and quietly hid in the group of beggars, waiting for an opportunity to move.

Although the two beggars restrained their breath, under Ye Xuan's gaze, it didn't work at all.

Ye Xuan could see the details of the two at a glance.

One void heaven is two early stages, and one is the middle stage of the void heavens.

The assassination of the prince is not trivial, once the prince is stabbed to death, it is definitely a shocking case.

Anyone with a little brain will not get into this trouble.

Therefore, it is difficult for the main messenger behind the scenes to find powerful strong people to carry out this task, and they can only find some unknown killers to carry out this task.

Of course, the strength of these two killers is not weak.

Shangguan Wenqian did not have bodyguards beside him, and he was usually only escorted by a team of guards.

The average strength of the guards is also eight or nine in the Yuan Infant, and the two killers of the Void Heaven Realm secretly attacked, and there was a great possibility of killing Shangguan Wenqian on the spot.

The strength of the two killers is about the same as Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan has a 10,000-point certainty, one kick at a time, and kick it over on the spot.

But Ye Xuan didn't do this, so he would have no chance to win Shangguan Wenqian's trust.

Ye Xuan's afterimage flashed, and none of the hundreds of thousands of beggars at the scene saw how he moved, he had already appeared in front of Shangguan Wenqian's sedan chair, blocking the way of Shangguan Wenqian and his party.

Shangguan Wenqian does not do bad things, and he is not afraid that someone will be unfavorable to him, and he usually travels very simply, with a small sedan chair, two sedan chair drivers, four maids, and a team of twenty guards.

This time, the beggars who came out to give alms were a little different from the usual ones, bringing some more family members and guards, and pulling more than a hundred animal carts of food.

"Hey, stinky boy, you don't follow the rules, you actually ran to the Nine Emperors to ask for food without queuing!"

"Stinky boy, get back in line!"

"Bastard boy, there's no such thing as you! If you are not hungry, no matter how hungry you are, you must maintain order! Get back!"

……

All the beggars were honestly waiting for the Nine Emperor Princes to come over, and suddenly saw a little beggar rushing to the Nine Emperor Princes and stopping the Nine Emperor Princes, and they were all so angry that they cursed.

"Little one, don't worry, you go back to line up first, and you'll definitely be well fed later!"

A big-eyed maid said with a smile.

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