Cao Qing looked up to the sky and sighed, from the moment he saw Chu Bing's actions, he knew that the last chance to turn the tables today was lost.

Unexpectedly, King Jing is so young and calculating.

What's more, a big victory is imminent, but there is not the slightest hint of arrogance.

is so open-minded, not like a teenager at all, but like a wise man who has been up and down in the sea for many years, and has experienced storms and waves, he can maintain a calm attitude at any time, and he can see everything through at any time.

Everyone underestimated King Jing!

Cao Qing smiled bitterly secretly, but he didn't have much remorse.

Because he knew that in King Yu's heart, he had never underestimated Chu Bing.

This plan is also doing our best.

It's just that it still ended up like this, which seems to be a reflection of something he is most reluctant to admit.

It's not that King Yu is careless, but King Jing is stronger!

This former fool, a waste that everyone looks down on, a prince who everyone thinks is lucky to get the throne and won't live long.

Unconsciously, it has grown to this point!

At this time, the only trace of regret in Cao Qing's heart was that he did not send Chu Bing out when he was growing up, which caused today's great trouble.

But who would have thought that Chu Bing's growth would be so fast?

"Maybe this is the will of heaven, it is the heavens that favor King Jing, otherwise it is really impossible to explain his situation! However, the matter has not yet reached the point of no return, even if today's matter fails, as long as it is not implicated in His Highness, we have a chance.

The current situation is just to replace the originally planned King Yong with King Jing. After all, King Jing's rise was relatively short, even if the city was deep and proficient in calculation.

But this cultivation is strength, but it can't grow in a day or two. As long as the two of them stand in the ring, with the strength of His Royal Highness, they should be sure to win! ”

Cao Qing secretly thought in his heart, although he always felt a little unstable in his heart, for now, this was his only comfort.

"Your Royal Highness, since most people think that King Jing is reasonable, then Weichen has nothing to say! This matter is all caused by the misconduct of Wechen, no matter what punishment His Majesty has, Wechen has no regrets! ”

Thinking clearly in his heart, Cao Qing also behaved as a bachelor, taking all the responsibility on his head, and making it clear that he was desperate to keep the king.

Chu Xingkong's brows furrowed slightly, and Cao Qing's attitude made him a little melancholy.

To be honest, according to what he meant, he actually wanted to take this opportunity to kick King Yu out.

But Cao Qing now takes all the responsibility on himself, which makes him unable to do anything to King Yu.

Many people may be very strange as a promising emperor who has been on the throne for more than 20 years and has been in control of the court.

Chu Xingkong should have been able to control all aspects of the country, but why was he so weak on the issue of King Yu?

In fact, this has to start from the general situation of Kyushu, Kyushu is not a feudal society in Chinese history after all, it is a world full of personal force.

In such a world, it is obvious that power cannot dominate everything, and strong individual force can completely compete with power.

This has long been the case, and a country must have two cores, a political core and a military core.

For Shu, his political core was the emperor, and the core of his force was the clan elders.

This is a very easy to understand setting, the emperor needs to deal with all kinds of complex problems, obviously can't put all his energy into martial arts, so his cultivation strength may not be very strong.

But the clan elders have nothing to do every day, they have a lot of time to practice martial arts, and they also have a large number of genius earth treasures to support, as long as the talent is good, the growth of cultivation is naturally uproaring.

During the millennium of the Shu Kingdom, the emperor and the clan elders had reached a perfect balance, that is, the emperor managed the country in a complex manner, and at the same time provided various cultivation resources for the clan elders.

The Clan Elders' Council devoted itself to cultivation in order to serve as the emperor's backing for handling various affairs, after all, in a high-martial world, many things need to be handled by force.

However, in all the affairs of the state, there is one item that prohibits the emperor from meddling, and is controlled by the clan elders.

That's the battle for succession!

The inheritance procedure for the throne set by Shu is really a pioneering act.

In one fell swoop, he understood the disadvantages of the previous imperial succession and achieved a meritocracy!

Let the emperors of Shu not say that they are wonderful, but they are by no means garbage!

It is his existence that allows Shu to still ensure its vigorous vitality after thousands of years of inheritance.

But if this measure is to be sustained, it must be done.

That is to limit the influence of the emperor in it!

We can't let the emperor's preferences affect the inheritance of the throne too much, only in this way can we be fair, just and open!

Therefore, in the inheritance of the throne, the most critical battle for the heir was handed over to the clan elders to control.

And anything that involves the party struggle for the succession will prohibit the emperor from interfering.

Of course, it is impossible to completely prevent the emperor from interfering, so as long as he doesn't go too far.

Although this tournament is related to state affairs, relatively speaking, it also has a great impact on the battle for succession.

The clan elders agreed with the emperor's proposal to choose a prince to win the championship, so that the imperial court could intervene in Yunzhou and seize the military power of the Mu Palace.

also agreed to limit this candidate to King Yu, King Yong, and Chu Bing, but it was obvious that they would never agree to a specific person selected by Chu Xingkong again.

Therefore, Chu Xingkong could only provide some insignificant assistance in the process of Chu Bing's treatment of King Yu and King Yong, but he could not play a leading role.

This is true for King Yong, and the same is true for King Yu, unless he has a very legitimate reason, it is difficult to directly exclude King Yu from the competition.

Therefore, now that Cao Qing has stopped all the responsibility on himself, even Chu Xingkong is helpless.

"Prime Minister, General Li, Zhang Shaofu, what do you think of this?" Chu Xingkong asked lightly.

He couldn't interfere too much, so he had to ask these three people, they could be counted as the representatives of the three kings at this time, and they were also one of the candidates for succession.

What Chu Xingkong can't interfere with, they can interfere with.

If they all agree to pursue King Yu, then Chu Xingkong will be able to push the boat down the river.

It's a pity that things obviously can't make him get his wish!

Prime Minister Wang, General Li, and Zhang Shaofu glanced at each other, bent down and saluted together: "Your Majesty, the ministers think that the matter of the Dream of Red Mansions is indeed Cao Qing's fault, and they should be severely punished!" ”

only said that Cao Qing was severely punished, but did not mention King Yu, obviously the three kings did not want to involve King Yu in this matter.

Or, they don't want to let King Yu out!