Dong Mansion, in the room.

Zhou Qing sat alone at the table, lost in thought.

From entering the imperial capital to now, only three days have passed, and in these three days, Zhou Qing has intersected with the two princes of the royal family, and these two are still strong contenders for the prince.

After returning to the Dong Mansion, Zhou Qing asked Dong Ze some things about the princes of the royal family, and he focused on understanding Yang Tianzhao and Yang Shengfei.

Zhou Qing learned that when Yang Xuanwu, the emperor of the Yu Dynasty today, he had twenty-seven sons, the eldest was twenty-five years old, and the youngest was only three years old.

Three years ago, Yang Xuanwu canonized his eldest son as the crown prince.

However, for unknown reasons, the crown prince died in his bedroom, and since then, the crown prince's position has been vacant.

The vacancy of the crown prince has caused all the princes to be eyeing each other.

After all, as far as the Tianyu Dynasty is concerned, once any prince sits on the throne of the crown prince, it means that he has the qualifications to ascend the throne in the future.

In the face of power, no one can resist such temptation.

As a result, in recent years, there have been open and secret battles between various princes.

Especially in the past year, more than a dozen princes have died one after another inexplicably, which has caused a lot of shock in the Tianyu Dynasty.

However, after some investigation, the truth about the murder of those princes was inconclusive.

And recently, when some people went to see the princes who were still alive in the world, they found that only Yang Tianzhao and Yang Xuanwu were still qualified to compete for the crown prince.

As for the other princes, they were all children who were only three or four years old, or even seven or eight years old.

In front of Yang Tianzhao and Yang Xuanwu, they only have to play with mud, and as for competing for the position of the crown prince, they don't have the slightest strength.

At that time, when Dong Ze introduced Yang Tianzhao and Yang Xuanwu to Zhou Qing, his eyebrows were full of deep solemnity.

Because according to rumors, among the royal family, the dead princes, the culprits who killed them were Yang Tianzhao and Yang Shengfei.

Of course, this is just a legend, and there is no evidence for it.

However, everyone understands that if the death of one or two princes is still a coincidence, but when so many princes die one after another, there is obviously a great conspiracy in it.

These things have also spread to the ears of the current emperor Yang Xuanwu.

But to everyone's surprise, Yang Xuanwu turned a deaf ear to this, and he just let the battle between the princes take place.

Now, as the competition for the crown prince is getting closer and closer, the struggle between Yang Tianzhao and Yang Shengfei is becoming more and more intense.

The emperor is ruthless.

The so-called blood and family relationship between princes has been weaker than water since ancient times.

Zhou Qing could feel that he had inadvertently seemed to be involved in the battle for the crown prince, and he seemed to occupy a very important position in the struggle between Yang Tianzhao and Yang Shengfei.

However, when Dong Ze was talking about the struggle between the princes, he specifically mentioned one person, and this person was Yang Fan.

Yang Fan, as the thirteenth prince, is the one who is still alive except for Yang Tianzhao and Yang Shengfei, and can compete with the two for the qualification of the crown prince.

Now, Yang Tianzhao and Yang Shengfei have both attracted forces from all sides, and there are countless strong people under them.

However, although there are many of their subordinates, most of them are at the level of the Purple Mansion Realm, and there are almost no powerhouses in the Linggang Realm.

After all, the Linggang Realm represented the pinnacle of power in the entire Tianyu Dynasty.

Among the dynasties, the powerhouses of the Linggang Realm are no more than one hand, and Yang Tianzhao and Yang Shengfei, although their power is huge, there are almost no truly peak powerhouses that they can drive.

But Yang Fan and the two are different.

According to Dong Ze, Yang Fan seems to be cultivating in the Tianzong Academy now, and on weekdays, he is even more secluded.

Dong Ze had been practicing in Tianzong Academy for a year, and he had only heard of Yang Fan's existence, but he had not even seen Yang Fan's figure.

However, this does not mean that Yang Fan is not qualified to compete for the crown prince.

Because Yang Fan's grandfather, Nangong Ao, was once the strongest person in the Tianyu Dynasty, and he was also the only one in the current dynasty who was a triple powerhouse in the Linggang Realm.

Martial arts practice, the more you reach the later stage, the more difficult it is to improve your cultivation, the so-called one realm and one heavy heaven, nothing more than that.

With Nangong Ao's strength, he is invincible today.

Therefore, even though Yang Fan has never developed his own power, no one can ignore his existence, because Nangong Ao is his biggest reliance.

And that kind of dependence, even Yang Tianzhao and Yang Shengfei, can't reach it.

Zhou Qing looked thoughtful, he was thinking about how to deal with Yang Shengfei's means next.

Now, Zhou Qing has successfully won the first place in the freshman assessment, and in a short period of time, Yang Shengfei should not make a move on him.

However, with Yang Shengfei's character of retribution, I'm afraid he won't let Zhou Qing go so easily.

This person can even be his own half-brother, let alone Zhou Qing.

"Do you want me to call Shi Heilong, enter Yang Shengfei's mansion at night, and kill him directly?" Zhou Qing muttered.

Killing Yang Shengfei directly, in the current view, this is undoubtedly the quickest way to solve the problem.

After a short period of thought, Zhou Qing gave up the idea in his heart.

Yang Shengfei is now a strong contender for the crown prince, and there are countless strong people under him, although on the bright side, there seems to be no strong person around him who has really stepped into the Linggang realm, but it is inevitable that he will not hide.

If Zhou Qing and Shi Heilong had ventured into Yang Shengfei's mansion and did not kill him in the end, then the next thing would undoubtedly be even more troublesome.

In case, Yang Shengfei went crazy directly and ordered the whole city to arrest Zhou Qing, when the time came, Zhou Qing could leave calmly, but Qin Yu, Shen Rong and Liu Xian'er would be in the most dangerous situation, and that kind of thing was obviously something that Zhou Qing did not want to see.

Zhou Qing thought about countermeasures, and suddenly, he thought of Yang Tianzhao.

Now, the competition for the position of the crown prince has been between Yang Tianzhao and Yang Shengfei, and the competition between the two is particularly fierce.

It was precisely because of this that on the square of Tianzong Academy, Yang Tianzhao chose to help Zhou Qing.

Such a thought flashed through his mind, and Zhou Qing quickly shook his head.

Although Yang Tianzhao had shown him some kindness before, Zhou Qing could feel that Yang Tianzhao was too deep in the city, and intersecting with such a person would only do all kinds of harm but not benefit.

For a while, Zhou Qing was a little difficult.

"It's still too weak, if I have the strength of the Linggang Realm, why should I care about any bullshit prince now!" Zhou Qing shook his head and sighed.

Bang bang......

At this moment, there was a low knock on the door.

Zhou Qing stood up, pushed open the door, and saw Dong Ze standing outside the door with a bright red invitation.

"Dong Ze, is there anything?" asked Zhou Qing.

Dong Ze handed over the invitation and said in a deep voice: "Big brother, the third prince sent an invitation, he said that he would be in the mansion tonight, banqueting you and sister-in-law, how do you think I should reply to the person sent by the third prince?"

The sister-in-law in Dong Ze's mouth naturally refers to Shen Rong.

Zhou Qing took the invitation card, glanced at it, and sure enough, it was pasted, and it was written that Yang Tianzhao was going to invite him to Shen Rong.

Looking at the content of the invitation, Zhou Qing frowned slightly, falling into contemplation, he obviously felt a trace of unusual meaning from Yang Tianzhao's invitation.

After a while, Zhou Qing raised his head, looked at Dong Ze, and said in a low voice: "You go and tell the person sent by the third prince that I will go to the appointment on time tonight." ”

Dong Ze nodded, and he couldn't leave.

In front of the door, Zhou Qing held the invitation in his hand, looked at the gradually darkening sky with deep eyes, and said to himself: "Yang Tianzhao, what are your intentions? ”