Chapter 057: The Crisis of the Thirteen Princes
"Aunt Lin, what happened?"
Seeing the old woman, Ning Yu chuckled violently in his heart, and hurriedly walked over and helped her up from the ground.
He once had a maid named Qingbo, who took care of him for many years.
The lady Lin in front of him was Qingbo's mother, and he had seen it many times before.
A few months ago.
He was determined to leave the capital and would not return for a long time.
At that time, he dismissed all the people around him, including the maid Qingbo, who took no one with him, and left alone.
It wasn't until not long ago that he met Tianxiu Ancestor in Burning Moon City, and by mistake, he came back again.
"Qing Bo has been arrested!"
Aunt Lin grabbed Ning Yu's sleeve tightly and begged bitterly: "Your Highness, please save Qing Bo's hard-working girl!"
Sure enough, something happened.
Ning Yu's heart sank, and he stretched out to support Aunt Lin, who was trembling all over, and comforted: "Auntie, don't worry, tell me what happened, Qingbo has taken care of me for many years, no matter what, I will definitely save her." ”
"Good, good. ”
Hearing Ning Yu say this, Aunt Lin seemed to be a lot more relieved, and said: "Last month, Qing Bo's girl went out once, but she was taken away, and she hasn't come back yet. ”
"You're saying that Qing Bo has been missing for a month?"
Ning Yu clenched his hands, and the expression on his face became extremely dignified.
"It's been almost a month and a half......"
Speaking of this, Aunt Lin began to wipe her tears again, "These days, I have been asking around, and I only know that Qingbo was abducted on Qingque North Street......"
After Ning Yu listened, his thoughts gradually became clearer.
A month and a half ago, Qing Bo went out to Qingque North Street, ready to buy some daily necessities, but met a group of people wearing red armor, who were taken away on the spot, and have not returned.
Red Flame Country, red is respected.
In the city of Lihuo, there should be only one kind of person who dares to wear red armor to swagger through the city - the Red Sky Dragon Armor Guard who belongs to the royal family.
And the Chixiao Dragon Armor Guard is controlled by the Fifth Prince, Ning Chu.
"Fifth Emperor Brother, could it be you!"
Ning Yu recalled the past events before, and his face changed.
About half a year ago.
The current Red Flame Monarch, Ning Tianwen, his father, suddenly announced his abdication after three years.
This incident caused an uproar in the royal family.
Because, the position of the crown prince has been undecided, that is to say, more than a dozen princes and princesses have the opportunity to win the supreme position.
It's lively.
The eldest prince, Ning Ren, died mysteriously on the first night the news was announced. Subsequently, in less than a month, another princess died of poisoning.
For a time, there was a lot of noise in the imperial city, and everyone was in danger.
Even he who lived outside the imperial city was not at peace, and the people outside knew that his father was extremely disgusted with him, the thirteenth prince, and it was impossible to pass it on to him, but his royal brothers and sisters did not intend to let him go.
After suffering several assassinations in a row, he made up his mind to stay away from this land of right and wrong.
In addition to the assassination, there were attempts to woo him.
Ning Chu, the fifth emperor's brother, personally came to the door several times, hoping to join his camp and help him win the throne of the monarch.
However, he refused.
He was most disgusted with this kind of dirty thing of fratricide, how could he get involved in it.
Could it be that because of this incident, Ning Chu held a grudge, so that Qing Bo was implicated and taken away by Ning Chu's people?
The more Ning Yu thought about it, the colder his heart became.
"Auntie, you go back first, and the matter of Qingbo will be handed over to me. ”
After Ning Yu sent Aunt Lin away, he went straight to the imperial city.
Except for him, the other princes and princesses lived in the imperial city.
Like Ning Chu's Five Princes' Mansion, it is located in the best part of the imperial city, covering a huge area, there are even mountains and rivers in it, and it is very close to the ancestral land of the Ning family, that is, the forest of fire wood.
These fire-leaving woods that grow in the ancestral land can continuously produce an incomparably pure fire aura, which is simply an elixir for the Ning family who cultivate fire-based exercises.
But only the monarch Ning Tian asked himself, and the people who were allowed by him, to enter the ancestral land.
Ning Tianwen is mean and cold by nature, and for so many years, he has never let any of his children enter the ancestral land to practice.
The royal ancestral land has become Ning Tianwen's private confinement.
However, occasionally, there will be some fire aura that wafts out from the ancestral land.
In other words, the closer you are to the ancestral land, the more chances you have to enjoy the fire aura.
"Look, it's the Thirteenth Prince!"
"Didn't he run away a long time ago, why did he come back?"
"Hehe, even if the world is big, where can we, Your Highness, flee?"
......
After Ning Yu entered the imperial city, he immediately attracted a series of strange eyes.
Some were surprised, some sympathized, and more gloating, and some even bet that the thirteenth prince would live for a few days......
Ning Yu ignored this, he hurried and went straight to the Five Princes' Mansion.
"Waiting for His Royal Highness!"
Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the Five Princes' Mansion, Yang Yinglong, the first guard officer beside Ning Chu, was already waiting for him at the door.
Obviously, as soon as he entered the imperial city, the news spread to the Five Princes' Mansion.
Even, his Fifth Emperor Brother had already expected that he would come here.
"My maid Qingbo, was she taken captive by your people?"
Ning Yu stared at Yang Yinglong and got straight to the point.
"Your Highness, why bother. ”
Yang Yinglong didn't respond positively, but just arched his hand and said: "When I see my Royal Highness, everything will be known." ”
Ning Yu looked at the treacherous smile on Yang Yinglong's face, and the uneasiness in his heart became even stronger.
He had realized that he had been calculated.
But in order to save Qing Bo, even if it was a trap, he had to step into it.
After Ning Yu took a deep breath, he said, "Lead the way." ”
Soon.
He met his fifth emperor brother, Ning Chu, who is now named the king of Chu.
Different from his ordinary appearance, Ning Chu inherited his mother's beauty, his face was extremely handsome, coupled with the royal nobility on his body, which perfectly interpreted what it means to be a dragon and a phoenix among people, and a noble man.
"Thirteenth brother, you finally figured it out. ”
Ning Chu, who was drinking and having fun, saw Ning Yu coming, ordered someone to pour him a glass of wine, and said with a smile: "Come, our brothers have a drink first." ”
"I don't understand. ”
Ning Yu shook his head and said, "Brother Huang, I came here for only one purpose, to find Qingbo and take her back." ”
"Qingbo?"
Hearing this, Ning Chu's face sank slightly, he stood up from his seat, and walked towards Ning Yu step by step, "Thirteenth brother, you are still the same, even a cheap maid cares so much." ”
"Qingbo is very important to me. ”
Ning Yu lowered his head and said in a sincere tone: "I also hope that the imperial brother can raise his noble hand and let her go." ”
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say that between our brothers, everything is easy to say. ”
Ning Chu stood still in front of Ning Yu, with a feminine smile on his handsome face that made his scalp tingle.
"You'll have to make amends, though. Before, you rejected the kindness of the fifth brother several times in a row, and let the fifth brother, the elder brother, be very faceless. ”
Ning Yu frowned and said, "How does the imperial brother want to compensate?"
"It's simple. ”
Ning Chu shrugged his shoulders lightly and said with a playful expression: "You kneel down first and kowtow nine times." ”