"But Emperor Yuan is so stupid, didn't he still ascend the throne? Emperor Chu is at least diligent in government affairs, not better than Emperor Yuan? ”

"But in our Dongjiang, apart from Emperor Yuan, who else can the first emperor pass on the throne to? Emperor Yuan's brothers, fighting for the throne and breaking the bloodstream, the dead died, the crippled, and in the end, only Emperor Yuan was left complete. ”

Xia Jingyan thought about it, but it was also, the sixteen princes of the first emperor, twelve died, only those four were left and three were left, who would not pass on Emperor Yuan? Emperor Yuan, who has never fought before, actually reaped the benefits of the fisherman!

"Then look at it this way, Emperor Chu is a little capable, I heard that the nine princes of the Chu royal family were all outstanding, and Emperor Chu won, I still think that Emperor Chu is the most kind-hearted person who cares about Emperor Chu!"

"Yan'er, there is no soft-hearted emperor as an emperor, if you take care of human feelings in everything, the country will be in chaos."

"Hmmm......"

Xia Jingyan snuggled in Zhou Ranmao's arms, inexplicably a little sad.

"Is it fake that Emperor Chu is trapped?" Xia Jingyan asked.

"That's natural, King Ling is stupid, I really think that I can control the emperor and the crown prince with a few soldiers in my hands, Emperor Chu wants King Ling to fight with Dongjiang, I want to take Dongjiang, but also want to maintain my kind image, isn't the ambitious King Ling a good move?"

"So Emperor Chu is the real chess master, he is pretending to be a mistake, so that King Ling mistakenly thinks that he holds great power and attacks the Dongjiang River, and King Ling does not dare to get rid of Emperor Chu directly, so he will send troops in the name of Emperor Chu, and then send a dead man to assassinate Emperor Chu at will, pretending to be a filial son and crying in the mourning hall, blaming Dongjiang and the prince, the throne is naturally his." Xia Jingyan roughly figured it out.

But after all, he still underestimated Emperor Chu, sitting on the Xijiang River for thirty years, how could Emperor Chu be a good stubble? Emperor Chu wanted to wait for King Ling to capture the Dongjiang River, and then counterattack, at that time King Ling was defeated, and the Dongjiang River was all in his hands, he only needed to kill King Ling in public to comfort the people of Dongjiang, and he could continue to maintain his image as a good man, why not? Zhou Ranmiao explained everything.

"It's worthy of the emperor!" Xia Jingyan sighed, "Dyeing, then what can we do?" ”

"There are two generals on the battlefield, King Ling doesn't have to worry about it, what we have to take care of is the old man Chu." Zhou Ranmiao took the sword and handed it to Xia Jingyan.

Chu Huang was afraid that he would die and never thought that his sophisticated plan would be clearly understood by Zhou Ranmiao, let alone that all the undercover agents standing around him were densely packed.

Zhou Ranmiao is the most demagogic, and the people around him often can't see through him, just like this time, even Xia Jingyan ignored one thing, where did Zhou Ranmiao come from such a secret guard?

Tianzhu Pavilion is not out of the sect with Zhun Xin'er for three moments, and he still has a wrong investigation about the affairs of the Xijiang Chu royal family, where did Zhou Ranmiao come from such a good secret guard? Xia Jingyan didn't expect this at all.

Don't think about it, Zhou Ranmiao handed over the talisman to Gu Yun, and took Xia Jingyan to secretly cross the border into the Xijiang River, Xia Jingyan didn't ask anything, always in her eyes, Zhou Ranmiao did everything right, so she always followed him.

Zhou Ranmiao hired a carriage for Yinzi, and asked the groom to go all the way to the capital of Xijiang to find Yang, about two days later, the carriage just stopped outside the gate of the Xijiang Imperial Palace, and Zhou Ranmiao pulled Xia Jingyan to get off.

Most of the Chu Imperial Palace is made of stone, and it looks like a large area is blue and gray, which is even more oppressive and terrifying, in front of such a huge imperial city, Zhou Ranmao and Xia Jingyan seem extremely small.

"What are we going to do?" Xia Jingyan couldn't bear it anymore, so he asked, along the way, Zhou Ranmao has been selling Guanzi.

"Help the prince ascend to the throne." Zhou Ranmiao replied calmly.

"What!" Xia Jingyan's eyes were about to pop out.

Help the prince ascend to the throne? Are you kidding! How can I help? Enter the palace and say to the prince: "We will help you get rid of your father, and you will be the emperor?" "Besides, just two people can help! This must not be hung and beaten by the guards of a city?

"Yan'er, Emperor Chu has been in power for thirty years, and the crown prince has also been for nineteen years, this crown prince's ambition is greater than that of King Ling, you know better than me, people have been pressed for nineteen years, as long as we pinch it a little, the prince can do anything."

"But Emperor Chu is his father after all......"

The more Xia Jingyan spoke, the quieter she became, and Zhou Ranmiao gave her a look, and she stopped talking.

Also, he still hates King Xianxia, and Zhou Ranmiao also knows about it.

"Emperor Chu is gentle to all the people in the world, but he treats the prince harshly, and the prince can't hold it anymore." Zhou Ranmiao said, looked up at the sky, it was almost time to make an appointment with the prince.

"Then how do we get into the palace? Emperor Chu and King Ling both know me. ”

"Don't be anxious." Zhou Ranmiao took Xia Jingyan to sit on the small stone bench in front of the palace gate, looking like touching porcelain from a distance, "Let's just sit and wait." ”

can be different from the imaginary prince who came to greet him on time, Zhou Ranmao was stunned by the scorching sun, and there was no one in the palace.

Xia Jingyan was also a little suspicious, but he just poured tea for Zhou Ranmiao to drink, and didn't ask anything, and Zhou Ranmiao of the province was embarrassed.

It wasn't until three o'clock in the afternoon that a man who wore a night robe in broad daylight and thought he was hiding quite hidden hung a rope from the palace wall, and was caught by a large group of guards at once.

"Hey, hey, you big brothers have something to discuss!"

"What a good deal! Which palace are you a eunuch in! Dare to run away! ”

"Who do you say is a eunuch! You're the eunuch! ”

The guards quarreled with the man, Xia Jingyan sat in place and didn't move, just looking at the excitement, he felt that this person's stupidity looked very similar to Gu Yun, until Zhou Ranmiao couldn't get cold and said:

"The prince is out."

"This man is the crown prince?!" Xia Jingyan exclaimed.

Zhou Ranmiao didn't say anything, and walked in with Xia Jingyan's hand, waiting for the excitement to end.

"You blinders! Know who I am! Rise up from the offended! Gu Yun shouted.

"Who are you, take off your mask! Let me see where you are sacred! The guards shouted at the man.

Of course, the next second they couldn't shout.

The man took off his mask, and looked at the underwhelmed with a sigh of anger, a little white face, looking delicate and thin, as if a gust of wind could blow it away, such a person is actually the crown prince of Chu?!

"The ministers meet His Royal Highness the Prince." The guards wanted to cry without tears, so they quickly admitted their mistakes.

"Now you know that you can't afford to offend! Are you still crazy! Arrest me......" The prince frowned, but it made people want to fight.

Crown Prince Chu shook his legs and "taught" a few guards, until he turned his head and saw Zhou Ranmao.

"Hey! Lord Zhou! The prince's eyes were about to glow, and he noticed the doubts of the guards, and hurried them away, "Go down!" What to see! ”

"His Royal Highness Prince Chu, you came really early." Zhou Ranmiao yawned.

"Oh, Lord Zhou, I'm delayed by something, and I'm going to see you at this moment, isn't it?" The prince arched his hand, saw Xia Jingyan, and hurriedly smiled and saluted, "Presumably this is Mrs., Chu Mou Sansheng is fortunate to see Mrs. Zhou's true face!" ”

Xia Jingyan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly returned the salute, "Jingyan is fortunate to meet His Royal Highness the Prince..."

"Don't say much! Lord Zhou and Mrs. Zhou quickly follow Gu into the palace, let's go in and say! ”

The prince jumped up and down happily like a monkey, so surprised, Zhou Ranmiao didn't feel new at all, and only quietly followed the prince into the East Palace, Xia Jingyan peeked at Zhou Ranmiao countless times along the way, and he had that flat look.

"Could it be that Ranmao and the prince are old acquaintances? Commonplace? Xia Jingyan thought to himself. Ke Ranhao is from Nanjiang, how can he have an intersection with the prince of Xijiang? ”

After entering the East Palace, the prince immediately watched the tea, and invited Zhou Ranmiao and Xia Jingyan to sit down, Zhou Ranmiao was just about to talk to him, but a guard came in and whispered a few words to the prince, and the prince went out again.

Taking advantage of this gap, Xia Jingyan just asked the doubts in his heart.

"Dye Hao, do you know this prince?" Xia Jingyan asked.

Zhou Ran was stunned for a moment.

"Oh...... I met in the early years, at the time of the Sijiang scuffle, Xijiang and Nanjiang formed an alliance, this prince had lived in Zhuangzhong for a while, and I met him, hey! He also wrote a letter when I entered the palace! ”

"Oh." Xia Jingyan didn't care much.

Zhou Ranmiao breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately became nervous again.

"It's just that this prince is like this, I heard people say that the crown prince Chu is very calm, words and deeds are appropriate, when he was two years old, he has been strictly taught by Emperor Chu, and he is never allowed to mess around, but today I see ...... If I hadn't known that Mr. Gu was in the barracks at the moment, I would have thought that he was Mr. Gu pretending. ”

When Xia Jingyan said this, Zhou Ranmiao sighed, covered his face with his hands, and looked like he had no face to see people, and the same was true of the prince who had just come back outside the door hiding at the door.