Chapter 102: King Chu perceives
In Youzhou, in the palace of King Han, King Han lay on the couch, drinking wine while enjoying the dancing of the dancing girl. The young and beautiful maids who stood beside him poured him wine, fed him fruit, pinched his shoulders, and fanned him.
The dancing girls are not from the Great Zhou, but the dancing girls of the Western Regions, who were specially sent by King Han to buy them from the Western Regions. He was tired of seeing the dancing of the Great Zhou Dancing Girl and wanted to change it to a new one. The Western Regions Dancing Girl is boldly dressed, her eyes are charming and seductive, and her dancing posture is unrestrained and hot, which has a unique style.
Han Wang bent his right leg, put his right hand on his knee, his fingers gently tapped his knee with the melody, and his head shook gently with the melody.
At this moment, the butler of the Han Wangfu walked in. He saluted King Han first, then walked to King Han's side and whispered something in King Han's ear.
King Han's face immediately changed, becoming gloomy and solemn. He sat up and waved to the dancers and singers, who hurried back.
"Go and call Mr. Yang to the study." After King Han finished his order, he went to the study.
"Yes, Lord." The housekeeper stepped back and went to find Mr. Yang.
Suddenly, Mr. Yang appeared in King Han's study. King Han told him what he had just heard from the butler.
Mr. Yang, that is, Yang Qi, listened to it, and did not speak with a slightly calm face.
King Han didn't urge him to speak, and waited patiently for him to think.
After a while, Yang Qi muttered, "Your Highness, are you sure that the King of Chu sent someone to investigate the third princess?" The third princess is not the side concubine of the Han Palace, but the side concubine of the new Mao Dun Shan Yu, and she is also the Han princess in Zhao Yao's mouth.
"Who else can there be but the fourth." King Han sneered, "How could that pig brain of the second child think of sending someone to investigate the third princess." For the acting king, King Han never paid attention to it. "Only the second and fourth children came to the north, and the seventh and eighth children were in the capital, and their hands couldn't reach here."
"If it is true that the King of Chu sent someone to investigate the three princesses, then the King of Chu has more means than we imagined." Yang Qi furrowed his eyebrows slightly and said, "How did King Chu know that the third princess has a relationship with us?"
At the mention of this, King Han's expression instantly became very ugly.
"How does this king know?" The king of Han did not regard the king of Chu as a real opponent. In his eyes, neither King Chu nor King Jing was his opponent. "This king really underestimated the fourth child." Few people in this world know about his relationship with the third princess, but I didn't expect the fourth child to know.
"Not long after the King of Chu came to the northern border, he found out that we had a relationship with the third princess, and this wisdom is not simple." Yang Qi had told King Han before that he couldn't underestimate King Chu.
"Impossible." King Han waved his hand and said, "The fourth child has been closely monitored by us, and it is impossible for him to find out our relationship with the third princess in such a short period of time."
"Your Highness, do you mean that the King of Chu knew about our affairs with the Third Princess before he came to the northern border?"
"Quite possibly." King Han said with a cold face, "I always thought that there were no people from the fourth child in the north, but I didn't expect that the people from the fourth child were deeply hidden. Now it seems that there are also his people on the Hun steppe."
"If that's the case, the power of the King of Chu is deeper than we imagined." Yang Qi said, sighing softly, "My younger brother really can't be underestimated." Mr. Yang Ling, who is next to King Chu, is Yang Qi's cousin.
"Sir, the fourth child has realized that we have a relationship with the third princess, and the fourth child must die, otherwise it will be this king who will die." There was a cold killing intent in King Han's eyes.
"Your Highness, the King of Chu is not easy to kill." Yang Qi reminded King Han, "If the King of Chu dies in the north, everyone, including the emperor, will suspect that you killed him. Even if there is no evidence, the world will think that you are the murderer, and once you are charged with killing your brother, you will not have a chance to take the throne."
"If the fourth child doesn't die, our affairs will be exposed, and it will be this king who will die at that time." Of course, King Han knew that King Chu died in the north, and he would be suspected, but being suspected was better than death. Besides, when he sits on the throne in the future, his murder charge will naturally disappear.
"The king of Chu has to die, but he can't die in the north." Yang Qi also knew that the King of Chu could not live, "Your Highness, wait for the King of Chu to leave the northern border and kill him on the way back to Beijing."
King Han
Fang was in a hurry and lost his mind, but forgot that the king of Chu was going to leave the north and return to the capital in a few days.
"Sir, this matter is arranged by you, be sure to kill the fourth child before he returns to Beijing."
"Your Highness, I'm afraid the King of Chu is not so easy to kill." Yang Qifang remembered an incident many years ago, which made his face become worried.
Seeing Yang Qi's worried expression, and hearing him say this again, King Han asked suspiciously, "Sir, what do you mean by this?"
"Your Highness, do you remember when the King of Chu was ordered to go to Pengcheng to investigate the case of lost copper?"
King Han didn't know what Yang Qiti was doing about it, but he remembered this incident deeply, after all, the prince was deposed because of this incident.
"The king remembers."
"Then do you remember that back then, the abolished prince and the abolished town Guogong, as well as the acting king, they chased and killed the king of Chu all the way, but the king of Chu returned to the capital unharmed and exposed the waste prince for stealing copper and forging weapons."
Hearing Yang Qi say this, King Han remembered that there was such a thing. Back then, they all felt that the King of Chu had no order to return to the capital, but they didn't expect that the King of Chu not only came back safely, but also brought back evidence of the waste prince's stealing of copper forging weapons, which shocked them very much.
"I heard that the pursuit and killing of the King of Chu back then was very ferocious, wave after wave, and almost all of the people of the King of Chu were killed." Yang Qi said, "I'm afraid that the King of Chu will repeat his old tricks, so we won't be able to kill him. Moreover, with the cleverness of the King of Chu, he should have guessed that we would not let him go, and he must have been prepared."
"If one wave of people is not enough, then ten waves of people. If ten waves of people are not enough, then a hundred waves, this king does not believe that the fourth child can get out of the shell every time." King Han felt that his people were stronger than the lackeys of the abolished prince back then, and it was impossible for him to not be able to kill the king of Chu. "The northern border is far away from the capital, and there are many opportunities to kill the fourth child, if you don't succeed once, you will definitely succeed ten times."
Yang Qi felt that King Han's words made sense, "What His Highness said is true."
"I wanted to save the fourth child and let him get rid of the second child, but I didn't expect him to take the initiative to send him to death. So the king will make him perfect." The king of Chu will have to die sooner or later, and now he died early, which will not affect his plan. "When the second child returns to the capital, the seventh and eighth will not let him go." When the second and seventh children are both defeated, he will make another move, and the throne will be his.
Yang Qi talked to King Han for a while, and then left to arrange the assassination of King Chu.
At this time, Yang Ling was also discussing with the King of Chu about returning to Beijing.
"Your Highness, I think King Han should already know that you are investigating his relationship with the Third Princess, and he will never let you return to the capital alive." Yang Ling said with a serious expression, "I'm afraid that King Han has already arranged someone to assassinate you, and your next journey back to Beijing will be dangerous."
The king of Chu was not surprised by this.
"Your Highness, you used to make a plan to get out of the shell of the golden cicada on the way to Jiangnan Road, but I'm afraid that it won't be good this time." Yang Ling said with a heavy expression, "Your Highness, we have to plan your way back to Beijing this time, otherwise it will be really dangerous."
After hearing this, the King of Chu raised the corners of his mouth and chuckled: "Sir, don't worry, the tenth brother has already arranged my way back to Beijing."
"His Royal Highness the King of Han?" Yang Ling said in surprise, "Your Highness, why did His Royal Highness the King of Han arrange your way back to Beijing?"
"Sir, the tenth brother told me that King Han had a relationship with the third princess of Xinmao Dun Shan Yu."
When Yang Ling heard this, he exclaimed in shock, "What ......" Realizing that he had lost his temper, he hurriedly lowered his voice, "Is Your Highness serious?"
"Really, it was the tenth brother who wrote to tell me, but the tenth brother just guessed that King Han had something to do with the third princess, and there was no evidence." Zhao Yao's original words were that King Han and the third princess had a leg.
Yang Ling was shocked: "Why does His Royal Highness the King of Han think that King Han will have something to do with the third princess of the new Mao Dun Shan Yu?" He didn't even think of that.
"The tenth brother said that although the third princess is a woman, she can survive on the Xiongnu grassland and be favored, which is not something that ordinary women can do......" King Han told Yang Ling in detail about Zhao Yao's suspicion that King Han had a relationship with the third princess.
When Yang Ling heard this, his face was shocked.
The King of Chu knew what Yang Ling was frightened about, so he didn't say anything.
"Your Highness, His Royal Highness the King of Han...
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As soon as Yang Ling spoke, he was interrupted by the King of Chu raising his hand, "Sir, I know what you want to say, you don't need to say more, I still say that, I believe in the tenth brother."
Hearing King Chu say this, Yang Ling had no choice but to swallow back the words that came to his lips.
"The tenth brother said in the letter that as long as I investigate the affairs of King Han and the third princess, I will definitely be noticed by King Han, and then King Han will try his best to kill me and will not let me return to the capital alive, so he arranged a way back to Beijing for me."
"How can King Han let His Highness return to the capital safely?"
"In two days, I will leave the north with the caravan arranged by my tenth brother and head to the Western Regions. When I get to the Western Regions, I'll go back to the capital." King Chu continued, "The Tenth Brother will arrange for someone to pretend to be me and stay in the north for a few days. In a few days, this man will continue to pretend to be me on the way back to the capital."
Yang Ling reminded King Chu: "Your Highness, before you leave, King Han will definitely see you off, and then you will find out that person is not Your Highness."
"The tenth brother said that there are people in Lingnan who are proficient in the art of disguise, and they will not let King Han find out."
"The art of disguise?" Yang Ling didn't believe it, "Is there really a disguise technique in this world?"
"Sir, when you see you the day after tomorrow, you'll know if there is one." The King of Chu believed Zhao Yao's words.
"Your Highness, His Royal Highness the King of Han ...... resourcefulness and means" Yang Ling still couldn't help but warn the King of Chu, but he was still interrupted by the King of Chu.
"Sir, I believe that the tenth brother will not harm me."
Seeing that King Chu trusted King Han so much, Yang Ling was angry and helpless.
"Your Highness, if His Royal Highness the King of Han is not good for you this time, please don't trust the King of Han again in the future."
"Okay." King Chu agreed very happily, "Sir, if the tenth brother didn't harm me this time and helped me return to the capital safely, you shouldn't doubt the tenth brother in the future, okay?"
"Yes." If the King of Han does not have His Royal Highness the King of Chu to make a move this time, it means that the King of Han is really not interested in taking the heir, and he has no intention of murdering His Royal Highness the King of Chu.
King Chu didn't say anything more about this matter, and returned to the matter of King Han having a relationship with the third princess.
"Your Highness, now we have found out that King Han is colluding with the third princess of New Morton Shan Yu, but we have no evidence. When you return to the capital, report this to the emperor, and the emperor may not believe it." Yang Ling said, "The people we sent to the grassland have already been discovered, and if we send people to the grassland to collect evidence, I'm afraid it won't work." They had already startled the snakes, and King Han and the third princess had already been on guard against them, and their people could no longer get close to the grassland.
King Chu looked at Yang Ling, and then said with a deep expression, "Sir, don't underestimate the emperor's suspicions."
Yang Lingden understood what King Chu meant, and then a sudden smile appeared on his face.
The emperor, who was far away in the capital, suddenly sneezed.
"It must be Xiao Shi, that stinky boy scolding me."
Sun Kui: Your Majesty, you are really self-aware.
The Emperor threw down the approved fold in his hand, raised his hands and stretched his waist, and made an indecent and comfortable sound from his mouth.
"Your Majesty, you are tired, the slave maid will pinch your shoulders." Sun Kui walked behind the emperor and skillfully pinched the emperor's shoulder.
At that moment, the Dark Guard walked in. Sun Kui hurriedly walked over, took the secret report from his hand, and immediately handed it to the emperor with both hands.
After reading the secret report, the emperor laughed and said, "Hahahaha, the stinky boy really didn't disappoint me."
Seeing that the emperor was smiling so happily, Sun Kui boldly asked, "Your Majesty, what has His Royal Highness the King of Han done to make you so happy?"
"Xiao Shi, that stinky boy noticed that the fifth child had a leg with the third princess of Mao Dun Shan Yu, and also told the fourth child." The Emperor laughed, "I thought it would take some time for this stinky boy to find out, but I didn't expect this stinky boy to find out so quickly." Not bad, the stinky boy didn't disappoint him.
Sun Kui looked stunned: What, His Royal Highness King Han actually had an affair with the princess of Mao Dun Shan Yu?!
Wait, the emperor actually knows!