Night.

The moon stars are scarce.

The corpses of the Yulin Army in the Yinghua Hall were all carried out.

The blood in the hall was also washed and wiped clean by the eunuchs over and over again, as if nothing had happened here.

The door of the Yinghua Hall was pushed open by the crown prince Chu Yan, and he led the army to surround the imperial city not as a rebellion, but under the pretext of "protecting His Majesty and catching assassins", no one can say what is good or bad for this reason.

The moment he pushed open the door of the Yinghua Palace, the scene in the hall clearly appeared in Chu Yunmei's scope on the wall of the imperial city in the distance, and the Chu Emperor appeared under her gun, so Chu Yunmei pulled the trigger and shot without hesitation.

In this world, few people knew that Emperor Chu died under Chu Yunmei's gun, because everyone saw with their own eyes that it was the assassin "Zhao Cheng" who killed Emperor Chu!

The news of the assassination of the Chu Emperor will soon spread throughout Jinling, and I believe that it will not be long before it will spread throughout the Chu State and the entire world, which will make the subjects of the Chu State extremely angry!

When the ministers rushed into the Yinghua Palace, they discovered Zhao Cheng's secret, it turned out that Zhao Cheng was the Chen Dynasty and the prime minister of Daji!

While the minister was still immersed in grief, the crown prince Chu Yan controlled the situation with thunderous means.

And launch a final assault on the throne that is close to the late one.

Goden!

Many lights were lit, and they were as bright as day.

The crown prince Chu Yan sat in the position where the emperor of Chu often sits, and felt the taste of being an emperor in advance.

Now, Chu Yan has mixed feelings in his heart.

There are feelings and sighs, excitement and sadness.

He obviously knew that the people around his father were planning to kill him, but as the crown prince, he did not come out to stop it, but participated in it, and the death of Emperor Chu was inseparable from him, and it was he who gave his father the last ride.

"Your Highness, Niangniang...... His Royal Highness King Qi has come down. ”

After a reminder, the mother and son in the imperial study looked in the direction of the door.

After a while, Qi King Chu Zhong walked into the imperial study with a steady gait.

There was another person who came with him, the chief envoy of the Daji Mission, Fang Xiu!

After the two walked in, they saluted.

After the crown prince gave the throne, he looked at Chu Zhong, the king of Qi, and asked, "Uncle Huang, now that my father was killed by assassins, and the civil and military officials are leaderless, and they are panicked, what should I do?" ”

King Qi arched his hand: "Of course, the crown prince ascends the throne and stabilizes the situation!" ”

The prince nodded in satisfaction, this was what he wanted.

Although the King of Qi has been away from Jinling for many years, there are not many henchmen, and the King of Qi will be a strong help for him to ascend the throne, this time, the King of Qi has attracted a large number of courtiers in a short period of time, and the old prime minister Xu Zhenghou also does things for the King of Qi, it is enough to see that although the King of Qi is not in Jinling, he has a deep foundation, and he also heard that the King of Qi found the lost jade seal of the Chu State.

If you can get the help of King Qi and get the jade seal, the throne is only one step away.

King Qi was not stupid, and he saw what the prince meant.

took out the jade seal of the Chu State that he carried with him, and the prince's eyes lit up.

However, when King Qi was about to hand over the jade seal, he paused, looked at the only woman in the imperial study, Lan Guifei, and said, "I don't know what Guifei Niangniang said before, but it still counts?" ”

Concubine Lan Guifei sat dignified and said: "Naturally, if King Qi can help the prince succeed in ascending the throne, the palace will naturally release the Xiao family, but King Qi needs to promise the palace one thing." ”

"What?"

"This palace wants the king of Qi to promise this palace, after this palace releases the Xiao family, you will leave the Chu country, in this life and this life, and never set foot on the land of the Chu country again!"

The King of Qi owned the jade seal and had deep roots in Jinling.

When she came in, she heard the courtiers whispering outside.

If King Qi ascends the throne, how about it......

This reminded Concubine Lan that if the prince wanted to sit firmly, the king of Qi had to leave the state of Chu, and the courtiers had this thought.

"Okay."

King Qi agreed very happily.

He also said: "After the crown prince ascended the throne, I, Chu Zhong, voluntarily stripped the royal status of Chu State, went to live in Daji, and will never come back in this life." ”

Concubine Lan nodded.

King Qi leaned forward slightly, "My business is a small matter, and now there is a big thing in front of everyone." ”

The crown prince looked at King Qi and said, "What does Uncle Huang mean, how to dispose of the corpse of the Chen Dynasty?" ”

King Qi nodded.

Lan Guifei said: "The assassination of the first emperor by the Chen Dynasty is well known, this matter can no longer be hidden, the first emperor is now dead, the subjects are angry, and they need an outlet to vent, the meaning of this palace is to leave the corpse of the Chen Dynasty and let me Chu State dispose of it." ”

"No!"

Fang Xiu stood up and immediately refused: "That's the corpse of the prime minister of my dynasty, how can it be kept in the territory of Chu State?" Don't forget the concubine and His Royal Highness the Prince, if there is no prime minister of our dynasty, how can you kill the Chu Emperor? I know you want to use this to build up your prestige quickly, but the body of my Prime Minister must be brought back by us and handed over to the Prime Minister's widow. ”

The prince pursed his lips and hesitated.

Lan Guifei argued: "Chen Chao is dead!" I went to the palace to see it, ten thousand arrows pierced the heart, and the dead were thorough, what do you want a corpse to go back to? This is the thief who killed the first emperor, and he must stay in the Chu State and be disposed of by the subjects of my Chu State! ”

Seeing this, King Qi said: "This matter must not be done! Chen Chao is the prime minister of Daji, his status is noble, and he is the father of the Son of Heaven, if the body is wantonly disposed of by the subjects of Chu State, Daji will not give up, or return it to them. ”

Fang Xiu knew that King Qi was speaking for himself, and nodded: "Yes, if you can't return the prime minister's body to me, I'll send troops immediately!" Come and ask for it! Concubine Lan should not forget, the Chen Dynasty is the father of the Son of Heaven, my Daji is now a courtier, most of them are under the Chen Dynasty, and the Chang Shengjun is the Chen Dynasty's pro-army, if they know that the corpse of the Chen Dynasty was left in the Chu State and was ruined by the subjects of the Chu State, do you think those soldiers will give up? The war in Dongying is coming to an end, and they will go south non-stop and cross the river! ”

"When the time comes, will you be able to block the blade of my Sergeant Daiki?"

The threat of this is very threatening!

If you don't return the corpse of Chen Chao, Daji will immediately send troops to ask for it!

Concubine Lan gritted her teeth, but she was helpless.

Suddenly, she thought for a moment and said, "It's okay to return Chen Chao's corpse to you, but this palace wants Lord Fang to make a promise!" ”

"Say."

"The body will be returned to you, but in the next ten years, Daji will not send troops, and you and I will divide the river and rule!"

Fang Xiu was silent for a long time, and nodded slowly: "Agreed." ”

……

That night, the Daki delegation hurriedly packed their bags and stepped on the ship to cross the river to the north.

Under the cover of darkness, they walked in a hurry.

in the cabin.

A man was carried in with arrows stuck in his body, he had no breath of life, and the gray-haired Fang Xiu stood in front of him, his back looking a little lonely.

The people on the boat had no one to speak, and it was quiet and somewhat eerie.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, the national teacher is coming......"