After listening to Duan Chen's narration and inference, Nangong Yao was shocked for a long time, obviously she didn't expect that in just a day or two, Duan Chen actually heard the secrets of the Gongyi family and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince without her noticing, and for a while she admired Duan Chen more and more in her heart.

And after Qin Huaiyue heard what Duan Chen said, she frowned and said, "So, are you going to meet that King Ning Kang secretly tonight?"

Duan Chen nodded, and then asked, "How much do you know about this King Ning Kang?"

Qin Huaiyue frowned slightly and said: "If it is another Xuan King, I have seen it a few times, but this King Ningkang has always lived in a simple place, and I have never seen him, but it is said that this person supported the current king to sit on the throne back then, and he should still be trustworthy." ”

Duan Chen nodded slightly, the reason why he decided to visit the Ningkang Royal Mansion tonight was also because of this reason. 、

King Ningkang, as one of the only two princes who supported King Shang's accession to the throne and was the only two princes who were allowed to stay in the Shang capital, shows that the current king trusts him, if even King Ningkang can't be trusted, then the entire Shang capital is afraid that there are few people who can be trusted.

At this time, I heard Nangong Yao suddenly sigh and said, "Brother Duan, I still can't believe that the queen of the Great Shang will betray the king of Shang." ”

Qin Huaiyue couldn't help but sigh: "On the one hand, she is her husband, and on the other hand, she is her own son, the queen must be very painful in her heart when she makes this decision." ”

Duan Chen shook his head and said lightly: "That's not necessarily, although the King of Shang is the husband of the current queen, but he is also the husband of other concubines in the harem, the jealousy in the harem is the most terrible, maybe the Queen of Shang loves the King of Shang very much, but there may not be no hatred in her heart." ”

And His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is her only flesh and blood, one is the husband who is shared with others, and the other is the father and daughter who was conceived and born in October. ”

Nangong Yao looked at Duan Chen with a strange expression and asked, "Brother Duan, you seem to know the way of the harem very well?"

Duan Chen was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "These are all my guesses, it's hard to say whether it's true or not, just listen to it, don't take it seriously." ”

Where did he actually know what the way of the harem, Fang Cai's words were all what the Seven Demon Lords had told him, and Duan Chen was just repeating it.

Qin Huaiyue's eyes were also a little strange when she looked at Duan Chen, but thinking of the marriage ceremony that would be held in the East Palace two days later, she didn't delve into this matter, and instead asked, "We still don't know what the Demon God Society and Shang Qiu plan to do at the marriage ceremony, and what should we do next?"

Nangong Yao also looked at Duan Chen, as if he was the backbone.

Duan Chen had already thought of a countermeasure, and when he heard this, he said: "As far as I know, this time in the East Palace, Shang Qiu plans to invite the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military ministers, as well as the entire Shang capital's wealthy families to come to watch the ceremony, doesn't Qin Daoyou think that this situation is very similar to the situation when the Five Dynasties met the martial arts?"

Qin Huaiyue was not a dull person, and immediately reacted: "You mean, Shang Qiu plans to take the opportunity of the marriage ceremony to coerce the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty and the wealthy families to support him on the throne?"

Duan Chen nodded and shook his head again: "It's just that this is not enough, if Shang Qiu intends to ascend the throne in this way, then he will be charged with rebellion and usurpation for the rest of his life, if I were Shang Qiu, I would naturally not choose to do this." ”

Nangong Yaoqi said: "Then what will you do?"

Duan Chen glanced at her and said with a smile: "In all dynasties, the alternation between each generation of kings is usually the edict drawn up by the previous king, and then passed on to the next king. ”

Qin Huaiyue frowned slightly and said: "But now that the King of Shang is unconscious, how can he draw up an edict to pass on the throne to him? Moreover, with the age of the King of Shang, I am afraid that he can still sit firmly on the throne for a hundred years, and I will not draw up an edict to pass on the throne in advance." ”

Nangong Yao's eyes lit up and said, "Does he want to get a fake edict of succession?"

Qin Huaiyue said: "The edict of succession can't be faked, and even if Shang Qiu can really make it, he can't deceive those palace ministers." ”

Duan Chen nodded and said: "It is difficult to fake the edict of succession, but if Shang Qiu wants to inherit the throne justifiably, he does not necessarily have to rely on the edict of succession, for him, there is a way to do it once and for all." ”

Qin Huaiyue was slightly stunned, and couldn't help frowning and thinking hard.

Nangong Yao asked directly, "What is the way to do it once and for all?"

Duan Chen said in a deep voice: "As long as the current Shang King dies, he, Shang Qiu, as the prince of the Great Shang, can naturally inherit the great unification and become the new Shang King." ”

Qin Huaiyue heard Duan Chen's extraneous meaning, and exclaimed, "You mean, Shang Qiu plans to make a move against King Shang at the marriage hall in two days?"

Duan Chen shook his head and said: "The person in charge of doing it should be the master sent by the Demon God Society, Shang Qiu should be planning to use the hand of the Demon God Society to get rid of the Shang King, and then take the opportunity of the marriage ceremony to announce the news of the death of the Shang King to everyone, it just so happened that the Shang King was seriously injured and unconscious because of the hunting of the Golden Pupil Biao some time ago, so the Shang King died at this time, and it is reasonable to say." ”

After listening to Duan Chen's inference, Nangong Yao couldn't help but exclaim: "Could it be that the King of Shang was seriously injured because of the hunting of the Golden Pupil Biao, and it was also planned by the Demon God Society and Shang Qiu?"

Duan Chen glanced at Nangong Yao approvingly, and continued: "This matter is also planned by the Demon God Society for Shang Qiu behind his back, and with the means of the Demon God Society, I am afraid that I planned to take this opportunity to directly get rid of the Shang King and support Shang Qiu to ascend to the throne, but in the end, their plan was not completed, and it was just that the Shang King was seriously injured and unconscious." ”

Qin Huaiyue couldn't help but exclaim: "What a careful thought, such a terrible plan, it turns out that they have been planning this coup d'état since more than a month ago. ”

Nangong Yaoqi said: "But why didn't they just do it more than a month ago, but they had to wait until Princess Biyun's marriage ceremony two days later?"

This time, without Duan Chen opening his mouth to explain, Qin Huaiyue preemptively said: "The King of Shang was only unconscious because of his injuries after fleeing back to the Shang Capital, if the demon god and Shang Qiu chose to do it at this time, they would definitely not be able to bypass the Son of Heaven Dragon Guard, so they didn't do it, they should be afraid of the guardian power of the Son of Heaven Dragon Guard, and they are not completely sure." ”

After a slight pause, she continued: "And now they have decided to do it, but I am afraid that the Demon God Society has sent another master over, and this master is only afraid that he is still a Jindan monk." ”

Nangong Yao exclaimed: "If the Demon God Society sent a Jindan monk, then wouldn't we have no chance of winning at all?"

Duan Chen's face condensed slightly: "I have already sent a message to Shizun in advance, I think that the Jindan monk sent by Shizun should be on the way to the Great Shang Dynasty, as long as we can hold out until that time, we will be able to turn defeat into victory." ”

Qin Huaiyue said: "If you can't hold it."

What about then?"

Duan Chen spread his hands helplessly: "Then you can only find a way to get out at that time." ”

Xu is Duan Chen's previous impression on Qin Huaiyue was too deep, making her mistakenly think that Duan Chen had a way to fight against Brother Jindan, but now when she heard that Duan Chen was not sure to fight against Brother Jindan, she couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and immediately nodded in reaction and said, "That's the only way to do it then." ”

At this time, the night was getting darker, Nangong Yao glanced at the sky outside, and then reminded: "Brother Duan, I think you should almost go to Ningkang Palace's appointment as well." ”

Duan Chen nodded, and then explained some things to Nangong Yao and Qin Huaiyue, and then quietly left the county lord's mansion under the cover of night, and went straight to the Ningkang Palace, which was also in the Shanggong District.

When he reappeared, he was already within the high walls of the Ningkang Palace.

At this time, Duan Chen not only used the Hidden Spirit Talisman, but also sacrificed the Water Moon Mirror to shield the divine sense, quietly hiding behind a remote garden rockery, and coldly watching the layout of the entire Ningkang Palace.

However, although the entire Ningkang Palace, although it was not as large as the Gongyi Mansion, it was also much larger than Qin Huaiyue's County Lord's Mansion, Duan Chen looked at it for a long time, and he was never able to determine where the Ningkang King's study was located, so he had to take the opportunity to stun a palace guard, and then launched a soul search technique on it, so as to find the location of the Ningkang King's study.

Speaking of which, with the power of Duan Chen's current divine sense, not only can he easily perform the soul searching technique, but even the Imperial Envoy's high-grade magic weapon, the Soul Bell, is much more powerful than before.

However, even so, it seems that the Seven Demon Lords do not intend to teach him any attack secret techniques that use the power of divine consciousness, but only let him practice the magic of the Divine Breath well, and when the time comes, he will teach him many secret techniques that use the power of divine consciousness.

Although Duan Chen didn't know what the so-called timing of the Seven Dead Demon Lords was, he could only let go of his ambition for the Divine Sense to attack the secret arts.

After obtaining the exact location of King Ning Kang's study, Duan Chen first cautiously used the power of his divine sense to probe the surrounding situation and make sure that there were no traps, and then quietly walked through several gardens and courtyards and came to the door of a relatively quiet attic.

Through the candlelight reflected in the attic window paper, a figure can be vaguely seen sitting in it.

Duan Chen secretly said in his heart: "This must be the King of Ningkang." ”

At that moment, he was going to sacrifice a phantom rune to knock on the door instead of himself, but the figure sitting in the room suddenly disappeared.

Duan Chen was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly dispersed the power of his divine sense.

At this moment, a gentle and elegant voice came from behind him: "The night is cool, since Duan Chen Xiaoyou is here, why don't you go in and sit with this king?"

Duan Chen turned around and saw a middle-aged man with a long beard dressed in white and holding a folding fan standing behind him, looking at him with a smile in his eyes.

Seeing Duan Chen turn around, this person nodded slightly, and then took a step towards the attic study, and at the same time did not forget to smile in his mouth: "Xiaoyou's stealth technique is very ingenious, if it weren't for the induction formation around the study, I'm afraid it would be difficult to find out Xiaoyou's arrival." ”

Duan Chen smiled bitterly, but said quietly on his face: "The prince praised it falsely, but he just borrowed the power of the magic weapon, how can he say it cleverly." ”

King Ning Kang shook his head slightly, but he didn't argue with Duan Chen, and took him into the study and sat down.