On the palace of the royal court, the twenty-seven candidates looked at each other, and they were a little clearer about the current situation in the royal court.

Now, even the king is difficult to suppress the general, and the royal court in the future will definitely be the royal court of General Wutinghou.

The corners of Himeno and the others' mouths curled slightly, the general became the king, and they could all be officials.

Jiang Xuan's face was ugly for a while, his fists were clenched, he was born in the Wang family, and his masters had already taught him that father and son were brothers and sisters in the royal power.

In the past, Jiang Xuan couldn't listen to it at all, but it wasn't until in recent years that the eldest brother's attitude towards him became more and more cold, and the meaning of estrangement became more and more obvious, that he gradually became aware of it.

At this time, he somewhat understood his father's words, "My father is getting old, and I am afraid that I will not be able to protect your mother and son in the future." ”

He finally understood why his father had arranged a false identity for him.

Xue Peng glanced at it, the current situation in the royal court was very delicate.

Reading through the Daozang and historical allusions over the years also made him understand that today's royal city is in a turbulent period of royal power change.

This is a danger, but also an opportunity, if he can seize this opportunity, he may be able to have a place in the royal court for a short time.

While Xue Peng was thinking, a palace maid came over and arranged for twenty-seven candidates to sit down, and at the same time set up a chessboard in front of everyone.

At this time, the white fat old man beside King Wen shouted, "Candidates, you are facing the same chess game, and whoever breaks the most chess games will be this year's champion." ”

At that moment, Xue Peng looked at the first chess game in front of him, Xue Peng was stunned, this chess game ........ Xue Peng's heart was beating wildly, and he couldn't help but secretly glance at King Wen on the throne and Tian Xiangguo, who was the first civil official.

For a while, Xue Peng's heart fluctuated, and he secretly said in his heart, "Perhaps, it's just a coincidence." ”

Seeing that others had begun to move the chess pieces, Xue Peng also moved, and in the blink of an eye, the first game, broken.

Broken in the second game and broken in the third game.......

The more it broke, the more shocked Xue Peng was in his heart.

In a short period of time, Xue Peng has broken seven games in one go.

Looking at the eighth game in front of him, a fine bead of sweat overflowed on Xue Peng's forehead, and his heart was beating violently, these eight games of chess were clearly the chess game he broke in that simple courtyard a few days ago!

It turned out that Lao Wang Shang was really acting before, and the purpose was for this chess game.

But why did he do it?

Xue Peng's mind was running rapidly, and in an instant, Jiang Xuan's smiling face appeared in front of his eyes.

Xue Peng couldn't help but look, and saw that Jiang Xuan, who was not far away, had already broken the eighth game and was breaking the ninth game.

In an instant, he completely understood that this was Lao Wang paving the way for his son, but why did he pull himself?

Xue Peng's hand holding the chess piece trembled slightly, and he faintly felt that since he came to the Tribute Courtyard, he had been in the torrent, in the eye of the storm of the change of kingship.

On one side is the eldest prince who leans towards the government and the opposition, and on the other hand is the fledgling crown prince, and the king and Xiangguo let him break the chess game, and finally laid out a chess game that he couldn't break, obviously because he was afraid that he would not be able to stand out, and at the same time gave him restrictions, so that he could not surpass Jiang Xuan.

All of this was calculated in advance!

Xue Peng pinched the chess pieces in his hand, sweat fell from his forehead, and he glanced at the others, many of whom had already broken the fifth game and were breaking the sixth game.

Xue Peng understood the intentions of the king and Xiangguo, and he took a fancy to his potential and wanted to train him to be Jiang Xuan's right-hand man to compete with the eldest prince.

But at this moment, the decision is still in your own hands.

If you choose to quit the game, simply stop moving the pieces.

However, this is equivalent to rejecting the 'kindness' of the king and Xiangguo, and at the same time he has offended Himeno and others, and after the palace test, if he wants to save his life, he must leave the center of this vortex in time.

It's just that, in this case, how can I do what I promised Lu Shi, and how can I do what I promised Youlian?

Xue Peng looked at Jiang Xuan, although this Jiang Xuan was a little heartless, but he was kind at heart, at the beginning, as his crown prince, he didn't have the slightest shelf, he could call himself a brother and brother, and he could take a big beating from the two tigers without taking revenge on the king, such a person, I am afraid that I can't find a few in heaven and earth, if he can be the king, for the people of the royal court, he should be lucky.

In Xue Peng's view, the eldest prince's current power is piled up by the blood and lives of tens of millions of soldiers, and if such an ambitious person becomes the king, I am afraid that the entire royal court will fall into dire straits.

The sweat on Xue Peng's forehead continued to fall, and in an instant, thousands of thoughts flashed through his mind, and he carefully recalled Tian Xiangguo's words when he was playing against Tian Xiangguo.

"Young man, the three articles of the foreign law were created by you?"

"Although it is a small fight, it is also beneficial to the royal court. ”

"Young man, you're too murderous. ”

Xue Peng thought about it repeatedly, and the information revealed from these words, recalling Tian Xiangguo's unsmiling and upright face, gave Xue Peng the feeling that Tian Xiangguo should be dedicated to the country, but he didn't like to kill, so in Tian Xiangguo's eyes, the eldest prince was definitely not a good candidate to inherit the throne.

And today's palace test must be a play performed by these two treacherous and cunning old things.

Xue Peng pinched the chess pieces, raised his head slightly, and looked at Tian Xiangguo, at this time, Tian Xiangguo's eyes were as deep as stars looking at him, that gaze was extremely complicated, threatening, decisive, and there seemed to be a trace of helplessness that he couldn't understand.

Xue Peng took a deep breath, whether it was for his family, Lu Shi or the people of Youlian Putian, it seemed that he had to choose to stand on Jiang Xuan's side, besides, the stinky boy had been screaming for so long, and he couldn't bear to let him face the tiger of the eldest prince alone, and the wolves he swung down.

Of course, the most important thing is that the legs are long on you, and if you want to go, who can stop you?

Thinking of this, Xue Peng began to move the chess pieces, and in a few steps, he broke the eighth game, and at this time, the time of a pillar of incense was about to burn out, and the rest of the people, even that Himeno was able to break the seventh game.

And at this moment, a female official in the corner of the main hall shouted, "Yancheng Li Tong broke the ninth game." ”

Xue Peng couldn't help but look at it, the Li Tong that the female official shouted was none other than Jiang Xuan.

King Wen said happily, "Come forward!"

Jiang Xuan immediately stepped forward a few steps and said, "Erchen, Jiang Xuan, I have seen my father." ”

"Jiang Xuan?" King Wen looked at Jiang Xuan in surprise for a moment, and then scolded, "Why are you here?"

Jiang Xuan said, "The son went out of the palace without permission, assumed the pseudonym Li Tong, participated in the immortal examination, and asked his father to forgive his sins." ”

King Wen smiled and said, "What is there to blame, it is worthy of breaking nine games in a row for Wu'er, not bad, you stand aside." ”

Saying that, King Wen set his eyes on Xue Peng, Xiangguo touched his beard, and also stared at Xue Peng's chessboard, seeing that Xue Peng broke the eighth game, both of them showed joy on their faces, and they couldn't help but glance at each other, thinking of their year.

Xue Peng smiled when he saw this, since he had already chosen, let's give these two old men a little surprise, at the moment Xue Peng broke the eighth game and did not stop, and finally used a few steps to chat, and broke the ninth game.

Tian Xiangguo's eyes suddenly widened, the ninth game, this is a game he deliberately set up in order to suppress this kid, there is no far beyond ordinary people's mental strength and overall situation, and he can't think of breaking this game.

Tian Xiangguo's eyes flashed, "It's really surprising, the old man is looking forward to your performance more and more." ”

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