in2ebook Chapter 258 The Proud Prince
Chapter 258 The Proud Prince
"What? His Royal Highness Prince Chu was taken to the palace by the shadow guards?"
In the backyard of Prince Chu's Mansion, Shen Wanying's face changed drastically when she heard the news.
After a moment, she immediately took out the invitation and gave it to her personal maid Xiaoqing: "Take this to find Mulan and ask her to ask Lord Feng to go to the palace to plead for the King of Chu."
After saying that, Shen Wanying walked out with an anxious look on her face.
Xiaoqing quickly stopped her: "Miss, where are you going?"
"I'm going to the palace to find His Majesty!"
Shen Wanying said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty must feel that the King of Chu's self-willed arrest of Princess Changping will affect the relationship between the two countries. If he is captured, it will be fine, after all, there is evidence in hand.
But if we fail to catch her and Princess Changping escapes, our dynasty will never have peace, and the King of Chu will be the scapegoat."
After a pause, as if she felt that Feng Anguo alone could not plead for Chu Ning, she continued, "Oh, by the way, send someone to inform the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Liu Shouren!"
After saying this, Shen Wanying left the house, unafraid of the cold wind in the middle of the night, got on a carriage, and headed straight for the palace.
Liu Shouren was brought back by Chu Ning from Dingxiang City. Now he was promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. It should be okay to let him speak for Chu Ning at the critical moment.
Soon, the news of Chu Ning's fight spread throughout Kyoto City.
The princes and ministers were extremely surprised. They didn't understand why the emperor wanted to arrest Chu Ning at this moment.
The princes were extremely excited, thinking that now that Chu Ning had been captured, their chance had come.
Without Chu Ning's command, it would be difficult for the people in the Prince Chu's Palace to capture Princess Changping.
Of course, the happiest person was the prince.
Chu Ning was arrested, and the emperor also gave him the task of capturing Princess Changping, which meant that Chu Ning had to bear the blame, and the credit went to the prince!
For this reason, the prince waited at the gate of the palace on purpose. He wanted to see with his own eyes how Chu Ning was captured.
Under the cover of night, the imperial guards stood at the gate of the imperial palace, spears in their hands, and a murderous atmosphere accompanied by a cold wind blew towards them.
At the door, the prince had his hands behind his back, a smile on his face.
Soon, Chu Ning followed Zhao Ming and the shadow guard and appeared in the prince's eyes.
With the faint light of the torches on the city wall, the prince could even see the look of loss on Chu Ning's face.
"Hey, isn't this the eighteenth brother?"
The prince pretended to know nothing and asked with a smile, "Why are you still here to see father so late at night?"
Zhao Ming's mouth twitched.
The prince is being murderous and heartbreaking.
You were clearly present when the emperor issued the order, but now you are pretending nothing happened. That is so unkind of you.
Of course, Zhao Ming didn't dare to say that.
He was just a eunuch chief, how could he be in charge of the prince's affairs?
Chu Ning, who was already in a bad mood, looked at the prince coldly and said unhappily, "Can't I come to the palace to find my father right now?"
The prince laughed and said, "That's not the case, it's just that my eighteenth brother has just found out that the murderer is Princess Changping, so we should go and capture Princess Changping now.
Now that you have come to the palace to look for your father, could it be that you have captured Princess Changping?"
The uglier Chu Ning's expression became, the happier the prince became.
Looking at Chu Ning's expression, which looked as if he had eaten a dead fly, a hint of pride flashed in the prince's eyes.
No matter how powerful you, Chu Ning, are, or how much merit you have made on the front lines, what good does it matter?
In the end, the one who has the last laugh is me!
History books belong to the victors. As long as Chu Ning is dead, I will have the final say on everything.
The prince was very proud and felt that he had the situation under control.
Now that Chu Ning has been arrested, the emperor has handed over the next steps to him, which has set the tone for the matter.
But Chu Ning looked at the smug prince and sneered: "Prince, don't be happy, Prince, I am only staying here temporarily!
Just wait, my father will release me soon."
As soon as these words were spoken, the prince burst into laughter, laughed so hard that he fell forward and backward, and tears came out.
The laughter could be heard far away, even on the palace walls, where the imperial guards inside could hear it.
After laughing for half a cup of tea, the prince finally stopped laughing, stared at Chu Ning and shook his head:
"Eighteenth brother, eighteenth brother, you are so naive. Do you think you can come out of the palace as quickly as before?"
The prince suddenly came close to Chu Ning and said with a low laugh, "To tell you the truth, when you enter the palace this time, your father will put you under house arrest!"
Chu Ning's face changed drastically, and just as he was about to speak, the prince took two steps back, stretched out his hand and gestured for him to come in.
"I will not delay my eighteenth brother from entering the palace. I'm sure the emperor is getting impatient. Eighteenth brother, please come in~"
At this moment, the prince was as smug as a proud peacock, looking down at his defeated opponent with the attitude of a winner.
Chu Ning clenched his hands, glared at the prince fiercely, snorted coldly, and walked into the palace with a wave of his sleeves.
Zhao Ming behind him breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that these two would fight.
Fortunately, the two of them were just talking and didn't really do anything.
As long as I enter the palace, the matter will be settled and I won't have to worry anymore.
Thinking of this, Zhao Ming was completely relieved and immediately chased after Chu Ning to lead the way.
Although Chu Ning has lost his power now, he is still a prince after all, and he dare not neglect him.
Arriving at Yingwu Hall, Zhao Ming was about to report when a young eunuch stepped forward and whispered, "Your Majesty has ordered the King of Chu to wait in the side hall."
The two sides were very close, and Chu Ning could hear the little eunuch's voice. Hearing this, he couldn't help but frowned: "Father, don't you plan to see me?"
The young eunuch quickly replied: "Your Highness, these are His Majesty's original words."
The young eunuch didn't dare to say more.
Zhao Ming immediately tried to smooth things over, saying with a smile, "Perhaps your majesty is tired. Your Highness the Prince of Chu, please go to the side hall to rest first. When your majesty is willing to summon you, I will notify you as soon as possible."
As he spoke, he made a gesture of invitation.
Chu Ning snorted coldly and went towards the side hall in the direction of Zhao Ming's finger.
An hour later, the news that Chu Ning was under house arrest in the palace spread like wildfire.
Shen Wanying also brought Feng Mulan, Feng Anguo and Liu Shouren to the palace to plead for Chu Ning.
However, the emperor did not even let them enter the palace, and the imperial guards directly blocked them outside the palace.
Although the four people had been blowing in the cold wind outside the palace, the emperor still did not summon them.
For a full hour, the four of them stood like this in the cold wind.
And the news soon spread.
At this moment, in a dark room, two black figures were spying.
"Is the news reliable? Is Chu Ning really under house arrest?"
"I have personally gone to the palace to confirm that the Princess of Chu is waiting for an audience with three other people at the gate of the palace. If the King of Chu had not been under house arrest, the Princess of Chu would not have done so."
"Good, very good. We have completely disrupted the situation in the capital of Da Chu. Next, we can take action!"
The man who spoke first sneered and said, "Pass the order down, surround and kill Yang Xingye!"
The second person was a little surprised when he heard this: "Shouldn't we kill Princess Changping first?"
"Why kill her?"
The man who spoke first chuckled and said, "The Crown Prince of Great Chu and the princes are trying their best to hunt her down. Even if we don't take action, she will die.
Yang Xingye was quite smart and actually wanted to leave early, but this also gave us the opportunity to take action!
Haha, a princess of the Great Zhou died, and then a prince consort of the Great Jin died. If Princess Changping also died here, the Great Chu would face the wrath of the three dynasties!
Add to that the Great Zhao Dynasty that is now confronting them, which means that Great Chu has to face four major dynasties at the same time!
This time, Da Chu has no chance of survival!"