The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

In the study of the Pengcheng Prefect, King Wei was drinking tea leisurely, but the Pengcheng Prefect sitting below him was not as leisurely as he was.Although the Pengcheng prefect was sitting, he was restless.His fat and round face was covered with sweat, and the clothes on his chest were already soaked with sweat.He kept wiping the sweat from his face with a handkerchief, but more and more he wiped it away.

The King of Wei seemed not to notice the nervousness of the Pengcheng Prefect and continued to drink tea leisurely.

Pengcheng Prefect raised his eyes and glanced at King Wei cautiously. Seeing that King Wei was still just drinking tea and ignoring him, he became more and more panicked.

He struggled in his mind, finally gritted his teeth and decided to speak.

Prefect Pengcheng's body was too heavy and he could not stand up directly.He held the armrests of the chair with both hands and used a lot of effort to stand up.

He stood up, took two trembling steps forward, and then knelt down in front of King Wei with a plop.

"Your Majesty, I... you deserve to die..."

King Wei seemed to have noticed the presence of the Pengcheng Prefect just now. He put down the tea cup in his hand with a surprised look on his face.

"Master Yan, what are you doing? Get up quickly." He asked Master Yan to get up, but he did not reach out to help Pengcheng Prefect.

"Your Majesty, I am guilty." The Pengcheng Prefect said and kowtowed heavily to the King of Wei.A red mark immediately appeared on his broad forehead. "I am incompetent and have never found the whereabouts of King Chu."

"Master Yan, you did not find the whereabouts of King Chu. You should not apologize to me, but to His Highness the Crown Prince." King Wei changed his gentle attitude just now, and his tone suddenly became very stern, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince told you , asked you to get rid of King Chu, but you haven’t found King Chu yet, you are really capable.”

What King Wei said made Pengcheng Prefect tremble with fear, and his fat body trembled violently.

"Chen... Chen... found the entire Pengcheng, but..." He was too frightened to say a complete sentence.

"But you still haven't found it." King Wei thoughtfully said what the Pengcheng Prefect had not finished.

"Yes..." The prefect of Pengcheng lowered his head dejectedly, not daring to look at King Wei.

In fact, the prefect of Pengcheng felt very aggrieved.Since receiving the order from His Highness the Crown Prince, he has been sending people to search for the King of Chu in Pengcheng.His people not only dug three feet into the ground, but also searched house to house, but still could not find the whereabouts of King Chu.Not even a single clue was found.

The prefect of Pengcheng sometimes wondered whether the King of Chu had not arrived in Pengcheng, otherwise he would not have been able to find any clues.

"Do you think King Chu didn't come to Pengcheng?" The King of Wei knew what the prefect of Pengcheng was thinking when he saw his appearance.

The prefect of Pengcheng did not dare to answer.

Seeing that the governor of Pengcheng was silent, King Wei asked in a deep voice, "Is that so?"

The prefect of Pengcheng shook violently, and immediately answered with a trembling voice: "Yes..."

"Yes?"

The tone of the King of Wei sounded very dangerous, and the Pengcheng Prefect hurriedly defended himself: "Your Majesty, I am not just talking nonsense, I... these days, I have been sending people to look for the King of Chu, inspecting Pengcheng inside and outside, up and down, carefully. I searched carefully several times, but no trace of King Chu was found..." He really wasn't trying to excuse himself, he really sent people to search for His Highness the King of Chu seriously.

"Your Majesty, if the King of Chu is really in Pengcheng, it is impossible that there is no trace at all, sir..." As the Pengcheng prefect spoke, his face was filled with tears and his voice was choked and he could not continue.

"You are incompetent!" King Wei smashed the teacup in his hand at Pengcheng Prefect's head, and Pengcheng Prefect did not dare to dodge.With a bang, the tea cup hit Pengcheng Prefect's forehead hard, causing blood to drip from his eyes.

"The prince wrote to tell me that a few days ago, the King of Chu sneaked into Pengcheng with his men." King Wei stood up and walked in front of the Pengcheng prefect, then raised his foot and kicked him hard.

There was a loud bang, and the Pengcheng Prefect's fat body fell to the ground.He stood up quickly and knelt on the ground obediently.He ignored the blood on his face and kowtowed vigorously while asking for forgiveness.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me! Your Majesty, please forgive me! Your Majesty, please forgive me..."

King Wei raised his foot and stepped on the back of Pengcheng Prefect.Even though King Wei was thin, he was very strong.His kick knocked the Pengcheng Prefect to the ground, leaving him unable to fight back.

"Do you know what the consequences will be if the King of Chu investigates and finds out the truth about the copper theft?"

The Pengcheng prefect looked painful.He wanted to say something, but it was too painful to say a word.

"King Chu has been sneaking into Pengcheng for several days. What and where he has found these days, but you have no idea..."

The prefect of Pengcheng begged for mercy with all his strength: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty... have mercy on me..."

"Spare your life? Even if I spare you, do you think His Highness the Crown Prince will spare you?" King Wei angrily kicked Pengcheng Prefect in the stomach again, causing the prefect to scream in pain.

"If King Chu investigates and finds out something, even if you have ten heads, it won't be enough." King Wei sat back on his chair again.

The prefect of Pengcheng scrambled to his feet and knelt on the ground shivering.

"My lord, help me..."

"You want me to save you?" King Wei raised his lips and sneered, "How can I save you?" "Your Majesty, I am willing to do anything. Please point me to a way out." The Pengcheng prefect knelt and crawled to King Wei's legs. He reached out and hugged King Wei's leg, begging pitifully.

King Wei did not kick Pengcheng Prefect away, but lowered his head and looked at him funny.

"Although I am the prince's younger brother, if this matter goes wrong, I will not be able to live with it. I also want you to give me a way out so that I can work for the prince."

"My lord, you must have a way...I am really willing to do anything, as long as you ask..."

Yu Hai, who was guarding the door of the study, heard the pleading voice of the Pengcheng Prefect coming from inside, and smiled very proudly in his heart.

I don't know how long it took, but the study returned to calm, and then King Wei walked out of it, followed by the obedient Pengcheng Prefect.

After walking out of the study, King Wei turned around and looked at Pengcheng Prefect, and said in a serious tone: "I will give you two days, otherwise not even me, not even the Great Luo Immortal will be able to save you."

The prefect of Pengcheng nodded and bowed and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely handle it well."

King Wei nodded, turned around and left with Yu Hai without saying anything more.

After King Wei left, the governor of Pengcheng staggered.If the guards hadn't caught him in time, he might have fallen to the ground.

The King of Wei did not live in the mansion of the Pengcheng governor, but in the guest house of the Pengcheng family.This guest house was opened by people from the Southern Wei Dynasty.

"Your Highness, this servant has found out the whereabouts of King Chu. He and his people have gone to Wuhua Mountain." Yu Hai respectfully reported to King Wei, "Your Highness, when King Chu arrives at Wuhua Mountain, he will soon find him. Steal the whereabouts of the copper.”

After hearing this, King Wei was not surprised at all.

"If he can't find it, then I really think highly of him."

Yu Hai asked: "Your Highness, are we going to stop King Chu next? After all, part of the stolen copper was taken away by us?"

King Wei said: "No, let King Chu investigate. No matter what he finds, we should not interfere."

"But, Your Highness, if the weight of the stolen copper is found to be wrong, won't we be exposed?" The prince sent people to steal Pengcheng's copper, but not all of it was taken away by the prince's people. Some of the copper was stolen. The copper quietly moved elsewhere. "King Chu will definitely guess that you did it."

"He has no evidence to prove that I stole it." King Wei was not worried about this matter at all. "The weight of the stolen copper is wrong. My father will only suspect what the prince and Duke Zhen did. He will not Suspicious of others. And the fourth child will never tell Father that I was the one who did it."

"Your Highness, the King of Chu is your enemy. How could he not report to the Emperor?"

"He has no evidence and dare not speak easily. Even if he says that I did it, my father will think that the prince asked me to do it." King Wei has always been the prince and has always helped the prince.In the entire court, only King Chu knew that King Wei was not the prince. "Also, he won't touch me now, just like I won't touch him now." Neither King Wei nor King Chu would make a move against each other until the last moment.

Hearing what King Wei said, Yu Hai felt relieved.

"Your Highness, having said that, the King of Chu is really capable. Up to now, the Crown Prince and Duke Zhen still think that he is in Pengcheng, and they don't know that the King of Chu has left Pengcheng a long time ago."

King Wei sneered: "With the prince's brain...what can he do? And the Duke of Zhen, what can he do when he is far away in the capital?"

"Your Highness, the King of Chu really made a fool of the Crown Prince and the Duke of Zhen." Yu Hai's tone was full of gloating.

"Everyone underestimates the fourth child."

"Your Highness, you did not stop the King of Chu from investigating the copper theft. I am afraid that the Duke of Zhen will not let you go. With his methods, he may even make you a scapegoat."

"I expected it, so I have to arrange a show." The King of Wei had long known the true purpose of the Crown Prince and Duke Zhen who sent him to Pengcheng to prevent the King of Chu from investigating the copper theft. "Pack up, we will set off back to Jinling later."

"Are you going back to Jinling now?" Yu Hai looked shocked, "Are you going to ignore Pengcheng?"

"Prefect Yan will handle the matters in Pengcheng."

Yu Hai's expression became strange: "Your Highness, Prefect Yan is just a loser, can he handle it well?"

"If he wants to survive, he must do what I say, otherwise he will die."

"Your Highness, what did you ask Governor Yan to do?"

"You will know after a while." King Wei did not say much about this matter, "Now prepare to return to Jinling." He felt a little worried about his tenth brother, and it would be better to return to Jinling as soon as possible.

"Yes, Your Highness." Yu Hai immediately went to make arrangements for his return to Jinling.

An hour later, King Wei quietly returned to Jinling from Pengcheng.

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