The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 535 King Chu’s worries

The Prince of Han's Mansion is located near the Prince of Chu's Mansion. Sun Doudou took people to clean the Han Palace, so naturally he couldn't hide it from the people in the Chu Palace.

Sun Doudou led people into Prince Han's Mansion and was about to clean it carefully inside and out. Unexpectedly, Prince Han's Mansion was very clean, as if it was cleaned every day, and there was no need for them to clean it at all.

When Wei Mian came to invite Sun Doudou to the Prince of Chu's Mansion, Sun Doudou finally understood why the Prince of Han's Mansion was as clean as if someone had lived there.

"This slave is here to see His Highness the King of Chu."

"Get up."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

"My father asked you to take people to clean the tenth brother's mansion?" King Chu asked, "Is the tenth brother going back to the capital?" The king of Chu knew that the king of Han would return to the capital before the end of the year, but he had no idea when the king of Han would return to the capital. have no idea. Before, he had written a letter asking his tenth brother when he would set off, and his tenth brother said that he would leave later and would not arrive in Beijing until the end of the year. He was preparing to send someone to pick up his tenth brother in the next few days.

Sun Doudou bowed his waist and looked very respectful: "When I return to His Highness, Master will tell this servant that His Highness the King of Han will be returning to Beijing in the next few days."

When the King of Chu heard this, a look of surprise appeared on his face: "Is the tenth brother going back to Beijing in these few days?"

"Master said so."

King Chu frowned slightly and asked, "On what date will you arrive in Beijing?"

"This... the master didn't say anything, and the servant didn't ask." After Sun Doudou finished speaking, he murmured in his heart, why didn't even His Highness the King of Chu know that His Highness the King of Han was about to return to the capital? Didn't His Highness the King of Han even tell His Highness the King of Chu? The emperor didn't tell His Highness the King of Chu?

Sun Doudou of the Chu Dynasty waved his hand, and Sun Doudou retreated respectfully.

After Sun Doudou left, Wei Mian said with a surprised look on his face: "His Royal Highness the King of Han is about to return to Beijing, why didn't he tell you?"

This is also where King Chu was confused.

"His Highness the King of Han, don't you want to give you a surprise?" With the temperament of His Highness the King of Han, he can really do such a thing.

King Chu also guessed this possibility, but he had an ominous premonition in his heart.

"I'm worried that my tenth brother may have an accident on his way back to Beijing."

"Accident, what accident?" Wei Mian asked with confusion on his face.

"Go and check." King Chu hoped that he was overthinking.

Seeing the worried look on King Chu's face, Wei Mian felt nervous and hurriedly said, "I'll go right now, my slave."

After a while, King Wei also knew that Zhao Yao would return to Beijing in a few days.

Like the King of Chu, he suspected that Zhao Yao had hidden secrets for not telling them about his return to Beijing.

That night, the King of Chu dreamed that Zhao Yao was assassinated, struck by the assassin's sword, and died on the spot. He was so frightened that he woke up from his dream and shouted: "Tenth brother!"

Princess Chu was frightened awake by King Chu's loud shout. She hurriedly sat up and saw that King Chu's face was pale and full of fear. This was the first time she saw King Chu like this, and she asked with concern: "Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"

King Chu has come to his senses, but his face is still ugly. He quickly opened the quilt and got out of bed. When he got out of bed and put on his shoes, he almost fell.

Princess Chu quickly supported King Chu and asked nervously: "Your Highness, what's wrong with you? What happened?"

"I dreamed that something happened to my tenth brother." King Chu looked at Princess Chu, "You continue to sleep." After saying that, he hurriedly walked out while putting on his coat.

"Your Highness..." Princess Chu saw that King Chu had already left in the blink of an eye. She quickly got up and dressed.

King Chu went to the study and called Wei Mian over.

"Have you found out the whereabouts of your tenth brother?"

"Your Highness, I received news two hours ago that Your Highness the King of Han..." At this point, Wei Mian paused and did not continue.

When King Chu heard this, his heart sank suddenly when he thought of the dream just now. He couldn't help but clenched his hands into fists, frowned and asked, "What's wrong with the tenth brother?"

Wei Mian did not dare to hide it and reported: "His Royal Highness the King of Han has been assassinated."

"What?" King Chu thought of the scene in his dream in which Zhao Yao was assassinated, and his body shook slightly. "Where is the tenth brother, has anything happened to him?"

"Your Highness, don't worry. Nothing happened to His Highness the King of Han."

The King of Chu was afraid that Wei Mian would deceive him, so he didn't quite believe what he said.

"Tenth brother, are you really okay?"

"His Royal Highness the King of Han is fine, it's just..." Wei Mian said hesitantly.

King Chu looked stern, "Just what?"

"His Royal Highness the King of Han set out a few days ago. Along the way, assassins have been assassinating His Highness the King of Han."

King Chu looked gloomy and asked in a sinister tone: "Who is it?"

"King Han."

"King Han?" Hearing this answer, King Chu was very surprised. "Why did King Han put his tenth brother to death?" Could it be because of the matter of the third princess? Impossible. He sent people to investigate the collusion between King Han and the third princess, and did not let the tenth brother come forward. It is impossible for the King of Han to suspect the tenth brother.

"This slave doesn't know."

The King of Chu asked, "Where is my tenth brother now?"

"We'll arrive at Qiantang soon."

"You immediately send someone to pick up the tenth brother." If possible, King Chu would like to go to Qiantang to pick up Zhao Yao himself.

"Yes, I will send someone right now."

After Wei Mian retreated, Princess Chu walked in. She heard a little bit of what King Chu and Wei Mian said just now.

"Your Highness, Your Highness the King of Han has his own destiny. He will be fine." Princess Chu knew that the King of Chu cared most about his younger brother, the King of Han. If something happens to the King of Han, I'm afraid the King of Chu will do something.

When King Chu thought of the scene in his dream in which Zhao Yao was stabbed to death by an assassin, his eyes turned red.

"You're right, nothing will happen to the tenth brother." No wonder the tenth brother didn't tell him the specific date of his return to Beijing. It seemed that the tenth brother had long expected that King Han would send someone to assassinate him.

"Your Highness, it's cold at night, you'd better go back."

"Princess, please go back and continue sleeping." King Chu glanced at Princess Chu and said warmly, "I'll be fine."

Princess Chu also knew that King Chu could not sleep, "I will stay with His Highness."

"No, you can go back." King Chu called to the door and asked someone to send Princess Chu back to rest.

Princess Chu had no choice but to go back and rest by herself.

King Chu sat at his desk, thinking about why King Han wanted to kill Zhao Yao.

Did King Han really know that his tenth brother knew about his affair with the third princess? King Han didn't get rid of him, so he spread his anger on his tenth brother. Wait, King Han is ill and will not return to Beijing at the end of the year. Could it be that King Han was not really sick, but pretending to be sick?

Why did King Han pretend to be ill?

For King Han, it is very important to return to Beijing at the end of the year. There is no way that he will not come back due to illness for no reason.

Could it be that King Han’s failure to return to Beijing at the end of the year has something to do with the tenth brother?

What did the tenth brother do to scare King Han from returning to Beijing at the end of the year?

It seems that the tenth brother did something so extraordinary that the King of Han was so scared that he did not dare to return to the capital.

Will the tenth brother find evidence that the King of Han colluded with the third princess of the Huns? !
Only this incident could scare King Han from coming back.

King Han learned that the tenth brother had found evidence, so he sent an assassin to kill the tenth brother.

The tenth brother was worried about implicating him, so he didn't tell him about it and wanted to bear it alone.

After King Chu figured it out, he scolded Zhao Yao in his heart.

After Zhao Yao returned to Beijing safely, the King of Chu decided to teach him a lesson. However, it is still necessary to receive Zhao Yao as soon as possible to ensure his safety.

"Zhao Yao" who was far away at sea was assassinated again at this time. However, others are no longer on the Liang family's merchant ship. The King of Han on the boat was pretended to be someone else, but he himself had quietly landed ashore.

Tongxi, who had been so annoyed by the assassin that he couldn't sleep well at night, was now killing the assassin with hatred.

He is Zhao Yao's personal eunuch and must stay on the ship to stay by the fake King of Han's side, otherwise the secret will be revealed.

Zhao Yao pretended to be someone else and swaggered to Beijing by boat from Qiantang.

It's a pity that he can't go to the Liang family in Yangzhou to visit his grandfather and the others. I can only wait until I return to Marsh Mansion, and then take a detour to Yangzhou to visit my grandmother and the others.

This wave of assassinations did not end until dawn.

Tong Xisha's body was covered in blood. He sat down on the ground and sighed quietly: "Hey, when will this assassination end?"

Liang Chun, who was sitting next to him, said, "It won't be over until we get to the capital."

Tongxi waved his hand and said, "When we get to the capital, there may be assassinations. The Xun family will not let His Highness go."

"The Xun family is too arrogant." Liang Chun said angrily, "When His Highness returns to the capital, we must make the Xun family look good."

"When the New Year is over, His Highness will give the Xun family a gift to annihilate the nine tribes." Tong Xi sneered, "Now let them dance around for a while."

"Your Highness already has evidence?"

"It should be there." Tongxi couldn't stand the smell of blood on his body, so he stood up and said, "Sir, I'm going back first."

"Father-in-law, walk slowly."

At the same time, King Chu who was far away in the capital received another news, which came from the palace.

Yang Ling was surprised and said: "Why does the emperor want to investigate the relationship between concubine Shu and concubine De? Aren't they two mortal enemies?"

"Now it seems that the two of them are not mortal enemies." King Chu said thoughtfully, "The two of them should have an unusual relationship, otherwise the father would not suddenly investigate them."

"Did Concubine Shu and Concubine De do anything?"

"On the surface, we didn't do anything, but we were afraid that we would do something together secretly." King Chu suddenly thought of two things, King Han not returning to Beijing at the end of the year, and King Han sending someone to assassinate Zhao Yao.

Seeing King Chu's expression change, Yang Ling hurriedly asked: "Your Highness, what did you think of?"

King Chu said: "The incident between Concubine Shu and Concubine De must be related to the fact that King Han will not return to Beijing at the end of the year and the assassination of his tenth brother."

"Your Highness, do you suspect that Concubine Shu and Concubine De are in the same group?"

"Now it seems that it is very likely, otherwise my father would not have investigated the relationship between Concubine Shu and Concubine De."

Yang Ling's expression suddenly became very solemn, "Your Highness, I'm afraid that His Highness the King of Han knows something ulterior."

"It should be." King Chu felt a little angry when he thought about Zhao Yao hiding it from him, "My tenth brother actually hid such a serious matter from me."

"You were assassinated last time you returned to the capital. If His Highness the King of Han hadn't sent someone to pretend to be you, I'm afraid you wouldn't have been able to return to the capital. His Highness the King of Han probably thought of this incident and hid it from you. He didn't want you to be harmed by the King of Han and the Xun family again. Staring." Yang Ling sighed in his heart, His Royal Highness the King of Han and His Royal Highness the King of Chu are really close brothers.

"I guess that's the case." Just guessing that it was the case, King Chu became even more angry.

"Your Highness, His Highness the King of Han is smart and clever, and there are people around him who can disguise themselves. I guess His Highness the King of Han will definitely find someone to pretend to be him, and then he will pretend to be an ordinary person and secretly return to Beijing from another way. Just like when you returned Same as Jing.”

"If that's the case, then I'm relieved."

"Your Highness, His Highness the King of Han must have known that the King of Han would send someone to assassinate him, so he couldn't have been unprepared." Yang Ling comforted King Chu and said, "I think His Highness the King of Han will be able to return to the capital safely and smoothly."

Hearing what Yang Ling said, King Chu felt a lot more at ease.

"When he comes back, we must teach him a lesson."

"Your Highness, I am now worried that King Han will do something treacherous."

The King of Chu nodded slightly and said, "It's very possible, but he won't be able to succeed."

Yang Ling asked in confusion: "Why?"

"General Chu is in the northern military camp." King Chu now finally understood why the emperor kept Chu Ying in the northern military camp.

"Your Highness, have you forgotten King Dai?" Yang Ling said with a worried look on his face, "What if King Dai and King Han should cooperate internally and externally?"

"Even if King Dai and King Han cooperate internally and externally, it still won't work." The King of Chu smiled slightly, "I won't talk about my father, but only the generals of Song Dynasty who are around my father. King Dai has often led troops to fight outside in recent years. But compared to General Song and others, Dai Wang is still a little inferior."

Yang Ling forgot about General Song and the others, "Your Highness's words make sense."

King Chu said again: "Besides, I don't believe that King Dai would be stupid enough to cooperate with King Han."

"Didn't King Dai be so fascinated by the woman sent by King Han?" Yang Ling said in surprise, "Your Highness, do you think King Dai is just pretending?"

"Well, King Dai can't be so stupid." King Chu analyzed, "What benefits does he gain by cooperating with King Han."

"If King Dai pretends to be so fascinated by women, then King Han is doomed."

"He is finished a long time ago." King Chu's face turned cold at the thought of King Han wanting to kill Zhao Yao.

"If His Highness the King of Han hadn't noticed something strange about the King of Han, I'm afraid we would all be fooled by the King of Han now." Fortunately, His Highness the King of Han is on the King of Chu's side. If His Highness the King of Han is the enemy of His Highness the King of Chu, I'm afraid... His Highness the King of Chu is not the opponent of His Highness the King of Han.

Before, he had always felt that His Highness the King of Chu was the most outstanding among the princes, but now it seemed that His Highness the King of Han was the most outstanding one, both in terms of thought and means.

His Highness the King of Han is only seventeen years old, but he has such unfathomable scheming and methods. He is really... If he were an enemy, it would be terrible.