After the cannon fodder of the Hou Mansion read my voice, he went on a killing spree.

Chapter 262: Getting slapped in the face when making a bet
The fifth prince's carriage arrived at the palace gate without waiting for the fifth prince to say anything in person. The palace door opened.

Chu Yuanyi felt that everything he did today went very smoothly, probably because he was going to slap Xia Rongyu in the face today, so he was particularly excited.

Although it was their fault that they helped the barbarians fight Daxia before.

But it is also true that Qiao Chuanbai of Daxia destroyed their 50,000-strong army of Western Chu.

He would not add this grudge to his personal grudges, but he still took it seriously. Now that he had the opportunity to slap Xia Rongyu in the face, he was naturally happy.

The carriage left the palace gate and came to the inn.

The guard waited for the fifth prince to leave and then said directly: "Seal the palace gate and no one will be allowed to enter tonight."

The fifth prince was unaware of what happened behind him, so he asked his guards to drive a carriage to the door of the inn.

Chu Yuanyi got off the carriage and walked into the inn.

Inside the inn, Centipede was sitting downstairs drinking tea, and looked back when he heard the noise.

A mouthful of tea spurted out.

"Fifth prince, why are you here? Tonight, the prince is..."

The next words were not spoken because the shopkeeper came out at this time.

Chu Yuanyi walked in with a smile.

"I came here to fulfill my bet."

Centipede looked at Chu Yuanyi as if he were a fool.

Your prince and brother are about to absorb the luck of Xi Chu, and Xi Chu is about to perish. Chu Yuanyi is still thinking about the bet.

He didn't even know what to say.

Chu Yuanyi saw that Centipede's face was stiff and his whole body looked unnatural. Just thinking that he felt sorry for Yinzi, he smiled even more heartily.

"I'm willing to admit defeat. Facts have proved that my royal brother has nothing wrong with him."

"If you lose, you will give me three hundred thousand taels of silver."

Centipede's expression became more complicated.

When he first met the fifth prince, he felt that he was full of nobility and his every move carried the aura of a superior.

Now I find out that he is a heartless person.

Such a big thing happened in Xichu, but he was only thinking about money.

Chu Yuanyi ignored Centipede, who had complicated eyes, and turned to ask the waiter to call Mr. Xia down.

The waiter knew that the person in front of him was the current fifth prince, and he did not dare to delay. He immediately went up to the second floor and knocked on Xia Rongyu's room.

The moment Xia Rong opened the door to her room, the door to the next door also opened.

Qiao Niannian and Xia Rongyu walked out together.

The two men went downstairs at the same time.

When Chu Yuanyi saw Xia Rongyu, he held up the bet they had signed.

"I'm willing to admit defeat. Three hundred thousand taels of silver. I wonder when Mr. Xia will settle the settlement?"

Xia Rongyu looked at Chu Yuanyi with disdain. It made sense for Emperor Xi Chu not to hand over the throne to the man in front of him.

Otherwise, he really doubted that Xi Chu would not survive three episodes.

As Qiao Niannian and Xia Rongyu sat down, Chu Yuanyi directly slapped the bet in front of Xia Rongyu.

This thing comes in two copies, one for each person.

Xia Rongyu didn't go to see the bet, but stared at Chu Yuanyi.

"It seems that you haven't found any problems for seven days."

Chu Yuanyi's expression was relaxed.

"What's the problem? My brother's behavior in the past seven days has been very natural. I stayed with him for a whole day today and found nothing unusual. Facts have proved that what you said is wrong."

"I, Xichu, am not as unlucky as Yue and Daxia. I was targeted by some dirty villains."

Xia Rongyu was a little speechless.

Doesn't he know that sometimes the less of a problem is actually the biggest problem?
Qiao Niannian spoke immediately.

"Fifth Prince, the day I am talking about is when the clouds cover the moon, and the time is naturally after the moon rises. Now that you are rushing out, you have missed the time."

Chu Yuanyi felt that Qiao Niannian and Xia Rongyu were trying to default on their debt! He was about to say something...

Qiao Niannian spoke again. "If the fifth prince doesn't believe it, you can go to the door of the inn now and look up at the moon in the sky."

"Then take a look at the direction of the palace. I'm sure that if the fifth prince goes back now, he won't even be able to enter the palace gate."

How can it be?

Chu Yuanyi didn't believe what Qiao Niannian said at all.

He wanted to go back to the palace, but how could he not even get through the palace gate?
In order to make Qiao Niannian give up, Chu Yuanyi actually walked to the door and looked up at the moon in the sky.

The moon in the sky is very big, big, round, and very bright. It even casts a silvery glow on the streets.

How come the dark clouds cover such a beautiful moonlight?

He felt that Qiao Niannian had made a mistake again.

But then, he saw dark clouds running towards this direction at a speed visible to the naked eye, and soon he saw that the moon was completely covered.

Then, in a few blinks, the whole world turned completely dark, as if it was plunged into boundless darkness.

It was the first time that Chu Yuanyi saw such a strange phenomenon. The dark clouds covering the moon today were different, and even the atmosphere was depressing, making him feel uneasy.

Then there were several bursts of thunder and lightning.

Chu Yuanyi thought that what Qiao Niannian said was true, but when he heard the thunder, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He spoke to the people in the room with a relaxed expression.

"It might be raining. Look at the lightning and thunder. No wonder the night is so dark."

Everyone stared at him silently without speaking, and the atmosphere became increasingly weird. .

Chu Yuanyi's relatively relaxed smile sank little by little.

Xichu has always been a country of ice and snow, where people spend a lot of time, and now it is the coldest time of the year, and the snow on the streets has not yet melted.

But because this street is full of merchants, they clean the street to welcome customers, which makes him forget about winter.

In the snowing season, where does the rain come from?
Chu Yuanyi looked in the direction of the palace in disbelief. Not long after the thunder, there was another lightning.

Lightning instantly illuminated the entire imperial capital like daylight, allowing him to see at a glance the black energy hovering above the palace at this moment.

"That, that's..."

Needless to say, that black energy is obviously not a good thing.

He calculated based on the location in the palace, and that location was the location of the Moon Watching Platform.

He climbed up with the emperor's brother two days ago.

Chu Yuanyi couldn't believe it, but Qiao Niannian made everything right.

Could it be that the emperor's brother left and betrayed Xi Chu?

He didn't believe it, so the fifth prince immediately called the guards and was about to leave.

Qiao Niannian and Xia Rong stepped forward with the group.

"We'll go with you."

Chu Yuanyi did not refuse.

If what Qiao Niannian said is true, Xi Chu still needs Qiao Niannian's help.

The group quickly got on the carriage.

Fortunately, as Chu Yuanyi was the fifth prince, his carriage was very spacious. Even if seven or eight people were seated, there was still room left.

In the time it took for half a stick of incense to be burned, the carriage arrived at the gate of the palace.

Chu Yuanyi asked someone to knock on the door, but only a voice came from inside.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has issued an order that no one is allowed to enter the palace tonight."

"Fifth Prince, you'd better just find a place to spend the night!"

Chu Yuanyi's face turned dark.

It was fine when I came out, but I can't go back.

If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have come out.

But it's too late to say anything now.

But it was the imperial brother who deliberately set him up.