After her true feelings were exposed, the real princess was favored by the whole world

Chapter 122 Fighting for the throne
"I was just guessing at the time, but I didn't expect that I got it right." Shen Qingtang looked at Lu Jiuan indifferently.

The plot changed. Shen Qingtang made preparations in advance because he was afraid that the enemy's spies would take action in advance.

Once the emperor died, the crown prince was far away in the north, leaving only the stupid second prince, and the imperial city was in danger.

"General Lu, let's go to Lingcui Mountain now to set up a formation trap and lure Duan Ci and the others out."

"I'm worried that they will take the people in the city as hostages, and then we will be in trouble." Shen Qingtang's expression froze.

This is exactly what Lu Jiuan was worried about. His mother is still in the imperial city. If he was not afraid of alerting the enemy, he would definitely take his mother out with him when he left the imperial city.

"Yes, Fourth Princess."

Not long after, Lu Jiuan and Shen Qingtang arrived at Lingcui Mountain with their guards.

Shen Qingtang was most familiar with Lingcui Mountain. Everyone worked together as quickly as possible to set up a huge formation. With this formation, they would be able to defeat Duan Ci and the other two.

On the second night, Shen Qingtang disguised himself as Shen Chengyu and lured Duan Ci out.

Duan Ci led a group of people into Lingcui Mountain. He looked around and said to the guards around him, "Are you sure you saw the second prince running in?"

"Yes, Commander Duan, we all saw it." The guard replied.

"Okay, follow me to kill the second prince!" Duan Ci raised the corners of his mouth, with a gleam in his eyes.

Duan Ci had been waiting for Shen Chengyu to go to his good friend Song Hui for help. Song Hui was his spy placed next to Shen Chengyu, but after waiting for several days there was no sign of Shen Chengyu.

After much thought, Duan Ci could only conclude that Song Hui had exposed his identity and was discovered by Shen Chengyu.

Now that he has finally discovered Shen Chengyu's whereabouts, he must kill Shen Chengyu.

After running for a distance, Duan Ci suddenly stopped.

Shen Qingtang and Lu Jiuan hid in the dark and looked at each other.

[Did Duan Ci find out that he had been tricked? ]

"Wait a minute." Duan Ci raised his arm, "Why didn't Xiang Ting and Su Qin come?"

The guard behind him had a twinkle in his eyes and whispered back, "They said they'll be here soon."

"Come right over?" Duan Ci narrowed his eyes slightly. He didn't believe what he said at all. "Are they going to take this opportunity to get rid of me?"

Before Shen Tianming died, the three of them were very united, but now the big piece of fat meat of Fengyin Country is right in front of them, who wouldn't want to eat it all for themselves?
The relationship between the three of them has already begun to crack and may collapse at any time.

Thinking of this, Duan Ci sent someone to call Xiang Ting and Su Qin over. If they didn't come, he would not arrest Shen Chengyu.

Xiang Ting looked a little unhappy. He came to Duan Ci and said, "Commander Duan, why don't you just bring so many people to kill the Second Prince? Why do you have to let us come here?"

Su Qin nodded and agreed, "That's right. The palace is still waiting for us to take charge of the situation. What will happen if all three of us come out?"

Now is not the time to completely break up, Duan Ci just made up an excuse.

"I found that there are other experts around the Second Prince. I'm worried that there is an ambush here. What if we fail to catch him and he escapes? It will be safer if the three of us attack together."

What he said did make some sense, so Xiang Ting and Su Qin stopped talking nonsense.

"A quick battle, a quick resolution. We think it's best to kill the Second Prince to avoid any more trouble."

After Xiang Ting finished speaking, he led his guards up the mountain, Duan Ci followed closely behind, and Su Qin walked at the end.

Shen Qingtang and Lu Jiuan followed them all the way. Not long after they walked, Shen Qingtang suddenly rushed out.

Seeing Shen Qingtang's back, Duan Ci exclaimed: "There she is!"

Everyone followed Shen Qingtang's back and ran over. Shen Qingtang led all of them into the formation.

At first, Shen Qingtang was worried that it would be difficult to deal with Duan Ci alone, but who would have thought that they were not harmonious among themselves, and Duan Ci called them all over. It was just right to get rid of them all at once.

The moment they entered the formation, Lu Jiuan rushed out with a sword.

"Oh no, we've fallen into a trap!" Duan Ci opened his eyes wide, raised his magic sword and fought hard.

Xiang Ting hurried over to fight alongside Duan Ci.

The next moment, the guards brought by Shen Qingtang suddenly rushed out from the dark woods around them.

Duan Ci and Xiang Ting's magical powers are not weak, but compared with Lu Jiuan, they are still far behind. They can't hold on after just a few moves.

They wanted to retreat, but they were trapped by the formation and couldn't get out!

Xiang Ting angrily yelled at Duan Ci, "How dare you, Duan Ci, lie to us! There is no Second Prince here!"

Duan Ci was speechless and wanted to scold the guard around him, but the guard had already been killed by Lu Jiuan.

Shen Qingtang's magic power was not strong enough, so she had left the formation long ago. She couldn't defeat these people anyway, so she didn't cause any trouble.

Shen Qingtang appeared outside the formation and looked at Duan Ci and others with a smile.

"There is no second prince, but there is a fourth princess."

Shen Qingtang's appearance made them slightly stunned. At this moment, Lu Jiuan swung his sword and cut off their necks.

They never imagined until their death that they would be killed by the despised Fourth Princess.

After seeing Duan Ci and Xiang Ting die, Su Qin, who was hiding aside, was so scared that his face turned pale. How could he be a match for Lu Jiuan?

Su Qin finally understood. No wonder Duan Ci drove Lu Jiuan out of the imperial city so easily. It turned out that Lu Jiuan had already chosen to assist the Fourth Princess!

"Fourth Princess, do you want to be the emperor?!"

"Of course." As soon as Shen Qingtang finished speaking, Su Qin was killed by Lu Jiuan.

At this time, a figure secretly ran down Lingcui Mountain. This person was Shen Chengyu.

Shen Chengyu also heard the news that someone was impersonating him, so he secretly followed Duan Ci and the others.

Thinking of the scene just now, Shen Chengyu is still frightened. He didn't expect Lu Jiuan to betray his father! Shen Qingtang also wants to usurp the throne!
Shen Chengyu was extremely anxious at the moment, not knowing when his brother would come back. Damn it, he should have killed Shen Qingtang earlier!

No, he couldn't let Shen Qingtang succeed! He had to return to the palace quickly.

Shen Chengyu knew from Shen Qingtang's inner voice that there was a spy from the enemy country among his friends, which made him dare not look for any of his friends.

Now that the spy leader has been killed, he has to summon his father's former guards to eliminate the remaining spies. Since his royal brother is not around, he should step up and take charge of the situation!

In Lingcui Mountain, Lu Jiuan and others dealt with all the spies and followed Shen Qingtang back to the outside of the imperial city.

"General Lu, please go in and eliminate the remaining spies. I will not go in."

Lu Jiuan didn't understand what Shen Qingtang meant.

He whispered to Shen Qingtang, "Fourth Princess, the Second Prince was also in Lingcui Mountain just now."

"I know. He must have already gone in." Shen Qingtang smiled faintly.

"Fourth Princess, why don't you come in with us? It was you who led us to get rid of the spies. If we do this, wouldn't the Second Prince be getting all the credit for nothing?" Lu Jiuan's tone was filled with a hint of urgency.

Shen Qingtang raised his eyes and looked into Lu Jiuan's eyes, his burning gaze seemed to pierce through him.

"General Lu, you just heard me. I want to fight for the throne. Will you choose to go with my second brother or with me?"