Rebirth of the Splendid Phoenix

Chapter 154 Rui Wang
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From the night when King An and Cheng boldly conspired against each other, the Daqing court was in complete chaos.

The emperor left two sons, King Qi and King Rui. Although King Qi was allowed to live in the East Palace, he was not formally named the prince.

Make the already chaotic situation even more chaotic.

King Rui and King Qi each have a group of supporters, and they are enemies of each other. Today, the ministers here are not accused of corruption and perverting the law by the imperial envoy, but tomorrow the generals there are searched for letters with foreign enemies.

Those nobles in the capital who used to have their heads in the sky all wanted to make themselves disappear from everyone's eyes and be ignored by everyone.

Everyone is in danger, that's all.

Those who stand on their own teams hope that the master they support can become the winner.

And those who are still insisting on neutrality strongly hope that the emperor can quickly choose a winner to end this turmoil.

It's just that most people don't know that this dispute was originally directed by the emperor, and they watched it develop step by step.

Until now, none of his sons met his requirements, nor did he have a qualified heir.

In this way, he can only make those people who his two sons can't control disappear reasonably.

Many of those who were forced to stand in line were originally forced by the emperor step by step, seemingly inadvertently.

Most people couldn't see through all the ruthless things the emperor did for his heirs after his body had completely decayed. Even King Rui and King Qi were in the middle of the game, and they never understood.

The two of them attacked each other desperately.

King Qi did it for ambition, and King Rui did it to save his life.

The death of his two sons was painful and angry at first, but then a kind of creepy fear arose.

He didn't want to be the next dead man.

He also had ambitions for that position, but he saw clearly early on that he was not the material, nor the opponent of his brothers, so he stopped early.

However, the change in the situation made him have to fight, and he didn't dare not to fight.

When Qin Zheng saw King Rui, he didn't have the kind of complacency that others imagined.

The two kings competed for the heir, and only endless pressure was placed on King Rui.

As soon as he saw Qin Zheng appearing, he subconsciously hid back, and let out a roar that was almost screaming: "Come here, come here, assassin."

His voice stopped abruptly, because Qin Zheng touched his dumb acupoint.

King Rui's body trembled, and his lips trembled. He desperately stepped back, because Qin Zheng was in front of him.

"what are you going to do?"

"Do not kill me."

His lips moved constantly, but no sound came out, but Qin Zheng could see what he was talking about.

King Rui picked up the sword on the wall, pulled it out, and pointed at Qin Zheng, but he didn't dare to take a step forward.

Qin Zheng didn't come forward any more, and stopped in his tracks: "I didn't come to kill you."

King Rui shook his head, in disbelief, he stared at Qin Zheng firmly: "You killed your two brothers, you are King Qi's lackey."

He groaned and made a strange sound, his eyes were full of resentment and fear.

"Whether those two are my brothers, you and I know very well."

Qin Zheng sneered at the word brother: "You can say this, it seems that King Qi gave you some evidence. Yes, it was the two people I killed. When I made a deal with King Qi, he asked me to kill You are just King Qi, I don't believe it, so I will kill your two sons instead, Lord Rui, do you think what I did was wrong?"

Qin Zheng said, the corners of his lips twitched, his smile was a bit cold: "I'm here to cooperate with you."

"Helping you win King Qi and your father."

Qin Zheng's figure flickered, and he was already standing in front of King Rui, only one punch away from him.

King Rui sat down on the ground with a plop.

"Look, if I want to kill you, it's just a matter of reaching out, and there is no need to waste time by saying these unnecessary things."

Qin Zheng looked down at King Rui from a high position, and when he stretched out his hand, he took the tightly held sword in his hand, and with a click, the long sword broke into two pieces.

King Rui looked at the long sword that was broken in two, as if he saw his own neck.

The golden and iron sword is so vulnerable in Qin Zheng's hands, let alone his own flesh and blood.

For a while, he was really not so afraid.

Because just like what Qin Zheng said, it was too easy for him to kill himself.

Qin Zheng stretched out his hand to release King Rui's dumb acupoint, and grabbed the opponent's arm to pull him up.

King Rui should be obedient now.

The next moment, a arrogant female voice came from outside: "What are these guards doing? Aren't they protecting the father? Why are they still asleep in broad daylight?"

"Father? Father, see what I brought you. The tonic soup made by my daughter."

As she spoke, Princess Anle came in with her maid carrying soup.

Both of her eldest brothers died, so she should be sad, but in fact she is more beautiful now than before.

King Rui is the only person who can compete with King Qi, and she is King Rui's only princess, and everyone is flattering her and supporting her.

In the past, she was also favored and valued, but there were two elder brothers standing in front of her. Now, no one can stop her anymore.

She even thought that she would become the most honorable eldest princess in the future.

Princess Anle had a smile on her face, but when she saw the scene in front of her, she was stunned and opened her mouth to scream.

With Qin Zheng's hand movement, Princess Anle and the girl beside her had their acupuncture points fixed, and they stood there in a rigid posture, unable to move any more.

"I used some medicine for the guards outside to let them fall asleep. After all, there are many people with mixed eyes. When I go out, I use the antidote and wake up immediately. I thought I was just confused."

Qin Zheng ignored Princess Anle and turned to King Rui.

King Rui's eyes lit up: "Do you have a lot of this medicine powder?"

After competing with King Qi for a while, he was much smarter than before.

The guards at his door were all weak hands, but they were poured down by Qin Zheng silently. If he got this medicine, he might be able to do a lot of things.

What King Rui is most worried about in the past few days is those master killers in King Qi's hands.

"If the prince cooperates with me, the useful things in my hands will belong to the prince."

Qin Zheng was not surprised by King Rui's choice. It should be said that people in the royal family always know what they want and what is beneficial to them, so they choose what to do.

Princess Anle was fixed there, she stared at Qin Zheng with resentment at first, but then she was puzzled.

I don't understand why Qin Zheng's father, who I have always hated, is acting friendly with Qin Zheng at this moment.

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King Rui knew that he was at a disadvantage now, and he wanted to trust Qin Zheng.

Because it couldn't be worse.

"Why did you help the king?"

King Rui took Qin Zheng into the room, and now he completely forgot about Princess Anle outside.

"By the way, will anyone know that you are here with me?"

He looked around, with suspicion and fear in his eyes.

"Don't worry, as long as the prince restrains the mansion, my people will wipe out all the traces."

"No one will know that I have come to look for the prince."

Qin Zheng sat down on the chair first, and stretched out his hand: "My lord, please sit down too."

As if he is the master here.

The way King Rui looked at Qin Zheng was completely different from before.

If it weren't for the emperor's appreciation, how could Qin Zheng have the current status and power.

Qin Zheng leaned towards him, he was naturally happy, but if the other party betrayed the emperor so easily, it would not be credible.

He paused, sat aside, and waited for Qin Zheng to tell the reason.

"Your Majesty has kindness to me, so I naturally keep it in mind. That's why the last time King An became king and Ye Jing'an conspired against the palace. I almost risked my life in order to save him. The prince also knows."

King Rui naturally knew.

Because of this, the emperor let Qin Zheng take over the post of commander of the imperial guards.

With [-] forbidden troops in his hands, he is almost the only one in the capital.

"Your Majesty and your Majesty are worthy of your Monarch, and your Majesty is worthy of your Majesty. Unfortunately, I found that His Majesty just used me as a whetstone."

"Just like the dead King Cheng, King An who was demoted to a commoner, and King Rui, you are all the whetstones paving the way for King Qi."

"Why do you say that?"

King Rui stood up abruptly, his expression extremely ugly.

"Because the people who died around King Qi in the past few days were those who were disobedient and wanted to control King Qi or those who fell on both sides of the wall, but the people who died around you, my lord, were all loyal subjects to you, and even Chen General, he is the only one who controls the military power in the hands of the prince."

"By the way, I forgot to tell the prince. The positions of several deputy commanders in the Royal Guards of the Imperial City have changed. The prince can find out who they are. Don't just focus on those who are dead. On the overall situation of personnel."

Qin Zheng got up, shook his sleeves, and his eyes fell on the exquisitely trimmed flower branches in the corner of the room: "If the prince decides, he will put a pot of flowers outside his room, and I will naturally discuss with the prince how to go next." .”

After saying this, he turned and walked out.

He walked past Princess Anle.

Princess Anle stared at him, and would have cursed if he could speak.

The guard at the door rubbed his eyes, and at most complained about being sleepy. As Qin Zheng said, no one noticed that he had been stunned for a while.

With such a method, King Rui's eyes were filled with hope.

With a slap, the soup Gu in the hand of the maid fell to the ground, and the maid fell to her knees: "My lord, please forgive me, this servant didn't do it on purpose."

"Father, just now"

The acupoints of Princess Anle and the maidservant next to her were self-relieving when it was time. The maid knew that she had seen something she shouldn’t have seen, so she didn’t dare to make a sound, but Princess Anle only thought that she had been humiliated by the former servant, and wanted to get her face back Come.

She grabbed King Rui's arm and opened her mouth to say what she just said.

"To shut up."

King Rui gave her a hard look: "You haven't seen anything today, and no one has been here."

The guards from outside broke in because of the noise in the room. Standing beside King Rui was an unhappy Princess Anle, who was reprimanding the maid who smashed the soup bowl.

"Princess? How did you get in."

"This king also wants to ask you, didn't you say that no one can disturb you? How did An Le come in like this? Fortunately, it is An Le. If it is an assassin, this king is now alive."

King Rui reprimanded the guards who entered the room: "Go, call Tang Yan."

Tang Yan is the commander of the palace guards.

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No one knew that Qin Zheng had met King Rui.

This time, he didn't ask any of his subordinates to accompany him, and he did the whole thing by himself.

He had no way out, and this time, he couldn't make any mistakes.

The emperor in the palace ordered him to enter the palace to meet him, and the subordinates around him were a little worried.

"Your Majesty, seeing you now, I'm afraid it's not good."

The interception and killing outside the capital city, the siege and pursuit of Xie Jinhua, Qin Zheng's confidants all knew that it was the emperor's intention.

"It's okay, Your Majesty can still use me now, and won't do anything to me."

Qin Zheng sneered, looked at the majestic imperial city in the distance, and clenched his hands in his sleeves: "Besides, I'm going here to make Your Majesty feel at ease."

If there is no way to retreat, there will be no retreat.

(End of this chapter)