Nine dragons fight for the throne, I don't want to sit on this throne

"Oh? All the princes have sent people to keep an eye on King Wu?"

East Palace.

Chu Ning just came back and was about to rest, but Zhao Yu came to report with news from the Jinyiwei.

Zhao Yu said in a deep voice: “Outside the Hanguang Temple, the King of Wu almost fought with His Highness the Seventeenth Prince, and in the end the Seventeenth Prince sent people to keep an eye on the King of Wu in front of everyone.

Seeing this, other princes and dukes also sent people over, making King Wu the biggest suspect. "

Almost got into action?

This King Wu is truly a reckless man. He dares to be so arrogant even in Kyoto City.

No wonder the emperor bestowed on him the title of King Wu.

Chu Ning shook his head: "With King Wu's brain, he would never do such a thing."

"Okay, let them do whatever they want, as long as they are still investigating the people who spread the rumors."

He doesn't need to worry about the conflicts between the princes and dukes for the time being.

The purpose of gathering everyone together this time is to investigate the person who spread the rumors. After this matter is dealt with, we can then come back to mediate the conflicts among everyone.

After all, for the sake of the position of Zongzheng, these people will definitely put aside their prejudices temporarily and give priority to investigating the person who spread the rumors.

Any conflicts between the two sides will not break out for the time being.

Besides, they just sent people to monitor King Wu, which was not a big deal.

Zhao Yu was slightly stunned when he heard this, and he hesitated to speak. In the end, he didn't say anything. He responded, bowed, and left.

In fact, Zhao Yu was a little worried. King Wu was so reckless. If he found out that someone was watching him, would he take action?

But since the prince said there was no need to worry, he could not say anything more and could only send someone to keep an eye on King Wu.

Nothing happened all night.

Time passed quickly and it was the morning of the next day at dawn. The sky was about to brighten, and the autumn night wind was blowing, bringing a chill to the body.

King Wu, who had just gotten up to go to court, yawned and spread his arms, allowing the maid to tie the jade belt around him.

After everything was ready, King Wu strode out of the house.

"Your Highness, the horses are ready and are right in front of the mansion gate." A guard led the way.

King Wu nodded slightly, walked slowly to the gate of the mansion, reached out and touched the tall warhorse, then mounted the horse and prepared to go to the palace.

However, after mounting the horse, King Wu seemed to have noticed something and could not help but turn his head to look at the alley beside him.

Under the pitch-black night sky, the alley was dark and it was impossible to see what was inside.

"Your Highness, what's wrong?" asked the leading captain of the guards in a deep voice.

King Wu sneered, "There's someone in that alley!"

The captain of the guards' face changed slightly, and he whispered, "Your Highness, since last night, many people have been watching us.

There are people not only in the alley, but also on the roof over there and on the street on the left, there are people staring at us."

Upon hearing this, King Wu's face darkened and he snorted coldly: "How dare you send someone to keep an eye on me? You must be tired of living!"

"Come on, take them all down."

The captain of the guards was shocked and quickly advised: "Your Highness King Wu, you must not do this. These people were sent by other princes. If you capture them, you will offend all the princes."

"offend?"

King Wu grinned and said, "Aren't they afraid of offending me when they send people to keep an eye on me?"

After saying this, King Wu turned his horse around and headed straight into the alley.

Seeing this, the guards behind him had no choice but to follow.

Soon, the sounds of weapons clashing and shouting were heard from the scene.

"Oh no, King Wu is going to attack us!"

"Come on!"

"Go inform His Highness!"

The people who were following them were horrified. None of them had expected that King Wu would be so cruel and attack them directly.

For a moment, the clanging of weapons, shouts, screams of killing, and screams were intertwined together.

None of the spies from all sides expected that King Wu would take action as soon as he said so. Caught off guard, many of them were discovered and killed with screams in agony.

It took a full half hour for the scene to quiet down.

King Wu, who was covered in blood, had a ferocious look on his face. He spat fiercely at the corpse on the ground: "Bah, with your little strength, you still want to target me!"

Still not satisfied, he pointed at the corpses and sneered, "Cut off all the heads of these people!"

The captain of the guards was terrified and asked with a trembling voice, "I wonder if the prince is going to deal with these heads in this way?"

King Wu grinned and said, "Of course, take them to the palace and ask their owners to claim them!"

"This……"

"What is this? Just do it!"

King Wu glared, swung the sword in his hand, and chopped off the head of a corpse.

The captain of the guards was terrified and nodded repeatedly, then immediately ordered the guards under him to behead the body.

A quarter of an hour later, King Wu rode towards the palace with his guards.

At the scene, the corpses all over the ground gave off a pungent smell, and the bright red blood dyed the alley and walls red.

In the quiet alley, only corpses bore witness to the massacre that had just taken place.

But a group of princes and nobles who were completely unaware of the situation were currently attending court in the main hall.

Today's court was the same as usual. Chu Ning did not participate and the meeting was presided over by the Emperor Chu.

Sitting on the dragon throne, Emperor Chu listened to the fifteenth prince's accusations with a helpless look on his face.

It was simply that what happened with the King of Yan yesterday was related to Chu Ning, and he asked him to punish Chu Ning.

Are you kidding? If he could punish Chu Ning, would he still need to attend the morning court?

The military and political power in his hands were all handed over to Chu Ning. He was just a puppet. It was good enough that Chu Ning did not punish him. How could he have the ability to punish Chu Ning?

This Old Fifteen has a good idea, but it’s a bit unrealistic.

The emperor listened for a long time, and the fifteenth prince Chu Xuan finally finished speaking. Finally, he said with a serious face:

"Father, the Crown Prince is the most likely suspect in the murder of the Prince of Yan by poison. I suggest that the Crown Prince be placed under house arrest first!"

The corner of Emperor Chu's mouth twitched.

House arrest?

He really wanted to put Chu Ning under house arrest, but the question was, did he have the ability to do so?

It only took him a few words to open his mouth, but who would dare to put him under house arrest?

Do you, Old Fifteen, dare to go?

This guy will always cause trouble for him!

The King of Chu raised his eyebrows and said in a cold voice: "Since there is no evidence, the prince may be innocent. I am afraid it will be difficult for people to be convinced if we rashly put him under house arrest."

Chu Xuan frowned: "Father, the Prince of Yan was poisoned and died right after he came out of the East Palace. Doesn't this mean that the Crown Prince is the most suspicious?"

But the emperor still shook his head: "It's a long distance from the East Palace to the Hanguang Temple. It is very likely that the Prince of Yan was poisoned during this period of time."

This could have been done by anyone, except Chu Ning.

Otherwise, they will all die!

How come Chu Xuan, this idiot, doesn’t understand this!

The King of Chu cursed the idiot in his heart.

But at this moment, a voice of the imperial guards came from outside the palace: "Your Majesty, something...something big has happened!"

The emperor frowned: "Why are you so panicked?"

The imperial guards came into the palace, bowed and saluted, and said with a trembling voice: "King Wu... King Wu..."

The emperor was shocked.

Could it be that King Wu was killed?

The frightened emperor could not help but stand up and asked, "What happened to King Wu?"

The imperial guard swallowed his saliva and said, "King Wu brought his men and many heads to the palace gate, and asked the princes to claim them."

As soon as this statement came out, the whole audience was shocked!