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

At Dayan Inn, a cold wind was howling in the middle of the night.

In the dim firelight, a small voice was heard by everyone.

Baili Xing's face changed drastically when he heard that, and he stared at the entrance of the inn as if he had seen a ghost.

Chu Ning's figure gradually appeared in his eyes.

Although he still had the same image, Baili Xing's face was filled with shock at this moment, as if he had recognized Chu Ning for the first time.

Chu Ning walked up to Baili Xing with a tiger-like gait, and said with a playful look on his face: "Prime Minister Baili, why are you looking at me like that? Is there something wrong with my face?"

As he spoke, he reached out and touched his face.

Baili Xing came back to his senses and was about to speak when he suddenly felt a tightness in his chest and an itchy feeling in his throat.

“Cough cough cough cough… cough cough cough…”

The constant coughing made Baili Xing's face flushed, his blood rushed, veins popped out on his neck, his eyes were wide open, and he looked very scary.

After coughing for half a cup of tea, Baili Xing finally came to his senses. However, due to the violent coughing, his hair fell off and he looked a little disheveled.

Chu Ning was not in a hurry. Instead, he looked confident of victory and waited to see what would happen.

It was not until Baili Xing returned to normal that Chu Ning smiled and said, "Prime Minister Baili is indeed a loyal minister of the Great Yan Dynasty. Even with his poor health, he still wants to contribute to the Great Yan Dynasty.

However, I would like to remind you that by assassinating Princess Gaoping, murdering Princess Changping, and preparing to kill Prince Consort Yang Xingye, you have already planted three enemies for the Great Yan Dynasty!

If you add the crime that guy brought against me, your Great Yan Dynasty will have four enemies.

I wonder if the Emperor of Dayan knows about this, will he fight the four dynasties for you alone, or will he sacrifice you to appease the anger of the four dynasties? "

After these words were spoken, Baili Xing fell silent.

For those in a higher position, this is not a problem at all.

If sacrificing one person can avoid going to war with other dynasties, Emperor Yan would naturally make the choice.

But he was unwilling to accept it!

His plan was obviously flawless, Chu Ning was obviously under house arrest in the palace, and Chu Ning's troops were obviously hunting down Princess Changping, so why did it end up like this?

Thinking of this, Baili Xing sighed.

"Your Highness, the King of Chu, there is no need to say anything. I plead guilty."

These words made the butler's face change drastically: "Sir, you..."

Baili Xing waved his hand to signal the man not to speak.

The leader of the men in black, Han Chao, now had a pleading look on his face and struggled even harder.

If he could handle this matter on his own, he naturally didn't want Baili Xing to be involved.

But when Princess Changping saw Han Chao struggling fiercely, she snorted coldly and kicked him in the back.

"Ugh..." Han Chao fell to the ground after being kicked, and the surrounding Qin soldiers held him down.

Baili Xing sighed, "Princess Changping, there is no need to do this. I have already pleaded guilty, why torture others?"

Princess Changping sneered: "He was struggling on his own!"

Baili Xing shook his head. Knowing Princess Changping's character well, he said no more.

He turned to look at Chu Ning and asked calmly, "All of this was indeed ordered by me, but I want to know how His Royal Highness Prince Chu saw through all of this."

Chu Ning grinned: "With Prime Minister Baili's intelligence, can't he see through my plan?"

Baili Xing shook his head, a helpless look on his face: "I did see a little bit, but I don't fully understand it. I hope Your Highness the King of Chu can help me solve this puzzle."

Perhaps because he was worried that Chu Ning would not tell the truth, he added: "Just consider it as my last request before I die."

Baili Xing has had enough of living to this point, and now he just wants to know where he lost.

Losing is not scary, what is scary is not knowing how you lost.

Chu Ning chuckled and said, “Since Prime Minister Baili is begging you so much, how can I bear to refuse?

In fact, this matter is very simple. I first deliberately let the Crown Prince and other princes fight each other, so that I can take the opportunity to investigate their suspicions.

After they couldn't find each other as suspects, I knew that none of them were the murderer behind the scenes. Otherwise, the others would never give up if they had just a clue.

In this case, there is only one answer: the murderer behind the scenes is not from Da Chu!

Having confirmed this, I will focus my attention on all the delegations!"

At this point, Baili Xing suddenly took over the conversation: "You think Princess Changping and Princess Gaoping have a conflict, and she is the least likely person to kill Princess Gaoping, because as long as Princess Gaoping dies, she will be the biggest suspect, so you choose to cooperate with her!"

Chu Ning laughed and gave a thumbs up: "Yes, Princess Changping is one of the only two people I trust."

Baili Xing narrowed his eyes and pointed at Yang Xingye: "I guess the other person is Yang Xingye's consort?"

"Not bad!"

Chu Ning grinned, "So this king deliberately set a trap to identify Princess Changping as the murderer. As for the facial masks found in the Daqin Inn, they were actually taken out by the king himself. The purpose was to make everyone believe that Princess Changping was the murderer.

Of course, if that were all, you wouldn't be fooled.

For this reason, I specially asked Prince Consort Yang Xingye to perform a play to lure you into making another move.

However, I also know that you are very cautious and you will not act rashly without absolute certainty.

Therefore, I staged another drama of brotherly discord and deliberately let the Crown Prince go to the palace first to report the news. When my father received the news, he would definitely control me at the first moment.

In order to make you completely believe that this king is under control, even this king’s wife went to the palace and stood there for several hours! "

At this point, a touch of emotion appeared on Chu Ning's face.

In all these plans, if it weren't for Shen Wanying's help, Baili Xing would not have been fooled so easily.

Upon hearing this, Baili Xing shook his head repeatedly.

Such a tight plan and such careful conspiracy are really hard to guard against.

This time, my loss was not unfair.

With a long sigh, Baili Xing's face was full of bitterness: "Your Highness the Prince of Chu is so scheming at such a young age, it is really admirable."

After a pause, he stared at Chu Ning and said puzzledly: “But I am very curious, how did you get Princess Changping and General Zhao to go out of the city to besiege and kill Han Chao and others?

Logically, General Zhao should be leading his men to hunt down Princess Changping, and Princess Changping should also be escaping. How did they escape from the city without being noticed? "

This is the most crucial point.

Chu Ning grinned and glanced at Zhao Yu, who then took out a token from his arms.

In Baili Xing's surprised eyes, Chu Ning smiled and said, "I explained the plan to my father in the palace and got the token from him!

I won't tell you what happened afterwards, but Prime Minister Baili should be able to guess that after Zhao Yu got the token, he protected Princess Changping and left the city.

Of course, after killing all the people under your command, in order to avoid conflict with the Crown Prince and other princes, I deliberately played a trick and sent someone to reveal Princess Changping's whereabouts to them.

After they received the news and left the city, Princess Changping and General Zhao led their men into the city!"

After listening to Chu Ning's complete plan, Baili Xing fell silent.

Chu Ning took a deep look at him and said calmly, "I have said so much. Shouldn't Prime Minister Baili also tell us about your Great Yan's secret base in the city?"

The eight missing craftsmen from the Ministry of Works must be in the hands of the enemy. We must find these people, otherwise the method of making the crossbow will spread out!

And these eight people must have been hidden by Baili Xing!