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

The dark streets are illuminated by fire.

Following the Eighth Prince's order, the palace's masters, guards, and servants immediately rushed forward.

Chu Ning stood on his horse, his face showing no joy or sadness.

Looking at the soldiers rushing towards him, he waved his right hand and said calmly: "Except for the Eighth Prince, all the others will be wiped out!"

Two words: annihilate, that’s how this battle is defined!

The eyes of the imperial guards and the white horse cavalry suddenly lit up and they rode forward to charge forward.

Suddenly, a fierce battle broke out between the two sides.

The Eighth Prince, knowing that he could not escape, wielded a sharp blade and killed Chu Ning himself.

He was unwilling to accept his failure, unwilling to be arrested, and even more unwilling to lose the qualification to compete for the throne.

But he knew the importance of the prince and did not dare to kill him.

But Chu Ning, he dares!

He's just an illegitimate child, just kill him!

Maybe my father will spare me because I killed Chu Ning.

Chu Ning commands a large army and acts lawless in the court. My father must have tolerated him for a long time.

Killing Chu Ning would solve a problem that worries my father!

This is a chance to atone for your sins!

The more the Eighth Prince thought about it, the more excited he became, and the stronger his murderous intent became.

"Go ahead and kill Chu Ning!"

In order to motivate his soldiers, the Eighth Prince shouted, "Anyone who kills Chu Ning will be rewarded with ten thousand gold coins!"

There will always be brave men when there is a big reward. Immediately, five or six masters from the palace looked at each other, then nodded and rushed towards Chu Ning.

They want to join forces to kill Chu Ning and split the bounty!

Ran Ming, who came from behind, was furious when he saw this: "Damn you, you dared to attack His Highness! Come on, shoot!"

He originally wanted to take the opportunity to fight the palace guards with real guns and swords, but seeing that the other party had no martial ethics, Ran Ming was too lazy to talk nonsense and directly ordered the arrows to be shot.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

All White Horse Cavalrymen are equipped with sleeve crossbows, and they can shoot sharp arrows by raising their hands while riding their horses.

The palace guards were caught off guard and screamed in agony, and many of them fell down.

At the same time, the imperial guards around Chu Ning had shining eyes as they looked at the masters from the palace rushing over, as if they had seen a priceless treasure.

In their eyes, these people are no longer human beings, but living examples of military merit and rewards!

Everyone knows that the King of Chu is the richest man in the entire Chu State. Before leaving the palace just now, the King of Chu had already said that there would be a reward for killing someone!

Seeing the masters from the palace rushing over, the imperial guards rode their horses and charged forward. For a moment, the two sides fought fiercely.

Although the masters of the palace were extremely skilled in martial arts, the imperial guards were quite strong and outnumbered, so the masters of the palace were surrounded and unable to escape.

The other imperial guards took the opportunity to ride their horses and kill the palace guards!

For a while, there were constant shouts of killing, and the guards of the palace were killed and fell one after another by the imperial troops.

This is a massacre!

One-sided massacre!

The palace guards were no match for the imperial guards. In addition, the imperial guards had the advantage in numbers, and the white horse cavalry behind them also charged over, so the palace guards were attacked from both sides.

"Your Highness, we can't stop them. You should leave quickly!" A confidant quickly suggested to the Eighth Prince.

But the Eighth Prince had a gloomy face and roared: "Where can I go now? Both the way in and the way out have been blocked by Chu Ning. I can only give it a try and kill him!"

After he finished speaking, the Eighth Prince took the lead and rode his horse towards Chu Ning.

The imperial guards knew the identity of the Eighth Prince and did not dare to kill him. They could only block the people behind him, which allowed the Eighth Prince to advance straight and kill Chu Ning.

"Die to this king!"

The eighth prince roared and slashed at Chu Ning with his sword.

The surrounding imperial guards immediately blocked it.

Although they did not dare to kill the Eighth Prince, they also did not dare to let the Eighth Prince hurt Chu Ning.

The Eighth Prince, who was blocked, had an extremely gloomy expression on his face and was about to counterattack with a sword.

But Chu Ning chuckled at this time: "Myna, don't you want to know how I caught Wen Kaicheng?"

The Eighth Prince was stunned for a moment, then narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "Would you be so kind as to tell this to me?"

Chu Ning shrugged: "Your people are almost dead, and you are about to become a prisoner, why can't I tell you?

But I have a request. After you learn the truth, my dear, please come back to the palace with me.

Your case is not serious and does not threaten the safety of our dynasty. Unlike my second brother, father will never kill you.

When we are alive, everything is possible, but when we die, nothing is left!"

The Eighth Prince was silent.

Although I don't want to admit it, what Chu Ning said does make some sense.

At this moment, the shouting and killing around gradually stopped.

Looking up, he saw that most of the guards around the palace had been killed, with only seven or eight people left being besieged.

Being killed is only a matter of time.

Lost, lost, everything is lost.

After planning for so long, even trying to pry a senior official away from Chu Ning, he still lost in the end.

At this moment, the Eighth Prince was disheartened.

"Clang~"

The sword in his hand fell to the ground, indicating that the Eighth Prince had completely lost the will to resist.

The surrounding imperial guards rushed forward and surrounded the Eighth Prince, some even brought ropes to tie him up.

But Chu Ning waved his hand and said, "Stop!"

The imperial guards were stunned, then retreated one after another.

The Eighth Prince snorted coldly and stared at Chu Ning with an indifferent expression: "I have already put down my weapon. Now you can tell me how you found out that Wen Kaicheng is the traitor?"

Chu Ning stood on his horse, looking down at the Eighth Prince with a victorious look, and said with a calm smile:

"In fact, all of this was planned by me, including leaking the test questions!"

The Eighth Prince's face changed drastically: "No... Impossible, how is this possible!"

He couldn't believe that the plan he was so proud of had fallen into Chu Ning's trap.

He thought he was the chess player and Chu Ning was the chess piece, but now Chu Ning told him that you are the real chess piece!

How could the Eighth Prince accept this?

But Chu Ning laughed when he heard it: "Since you don't believe it, I will explain it to you slowly."

Afterwards, Chu Ning briefly recounted how he planned, how he formulated the second set of test questions to catch the traitor, and how he calculated that the Eighth Prince would kill to silence the witness.

The Eighth Prince, who originally had a noncommittal expression on his face, looked uglier as he listened.

"That's it, that's it!"

The Eighth Prince suddenly laughed out loud: "Hahahaha, I understand, I understand everything, all of this was Chu Ning's trick to lure the snake out of its hole!

Awesome, really awesome. In order to make me determined to send someone to silence him, you even transferred Ran Ming back to the palace on the day of the exam!

The purpose of doing this is to make this king feel that there is no one around you who can be deployed, so that he dares to send assassins to assassinate Wen Kaicheng, a senior official in the court!"

Chu Ning chuckled: "Myna is really smart, he understood it immediately! Well, it's getting late, let's go to the palace first, don't keep father waiting for too long."

Unexpectedly, the Eighth Prince suddenly laughed wildly: "No hurry, I still have someone to wait for!"

Chu Ning narrowed his eyes and asked, "Who is Bage waiting for?"