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

"Don't worry. Since I dare to kill Xiahou Yan, I naturally have a plan to deal with it."

Chu Ning smiled and patted Shen Wanying's hand, and comforted her softly: "You know my character best. If I am not sure, I will not kill Xiahou Yan."

Shen Wanying was silent.

Although she did believe what Chu Ning said, she couldn't think of any way Chu Ning could deal with the emperor's anger at this moment.

After all, Xiahou Yan was a great general appointed by the emperor. Now he was killed in public by Chu Ning. How could the emperor save his dignity?

But she also understood that she couldn't persuade Chu Ning.

"Be careful, I'll wait for you at home."

As Shen Wanying spoke, she turned around and picked up a piece of clothing from the bed: "Change into clean clothes before going."

Chu Ning did not refuse. He opened his arms and allowed Shen Wanying to change him into a new set of purple royal robes.

After Shen Wanying had tidied his clothes, Chu Ning held her face in his hands and kissed her on the forehead.

"Wait for the king to come back!"

After saying that, Chu Ning no longer hesitated and turned to leave.

Shen Wanying looked at his departing back, a hint of worry flashed in her eyes, and she couldn't help but chase him to the door.

Under the cover of night, Chu Ning's figure gradually disappeared into the darkness.

"Miss, please go back to the room. It's windy outside." The maid Xiaoqing reminded in a low voice.

Shen Wanying sighed and said, "Prepare sandalwood for me. I want to pray for the prince."

This is the only thing she can do for Chu Ning now.

At this moment, Chu Ning came to the front yard of the palace.

Zhao Ming, who was anxiously waiting in the yard, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.

Before coming here, he was afraid that Chu Ning would take the opportunity to leave.

Seeing Chu Ning standing in front of him, Zhao Ming immediately stepped forward and saluted: "Your Highness, the King of Chu, His Majesty has urgently summoned you. Please go to the palace immediately."

Ran Ming, who had rushed over after hearing the news, immediately shouted, "Your Highness, I'll go with you!"

Chu Ning nodded slightly: "Manager Zhao, lead the way."

"Your Highness, please!"

Under the leadership of Zhao Ming, everyone left the palace, mounted their war horses, and headed straight for the imperial palace.

Three quarters of an hour later, the sky gradually brightened.

In the palace, inside the Yangxin Hall.

The emperor sat on the main seat with his eyes narrowed.

Seeing that Chu Ning had not arrived yet, the emperor could not help but ask, "What time is it?"

The Grand Tutor took a look at the sky outside and whispered, "Your Majesty, it is already past the hour of Mao, and the ministers are waiting in the court."

The emperor's eyes turned cold: "Let them wait first!"

Nothing is more important than dealing with Chu Ning!

Chu Ning would not give any face to anyone who dared to kill Xiahou Yan.

In this case, let Chu Ning know today who is in charge of the State of Chu!

Today, he will definitely not let Chu Ning have an easy time.

While he was deep in thought, Zhao Ming's voice came from outside the palace: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu has arrived."

"Let him in!" The emperor's face was gloomy and he almost uttered these four words through his teeth.

Chu Ning, wearing a new set of clothes, walked into the hall and bowed respectfully:

"My son, please see your father!"

"Father?"

The emperor sneered: "Do you still have me as your father in your eyes? Tell me, why did you want to kill Xiahou Yan?"

Chu Ning looked innocent: "Father, he was the first to do it."

The emperor's mouth twitched.

You killed their entire family, how could they not take action?

As a great general, if he remained indifferent even when his family was killed, how would Xiahou Yan have the face to stay in Kyoto City in the future, and how would he gain a foothold in the army?

"Humph, you still dare to quibble!"

The emperor's eyes turned cold: "You sent someone to secretly kill his entire family, how could he not attack you?"

"I clearly told both of you to stop and come to the palace to deal with it. Why did you secretly kill the Xiahou family?"

The tough attitude and tone of calling for an explanation clearly showed that he was on Xiahou Yan's side.

Chu Ning realized that the emperor was still favoring Xiahou Yan, but he did not show any fear, and said calmly:

"Father, when you gave the order, did I take action? Didn't I follow you to the palace to handle it?"

The emperor's face suddenly turned gloomy.

Okay, okay, let's play like this, right?

"Since you have stopped, why did you take advantage of Xiahou Yan's visit to the palace to kill his entire family?" The emperor pressed on step by step, not giving Chu Ning any chance.

Chu Ning shrugged and said, "Father, my people had already gone to Xiahou Mansion during the fight. They were not there when you gave the order, so they were not aware of it.

I followed you to the palace and didn't have time to send anyone to inform them. I didn't expect such a disaster to happen.

If you want to blame someone, blame me. If you want to punish me, I will have no complaints."

A tragic case of the annihilation of an entire family turned into an accident in Chu Ning's mouth.

How could the emperor not hear the evasiveness in Chu Ning's words? Hearing this, he narrowed his eyes and sneered:

"Very good, since you are willing to accept the punishment, I will record it for you first!"

"Next, let's talk about Xiahou Yan. Even if he attacked you first, why did you have to kill him?"

"Can't you just capture it, or injure it? Why do you have to kill it?"

Chu Ning pretended to sigh: "Father, you don't know the situation at that time. Xiahou Yan lost control of his emotions and provoked me with words. He insisted on fighting me alone.

Although I strongly opposed it, he said that I had no courage and sarcastically said that I was not worthy of being a prince.

As the son of the emperor, how could I let the royal family lose its reputation? Even though I knew the gap between me and him, I was forced to fight him.

But you, father, know Xiahou Yan's martial arts. Even if I am seriously injured, I am no match for him.

After dozens of rounds of fighting, I almost lost my life at his hands. When Manager Zhao arrived, he wanted to take the opportunity to kill me.

I had no choice but to shoot him to death with my hidden arrow."

All the sins were pushed onto Xiahou Yan.

Even this fight was said to be a provocation by Xiahou Yan.

The emperor almost laughed out of anger when he heard this.

This rebellious son is quite resourceful. He always blames others for everything and tries to shirk responsibility.

"Chu Ning, you still dare to quibble in front of me!"

The emperor stared at Chu Ning with cold eyes: "Do you really think I dare not do anything to you?"

Chu Ning spread his hands and said, "Father, I came here alone and I am ready. I will accept any punishment you want."

"is it?"

The emperor snorted coldly: "Since that is the case, from now on, I will strip you of your title of King of Chu, deprive you of your status as a prince, demote you to a commoner, and send you to exile in Liangzhou!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of the Prime Minister and the Grand Tutor changed drastically.

Now that Chu Ning controls Bingzhou and Liangzhou, depriving Chu Ning of his status as a prince would be tantamount to forcing Chu Ning to rebel.

Just as the two were about to speak up to persuade him, they saw Chu Ning bowing respectfully and saying, "Thank you, father, for not killing me!"

The emperor frowned and stared at Chu Ning with some confusion.

I stripped him of all his identities, and he didn't even react?

While he was surprised, he heard footsteps outside the hall, and then a loud voice spread throughout the hall:

"Your Majesty, great victory in Bingzhou!"