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

That night, the palace was shrouded in darkness.

In the East Palace, candlelight flickered, servants kept coming in and out, and a banquet had been set up in the hall.

Sitting in the main seat, the prince had his hands behind his back, looking indifferent.

He was fully prepared for tonight's request and must make Chu Ning comply.

This peace talks must be foolproof.

Anyway, even if the peace talks were successful, he would continue to let Chu Ning go to the front line on the grounds that the front line was unstable, and let Chu Ning lead the troops to retreat from the front line.

At that time, the Zhao army would pretend to attack, and take the opportunity to let the traitor kill Chu Ning.

Thinking that after Chu Ning's death, all of Chu Ning's things would belong to the Eastern Palace, a sneer appeared on the prince's face.

If you dare to go against me, Chu Ning must die!

While he was deep in thought, the voice of the guards rang out from outside the palace: "Your Highness, the Prince of Penglai has arrived."

"Please come in, Eighteenth Brother!"

Chu Ning came in wearing a royal robe, bowed and said with a smile: "Greetings, Prince Brother!"

The prince smiled and stepped forward to hold Chu Ning's hands: "Eighteenth brother, you are too polite. There is no need to be so polite between you and me."

"In that case, I won't be polite!"

Chu Ning chuckled, turned around and sat on a small table beside him, picked up the chicken leg on the table and started eating it.

The prince was stunned by the look of someone who looked like he hadn't eaten for days.

I was just being polite to you, but you are so rude!

The corner of his mouth twitched, the prince flicked his sleeves, turned around and walked back to the main seat in the middle.

"Eighteenth brother seems very hungry?" The prince pretended to be concerned.

Chu Ning stuffed food into his mouth and said with a wry smile, "Zhao Feiyan paid me back 100,000 taels of silver today. I have been counting the money for the whole afternoon and I haven't eaten yet."

The prince's face changed slightly, and he felt anxious for some reason.

That one hundred thousand taels of silver belongs to me!

This guy actually counted!

Thinking of Chu Ning counting silver with an inexperienced look, and the silver he was counting was his own, the prince felt as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a dead fly.

But even so, the prince had to suppress his inner discomfort, pretending to be happy, and laughed:

"My eighteenth brother received 100,000 taels of silver from Zhao Feiyan. That is really a cause for celebration. I thought the silver she owed you would be a debt without a clear head."

Chu Ning held the chicken leg in his right hand, raised his thumb with his left hand, and said with a chuckle, "Brother Crown Prince is right, I think so too, so I tried to get her to pay back the 100,000 taels first.

But speaking of it, Zhao Feiyan is really capable. She found 100,000 taels of silver in one day. Brother Crown Prince, where do you think she got this silver from?"

The prince's face suddenly looked a little ugly.

Where else could it come from? Of course it came from me!

However, this matter cannot be admitted. If it is denied, Chu Ning will definitely laugh at it and he will also be criticized for colluding with foreign races.

With a wry smile, the prince said unnaturally: "Great Zhao also has some business in our territory. Perhaps Zhao Feiyan secretly gathered all the silver."

Chu Ning's eyes rolled, as if he was thinking about something.

At this time, the prince suddenly laughed and said, "By the way, I asked my eighteenth brother to come here tonight to discuss something. I heard that my eighteenth brother almost had a falling out with Zhao Feiyan today?"

Chu Ning pouted and spat the chicken bone in his mouth onto the table.

Just when the prince thought he was going to speak, Chu Ning picked up the wine beside him and took a sip.

"Good wine!"

Chu Ning reached out his hand and touched his mouth, then looked at the prince and said with a smile: "What were you talking about, prince brother?"

The prince's mouth twitched: "Speaking of you, you almost had a falling out with Zhao Feiyan today, which led to the failure of the peace talks."

"Yes, yes, the peace talks have failed!"

Chu Ning took the microphone and shook his head, saying, "Brother Crown Prince, you don't know, Zhao Feiyan is very arrogant, and looks like she is sure to take over our Great Chu!

Although I am not talented, I don't want my Great Chu to be bullied like this, so I resorted to a trick.

Anyway, we will definitely not win the peace talks this time. After all, they have the advantage on the front line and will definitely make excessive demands. It is better to just fight a war!"

The prince was shocked.

It turns out that this guy had this idea.

No wonder he dared to tease Zhao Feiyan like this. It turned out that this guy didn’t want to talk to her at all, but wanted to go to the front line!

Narrowing his eyes, the prince said in a deep voice: "Eighteenth brother may not know yet, but the morale of my frontline soldiers is low, and they lack food and military pay. Even if we start a war, we have no chance of winning!"

Chu Ning was slightly stunned, and then seemed to react, and said blankly: "Brother Crown Prince, do you mean that the peace talks must continue?"

The prince sighed and pretended to be serious: "Of course we have to negotiate. Otherwise, if the front line collapses, the Zhao army will be able to march straight in. At that time, our dynasty will be unable to resist and may even be in danger of being destroyed!"

Chu Ning, who was eating, seemed to be frightened. He spat out the food in his mouth and quickly stood up and bowed:

"Please teach me, my prince brother!"

This is right!

The prince raised the corner of his mouth slightly and smiled.

"It's very simple to solve this problem, just negotiate!"

The prince pretended to understand everything: "I have already found out what Zhao Feiyan wants. She just wants Dingxiang City!

As long as we give this city to them, they will promise not to attack our dynasty, and our dynasty can withdraw 100,000 soldiers from the front line to maintain its strength. "

So this is what you were thinking!

Chu Ning sneered in his heart.

From the very beginning, he had never thought about peace talks. He did this just to test the prince's intentions.

Looking at the prince's attitude, he actually wants to give up the important city on the front line. No one would believe that there is no trick.

The reason why Zhao Feiyan was able to raise 100,000 taels of silver so quickly was probably because of the prince's secret support.

It seems that there is something shameful going on between the prince and Zhao Feiyan!

Chu Ning narrowed his eyes and pretended to be happy: "If the peace talks can be successful as you said, Prince Brother, do I not have to go to the front line?"

No need to go to the front line?

You have a nice idea!

However, in order to stabilize this kid, I still have to agree to him first.

The prince chuckled and said, "Of course, after the peace talks are successful, there will be no fighting on the front lines, so of course you, Eighteenth Brother, don't have to go to the front lines!"

Chu Ning's eyes lit up, and he stood up suddenly pretending to be very excited: "If this is true, then we must succeed in the negotiations!"

"now it's right!"

The prince came to Chu Ning with a big laugh, patted his shoulder, and said with satisfaction: "As long as the peace talks are successful, you will be a hero of my Great Chu!

And you don't have to go to the front line, this is a good thing to kill two birds with one stone, Eighteenth Brother, you must seize the opportunity!"

Chu Ning said excitedly: "I come from the common people, so I don't know much about these things. Thanks to you, brother the Crown Prince, for your advice. I will keep your teachings in mind and talk to Zhao Feiyan tomorrow as you said!"

Hehe, let me see how I’ll trick you tomorrow!

You jumped out of this by yourself, don't blame me~