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

"Ah... Empress Defei, Empress Defei!"

The maid behind Concubine De looked at the fallen body and was so frightened that she rushed over.

But what came into view was a pale face and a pair of eyes that were open despite death.

"You...you actually killed Concubine De!"

The maid raised her head and stared at Chu Ning, screaming, "Do you know that you have brought disaster to the Chu Palace?"

"Empress Defei is His Majesty's favorite concubine. If you kill her, His Majesty will never let you go."

"Even this Chu Palace will be buried with you!"

"Just wait, I will report to His Majesty right away!"

After saying this, the maid stood up and ran out.

Ran Ming's eyes widened and he swung the spear in his hand towards the maid.

"Ah~"

With a scream, the maid was pierced through the chest and flew out.

Ran Ming snorted coldly, stepped forward, drew his spear, and spat fiercely: "Who do you think you are? How dare you be so presumptuous in front of me!"

At this time, a palace guard stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "General Ran Ming, what should we do with the guards at the door?"

Ran Ming's eyes widened: "What else can I do? I even killed Concubine De, do I have to keep those people?"

"You take the men to clean up their bodies, and I'll go deal with those guys."

Having said that, Ran Ming didn't wait for the man to answer and rushed towards the gate of the palace.

Soon, Ran Ming arrived at the gate of Prince Chu's Mansion.

This place was guarded by four guards brought by Concubine De, and they even occupied the positions that originally belonged to the guards of Prince Chu's Palace.

Seeing Ran Ming coming out, the four of them didn't say anything. They just held their heads high, looking superior.

Ran Ming walked towards the four people with a spear in hand, and with every step he took, the murderous aura on his body became stronger.

This appearance made the four guards' faces change slightly.

"What...what are you going to do?" one of them couldn't help but ask.

Ran Ming grinned at them without saying a word, but just raised his spear and stabbed!

Caught off guard, a guard was stabbed to death!

The other three were horrified upon seeing this, and dared not fight back. Instead, they scattered like birds and beasts, fleeing in three different directions.

Ran Ming smiled grimly: "Want to escape? Can you escape?"

He picked up the long sword of the guard on the ground with his right hand, stepped on the hilt, and the sharp blade flew out.

A guard who had not yet run far only heard the sound of breaking air. Before he could react, his eyes went dark and he instantly lost his breath.

At this time, Ran Ming also swung the spear in his hand towards another guard.

Just like the maid, this person screamed and died on the spot!

At the same time, when Ran Ming swung out the spear, his body was like an arrow shot from a bow, rushing straight towards the last guard.

When the man heard the whistling sound, he was startled and quickly turned around and chopped with a knife!

But the imagined sound of a sharp blade cutting into the body did not occur, instead a sharp pain came from the abdomen.

Then, he felt as if he was flying in the clouds. His whole body was spinning around. Before his body hit the ground, everything went black in front of his eyes and he was completely out of breath.

One punch!

Just one punch!

Chu Ning ended this man's life.

Ran Ming laughed: "See if you dare to be so arrogant in front of the gate of Prince Chu's Mansion!"

The people who were watching the excitement around suddenly fell silent, and no one dared to say anything.

Are you kidding? That’s Ran Ming. Who dares to say anything at this time?

Ran Ming glanced at everyone present and said loudly: "See? This is the fate of being an enemy of the Chu Palace!"

The onlookers looked timid.

They were so scared when they saw Ran Ming kill four people in one breath!

The spy hiding in it lowered his head at this moment, fearing that he would be seen by Ran Ming.

Fortunately, Ran Ming did not notice this group of people. Instead, he turned around and looked inside the palace and shouted, "Come here, collect the bodies of these four guys and dispose of them together with the group of people inside."

The palace guards rushed out and quickly carried the four bodies away.

When the spies saw this scene, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief and left quietly.

Of course they had to report such a big thing to their masters.

Ran Ming dared to kill Concubine De's guards, which meant that Concubine De must be in danger!

What's more, Ran Ming himself said just now that there were corpses inside!

This confirmed the news that Concubine De was killed.

Such a major event will definitely cause a major change in the situation in Kyoto City!

For a time, all the forums reported to their masters as quickly as possible.

Three quarters of an hour later, the imperial palace, the ancestral temple.

The emperor stared at Chu Ning and the third prince who were kneeling on the mat with a cold face.

From the beginning till now, the two men have been kneeling for more than an hour.

"You two rebellious sons, do you know you are wrong now?"

The emperor felt that it was enough and he just needed to teach Chu Ning a lesson. If Chu Ning was really forced into taking action, he was not sure he could handle it.

But just as he finished speaking, Chu Ning said calmly, "Father, Third Brother called me a bastard, it's his fault. If he does it again next time, I will still beat him!"

"you……"

The third prince was furious: "How dare you say such words of fighting and killing in front of my father. Do you still take my father seriously?"

Chu Ning raised his eyebrows, turned his head to look at the Third Prince, and sneered: "Brother, when you scolded me for being an illegitimate child, did you take my father seriously?"

"you……"

"enough!"

The emperor roared, interrupting the two of them, and asked coldly: "Why, do you still want to continue arguing and fight again?"

"Humph, it seems that this hour or so hasn't calmed you down. In that case, then kneel for another hour!"

The third prince snorted coldly and said nothing, but the look he gave Chu Ning was full of resentment.

Chu Ning was not afraid of the Third Prince's gaze at all and looked him in the eye.

When the emperor saw the appearance of these two people, his face suddenly became a little ugly.

At this moment, Zhao Ming's voice appeared outside the ancestral hall: "Your Majesty, it's bad, something big has happened!"

The emperor frowned and said, "What happened? Why are you so panicked? Come in and tell me!"

The emperor was so angry that he didn't even think about avoiding suspicion.

Zhao Ming had no choice but to come to the ancestral hall and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, something happened to Concubine De!"

The emperor's face changed: "What happened to Concubine De?"

Zhao Ming glanced at Chu Ning and answered carefully: "De Fei took people to the Chu Palace. For some reason, they had a conflict with the people in the Chu Palace. She was stabbed to death by Ran Ming's spear!"

The shadow guard's intelligence was very accurate, and he even found out how Concubine De died.

The emperor was stunned at first, then he reacted, grabbed Zhao Ming by the collar, and asked fiercely:

"What did you say? Concubine De was killed by Ran Ming?"

"Yes, it is."

"Bastard thing!"

The emperor threw Zhao Ming to the ground, turned around and stared at Chu Ning: "Well, you are getting more and more daring, you even dare to kill Concubine De!"

Chu Ning looked innocent: "Father, I am innocent. You made me kneel here early in the morning. I know nothing about the affairs of the palace."

The emperor's face was gloomy: "Don't know? Humph, fine, I will pretend that you don't know. Now you go with me to the Prince of Chu's Palace to find out about this matter!"

"If the people in your palace act recklessly, I will have to kill them today!"

"Someone, go to the Prince Chu's Palace!"