Mingzhu had been exceptionally beautiful since she was young. Even the King, who had a heart of stone, couldn't help but soften his tone when he saw Mingzhu again. He was afraid that he would scare Mingzhu. If he was like this, the Emperor, who was also a man, would probably be like this as well.
Even heroes have a weakness for the charms of beauties. The King had thought it through very well. Even if Mingzhu couldn't give birth to a child for the Emperor, as long as she could give the Emperor preferential treatment, it would be enough.
Before the banquet started, the King was very confident. After all, no man could resist Mingzhu's beauty. However, after the banquet started and he saw Jiujiu's appearance, the King instantly became uncertain.
If Mingzhu was like the luminous pearl, then Jiujiu was like the moon. In front of the bright moon, could you still see the luminous pearl that emitted the glow of a firefly?
The answer was no.
Because the answer was no, the King became even more anxious. He had almost bet all his treasures on Mingzhu. If even Mingzhu couldn't do it, then who could?
The King was anxious and impatient. After the banquet ended, he returned to the relay station in a daze.
After seeing the King appear, the Eldest Prince and Xiao Lang's eyes instantly lit up.
The Chen Kingdom had strong soldiers and strong horses, but they couldn't compare to the barbarians who could fight one against a hundred. In particular, the warriors by the King's side were even more skilled. Even Xiao Lang wasn't sure if he could defeat them.
If they worked with the King, as long as they killed the Third Prince and Jiujiu, then the position of Crown Prince wouldn't be in their pockets.
After Xiao Lang and the Eldest Prince had a long discussion through the night, they prepared for Xiao Lang to find the King to negotiate terms and prepare to start a war that no one knew about.
However, when Xiao Lang was negotiating with the King, Jiujiu's secret guard was already squatting on the roof. However, neither Xiao Lang nor the King knew anything about this.
Jiujiu and the Third Prince read the news brought back by the secret guard. Xiao Lang used ten border cities as a reward to get the King to help him assassinate the Emperor and the Third Prince tomorrow.
Hearing the secret guard's words, Jiujiu's lips curled. She sneered and said, "No matter what, Xiao Lang is still like this."
Just like how the Eldest Prince was only a puppet Emperor for a few days in her previous life, Jiujiu completely believed that when the King really helped Xiao Lang kill the Emperor and the Eldest Prince, he wouldn't be able to live for long...................
Jiujiu turned her head to look at the Third Prince, who was standing at the side with his eyes lowered. She said, "Tomorrow, bring some men to deal with the First Prince and Xiao Lang's subordinates."
"What about the palace?"
............. Jiujiu raised her chin and looked at the Shadow Guard kneeling on the ground. "I have a hundred Shadow Guards under me. Moreover, do you think that I, who can lead the Shadow Guards, will be a weak woman without any strength?"
At this moment, Jiujiu's face was brimming with a confident smile. Her confident appearance was like a blooming red spider lily. She was so beautiful that the Third Prince couldn't help but take a second look at her.
It was already late at night by the time Jiujiu and the Third Prince discussed the details of tomorrow's situation in low voices.
The Third Prince's palace was rather far from Jiujiu's palace. Jiujiu simply ordered people to tidy up the side hall and let the Third Prince stay in the side hall for the night.
The next day was the day the Emperor hosted a banquet to entertain the King. Regardless of whether it was the Third Prince, the Eldest Prince, or Xiao Lang, they were all extremely nervous.
No matter who it was, they would either succeed or die trying.
Especially Xiao Lang. Because the Emperor removed the vassals, he didn't have much power left. When the Third Prince began to enter the court, he even began to disperse the military power in his hands. Now, his only bargaining chip was today. If he didn't succeed today, he was afraid that he would have no fate with that position in this lifetime.
While Xiao Lang was attending the banquet, the Third Prince began to take action with the secret guards that Jiujiu had assigned to him.
Although Xiao Lang was careful, there was no such thing as an airtight wall in the world. Although Jiujiu didn't know how many people he had under him, she had a rough idea. As long as most of them were killed, the remaining few were nothing to be afraid of.
The Third Prince's mission was to control the barbarians in the relay station who were ready to attack and kill most of Xiao Lang and the Eldest Prince's men. As for the matters in the palace, they naturally belonged to Jiujiu.
In order to deter the King, the banquet this time was naturally extremely sumptuous. From the decorations to the dishes, even the small chopsticks were full of meaning.
The more the King looked at it carefully, the more he was deeply shocked by the wealth of the Chen Kingdom.
They lived in the grasslands, lived in tents, ate beef and mutton, and wore coarse linen clothes. In the winter, countless people often starved to death because there was no food.
However, in the Chen Kingdom that they couldn't see, they lived in palaces, wore silk and satin, and ate delicacies. Even the chopsticks used to pick up food were made of ivory. In the King's eyes, this place was simply filled with gold.
The King, who was originally hesitant, thought of the ten cities that Xiao Lang had promised him as the reward for this mission. His originally wavering heart instantly became firm.
They were both humans, but why could the Chen Kingdom's Emperor sit on a dragon throne made of gold, eat delicacies, drink fine wine, and enjoy beautiful women while he had to worry about the basic necessities of his subjects every day?
Between humans, the most afraid of comparison was because the more one compared, the more one would realize that one couldn't compare to the other in any way.
The more one compared, the more the King's heart felt unbalanced. They were both kings, but the other was doing so well while the King was living so miserably. How could he tolerate it?
The King wasn't very scheming. The simplest thing he could think of was to roll up his sleeves and directly attack.
It didn't matter if the King was rash, but Xiao Lang was very meticulous. Xiao Lang knew that the Emperor would definitely have secret guards protecting him. He had to find an excuse to get close to the Emperor. Otherwise, this assassination wouldn't succeed.
Therefore, Xiao Lang proposed a martial arts competition.
Anyone under the King was a martial arts expert. Other than Xiao Lang, the Third Prince was the one with the highest martial arts skills in the palace.
No matter how high the Third Prince's martial arts skills were, how could he compare to the people under the King?
Xiao Lang wanted to take advantage of the martial arts competition to let the King's warriors kill the Third Prince first. By the time the Third Prince died, his subordinates would have already surrounded the palace. At that time, even if the Emperor was still alive, he would have to abdicate.
However, the reality was that dreams were very plentiful, but reality was very thin. Xiao Lang proposed a martial arts competition, but the person who stood up wasn't the Third Prince, but Jiujiu.
Jiujiu walked to the temporarily built martial arts arena and smiled like a flower. "My son hasn't recovered from his serious injuries. Let me replace him this time."
When the King saw Jiujiu, a delicate girl, walking to the martial arts arena, he instantly felt pity for her and hurriedly said, "Why don't we change the person?"
After all, all the warriors under him were strong and strong. Even a slap from them was bigger than Jiujiu's face. If they really fought, Jiujiu wouldn't even be able to withstand a single slap from a warrior.
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