latelenovela Chapter 636: Want to pick peaches? Have you asked me?
Chapter 636: Want to pick peaches? Have you asked me?
The situation was under control, and the soldiers of Sizhou had no fighting spirit, but the prince and others actually brought people here at this moment.
Chu Ning looked at the prince and others who were acting hypocritically, and there was no surprise on his face.
Now that the Sizhou troops are under control, of course they will come over to pick the peaches!
"Thank you for your concern, Prince. I am fine."
Chu Ning said calmly: "However, the four brothers have come at the wrong time. This king has completely grasped the initiative, and the Sizhou troops are also about to surrender. Your coming here at this moment does not seem to be of any help to this king."
Want to pick peaches?
How can it be!
How could such a great credit be shared among these four people?
As soon as these words were spoken, the Prince and others' faces changed slightly, knowing that Chu Ning would not let them interfere in this matter.
The four of them looked at each other.
The prince laughed and said, "In that case, I will not disturb my eighteenth brother any more. Goodbye!"
After saying this, the prince turned around and was about to leave.
But at this time, Liu Shouren, who came with his troops, suddenly stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "I am late, Your Highness, please forgive me."
Chu Ning looked calm: "Why are you late?"
Liu Shouren glanced at the prince's departing back, hesitated for a moment, and said, "It was His Royal Highness the Prince who sent someone to block my way."
"Really?"
Chu Ning narrowed his eyes, a cold look appeared on his face, he looked up at the prince and asked:
"May I ask, my brother the Crown Prince, why did you lead people to stop Lord Liu from supporting me?"
The prince paused.
Looking at the barracks door just within reach, the prince hated Liu Shouren to the core.
Just one step, just one step and he would be out!
This damn Liu Shouren, couldn’t he wait until I leave before filing a complaint?
Although he was angry inside, facing Chu Ning's questioning, the prince turned around and smiled awkwardly:
"What are you talking about, Eighteenth Brother? When did I ever stop Lord Liu? It was just a small misunderstanding on the street just now."
"Besides, there was an acrobatic troupe performing on the street just now. They blocked Sir Liu's way!"
After hearing this, Liu Shouren's face suddenly turned ugly.
"Your Highness, do you mean that I am framing you?"
"Is it a false accusation? Sir Liu, don't you know it yourself?"
The two men exchanged sharp words, neither giving in.
But the prince refused to admit that he had blocked the reinforcements.
The Fourth Prince narrowed his eyes upon seeing this and said in a deep voice: "Lord Liu, falsely accusing the Crown Prince is a capital crime!"
The prince’s behavior of obstructing the attack today cannot be confirmed, otherwise Chu Ning will definitely hold them accountable.
After all, the three of them each blocked a reinforcement force from Liangzhou.
The prince is in trouble now. Although I don't want to help, I have to take action.
Helping the prince now is helping themselves.
The Third Prince immediately reacted upon hearing this and nodded repeatedly: "That's right, Sir Liu, be careful with your words and don't say anything careless!"
The fifth prince sneered, "Master Liu, do you think that my eighteenth brother has the situation under control and now wants to attack my brother the crown prince?
Don’t forget, even though there are quite a few of you here, the four of us combined are still a lot!”
The crown prince brought a thousand guards from the Eastern Palace, and the three princes each had five hundred men. The combat effectiveness of these two thousand five hundred men was not bad, enough to make Chu Ning wary.
He was blatantly threatening Chu Ning!
Although Chu Ning had more people at the moment, the Liangzhou soldiers in the city defense camp had been fighting fiercely with the city defense camp soldiers for a long time and had consumed a lot of physical strength.
The guards from the palace who came to support them would definitely not dare to attack them at this time.
The only people around Chu Ning who had real fighting power were the few thousand soldiers from Liangzhou who came to support him.
But this is Kyoto City. If a fight really breaks out, the emperor cannot just sit back and watch!
They were betting that Chu Ning would not dare to attack them!
Liu Shouren understood the meaning of the four people's words, and he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and look thoughtful.
The Sizhou troops have just been pacified. It would be unwise to start a fight with the four princes right away.
Thinking of this, Liu Shouren's face darkened and he turned around to ask Chu Ning to stop.
Unexpectedly, Chu Ning's eyes turned cold, and a cruel look appeared on his face: "Four brothers, do you really think that I am a fool?"
The cold words and murderous aura made the faces of the prince and the other three change slightly.
"Eighteenth brother, what do you mean by this?"
The prince frowned and pretended to be displeased: "Do you believe what Liu Shouren said and think that we are deliberately blocking your reinforcements?"
He didn't dare to say that he was going alone, so he took the Fourth Prince and others with him.
We are all in the same boat and we will stick together!
Chu Ning didn't buy it at all. He stared at the prince with a cold expression, "That's what I meant!"
"you……"
"Humph!" The prince snorted coldly and flicked his sleeves: "You don't trust your brother, but you trust an outsider?"
"outsider?"
Chu Ning showed a hint of sarcasm on his face: "If it weren't for this outsider leading the army to support us today, I might have died at the hands of the Sizhou soldiers."
The prince was furious, his eyes instantly turned cold, and he clenched his hands tightly: "You said you wanted to stop me? Do you have the final say on this matter?"
Chu Ning shrugged: "My words don't count, let father handle it!"
"Come here, tell my father about this immediately, and tell him that I have found out who ordered the Sizhou soldiers to kill the Seventh Prince, and that someone tried to stop me from dealing with the Sizhou soldiers today!"
"Yes!" a soldier responded and immediately went out of the barracks.
Unexpectedly, when the man passed by the prince, he was stopped by Yang Yuntao who was following the prince.
"and many more!"
The prince frowned but said nothing.
Chu Ning's eyes turned cold: "Why, Lord Yang, do you still want to stop my people?"
Yang Yuntao smiled awkwardly and stepped forward to bow and salute: "Your Highness, Prince Chu, this is not what I meant. I just think that Your Majesty is very busy and there is no need to trouble Your Majesty with such a small matter."
"A little thing?"
Chu Ning chuckled: "I almost lost my life here, and you actually said it was a small matter?"
His eyes turned cold, and he rushed towards Yang Yuntao with the aura of a superior. His eyes were like torches, staring at this man intently.
"May I ask Sir Yang, what is the big deal?"
"This……"
Yang Yuntao's face changed slightly, and he bowed again: "Your Highness, please forgive me. I didn't mean to do that. I just don't want to escalate the matter."
"Today, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was frightened, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is willing to offer some gifts as a token of sympathy."
At the moment, Chu Ning was in the right. If the matter really got to the emperor, they would definitely suffer.
It would be better to find a way to settle this matter privately.
As soon as these words came out, the Fourth Prince was the first to react: "Lord Yang is right. This matter should not be made a big deal. Eighteenth Brother, just tell me what conditions you have!"
The third prince and the fifth prince looked at each other. Although they didn't want to give Chu Ning any benefits, this seemed to be the best solution now.
"In this case, I am willing to settle this matter with my Eighteenth Brother!"
"Tell me, as long as it's something I have, I won't refuse it!"
They wanted to cover up the matter in this way.