C214

Within King Dingdong's Residence.

"Master Kong is here."

In the study room, when King Ding heard the news of Kong Youcai's arrival, he slightly raised his eyebrows and said, "Quickly spread the news."

"Your Highness, may I know what matter you have brought me here today?" Kong Wen asked.

King Ding sneered. "I've called you here today, do you really not know the reason?"

"Is the prince still angry at the Emperor for sending the King to battle?"

King Ning shook his head. "Things aren't that simple. Even the Empress has said that the Emperor sent Prince Rong to battle this time. He just wants to hone his skills. Once he's done with the meritorious military service, we can properly promote him …" Furthermore, Royal Father is fine as well. The Emperor has already issued a testamentary edict, and the position of Crown Prince may already be Prince Rong. "

"Your Highness, you've thought too badly. Right now, the Emperor hasn't announced the choice of the Crown Prince, so everything is just a guess. This humble servant believes that with your intelligence, the Emperor will definitely appreciate you."

"No, This King must become the emperor!" King Ning was furious. He was truly unwilling for the Emperor to pass the throne to Prince Rong like this. What ability did Prince Rong have? He had been sick all day and had no ability at all. Why did he have to send troops to attack Dongning? It gave him a headache just thinking about it.

"Prince, please calm your anger."

"Master Kong, go kill Prince Rong for me." King Dingdong spoke out the thoughts in his mind word by word.

"My lord, you mustn't do this!" Kong Youwei shook his head, "You can't do that."

"Lord Kong, could it be that even you want to make Prince Rong the emperor?"

"This is not what I meant, right now the emperor has just issued an edict, letting Prince Rong lead the troops to calm the chaos. If Hou were to make a move on Prince Rong at this time, the emperor will definitely think of Prince Rong. At that time, forget about the title of Crown Prince, I'm afraid that even the life of the Prince will be lost! " Kong Wen said in fear as he consoled King Ding.

"No, This King must kill him." Ding Wang heavily punched the table, producing a "peng" sound.

Kong Wei became anxious, "Your Highness, if you do this, the one who will benefit in the end will definitely be King Xuan. King Xuan had always coveted the throne, so this time, the Emperor had ordered for Prince Rong to go out. Although he did not reveal any emotion on his face, he must be more anxious than you. "

"What do you mean?" King Ding was startled.

"Prince, think about it. Ning Wang has already become a cripple, and Prince Rong has never participated in government affairs. Moreover, he didn't have any military merits, so the ones who have the most ability to fight for the throne are you and King Xuan. While King Xuan normally seemed to be unrestrained and unrestrained, in reality, he was harboring a malicious intent. This time, your highness definitely cannot act recklessly. It would be best for you to join hands with King Xuan to destroy Prince Rong, so that even if the matter is exposed and the Emperor finds out, he won't be able to punish all of you unless he wants to have no successors. "

King Ding sat down heavily and thought for a while before slowly saying, "Although your words make sense, King Xuan might not be willing to cooperate with us. King Xuan is cunning, and I'm afraid that he will push away all responsibility."

"Your Highness, you don't have to worry about that. Why don't we find an opportunity to test Duke Xuan and see what his attitude is?" Kong Youwei suggested again.

"That won't do. King Xuan has always been opposing This King. Everything he said that day was against This King. How can This King find him?"

"Your Royal Highness, that was just what King Xuan did on purpose. Maybe he was thinking the same thing as you?" Kong You spoke as if he had already made up his mind.

After a moment of silence, King Ding nodded. "Alright, I'll go find King Xuan now and see what he'll say." As he spoke, he left King's Manor and arrived at it.

"What kind of wind brought second brother here?" King Xuan spoke exaggeratedly as he welcomed King Dingyi into his mansion.

King Ding looked at King Xuan and sneered, "I have something to discuss with third brother today. I wonder if third brother will have time?"

"This King is just going out to indulge himself. Second Brother has something to find me for today, so of course I have to accompany Second Brother." As King Xuan spoke, he made a gesture of invitation and led King Xuan to the study.

Before he could sit down in the study, King Ding couldn't wait to say, "Third brother, you really know how to act!"

A surprised expression appeared on King Xuan's face. "What's the explanation for this?"

"The Emperor sent Fourth Brother out this time, completely not putting us two brothers in his eyes. However, Third Brother showed a very happy expression on that day." King Ding's eyes stared unblinkingly at King Xuan, as if he had seen through King Xuan's thoughts.

King Xuan calmly sat down in front of King Ding and helplessly said, "This is the Emperor's decree. Even if us brothers are unwilling, so what?"

"But that day, third brother said that he wanted to assist fourth brother to successfully ascend the throne. What does that mean?" Prince Ding kept pressing forward step by step.

King Xuan laughed, "How can you take what you just said seriously? Could it be that second brother doesn't know that this little brother has always liked to talk nonsense? "

"Then what does third brother mean?" King Ding narrowed his eyes and looked at King Xuan inquiringly.

"Second Brother, let's not beat around the bush. This time, the Emperor's intentions are so obvious, he clearly doesn't put us brothers in his eyes. He has always doted on Fourth Bro, and now he has even sent such a good opportunity to Fourth Bro." "If Fourth Bro returns in triumph, we brothers won't have a place to stand."

"You're right. The question is, what do we do now?" Lord Ding appeared impatient and impatient.

Duke Xuan glanced at him, "Second brother, why are you in such a hurry? In any case, Fourth Bro was going to war, and since it was war, there would be danger. At that time, some random accidents would happen, and the Emperor would change his mind. We still have a lot of opportunities, let's see how we can seize it. "

King Xuan's words opened King Dingdong's mind. He nodded as if he had just realized something, "So that's how it is …" So that's how it is … Third brother truly is Third brother; indeed, he has been premeditated. "

"What second brother said is wrong. Actually, what I did was just for second brother's sake. With second brother's status and influence in the court, how could this little brother contend with second brother? "But …" A trace of ruthlessness appeared in King Xuan's eyes. "If the Emperor really did pass on the throne to Fourth Elder, then I won't be convinced. He has no ability at all. Letting him be Emperor would probably go against everyone's expectations."

King Ding nodded in agreement. "I think so too. The Emperor passed the throne down to any of us brothers. To be honest, I don't mind it at all. If it were Fourth Brother, then this king would be the first one to be unconvinced."

King Xuan sighed. He didn't want to work with King Ding at first, because King Ding was not on the same level as him in terms of intelligence and strategy. However, now that Prince Rong's wings had not fully grown and he was being impatient and impulsive, the best way was to arrange for them to fight each other. Only then would he be able to pull himself away from the fight, and when both sides were injured, he would be the one to benefit the most.