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Chu Mengyang couldn't be as calm as Chu Yunyi.

Since the emperor said this sentence, it proves that he has no chance of ascending the throne.

He lowered his head, filled with indignation.

For these years, he has been leading troops to fight at the border. In terms of contribution to Chu, he is much more than Chu Yunyi!In terms of reputation, he is better than Chu Yunyi!Why...why did the emperor choose Chu Yunyi!

He thought about it for many years, but he never figured out why.

Looking at the emperor with a loving face, Chu Mengyang wanted to ask himself what is worse than Chu Yunyi?Why did he do so many things, but still couldn't catch the emperor's eyes?

But rationality made Chu Mengyang choose silence, and under the emperor's earnest gaze, he nodded; "Thank you, father."

He suppressed all his reluctance, but also showed a trace of grievance just right. His behavior dispelled the emperor's last trace of doubt.

"It's such a wronged second child, but you are much more at ease in the position of prince than the emperor." The emperor patted Chu Mengyang on the shoulder.

The emperor's rare warmth did not make Chu Mengyang feel at ease. On the contrary, he felt more hatred in his heart.

"My son is not wronged." Chu Mengyang said seriously, "It has always been my wish to expand the territory of Great Chu!"

Regardless of whether Chu Mengyang said this from the heart, the emperor was very satisfied.

Only Chu Yunyi was a little uneasy. He glanced at Chu Mengyang and told him intuitively that Chu Mengyang must have no good intentions. He had been fighting with him for so many years, so how could he be willing to be inferior to him?

If it were him, how could he be willing to make a wedding dress for someone else when he was only one step away?

Suddenly, Chu Yunyi felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart. He was about to speak, but the emperor waved his hand: "That's all, you all go back first."

What happened today made him suffer a great shock, and later he had to think about how to make an expression at the dinner party to face the strange eyes of civil and military officials and envoys of the enemy country?

Chu Yunyi hesitated to speak, but met the emperor's gloomy eyes.

His heart trembled, and he immediately nodded in response: "I understand."

Exiting the Taiji Hall, Chu Yunyi was a few steps behind Chu Mengyang, and the anxiety in his heart prompted Chu Yunyi to stop Chu Mengyang: "Second Brother, please stay!"

Chu Mengyang turned around coldly and stared at Chu Yunyi: "What? Does the prince still want to teach me how to do things?"

His appearance undoubtedly confirmed the guess in Chu Yunyi's heart.

Chu Yunyi's attitude also became cold and hard: "What do you mean? I just want to follow what my father said. From now on, I..."

"The prince wants to instigate me before he ascends the throne, which is too ridiculous." Chu Mengyang said coldly, "If the prince wants to instruct me, it's better to wait until he ascends the throne!"

After finishing speaking, Chu Mengyang shook his sleeves and left angrily.

Chu Yunyi stared at his back, the coldness in his eyes sent chills down the spine.

In the hall, the emperor was resting with his eyes closed, when he heard footsteps, he opened his eyes coldly.

"What are they doing?"

"His Royal Highness is fine, but the Second Prince..." Li Dehai's voice became softer, "It seems that he is not very happy, and he had a few quarrels with His Royal Highness just now."

Hearing this, the emperor smiled, but he was not angry because of this matter: "He is young and vigorous, so naturally he doesn't want to be inferior to others, besides, they are the two most outstanding among my sons, and I expected him to disobey among."

If Chu Mengyang acted as if nothing had happened and had no grievances at all, that would make him worry.

Back then, when he was suppressed by the prince for so many years, he acted nonchalantly as if he didn't care about everything. In the end...

"Okay." The emperor was in a good mood and waved to Li Dehai, and he was the only one left in the hall.

Li Dehai silently responded, and quietly walked out of the hall.

Apart from the Zhaixing Pavilion, the Taiji Hall has the highest terrain. Outside the Taiji Hall, you can overlook the entire imperial city. Li Dehai, who is over [-] years old, has snow-white temples. Standing outside the hall, he looks at the imperial city with complex emotions in his eyes. able to read.

The Second Prince's Mansion.

As soon as Chu Mengyang came back, he threw all the things he could see on the table to the ground. For a while, the front hall was filled with the sound of broken porcelain, which made people's heart skip a beat.

But soon, Chu Mengyang restrained his anger again. He sat in the front hall as if nothing had happened, and slowly drank tea with the only intact teacup left.

Mr. Du who rushed over saw Chu Mengyang holding back his anger, and suddenly said, "Your Highness, you don't have to hold back your anger. Anyone who encounters this will not calm down."

Hearing his words, Chu Mengyang caught a glimpse of the complex emotions in his eyes, and laughed at himself; "It seems that the news has already spread, even Mr. Du knows what happened in the palace."

"Your Highness, you don't have to worry about these trivial matters. They are just gossip. When the envoys of the two countries leave, or there are other things that attract their attention, they will not talk about it anymore."

Mr. Du was afraid that Chu Mengyang would be overwhelmed, so he persuaded him again and again.

However, the sorrowful expression on Chu Mengyang's face did not disappear. The teacup in his hand was already empty, but he still didn't notice it. He took a sip and found that the cup was empty.

Anger flashed across his eyes, and he raised his hand to drop the teacup, but he seemed to think of something, and held the teacup tightly again, but his strength was too great, the teacup couldn't bear it at all, and it was shattered into pieces in an instant They all fell down.

"Your Highness, be careful!" Mr. Du shouted hastily.

Chu Mengyang looked at the scratched hand and saw the blood flowing slowly, he seemed to have no pain, and he never even frowned.

Seeing this scene, Mr. Du's heart sank to the bottom. Could it be that this incident hit His Highness so hard?

Before he could speak, Chu Mengyang laughed at himself: "Actually, I don't care about these rumors."

"No matter how bad their rumors are, this king will know whether he has done such a thing. Since this king is innocent, why should he be afraid of outsiders' eyes?"

"That makes sense!" Mr. Du was a little excited for a while, "So, His Highness has figured it out!"

"Yes, I figured it out when I was in Tai Chi Hall." Chu Mengyang nodded.

Before Mr. Du was happy for too long, Chu Mengyang gritted his teeth and said: "This is not what makes this king angry!"

"Don't you think that this mere rumor can trap this king?" Chu Mengyang said angrily, "It's the father's words that make this king angry and wish to kill someone!"

Under Mr. Du's restless eyes, Chu Mengyang's words seemed to be squeezed through his teeth: "Father said that after he waits for a hundred years, he will issue an imperial decree so that the prince will not hurt my life!"

As soon as these words came out, Mr. Du's expression immediately became serious.

He paced uneasily on the spot, and after a while, he asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, does the Emperor really mean that?"

"He asked me to expand the territory of Chu State first, and then he said such a thing, what do you think is the intention?" Chu Mengyang mocked, "It's just to let the king give up fighting with the prince! Let this king hand over the throne!"

When he spoke, he could no longer hold back the overwhelming anger in his heart, and he slammed his hand heavily on the table, splitting the hard wooden table in two instantly.

Everyone could hear the noises in the front hall very clearly, and the servants and maidservants who were guarding nearby did not dare to speak out. It was the butler who stepped forward and cleared away the nearby people.

However, the news that the second prince rushed out of the palace angrily still spread.

In the front hall, Chu Mengyang's eyes were red, and he wanted to speak, but it turned into a choked sob.

It is said that a man does not flick his tears lightly, but today, the grievance in his heart is like this anger, like a monstrous wave, drowning his whole body.

"Why? I'm not as good as Chu Yunyi?" Chu Mengyang's eyes glistened with tears, and his voice was choked up. "If the Jiang family is still there, and he is still engaged to the Pei family, this king can also admit the shortcomings with him."

"But take a look at what he has done these years? The salt tax in the south of the Yangtze River was handled by General Pei himself. He just went through the motions, and in the future, he smuggled and hid iron ore in the market. These crimes of beheading He has done it all over, and my father's eyeliner is all over the place, don't you know that Chu Yunyi is the mastermind behind it?"

The more he talked, the more wronged Chu Mengyang became, he tightly squeezed the armrests on both sides of the chair, and said hoarsely: "They are all the children of the emperor, why is his heart all on Chu Yunyi? "

"Your Highness, don't worry!" Seeing this, Mr. Du patted him on the back, and his tone was calm, which gradually calmed down the excited Chu Mengyang.

"Mr. Du, what should I do!" Chu Mengyang looked at him eagerly, "Do I really want to watch Chu Yunyi ascend the throne? Between me and him, there is already a situation of endless death! What can he do?" Will you let me go?"

Regardless of his ambition to fight for the throne, just the few things he did to discredit Chu Yunyi before are enough to make Chu Yunyi regard him as his number one enemy.

"Your Highness, do you still remember... the past incident that your subordinates mentioned?" Mr. Du stroked his beard, and said four words lightly, "Qi Chen's Change."

In just four words, it hit Chu Mengyang's heart hard like a boulder.

Chu Mengyang was so nervous that he forgot to breathe. After a long time, he said a word: "Do you want me to imitate my father?"

After finally saying this, Chu Mengyang felt extremely relaxed.

This time, he was no longer as frightened as before, but thought carefully about the feasibility of this plan.

"Father doesn't believe in anyone except himself. Even if we want to emulate what Father did back then, we have no chance."

Whether it is from the mouth of the old minister or the mouth of the Song Shangshu, the emperor was an honest and honest person when he was the prince. He was deeply trusted by the late emperor. Even the late prince loved him as much as his own brother. Because of this, Only the emperor can seize the opportunity to launch a mutiny.

But after the mutiny that year, the emperor was extremely vigilant to the people around him. After doing such a thing, he naturally didn't want to die at the hands of his trusted son like the first emperor. Therefore, all the princes had no army in their hands, only a few hundred guards.