After I disguised myself as a man, I became everyone's white moonlight

"Why did the fifth brother want to assassinate Prince Chu?" The fourth prince finally asked the point.

The guards told Chu Xi about the dispute between him and the fifth prince last night.

The fourth prince sneered with an ambiguous tone, "The fifth prince is indeed incompetent and reckless. Who is Chu Qibai? He is the prince of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery. The Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery once defeated the Western Chu army. Even General Qi was defeated by the old marquis twice. His martial arts are unparalleled."

He really thought that this was the capital of Western Chu. He did whatever he wanted and acted capriciously, completely ignoring the fact that they were now in someone else's territory, the capital of Great Zhou.

With the few people they brought with them, it would be difficult for them to return to Xi Chu if others took action.

"Old Five always does things with his head but not his tail. He is extremely stupid."

"That's what His Highness said."

The guard asked hesitantly, "Your Highness, there is something I don't understand."

The Fourth Prince was about to go out, but when he heard the words of his personal guard, he unconsciously slowed down his pace and said, "Speak."

"Since the Fifth Prince wanted to kill the Crown Prince Chu, why did he have to join forces with the Seventh Prince of the Great Zhou? Wouldn't that give them the upper hand? What if the Seventh Prince betrayed the Fifth Prince in order to escape punishment?"

The guards found this cooperation really strange. What could the Fifth Prince gain by cooperating with the Seventh Prince?

"Old Five is a fool, and arrogant. He thought that if he sent enough people, he would be able to kill him and vent his hatred. However, he didn't know that the Seventh Prince had approached him for cooperation in order to put all the blame on him later."

The fourth prince chuckled and commented on the matter with a sharp angle that went straight to the point.

Or maybe the fifth prince thought that he could shift the blame to the seventh prince by cooperating with him, but he didn't think about it carefully. After all, this is within the territory of the Great Zhou. Even if it was really the seventh prince who assassinated the King of Yan, so what?

Even if the emperor sitting on the dragon throne of the Great Zhou knew about it, he would never confirm the crime. He would just go with the flow and push all the blame onto the fifth brother. After all, the brothers were killing each other in the capital.

Even if everyone in the capital of the Great Zhou knew about this blatant scandal, they would not expose it to the public for people to laugh at.

They all wanted to shirk responsibility, but the Seventh Prince was a little smarter than the Fifth Prince. He knew how to take advantage of the situation and his own territory to create a situation that was favorable to him.

"Then what should we do, Your Highness?" The guards thought this was a good opportunity. It was rare for the Fifth Prince to do something stupid, and in the Great Zhou, if something happened at this time...

That would definitely be a good thing for them.

"For now, let's hold our troops in place. I'll find a chance to kill Lao Wu later. He specifically asked my father to let me go with him on this trip. He just wanted to kill me and find an excuse to get away with it when he gets back."

The Fourth Prince's eyes were cold, and there was no trace of a smile on the corners of his lips, only endless coldness. "He wants to kill me, so I will kill him first, and then I can put all the blame on Chu Qibai and King Yan."

The fight for the throne has always been a life-and-death battle. There are relatively few princes in Western Chu, and only the Fourth and Fifth Princes are competitive. The other princes have either not reached adulthood or have been crippled long ago, and have no qualifications to compete.

They were determined to tear each other apart. If he really killed Lao Wu and returned to Western Chu, the court officials who were in Lao Wu's party would have no evidence and could put the blame on Prince Yan and others, killing two birds with one stone.

"Your Highness... Will the imperial concubine suspect us after we return?" The guards felt that directly killing the fifth prince was too impulsive and without any planning.

There are so many loopholes in their story that Her Majesty the Imperial Concubine would never believe them.

"It doesn't matter. A Yuan is going to marry into the Great Zhou. I will join forces with whoever prince she marries. My father must pass the throne to me." The fourth prince made a shrewd calculation.

The only pity is that he has no soldiers, otherwise why would he waste time talking to the Fifth Prince's mother and consort? He could directly lead his troops to besiege the imperial city and ascend the throne.

The guards were silent. Sixth Princess, Qi Yuan followed to the Great Zhou this time for the purpose of marriage. They were siblings from the same mother. The Fourth Prince's plan... was nothing. There were many marriages for princesses.

*

Chu Xi is recuperating at home. She has no plans to go out for the time being. She had originally planned to ask Chu Er to visit Prince Yan at his mansion and take a look at how bad Prince Yan's injuries are so that he can come back and tell her.

Before Chu Er could take any action, King Yan arrived first.

Chu Xi quickly put on her clothes. Her body was covered with wounds. She was not wearing a chest wrap. She just lay on the bed in her undershirt, flipping through a military book.

Chu Er knocked on the door outside to inform her, but she stopped him without saying a word and asked Chu Er to lead the people to the study and greet them first, while she dressed herself and went to the study later.

Zhou Yichen took a few sips of Longjing tea in the study. While drinking tea, he took the opportunity to ask Chu Er how Chu Qibai's injury was last night, whether he had seen a doctor, and what the doctor said.

Chu Er answered respectfully. While he was speaking, Chu Xi pushed the door open.

"Your Highness." Chu Xi did not salute, but just nodded slightly in greeting.

"How seriously are you injured? Why are you still walking around? You could have just asked someone to take me to your room to see you." Zhou Yichen was more worried about Chu Xi's injury than Chu Er, and hurried forward to support her.

"I'm fine, don't worry, I just have external injuries." Chu Xi was surprised that Zhou Yichen valued her so much that he didn't even care about his own injuries and came to see her.

She has eyes that can distinguish between sincerity and falsehood.

Chu Xi wanted to walk by herself, but Zhou Yichen insisted on supporting her, so Chu Xi could only let him do so.

"Please sit down." Zhou Yichen helped Chu Xi sit down on the soft couch by the window.

Chu Xi asked, "Your Highness, how about you? I heard from Tang Yuhuai last night that you were also injured. Have you asked the imperial physician to treat you?"

"I'm fine. My left arm was just cut three times. It's an external injury. I've already applied medicine." Zhou Yichen said calmly.

"The assassination attempt on us last night has caused a sensation in the capital and everyone knows about it. I think they won't dare to act rashly before this birthday is over." Zhou Yichen said in a flat tone.

Over the years, he had experienced so many assassinations that it was too numerous to mention, so he was not shocked by such incidents anymore.

"The Marquis' Mansion also appropriately released some information to ensure that the Fifth Prince of Western Chu was trembling with fear in his room in the inn." Chu Xi understood too well the thrill of being on someone else's territory.

The fifth prince wanted to kill her but failed, and the people he sent out never returned. Some were killed, some were captured. How could he not be afraid?

"Last night...Jiang Zhenyao helped you from behind?" Zhou Yichen changed the subject quickly.

"Yes, she is a nice person, very warm-hearted." Chu Xi chuckled, thinking back to the funny scene where Jiang Zhenyao had been promoting her intention to get married last night.

Zhou Yichen raised his eyebrows with a smile, and sat next to Chu Xi, "Why do I feel like she wants you to be her husband?"

Chu Xi nodded, "She did have this intention, but it was not what Your Highness had in mind. She did not want to be used by the Seventh Prince, so she came to me and wanted to cooperate with me."