Fengming Tianxia's Concubine Empress

Chapter 190 The Battle for the Throne
"But what? Butler Li, why haven't you seen each other for a few days, and you're hesitating instead?" Shang Junyuan said, pulling his face down, showing a little impatience.

"Yes, my lord, forgive me." Butler Li said respectfully, and a lot of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"Okay, you can continue." Shang Junyuan waved his hand impatiently, motioning for him to continue.

"Yes, when my subordinates rushed to the restaurant, they found that the king of Chu was sitting opposite Concubine Yu, and my subordinates were worried that they would be seen by the king of Chu, so they came back."

"King Chu?" Shang Junyuan asked suspiciously.

"Yes, the king of Chu is also the third prince." Steward Li looked at Shang Junyuan's face, and then explained: "Half a month ago, the emperor led all the civil and military officials to hunt on the mountain, but in the process of hunting, he encountered a black bear. Fortunately, the third prince arrived in time and killed the big black bear. The emperor thought of his meritorious service in protecting him, and in addition, the third prince had already reached the age of becoming a king, so he took advantage of this incident to confer the title of the third prince as the king of Chu."

"En." Shang Junyuan nodded with a dark face.

"My lord, I dare you, could the man in black who met Concubine Yu be the Third Prince?" Li Butler asked speculatively.

Brother?What if the man in black is really you?Then what will happen to you looking for Concubine Yu?If it wasn't you, then who would the man in black be?This matter, perhaps only she herself knows best.

Thinking of this, Shang Junyuan's face became even more ashen, and he looked at Steward Li coldly, and said in that icy voice: "Housekeeper Li, these are not things you should think about, do your own thing." Things will be fine."

"Yes, my subordinate overstepped the limit, and I hope the lord will forgive me." Butler Li immediately apologized.

"Okay, you go back first, this king knows it well."

"Yes." With that said, Butler Li withdrew respectfully.

After Steward Li left, Shang Junyuan stood up, stood in front of the window sill, put his hands behind his back, and looked fiercely into the distance.

The emperor called me back urgently this time, not just to help the emperor brother and the others to share the affairs.Now that Brother Sanhuang is named King of Chu, his strength must have increased a lot compared to before.

Suddenly, Shang Junyuan's eyes tightened, he suddenly turned around, and said in a cold voice: "Darkness!"

"Yes, master." An Ming jumped off the beam, knelt on the ground and said respectfully.

"Go and investigate. Is there anything suspicious about the hunting half a month ago? How did the father canonize the third brother as the king of Chu? Also, just to see what unusual behavior the king of Chu has had recently?"

Hearing this, Anming was startled. He didn't expect so many things to happen during the time he was away. He withdrew his mind and said solemnly: "Yes, this subordinate will go now."

Looking at the entire Shanghuang Kingdom, apart from the eldest brother of the crown prince who can compete with the three emperors in strength, only this king is left. Could it be because he is on par with the king of Chu and can compete and resist each other?
Shang Junyuan fell into deep thought again, perhaps this is the real purpose of my father calling me back.It seems that the battle for the throne is about to begin.

In the east of Liyang City, in Shang Junyuan's courtyard.

After dinner, Su Mei came to the courtyard alone. She sat on the stone bench and felt the slightly cool autumn wind quietly.

The night was getting dark, maybe it was because the weather hadn't really turned cold, or something else, but Su Mei could vaguely hear the chirping of insects coming from the field outside the courtyard gate, and they kept screaming loosely.

Suddenly, she felt a warmth coming from her shoulders, and she couldn't help but lower her head, only to see that she was wearing a cloak, and when she turned her head, she saw Ling Yun's slightly cold face.

She was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly remembered, she couldn't help but smiled slightly and said, "Thank you."

"You don't have to be polite, the princess. The prince ordered his subordinates to take good care of the princess. This is what the subordinates should do."

Su Mei couldn't help but tense when she heard this, brother?

Before Su Mei could react, footsteps sounded outside the door. Su Mei heard the sound, and when she raised her eyes, she saw Shang Junyuan striding in. Since it was getting late, she couldn't see Shang Jun clearly. With the expression on Yuan's face, Su Mei only felt that he was not in a good mood.It's just that his mood has nothing to do with her, she just needs to be herself.

And Ling Yun, who was standing by the side, treated Shang Junyuan as nothing. In his eyes and hearts, only his master, Jiao Jingyao, was alone, not to mention that the person walking towards him was the one who took Princess Xiangrui away. ?
Shang Junyuan was already in a bad mood, and Su Mei and the other two ignored him, which made him feel even more upset. After all, they were also in his other courtyard. He wanted to be more polite to her, but Shang Junyuan thought about it again, thinking that Su Mei was a cold and indifferent person, the anger in his heart was a lot less.

Shang Junyuan walked towards Su Mei, and sat down on the stone bench opposite Su Mei without saying a word, looking very serious.

Su Mei didn't find it strange at all, because in her impression, every time she saw Shang Junyuan, he always had such a dead fish face, as if someone owed him 80 yuan.

Su Mei pondered for a moment, seeing that Shang Junyuan was still silent, she asked, "I don't know what is the purpose of your late night visit, King Qi?" Su Mei asked plainly, she had a feeling in her heart, as if Shang Junyuan was bringing The purpose of coming, otherwise it is impossible to choose this time to come.

Shang Junyuan looked at Su Mei calmly, and then raised his eyes to Ling Yun who was standing beside Su Mei, his eyes were very sharp.

Su Mei immediately understood. She knew that Shang Junyuan had something to say to her, and she could only be alone. Now that they are wandering outside, many things are beyond their control, not to mention that they are living in Shang Junyuan. What about in another courtyard far away?Besides, they just came to this strange place today. Although this other courtyard belongs to Shang Junyuan's family, there is no one else here except an old man who is the gatekeeper. Many things have to be done by themselves. Thinking of this, Su Mei couldn't help but said to Ling Yun flatly: "Ling Yun, go and make a cup of hot tea for King Qi."

Hearing this, Ling Yun felt a little depressed, but there was nowhere to attack him. He looked at Su Mei, then at Shang Junyuan, and then walked away expressionlessly.

Although Ling Yun didn't say anything, Su Mei felt the disgust and reluctance in his heart.

After Ling Yun left, Su Mei looked at Shang Junyuan, and said in a cold tone, "There is no one else in the yard now, King Qi can talk."

Shang Junyuan frowned slightly, just now Su Mei spoke to Ling Yun in a calm tone, but when it was his turn, he was so cold, which made him somewhat uncomfortable.

Shang Junyuan said calmly: "I really have something to say to the princess when I came here today." Shang Junyuan paused for a moment, then looked up at Su Mei.

"If the princess can trust me, why don't you invite me to sit in the house?"

Su Mei saw that Shang Junyuan's expression was very serious, and his tone of voice sounded as if it was a very important matter. More importantly, he was a gentleman, but his temper was not very good , with a bitter face all day long.

Su Mei pondered for a moment, nodded, and said in a calm and generous manner, "Okay, King Qi please."

As soon as he entered the room, Shang Junyuan took out a letter from his arms and put it on the table.

Su Mei looked at the letter on the table, feeling a little puzzled in her heart, she couldn't help frowning slightly and asked, "What is this?"

"Open it and take a look. This king has already told you before bringing you to Shanghuang Country. This king also hopes that when you find out the truth of the matter, you can also do one thing for this king. It's a contract."

Su Mei opened the letter suspiciously, but when she saw the content on it, her face became serious.

After a while, she closed the letter and asked, "Should I believe you?"

"What do you think?" Shang Junyuan asked back, his tone very decisive.

Yes, judging from the above content, it is indeed very tempting, and she has no choice but to choose to believe.The letter said that she helped him get rid of Concubine Yu, and he helped her find out the truth. Besides this, she also needed to do one thing for him, but she didn't say anything about it.

Seeing her hesitation, Shang Junyuan explained: "Don't worry, what this king asked you to do will neither violate morality, nor exceed your ability, and will not force you to do it." Do what you don't want to do."

"Why?" Su Mei asked.

Shang Junyuan seemed to understand what she meant when she asked why, and he smiled slightly and said: "I hope to have a person with one heart, and the white head will not be separated. The future wife of this king will only have someone, and he will still be loved by this king." man of."

Su Mei looked at Shang Junyuan in shock. She never thought that an old man would have such avant-garde thinking, and a prince would have such the same feelings.

Su Mei thought for a while, and said seriously: "Okay, I promise you, but you must write down what you just said in the letter, it will not violate morality, it will not exceed my ability, and it will not force me do it."

"Okay. This letter will be brought back by the king. When you move to the palace tomorrow, the king will give it to you again and sign your name."

Su Mei didn't quite understand, why did she go to the palace all of a sudden?Can't help but ask suspiciously: "Wangfu?"

"That's right, tomorrow the Japanese king will come to pick you up in person, and then the steward will come with a set of women's clothing, so you don't have to wear this men's clothing anymore, it's getting late, you should rest early, and the king will go first gone."

After all, Shang Junyuan turned around and walked out, but when he opened the door, his eyes happened to meet Ling Yun's somewhat hostile eyes, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and soon recovered his usual expression, and gave Ling Yun a cool look, Then strode out.

After Shang Junyuan left, Ling Yun looked away and looked at Su Mei with a steaming teacup in his hand, as if asking what happened.

Su Mei smiled lightly, and said, "Don't stand there, he's gone, I'm a little thirsty, why don't you just bring that cup of tea in."

Ling Yun's complexion improved a lot, and he walked in with tea.

"Ling Yun, it's getting late at night, go back and rest first, we have to go out tomorrow."

Ling Yun was somewhat puzzled. Although he didn't know where he was going, he knew that wherever Su Mei was, he would be there. If the master was not there, he had to protect the princess.

I saw him nodding his head, and said: "The princess rested earlier, and the subordinates are leaving."

"Okay." Su Mei smiled and nodded.

It was an ordinary morning, the sun was slowly rising into the sky as usual, the rooster crowed halfway through, the cool autumn wind and the faint fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus filled the yard.

Because of the change of place, Su Mei did not sleep very well last night. Like her, Shang Junyuan, the prince of Qi from Shanghuang Kingdom, also did not sleep well, not to mention Ling Yun. In an unfamiliar environment, Ling Yun had to maintain a high degree of vigilance in case someone would attack him.

And in the huge other courtyard, in an inconspicuous corner by the wall, a Datura flower is slowly blooming, with its unique color blooming with the beginning of a new day.

(End of this chapter)