"Could it be... that I have overlooked something..."
Seeing this, the eldest prince could not help but stare and ponder, and even someone as calm as him felt a little nervous. The woman who felt quite good about herself naturally reacted even more violently. After being stunned for two breaths, she suddenly stood up, her face flushed, but it was no longer a disguised shyness, but anger!
"You...you..." Ling Shang'er pointed at Chu Tianxiao, her voice trembling, unable to utter a complete sentence.
Chu Tianxiao didn't even look at her, he just shrugged, with an innocent look on his face, and said, "Your Highness, your sister is really a good person, but she won't ruin the family, so don't force her..."
"How dare you insult this princess again and again! This is unforgivable!"
Ling Shang'er was already angry, and the proud and arrogant her was repeatedly given the "nice guy card" that she had never expected. How could she bear it any longer
At that moment, Ling Shang'er immediately threw aside her half-fake, half-real ladylike image, drew out the soft sword at her waist, pointed it at Chu Tianxiao and shouted, "My cousin wants to recruit you because he thinks highly of you. There are only a few people in the whole Great Zhou who can catch his eye. If you dare to be so ungrateful again, don't blame me..."
"Your trump card has depreciated." Chu Tianxiao was unmoved when he heard this. He reached out to pick up the wine glass, pretending to drink alone, but interrupted.
"you!-"
"Shang'er, step back." The eldest prince spoke calmly, but with an unquestionable tone.
"cousin!"
“Back off!”
“Hmph…” Ling Shang’er gritted her teeth. She knew that although the eldest prince looked broad-minded, he was actually narrow-minded. Once someone asked him to say something three times, no matter who that person was, he would surely die.
Thinking back to when he was a candidate for the imperial concubine, her beauty was no worse than Ling Shang'er, but because she acted like a spoiled child and relied on the eldest prince's favor, he asked her to leave three times...
As a result, the woman was buried in a mass grave that night, and her body was not even intact...
So at that moment, no matter how unwilling Ling Shang'er was, she had no choice but to retreat. But before leaving, she still glared at Chu Tianxiao fiercely, as if she wanted to glare a hole in him.
"Brother Chu, I don't understand." The eldest prince shook his head and waved his hand to let Ling Shang'er leave quickly. Then he slowly said, "Why do you refuse?"
Chu Tianxiao looked at him deeply and said word by word: "Because I finally realized that we... are not the same kind of people."
The eldest prince fell silent after hearing this.
After a moment, he stood up and said, "I hope Brother Chu will change his mind soon."
Chu Tianxiao laughed and said nothing.
"I have gained a lot from talking with Brother Chu today. Since Brother Chu has determined that we are not on the same path, then... please give way."
Chu Tianxiao held the wine glass, raised the corner of his mouth, stared at the eldest prince and said: "Why... didn't you give way?"
The eldest prince said calmly: "How can a stubborn stone stop a mighty river?"
Chu Tianxiao narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this, and smiled faintly: "Your Highness, do you want to kill me?"
These words were spoken without the slightest disguising and were spoken bluntly. As soon as they were spoken, the atmosphere in the room became invisibly solemn to the extreme!
This solemn atmosphere only lasted for a moment, and then everything returned to normal, with the falling flowers and gurgling water as usual, as if nothing had happened.
“… Oh, Brother Chu, you are joking. Killing you is equivalent to fighting to the death with the Chu family and losing the chance to be crown prince… I will never do such a stupid thing.” At this point, the eldest prince smiled, raised the wine glass in his hand and drank it all in one gulp, “But since Brother Chu is unwilling to stand on my side, I naturally cannot help Brother Chu achieve his goal this time… So this time Chu Tianxiao comes to the barbarian land, I am afraid he will return empty-handed.”
The tone of his voice was terrifyingly indifferent, as if the turbulent verbal battle between the two just now had never existed... Without waiting for Chu Tianxiao to reply, he pointed at a peach tree and spoke slowly.
"Brother Chu, look, peach blossoms are in full bloom, but they wither in a day. It is rare to see such a wonderful sight in the barbarian land. How about you stay here and enjoy the peach blossoms? The fragrance of the famous flowers and the sword energy are always there. All the food and drinks are ready. Please forgive me if I am not hospitality enough."
As soon as he finished speaking, a mist appeared around the eldest prince, and then the entire pavilion was quickly surrounded by fog, and visibility suddenly dropped to freezing point!
Chu Tianxiao only heard the eldest prince's indifferent words: "Brother Chu, you can take a rest here, drink, and enjoy the flowers. As for the troubles outside... it's better for Brother Chu to stay out of it, so as to save yourself from worry and trouble."
After a pause, the eldest prince's self-deprecating voice came again...
"I'm not afraid of being laughed at by Brother Chu... At this moment, leaving Brother Chu outside is really too risky... I am really afraid of you, Brother Chu..."
"So... that's it."
As the eldest prince spoke, his voice became increasingly ethereal, and the smoke in the field became thicker and thicker. The scenes changed rapidly everywhere. Chu Tianxiao knew that this was a sign of being trapped. For a moment, he felt his eyes suddenly blurry and he couldn't see the road ahead. The eldest prince's figure gradually became more and more blurred, and finally disappeared...
…
…
As soon as the eldest prince came down the mountain, he waved his hand.
Suddenly, a handsome young man with a fair face and a dignified bun, dressed like a scholar, slowly stepped forward, clasped his fists and bowed to the eldest prince, and said, "Your Highness, over there... We have made sufficient preparations, and the plan can start at any time."
This young man is called Gong Han. He is the top staff member under the eldest prince. He is also a genius of the Gong family, one of the four great "prime ministers". He is also one of the rising think tanks! He has shown a high talent for wisdom since he was a child. Even Prime Minister Wu once praised him, saying that when he reaches the age of forty, he will surely become the prime minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty. This is a very high evaluation...
This man is also highly valued by the eldest prince, and it is no exaggeration to say that he is his right-hand man!
"Gong Han, you did a great job."
The eldest prince looked at Gong Han and showed a satisfied smile: "I will wait and see how this situation turns out."
"Oh, I will wait and see." Gong Han was relieved and smiled, saying, "Everything is under control, and great success is just around the corner... Your Highness... Please."
The eldest prince took a deep breath, feeling quite happy that the world's situation was in his hands, but suddenly, he shook his head and sighed: "... What a pity."
This was a bit unclear, but Gong Han had been following the eldest prince for a long time, so how could he not understand his master's thoughts? He pondered for a moment and sighed, "Your Highness is right... If Chu Tianxiao turns to your Highness, we can use him to achieve the feat of destroying the barbarians, and then in Kyoto, let this myth turn to your Highness, then the situation will be established, the world will be united, and your Highness's position as the crown prince... will be a sure thing!"
At this point, he sighed again: "I can't get the best fruit after all... What a pity."