Chapter 284 I hope we won’t meet on the battlefield in the future

After Wu Ming heard the words of the old man next to him, he suddenly became stunned. The old man next to him was sent by his father to protect him and was also the person who monitored him.

The old man's attitude represents his father's attitude. Since the old man said that Wu Yunwan, the eldest princess, could not betray Dawu's interests, it proves that in the old man's opinion, there is no problem with this business cooperation letter.

The old man was obviously reminding him not to mess around or continue to mess around.

Wu Ming also knew that if he continued to make trouble like this and failed to sign this business cooperation agreement, his father would definitely cause trouble for him after he returned to the Dawu Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Wu Ming snorted coldly, and then said: "Okay, very good, I will remember this!"

Having said this, Wu Ming sat down and stopped talking.

Seeing that Wu Ming was angry, Lu Chen just smiled slightly. This was the effect he wanted. He had no intention of letting Wu Ming sign the business cooperation letter from the beginning.

The reason why Lu Chen asked Wu Ming to sign was to make Wu Ming think that the eldest princess Wu Yunwan had used despicable means to take away the credit he had so easily obtained, and then aggravate the conflict between them and make Da Wu's internal strife more serious. .

The current situation in Daxia is very pessimistic. Dawu must also be in chaos. Only if Dawu is in chaos, even if a civil war breaks out in Daxia, it will only be internal troubles at most, not external troubles.

In the absence of external troubles, no matter how Daxia fights within itself, it is still within its own family.

If during the civil war in Daxia, Dawu had no domestic problems at all, then Dawu would most likely send troops to Daxia. When the internal and external troubles add up, Daxia may be destroyed.

Although Lu Chen planned to continue to hide his capabilities and bide his time, he did not want to see Daxia destroyed by Dawu at this time.

At this time, Wu Yunwan signed her name on the business cooperation letter, then took out the seal of Princess Wu and stamped it on the scroll. Lu Chen had also stamped the royal seal.

Then the two parties exchanged scrolls, and after waiting for the second scroll to be signed and sealed, they finally exchanged the scrolls and kept them.

Lu Chen smiled and said at this time: "Eldest Princess, I wish our Dawu and Beiguo a happy cooperation!"

Wu Yunwan smiled and said, "Okay, happy cooperation."

Hearing the conversation between the two, Wu Ming couldn't help but cursed in his heart, "Bullshit!"

But Wu Ming didn't make trouble at this time because he felt uncomfortable in his heart.

After the business cooperation agreement was signed, Lu Chen once again held a banquet in the Yizheng Hall to entertain members of Dawu's mission.

After the luncheon was over, Wu Yunwan and the others were preparing to return to the Dawu Dynasty. They had been in the Northern Kingdom for such a long time, and it was time to go back.

Just when Wu Yunwan was about to leave, a soldier came to Wu Yunwan and said, "Princess, my prince wants to see you alone."

Hearing this, Wu Yunwan was stunned for a moment.

The business cooperation letter has been signed, so why are they meeting alone?

However, Wu Yunwan still decided to give Bei Wang this chance. She wanted to see what this little man planned to do.

Then Wu Yunwan said: "Okay, lead the way."

Immediately, the soldiers of the palace took Wu Yunwan to the outer courtyard of the palace. Pei Hong also followed Wu Yunwan. When they were about to enter the courtyard, the soldiers of the palace said to Pei Hong: "My lord, please wait at the door. Wait, the prince plans to talk to the eldest princess alone."

Hearing this, Pei Hong was stunned for a moment. He frowned and said, "I am the protector of the eldest princess. Wherever she goes, I will naturally go. I want to ensure the safety of the eldest princess."

The previous two meetings between Lu Chen and Wu Yunwan were all alone. Pei Hong had always been timid. However, they had not signed a business cooperation agreement in the previous two times. Now that they are about to return to the Dawu Dynasty, who knows whether King Bei will What would he do to Wu Yunwan?

Wu Yunwan said at this time: "Mr. Pei, don't worry, just wait here. Prince Bei most likely has nothing important to do with me, and I will be out soon."

Seeing what Wu Yunwan said, Pei Hong had no choice but to say: "Okay, princess, be careful."

Wu Yunwan then entered the courtyard directly.

At this time, Lu Chen was already sitting in the pavilion.

After watching Wu Yunwan enter the courtyard, Lu Chen smiled slightly, and then said: "I thought the eldest princess would not come."

Speaking of this, Lu Chen took a look at Wu Yunwan's whole body.

Wu Yunwan was wearing the same purple dress as last time. The gauze skirt covered her plump body, looming, attracting endless reverie. Wu Yunwan exuded a mature and dignified temperament, and she was still like Chu Yuqin. Like Lin Wanyun, like Yelu Nanyan, this kind of temperament attracts Lu Chen very much.

Wu Junwan frowned slightly when she saw that Lu Chen's eyes were scanning her body. She had been aloof since she was a child, and was later named the eldest princess by Emperor Wu. Almost no one in the world dared to look at him like King Bei. Especially in the Dawu Dynasty, there are very few people who dare to look directly at themselves, let alone use such thoughtful eyes.

Wu Yunwan came to the stone table and sat down slowly. Fengyun's buttocks sank slightly. Wu Yunwan asked directly: "I wonder what Prince Bei wants to see me for?"

Lu Chen personally poured a cup of tea for Wu Yunwan, and then said: "Of course it's because the eldest princess wants to return to Dawu. I feel reluctant to leave, so I want to see the eldest princess one last time. I don't know what to say goodbye this time. Only then can I meet the eldest princess."

Having said this, Lu Chen glanced at Wu Yunwan's personal information.

[Name: Wu Yunwan]

[Identity: Princess Dawu, the daughter of Emperor Wu, a friend of Queen Yue, and the object of the Northern King's covetousness. She is 30 years old this year and has reached the ultimate level of Grandmaster. This trip to the Northern Kingdom is to sow discord between the Northern Kingdom and the Great Xia court. At the same time, deep down in her heart, she also wanted to meet King Bei. She wanted to know what was so special about King Bei that could attract so many people to the North. Now she was even more interested in King Bei. 】

[Rating: 98]

[Favorability: 85]

Seeing Wu Yunwan's favorability towards him, Lu Chen thought to himself that it would not take long for Wu Yunwan's favorability towards him to increase to 100.

At this time, Wu Yunwan heard Lu Chen's words and said calmly: "King Bei is really good at joking. I don't think that King Bei will ask me to meet alone for this purpose."

What Wu Yunwan was thinking was that with so many women in Lu Chen's harem, even if Lu Chen thought she was beautiful, he would not directly ask her to meet her. After all, she was also the eldest princess of Dawu, and she was also a person with real power. Lu Chen should know that it is impossible for them to be together.

Lu Chen said with a smile: "The eldest princess may have overthought it. I asked the eldest princess to meet her. It was really because I was afraid that I would miss her so much if I couldn't see her for too long, so I asked her to come and see her for the last time."

After the words fell, Lu Chen's deep eyes stared straight at Wu Yunwan.

After hearing Lu Chen's words and looking at Lu Chen's loving eyes, Wu Yunwan was stunned.

Seriously?

Is this little man really interested in her?

Wu Yunwan said simply and directly: "It is a pity that I and King Bei are destined to have no fate. Not only are they not destined to be together, but they may also become enemies in the end. I hope that one day we will not meet on the battlefield."

Lu Chen said with a smile: "It is true that we will not meet on the battlefield, because sooner or later the eldest princess will marry to the North Palace. I hope that the eldest princess can wait for me for a few more years after returning."

Seeing that Lu Chen was so confident, Wu Yunwan was not angry, but laughed, "Huh huh huh, King Bei is so confident. Could it be that King Bei really thought that my father would marry me to a man who was very fond of Da Wu?" Someone who is such a big threat?”

Lu Chen said calmly: "Nothing is impossible. As long as the strength of the North Country is strong enough, everything is possible."

Wu Yunwan said: "Then I am waiting in Dawu. If my father really does this one day, I will not put up any resistance and come directly to the North Kingdom to be your woman."

"It's just that by that time, I'm probably already old and fading, and King Bei won't like me anymore."

Lu Chen said: "That's not possible. With the eldest princess's talent in martial arts, it may not take long for her to break through to the realm of a grand master. The eldest princess's beauty will remain for decades."

"And what I like most is a mature and dignified woman like the eldest princess. The older she gets, the more charming she becomes."

After hearing these words from Lu Chen, Wu Yunwan finally understood that this little man was really not kidding him. He was just trying to figure her out and wanted her.

Wu Yunwan didn't intend to continue talking nonsense with Lu Chen. In her heart, Lu Chen was indeed very handsome and in line with her preferences, but she knew their position very well.

She is a person who wants to be a queen like her good friend. How could she be stopped by this kind of love between children? Her stance determines that she and Lu Chen can only be enemies in the future, and in the end they will probably only be on the battlefield. meet.

And she was very confident in herself. With the power she controlled in the Dawu Dynasty, it was impossible for Emperor Wu to take the initiative to marry her to King Bei.

This little man is a little delusional.

Wu Yunwan stood up directly at this time, and then said: "If King Bei wants me to be a woman for you, I'm afraid he needs to work harder."

"Since King Bei has nothing to do, I will go back to Dawu. I hope that the next time we meet, it won't be on the battlefield."

Then Wu Yunwan turned around and walked towards the outside of the yard. Looking at Wu Yunwan's swaying hips, Lu Chen smiled faintly. He thought to himself that of course it wouldn't be on the battlefield. The next time the two of them met would be... Probably in bed.

In Lu Chen's view, it was not difficult at all to make Emperor Wu willingly marry Wu Junwan to him. Emperor Wu was a more traditional emperor, and Dawu was a more traditional dynasty. At a certain time, Emperor Wu would naturally find a way to cut off Wu Yunwan's wings.

If one day when the Northern Kingdom has grown enough to threaten several major dynasties, Lu Chen directly proposes a marriage proposal to the Dawu Dynasty, then those who oppose Wu Yunwan in the Dawu Dynasty will try their best to send Wu Yunwan away. By coming to the Northern Kingdom, Emperor Wu might also use this opportunity to completely put an end to Wu Yunwan's desire to become the queen.

Of course, it is impossible for the North to do nothing. Now that the business cooperation agreement has been signed, the North's caravans can enter the Dawu Dynasty. The North can make good use of money to make Dawu officials oppose Wu Yunwan's interference in politics.

Lu Chen murmured at this time: "It's so easy to be the queen. Come to my room and I will let you be the queen every day."

Lu Chen's voice was relatively soft, and Wu Yunwan, who was walking away at this time, could no longer hear him.

Lu Chen also got up from the stone bench at this time and was about to leave the pavilion, but at this moment, Liang Zong entered the courtyard and came directly to Lu Chen, "Meet the prince!"

Before Lu Chen could speak, Liang Zong handed a letter to Lu Chen, "Your Majesty, urgent report from the capital!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Chen took the envelope from Liang Zong's hand without saying a word, opened it and read it carefully.

After seeing the information in the letter, Lu Chen's face instantly became extremely serious.

Liang Zong added at this time: "After the third prince was assassinated, the eldest prince also met the assassin that night. Now the whole capital is panicked, and the vassal princes everywhere are frantically expanding their armies, but the court has not taken any action."

Lu Chen fell into deep thought. He actually guessed that Emperor Xia was pretending to be ill, and there was likely to be chaos in the capital, but he did not expect that the chaos would come so quickly.

A prince has been assassinated so quickly. Has the final stage of the battle for the heir finally begun?

In the past, it was rare for princes to directly send assassins to kill other princes. Only the eighth prince sent people to assassinate him, the unimportant ninth prince, in order to cut off the Jiangnan family.

The main reason why the princes did not dare to take action was because they were worried that their father would find out and directly revoke their qualifications. The most taboo thing for the royal family was for brothers to kill each other.

Now, a prince was actually assassinated and died in the capital of Great Xia, and this was still in the capital, not elsewhere. The third prince who died was still the most competitive prince. This shows that those princes have no worries about being found out by their father. , they thought this was the last moment.

As long as all those who threaten them are eliminated, they can ascend to that supreme position.

The most cruel moment of the battle for the inheritance has arrived.

Lu Chen pondered for a moment and then asked: "Is there no movement from my father?"

Liang Zong replied: "There was no order from the palace. Only Lin Gaoyuan asked Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment to investigate the assassination of the third prince and the eldest prince."

Lu Chen thought to himself that his father is really cruel. One of his sons has died, and he is still pretending to be sick and has not come out to take charge of the overall situation. Could it be that he has to wait for all his sons to kill each other? Just came out?

Moreover, vassal kings from all over the country are now expanding their troops. If the current situation continues, it will not be long before a civil war breaks out in Daxia, and then vassal kings from all over the country will come to Beijing to compete for the throne.

What exactly is his father planning?

Just when Lu Chen was deep in thought, Qin Yushan suddenly rushed in with a note, "Your Majesty, I just received the letter from the flying pigeon in the capital!"

Lu Chen immediately asked: "What happened again?"

Qin Yushan replied directly: "There is news from the palace that His Majesty has asked the eldest prince to temporarily take over the position of crown prince and take charge of the national government affairs temporarily."

Upon hearing this, Lu Chen asked, "What about military affairs?"

Qin Yushan replied: "I didn't mention it. We won't know until the detailed information from the capital is sent in a few days."

The flying pigeon message can only send a small note, and the content transmitted is very limited, so the information transmitted is incomplete. The flying pigeon message is usually transmitted with particularly important information, but after a few days of flying pigeon message God, Jin Yiwei usually sends detailed information. He only needs to wait a few days to know what the situation in the capital is like.

Lu Chen thought at this time that it seemed that his father was also worried about the situation continuing to develop. However, if he allowed the eldest prince to temporarily take over the crown prince's position, but not directly let the eldest prince become the crown prince, wouldn't this intensify the fight for the right to inherit the throne? In this way, the eldest prince will become the target of public criticism. When the time comes, all the princes will target the eldest prince. The position of the eldest prince is not so easy to sit on.

Next, wait for the detailed information from the capital to see if his father has appointed the eldest prince to take charge of military affairs. If the eldest prince is just allowed to take charge of national government affairs, then it is nothing. After all, Emperor Xia has not been in court for so long, and government affairs are all It's already crowded, and we really need someone to handle the government affairs.

But military affairs are different. If he intervenes in military affairs, the eldest prince will have the opportunity to control military power. Once he has military power, it will be much easier for the eldest prince to rebel. His father should not hand over military affairs so easily. The eldest prince handles it.

But in any case, this storm is more violent than the Jiangnan family rebellion. After all, the vassal kings everywhere are already ready to make a move. If Emperor Xia does not handle it well, it is very likely that Daxia will directly split by then.

Lu Chen then said to Qin Yushan and Liang Zong: "You continue to pay attention to the movements of the capital and the various vassal kings."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

At this time, Lu Chen turned around and walked towards where Zhuge Chongguang lived.

Zhuge Chongguang lived next to the North Prince's Mansion. Lu Chen used Qing Gong and landed in Zhuge Chongguang's courtyard in one minute.

Seeing Lu Chen coming, Zhuge Chongguang, who was sitting on the stone bench, quickly stood up and said, "Greetings to the prince. I wonder why the prince came to see me?"

Lu Chen rarely came to Zhuge Chongguang on his own initiative. Zhuge Chongguang usually went to Lu Chen. After all, Lu Chen was the king and Zhuge Chongguang was the minister.

Since it was Lu Chen who took the initiative to look for him, it meant that there must be something big going on with Lu Chen.

Lu Chen replied: "I have just received information that the third prince was assassinated. The eldest prince was also assassinated by an assassin that day. Later, my father asked the eldest prince to temporarily take over the position of the crown prince and take charge of the national government affairs."

"I really can't figure out what my father is planning. Now, vassal kings from all over the country are expanding their armies, and civil war is about to break out. If this continues, Daxia is likely to split."

"I don't believe that my father is willing to see Daxia split."

"So I would like to ask the Grand Master, what does the Grand Master think of the recent events in Daxia?"