Chapter 2228 Extraordinary Methods

Zhou Yanfeng and Li Yang both have the same ambition. In this respect, they are different from Qi Kai. Both of them have greater ambitions than Qi Kai, and much greater.

Therefore, if the situation in the court falls into chaos, the two can be said to be happy to see it happen.

"Well said, the more chaotic the situation in the court is, the more we can fish in troubled waters!" Li Yang said: "I hope that the third prince can perform better this time and not be defeated early!"

Zhou Yanfeng nodded.

At this time, the third prince Zhao Lun, who was highly expected by the two, was venting his anger in his mansion. His anger was no less than Zhou Yanfeng, and even higher. The study had been smashed to pieces by him, and the floor was in a mess.

"Guan Zhuo! Zhao Ke!"

Zhao Lun's eyes were red, like a wild beast that had lost its mind, squeezing out these two names from his teeth.

At this time, these two people were definitely the people Zhao Lun hated the most.

Zhao Lun never thought that Guan Zhuo would be so bold and reckless, ignoring their previous discussions, and actually released Zhao Ke directly, which made Zhao Lun unprepared.

And Zhao Ke's release from prison was definitely a huge blow to Zhao Lun!

Before, even though Zhao Ke failed to ascend the throne once, although he was very angry, he was not too impatient, let alone desperate, because among the three princes who were most likely to inherit the throne, he was the only one who had the opportunity to ascend the throne and become emperor. The other two, one escaped from the imperial capital, and the other was imprisoned in prison. In his opinion, the throne would be his sooner or later, and no one could compete with him.

But now, the situation is completely different. Once Zhao Ke is released from prison, he will have a strong opponent. Zhao Ke also has two loyal followers, Yuan Ji and Hou Yi, plus Guan Zhuo now. It can be said that the situation suddenly became very unfavorable to Zhao Lun. He even felt that the throne was constantly moving away from him.

This is absolutely unacceptable to Zhao Lun!

But at this time, what else can he do except venting his anger and smashing things?

"No, I absolutely cannot give up!" Zhao Lun said to himself with red eyes: "No one can take the throne from me, the throne is mine!"

Zhao Lun's face became ferocious, he forced himself to calm down, now it was useless to get angry, even scolding Guan Zhuo was useless, even if he went to the Ministry of Justice to ask for punishment, Guan Zhuo would definitely find a reason to prevaricate, since Guan Zhuo took the initiative to release Zhao Ke, he would never easily lock him up again, that would be a slap in his face.

So, scolding Guan Zhuo was useless, he could only think of other ways.

The first thing Zhao Lun thought of was to win the support of Zhou Yanfeng, Li Yang and Qi Kai. As long as he had the support of these three, he could compete with Zhao Ke and even gain an advantage.

However, Zhao Ke knew that this alone was not enough.

First of all, Zhou Yanfeng and the other two were completely untrustworthy. Not long ago, he had just been besieged by the three. Now he understood that Zhou Yanfeng and the other two were determined not to elect a new emperor as soon as possible, otherwise, they would not have jumped around again and again. It might not be difficult to ask them to support him to fight against Zhao Ke, but it was undoubtedly impossible to ask them to support him to ascend the throne. Zhao Lun dared to be sure that once he had a little advantage, Zhou Yanfeng and the other two would definitely turn around and support Zhao Ke immediately.

Therefore, just winning the support of Zhou Yanfeng and the other two would not help him ascend the throne. He had to find another way.

A way to solve the problem once and for all!

Zhao Lun was tired of the current situation. Today, Zhao Ke would be released directly from prison, and one day, Zhao Xuan might return to the imperial capital. He was tired of such endless scrambles. He needed to determine the final result of the matter as soon as possible, so as to avoid more and more troubles as the matter dragged on.

But in this situation, conventional methods could no longer help him win the throne. He had to think of unconventional methods!

Soon, Zhao Lun had an idea in his mind.

He wanted to make Zhao Ke unable to compete with him for the throne forever, and there was only one way to do this:

Kill Zhao Ke!

There was not much brotherhood between Zhao Lun and Zhao Ke. Over the years, the two people who were eyeing the throne always fought against each other openly and secretly, and their relationship was not harmonious at all. Now, in order to compete for the throne, he wanted to kill Zhao Ke without any hesitation, let alone any mercy.

Fighting for the throne is a cruel and bloody thing!

Originally, Zhao Lun was still thinking that when he ascended the throne, he would deal with the other princes, whether to kill or exile them, but he had not made a decision.

But now, Zhao Ke was suddenly released from prison, which made him make a decision.

However, it is not an easy thing to murder a prince, especially since Zhao Ke was finally released from prison, and he must pay great attention to his own safety. Yuanji and Hou Yi will also protect him well.

Therefore, if you want to murder Zhao Ke, you need to plan well.

"Fortunately, I made preparations in the early years. Today, it's finally time to close the net!" Zhao Lun said to himself with a cold light in his eyes.

Then, Zhao Lun found the housekeeper and whispered a few words to him. The housekeeper bowed and left the mansion.

On the other side, Qi Kai, who left Zhou's mansion, returned to his own mansion, holding the invitation sent by Zhao Ke in his hand, and fell into deep thought.

Go, or not go.

This is a question!

Unlike Zhou Yanfeng and Li Yang's firm refusal, Qi Kai was hesitant. He didn't know whether he should go or not.

Qi Kai knew very well what the consequences would be if he went there tonight. He was afraid that there would be a rift between him, Zhou Yanfeng and Li Yang, and the three-person group might even disband.

But if he didn't go, he would lose the best opportunity to surrender to Zhao Ke.

Although he could surrender to Zhao Ke today, it was definitely not as good as today's opportunity, and the rewards he could get in the end would definitely not be as much as he could get today.

Qi Kai didn't mind surrendering to Zhao Ke. He had jumped back and forth several times before, and he didn't mind changing his position again. What he cared about was whether he could have the last laugh by surrendering to Zhao Ke, and whether he could get the benefits that satisfied him.

Qi Kai knew that now, in addition to the three princes fighting for the throne, Zhou Yanfeng and Li Yang also wanted to support the ninth prince. However, Qi Kai was not optimistic about this. In his opinion, the ninth prince was too young to compete with the other three princes for the throne. Even the ministers in the court would not agree. Zhou Yanfeng and Li Yang's ideas were too naive.

As for whether the second prince could win among the three princes, Qi Kai couldn't see clearly and was not sure.