Chapter 395 Abandonment

"who?"

The prince looked up and asked anxiously, his eyes full of hope and impatience. He wanted Murong Li to die so much.

Prime Minister Yang acted helpless and said, "This man is an aide to Prince Rui. I heard he knows some Taoist magic and should have no problem dealing with Murong Li. If the Crown Prince agrees, I can go find Prince Rui."

The Crown Prince snorted coldly, "I am the Crown Prince. For the sake of Dongfeng Nation's future, I demand that Prince Rui hand over the person. Don't you think Prince Rui is unwilling? Why does my father-in-law need to come and ask for it? I will send someone to speak to Prince Rui and ask him to hand the person over to me."

If Prince Rui is unwilling, then there will be a reason to punish him. Prince Rui has long coveted the position of crown prince, so this is a good reason to get rid of him.

Prince Rui was the prince with the same strength as him. Although he seemed arrogant and domineering, he was actually the most cunning. He acted all that on the surface for show to outsiders, who thought that someone like him was not worthy of being the crown prince. In fact, it was not the case. He was just born later than him, so the position of crown prince did not fall on him.

Prince Rui often tried to make things difficult for the Crown Prince and had long wanted to get rid of him.

After hearing what the prince said, Prime Minister Yang decided not to go to the door to ask for help himself. He was in a good mood and after talking to the prince for a few words, he went to court.

Afterwards, the prince really asked the butler to go to Prince Rui's Mansion.

In Prince Rui's mansion, Prince Rui was preparing to attend the morning court. He didn't go before because the Crown Prince was there. Now that the Crown Prince couldn't attend the court like this, he still went to the court to make his presence felt.

"Your Majesty, Steward Lin is outside asking to see you."

As soon as Prince Rui finished cleaning up, the butler came to report.

"What, Steward Lin, the one from the Prince's Mansion?"

Prince Rui tilted his head and asked in disbelief, there was no contact between Prince Rui's Palace and the Crown Prince's Palace.

The butler nodded and said, "Your Highness, it is Butler Lin from the Crown Prince's Mansion. He said he wants to see you regarding something important."

Prince Duan curled his lips and said, "Haha...it's really rare. What important matter does the Crown Prince's Mansion have to ask me? I'm very curious. Let's go and take a look."

The butler followed Prince Rui to the living room, and sure enough, he saw Butler Lin waiting there.

"Greetings, Prince Rui."

When Steward Lin saw Prince Rui coming, he immediately bowed and greeted him.

"Well, tell me, if you have anything to ask me, please come to me."

After Prince Rui sat down, he responded softly and then asked casually.

Steward Lin didn't care at all about Prince Rui's attitude. The Crown Prince and several other princes were not on good terms with each other, and they were just pretending to be on good terms. It was impossible for them to have a good attitude towards him.

He said sternly, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent this old servant here to ask Prince Rui for someone, someone who knows Taoism."

Butler Lin directly pointed out who he wanted without any nonsense.

"Oh? Why would the prince want him?"

Prince Rui was very surprised that the prince actually asked him for Taoist Xuanyi. What use was that old guy? He only knew how to talk big in Prince Rui's mansion. He said he would help him, but what kind of help was that? He hadn't been able to help him for so long.

Since the prince actually wants him, then give him to him. Not only will you drive away an idler, but you will also be doing him a favor.

Prince Rui agreed immediately, "Since the Crown Prince wants someone, how can I refuse? I will let him go to the Crown Prince's Mansion later."

Steward Lin bowed and said, "Thank you, Prince Rui. I will go back and report this to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Um."

"The old slave will take his leave."

Steward Lin bowed and left the Prince's Mansion.

In the guest house of Prince Rui's mansion, Xuan Yi was standing at the gate waiting for Prince Rui. When he saw Prince Rui coming, he stepped forward and saluted.

"Master, there is no need to be so polite. I came here today to tell you something."

King Rui gave Master Xuanyi a helping hand and said.

Xuan Yi smiled and said, "Prince Rui wants me to go to the Crown Prince's Mansion?"

Prince Rui was stunned: "You know everything?"

Xuan nodded and said in an enigmatic manner, "I can still figure this out, but does the prince really want me to help the prince?"

Xuan Yi was not stupid. Prince Rui asked him to go to the Prince's Mansion, which clearly meant he wanted to abandon him. However, he had laid a lot of groundwork for Prince Rui and was unwilling to let others take advantage of him.

Moreover, he calculated that the crown prince could not ascend to the throne, while the King Rui in front of him might ascend to the throne, but he needed his support.

King Rui abandoned him, which was equivalent to abandoning the throne.

Prince Rui said helplessly, "The Crown Prince specifically asked for you, and I cannot refuse. With your abilities, I'm sure you will be able to display them better with the Crown Prince. I'm burying you here."

Having said this, Xuan Yi didn't know what to say anymore. He looked at King Rui deeply and said meaningfully, "I hope King Rui won't regret it."

After saying that, he turned around and went back to the courtyard, picked up the bag he had prepared earlier and left the guest house.

King Rui...

He regrets it? How could it be possible?

At the horse farm, the horse manager got up before dawn and prepared to go and see the 10,000 horses that had been selected yesterday.

When they learned that these 10,000 horses were compensation to the West Wind Kingdom, they were extremely unwilling. After selecting them, they simply drove all the horses to the open dam and let them fend for themselves in the ice and snow.

Let him give 10,000 lively horses to Xifeng Kingdom. In the future, Xifeng Kingdom will ride these 10,000 horses to attack Dongfeng Kingdom. No subject of Dongfeng Kingdom wants to see such a thing.

Anyway, these 10,000 horses already belong to the Xifeng Kingdom. They didn't drive them away themselves, so they have to be kept here and fed and served. No one is willing to do such a loss-making business.

Anyway, he was not specifically told to keep an eye on these horses. What does it have to do with him whether these horses live or die here?

Considering that those 10,000 horses had been frozen overnight, surely not many could have withstood it, and many of them must have collapsed by now.

The people of Xifeng Country realized that they had done something wrong when selecting horses, and only picked old, weak, sick and disabled horses. Although the problems of these horses were not so obvious, each horse had some flaws.

Even if the people of Xifeng Kingdom obtained this batch of horses, without putting in some effort, these horses would be no different from ordinary horses and would not be able to go to the battlefield.

Hehe... Manager Ma was in a very good mood just thinking about it. He hummed a little tune and came to the horse farm very soon. But when he arrived, he did not see the scene he imagined, but there was not a single horse there.

Manager Ma was very panicked.

"Where's the horse? Where's the horse?"

The horse manager ran around the stable looking for the horses. Where had they gone?

Could it be that they were driven away by the people of Xifeng Country?

After searching everywhere, the horse manager found no trace of any horses. Even if they were driven away, the snow would be trampled clean by the passage of ten thousand horses, and the ground would definitely be exposed.

But he checked every entrance and exit, and there were no traces of horses. Even the human footprints were left yesterday, and there was no snow last night.

It's really weird.

Manager Ma muttered to himself, and his mood gradually calmed down. Since the horses were missing and they were handed over yesterday, these 10,000 horses no longer belonged to the Dongfeng Kingdom and were not under his jurisdiction. It was not his fault if they were lost.