Hearing Su Lichen say this, Su Limin calmed down.

Very few people actually knew about the conspiracy between the two of them, and Jing Zhe was far away in Jiangling at the time, so it was impossible for him to know that Emperor An was killed by them.

Therefore, according to Su Lichen, if Jing Zhe defeats the Prince of Jin and enters the city, he will not deal with them. On the contrary, his next target will definitely be to attack Southern Qi.

At this moment, Su Lichen continued, "So, it's actually a good thing that the Prince of Jin drove us away just now. That way, when Jing Zhe attacks the city tomorrow, we won't have to show our faces."

Su Limin, who already understood his meaning, nodded: "That way, after Jing Zhe enters the city, we can say that the Prince of Jin forced his way into the city, and we were afraid that the people would suffer, so we were forced to surrender?"

Su Lichen nodded with a smile, but Su Limin had many thoughts on his mind. He then said, "If Jing Zhe really has a way to defeat the two grandmasters, the Prince of Jin and the Qingyang Sect Leader, can the Southern Qi's Thunder Cannon kill him?"

Whether the Thunder Cannon can kill someone who can defeat two Grandmasters is indeed an unknown.

"Moreover, Jing Zhe is different from the Prince of Jin. He is not the kind of person who wants to become a king or emperor. If he is really no match for the Thunder Cannon, he can just run away. How can the Southern Qi capture him?"

Su Limin had indeed hit the nail on the head, but Su Lichen had already prepared a countermeasure and asked, "Limin, do you have any way to contact Qi Junguang?"

Su Limin was taken aback, then looked at Su Lichen and found that his eyes were not flickering, nor did they seem to be testing him. So he boldly said, "Brother, the Southern Qi Silver Thread Army is just outside the city. Qi Junguang also said that he would give Prince Jin seven days, so it is not difficult to contact Qi Junguang."

"Alright, then I'll leave this matter to you, Limin!"

Then Su Lichen whispered a few words to Su Limin, instructing him to secretly arrest the Zhu and Yu families in the name of the Prince of Jin, and then secretly transport them out of the city to be handed over to Qi Junguang.

If Jing Zhe can truly defeat the Prince of Jin, then Southern Qi will have a way to control him. Although his women are not in Jingzhou, given Jing Zhe's sentimental nature, his women's families are equally important to him.

"Your Majesty's methods are excellent! I'll take care of it right away!"

Su Limin agreed and then went out.

Watching Su Limin's figure completely disappear into the courtyard, Su Lichen sneered, "It really was him! That traitor!"

Feng Lianru closed the door again, poured Su Lichen a cup of hot tea, and asked, "What does Your Majesty intend to do?"

Su Lichen continued to sneer: "Royal brother...Royal brother, he has never truly accepted my identity. He even secretly contacted Southern Qi, probably because he wants the position beneath me. But he's dreaming!"

It turned out that not only did the Prince of Jin suspect that there was a traitor among them, but Su Lichen himself had also thought of it. That's why he tested them just now and found out that it was indeed Su Limin who was secretly informing the Southern Qi.

"Regardless of who wins or loses between the Prince of Jin and Jing Zhe, he must die!"

"..."

After listening, Feng Lianru nodded, then quietly withdrew to make arrangements for the personnel.

...

From the moment he heard the news of Jing Zhe until that evening, the King of Jin sent four or five teams of scouts to the front to gather information, fearing that Jing Zhe might launch another surprise attack.

However, the scouts all reported the same thing: the Jinghong Iron Cavalry and the Yueyao Army were firmly stationed in place. Only then did the Prince of Jin feel relieved and went to sleep.

However, the Prince of Jin did not sleep well that night—how could he sleep well when someone who wanted his life was right outside the city?

So when he woke up early in the morning, the Prince of Jin was not in good spirits and was cursing at Jing Zhe.

"Prince Jin, something terrible has happened!"

Just then, a servant ran up to report, and the Prince of Jin, who had just finished dressing, immediately stood up: "What? Jing Zhe has led his men to attack?"

The servant shook his head and said, "It wasn't Jing Zhe, it was the streets and people's homes that had more notes appearing at night!"

"A note? What note?"

After the Prince of Jin finished asking his question, the servant handed him a slip of paper. The Prince of Jin took it, his brows furrowed, but after reading the paper, his brows relaxed.

"Heh, does he really think he can defeat me with these notes?"

The Prince of Jin sneered and then tore up the note.

It turns out that last night, when all was quiet, countless slips of paper appeared in the sky above Jingzhou, drifting down the streets and into the courtyards of ordinary people. The contents of the slips described how the brothers Su Lichen and Su Limin conspired with the Prince of Jin and the Southern Qi to murder Emperor An and usurp the throne.

Previously, the common people only thought that Emperor An died in battle, but now they heard that Emperor An was murdered, and the person who murdered Emperor An became their emperor. How could they tolerate this?

So this morning, people spontaneously came out of their homes and took to the streets to protest.

Because there were simply too many civilians, the soldiers and officers in Jingzhou City were unable to deal with them. Fortunately, these civilians were just making noise and did not take any real action.

"Prince Jin!"

At this moment, Su Lichen also ran over, but his face was pale and his steps were somewhat unsteady.

Unlike the Prince of Jin's reaction, Su Lichen was truly terrified this time. Without a doubt, apart from Jing Zhe, no one else could have managed to scatter so many little notes.

Su Lichen originally thought that Jing Zhe could never know that he and Su Limin had conspired to kill Emperor An, so he had been praying that Jing Zhe would kill Prince Jin. But now it seems that it is impossible!

Now that Jing Zhe knows about their affair, if Jing Zhe enters the city, the first person he will kill is him and Su Limin. So now he is afraid and can only bet on the Prince of Jin.

"Something terrible has happened! Last night, Jing Zhe sent people to plant notes in the city, and he's spread all the secrets we've been plotting!"

Su Lichen was quite clever. In fact, after the common people saw that little note, they didn't have much hostility towards the Prince of Jin or the Southern Qi, but they now hated him and Su Limin to the bone and were just short of rising up in rebellion.

However, he deliberately said "we are plotting" in order to provoke the King of Jin's anger, so that the King of Jin would be ruthless when he made his move, preferably killing him in one blow, and not giving Jing Zhe any chance to breathe!

As expected, after listening, the Prince of Jin sneered: "What use are such petty tricks? Does he really think he can defeat me with such methods? And—"

Prince Jin glanced at Su Lichen, his eyes full of disdain, and said dismissively, "You are now the Emperor of Anguo, how can you be so flustered in the face of trouble? Where is your imperial demeanor?"

After he finished speaking, the Prince of Jin looked at Su Lichen's sullen appearance and despised him even more from the bottom of his heart, thinking to himself, how can such a person be the emperor?

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