Chapter 122 Fighting for the throne
"I was just guessing at the time, but I didn't expect that I guessed it right." Shen Qingtang looked at Lu Jiuan indifferently.
The plot has changed. Shen Qingtang made preparations in advance, fearing that the enemy's spies would take action in advance.
Once the emperor died, the prince was far away in the north, and only the stupid second prince was left. The imperial city was in danger.
"General Lu, let's go to Lingcui Mountain now to set up formation traps and lure Duan Ci and the others out."
"I'm worried that they will take the people in the city as hostages, and then it will be troublesome." Shen Qingtang's expression condensed.
This is exactly what Lu Jiuan was worried about. His mother is still in the imperial city. If he was not afraid of alerting the enemy, he would definitely take his mother out when he left the imperial city.
"Yes, Fourth Princess."
Not long after, Lu Jiuan and Shen Qingtang came to Lingcui Mountain with their guards.
Shen Qingtang was most familiar with Lingcui Mountain. Everyone worked together to set up a huge formation at the fastest speed. With this formation, they would be able to defeat Duan Ci and the other two.
On the second night, Shen Qingtang disguised himself as Shen Chengyu to attract Duan Ci out.
Duan Ci led a team of people into Lingcui Mountain. He looked around and said to the guards around him: "Are you sure you saw the second prince running in with your own eyes?"
"Yes, Commander Duan, we all saw it." The guard replied.
"Okay, follow me to kill the second prince!" Duan Ci raised the corners of his mouth, with a gleam in his eyes.
Duan Ci had been waiting for Shen Chengyu to seek refuge with his good friend Song Hui, who was his spy planted next to Shen Chengyu. However, after waiting for several days, there was no sign of Shen Chengyu.
After thinking about it, Duan Ci could only believe that Song Hui had exposed his identity and was discovered by Shen Chengyu.
Now that he had finally discovered Shen Chengyu's whereabouts, he must kill Shen Chengyu.
After running for a distance, Duan Ci suddenly stopped.
Shen Qingtang and Lu Jiuan hid in the dark and looked at each other.
[Did Duan Ci realize that he had been tricked? 】
"Wait a minute." Duan Ci raised his arm, "Why didn't Xiang Ting and Su Qin come?"
The guard behind him flashed his eyes and whispered, "They said they would come right away."
"Come right away?" Duan Ci narrowed his eyes slightly. He didn't believe this sentence at all. "Wouldn't they want to take the opportunity to get rid of me?"
Before Shen Tianming died, the three of them were very united, but now the big piece of fat meat of Fengyin Country is right in front of them. Who doesn't want to eat it all?
The relationship between the three of them has already cracked and may collapse at any time.
Thinking of this, Duan Ci sent someone to call Xiang Ting and Su Qin together. If they didn't come, he wouldn't arrest Shen Chengyu.
Xiang Ting looked unhappy. He came to Duan Ci and said, "Commander Duan, why don't you just kill the second prince with so many people? Why do you have to let us come here?"
Su Qin nodded and agreed, "That's right. The palace is waiting for us to take charge of the situation. What if the three of us come out?"
Now is not the time to completely break up. Duan Ci found a random excuse.
"I found that there are other masters around the second prince. I am worried that there is an ambush here. What if we don't catch him and let him run away? It's safer for the three of us to act together."
This made sense, and Xiang Ting and Su Qin didn't waste words anymore.
"Quick and decisive, we think we should kill the second prince to avoid any more troubles."
After Xiang Ting finished speaking, he led the guards up the mountain, Duan Ci followed closely behind, and Su Qin walked at the end.
Shen Qingtang and Lu Jiuan followed them all the way, and not long after they walked, Shen Qingtang suddenly rushed out.
Seeing Shen Qingtang's back, Duan Ci exclaimed in surprise: "The person is there!"
Everyone followed Shen Qingtang's back and ran over. Shen Qingtang led all of them into the formation.
At first, Shen Qingtang was worried that it would be difficult to deal with only Duan Ci, but who would have thought that they were not harmonious among themselves, and they were all called over by Duan Ci.
It was just right to get rid of them all together.
The moment they entered the formation, Lu Jiuan suddenly rushed out with a sword in hand.
"Oh no, we've fallen into a trap!" Duan Ci widened his eyes, raised his spirit sword and tried his best to resist.
Xiang Ting hurried over to fight with Duan Ci.
The next moment, the guards brought by Shen Qingtang suddenly rushed out from the dark woods around them.
Duan Ci and Xiang Ting's magic power was not weak, but compared with Lu Jiuan, they were far behind. They couldn't hold on after just a few moves.
They wanted to retreat, but they were trapped by the formation and couldn't get out at all!
Xiang Ting angrily yelled at Duan Ci: "Duan Ci, you dare to lie to us! There is no second prince here!"
Duan Ci was speechless and wanted to reprimand the guard beside him, but the guard had already been killed by Lu Jiuan.
Shen Qingtang's magic power was not strong enough, and she had left the formation long ago. Anyway, she couldn't beat these people, so she didn't make trouble.
Shen Qingtang appeared outside the formation, smiling at Duan Ci and others.
"There is no second prince, but there is a fourth princess."
Shen Qingtang's appearance made them slightly stunned. At this moment, Lu Jiuan swung his sword and cut off their necks.
They never thought until their death that they would be killed by the despised fourth princess.
After seeing the death of Duan Ci and Xiang Ting, Su Qin, who was hiding aside, was so frightened that his face turned pale. How could he be a match for Lu Jiuan?
Su Qin finally understood. No wonder Duan Ci drove Lu Jiuan out of the imperial city so easily. It turned out that Lu Jiuan had already chosen to assist the Fourth Princess!
"Fourth Princess, do you want to be the emperor?!"
"Of course." As soon as Shen Qingtang finished speaking, Su Qin was killed by Lu Jiuan.
At this time, a figure secretly ran down Lingcui Mountain. This person was Shen Chengyu.
Shen Chengyu also heard the news that someone pretended to be him, so he secretly followed Duan Ci and the others.
Thinking of the scene just now, Shen Chengyu is still frightened. He didn't expect Lu Jiuan to betray his father! Shen Qingtang also wants to usurp the throne!
Shen Chengyu was extremely anxious at the moment, not knowing when his royal brother would come back. Damn it, if he had known earlier, he should have killed Shen Qingtang!
No, he couldn't let Shen Qingtang succeed! He had to hurry back to the palace.
Shen Chengyu knew from Shen Qingtang's voice that among his friends there was an enemy spy, which caused him not to dare to look for any of his friends.
Now that the spy leader has been killed, he will summon his father's former guards to eliminate the remaining spies. Since his royal brother is not here, he should step up and take charge of the situation!
In Lingcui Mountain, after Lu Jiuan and others dealt with all the spies, they followed Shen Qingtang back to the outside of the imperial city.
"General Lu, you guys go in and eliminate the remaining spies. I won't go in."
Lu Jiuan didn't understand what Shen Qingtang meant.
He whispered to Shen Qingtang, "Fourth Princess, the Second Prince was in Lingcui Mountain just now."
"I know, he must have already gone in." Shen Qingtang smiled faintly.
"Fourth Princess, why don't you come in with us? You led us to get rid of the spies. In this way, wouldn't the Second Prince get all the credit for nothing?" Lu Jiuan's tone was filled with a hint of urgency.
Shen Qingtang raised her eyes and stared into Lu Jiuan's eyes, her burning gaze seemed to pierce through him.
"General Lu, you heard me just now. I want to compete for the throne. Do you choose to go with my Second Brother or with me?"
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