Chapter 261: Making a bet and getting slapped in the face

The Fifth Prince’s carriage arrived at the palace gate, and before the Fifth Prince could say anything in person, the palace gate opened.

Chu Yuanyi felt that everything he did today went particularly smoothly, probably because he was going to slap Xia Rongyu in the face today, so he was particularly excited.

Although they were wrong to help the barbarians fight against Da Xia before, it was

also a fact that Qiao Chuanbai of Da Xia destroyed their 50,000-strong army of Western Chu.

He would not add this hatred to his personal grudges, but he also kept it in his heart. Now that he had the opportunity to slap Xia Rongyu in the face, he was naturally happy.

The carriage left the palace gate and arrived at the inn.

The guard waited for the fifth prince to leave, and then said directly: "Lock the palace gates, and no one is allowed to enter tonight."

The fifth prince was unaware of what was happening behind him, and he asked the guards to drive the carriage to the door of the inn.

Chu Yuanyi got off the carriage and walked into the inn.

Inside the inn, Centipede was sitting downstairs drinking tea. He turned around when he heard the noise.

Now he realized that he was a fool.

Centipede looked at Chu Yuanyi as if he were a fool.

Chu Yuanyi walked in with a smile.

When Chu Yuanyi saw Xia Rongyu, he raised the bet they had signed.

He didn't know what to say.

"I'm willing to admit defeat. Facts have proved that my brother is fine."

"I came here to fulfill the bet."

Qiao Niannian and Xia Rongyu walked out together.

Your brother, the crown prince, is about to absorb the luck of Western Chu, and Western Chu is about to perish, but Chu Yuanyi is still thinking about the bet.

Chu Yuanyi saw that Centipede's face was stiff and his whole body revealed unnaturalness. Thinking that he was heartbroken for money, he laughed even more happily.

A mouthful of tea sprayed out directly.

The waiter knew that the person in front of him was the current fifth prince, and he did not dare to delay. He immediately went upstairs and knocked on Xia Rongyu's room.

The two went downstairs at the same time.

When he first saw the fifth prince, he felt that the fifth prince was full of nobility, and every move he made carried the aura of a superior.

The rest of the words were not said because the shopkeeper came out at this time.

Centipede's expression became more complicated.

Chu Yuanyi ignored the complicated look of Centipede and turned to ask the waiter to call Master Xia down.

"You lost, and if you lose, you have to give me three hundred thousand taels of silver."

Such a big thing happened in Xichu, but he was still thinking about the silver.

The moment Xia Rongyu opened the door, the door next door also opened.

"Fifth Prince, why are you here? Tonight the Crown Prince..."

"I accept the loss. Three hundred thousand taels of silver, I wonder when Master Xia will settle it?"

Xia Rongyu looked at Chu Yuanyi with contempt. It made sense that the Emperor of Xichu did not hand over the throne to the man in front of him.

Otherwise, he really doubted that Xichu would not survive three episodes.

As Qiao Niannian and Xia Rongyu sat down, Chu Yuanyi directly slapped the bet in front of Xia Rongyu.

There were two copies of this thing, one for each person.

Xia Rongyu did not look at the bet, but stared at Chu Yuanyi.

"It seems that you have not found any problems for seven days."

Chu Yuanyi looked relaxed.

"What can be the problem? My brother's behavior has been very natural in the past seven days. Today I accompanied my brother for a day and did not find any abnormality. The facts prove that what you said is wrong."

"Western Chu is not as unlucky as Yue and Daxia, being targeted by some dirty villains."

Xia Rongyu was a little speechless.

Doesn't he know that sometimes the less problems there are, the bigger the problem is?

Qiao Niannian spoke immediately.

"Fifth Prince, the day I mentioned is when the sky is dark and the moon is covered. The time is naturally after the moon rises. If you run out now, you will miss the time."

Chu Yuanyi felt that Qiao Niannian and Xia Rongyu were trying to make up a debt! He was about to say something...

Qiao Niannian spoke again.

"If the Fifth Prince doesn't believe it, you can walk to the door of the inn now and look up at the moon in the sky."

"Then look at the direction of the palace. I'm sure that if the Fifth Prince goes back now, he can't even get through the palace gate."

How is it possible?

Chu Yuanyi didn't believe what Qiao Niannian said at all.

He wanted to go back to the palace, how could he not even get through the palace gate?

In order to make Qiao Niannian give up, Chu Yuanyi really walked to the door and looked up at the moon in the sky.

The moon in the sky was very big, round, and very bright, casting a layer of silver light on the streets.

With such a beautiful moonlight, how could there be dark clouds covering the moon?

He thought Qiao Niannian was wrong again.

But then, he saw dark clouds running towards this side at a speed visible to the naked eye, and soon he saw that the moon was completely covered.

Then, the whole world, in a few blinks of an eye, became completely dark, as if it had fallen into endless darkness. It

was the first time that Chu Yuanyi saw such a strange phenomenon. Today's dark clouds covering the moon were different, and even the atmosphere was depressing, which made him feel uneasy.

Then, there were several thunders and lightning.

Chu Yuanyi thought what Qiao Niannian said was true, but when he heard the thunder, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He spoke to the people in the room with a relaxed look on his face.

"It may be raining. Look at the lightning and thunder. No wonder the night is so dark."

Everyone stared at him quietly without saying a word. The atmosphere became more and more weird.

Chu Yuanyi's more relaxed smile gradually faded.

Xi Chu was originally a country of ice and snow. People here have longer time. Now is the coldest time of the year, and the snow on the street has not melted yet.

It's just because this street is full of businesses, and in order to welcome customers, they cleaned the streets thoroughly, which made him forget about winter.

In the snowy season, where does the rain come from?

Chu Yuanyi looked in the direction of the palace in disbelief. Not long after a thunder, there was another flash of lightning.

The lightning instantly illuminated the entire imperial capital as if it were daytime, allowing him to see at a glance, at this moment, the black air hovering above the palace.

"That, that is..."

Needless to say, the black air is obviously not a good thing.

He calculated based on the position in the palace, and that position is the position of the observation platform.

He climbed up with his royal brother two days ago.

Chu Yuanyi couldn't believe it, but Qiao Niannian was right about everything.

Could it be that his royal brother left and betrayed Xi Chu?

He didn't believe it, and the fifth prince immediately called the guards and was about to leave.

Qiao Niannian and Xia Rong walked forward with a group of people.

"We will go with you."

Chu Yuanyi did not refuse.

If what Qiao Niannian said was true, Xichu still needed Qiao Niannian's help.

The group quickly got on the carriage.

Fortunately, as the fifth prince, Chu Yuanyi's carriage was very spacious. Even if there were seven or eight people sitting, there were still extra seats. After

half an incense stick of time, the carriage drove to the palace gate.

Chu Yuanyi asked someone to knock on the door, and only a voice came from inside.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has ordered that no one is allowed to enter the palace tonight."

"Fifth Prince, you'd better find a place to stay for one night!"

Chu Yuanyi's face turned black.

It was fine when he came out, but he couldn't go back.

If he had known earlier, he would not have come out.

But it's too late to say anything now.

But it was the emperor's brother who deliberately set him up.