Chapter 284 I Hope We Won’t Meet on the Battlefield in the Future

After Wu Ming heard the words of the old man next to him, he suddenly became stunned. The old man next to him was sent by his father to protect him and was also the person who monitored him.

The old man's attitude represents his father's attitude. Since the old man said that Wu Yunwan, the eldest princess, could not betray Dawu's interests, it proves that in the old man's opinion, there is no problem with this business cooperation letter.

The old man was obviously reminding him not to mess around or continue to mess around.

Wu Ming also knew that if he continued to make trouble like this and failed to sign the business cooperation agreement this time, his father would definitely cause trouble for him after he returned to the Dawu Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Wu Ming snorted coldly, and then said: "Okay, very good, I will remember this!"

Having said this, Wu Ming sat down and stopped talking.

Seeing that Wu Ming was angry, Lu Chen just smiled slightly. This was the effect he wanted. He had no intention of letting Wu Ming sign the business cooperation letter from the beginning.

The reason why Lu Chen asked Wu Ming to sign was to make Wu Ming think that the eldest princess Wu Yunwan had used despicable means to take away the credit he had so easily obtained, and then aggravate the conflict between them and make Da Wu's internal strife more serious. .

The current situation in Daxia is not optimistic. Dawu must also be in chaos. Only if Dawu is in chaos, even if a civil war breaks out in Daxia, it will only be internal troubles at most, not external troubles.

In the absence of external aggression, no matter how Daxia fights among itself, it is still fighting within its own family.

If during the civil war in Daxia, Dawu had no domestic problems at all, then Dawu would most likely send troops to Daxia. When the internal and external troubles add up, Daxia may be destroyed.

Although Lu Chen planned to continue to hide his strength and bide his time, he did not want to see Daxia destroyed by Dawu at this time.

At this time, Wu Yunwan signed her name on the business cooperation letter, then took out the seal of Princess Wu and stamped it on the scroll. Lu Chen had also stamped the royal seal.

Then the two parties exchanged scrolls, and after waiting for the second scroll to be signed and sealed, they finally exchanged and exchanged scrolls for storage.

Lu Chen smiled and said at this time: "Eldest Princess, I wish our Dawu and Beiguo a happy cooperation!"

Wu Yunwan smiled and said, "Okay, happy cooperation."

Hearing the conversation between the two, Wu Ming couldn't help but cursed in his heart, "Bullshit!"

But Wu Ming didn't make trouble at this time because he felt uncomfortable in his heart.

After the business cooperation letter was signed, Lu Chen held a banquet in the political hall again to entertain members of Dawu's mission.

After the luncheon was over, Wu Yunwan and the others were ready to return to the Dawu Dynasty. They had been in the Northern Kingdom for such a long time, and it was time to go back.

Just when Wu Yunwan was about to leave, a soldier came to Wu Yunwan and said, "Princess, my prince wants to see you alone."

Hearing this, Wu Yunwan was stunned for a moment.

The business cooperation letter has been signed, so why are they meeting alone?

However, Wu Yunwan still decided to give Bei Wang this chance. She wanted to see what this little man planned to do.

Then Wu Yunwan said: "Okay, lead the way."

Immediately, the soldiers of the palace took Wu Yunwan to the outer courtyard of the palace. Pei Hong also followed Wu Yunwan. When they were about to enter the courtyard, the soldiers of the palace said to Pei Hong: "My lord, please wait at the door. Wait, the prince plans to talk to the eldest princess alone. "

Hearing this, Pei Hong was stunned for a moment. He frowned and said, "I am the protector of the eldest princess. Wherever she goes, I will naturally go. I want to ensure the safety of the eldest princess."

The previous two meetings between Lu Chen and Wu Yunwan were all alone. Pei Hong had always been timid. However, they had not signed a business cooperation agreement in the previous two times. Now that they are about to return to the Dawu Dynasty, who knows whether King Bei will What would he do to Wu Yunwan?

Wu Yunwan said at this time: "Mr. Pei, don't worry, just wait here. Prince Bei most likely has nothing important to do with me, and I will be out soon."

Seeing that Wu Yunwan said this, Pei Hong had no choice but to say: "Okay, eldest princess, be careful."

Wu Yunwan then entered the courtyard directly.

At this time, Lu Chen was already sitting in the pavilion.

After watching Wu Yunwan enter the courtyard, Lu Chen smiled slightly, and then said: "I thought the eldest princess would not come."

Speaking of this, Lu Chen took a look at Wu Yunwan's whole body.

Wu Yunwan was wearing the same purple dress as last time. The gauze skirt covered her plump body, looming, attracting endless reverie. Wu Yunwan exuded a mature and dignified temperament, and she was still like Chu Yuqin. Like Lin Wanyun, like Yelu Nanyan, this kind of temperament attracts Lu Chen very much.

Seeing that Lu Chen's eyes were scanning her body, Wu Junwan frowned slightly. She had been aloof since she was a child, and was later named the eldest princess by Emperor Wu. Almost no one in the world dared to look at him like King Bei. Especially in the Dawu Dynasty, there are very few people who dare to look directly at themselves, let alone use such thoughtful eyes.

Wu Yunwan came to the stone table and sat down slowly. Fengyun's buttocks sank slightly. Wu Yunwan asked directly: "I wonder what Prince Bei wants to see me for?"

Lu Chen personally poured a cup of tea for Wu Yunwan, and then said: "Of course it's because the eldest princess wants to return to Dawu, and I feel reluctant to leave, so I want to see the eldest princess one last time, but I don't know what to say goodbye this time. Only then can I see the eldest princess.”

Speaking of this, Lu Chen glanced at Wu Yunwan's personal information.

[Name: Wu Yunwan]

[Identity: Princess of Dawu, daughter of Emperor Wu, friend of Empress Dayue, coveted by the Northern King of the Northern Kingdom, 30 years old this year, has reached the Grandmaster level, this trip to the Northern Kingdom is to sow discord between the Northern Kingdom and the Great Xia court, and at the same time, she also wants to meet the Northern King in her heart. She wants to know what is so special about the Northern King that can attract so many people to the Northern Kingdom. Now she is more interested in the Northern King. ]

[Rating: 98]

[Favorability: 85]

Seeing Wu Yunwan's favorability towards him, Lu Chen thought to himself that it would not take long for Wu Yunwan's favorability towards him to be raised to 100.

After hearing what Lu Chen said, Wu Yunwan said calmly, "The King of the North is really a joker. I don't think the King of the North would ask me to meet alone for this purpose."

What Wu Yunwan was thinking was that there were so many women in Lu Chen's harem. Even if Lu Chen thought she was beautiful, he would not ask her to meet him directly. After all, she was the eldest princess of Dawu, and she was also a person with real power. Lu Chen should know that they could not be together.

Lu Chen smiled and said, "The eldest princess may have thought too much. I asked the eldest princess to meet because I was afraid that I would miss her so much after not seeing her for too long, so I asked the eldest princess to meet for the last time."

As soon as the voice fell, Lu Chen's deep eyes stared straight at Wu Yunwan.

Hearing Lu Chen's words and looking at Lu Chen's affectionate eyes, Wu Yunwan was stunned.

Seriously?

Is this little man really interested in her?

Wu Yunwan simply said directly: "It's a pity that this palace and the King of the North are destined to be apart. Not only are we not destined to be apart, but we may even become enemies in the end. I hope that one day we will not meet on the battlefield."

Lu Chen smiled and said: "We will indeed not meet on the battlefield, because sooner or later the eldest princess will marry into the King of the North's mansion. This king hopes that after the eldest princess returns, she can wait for me for a few more years."

Seeing Lu Chen so confident, Wu Yunwan was not angry, but laughed, "Hehe, the King of the North is really confident. Could it be that the King of the North really thinks that my father will marry me to someone who is such a big threat to Dawu?"

Lu Chen said lightly: "Nothing is impossible. As long as the strength of the North Kingdom is strong enough, everything is possible."

Wu Junwan said: "Then I will wait in Dawu. If my father really does this one day, I will not resist at all and will come to the North Country to be your woman."

"But by then, I am afraid that I will be old and ugly, and the King of the North will not like me."

Lu Chen said: "That won't happen. With the martial arts talent of the eldest princess, it may not take long for her to break through to the Grandmaster level. The beauty of the eldest princess will remain for decades."

"And the king likes mature and dignified women like the eldest princess the most. The older they are, the more charming they are."

Hearing these words from Lu Chen, Wu Junwan understood that this little man was really not kidding her. He was just trying to get her and wanted her.

Wu Junwan didn't plan to continue talking nonsense with Lu Chen. In her heart, Lu Chen was indeed very handsome and in line with her preferences, but she was very clear about their positions.

She was a person who wanted to be an empress like her good friend. How could she be stopped by such a sentimental relationship? Her position determined that she and Lu Chen could only be enemies in the future, and they would probably only meet on the battlefield in the end.

And she was very confident in herself. With the power she controlled in the Dawu Dynasty, the Emperor Wu would never take the initiative to marry her to the King of the North.

This little man was a little delusional.

Wu Yunwan stood up at this time and said, "If the King of the North wants me to be your woman, I'm afraid I need to work harder."

"Since the King of the North is fine, I will go back to Dawu. I hope that the next time we meet, it will not be on the battlefield."

Then Wu Yunwan turned around and walked out of the yard. Looking at Wu Yunwan's twisting hips, Lu Chen smiled faintly. He thought to himself that it would certainly not be on the battlefield. The next time they met could only be in bed.

In Lu Chen's opinion, it was not difficult to make the Emperor Wu willingly marry Wu Yunwan to him. The Emperor Wu was a more traditional emperor, and Dawu was a more traditional dynasty. At a certain time, the Emperor Wu would naturally find a way to clip Wu Yunwan's wings.

If one day when the Northern Kingdom grows to the point where it can threaten several major dynasties, Lu Chen will directly propose a marriage to the Dawu Dynasty. At that time, those who oppose Wu Yunwan in the Dawu Dynasty will try their best to send Wu Yunwan to the Northern Kingdom, and the Emperor Wu may also use this opportunity to completely cut off Wu Yunwan's idea of ​​becoming the empress.

Of course, the Northern Kingdom cannot do nothing. Now that the trade cooperation agreement has been signed, the Northern Kingdom's caravan can enter the Dawu Dynasty. The Northern Kingdom can make good use of the role of money to make the officials of Dawu oppose Wu Yunwan's interference in politics.

Lu Chen murmured at this time: "It's so easy to be an empress. Come to my room, I will let you be the empress every day."

Lu Chen's voice was relatively low, and Wu Yunwan, who was far away at this time, naturally could not hear it.

Lu Chen also got up from the stone bench at this time and prepared to leave the pavilion, but at this moment, Liang Zong entered the yard and came directly to Lu Chen, "Meet the prince!"

Before Lu Chen could speak, Liang Zong handed a letter to Lu Chen, "Your Majesty, urgent report from the capital!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Chen took the envelope from Liang Zong's hand without saying a word, opened it and read it carefully.

After seeing the information in the letter, Lu Chen's face instantly became extremely serious.

Liang Zong added at this time: "After the third prince was assassinated, the eldest prince also met the assassin that night. Now the whole capital is in panic, and the vassal princes everywhere are frantically expanding their armies, but the court has not taken any action."

Lu Chen fell into deep thought. He actually guessed that Emperor Xia was pretending to be ill, and there was likely to be chaos in the capital, but he did not expect that the chaos would come so quickly.

A prince has been assassinated so quickly. Has the final stage of the battle for the heir finally begun?

In the past, it was rare for princes to directly send assassins to kill other princes. Only the eighth prince sent people to assassinate him, the unimportant ninth prince, in order to cut off the Jiangnan family.

The main reason why the princes did not dare to take action was because they were worried that their father would find out and directly disqualify them. The most taboo thing for the royal family was for brothers to kill each other.

Now, a prince was actually assassinated to death in the capital of Great Xia, and this was still in the capital, not elsewhere. The third prince who died was still the most competitive prince. This shows that those princes are no longer worried about being found out by their father. , they thought this was the last moment.

As long as all those who threaten them are eliminated, they can ascend to that supreme position.

The most cruel moment of the battle for the inheritance has arrived.

Lu Chen pondered for a moment and then asked: "Is there no movement from my father?"

Liang Zong replied: "There was no order from the palace. Only Lin Gaoyuan asked Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment to investigate the assassination of the third prince and the eldest prince."

Lu Chen thought to himself that his father is really cruel. One of his sons has died, and he is still pretending to be sick and has not come out to take charge of the overall situation. Could it be that he has to wait for all his sons to kill each other? Just came out?

Moreover, vassal kings from all over the country are now expanding their troops. If the current situation continues, it will not be long before a civil war breaks out in Daxia, and then vassal kings from all over the country will come to Beijing to compete for the throne.

What exactly is his father planning?

Just when Lu Chen was deep in thought, Qin Yushan suddenly rushed in with a note, "Your Majesty, I just received the letter from Fei Ge from Beijing!"

Lu Chen immediately asked: "What happened again?"

Qin Yushan replied directly: "There is news from the palace that His Majesty has asked the eldest prince to temporarily take over the position of crown prince and take charge of the national government affairs for the time being."

Upon hearing this, Lu Chen asked, "What about military affairs?"

Qin Yushan replied: "I didn't mention it. We won't know until the detailed information from the capital is sent in a few days."

Flying pigeon transfer can only send a small note, and the content transferred is very limited, so the information transferred is incomplete. Generally, the information transferred by flying pigeon transfer is particularly important information, but after a few days of flying pigeon transfer, God, Jin Yiwei will usually send detailed information. You only need to wait a few days to know what the situation in the capital is like.

Lu Chen thought at this time that it seemed that his father was also worried about the situation continuing to develop. However, if he allowed the eldest prince to temporarily take over the crown prince's position, but not directly let the eldest prince become the crown prince, wouldn't this intensify the fight for the right to inherit the throne? In this way, the eldest prince will become the target of public criticism. When the time comes, all the princes will target the eldest prince. The position of the eldest prince is not so easy to sit on.

Next, wait for the detailed information from the capital to see if his father has appointed the eldest prince to take charge of military affairs. If the eldest prince is just allowed to take charge of national government affairs, then it is nothing. After all, Emperor Xia has not been in court for so long, and government affairs are all It's already crowded, and we really need someone to handle those government affairs.

But military affairs are different. If he intervenes in military affairs, the eldest prince will have the opportunity to control the military. Once he has military power, it will be much easier for the eldest prince to rebel. His father should not hand over military affairs so easily. The eldest prince handles it.

But in any case, this storm is more violent than the Jiangnan family rebellion. After all, the vassal kings everywhere are already ready to take action. If Emperor Xia does not handle it well, Daxia will probably split up by then.

Lu Chen then said to Qin Yushan and Liang Zong: "You continue to pay attention to the movements of the capital and the various vassal kings."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

At this time, Lu Chen turned around and walked towards where Zhuge Chongguang lived.

Zhuge Chongguang lived next to the North Prince's Mansion. Lu Chen used Qing Gong and landed in Zhuge Chongguang's courtyard in one minute.

Seeing Lu Chen coming, Zhuge Chongguang, who was sitting on the stone bench, quickly stood up and said, "Greetings to the prince, I wonder why the prince came to see me?"

Lu Chen rarely came to Zhuge Chongguang on his own initiative. Zhuge Chongguang usually went to Lu Chen. After all, Lu Chen was the king and Zhuge Chongguang was the minister.

Since it was Lu Chen who took the initiative to look for him, it meant that there must be something big going on with Lu Chen.

Lu Chen replied: "I just received information that the third prince was assassinated. The eldest prince was also assassinated by an assassin that day. Later, my father asked the eldest prince to temporarily take over the position of the crown prince and take charge of the national government affairs."

"I really can't figure out what my father is planning. Now, vassal kings from all over the country are expanding their armies, and civil war is about to break out. If this continues, Daxia is likely to split."

"I don't believe that my father is willing to see Daxia split."

"So I would like to ask the Grand Master, what does the Grand Master think of the recent events in Daxia?"