In the carriage, the eldest prince Ji Nian had a handsome face and narrow eyes. He was wearing a bright yellow robe and looked a little forceful. He was looking back and forth at Gu Chen.

When Gu Chen saw this, he just stood there without saying a word, pretending not to recognize him.

When the eldest prince Ji Nian saw this, he raised his eyebrows, narrowed his narrow eyes slightly, looked at Gu Chen, and said, "You don't recognize me?"

Gu Chen pretended to be confused and said: "Your Excellency?"

Hearing this, the eldest prince said expressionlessly: "Ji Nian!"

Gu Chen "suddenly realized" and said: "It turns out that the eldest prince is in front of you. I wonder why the eldest prince is looking for the subordinate?"

Seeing that Gu Chen finally recognized him, the eldest prince's face darkened and he said, "Sit down and talk."

Immediately, Gu Chen didn't show any politeness and simply sat aside with a carefree attitude. Upon seeing this, the eldest prince Ji Nian frowned slightly, but didn't say much.

He knew his purpose, so although the eldest prince was a little displeased with Gu Chen's rude actions, he still reluctantly accepted them.

He said: "Did you just return to Tiandu?"

Gu Chen nodded and said, "The eldest prince left the palace dressed like this and came to the Gu Mansion to find me. What's the important matter?"

The eldest prince said expressionlessly: "Do you know what happened in Tiandu some time ago?"

"What is the eldest prince referring to?" Gu Chen looked at him.

The eldest prince frowned slightly. He felt that Gu Chen was pretending to be stupid with him, but he still endured his impatience and said: "Father, the emperor is going through the tribulation!"

Gu Chen nodded and said: "The story of the Emperor's escape from the tribulation has now spread all over the world. Who in the entire Nine Provinces doesn't know about it?"

The eldest prince Ji Nian nodded and said: "What do you think about this matter?"

When Gu Chen heard this, he smiled and shook his head and said, "The eldest prince seems to think too highly of me. This is a state matter. What opinion can I express?"

The eldest prince nodded slightly and seemed to be very satisfied with Gu Chen's gesture. He said: "We Ming people don't speak secretly. Although you belong to Jingtiansi, you are not an outsider. You are all ministers of my Ji family.

As you work for my Ji family, let me ask you, what do you think will happen to Kyushu if my father disappears?"

Gu Chen vaguely guessed something in his heart and said: "The world is in chaos."

"good!"

The eldest prince said solemnly: "My father has disappeared after overcoming the tribulation. Now, although the prince and Prince Huai are hiding the news, they can hide it for a while, but they cannot hide it for the rest of their lives. Sooner or later, this matter will be exposed. Once

If Dayuan and the barbarians learn about this, they will definitely not miss this opportunity and will immediately send troops to attack Daxia!"

Gu Chen looked calm, looked at the eldest prince, and said, "What exactly do you want to say, Your Highness?"

The eldest prince smiled lightly and said, "What do you think of my fourth brother?"

The "fourth brother" he calls is the current Crown Prince of Daxia, ranking fourth among all the princes.

Gu Chen shook his head and said: "How noble the prince's status is, how can I comment on it at will? The eldest prince, please stop joking with your subordinates."

The eldest prince's face was cold, his narrow eyes narrowed slightly, and he said: "I know the character of my younger brother best. He is timid, fearful, indecisive, and does not have the appearance and courage that a royal family and a prince should have at all!"

"But since my father chose him as the prince before retreating, I naturally have no complaints. After all, the world was peaceful and peaceful at that time. Moreover, if my father was promoted to the realm of heaven and human, then the entire Nine Provinces would also be

It will be unified because of this, and it doesn’t matter who becomes the emperor, but now it’s different!”

When Gu Chen heard this, he immediately frowned and said, "Eldest Prince, as a member of the royal family, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to say these things to me, right?"

"Inappropriate? Why is it inappropriate?" The eldest prince Ji Nian looked at Gu Chen with a half-smile but not a smile. He was not afraid that Gu Chen would spread what he said today.

After all, what is Gu Chen's status and what is his status? How dare Gu Chen spread these words?

Even if the news about Gu Chen got out, as long as he tried his best to deny it, who would believe it?

Nowadays, Daxia is in troubled times, and the prince and King Huai have no energy to take care of him. But in the eyes of the eldest prince, this is his best opportunity!

Otherwise, once the prince ascends the throne in a while, it will be difficult for him to do anything else.

And the reason why the eldest prince came to Gu Chen today was to recruit Gu Chen.

After all, even he had heard about Gu Chen's reputation and talent. When he saw it today, it was indeed well-deserved, which made him love talents and wanted to recruit Gu Chen to work for him.

The eldest prince said: "My younger brother's martial arts talent is really bad. Even if he inherits one-tenth of my father's talent, he will not be like this. When the world is peaceful and peaceful, I will have no problem with him being the Taiping Emperor.

But now, Kyushu is about to fall into chaos, and Daxia is in urgent need of a figure with the world's best civil, political, and martial arts skills like my father to rule Kyushu and pacify the world!"

Hearing this, Gu Chen said calmly: "The eldest prince thinks you can do everything you just said?"

The eldest prince said: "I dare not say that I will definitely be able to do it, but I will definitely do it much better than what my fourth brother is doing now!"

His tone was extremely confident, and he obviously looked down upon the current prince's actions.

The eldest prince, Ji Nian, is twenty-two years old this year. He has shown extremely good martial arts talent since he was a child. In addition, with the support of various resources from the royal family, he has now achieved the cultivation level of Guizhen Realm and achieved the status of a real person!

With such strength, he is far ahead of the current prince. It is no wonder that he is so proud.

At this point, the prince is indeed far inferior to him. However, at that time, Emperor Xia felt that the eldest prince was too cold, selfish, and willful, and he would definitely not be a wise king after he ascended the throne. Compared with the prince with a pure nature, Emperor Xia was obviously more

Prefer the former.

Therefore, before facing death, Emperor Xia chose to let the prince succeed to the throne instead of the eldest prince.

But now, Emperor Xia has disappeared and the world is about to be in chaos. The eldest prince suddenly has an idea. He wants to seize power!

All along, in his eyes, the prince was inferior to him in everything, so the position of the future Emperor of Great Xia should naturally belong to him!

However, Gu Chen, who has seen the eldest prince with his own eyes, does not think so. He has met the prince and feels that compared to the eldest prince in front of him, even if the prince has personality flaws and is too soft-hearted and hesitant, he is still better than the eldest prince in front of him.

Too much.

Without him, it was just because, after Emperor Xia disappeared and Great Xia was about to fall into turmoil and internal and external troubles, he didn't think about how to help the Crown Prince and Prince Huai stabilize the situation. Instead, he actually turned against him and was planning for himself. Such a person

, if he becomes the Human Emperor of Daxia, the country of Zuo, which has lasted for more than 500 years, will most likely be ruined because of this!

Moreover, when Gu Chen looked at the eldest prince's words and deeds in front of him, he could see that he was an extremely selfish person. If such a person became a human emperor, the people of this world would suffer.

No wonder Emperor Xia didn't choose him back then, but chose the current crown prince.

As for the other princes, they are even worse. They are far away from the eldest prince and prince. It is even more unrealistic to compete for the position of human emperor.

The eldest prince looked at Gu Chen and said calmly: "Now, I will give you a chance to surrender to me. If I succeed in the future, you will have the power to support the dragon. Not to mention you, the entire Gu family will prosper, or at least be strong."

It has taken hundreds of years to become one of the powerful people of Great Xia!"

But Gu Chen would not be tempted by his promises. This was a blank check. Gu Chen couldn't tell that the eldest prince was trying to do something for him.

So, Gu Chen refused without thinking: "I'm sorry, Your Highness, this kind of thing is not something that I, a little Jingtian Chief Inspector, can get involved in. Your Highness thinks highly of me."

Seeing Gu Chen rejecting him without hesitation, the eldest prince's face sank, his narrow eyes narrowed, and a light of unknown meaning flashed through his eyes.

Immediately, without waiting for the eldest prince to say another word, Gu Chen said goodbye, turned around and got out of the carriage. He no longer wanted to hear the eldest prince chatting with him anymore, and Gu Chen didn't have that time.

When the eldest prince saw Gu Chen leaving, he did not stop him, but his expression became more and more gloomy and he was in a very bad mood.

Then, the middle-aged man with a feminine temperament walked in. He was a confidant of the eldest prince. Seeing that the eldest prince looked bad, he knew the outcome.

"Hmph! Sure enough, he and Chen Yu are the same thing. They are all ignorant, mud-legged dogs!"

The eldest prince looked cold and angry, and said: "If I ascend the throne, I will kill all of you rebellious officials and traitors!"

"Your Highness, let's..." The father-in-law no longer hid and asked in a high-pitched voice.

"Go back to the palace!"

The eldest prince said coldly that before he came, he thought that Gu Chen was a sensible person. He personally invited him out of the palace. No matter who he was, he should be grateful for this. In the eldest prince's opinion, Gu Chen should immediately come to the palace without saying a word.

Just agree and kneel down to show your loyalty to him.

But this Gu Chen didn't even ask about the conditions, and was extremely disrespectful to him in his words and actions. As far as the eldest prince was concerned, Gu Chen was already on the blacklist in his mind.

"As long as you are here in Daxia, I will have plenty of ways to punish you!" the eldest prince thought in his heart.

…

Royal Palace.

At this moment, the prince and King Huai summoned the ministers to discuss the matter of Ananda.

During this period, Ananda not only used Buddha's light to inspire thousands of people to become his followers, but also defeated countless warriors from Tiandu.

In fact, Ananda has recently made a lot of talk, saying that he wants to challenge the masters of Daxia, and wants to weigh the weight of these martial arts geniuses in Daxia.

Every one of these things is a shame to Daxia.

If we continue to let things go like this, how will the people of the world view Daxia?

Not to mention the follow-up, let’s just say that now, the news has reached the inner city of Tiandu, and people are talking about it. I don’t know why Daxia allowed a prairie monk to be so wanton in Tiandu.

At this moment, the prince looked at the ministers and said in a deep voice: "My dear friends, do you have any way to deal with that madman?"

No matter what, the Battle of Tiandu greatly increased the prestige and momentum of Dayuan and Ananda. This was not a situation that Daxia wanted to see.

At this time, Chen Yuanli, Minister of the Ministry of War, came out and said: "Your Highness, Your Majesty, that young monk comes from the state religion of Dayuan. He is a disciple of the Dragon Elephant Buddhist Sect in Daxue Mountain. He is known as the reincarnation of the Living Buddha. He has practiced the Dragon Elephant.

With the real body, ordinary people will never be his enemy."

What he meant by this was that no one from Daxia who was the same age or even in the same realm as Ananda could be Ananda's opponent.

After all, the Prince, King Huai, and other princes and ministers all knew a little about the legend of the reincarnation of the Living Buddha.

When the prince heard this, he suddenly became a little angry and said: "Is it possible that in this huge capital, there is no young hero who can be the opponent of that monk? Do you really want me to mobilize people from other states to do this?!"
To be continued...