On the day Chai Yan and his party returned to Haoyue City, a sensational event occurred in the palace.【】
Because Kalugala failed to find out the truth about the cracking of the stone of the Colossus of the Moon God within five days, the military seal of the city defense army in his hand was taken back by King Baliger.
At that time, Karukala was very unwilling and often knelt in front of the king, trying to get the king to take back his life, but the king did not change his mind.
Seeing that Karugala refused to leave, the king was very angry and annoyed, so he had no choice but to reveal the latest information he had obtained a day ago.
As for this information, the king originally did not want to expose it, hoping to save the last bit of face for Karugala.
That was the conclusive evidence that the stone merchant Samutege was the mastermind of the Piz Kingdom, which instantly surprised and shocked Karukala and caught him off guard.
Although Kalugala defended himself in every possible way that he did not know the true identity of Samutege, the king did not believe it and seemed to be disheartened by Kalugala. Finally, after several hours of entanglement, he ordered Kalugala to be killed.
Rugala carried him out of the palace and drove him back home.
Karugala couldn't figure out how Samutege, a stone merchant, could turn into a craftsman in the country of Piz overnight.
After thinking about it, Karugala finally decided that someone must be framing him, but who could it be?
Apart from Ahudala, Karuga could not think of anyone else.
That night, Karugala called two generals of the city defense army, General Weiyuan Lu Zihao, and General Pingchuan, Chao Yan.
Karugala held a banquet in the hall, and the three of them sat around the table. The atmosphere was very dull.
Kalugala picked up a glass of wine, looked at Lu Zihao and Chao Yan, and said sadly in his heart: "General Lu, General Chao, thank you very much for the past few years, thank you for your hard work!"
After saying that, Karukala drank all the wine and put down the empty glass with a sigh.
When Lu Zihao and Chao Yan saw that the eldest prince was full of wine, they quickly drank it all in one gulp.
"Your Highness, don't be so depressed. Your abilities are here. I believe that Your Majesty will change his mind one day and hand over the General Seal to His Highness again." Lu Zihao said.
Chao Yan, who was sitting aside, said nothing and just looked at the two of them.
Karugala shook his head sadly: "It's impossible, this day will never happen again. You all know what the city defense army's military seal represents. As long as my father takes it back, I'm afraid he will have other thoughts."
Lu Zihao said: "Your Highness, what you mean is..."
Lu Zihao didn't dare to say the rest.
But Chao Yan, who was at the same table, said boldly: "Your Highness, even if His Majesty hands over the general seal to the second prince, we will not obey him. In our eyes, you are the only one worthy of being the future king."
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Lu Zihao said hurriedly: "General Chao, be careful what you say."
Chao Yan didn't care: "General Lu, this is His Highness's palace, what is there to be afraid of?"
Lu Zihao didn't want to argue with Chao Yan, so he stopped talking.
Karugala was grateful that Chao Yan could be so loyal to him, so he immediately filled up his glass of wine and toasted him with emotion.
After Chao Yan finished drinking, he suddenly asked: "General Lu, what are your plans for the future?"
Lu Zihao was a little confused and asked, "What does General Chao mean?"
Chao Yan sneered: "What do you mean? General Lu, do you really not understand?"
Lu Zihao shook his head, while Karuga didn't speak and looked at the two of them quietly.
Chao Yan asked: "Now that His Highness has handed over the military seal of the City Defense Army, it is estimated that Your Majesty will soon appoint the second prince as the new commander of the City Defense Army. By then, do you think there will still be a place for you and me in the City Defense Army?"
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Lu Zihao's face suddenly darkened. He also knew that Chao Yan was right. The whole country knew that he and Chao Yan were the eldest prince's confidants. If one day the military seal of the city defense army was handed over to the second prince, then the two of them would
They will definitely be squeezed out of the center of power of the city defense army.
"But...but there's nothing we can do." Lu Zihao was very helpless.
At this time, Chao Yan's eyes suddenly became fierce: "General Lu, if there is still a way to say it, it depends on whether General Lu dares to do it."
Lu Zihao was startled: "General Chao, do you know what you are talking about?"
Chao Yan said: "General Lu, are you afraid?"
Lu Zihao felt that Chao Yan had gone too far, so he quickly looked at Karuga: "Your Highness..."
Karukala's face gradually darkened and he asked: "General, tell me what you think..."
When Chaoyan saw what Kalugala said, he immediately felt relieved and said: "Your Highness, you should know very well that the second prince hates me to the core. If one day he inherits the throne and becomes the new king, let alone
I am dead, and even our entire family will never be able to raise our heads."
"Well, of course I know this." Karuga said: "You did do a lot of things for me to offend him before..."
Chao Yan immediately expressed his loyalty and said: "Serving His Highness, Chao Yan will never regret it."
"Continue talking." Karugala signaled.
Chao Yan immediately continued: "Your Highness, I am a very direct person, so my idea is to strike first to gain the upper hand!"
Lu Zihao had actually been feeling uneasy for a long time. Now that Chao Yan suddenly said such words, he felt on pins and needles, and the cold sweat slowly started to flow from his back.
"How to strike first?" Kalugala asked in a deep voice.
One dares to speak and the other dares to listen.
Chao Yan said: "Two methods. The first is to lead the city defense troops to surround the palace and force His Majesty to pass the throne to His Highness."
"What?" Karugala was immediately horrified, and immediately shook his head and said: "No, absolutely not!"
These words made Lu Zihao's back instantly wet. He now wanted to tear Chao Yan's mouth off so that he could not continue talking nonsense.
Chao Yan seemed to have expected that Karugala would not agree, so he immediately said: "The second method is to lead people to immediately surround the second prince's residence, use the excuse that the spy escaped into his house, rush in at once, and take away
If the lives of the second prince and his wife are spared, then there will be no one else competing for the throne of the king."
Lu Zihao's calves started to tremble a little after hearing this. He was worried that Karukala and Chao Yan would notice, so he hurriedly pinched his thighs and tried his best to show calmness on his face.
Karugala took a sip of wine, lowered his head and pondered for a while, and suddenly asked: "General Lu, what do you think?"
Lu Zihao was shocked, and his first thought was that he couldn't say no at this time, otherwise his life might be at stake here now.
So Lu Zihao quickly replied: "Your Highness, I have no opinion on this matter, but if it doesn't succeed..."
Karukala didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and slammed the table angrily: "If you don't succeed, you will become a benevolent person!"
Chao Yan agreed very much and immediately responded: "Your Highness is right, if you don't succeed, you will be benevolent!"
Lu Zihao held the wine glass, feeling very angry and anxious in his heart. He secretly shouted, "Oh no, no, no, it's all over now. How could His Highness be so ungrateful and listen to this guy Chao Yan's stupid trick so easily? You're going to kill yourself."
Go ahead, why did you drag me into the fire pit? You Chao Yan didn’t want his life, but I wanted my life too!
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