Li Chuyuan almost shed tears while standing in front of the familiar Prince Chu Mansion.

After more than two years, he finally returned to the hometown he missed day and night, but when he saw Cao Zhengtong coming out of the Chu Palace, the joy of returning home turned into resentment.

The one who came out with Cao Zhengtong was King Chu, and now he looked at Li Chuyuan quite strangely.

"How dare you escape from Qingzhou and return to Lin'an? Don't you know the consequences of doing this?"

Seeing Li Chuyuan, the King of Chu not only didn't ask for warmth, but instead severely reprimanded Li Chuyuan, which made Li Chuyuan's face even more ugly.

In order not to stun the snake and attract the attention of Cao's family, the process of his return to Lin'an this time is very secretive, even the king of Chu never knew.

"Father, this time the son-chen came back is not self-assertive, but the emperor asked him to come back." Li Chuyuan's tone was very indifferent, and his father's attitude just now made him very chilling.

He even suspected that his father's promise to him was just a scam. Anyway, he has many heirs. If he died in Qingzhou, someone would take over as King of Chu.

"The emperor!" Chu Wang was a little surprised, "Why did he want to return to Lin'an?"

Li Chuyuan's heart grew colder, and now his father was completely interrogating a prisoner, and he could not feel the warmth of a father and son meeting.

After groaning for a while, he said: "It's not clear that the son-chen is not very clear. The emperor summoned the son-chen to meet him on that day, and only said that he didn't need to stay in Qingzhou because he trusted his father.

"Nonsense, this Xiao Ming must be ill-intentioned." King Chu paced irritably, his mood became unstable after the Northern Expedition ended.

Because Xiao Ming in the north hangs like a murderous sword over his head, which may be cut off at any time.

"His Royal Highness does not need to worry. The lower officials thought that Xiao Ming let the elder son come back to hide the evil intentions, and to lure His Highness to raise troops." Cao Zhengtong looked strange, but he only said half of it, and the other half is not suitable to say now, that is for Deal with them Cao family.

It can be said that this is Xiao Ming's arrogance.

King Chu’s mood gradually calmed down, and he nodded slightly, “You’re right, if this king might have been caught in his tricks before, but now Chu Kingdom needs time, but since Xiao Ming asked Chu Yuan to come back, it must be Be wary of Chu State."

"The Cao family bank in Qingzhou was removed almost overnight, which shows that Xiao Ming is already targeting the Cao family, targeting the Chu State, and your Royal Highness, our time is running out." Cao Zhengtong said sternly.

The King of Chu was a little worried, "If the North and the South are fighting now, it is estimated that Chu has no chance of winning. What should this be?"

A strange color flashed in Cao Zhengtong's eyes, and he instigated: "His Royal Highness, the only way to do this is to open civil regiments and allow merchants to train troops. In this way, with the strength of the merchant council, we can jointly resist the attack from the north."

For a moment, Li Chuyuan's face was gloomy, and he said angrily: "Father, the merchant council must not be allowed to support soldiers, otherwise Chu will no longer be Chu, and Xiao Ming will not keep his hands on Chu at that time. "

"Why did the son of the world say this? Now that the Merchant Council and His Royal Highness Chu are one, the common enemy is Xiao Ming, how can the Merchant Council be against His Royal Highness?" Cao Zhengtong looked harmless.

King Chu frowned, he also had some doubts, but as Cao Zhengtong said, now that Xiao Ming's army is going south, he seems to have no choice.

Because there is still a silver lining in cooperation with the Merchants' Council, it will undoubtedly be defeated if you face it alone.

With a long sigh, he said to Cao Zhengtong: "As long as we can keep Chu Kingdom, this king promises you."

Cao Zhengtong was overjoyed when he heard this. He is really grateful to Xiao Ming now, because it was Xiao Ming's threat that gave them what they dream of.

Li Chuyuan opened his mouth and said anxiously: "Father, you must be crazy. The Cao family will ruin the foundation of our Li family."

"Shut up, there is no place for you to speak here. I know what you are thinking. Did Xiao Ming's few words make you faint? Wei Wang is his uncle? How did he end up? Do you think he Will you let us go?" Chu Wang was suddenly furious and loudly rebuked Li Chuyuan.

Cao Zhengtong could see through, but he couldn't see Xiao Ming's purpose.

After a pause, he said, "Since you are back, you will be your son. If you dare to disturb the Chu State, I will never let you go."

Li Chuyuan looked pale, and at this moment he was finally discouraged with this father.

Chu Guohun didn't care about Li Chuyuan's expression. He said to the guards behind him: "You are responsible for protecting His Royal Highness, you must not let him get into trouble."

Upon hearing this, the guard immediately walked behind Li Chuyuan.

Cao Zhengtong smiled triumphantly. Chu Guo had put Li Chuyuan under house arrest in disguise. Now his fear of Xiao Ming had lost his eyes, and this was the opportunity for their merchant council.

They had received news that Xiao Ming would not immediately attack the Kingdom of Chu, because attacking the south was no simpler than the northern expedition of the barbarians, and he needed some time to prepare if he wanted to go south.

After all, the war with the barbarians consumed a lot of the North.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhengtong continued to say to the King of Chu: "His Royal Highness, all our envoys sent to the grassland and the Japanese Kingdom have brought good news. The Daimyo Yamada of the Kingdom of Japan promised us to deal with Xiao Ming together. This is especially true for the Golden Horde. Ming Dan dared to go south, then he moved his whole body with one shot."

King Chu nodded his head in satisfaction. This was the reason he believed in the Cao family. The situation in Chu Kingdom is now developing in a more favorable direction.

While the group was talking, a carriage passed by on the street outside the palace, and a pair of eyes in the gap between the carriage curtains were watching the king of Chu and the others.

This person is not someone else~lightnovelpub.net~ but Li San.

In order to ensure that the assassination of the King of Chu would be successful in one fell swoop, he personally came to Lin'an to plan. Now he has figured out the surroundings of the Chu King's Mansion and at the same time made a different plan.

For him, the best opportunity is when the Chu King is hunting. At this time, he can not only kill the Chu King, but also be able to evacuate perfectly.

But if King Chu canceled the hunt, they could only do it in Lin'an City, but it would be very difficult for them to retreat all over.

Looking at Li Chuyuan's body, Li San put down the curtains, thinking in his heart when to do it.

From the situation just now, it seems that the contradiction between King Chu and Li Chuyuan has become public, and according to the information he has obtained, many wealthy people in Chu are also opposed to King Chu's reliance on the Cao family.

It can be said that the undercurrent of contradictions is already surging in Chu State. If King Chu is killed now, those dissatisfied conservative forces will definitely fall to Li Chuyuan.

At that time, Chu's internal contradictions will definitely intensify, and this is what they need.