Universe Storage Box

1Fourth Prince didn't realize that Old Emperor was completely disappointed in him, and was still trying to defend himself.    

    

"Father, the army of Yuan Feng Country is outside the city right now. It's mainly us who take the initiative to attack. Defeat them. Then, the entire outer area will be ours. If we let them return to the country, then we want to thoroughly defeat them... It will be very difficult." Fourth Prince said with some excitement.    

    

Fourth Prince completely believed the advisor's analysis. In fact, he thought the same in his heart. Now that he saw that Old Emperor did not believe him and did not give him the chance to attack, he was very excited.    

    

However, after Old Emperor heard his words, he just waved his hand expressionlessly and said, "You can leave. Zhen is going to rest."    

    

Fourth Prince, who was still in a state of excitement and thought that Old Emperor would be convinced by him. He was instantly stunned. What did this mean? Why did they suddenly chase him away? Furthermore, it was the same as the previous night, with the intention of directly chasing him away.    

    

"Father..." Fourth Prince was still unwilling to give up and wanted to explain.    

    

"Didn't you hear what Zhen said? Go down!" Old Emperor suddenly raised his voice and said loudly.    

    

Fourth Prince trembled in fear. After all, Old Emperor had been the Emperor for many years. The Qi on his body was incomparable to that of an ordinary person. Fourth Prince was still afraid of him in his heart.    

    

However, after he regained his senses, he became even angrier.    

    

He was now the most powerful and important person in the entire Fengjue Country except for Old Emperor. However, Old Emperor had no respect for him at all. There was no difference between scolding himself and disciplining those eunuchs. This made Fourth Prince feel humiliated.    

    

Fourth Prince's heart was burning with anger, but he didn't dare show it on his face. Due to the influence of Old Emperor's Qi, he couldn't help but move his feet. He turned around and walked out of the hall.    

    

When Fourth Prince realized what he had done, he felt even more humiliated in his heart. However, he didn't have the courage to stop.    

    

After Fourth Prince left, Old Emperor called General Yan, who he had arranged to stay at the city gate, and told him to keep an eye on the city gate for the past few days. He didn't want to give Fourth Prince a chance to leave the city.    

    

General Yan naturally wouldn't disobey Old Emperor's order, even though he had already pledged his allegiance to the Tenth Prince. Furthermore, he was still a subordinate of Old Emperor. Even from the perspective of the Tenth Prince, it was impossible for him to make Fourth Prince feel comfortable.    

    

"Old thief! Old bastard! Old bastard!"    

    

After Fourth Prince returned to his residence, he started to vent his anger. All the bottles and jars in the room were smashed into pieces by him. However, the anger in his heart was still not completely gone.    

    

Fourth Prince also understood that Old Emperor did not trust him now. As long as Old Emperor was around, he would not be able to command the army comfortably. Old Emperor was a huge mountain that pressed down on his head, making it hard for him to breathe.    

    

After venting his anger, Fourth Prince asked someone to call his most trusted aide over and told him what happened when he first saw Old Emperor.    

    

"Your Highness, this matter is a little difficult." The aide heard Fourth Prince's narration and said, "Although you are now the commander of those armies, but... Many of those armies are under the orders of His Majesty. I took orders from you, sir. In fact, in their hearts, they only acknowledge His Majesty."    

    

"I know." Fourth Prince said with an ugly expression.    

    

After all, he was competing with First Prince. He had not had much contact with the military before. Naturally, there wouldn't be any direct troops, even though some of the generals had participated in the competition earlier. But now there are more generals in the city... They did not choose him before. The reason why they obeyed his orders now was... It was entirely because of Old Emperor's orders. If his orders were to go against Old Emperor's orders... They believed that those people would stand on Old Emperor's side without hesitation.    

    

This situation made Fourth Prince very unhappy, but there was nothing he could do about it.    

    

"Your Highness, this subordinate believes that there might be other princes. He said bad things about His Highness in front of His Majesty and instigated the relationship between His Majesty and His Highness. So, Your Highness doesn't trust Your Highness anymore. It's even possible to remove His Highness at any time." The advisor said.    

    

"Then what should we do?" Fourth Prince panicked. It was not easy for him to reach his current position. He was now ahead of the other princes. If he were to be removed... Even the prince who replaced him... At that time, he would want to become the Crown Prince again. Furthermore, it would be very difficult for him to ascend the throne in the future.    

    

"We have to do something." The advisor said.    

    

"Do what?" Fourth Prince asked.    

    

"Of course I am using facts to prove that you are right, Your Highness." The advisor said.    

    

"How do we prove it?"    

    

"We will take the initiative to leave the city and defeat the army of Yuan Feng Country!" The advisor said, "As long as we defeat the army of Yuan Feng Country, it will naturally prove that what His Highness said before is correct. At that time, even if there are other princes slandering His Highness in front of His Majesty, it will be useless."    

    

"However, father has deployed an army at the city gate. They are obeying father's orders. I think they won't let us out of the city." Fourth Prince said.    

    

Of course, Fourth Prince also wanted to lead the army out of the city, just like this advisor said. As long as he led the army and defeated the army of Yuan Feng Country... Then... This proved that what he said before was right. At that time, his position would be completely stable. He wouldn't have to fear the slander of the other princes at all.    

    

However, it wasn't that easy to leave the city, because the city gate wasn't under his control. It was controlled by the people Old Emperor had arranged for. Furthermore, Old Emperor wouldn't allow him to leave the city, so how could he?    

    

"Your subordinate naturally knows that it isn't easy for us to get out of the city." The advisor said, his eyes flashing with cold light. He continued, "However, at the critical moment, we naturally have to use extraordinary means. Otherwise, His Highness will just wait to be stripped of his military authority."    

    

"Extraordinary measures?" Fourth Prince looked at the other party and asked, "What should we do?"    

    

"Kill General Yan and take control of the city gate." The advisor said.    

    

"Slay him?!" Fourth Prince was shocked and said, "That was sent by father. I lured and killed him just like that. If father knew about it, he would definitely be angry."    

    

In his heart, Fourth Prince was still afraid of Old Emperor. Even though he had just scolded Old Emperor, he still did not dare to disobey his orders.    

    

"We can give him a reason. For example, he secretly communicated with the army of Yuan Feng Country outside the city. Anyway, no one will defend him when he dies." The advisor said.