dognovel Chapter 996 This prince is willing!
Chapter 996 This prince is willing!
Chapter 996 This prince is willing! Before Chu Chenjing could finish speaking, Tuoba Feng suddenly felt an overwhelming fear rising in his heart, and a scene appeared in his mind.
If the Western Chu Kingdom were to truly attack their Dan Yan Kingdom, then their Dan Yan Kingdom would likely be destroyed by the Western Chu Kingdom, and their Dan Yan Kingdom would cease to exist.
Taking advantage of the slight pause in Chu Chenjing's words, he hurriedly declared, "Your Highness Prince Jing, please give me your orders! As long as it is within my power, I will certainly not refuse!"
"Yes, yes, yes! Your Highness Prince Jing, don't worry!" Tuoba Zeyang quickly chimed in, "Our Second Prince always keeps his word. Everyone in the Danyan Kingdom knows that he always does what he says. You must trust him!"
Chu Chenjing listened to their eager back-and-forth, his eyebrows slightly raised, and looked at them with a half-smile.
He said, "Oh? I haven't even told you what I want you to do, and you dare to agree so readily? Aren't you afraid of what I might do..."
Tuoba Feng paused for a moment after being asked this question. After thinking for a while, he looked up at Chu Chenjing and said firmly, "As long as His Highness Prince Jing's request does not violate the principles of morality and ethics, and does not harm the foundation of my Danyan Kingdom, I, the prince, will not hesitate to go through fire and water."
"Pfft," the seventh prince of Beiyue Kingdom, Flame King, couldn't help but laugh out loud when he heard this. "Going through fire and water, as if it were some kind of noble righteousness."
"No, no, no, I was merely using this analogy; I hope you will forgive my blunder, Prince Yan."
"Heh..." Chu Chenjing also chuckled coldly, "Second Prince, you can rest assured. I haven't been idle enough to let you commit such a rebellious act as seizing your father's throne."
Hearing this, Tuoba Feng finally felt much relieved. His gaze swept over the Crown Prince of Western Chu and Chu Chenjing standing atop the enormous monster. Seeing their calm expressions, clearly indicating they had no intention of immediately attacking their Dan Yan Kingdom, he finally calmed down completely.
Even his voice, which had trembled slightly with fear, regained its composure: "In that case, please explain further, Your Highness Prince Jing!"
Chu Chenjing stared into Tuoba Feng's eyes and slowly said, "The demands of this king and His Highness the Crown Prince are not high. We only require you to kill General Zhen Song. I wonder if His Highness the Second Prince can do that?"
Upon hearing Chu Chenjing's words, Ouyang Yunyao, sitting in the driver's seat, flashed a hint of approval in her eyes and couldn't help but give her husband a thumbs up in her heart. Chu Chenjing's words truly resonated with her! In this way, even without the Western Chu Kingdom taking any action, the Dan Yan Kingdom would be internally divided and fall into chaos. Once they were fighting amongst themselves, they wouldn't be able to spare any attention for attacking the Western Chu Kingdom.
The two groups of soldiers from Danyan Kingdom who had just arrived were even more astonished upon hearing this, their mouths agape as they stared blankly at Tuoba Feng, each with a different expression.
Among them, the soldiers who came with Tuoba Zeyang all had expectations in their eyes. They couldn't wait for the Second Prince Tuoba Feng to take this opportunity to eliminate Zhen Song.
However, when the soldiers under Zhen Song heard the request from Prince Jing of Western Chu, their faces turned deathly pale. They stared nervously at Tuoba Feng, waiting to see how the Second Prince would respond.
Although they were a little nervous, in their opinion, even if the Second Prince Tuoba Feng had the greatest courage, he would never dare to lay a hand on General Zhen in front of so many people, not to mention that there were people from the Western Chu Kingdom watching from the side.
When Tuoba Zeyang heard the words "kill Zhen Song," a fleeting, almost imperceptible gleam of pleasure flashed across his eyes. Zhen Song was Crown Prince Tuoba Di's most trusted aide; if he could eliminate him, it would be like removing a major threat to his father and Tuoba Feng!
He secretly clenched his hand hidden in his sleeve, already planning in his mind that if Tuoba Feng hesitated and couldn't bring himself to do it, then he would take the initiative.
The backyard was completely quiet at this moment, and everyone looked at Tuoba Feng, waiting for his answer.
Tuoba Feng frowned deeply, unable to make a decision. After a long while, he took a deep breath and prepared to speak.
But Chu Chenjing didn't want to play with them anymore, so he asked, "Second Prince, what do you say?"
Tuoba Feng finally made up his mind, "Your Highness Prince Jing, I am willing!"
Upon hearing this, Deputy General Fan's eyes flashed with a terrifying ferocity as he stared intently at Tuoba Feng, his voice filled with furious rage: "Second Prince! How dare you treat General Zhen like this? General Zhen's life is not for you to decide! If you dare to harm him in the slightest, I will risk my life to kill you!"
Before he finished speaking, he took advantage of the moment when the escorting soldiers were stunned, broke free from his restraints and leaped up. The long knife in his hand flashed with a cold light and went straight for Tuoba Feng's face!
Everyone in the courtyard from the Dan Yan Kingdom was still in shock. No one had expected that Vice General Fan would dare to assassinate the Second Prince in public. Seeing the gleaming blade about to pierce Tuoba Feng, even Tuoba Feng himself was so shocked that he froze on the spot, forgetting to dodge.
Just as the blade was about to touch Tuoba Feng's clothes,
"Da da da!"
A sudden burst of gunfire erupted. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw that Vice Minister Fan had been knocked to the ground by the divine weapon of the Western Chu Kingdom, with holes in both legs, bleeding profusely, just like Zhen Song before him.
The soldiers escorting the prisoner were terrified by this sudden turn of events, their faces turning pale and then red. They stared at the struggling Deputy General Fan on the ground, not daring to even breathe.
It was Chu Feng who fired the shot. Looking up at Deputy General Fan lying on the ground, he said, "You're truly loyal to your master, but you don't know! Your master dared to turn against us, so you can't blame us for this."
Only then did Tuoba Feng snap out of his daze. He staggered, grabbed a sword from the ground, and lunged forward, stabbing it viciously into Vice General Fan's thigh, shouting angrily, "You bastard! How dare you try to kill me? I won't be satisfied until I've skinned you alive!"
The excruciating pain of the blade piercing flesh caused Vice General Fan to convulse, but Tuoba Feng did not stop. Instead, he leaned down and stared at him with a sinister look in his eyes: "Vice General Fan, don't worry, I will make sure you die knowing exactly why you died!"
Deputy General Fan trembled with pain, yet he still glared defiantly at Chu Chenjing and the others, muttering, "Tuoba Feng, you..."
Tuoba Feng stared at Deputy General Fan with a fierce glint in his eyes and said, "Deputy General Fan, do you know that the people of Western Chu came to attend the Crown Prince's wedding banquet, yet General Zhen Song led archers to kill them? Are you going to blame anyone else for this?"
"No... that's not how it is. In any case, we must work together to deal with the Western Chu Kingdom."
"Second Prince, don't waste your breath on him. He's utterly incorrigible. I'll send him to meet the King of Hell for you first, and then I'll have General Zhen accompany him later," Tuoba Zeyang said, pointing his knife at him.
"Tuoba Feng, Tuoba Zeyang, you mustn't..."
Before he could finish speaking, Tuoba Zeyang raised his hand and ended his life with a single stroke.