Douluo: I am the outer demon

Chapter 111 Xue Xing's Plan

"How dare Xue Qinghe do that!" Xue Xing still couldn't believe it, but she felt that what the strategist said made sense.

The counselor moved a little closer, bent over and whispered:
"Your Highness, let me say something extremely treasonous. As long as His Majesty dies, the Crown Prince will succeed to the throne. At that time, Your Highness and the Fourth Prince will no longer have a chance to turn the tables."

"Besides, Crown Prince Xue Qinghe even killed his two brothers, so it's probably not impossible for another one to kill his father."

The counselor's voice was neither hurried nor slow, but it touched Xue Xing's heart.

His expression changed from time to time, sometimes conflicted and sometimes ruthless, before finally returning to calm, but one could still see a little irritability in his eyes.

"So what do you think I should do?"

"Your Highness, Xue Qinghe is a wolf with great ambitions. He killed his brother and his father. I'm afraid he won't let you go after he takes the throne. If he is in power, it will be a disaster for Tiandou!"

The counselor used his hands and feet and said with great emotion: "Please, Your Majesty, restore order and protect our land for eternity."

After saying that, the strategist bowed deeply to Xue Xing.

Xue Xing's expression changed again and again, "You mean rebellion? But..."

"Your Highness, it's not a rebellion." The counselor's eyes flashed with a shrewdness. "Your Highness, don't you have evidence that the Crown Prince poisoned the two princes? As long as Your Highness uses this as a basis and hints that he might poison His Majesty, I'm sure those nobles who are already neutral will stand idly by. And His Highness the Crown Prince has not yet taken control of the military power."

"This..." There was still some hesitation on Xue Xing's face.

As the trusted younger brother of Emperor Xue Ye, he indeed holds military power and possesses advantages that Xue Qinghe cannot match.

“Your Highness, time is running out!” Seeing Xue Xing still hesitating, the counselor continued to pursue the victory and said, “Besides, Mr. Dugu is also on our side, but Xue Qinghe does not have any high-end combat power around him. The advantage is on my side, Your Highness, the chances of winning are very high!”

As if persuaded by the counselor, Xue Beng tightened his grip on the handle slightly, his eyes gradually sharpened, "Forget it, for the future of my Tiandou Empire, I will fight just this once."

"Your Highness is wise!" The counselor was overjoyed, bowed again and praised.

"Go and inform the Fourth Prince to be prepared." Now that Xue Xing had made the decision, he naturally wouldn't hesitate anymore.

The Tiandou Empire does not have a system of succession from brother to brother, and Xue Xing does not have such great ambitions. Wouldn't it be good to be an idle prince? Being an emperor is too tiring.

But as the counselor said, he had been against Xue Qinghe before. If Xue Qinghe really became the emperor, given Xue Qinghe's cruelty, he would probably not have a good ending. So he had to rebel even if he didn't want to.

"Yes!"

"If this success is achieved, you will enter the court as prime minister." Xue Xing made another promise to the counselor.

"Thank you, Your Highness." The counselor hurriedly thanked him with a happy look on his face.

"rebel?!"

Avalanche stood up suddenly.

"Shh, Fourth Prince, please keep your voice down. Your Highness is not rebelling, but restoring order." The counselor hushed him, looked around, and quickly went up to close the windows and doors.

"Oh, then let's put order to the chaos." Xue Beng didn't care. He sat back in his chair, poured himself a glass of wine, drank it, and asked casually:
"Then why did uncle ask you to come over and call me?"

"Of course, let His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince prepare himself. The prince will help His Royal Highness ascend the throne."

The counselor remained respectful.

Xue Beng sneered. Helping him to ascend the throne was probably to support a puppet in his name. Xue Xing's words in "Hell" were still vivid in his mind. Although he thought so in his heart, Xue Beng still agreed.

"That's great. I'll wait for good news from uncle."

"Then your highness, the Fourth Prince, I will take my leave now."

Xue Beng waved his hand and asked the strategist to retreat.

Then he picked up the wine glass again, looked at the wine in it, with a dazed look in his eyes.

"Uncle, oh, rebellion!"

On the second day, when the people of Tiandou City went out, they suddenly found that the city was under martial law. Even the number of city defense personnel had doubled. The news that Emperor Xue Ye was seriously ill and about to die was also spread to the public by someone with ulterior motives.

At the same time, Xue Qinghe began to temporarily handle the government affairs of the court on behalf of Emperor Xue Ye.

"It's like walking into a trap. It will be done soon." Shang An smiled faintly.

Prince Xuexing has already started to contact many nobles and generals in the city, and rumors about Xue Qinghe killing his brother and father have spread in some circles. But none of this matters. At this point, those who originally supported Xue Qinghe have no way to turn against him, and those fence-sitters are irrelevant.

As for reputation, it didn't matter whether Xue Qinghe's reputation was good or not, because Xue Qinghe would not be Qian Renxue, and no one would know that the grass on the real Xue Qinghe's grave was already three feet high. The reputation of the Tiandou royal family was not important at all.

"Brother, what's wrong? What are you thinking about?"

When Liu Erlong saw Shang An sitting in the room thinking, she walked up to him and sat next to him, consciously pulling Shang An's hand onto her thigh. This was what Dugu Yan taught her.

"Nothing, I just miss Sister Linglong." Shang An's hand slowly moved upwards. This sentence is bullshit, living under the same roof and seeing each other every day, what is there to miss about.

"I miss you too." Instead of resisting Shang An's moving hands, Liu Erlong took the initiative to stick close to him.

Shang An righteously stopped Liu Erlong and pressed her head down.

This woman is almost conquered by him, but I wonder what choice she will make after her memory is restored?
On this day, the atmosphere in Tiandou City was extremely tense.

Prince Xuexing surrounded Tiandou City with an army of 200,000. He denounced Xue Qinghe's crimes and demanded that Xue Qinghe hand over Emperor Xue Ye in the name of restoring order.

Xue Qinghe naturally would not admit it, so he defined Prince Xuexing as a traitor and launched a defense with several defenders of Tiandou City.

Xue Xing still underestimated Xue Qinghe. He didn't expect that although Xue Qinghe did not openly hold any military power, he was able to persuade some generals loyal to the Tiandou Empire. Currently, the garrison of Tiandou City is as many as 50,000. Although it cannot be compared with his 200,000 troops, it is more than enough to defend the city.

In the tent outside Tiandou City, Xue Xing had a gloomy face. On his left stood the counselor, and on his right sat Xue Beng.

As a prince who lived in Tiandou City for many years, it was not that he did not want to start an army directly from the city, but because the troops he could control were all border troops. After all, even if Emperor Xue Ye trusted him, he would not let him control the troops in Tiandou City, the center of the empire. Therefore, the army's journey took a lot of time, giving Xue Qinghe a chance to react.

Moreover, Xue Qinghe was extremely sensitive to information. He had already built up complete defensive fortifications before his army arrived, and colluded with several other local nobles to cut off his retreat. If it were any other time, he would have skinned those nobles, but now he really had no good solution.

In the current situation, even if they spent two or three months, they would not be able to break through this mighty city. Not to mention two or three months, even if it took one month, his army would mutiny because the transportation route for food and grass was cut off.

There is a traitor! This is what Xue Xing thought.

He passed by the two people on his left and right and glanced at the guests and generals below, his eyes as sharp as an eagle.

Who was the traitor? Unfortunately, he didn't have the ability to read minds. After looking for a long time, he couldn't see anything in the eyes of his men. He could only turn his head and look to the left.

"Mr. Zhu, given the current situation, do you have any good ideas?"

Mr. Zhu is the strategist. His surname is Zhu and his name is Buer.

Mr. Zhu thought about it carefully, and then replied carefully: "Your Majesty, there is only one plan for now."

"What's the plan?"

"Your Majesty Bilin, as long as the prince can persuade His Majesty Bilin, this 50,000-strong army can be defeated with a wave of his hand."

As Mr. Zhu finished speaking, everyone in the tent felt a chill in their hearts. Everyone knew that the Bi Phosphorus Douluo was best at poison and group attacks. Mr. Zhu wanted His Majesty the Bi Phosphorus to directly poison these 50,000 troops!

"This plan is not appropriate." Xue Xing shook his head hesitantly. He certainly knew the benefits of doing so, but he could not propose this plan, nor could he agree to it immediately.

However, everyone below was a smart guy. Prince Xuexing only said that the plan was inappropriate. He neither reprimanded Mr. Zhu nor explicitly opposed it. It was obvious that he agreed with it in his heart, but just didn't want to bear any criticism.

Someone immediately came out and said, "Your Majesty, I think Mr. Zhu's plan is very good."

Then everyone agreed.

"Yes, my Lord. Those who achieve great things do not care about small matters."

"My Lord, if you are not ruthless, you are not a man."

"My Lord, this plan is feasible!"

They were all Prince Xuexing's loyal subordinates, and they shared the same fate with him. Now that they had joined the rebellion together, they had no way back.

"Well, let's do as you say." Xue Xing sighed helplessly and said reluctantly.

Avalanche on the side sneered in his heart, haha, hypocrisy.

"Then I will sacrifice my old reputation and go to Mr. Dugu for help." Xue Xing said so, but he knew that with his current "relationship" with Dugu Bo, Dugu Bo would most likely agree.

After sending the smiling Snow Star away, Dugu Bo rubbed his forehead.

(End of this chapter)