I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 324: One Piece, Xiao Lingchen

Above the sea.

The pirate leader, dressed elegantly in white, was lying on the deck, lazily basking in the sun.

He stretched out his hand, looked at the jade ring between his fingers, and murmured, "Uncle Wang, are you tired of staying on the sea?"

Wang Pichuan, who was once one of the three great generals of the Beili Central Army and was invincible on the battlefield, scratched his neck and said, "Everything else is fine, but I always get a rash. It's uncomfortable!"

"Alas, I miss Apocalypse City."

The pirate leader sighed. Although he was the current King of Langya, he was so lazy, just like the weak young man from aristocratic family in Tianqi City.

Xiao Lingchen sat up and scratched his head. “I want to go to Qianjintai to gamble, go to Tianhai Pavilion to have a drink and get drunk, and then go to Caiyun Zhuiyue Pavilion to take a nap.”

Wang Pichuan kicked him and said angrily, "How could the prince give birth to a son like you if you only think about eating, drinking, whoring and gambling?"

Xiao Lingchen smiled and said, "Isn't this just to satisfy my desire to talk? Which ship did you rob today? How about we do something bigger?"

"Are you addicted to being a pirate?" Wang Pichuan glanced at him, lowered his head, and said while sharpening his gun: "Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to change back to being a pirate in the future?"

"Can we change back in the future?" Xiao Lingchen yawned, took a sip of the tea beside him, and moistened his throat. "Wait for Xiao Se to become the emperor and call us back? That's hard to count on. Xiao Se is unreliable. He was raised by my father. He looks too much like my father."

Wang Pichuan did not comment, and did not even raise his head, saying calmly: "We can go back by ourselves. A few days ago, we received news that Emperor Mingde was seriously ill."

"He is seriously ill and cannot get up." Xiao Lingchen repeated faintly.

Wang Pichuan was still quietly sharpening his spear. After a long while, he asked, "What are your plans, Your Majesty?"

"What if we return to Beili?" Xiao Lingchen stood up and looked at the vast sea. The sea breeze blew his hair, bringing with it a sense of transcendence.

“If we issue the assembly order now, when the prince goes ashore, the Langya Army will come to Beili again. The soldiers who were lost in all directions back then will be waiting for us on the shore. The Langya Army will assemble and head straight for Tianqi.” Wang Pichuan had already sharpened his spear, and the spear head was shining brightly.

Xiao Lingchen turned around, his eyes calm: "Then why don't we leave now?"

"Wait."

Wang Pichuan put down his spear, his eyes stern: "When the time comes, someone will come to find us. Some people on the shore are more anxious than us. They are in Tianqi and understand better than us when it comes to timing."

Xiao Lingchen pondered for a moment, then suddenly shouted, "Yang Fan, set sail!"

"Your Highness, where are we going?" the sailor asked hurriedly.

"Go Apocalypse!"

"Apocalypse? There is no water on all sides of Apocalypse. Our ship cannot enter Apocalypse City."

"Then ride on horseback. If you don't have a horse, walk. Bring your knife, sharpen your spear, and kill him without a single piece of armor left!" Xiao Lingchen was murderous. He waved his sleeves and pointed in the direction of Beili: "Don't worry, when we reach the shore, there will be thousands of troops waiting for us."

Wang Pichuan waved his hand and asked the crew to go down. He looked at Xiao Lingchen and uttered two words calmly.

"Why?"

"Because I was thinking, instead of them coming to find us, it would be better for us to go find him. Our own destiny should be in our own hands." Xiao Lingchen said in a deep voice: "No one can stop me from doing what I want to do, and no one can force me to do what I don't want to do. They can choose to follow me, or become my opponent, and then... fail!"

Wang Pichuan laughed: "You really have inherited the old prince's true teachings. The young prince is incredible."

"I'm not the only one who got the true teachings. There's another one in Tianqi City. Don't forget, he went back."

Above the sea, the leaderless eagle flag is flying high.

Xiao Lingchen stood at the bow and said softly, "Father, the world is about to forget your name. It's time for them to remember it again."

At this moment, a voice sounded.

It was a young voice, as if it came from the sky, and as if it sounded in the heart.

"You guys are going back to Tianqi, can you give me a ride on a boat?"

"who?!"

Wang Pichuan was horrified. He stood up with his gun in hand and looked around with a burning gaze.

I saw a group of people appear at the bow, as if they had been on the bow deck from the beginning, without any sense of abruptness.

There were ten people in the group, four women and six men, all of them were so beautiful that they didn't look like ordinary people.

Xiao Lingchen was stunned at first, then turned to look at Wang Pichuan, only to find that he was standing there in a daze, so he had to salute on his own.

"Junior Xiao Lingchen greets all the seniors."

Although he did not recognize the ten people in front of him, they were able to appear out of nowhere without them noticing, so they must be senior masters without a doubt.

Chu Zhao turned his head slightly to look at Li Changsheng and said with a smile: "Your disciple's grandson, why don't you say hello?"

"Disciple?" Xiao Lingchen raised his head, a little dazed.

Li Changsheng looked at the elegant young man in white before him, sighed silently, and said with a smile: "My name is Li Changsheng, have you ever heard of me?"

"Mr. Li from the school?"

"good."

Xiao Lingchen immediately paid homage to him.

"Disciple Xiao Lingchen pays homage to the Grandmaster."

Chu Zhao ignored the two of them and walked towards Wang Pichuan with Yue Yao and Yin Luoxia.

"Hey, Wang Pichuan, long time no see."

Wang Pichuan, who had been standing there in a daze, came to his senses and hurriedly saluted, saying, "I am Wang Pichuan, your Excellency. I greet His Majesty the Emperor of Chu and the two ladies."

Chu Zhao waved his hand, casually took out a bench and food from the system space, asked Yue Yao and Yin Luoxia to sit down, and then he sat down on the recliner that originally belonged to Xiao Lingchen.

"Are you preparing to launch the Apocalypse?"

"Yes, His Majesty the Emperor of Chu wants to get involved?" Wang Pichuan said solemnly.

He was invincible on the battlefield, except for Li Junxin and others from the State of Chu, whom he never defeated.

And their Langya Army was undefeated all the way until they met the army of Chu.

It is true that they were preparing to overthrow Emperor Mingde and reverse the verdict on King Langya, but they never thought of bringing the fierce tiger of Chu into Beili.

He couldn't help but feel a little worried about Chu Zhao's appearance.

Chu Zhao smiled and shook his head: "It seems that you have really been at sea for too long. Don't you know that I have already abdicated?"

Wang Pichuan was stunned: "Emperor Chu, you... abdicated?"

If he remembered correctly, Chu Zhao was only in his thirties, at the prime of his life, how could he abdicate?

"Are you surprised?"

"It's a bit unexpected." Wang Pichuan said with a smile.

Throughout history, I am afraid that the only emperor who voluntarily abdicated in his thirties is this one.

Chu Zhao took a sip of the tea beside him and said, "I have no choice. My son is too talented and has already been performing the duties of the emperor. I might as well pass it on to him."

Wang Pichuan was stunned: "Your Majesty the Emperor of Chu really can let it go."

"It's easy to pick up, but hard to put down. You just can't let go, so you suffer on the sea." Chu Zhao sighed: "Is it worth it to abandon everything and come to the sea to become a pirate just for a dead person?"

"It's worth it." Wang Pichuan said without hesitation.

Just then, Xiao Lingchen, Li Changsheng and others came over.

Wang Pichuan saluted again hurriedly.

"Meet Mr. Li."

Chu Zhao tilted his head back and looked at the people who were approaching: "Are you done talking now?"

Li Changsheng nodded and stretched lazily: "I'm tired after running around for so long. I need to go get some sleep. You guys chat."

Xiao Lingchen followed closely and said, “Uncle Wang, please take Master and the others to rest. I will chat with Uncle Chu.”

Wang Pichuan took the order and took Li Changsheng and others to the cabin.

Yue Yao and Yin Luoxia looked at each other, looked at Xiao Lingchen, and followed him.

After everyone left, only Chu Zhao and Xiao Lingchen were left on the deck.

"What do you want to talk about?"

"Lingchen greets Uncle Chu." Xiao Lingchen bowed first, then took out an old-looking envelope from his bosom and handed it over respectfully: "Uncle Chu, this is a letter from my father to you."

Chu Zhao opened the letter and took a look. It was two long paragraphs filled with text, but it could actually be summed up in just one sentence.

——Please ask Chu Zhao to take care of Xiao Chuhe and Xiao Lingchen.

"Your father asked you to come to Chu to find me, why didn't you come?"

Xiao Lingchen was silent for a moment, but still said honestly: "My nephew is afraid that Chu will use me to march into Beili. After all, Uncle Chu's talent is unparalleled in the world. I am afraid that if you sell me out, I will still be helping you count the money." "You are such a flatterer... If you know how to flatter, flatter me more. I love to hear it." Chu Zhao smiled and suddenly asked: "Do you know that your father volunteered to die back then?"

"know."

"What do you think of him?"

Xiao Lingchen didn't answer, but the look of respect on his face said it all.

Chu Zhao lay down and rocked the recliner, smiling faintly, "It seems that you admire your father very much. You should know the hidden story of your father's treason case back then?"

"Well, it was Emperor Mingde who let him down."

"That's right. For the sake of Beili's stability, your father sacrificed his own reputation and life, but Xiao Ruojin let him down. So you hate Xiao Ruojin?"

"Hate." Xiao Lingchen said bluntly.

Chu Zhao gestured to the bench opposite him, and after Xiao Lingchen understood and sat down, he said leisurely, "In the eyes of you Beili people, and even in the eyes of most people in the world, your father is a very admirable person, a hero!

But I have never had a good impression of him, do you know why? "

Xiao Lingchen shook his head and said nothing.

"You think Xiao Ruojin has let your father down, but have you ever thought that your father has also let many people down?"

Xiao Lingchen was a little confused.

Chu Zhao said calmly: “Back then, he should have ascended the throne. If he had taken on his responsibilities, the things that happened later would not have happened at all.

Even if you escape and choose to live a free and easy life in the world, nothing like what happened later will happen.

But your father chose the worst path. Since he was unwilling to ascend the throne and become emperor, nor did he want to stay away from the court, people like Zhuoqing found an opportunity.

He committed suicide on the execution ground, thus putting an end to the turmoil.

As an emperor of a country, I admire him.

But as a man, I look down on him from the bottom of my heart.

He fulfilled his brotherly duty, but he never thought about the people who followed him, or you and your son.

Whether as a military commander or as the head of a family, he is shameful. "

When Xiao Ruofeng's treason occurred, Xiao Lingchen was already quite old.

Although I don't know the specific details, I know a little bit.

The situation at that time had pushed his father into a dead end.

Originally, his father and Emperor Mingde planned to fake his death to foil the conspiracy of Zhuoqing and others.

But who would have known that my father would choose to commit suicide.

What’s even more infuriating is that his uncle, the emperor, actually condoned his father’s treason and did nothing to cause his father’s death.

In Xiao Lingchen's opinion, his father was not wrong, but his uncle was wrong.

Hearing Chu Zhao say this, he immediately said with some dissatisfaction: "Father had no choice in what happened back then."

Chu Zhao smiled and said, "Maybe, but if it were me, I would never choose to die to break the situation."

Xiao Lingchen smiled bitterly: "If my father doesn't die, Beili will definitely be in turmoil. In that situation, is there a better way to break the impasse besides death?"

"You are as stubborn as your father. Wouldn't it be possible to break the situation if you just killed Zhuo Qing who was holding the Dragon Sealing Scroll?"

Xiao Lingchen opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, Chu Zhao spoke first, "Don't say that your father can't kill Zhuoqing. With his prestige and connections back then, it would be easy for him to get rid of Zhuoqing's eunuchs and destroy the scroll.

Then, he killed several ambitious princes who were sent out and disappeared directly in Tianqi City.

Even if those under his command, such as Ye Xiaoying, Wang Pichuan and others, wanted to put the yellow robe on him, could they do it?
Of course, Xiao Ruojin is mainly to blame.

He is very similar to your grandfather Xiao Chongjing. He is too suspicious and not broad-minded enough.

So, he wanted to kill your father.

What you said is right, Xiao Ruojin betrayed your father.

But then again, your father is really stupid."

Xiao Lingchen was completely stunned.

Suddenly I realized that my father, who was praised by everyone, seemed to be a little stupid.

Well, I guess I’m a bit stupid too.

"Tell me, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Xiao Lingchen came back to his senses: "I think Uncle Chu will help me get revenge for the sake of our friendship with my father."

"Kill Xiao Ruojin?"

Xiao Lingchen hummed: "There is also Zhuoqing."

"What will you do after you kill them?" Chu Zhao smiled playfully: "What are you going to do? Will you continue to be the Pirate King?"

"Uncle Chu, why can't I choose to be the emperor?" Xiao Lingchen said with a smile.

Chu Zhao shook his head: "You don't look much like your father, you look more like your mother, but your personality is inherited from your father. You won't be the emperor?"

Xiao Lingchen sighed, but did not deny it. He smiled and said, "Uncle Chu has a keen eye, so you are choosing Xiao Chuhe?"

"As for Xiao Se, he is actually the same as you. After all, he was raised by your father. Both of your personalities have been deeply influenced by him. So he will not choose to ascend the throne and become emperor in the end. And I don't like to force others."

Xiao Lingchen was not surprised that Xiao Se would not become emperor.

Otherwise, he would not have told Wang Pichuan that Xiao Se was unreliable.

But Xiao Lingchen was surprised that Chu Zhao had no choice.

"Who do you think will be the emperor in the end?"

"Xiao Chong."

“Xiao Chong?” Xiao Lingchen thought about his blind cousin who was as gentle as jade, and smiled: “I heard that my second cousin’s eyes were cured by you, Uncle Chu. He is a good candidate now.”

"From the current perspective, he is indeed a good candidate, but you are wrong about one thing."

"What's the matter?"

"It wasn't me who chose him, but you and Xiao Se who chose him."

"Me and Xiao Se?" Xiao Lingchen looked puzzled.

"Otherwise, our Chu Kingdom will not interfere in your Beili internal affairs. If you and Xiao Se do not want to be the emperor, then among the princes, there are only Xiao Chong and Xiao Yu left, right? Between the two of them, you and Xiao Se would not want Xiao Yu to be the emperor, so there is only Xiao Chong left. So it was you who chose Xiao Chong, or it was you who gave the throne to Xiao Chong."

After Chu Zhao finished speaking, he glanced at Xiao Lingchen and said with a smile: "From the look on your face, you don't seem to believe that our Chu Kingdom won't intervene?"

Xiao Lingchen nodded honestly and said nothing.

"If we want to intervene, we will choose Xiao Yu or Xiao Jingxia."

"Ok?"

"Both Xiao Yu and Xiao Jingxia are not wise rulers. If they take the throne, Beili will decline in a few years. Wouldn't that be more beneficial to our Chu State?"

"Really." Xiao Lingchen smiled: "By the way, there is one more thing. After the revelation, I think Uncle Chu can take us in."

We are not just Xiao Lingchen.

"Your father's former Langya Army troops?"

"Ah."

After getting a definite answer, Chu Zhao couldn't help but be stunned for a moment: "Is it your own idea, or the idea of ​​your former Langya Army subordinates?"

"My own thoughts."

"After your father's case of treason was redressed, he became a hero of Beili. As a son, you want to defect to the enemy country. Aren't you afraid of being blamed and humiliating your father's reputation?"

"I heard from my father that Uncle Chu once said that history is written by the victors. I believe that Chu can unify the world, and I also believe that Uncle Chu can give us father and son a good reputation." Xiao Lingchen smiled, "However, Beili is our homeland after all, so when Chu sends troops to Beili, I hope Uncle Chu will try not to recruit our old Langya Army members, and I also hope that Chu can retain the number of our Langya Army."

Chu Zhao said happily: "I can agree to your request, but unfortunately, I am not the emperor now. You have to discuss these matters with my son.

Of course, based on my understanding of him, he will definitely agree to this little thing.

It’s just that…these are your own thoughts, or you should ask other people what they think.”

Xiao Lingchen nodded: "I will ask for their opinions."

Chu Zhao waved his hand and said, "Okay, go and discuss this with Wang Pichuan and the others. I'll go to Tianqi."

(End of this chapter)