Ministers Begging Me to Ascend the Throne

Chapter 1040: Chapter 105: Using Prince Zheng

The three Princesses sent someone to negotiate cooperation with Prince Dai, but as Prince Han expected, Prince Dai refused them. later, the three Princesses sent someone again, offering better conditions, but Prince Dai still refused.

Though Prince Dai was not as clever as Prince Chu and Prince Jing, it did not mean he was a fool. Whether for public or private reasons, he would not cooperate with people from the plains, even if the people of the three Princesses claimed they were not Xiongnu.

A few years ago, the bloody downfall of the Yuan Family was right in front of him. No matter how much he wanted the throne, Prince Dai would not risk collaborating with the three Princesses. He knew that once he had dealings with people from the plains, he would be completely out of the running for the throne. Besides, with his abilities, he could get the throne without any outside help.

Prince Dai’s repeated refusals to cooperate with them were something that neither Prince Han nor the three Princesses expected. They initially thought that as long as they offered conditions tempting enough to Prince Dai, he would certainly cooperate with them.

Upon learning that Prince Dai had killed the people they sent, Prince Han was so furious that he vented a huge amount of anger in the study. These past two days, Prince Han had been quite unlucky. The assassins sent to kill Prince Chu came one after another, but none of them succeeded. Now, with Prince Dai not taking the bait as planned, his subsequent plans could not proceed, which naturally made him furious.

Yang Qi stood silently on one side, waiting for Prince Han to finish venting his rage.

When Prince Han was furious, his expression was frightfully savage and hideous. Even Yang Qi, who was highly valued, dared not utter a word while he was angry, otherwise, he would be the one suffering.

Fortunately, when Prince Han got angry, he would only smash things and would not whip or kill people like Prince Zheng.

After breaking many things, the fury in Prince Han’s heart abated considerably, though his expression remained unsightly.

Yang Qi personally brought a cup of tea to Prince Han, "Your Highness, have some tea to calm down."

Prince Han, with a somber face, took the cup and drank the tea rudely, then smashed the cup onto the ground heavily.

Yang Qi was startled, but he remained calm outwardly.

"Your Highness, it is my incompetence; the people we sent could not kill Prince Chu." The assassins Yang Qi sent to kill Prince Chu were all experts, and many were part of renowned assassin organizations. Their actions almost always succeeded, and there were very few people they couldn’t kill, but unexpectedly, they hit a hard nail this time.

"It’s not your fault." Though frustrated that the assassins had failed to kill Prince Chu, Prince Han did not blame Yang Qi. "I just didn’t expect Black Hawk’s assassins to be so useless." Black Hawk was the top assassin organization in the martial world, claiming there was no one they couldn’t kill.

"Your Highness, it’s not that Black Hawk’s assassins are useless, but that the people around Prince Chu are too formidable." Yang Qi guessed, "Your Highness, if I am not mistaken, Prince Chu already knew you would send someone to assassinate him and prepared appropriately before coming to the Northern Territory."

Yang Qi’s words shocked Prince Han greatly, "What are you saying, are you saying Fourth Brother expected I would send someone to assassinate him before coming to the Northern Territory? How is that possible?" Since when could Fourth Brother predict the future?

"Your Highness, Prince Chu ostensibly came to the Northern Territory for disaster relief, but his primary purpose is to investigate you."

Prince Han stood up abruptly in shock, his expression changing dramatically as he said: "Fourth Brother came to the Northern Territory to investigate me?" At this point, Prince Han paused, then continued, "You mean Fourth Brother had already detected my activities, so he used the disaster relief as a pretext to investigate my affairs."

Yang Qi nodded slightly, "It’s very possible."

Prince Han was so startled by Yang Qi’s speculation that he gasped in cold air, "How did Fourth Brother know about our affairs?"

"This... I do not know." If his guess was correct, then Prince Chu’s methods were... "The assassins from Black Hawk are all experts, yet they couldn’t kill Prince Chu, which means the people around Prince Chu are even more formidable than Black Hawk’s assassins, so it is very possible they are a suicide squad."

"A suicide squad?" Prince Han found Yang Qi’s speculation very reasonable, "If they’re a suicide squad, then it’s normal that Black Hawk’s assassins couldn’t kill Fourth Brother."

"Your Highness, Prince Chu came to the Northern Territory fully prepared." After Yang Qi finished speaking, he marveled in his heart that Prince Chu was indeed formidable.

With a bang, Prince Han raised his hand and slammed the table heavily in front of him.

"What a Fourth Brother, I really underestimated him!"

"Your Highness, if Prince Chu’s companions are all suicide squads, then sending any number of assassins would be useless." Assassins are no match for a suicide squad.