This time it was Qin and Liu's turn to stay on the spot. How could they not believe that His Majesty the Emperor, who had been in power for so many years, would suddenly return? But they didn't dare to imagine this possibility.
But the current series of operations by Huo Zheng and Luliang Errao have to make people suspicious, and they have also detained Cui Yan, the elder of the two dynasties, in the palace. What is this? Such behavior has to make people suspicious.
At this moment, even Liu Yu, who was relatively conservative and mature, had to say softly: "Your Highness, this possibility is not impossible..."
When His Highness the Crown Prince saw Liu Yu confirming his conjecture, he suddenly felt like a light on his back. He looked even more anxious. At this moment, he was upset. Even though he respected himself as His Highness the Crown Prince and supervised the affairs of the country, in fact, the real power still resided in the Tai Chi Palace. Over there, if someone really returns with the help of the emperor and keeps the mourning secret, the room for maneuver will be much larger. At that time, he will really be a piece of meat on the chopping board, but he has no contact with Prime Minister Huo. There is no friendship at all.
But then again, if he really had contact with Huo Xiang, His Majesty would not necessarily trust Huo Zheng so much, hey!
At this time, Qin Shao said with a solemn expression: "Your Highness, I think that we should immediately contact all the officials from other dynasties and come to the palace again to see you. I don't believe that he is so cowardly that he dares to stop the prince from being a thousand years old."
Liu Yu shook his head and said: "His Royal Highness, let's not rush into the palace immediately. We first send an envoy to Tai Chi Palace in the name of His Highness to test it first and ask Cui Xiangguo when he can come out of the palace. Then it won’t be too late for us to break into the palace.”
When the prince saw that the two advisers he relied on agreed to break into the palace, he thought about it and felt that Liu Yu's suggestion was more reliable, so he immediately ordered an envoy to go to Taiji Palace to cast stones to ask for directions.
Mr. An Guo, Mr. Xiu is in the mansion. At this time, there are only two guests in the lobby of the mansion, Wei Man and Mr. Xiu. Naturally, Mr. Xiu also knows that something happened in Taiji Palace. At this moment, he is the most uneasy. Naturally, they are also talking to the East Palace. I thought of a place to go.
Young Master Xiu turned to Wei Man and asked, "Mr. Wei, what do you think of the current situation?"
Wei Man's face was as dark as water, and he said: "What else can we say? We don't know whether His Majesty is alive or dead, but judging from the current situation, it is probably only a matter of time before the Crown Prince succeeds to the throne. Personally, I don't believe that there is any change between Huo Xiang and Manager Lu." courage."
At this moment, Gongzi Xiu could no longer suppress the unwillingness and anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Am I destined to be a dormitory man who does nothing in this life?"
Wei Man glanced at Young Master Xiu and consoled him: "Young Master, unless the Crown Prince dies suddenly and suddenly, no matter how hard you try, it will be difficult to change his life."
Hearing this, Young Master Xiu looked dejected. He grabbed the wine bottle on the table and drank it all in one gulp, muttering to himself:
"Fourth brother! Fourth brother! I was only born a few years later. In terms of ability and talent, my master, Xiu, is not even half as good as you. Just because you are the eldest son? And for the rest of my life, I am doomed to live in drunkenness and dream? Haha? Ha ha……"
Wei Mandao: "Young Master's words are wrong. In fact, in His Majesty's eyes, you are more suitable to be the Crown Prince than His Highness the Crown Prince. You must not give up on yourself. In my opinion, the Crown Prince is just a middle-class person. But Young Master, you are the best among all the Young Masters." It is a gift from the best, which is one of the reasons why I insisted on following you, Young Master."
Gongzi Xiu sighed and said: "Thank you, Mr. Wei. Ever since you followed me, I have never heard you praise me so much. I am indeed a little flattered. What you are saying is that unless Prince Ming dies, otherwise, I No chance."
Wei Man's eyes flashed, and he continued: "Sir, that's not necessarily the case."
Young Master Xiu sat up straight and asked, "Oh! Sir, do you have any good ideas?"
Wei Mandao: "The prince has been established early, and your majesty has spent too much energy on the prince. As long as the prince does not do anything inappropriate, although His Highness is only a middle-class person, his position as crown prince is still as stable as Mount Tai. In this regard, Lord Changping Young Master Sheng sees it very clearly, and being eliminated early is also a wise move to protect himself..."
Gongzi Xiu naturally understood what Wei Man meant.
In fact, this is a sunk cost. After spending too much cost and energy on one person or one thing, people will involuntarily hold on to the sunk cost and are unwilling to let go or look back easily.
This is just like Yinfeng, the second deposed crown prince of Kangxi. Considering his efforts over the years and the political situation at that time, he was established and abolished, and he was abolished and established again. He just didn't want to admit that he was wrong, and he didn't want to admit that he was wrong. He is willing to easily give up the successor he has trained for more than 30 years. Only the person involved can understand the hesitation and repeated swings in it.
Wei Man said: "I think the Tai Chi Palace has changed, and the Crown Prince and Tutor Cui Yan is trapped in the palace. The East Palace is the most nervous. I think the people around the Crown Prince will definitely encourage the Crown Prince to break into the palace again. This is our opportunity."
Gongzixiu said doubtfully: "It's just an intrusion into the palace. If His Majesty is still alive, I don't think the Crown Prince's move is enough to make His Majesty make up his mind to depose the Crown Prince."
Wei Man heard the words, nodded and said: "Yes, it is true. There are two speculations about what is happening inside Taiji Palace now. First, His Majesty has returned. Second, His Majesty is still alive, but he cannot take care of it himself due to some unknown reasons. We had no choice but to ask Manager Lu, Huo Zheng and others to act as regents."
Hearing this, Young Master Xiu's eyes flashed and he said, "Sir, which one is more likely?"
Wei Man continued: "I think the second possibility is more likely. According to what I know about Huo Zheng, he is not a traitor seeking national power who can conceal this matter across the sea, and there is someone like Mr. Lu beside him. The emperor’s confidants are fully cooperating, and I can believe that Huo Zheng will change his mind, but Mr. Lu has been with His Majesty for more than thirty years, so he should not act rashly like Chuan."
"Since the two of them can unite and cooperate seamlessly to prevent Cui Yan and others from breaking into the palace, it is obvious that His Majesty may still be alive, but the first possibility cannot be completely ruled out."
Young Master Xiu pondered for a long time and asked urgently: "Sir, what's the plan?"
Wei Man stood up and turned around a few times and said: "What we have to do is add fuel to the fire. Regardless of whether His Majesty is still alive or not, we cannot let the Crown Prince stop at such a brawl as breaking into the palace. What we have to do is Just force the prince to take the last step, no matter whether the prince succeeds or not, he will only become a public enemy, and then we will just sit back and take advantage of it."
When Young Master Xiu heard this, he was surprised and said: "Does Mr. mean..."
Wei Man nodded and said: "Yes, even if the prince is forced to fight and remonstrate, only if the prince does such a big thing, will the prince really fall out of favor with your majesty. Regardless of whether your majesty is alive or not, such a traitor will not be tolerated."
Young Master Xiu frowned and asked: "It's okay if the prince's military remonstrance fails. If the military remonstrance succeeds, and the prince is kidnapped to order the princes, wouldn't we be trying to draw water from a bamboo basket in vain?"
Wei Man said: "Young Master, there is never any foolproof method in this world. To be able to defeat half of the prince is already a good thing to seize the land. We can only bet that the prince will fail in his military remonstrance. Only in this way can your majesty make up his mind to depose the prince."
Young Master Xiu thought about it for a long time and said with firm eyes, "Okay, let's follow Sir's clever plan, but how can we make the Crown Prince make up his mind to fight?"
Wei Man could only spell out four words: "Abolish the elder and establish the young."
Young Master Xiuqi said: "Abolish the elder and establish the younger?"
Wei Man nodded and said: "Yes! Let Dong Gong really firmly believe that His Majesty wants to abolish the elder and establish the younger, or let His Highness the Crown Prince think that Lu and Huo colluded just to abolish the elder and establish the younger. In this way, he will be shaken If the foundation of the East Palace is broken, even if the prince does not have the courage to remonstrate, the people around the prince will definitely fight back and try to come back. This is our only chance to overthrow the prince."
Young Master Xiu's eyes flashed with a gleam of admiration and he said: "Okay! Okay! Okay! Sir, you have a great talk."
Young Master Xiu said: "But the elder is abolished and the younger one is established. The older one is there, but where is the younger one? Do you want me to join in personally?"
Wei Man shook his head and said: "Young Master, you must not get involved. This will only make the servants think that you are the mastermind behind all these incidents. If the Young Master can be awarded the title of Dabao in the future, this will also cause great damage to the Young Master's reputation. , Moreover, what if His Majesty is alive? How will he treat the young master? "
Gongzixiu couldn't help but nodded after hearing this.
Wei Man continued: "Young Master, I have actually found a candidate for you a long time ago. He is very suitable to be the youngest member of this useless elder."
Young Master Xiu cast a questioning look.
Wei Man slowly said: "Jun Changping, Young Master Sheng."
Young Master Xiu stood up and said, "What? Young Master Sheng? How could he be? Isn't he already out of the game?"
Wei Man nodded slightly and explained: "But the people standing behind him were unwilling to let him get out easily, so he could only hang half-dead like this."
Young Master Xiu asked, "What is the meaning of this statement?"
Wei Man said something extremely shocking to the other young master Xiu: "According to reliable information, after the Tai Chi Palace leakage incident, Young Master Sheng himself was trapped in the Tai Chi Palace and could not move forward or retreat."
Young Master Xiu said: "It has been more than a year since Young Master Sheng was removed from the title of king. I didn't expect that he would secretly enter the palace. I really didn't expect that. How did the gentleman know that Young Master Sheng was also trapped in the palace?"
Wei Man said: "I didn't notice Young Master Sheng at first. After all, he was out of the game a long time ago and is of no importance. Did you know that Young Master Sheng has a retainer of Feng Wei?"
Young Master Xiu nodded slightly and said, "Well, after Young Master Sheng fell out of favor, he switched to my service. I saw that he was quite talented, and he became a prison officer under Ting Wei Cheng Zhang You, so I simply accepted him. He was killed, could it be his news? Is his news reliable? "
Wei Mandao: "It was Feng Wei who accidentally leaked it when he was drunk. He has always been Gongzi Sheng's confidant. He often felt guilty after turning to Gongzi Sheng. Last month, he disguised himself to secretly visit Gongzi Sheng and found that Gongzi Sheng was not in the house. Go up, he doesn’t know where Young Master Sheng has gone. After I learned the news, I personally sent people to investigate Young Master Sheng’s residence and kept a close eye on him.”
"Later, tens of thousands of gold were spent to bribe the servants in their house. The information was accurate. The house had been claiming to the public that Young Master Sheng was in the house, but the servant, about ten months ago, someone secretly picked up Young Master Sheng at night. The servant still, Those mysterious people with high-pitched voices seemed to be sent by the palace. After confirming with many sources, I guessed that Young Master Sheng must have been admitted to the Tai Chi Palace. This ten thousand gold flower is absolutely worth it."
