Hearing this, Young Master Xiu said with a solemn expression, "Did you find someone behind Young Master Sheng just now who was unwilling to do so? Could it be the secret agent of Zhao Chuxia, the young master?"
Wei Man nodded and said: "Young Master Mingjian, after all, this Young Master Sheng was born to Zhao Chu's biological sister Zhao Ji. It is understandable that he wants to raise his own nephew. If Zhao Ji hadn't died early that year, this person who presides over the government would The court may not have anything to do with Huo Zheng, the prince may have been replaced by Young Master Sheng, and Zhao Chu may have become the famous Prime Minister Zhao by now."
"What a pity! It's better to calculate than to calculate. I suspect that Zhao Chu also wants to get Young Master Sheng into the palace to run it properly. Maybe he can actually turn it around."
Hearing this, Young Master Xiu said excitedly: "Okay! Okay! Help me. I already have a child who will give birth to a young child. But are you sure that Young Master Sheng is in the palace?"
Wei Man shook his head and said: "I'm not 100% sure that Young Master Sheng is in the palace, but I'm 100% certain that Young Master Sheng is not in his palace, but that's not important. What's important is that the East Palace side has to believe that Young Master Sheng is. Right here in the palace, that’s the key.”
Young Master Xiu nodded and said: "What you said is absolutely true. As long as your dear fourth brother and His Highness the Crown Prince believe it, that's enough. I didn't expect that there would be a chance for things to turn around."
Young Master Xiu thought of the old man Zhao Chu, and felt vaguely uneasy, and said, "Mr. Wei, how do you think Young Master Zhao Chu will use Young Master Sheng to ascend to the throne?"
Wei Man smiled softly and said: "It's just as we thought. There are four words: "Abolish the old and establish the young." At this stage, we don't need to pay too much attention to this old man Zhao Chu. Our common interest now is to get rid of the old man. Prince, as long as the prince dies or is deposed, then it will be time for us to start the real contest."
Young Master Xiu nodded and said, "Sir, what you said makes sense. You are really my arm."
After saying this, Young Master Sheng laughed out loud.
Wei Man smiled slightly, as if he already had a chance to win...
In Qingyang City, in a private room in Chunjiang Tower, Wu Xie was playing chess and pouring himself a drink leisurely. The window of the private room faced the river flowing through the city. The river was full of people and boats were coming. Go, it's very lively.
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door of the private room. After the door was pushed open, the person was seen wearing a bamboo hat, his face could not be seen clearly, he was not tall, but his clothes were ordinary.
When Wu Xie saw him coming in, he poured a glass of wine for the visitor without saying hello. The visitor seemed to have been used to it for a long time. He took off his bamboo hat and put it aside, and drank a glass of wine by himself.
He turned to look at the scenery outside and sighed: "Old Wu, you are really good at choosing a place. The location of this humble wine shop has a good view..."
Wu Xie smiled slightly and said: "Well, it's really not bad. I am now the owner of the wine shop. If you have time in the future, you can come here to drink. The money for the wine will be charged to my account."
The visitor drank a glass of wine minding his own business and said with a smile: "That's a good feeling! It also saves a lot of money on drinks. I, Feng, will definitely come here to drink and see if I can drink you up."
The person who came was unexpectedly Feng Wei, a retainer in An Guojun's mansion.
Wu Xie heard this and said with a smile: "You will never make me poor in this life."
Feng Wei took another sip of wine and said something incomprehensible: "Old Wu, it's business, the fish is hooked."
Wu Xie said with a solemn expression: "Okay! Very good! If there is no young master Xiu to add fuel to the fire behind his back, the prince may not really dare to make up his mind to fight."
A hint of admiration flashed in Feng Wei's eyes, and he said: "Old Wu, I really admire you. The young master is just an idle clan member now, but you can bring him into the game. If the young master knows his position as king, , it was you and Lao Zhao who set up the game, I really don’t know how the young master should feel.”
Hearing this, Wu Xie smiled and said, "Don't take me with you. This is Lao Zhao's genius. Now that Young Master Sheng has been exempted from the title of king, there is a lot to be done. If things can be done, even if your Majesty has no idea about this, From what I have noticed, Your Majesty will not doubt us, let alone a young master who has no intention of fighting for the throne. However, we should not get too excited now. This is only the first step. Whether we can send the young master up will ultimately depend on us. meaning."
Feng Wei said in disbelief: "Old Wu, I don't understand. You are from a wealthy family in the Yue Kingdom. Your family has vast hectares of fertile land and you don't have to worry about food and clothing. You don't do a good job as an official. You give in at every turn." Your boss is scornful. Even when Zhao Chu was the governor of Zhuo County, you two could still get along. Why do you have to get involved in this dispute over the reserve position? What benefits did Lao Zhao give you? So He has to send his own nephew up there with all his heart and soul? This one is not good, it may be a serious crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan!"
Wu Xie smiled slightly and said: "In life, there are some things that you know you can't do, but you do it. Only in this way will your journey in this world be considered in vain. Putting aside my personal relationship with Lao Zhao, if I can do it, I, Wu, will have no regrets in my life when Master Sheng offers me the throne of the Jin Dynasty."
"After all, the young master has half of our Yue people's blood flowing in his body. If he can sit on the throne that the Jin people have fought for for hundreds of years, he will be able to avenge the Jin Kingdom's destruction and the Yue Kingdom's destruction in 2000. "
Feng Wei nodded slightly and said: "That's right. Old Wu, you are still in a high state of mind. I can only look up at the mountain."
Wu Xie said: "Old Zhao also contributed a lot behind the scenes to make this possible, otherwise the young master would not have been recruited into the palace in advance as a key wedge to leverage the situation."
When Feng Wei heard this, he sighed: "Thieves steal pearls, and princes steal countries. The so-called big thieves are people like you and Lao Zhao..."
When Wu Xie heard this, he smiled calmly and said: "A big thief? It's hard to say that Young Master Sheng is still the blood of His Majesty..."
After Wu Xie finished speaking, he faced the chessboard in front of him, held the black chess piece, took a step, and said thoughtfully:
"I don't know if Lao Zhao and I together are qualified to play a game with His Majesty today. It's too early to say victory at this time. This is just the beginning, and the fun is yet to come..."
Feng Wei heard this and was noncommittal.
Qingyang Palace, the main hall of the East Palace, at this time His Highness the Crown Prince was reviewing the memorial. After a while, a mysterious envoy holding a gold medal placed a secret letter on the desk of His Highness the Crown Prince without any hindrance. After reading the secret letter, the Crown Prince's expression changed. It was extremely ugly and he gave the secret message to Qin Shao and others.
After reading the contents of the secret letter, Qin Shao looked solemn and sighed: "Your Highness, we don't have to wait any longer. Today we must give Huo and Lu a clear punishment for breaking into the palace."
After reading the secret letter, Liu Yu also said: "I really didn't expect Huo and Lu to be so shameless. It was immediately clear that Cui Xiangguo could be released only after His Majesty comes out of confinement."
The prince stood up, turned around a few times, and asked, "What do you think Huo and Lu Erran are doing?"
Liu Yu said: "Two possibilities are that His Majesty has returned, and there is another possibility that His Majesty's cultivation has gone awry and he is unable to manage politics, so Huo and Lu have been deliberately stalling for time."
After hearing this, Qin Shao agreed: "I agree with Liu Yu's analysis. I have a plan. We can use this to test what Huo and Lu Erran want to do?"
When the prince heard what Qin Shao said, he nodded in agreement.
At this time, outside the east gate of Taiji Palace, the prince personally brought all the civil and military officials from other dynasties to the east gate. They found that the gate of Taiji Palace was tightly closed. They could not break in unless they found siege equipment. , but once siege equipment is used, the nature of the whole thing changes.
The prince stepped forward and shouted loudly to the Imperial Guards officers at the palace gate, asking to see Prime Minister Huo. The Imperial Guards officer lay on the tower and saw that it was the Prince. He did not dare to neglect, and immediately turned around to inform Prime Minister Huo of the Xuanzheng Yuan. .
Huo Zheng heard the words and quickly arrived at the palace gate tower. When he saw the prince leading hundreds of civil and military officials to break into the palace, he was extremely helpless and did not dare to offend the prince. He just stood on the tower, bowed to the prince from a distance and said:
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come a long way, and I am waiting for you at a distance."
Before the prince could say anything, a princeling official next to him stepped forward, pointed at Huo Zheng, and scolded: "Prime Minister Huo, is this how you welcome His Highness the Crown Prince? Where are the ministers standing on the tower to welcome the King? It's really rude. , His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the crown prince of the country, and there is a difference between the king and his ministers. Prime Minister Huo, why don’t you quickly open the palace door and greet His Highness the Crown Prince with a grand ceremony?"
When Huo Zheng heard this, his expression changed slightly, but he still politely raised his hand to the prince and said: "Replying to your highness, it is not that I am rude, but that I have the emperor's order. From today on, the palace door will be closed tightly. Outsiders are not allowed to come in and out at will. I also I can only stay high on the city tower, welcome His Highness from afar, and hope that His Highness will forgive me."
The official next to him was about to ask for something, but the prince waved his hand to stop him and said to Huo Zheng on the tower: "Huo Xiangguo, I understand your difficulty. I didn't come here today to force my way into the palace. I came here today just to do something." When I met His Majesty, I also prepared some of His Majesty's favorite medicinal meals, which were made by my own hands to express my filial piety."
When Huo Zheng heard this, he felt helpless and secretly murmured, "What a useless medicinal diet. Now His Majesty likes to eat raw meat with blood. If you are really filial, it might be better to bring a live cow or sheep to show your filial piety."
Huo Zheng said: "I am inexplicably impressed by His Highness the Crown Prince's filial piety towards His Majesty. I will definitely convey it to His Majesty and let His Majesty know."
Then he ordered a Forbidden Army soldier to go down to the city to get the medicinal food for His Highness the Crown Prince. The palace door opened slightly, a gap that a person could barely pass through, and a Forbidden Army soldier ran out. He stepped forward and bowed respectfully to His Highness the Crown Prince. Then he wanted to ask for the medicinal food brought by the prince, but the prince waved his hand and ignored it.
Seeing this situation, the prince knew that Huo Zheng had to close the palace door tightly, otherwise they would go in. The prince stepped forward and took the food box from the entourage, walked forward and bowed to Huo Zheng:
"Thank you Prime Minister for your kindness. I still want to meet you in person and show my filial piety in front of the emperor. I also hope that the Prime Minister can be accommodating and allow my father and son to meet."
Huo Zheng didn't expect that the prince would come so suddenly. The biggest reason is to suppress others with filial piety. If he still resisted, it would be hard to find an excuse, so he had no choice but to respond:
"Replying to His Majesty the Crown Prince, His Majesty is in the midst of a Qing Dynasty, so it is really inconvenient to disturb him. Please rest assured, Your Majesty the Crown Prince, I will definitely convey His Majesty's filial piety to His Majesty."
Qin Shao, who was following the prince at this time, finally couldn't help it anymore and stepped forward to accuse Huo Zheng and said: "Huo Xiangguo, I respect you as the prime minister. The prime minister is both the head of all officials and the role model for all officials. How can you stop him?" His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, respects filial piety in front of the emperor. Our dynasty has always encouraged filial piety, and filial piety is the first priority when serving as king and minister. Do you, Prime Minister Huo, want to put His Highness the Crown Prince in a position of disloyalty and unfilial piety?"
When Huo Zheng heard this, he felt mixed feelings in his heart, his face kept changing, and he seemed to have made some decision in his heart. He bowed his hands to the prince on the tower and said:
"Your Highness, wait a moment. I will go to the inner palace to ask for your Majesty's orders."
As Huo Zheng disappeared behind the tower, Qin Shao smiled proudly. It depends on how you, old thief Huo, behave.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince turned his head and asked Qin Shao: "Qin Shao, do you think Huo Zheng will let Gu go to meet His Majesty?"
Qin Shao came forward and said firmly: "Huo Zheng will definitely try every means to prevent His Highness from entering the palace. If Huo Zheng dares to risk such disgrace this time and prevent His Highness from entering the palace to meet the Holy Spirit, then Lu and Huo Er The person must have a very big plan, and I am afraid that your majesty will be in trouble, so your highness, you must make preparations in advance..."
The prince was shocked when he heard this. He knew what the words "prepare early" meant. Just in case, he had to seize power in advance.
