Chapter 161: Their respective trends
The whole incident caused an uproar in Hanfeng Temple, and the three emperors who were the culprits were naturally not idle either.
"Your Highness, the matter seems to have been successful!" Jian Shichi hurriedly walked in from outside after inquiring about the news.
"Seriously?!" The third prince's eyes suddenly lit up as he was lying on the bed. He stood up excitedly and looked at Jian Shichi with a look of joy on his face.
"It should be true!" Jian Shichi nodded with certainty, "I asked a guard just now. I heard that the emperor was furious when he found out about it, so he took Xiang Guangtai out and beheaded him. Now Peng Xun is leading people to search for the whereabouts of King Qi. .”
"Has the assassin who was sent been caught?" the third prince asked, "How is King Qi doing now?"
Jian Shichi shook his head, "No, not only was the assassin's figure not found, but the entire back mountain was searched, and the whereabouts of King Qi was not found."
"That's good!" The third prince exhaled, "If he is caught, we have to find a way to get rid of him."
But Jian Shichi was not very happy, but instead had a sad look on his face, "Now the commander of the Suwei Envoy has become Peng Xun. Peng Xun has always remained neutral and has no hobbies. He is far more difficult to contact than Xiang Guangtai. "
"Peng Xun worked with Zuo Xiang in the early years. It can be said that he was promoted by Zuo Xiang. Now he has become the commander of Su Wei. I'm afraid it will be more difficult to install an informant around the emperor in the future."
The third prince looked excited, not too upset about this, "Hahaha! It doesn't matter! It's okay to be neutral! Xiang Guangtai has always been the confidant of the second prince. Now that he is dead, it is like cutting off the second prince. An arm of the prince.”
"Now that he has been granted death by the emperor, it can be regarded as getting rid of a serious concern of this prince. It can be regarded as a well-deserved death!"
"Without the thorn in Xiang Guangtai's side, the second prince is even more difficult to move forward. Now that he has been given the Tiger Talisman again, his control over the army is no longer as strong as before. Now he is probably drowning his sorrows in drinking!"
"That's what I said, but now King Qi can talk about Zuo Xiang's son-in-law, and Peng Xun is Zuo Xiang's man. Right now, Zuo Xiang is still relatively close to the eldest prince. The situation is extremely unfavorable for us. Should we take advantage of this? Take this opportunity to put some nails in Su Weishi?"
"We'll talk about this later. Don't rush it. Let's make this prince happy for a few days." The third prince issued an order to expel Jian Shichi. "This prince is already a little sleepy. Brother Jian, please go and investigate the situation now."
Seeing this, Jian Shichi had no choice but to leave angrily. When he left the room, he shook his head in disappointment and walked towards his room with complicated emotions.
The second prince, who knew about Xiang Guangtai's death, had a sad look on his face. In just a month or so, he was not only removed from the tiger talisman and given military power by the emperor, but now he also had an important informant removed from the guard.
His own power has been shrinking. Looking at the other three princes, although King Qi has been jumping up and down like a big horse monkey, he himself is poor and useless. It is not painful for him to be deprived of the right to inherit the throne.
Since the third prince's leg was blown off by King Qi, he has disappeared and is observing in secret.
Not to mention the eldest prince, he is a direct descendant himself, and the emperor has been deliberately supporting the eldest prince these years, so his voice is naturally the highest.
The power under him now would probably require the combined power of him and the third prince to compete with him.
Thinking about it this way, it turns out that there is little hope for him and the third prince to seize the throne. But if he and the third prince join forces to fight against the eldest prince, it will feel like a lump in the throat, which is really uncomfortable.
But if they don't unite with the third prince, their power will be eroded step by step, which makes the second prince very confused.
Is it really going to the final step?
The second prince put down his teacup, stood in front of the window and looked into the distance, looking at the chaotic scene outside, writing with a complicated mood.
It seems that I want to let the people over there make a fuss, and take the opportunity to distract the emperor, so that I can have a chance to consolidate. I can no longer pick up sesame seeds and throw away watermelons like this.
It just happened to let Tao Pengju speed up his pace, and he could no longer let him delay his important affairs because of the love between his children. If it really gets to that point, it will not only require a lot of manpower, but also a lot of gold and silver. Now that we have some manpower, the rest will need the gold and silver provided by Tao Pengju to recruit troops.
I finished writing the letter with mixed emotions, put it away, and waited for the noise outside to calm down before sending someone to deliver the letter.
Apart from these, the most important thing at the moment is to firmly seize the opportunity to let Shen Jianqiang, the Minister of Revenue, join his force. It would be okay if King Qi dies, but if he does not die, he will have to re-plan how to avenge Shen Xu.
Suddenly a flash of inspiration occurred, wasn't there an excellent opportunity in front of me? Now that King Qi's whereabouts are unknown, Xiang Guangtai's former subordinates are also searching for them, which allows them to act secretly. As long as they find King Qi's figure, they will take advantage of it...
The second prince had a flash of murderous intention, summoned his cronies, and ordered him to handle the matter personally.
Not only was the second prince's face full of sorrow, but even the eldest prince's face, which had nothing to do with him, was extremely ugly.
When he heard that the place where King Qi's accident happened was in the back mountain, the beating between his eyebrows did not stop, and he had an unpleasant feeling in his heart.
The conversation between him and his mother was because he was afraid of being heard, so he chose a quiet place in the back mountain. Unexpectedly, King Qi was also in the back mountain at that time. Although there was a small chance that King Qi could hear it, it still made him feel sad. A moment of irritability.
However, the eldest prince then thought about it carefully and realized that it would be good to be heard by King Qi. King Qi learned about Xue Ruyue's feelings for him, and now he knew about his intentions, so he was honest and honest, which in turn eliminated his wariness against him.
What's a bit troublesome is that if he learns about his other intentions, it will cause immeasurable cracks in the alliance between them.
The eldest prince now lost his former coolness and lay on the bed tossing and turning in annoyance.
That’s it! So what if there is a rift, at least for now their goals are the same. It's just that after they eliminate the threat of the second and third princes, they will be in some trouble for themselves.
However, those troubles are just minor troubles for me, and they won't make me feel helpless. After all, by that time, I will basically have the situation decided.
Just when the princes were having different thoughts, Meng Ruolang was sitting in Meng Ruoxi's room having a secret conversation with her.
"Sister! Who do you think the man in black is?" Meng Ruolang finished telling Meng Ruoxi what happened just now, and winked at her slyly.
"Who else could be there besides her?" Meng Ruoxi said calmly.
"Tch!" Meng Ruolang curled her lips, "It's really boring!"
"Sister, why do you think eldest brother got into trouble with this woman?" Meng Ruolang said with a playful smile.
"How do I know this?" Meng Ruoxi rolled her eyes, "I can't tell you when I was molested by King Qi when I was on the street. Due to my identity, I couldn't take action against King Qi, so I kept observing in secret, and now I found this It’s a good time to take action directly.”
Meng Ruolang stared at Meng Ruoxi's plain expression playfully, "Sister! This statement is not convincing at all!"
"What do you mean?" Meng Ruoxi's expression also changed, and she frowned at him.
"Hee hee!" Meng Ruolang smiled maliciously, "You can't possibly not know the news that eldest brother shamelessly fooled around with women last time. The news that spread is 80% true. Now the woman who assassinated eldest brother is a woman. Rakshasa, I don’t believe you don’t associate these two things together!”
Meng Ruolang didn't notice Meng Ruoxi's somewhat gloomy expression at all, and continued talking to himself, "Brother is really awesome! He can even hook up with that female Rakshasa! In my opinion, the assassination of eldest brother this time is probably a woman. Rakshasa was taken advantage of by his elder brother and came here to take revenge!"
"Zizzizi! That female Rakshasa's face is not much worse than your sister, and her figure is even..." Meng Ruolang felt a cold light on his back, and a chill ran down his back. As soon as he raised his head hesitantly, he saw his sister staring at him with evil eyes.
"What else?" Meng Ruoxi said with a smile, "Why don't you go on? Keep going! I just want to hear it too!"
"That..." Meng Ruolang shrank her neck, fear growing in her heart, "My figure is not as good as my sister's, so I just rely on my face to confuse my eldest brother! It's so shameless! And so does my eldest brother! How can you be deceived by beauty! Obviously there are He married such a beautiful woman as my sister and went out to cause trouble! He deserves to be assassinated!"
"Hmph!" Seeing that Meng Ruolang was so aware of current affairs, Meng Ruoxi sneered, rolled her eyes and turned her head away from him.
Seeing that Meng Ruoxi did not continue to find trouble, she breathed a sigh of relief with lingering fear and collapsed on the table as if she had collapsed.
The room fell into silence. When the cold sweat on his forehead dissipated, Meng Ruolang hurriedly said goodbye to Meng Ruoxi, "I have finished what I need to say. I will go back to the room to sleep."
"Wait!" Meng Ruoxi stopped Meng Ruolang, "Did anything invisible happen between you and Xiaoyu before?"
"No!" Meng Ruolang shook her head rapidly, fearing that if she denied it too slowly, her sister would think differently.
"Really?" Meng Ruoxi looked at him suspiciously, with an unkind look on her face. When she saw him nodding seriously, she put away the unkind look on her face, "That's good! I'm not here until now. There is a barrier between you, but without my approval, if you dare to have an invisible incident with Xiaoyu, then I won't be polite as a sister!"
"I know!" Meng Ruolang agreed quickly and said with a smile, "Then can I go back to the room now?"
"Let's go back!"
Seeing her sister speaking, Meng Ruolang fled back to the room without saying anything.
When Meng Ruoxi was the only one left in the room, Meng Ruoxi's unwavering face was instantly shrouded in haze, she bit her lower lip tightly, the cold light in her eyes was revealed, and a frightening murderous intention burst out.
