Gu Jin is back.

This news immediately spread throughout the mansions of every official in the capital, and also spread to the palace gate, and to the harem deep in the courtyard.

Who is Gu Jin?

At the age of nineteen, he was not only good at poetry, but also good at calligraphy and painting, and was a great talent in the capital. He was sharp, like a mighty wind, blowing into the court that was addicted to the miasma.

That's right, today's court is filthy, and all of this is due to party struggle, and the struggle is not only between the two forces.

On one side is the civilian official group headed by Prime Minister Zuo, on the other side is the military general force headed by General Cen, and in addition, there are also the queen's cronies who are dormant in secret.

No matter which side wants to win over Gu Jin, who is both talented and good-looking, and wants him to be used for himself.

However, Gu Jin had his own plans.

He studied hard for decades, not to let the country sink day by day in the party struggle, but to show his grand ambitions, make the country stronger, and defeat the barbarians in the north, in the Western Regions, and in the southern Xinjiang.

He resolutely refuses to be in the same stream as these people, and his sleeves are breezy.

But how could he alone confront the various groups?

It's just an egg hitting a stone, and a mayfly shaking a tree.

Many parties fight, and the first to go out is the one who wants to be alone.

Three years later, when Gu Jin was twenty-two years old, Prime Minister Zuo and the queen's cronies framed Gu Jin, and he was degraded to the land of smoke and miasma, which was three years.

Another three years, at the age of twenty-five, he returned to the Central Plains.

This time he was different from before, he was no longer sharp, he had become sleek and sophisticated, and he could greet anyone with a smile. Colleagues naturally thought that he had lived enough in Lingnan, and when he got the opportunity to come back, of course, he had to be sensible and obedient.

Gu Jin didn't explain or refute, just smiled faintly.

After returning to the court, the atmosphere in the court was even more solemn than before he was demoted, and the emperor who reluctantly came to the court coughed from time to time, and the officials had different expressions, each with a ghost.

The old emperor was not in good health, and although this matter was strictly forbidden to be spread outside, it had long become a tacit secret.

Gu Jin's face was expressionless, and no one could tell what he was thinking.

At this time, the eunuch sent a message, and General Cen Qingcen asked to see him.

The Cen family has guarded the Western Regions for generations, and after the death of General Cen last year, Cen Qing took over the burden.

Gu Jin originally thought that Cen Qing was a man, but only now did she know that Cen Qing was actually a female Jiao'e.

She is also like a gust of wind, completely different from this court minister with ghosts. When she retreated, she turned around and suddenly smiled faintly at Gu Jin.

Gu Jin's heart rippled.

But this ripple is like a spring flower that quickly withers after a rain.

This time, as before, there were still many people who came to invite him into the urn, but this time it was not just a simple struggle for power, but - to seize the heir.

This time, Gu Jin still quietly refused, not because he still wanted to be independent alone, but because he stood on the side of the five princes.

There is no other reason.

Three years ago, he was tragically framed, and he almost couldn't save his life, but it was the mother of the fifth prince who saved him. In order to repay the favor, he naturally wanted to become the guest of the five princes.

However, from his own point of view, he is really not optimistic about the five princes.

The five princes have been favored since childhood, and they have never had tribulations, and their eyes are not accurate. Although Gu Jin has become his subordinate, there are other people he values and trusts the most, and these people have mediocre qualifications in Gu Jin's opinion, and I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve great things.

The mother concubine of the fifth prince hoped that Gu Jin could give more guidance to the five princes.

As the so-called loyalty is contrary to the ear, the five princes and Gu Jin have different opinions, and the other advisers under him are jealous of Gu Jin's talent and learning, so they stir up trouble between the two, causing the five princes to suspect that Gu Jin is actually a fine work sent to him by the third prince.

This third prince is the one who fights the most with the five princes right now.

Since then, the five princes have pressed on Gu Jin step by step, and even moved with killing intent.

Gu Jin felt that he had already done everything he had to do, and he had returned this kindness, the other party didn't trust him, so why did he bother to defend himself?

At this time, he received a letter from the Seventh Prince, inviting him to go to the mansion to enjoy the flowers.

Flower viewing is naturally an excuse, and it is definitely not about flowers to talk about, so to go, or not to go?

The Seventh Prince has always been low-key, simple and simple, and seems to have no desires, but inviting Gu Jin to meet at this outlet can be said to have exposed half of his ambitions.

Gu Jin decided to go to the banquet.

He has his own plans.

If this great country really falls into the hands of a straw bale like the five princes, the foundation established by the ancestors will be ruined, and even if he dies, he will have a guilty conscience.

These Seven Princes seem to be at least a little smarter than the Five Princes.

Sure enough, the Seven Princes were far superior to the Five Princes in terms of bearing, knowledge and talent, and he hid himself because his strength was not enough for him to stand in front of the stage, and he didn't dare to be too sharp.

Gu Jin finally decided to help the Seven Princes, and he wrote down a list to tell the Seven Princes who could be wooed and who they had to guard against.

When the five princes and the third princes were in deep trouble, the seven princes secretly displayed their positions under their noses, and both families noticed his movements, but they really couldn't deal with the seven princes.

Until the people of the five princes were found to have embezzled a huge amount of money by the three princes and sued in front of the emperor, the power of the five princes suffered a heavy blow, and they had to fall silent for a while.

Suddenly, the third prince became a big celebrity, and almost everyone thought that he was the crown prince.

While he was praised as a fairy, he could finally divide his mind and clean up the Seven Princes.

The Seventh Prince could no longer maintain his obscurity, and finally stood in front of the stage.

The three princes began to investigate the power of the Seven Princes, peeling off the cocoons and touching the melons along the vine, but the more they investigated, the more terrifying they became, because now the power of the Seven Princes is not much worse than that of Prime Minister Zuo's civil official group back then.

The advisor bluntly said that Gu Jin was helping the Seven Princes to coordinate everything, and suggested that Gu Jin should start with him, and as long as Gu Jin died, it would be easy to solve the Seven Princes.

So the three princes found a killer to assassinate Gu Jin, Gu Jin took advantage of the situation to cheat to death, and the golden cicada came out of its shell. It was Cen Qing who protected and assisted him in cheating his death.

Cen Qing was raised in the palace when he was a child, and he and the Seventh Prince were childhood sweethearts, and the two broke off their relationship after growing up. In fact, this is a play between the two, they have an excellent relationship, in this succession, she also stood behind the Seven Princes and cooperated with Gu Jin.

Just when the three princes thought they were victorious, Gu Jin appeared and sued the three princes for treason.

This is a bureau set up by Gu Jin, he has long spread the news of the three princes' attempts to rebel in the market, and it has been blown to the ears of the old emperor, and at the same time, the yellow robe and letters exchanged with many people were found from the three princes' mansions, which confirmed the charge of the three princes for rebellion.

The mother of the third prince pleaded for mercy, and his life was saved, but since then he has been under house arrest and can never leave the mansion again.

Since then, the originally inconspicuous Seven Princes are only one step away from the pinnacle of power.

The old emperor's physical condition became worse and worse, and the five princes, who had been silent for a long time and had never given up, decided to bet on all the bets, and at the instigation of the concubine, they falsely passed the holy decree and summoned the seven princes into the palace, but in fact, they brought the army and tried to kill the seven princes at the palace gate.

Gu Jin had been prepared for this, and he arranged for Cen Qing to bring the army to change his clothes, disguise himself as an attendant, and ambush him at the palace gate.

When the two sides met, Cen Qing struck first, wounding the legs of the five princes with an arrow, and then the seventh prince personally inserted the blade into the heart of the five princes.

This matter reached the ears of the seriously ill old emperor within an hour.

He knew that he could no longer control the court and Miyagi, and after writing the edict of succession, he died in a sad state of mind.

The seventh prince succeeded to the throne and reused his ministers, wanting to worship Gu Jin as prime minister.

Gu Jin refused.

He thinks that everything he should do and what he can do has been done, and now he just wants to follow Cen Qing to the Western Regions to see the desert and the long river.

After the Seventh Prince repeatedly tried to keep him to no avail, he had no choice but to let him go.

He and Cen Qing walked slowly all the way to the west.

Father and son are filial piety, and the country is extended.

Between the green mountains and green waters, thousands of miles of mountains and rivers are immortal.