Chu Lingxuan also said that he had gone to Shaanxi Province and Shuxi Province before, and on behalf of the Nine Emperor Princes and the Chu family, he met with the military and local administrators of these two provinces.

Because more than two months ago, Uncle Wang Guo's uncle said that his father was seriously ill and was afraid that he would die soon. The queen cried when she found out, although the emperor especially hoped that the cruel old man would die soon, but he still gave a lot of good medicinal materials, and also granted the leave of the brothers of the Wang family. The brothers took their wives and children back to Nanzhong Province to visit their father, saying that if the father came back to life, they would come back after the New Year. If the old father dies, he has to stay at home. In the royal family of the capital, there is only one sister-in-law left, and some children of the clan.

The Nine Emperors and the Chu family felt that the Second Prince and the Wang Uncle's party were extremely abnormal, and they also began to deploy secretly.

Before Chu Lingxuan returned to Dingzhou Mansion from the south, he first went to the capital, met with the Marquis of Chu and the third master, and learned something that shocked and pleased him.

Listening to the Marquis of Chu, in the middle of the month, the emperor privately told the Nine Emperors, the Marquis of Chu and a few henchmen that even if the time is not fully ripe now, he will crown the Nine Emperors as the crown prince after the year.

Because the emperor's health was already very bad, he began to cough up blood a few days ago, and he didn't know how long he could live. He wanted to hand over the power to this son in his lifetime, and then pull down the second prince's foreign family, the Wang family, the Yue family, the Zhao family, and the third prince's foreign family, the Sun family. Especially the Wang family, the forces in the army are intertwined and must be eradicated. The incriminating evidence of several of them has been found, and they will do it when the Wang family comes back.

But the emperor was merciful, and he couldn't bear to be cruel to the second prince and the third prince, and asked the ninth prince to treat these two brothers well in the future. said that these two people had no reliance, and they couldn't set off big waves, so they let them live.

This matter is absolutely secret, and only the emperor, the Nine Emperor Princes, the Marquis of Chu, the Third Master of Chu, and several other absolute henchmen of the emperor know.

The Chu family, who knew the truth, was overjoyed, and after enduring it for so many years, they were finally going to succeed. Although the main branch of the Wang family went to Nanzhong Province, the second prince was in the capital, and they did not dare to act rashly.

The reason why Chu Lingxuan, the top secret, was able to tell Chen Afu was because the Chu family had regarded Chen Afu as the core member of the family, and he had never hidden it from her.

Chen Afu was also very happy when he heard about this. She was afraid that she would get carried away and be heard laughing, so she covered her mouth with a handkerchief.

But Chu Lingxuan's voice changed, and he said another bad thing. More than half a month ago, that is, on the fourteenth day of the lunar month of the previous year, the second prince told the emperor that he had a dream, dreaming that the first emperor had a dream, saying that he learned in heaven that the emperor was not in good health, and he was very worried and cried.

The second prince wept bitterly and said that as a grandson and son, it was his great unfilial piety to let his grandfather live uneasily in the spirit of heaven, and let his father be tortured by illness and have nothing to do. He wanted to go to Baoguo Temple to burn incense and vegetarian for a month, so that his grandfather's dead soul could be peaceful, and his father could take care of his body......

The emperor felt that he was thinking about it every day and dreaming at night, and the second son must have been worried about his body, so he dreamed of the first emperor's dream. Seeing his second son like this, the emperor was relieved and moved, and even blamed himself a little, feeling sorry for him. not only approved his invitation, but also vigorously praised the filial piety of the second prince.

The emperor was a little confused by the emotion, and before the second prince stepped back, he actually said, "Father knows that you are a good boy who is brave and loyal, but ...... Hey, go for it. ”

At that time, the Nine Emperor Princes were also present. The emperor's statement made the Nine Emperors "chuckle" in their hearts, although his words were not explicitly stated, the meaning was already very clear. He saw that the body of the second prince was also reined, and he lost it in an instant, and knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor, and said movingly, "Father Xie's love for his sons, and his sons will always remember it." ”

On the morning of the fifteenth, the second prince took his entourage to Baoguo Temple on the outskirts of Beijing.

The Nine Emperors, the Marquis of Chu, and the Third Master all felt that the Second Prince's move was abnormal, but they didn't know what tricks he was playing, so they had to pay attention to his movements.

Three days ago, that is, on the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, Chu Lingxuan suddenly received a letter sent by the Marquis of Chu, saying that the second prince used the golden cicada shelling method - he ran away, and it was the second prince's stand-in who went to Baoguo Temple to burn incense.

According to the analysis of the Marquis of Chu, the second prince is likely to have gone to Nanzhong Province. Because Dingzhou is the only place to go south of the capital, he definitely doesn't dare to take this road, he must take a detour to Jiaodong and then go south.

The second prince is the eldest among the living princes, and he is from the middle palace, and he is justified as the prince. If the emperor declares the Nine Emperors as the crown princes, the second prince and the Wang family are likely to rebel in the name of "the seriously ill emperor being bewitched or held hostage by the Nine Emperors", and then rebel in the name of "Qing Jun's side......

Chu Lingxuan smashed the kang table with his fist and said in a low voice, "The second prince must have been out of trouble by the thirtieth night, and everyone relaxed their vigilance during the New Year, so people went to hijack my mother at this time." ”

With so much information, Chen Afu was unable to digest it for a while, and he was stunned.

Chu Lingxuan said suspiciously, "The emperor's idea should not have been revealed by someone who knows the inside story, but by the master around the second prince." Perhaps, they had already arrived, so they let Wang Guozhang go to Nanzhong Province first, and then bring many children over, and put Yang Qing in that key position. They should be preparing with both hands, if the second prince is crowned prince, of course it is better, if not, they will support the second prince to rebel. Therefore, the brothers of the Wang family all went with their families, and then the second prince went over again......"

Chen Afu came to her senses, of course she couldn't say that the second prince was a reborn person, knowing that the emperor would crown the ninth prince as the crown prince after the year, and find another opportunity to destroy the Wang family next year. By doing so, he was fighting to the death. Then he said, "It would be good if you kidnapped the second prince on the road." Let the tiger return to the mountain, it will be difficult to deal with in the future. ”

Chu Lingxuan shook his head and said, "It's not entirely a bad thing for the second prince to go to Nanzhong Province. The emperor is benevolent, and always feels that the second prince is benevolent, filial, and respectful. Even when he was young, he was stubborn and ruthless, and the emperor thought that it was because the queen did not teach him well, and it was the Wang family who instilled bad things. As the second prince grew up, those problems were gone. The second prince returned to Nanzhong to rebel, and only then did he have a legitimate reason to eradicate the roots. Just a southern central province can't set off big waves. When the time comes, the three sides will attack, catch the turtle in the ......" and said, "The general situation is like this, you don't have to worry about it." ”

Since they have a plan, Chen Afu certainly doesn't have to worry about it. I told him about the placement of dust.

Chu Lingxuan nodded and sighed, "My mother is a bodhisattva, because Uncle Luo and I were injured, and several brothers died, so I am very sad. I'm busy now, I don't have time to relieve her, tomorrow you still let Brother Yu and Brother Ming accompany her. ”

Chen Afu nodded, watching him sink into a dream as soon as he lay down.

Chen Afu gently wiped his brows that were still slightly frowning when he fell asleep. He felt that his brow seemed to be flat and his breathing was even, so he got up and blew out the candle and went back to the bedroom to rest.