The assassination of the crown prince in the East Palace, the news of the killing of the prince immediately spread in an uproar, and it didn't even arrive the next morning, but it spread that night.

When Xingzhe got up for breakfast at noon the next day, the people around him were discussing this matter, but no one knew who did it.

Now Xingzhe is wearing men's clothes, and finally he doesn't need women's clothes, it's so uncomfortable to wear a skirt, Xingzhe stepped on the corner of his skirt several times when he walked and almost fell.

The Three Princes' Mansion.

After the death of the crown prince, the impact on the entire situation of the battle for the throne was very great, so Xingzhe hurriedly finished breakfast early in the morning and went to find the third prince Qin Yu.

"How could the eldest brother be assassinated suddenly, hey, what the hell is going on?"

Qin Yu was a little restless, although he wanted to win the throne, he didn't want to kill the crown prince, but the prince died like this, and his heart was really uncomfortable.

"The death of the prince should be an accident, I don't know what trouble he caused, he was able to attack the prince's east palace, and he was able to successfully assassinate the prince, and he was able to escape with his whole body, one person will definitely not be able to do it,"

Qin Yu didn't know that Xingzhe did it, and he couldn't suspect Xingzhe. Just like Xingzhe said, the Prince's East Palace is heavily guarded, and not everyone can attack it.

If it weren't for a long period of preparation and planning, the plan to assassinate the crown prince would have been almost impossible to complete. If the crown prince is really so good at assassinating, then the second prince will directly send a few masters to assassinate the prince, and everything will be OK.

"The eldest brother was assassinated, and the second brother will definitely take over the property and soldiers of the eldest brother in a short time, do we still need to continue to wait now? If we wait any longer, I'm afraid we won't have a chance. ”

The biggest threat is gone, the second prince will definitely show his skills, but there is no way for him to ascend the throne in a short time, and there is no way to ascend the throne before he finds the jade seal.

Although the second prince did not regard Qin Yu as a competitor and could not ascend the throne in a short time, if he took over the prince's property and troops, his strength would at least double.

In that case, even if Qin Yu had the help of the rebel army and the Qing Gang, he would not have much chance of winning against the second prince.

"We can't wait any longer, we must act immediately, the prince's property and military strength do not belong to the second prince, you are also the prince, you can also rob it. What should I do now, I think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should know better than me, right? ”

Now it's time for a showdown, we can't let the second prince's family dominate, and now we must balance it with the second prince, so that the second prince will not dare to act rashly.

Otherwise, if the second prince noticed that Qin Yu was also going to seize the throne, then the consequences would be unimaginable. If that situation happens, and the second prince finds an excuse to directly attack Qin Yu, then the probability of Qin Yu being defeated is too high.

So the best way now is to grab resources with the second prince, and whoever has an advantage in resources will have an advantage in the whole situation.

"Then let's act now, give instructions to the relevant ministers, and let them immediately start dividing and planning the property and forces of the eldest brother."

The Second Prince's Mansion.

The second prince sat on the throne, as before, his eyes were cold, with an incomprehensible profundity, and a calm calm like the wind and waves.

"The prince was assassinated, Taiyi, what do you think about this matter?"

The calm sound is like the water of the Dead Sea, when the wind blows, and it can't make any waves.

"The prince was assassinated, there are nothing more than two situations, the first situation is vendetta, that is to say, the prince provoked someone who should not be provoked outside, and people came to seek revenge."

Taiyi analyzed.

"What about the other situation, what is it?"

The second prince asked.

"Another situation is that because of a conflict of interest, you have to kill the crown prince in order to achieve your goal and obtain benefits."

"It's not good, now everyone in the Tang Dynasty knows about the conflict between me and the prince, the prince was assassinated, and the murderer's hat will be buckled on my head nine times out of ten."

The second prince's tone was a little anxious, but his expression was still very calm, and there was no change at all.

"Yes, it is estimated that most people will think that Your Highness sent someone to assassinate the crown prince, and they will be extra wary of you, but this is not the most fatal. The worst thing is that the people will treat you as a person who will stop at nothing to achieve his ends. This will make Your Highness's image in the eyes of the people plummet, and it will have a great impact on whether you can succeed in ascending the throne. ”

Taiyi nodded, and the expression on his pale face was very solemn, as if he was thinking about something.

"Affect my accession to the throne? The crown prince has been assassinated, who else but me can inherit the throne? Whether the people want to accept it or not, I am their only choice. ”

The second prince disagreed, and his tone was very proud, but his expression was still a pool of stagnant water, and he was not shocked.

"No, there is one more person who can ascend the throne."

Taiyi said with a serious expression.

"And one more? Who...... Third! ”

The second prince was suddenly startled, and he suddenly thought that there was another person who had the qualifications to compete with him for the throne, and that was Qin Yu, the third prince who was not interested in the throne.

Although the third prince Qin Yu was not interested in the throne, and he had never learned the art of the emperor, the threat of the third prince was the lowest, whether it was the crown prince or the second prince himself, none of them regarded the third prince as a competitor.

But the prestige of the three princes among the people is quite high, and the various things that the three princes have done are widely spread among the people, if the three princes want to compete for the throne, it must be a very strong opponent.

"That's right, even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been assassinated, then if Your Highness wants to sit on the throne, you have to find a way to snatch it from the hands of the Third Highness. With the popularity of His Royal Highness among the people, I believe that even if His Royal Highness does not want to be the emperor, the people will push him to be the emperor. ”

Rather than an iron-fisted emperor, the common people would rather choose a person they like to be the emperor, even if that person has no talent.

Most of the common people are just people with little education, they don't think about how the country will develop, they have no vision, they only care about the immediate interests.

So they will choose the third prince Qin Yu to be the emperor, not to mention that they don't know if the three princes have talent, but the three princes do not do less for the people, which is enough.

What the people need is not an emperor who can make the Tang Dynasty prosperous, what they need is an emperor who can bring them benefits.

No matter how prosperous Datang is, what does it have to do with them, they can't imagine that the development of Datang can improve their lives, so long-term things are basically equivalent to non-existence for them.