As a big official who is accompanied by the tiger at the feet of the Son of Heaven, he has a keen sense of smell and political consciousness, and knows when to do something, His Majesty ordered the two adults Li Erhe and Du Wenqi to be demoted and investigated, and the intention was already very clear, but at this time he went to talk to His Royal Highness the little prince, and it seemed too abrupt, the best way is to go to the Ministry of Rites, who has been friends with His Royal Highness the little prince for many years, to come to the door to apologize, and use the things in the yamen a few days ago to deal with Lord Liu, and then used Lord Liu's line to defect to the camp of the little prince Zhao's destiny, which did not seem contrived and natural at all.

Master Cao Jiahao Cao was deeply proud of his cleverness, and he did what he said, and in the afternoon, his front foot had already stepped into the threshold of Liufu.

It was only when he stepped into the gate of Liufu that he was surprised to find that the smart people in the court were far from being the only ones in the court, and the liveliness of Liufu at this time was comparable to the vegetable market in Dongcheng, and the people who came and went were all big people in the court.

It doesn't matter if the waiter of the Ministry of Rites is present, after all, they are all officials of the Ministry of Rites, but among the six departments, except for the Ministry of Industry, the officials of the four departments are all included, Cao Jiahao was dumbfounded when he saw it, and hurriedly went up one by one to salute the Lord Shangshu, and then picked an inconspicuous position and sat down.

Old man Liu said that he was sick and lying on the bed, and the adults could only fill the main hall with gifts, and went in to visit one by one, and several Shangshu adults were still waiting, not knowing when it would be Cao Jiahao's turn.

In fact, Cao Jiahao knew in his heart that this was the old man deliberately putting on a show. Although Mr. Liu is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites on weekdays, the house has been as lively as it is today, not lively in the morning or in the evening, but it is lively at this juncture, where can Old Man Liu not guess what these people are here for.

It's just that the world is bustling, and it's all for profit. The world is crowded, all for profit. Lord Liu didn't want to save the face of the hundred officials, so there was such a scene.

Different from the hustle and bustle of Liufu, the Qingwang Mansion of the Great Prince is indeed crowded and very deserted now.

In the evening, a teenager came to King Qing's mansion.

The young man's face had an unconcealed squeamish aura, and his face was immature, it was Du Ziteng who had a conflict with Chen Lin outside the gate of Starry Night Academy.

As soon as Lord Du Wenqi packed up and left Yingtian City with his family, he got the news and left Starry Night Academy all the way to the mansion of His Royal Highness the Great Prince.

The scenery outside the Lake Pavilion is still the same, the water of Jiulong Lake is still clear, and the appearance of the eldest prince is still handsome, but he can no longer be as relaxed as a few days ago.

Du Ziteng knelt on the ground and said cryingly: "Your Highness, you have to be the master of Uncle Li and my father, the Ministry of Industry is your right-hand man, and it was cleaned up by His Majesty in this way, the Du family and the Li family are nothing, but your hard work for so many years has been in vain all of a sudden." ”

The eldest prince Zhao Tianyi looked at the scenery outside this pavilion, a little upset, he really didn't want to see this gentleman, as His Royal Highness the prince of the Great Chu State and the actual controller of the Ministry of Industry, he had always known this young man named Du Ziteng, and also knew what he had done in Yingtian City all these years, he looked down on this guy a little, and said in his heart Du Shilang was so sleek and through the world, how could he give birth to one

Such a dumb son?

But now he also has to see this person who makes him feel annoying, because Lord Du and Master Li are no longer there, the Ministry of Industry has been uprooted, and the thing happened so abruptly that the eldest prince felt a little caught off guard, when Li Erhe and Du Wenqi left the capital, they naturally did not dare to come to see the eldest prince, otherwise let His Majesty know, I am afraid that there will be a crime of party strife, maybe even His Royal Highness the eldest prince will be involved.

Although there was some disgust in his heart, Zhao Tianyi still hid this emotion very well, he squeezed out a smile, looked at Du Ziteng who was kneeling on the ground, and said in a kind tone as much as possible: "Ziteng, you calm down first, if you have anything to say, sit down and have a cup of tea and we will talk slowly." ”

Du Ziteng's heart warmed, and he hurriedly got up and thanked: "Listen to Your Highness." ”

Zhao Tianyi said in a deep voice: "I heard that my father made a decree to demote Lord Li Erhe to the county guard of Yanggu County, and to demote Lord Ling Zundu to the commander of Fuyang County?"

Du Ziteng cried with a sad face: "Yes, Your Highness, my father is a dignified third-grade member of the imperial court, and he was demoted to a seventh-grade sesame official, Your Majesty's hand is really ruthless!"

Zhao Tianyi sighed and was silent for a long time before he muttered: "Don't worry, Ziteng, when I inherit the unification in the future, I will definitely transfer your father and Master Li back to the imperial court, and the knight will be added to the first rank!"

Du Ziteng's face was a little ugly, no matter how incompetent he was, he could hear the meaning of His Royal Highness the Great Prince, the so-called inheritance of the unification must transfer his father and Lord Li back, that is to say, he couldn't do anything before inheriting the unification, as the little master of the Ministry of Works, Du Ziteng has always liked to paint cakes for others, but he doesn't like to eat the cakes drawn by others, at this time he wanted to get angry, but considering the identity of the other party, he had to suppress the anger in his heart.

My father was degraded by His Majesty because of your so-called great plans for the world, but now you are like a nobody, and you still dream of becoming an emperor every day?

Du Ziteng stood up, served tea to His Royal Highness the Grand Prince, and then said with a smile, "His Royal Highness Xie cares, Ziteng has some other things, so he will retire first." ”

After that, he didn't wait for His Royal Highness the Grand Prince to speak, turned around and left the Qingwang Mansion.

"Smack!" As soon as Du Ziteng left on his front foot, the eldest prince slammed the teacup in his hand on the ground, and scolded angrily: "Fuck you Du Ziteng, you dare to make a face for His Royal Highness! If it weren't for your belittled father, Lao Tzu would have fucking killed you on the spot!"

I also knew that I called myself His Royal Highness, and then I began to call myself Lao Tzu, and from then on, it can be seen that His Royal Highness the Great Prince has been angry to the point of what kind of anger, but no matter how angry he is, since the matter has happened, then he has to find a way to solve it, so Zhao Tianyi quickly calmed down.

After calming down, the first person he thought of was Chen Linci.

So he beckoned the butler on the pleasure boat who was waiting not far away to come over and ordered: "Go, invite Cheng Zihao, the halberd Lang, to me." ”

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Seeing the figure of the housekeeper of King Qing's Mansion coming over, Cheng Zihao's heart was not nervous, there was no fear, and there was no other negative emotion, some were just a relief of relief.

The demotion of Lord Li Erhe, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and Lord Du Wenqi, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, although his official position is not large, is in the palace

is on duty, so naturally they already know.

He's been really annoying lately, and he knows that he has a sharp knife hanging over his head all the time, but he doesn't know when the big knife will be cut down, which makes him very uncomfortable.

The eldest prince has finally come to find him, no matter what he will face, at least it is time for life or death to have a happy word.

"Your Majesty won't be able to survive the spring of next year. ”

After seeing Cheng Zihao, His Royal Highness the Grand Prince didn't say much nonsense, and it was such a shocking judgment when he came up.

Cheng Zihao didn't know what His Royal Highness the Great Prince meant by saying these words to himself, so he knew that he asked along the way: "Didn't the rumor say that the imperial doctor judged that His Majesty still has some years?"

"My father is a very wise man, and I believe he knows better than anyone how many years he has left, including the imperial doctors. He looked at Cheng Zihao and continued: "I originally thought that my father would be able to last until the beginning of spring next year, as the imperial doctor said, but today my father ordered Li Erhe and Du Wenqi to be demoted and investigated. ”

Cheng Zihao asked with some puzzlement: "Is there any connection between Your Majesty's punishment of the two adults Li Du and his lifespan?"

"Absolutely. Zhao Tianyi was silent for a moment, and said slowly: "Li Erhe and Du Wenqi have always been my people, this must be clear in my father's heart, I can never express anything else to him, have you ever thought about why my father chose this time to punish the two of them?"

"Because they hit Boss Liu's car a few days ago?"

"Wrong! Big mistake!" Zhao Tianyi said angrily: "My father did not punish him in the past, because he was prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, and he was confident that everything was in his own hands, so he was not afraid of anyone doing some small tricks behind his back, and he didn't care about these small means! That's why Father Emperor indulged me for so many years to develop his own power without saying anything." Today he made a move, which means that he has seen the end of himself, he knows that he can no longer grasp the direction of the big chess game of the Great Chu State, he panicked, so he is throwing out the chess pieces on this game of chess one by one to pave the way for the new monarch in the future. ”

Cheng Zihao was silent, because there were some words that he already knew in his heart, but he really didn't dare to say them.

"You guessed right, my father must have prepared the edict now, and the name on the edict must be Zhao Tian's destiny!" Zhao Tianyi seemed to understand Cheng Zihao's heart, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Zihao, after so many days, Tianyi has finally found something to use you." ”

"Your Majesty has something to say, but it is. Cheng Zihao's face turned a little pale and said slowly.

"You go to Chen Linci and ask him what my third brother thinks now. If you can......" Zhaotian thought for a moment and continued: "If I can, I hope he will not get involved in this war, for his safety, but also for the safety of you and your family. ”

It was getting late, the wind was rising, and then a drizzle was falling from the sky.

There is no starlight tonight, and it will soon be dark.

Cheng Zihao looked at the sincere eyes of the eldest prince and was speechless.

The wind and rain fall, and the long night is coming.

Chen Linci, you stinky boy, you guy who even has a problem with food and clothing in Linxi City, it's only been a year for you to be in the capital, it's really amazing!