Beijing, Zhu Hongke dormitory of Zhongshu University.

Zhu Hongke held his mobile phone to his ear and listened to the housekeeper's report.

"Your Highness! The killer nicknamed 'Gun King' was taken away by General Duding Fenjin last night, along with the other six felons in the prison of the Central Guard Division, Tang Shoucheng of the Central Guard Division did not dare to stop him! Your Highness! I'm afraid that the 'gun king' won't cure the crime! ”

Zhu Hongke frowned and asked hesitantly: "Didn't Tang Shoucheng report the name of the king?" Who gave the Duding Cent so much courage? Tang Shoucheng is so spineless? With this king backing him, he doesn't dare to offend Duding? What other face does he have to sit in the central defense division? I will report to the royal brother and remove him from his post and investigate him! It just doesn't make sense! There is also a unique share of gold, so bold, it is clear that he does not take this king in his eyes, and he has eaten the gall of a bear's heart and a leopard! Did he want to rebel? ”

Butler: "Your Highness......"

Zhu Hongke's brows furrowed even tighter, and he heard the disagreement from the butler's hesitant tone, which made him even more depressed.

"What? Who do you want to speak for? Tang Shoucheng? Or is it the only one? ”

Butler: "Your Highness! The old slave recently heard that Duding Fenjin is now very close to King Lu, and Tang Shoucheng does not dare to confront him...... It's understandable. ”

"Uncle Huang?"

Zhu Hongke's face changed slightly, and he fell silent for a while.

Zhu Lixi, the king of Lu, is his imperial uncle, and in terms of seniority, Zhu Lixi is also the uncle of Zhu Hongqi, the current emperor of the Shengshang Xingyuan, although Zhu Lixi, the king of Lu, is more than ten years younger than Zhu Hongxi.

Zhu Hongke has been on the throne for 17 years, and he has no queen, which is the main reason why Zhu Hongke is the emperor's younger brother, but he is still called the third prince.

Zhu Lixi is the younger brother of the former emperor, it stands to reason that the throne of the former emperor was passed to Zhu Hongxi, and the throne has been lost with Zhu Lixi, but Zhu Hongxi has been on the throne for 17 years and still has no children, which gives many people hope.

For example, Lu Wang Zhu Lixi.

For example, Zhu Lixin, King of Jin, Zhu Litao, King Fu, as well as Zhu Hongke's imperial brother Zhu Hongyuan, and imperial brother Zhu Hongtu.

Zhu Hongke himself has no ambition for the throne, but he has a good understanding of the current situation, knowing that the current power of Zhu Lixi, the king of Lu, is the largest, and in private he also heard that his imperial brother also intends to pass the throne to the king of Lu in the future.

All this made Zhu Hongke have to concede three points to King Lu, and he has been doing this all these years, trying not to offend King Lu, even the other princes and his second emperor brother and younger brother, he also tried not to offend him.

Among these contenders for the throne, King Lu has the highest prestige and secretly controls one-third of the forbidden army in the capital; The King of Jin has the greatest influence in the army in the world, and as far as Zhu Hongke heard, the King of Jin has secretly been supported by two legions; Fuwang Zhu Litao has the most financial resources, and among the top ten consortia in the Ming Dynasty, it is said that two consortia belong to Fuwang, and several other consortia also have shares of Fuwang.

His imperial brother Zhu Hongyuan has little power, but he is a compatriot with his imperial brother Zhu Hongyuan, and he has the closest blood relationship with Zhu Hongzhen.

The emperor's younger brother Zhu Hongtu is not very old, now only 18 years old, but he is a genius in the sky, both civil and military, young, has worshiped the three major martial arts masters in the capital as a teacher, learned an amazing martial arts, and is already known as the first master in the capital.

Zhu Hongke had seen the emperor's younger brother Zhu Hongtu's stunt - one of the twelve giant peaks, and that sword technique gave him a great shock.

This is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that Zhu Hongtu's mother's family is the Cao family.

The Cao family has only been in the past 100 years, but the current power of the Cao family has been extremely large, spanning the military and political worlds, and Cao Yu, the current secretary of the Ministry of Industry, is Zhu Hongtu's uncle.

If you want to rank the top families in the Ming Dynasty other than the royal family, then the Cao family will definitely be able to enter the top three.

Therefore, it is not so much that Zhu Hongtu, who is only eighteen years old, has thoughts about the throne, but that the Cao family has ideas about the throne.

This is the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, just because the emperor Zhu Hongqi has no queen, so the capital that is stable on the surface has already been turbulent and dangerous in secret.

After a moment of silence, Zhu Hongke's voice couldn't hear joy and anger: "I know." ”

After that, he hung up the call.

After hanging up the call, Zhu Hongke sat at the desk, remained silent for a long time, and was completely silent, Lu Wang ......

Unexpectedly, he has always stayed away from the struggle for the throne, has always avoided conflicts with King Lu and others, pinned his affection on his studies, and only used novels to pass the time in his spare time, just like that, he still intersected with King Lu.

As a prince, he just asked people to punish a killer, but he couldn't do it, which hurt his self-esteem a little bit, and made him suddenly lose interest in reading books or something.

Zhu Hongke inevitably began to doubt whether his previous decision was right or wrong?

Being in the emperor's family, as the current emperor's younger brother, is it really useful for him to stay away from the struggle for the throne? Now that the royal brother is still on the throne, he, the prince, is almost on display, and King Lu's move is obviously not taking him seriously!

It stands to reason that he Zhu Hongke is also the son-in-law of the former emperor, in the battle for the throne, he has obviously shown that he has no intention of competing, King Lu and others should give him a respect and strive for his support, but what King Lu did last night to let Duding divide the gold is clearly ignoring him Zhu Hongke.

To put it bluntly, he doesn't care about his Zhu Hongke's support at all.

"Is it because I'm so useless?"

Zhu Hongke asked himself gloomily, now his situation is already like this, when King Lu or others ascend the throne in the future, will he Zhu Hongke still have a foothold?

But what can he do?

In terms of popularity, influence in the army, financial resources, and the relationship with the imperial brothers, etc., he is far inferior to those imperial uncles, imperial brothers and imperial brothers.

Even if he had the heart to fight, there was no hope at all.

……

In Nanjing, Zhao Yan finally returned to Hallym College, nested in the dormitory for a morning, and went to the classroom in the afternoon with apprehension.

All afternoon, Zhao Yan was worried about whether an ugly woman would suddenly come to their classroom and call his name, and then call him responsible in public.

This afternoon, Zhao Yan has always been like a frightened bird, his spirit has been in a tense state, but whenever a stranger appears at the door of the classroom, whether it is the front door or the back door of the classroom, no matter whether the stranger appears is a man or a woman, he will immediately become nervous.

Why was he so nervous when he even saw a strange boy appear at the door of the classroom?

Because Zhao Yan thought a lot, he was not only worried that the woman suddenly came to the door last night, but also worried that the other party's boyfriend or relatives and friends would come to the door.

For Zhao Yan, no matter which of the above situations is, it means that he will be troubled and completely swept away.

I was so trembling and worried all afternoon, and it wasn't until the bell rang for the last class in the afternoon that Zhao Yan breathed a long sigh of relief, and finally showed a relieved smile on his face.

I thought: This **** day has finally passed!

It's just that as long as he thinks that he may be approached every day in the following days, the smile on the corner of his mouth is uncontrollably bitter.

……

For several days, Zhao Yan spent time in fear, like a year, and once dreamed that he was found in the classroom by a bloody woman, crying and shouting that he was responsible.

When he woke up from that dream, Zhao Yan found that his back was soaked, and his forehead was full of cold sweat, and he had palpitations.

In the past few days, Zhao Yan's biggest expectation is that the final exam will come soon, hurry up and finish the final exam, go home on vacation, and go home to avoid the limelight.

What Zhao Yan didn't know was that the woman had already found him.

On the morning of three days in a row, when Zhao Yan went to the mountain behind the academy and the crescent moon lake to explore and practice time back, Xun Qing's figure was always in the nearby pavilion, and his figure was hidden in the shadows of the trees.

When Zhao Yan went to the depths of the woods to practice boxing and practice the Nine Styles of Breaking the Wind, Xun Qing always watched quietly not far away, and every time he watched Zhao Yan practice time back, boxing and knife techniques, Xun Qing's eyes would always be a little complicated.

She didn't even notice the difference in her eyes, she just watched quietly, but never came closer.

This morning was the case again, Xun Qing stood quietly in the pavilion, quietly watching Zhao Yan practice with oranges by the lake and looking back on time, she didn't know what Zhao Yan was practicing, she only saw Zhao Yan like in the previous days, took out one orange after another from the paper bag and rolled down the slope, most of them rolled into the lake, and occasionally a few were blocked by the stone edge by the lake and stopped there.

There was no curiosity in her eyes, no longer curious about what the kid was playing, just watching.

After all, this young man was her first man in Xunqing, and she wanted to take a few more looks and leave a little more memories for herself, that's all.

Unlike a few days ago, today Zhao Yan finished practicing and looked back on time, still no progress, and when he walked to the depths of the woods in disappointment and was about to practice boxing, Xun Qing stood in the pavilion and did not move, and did not follow again.

It wasn't until Zhao Yan's back completely disappeared into the woods that Xun Qing withdrew his gaze, his expression did not change, and he walked away from the pavilion.

When he returned home to have breakfast with his parents, Xun Qing said while eating: "Dad! Mother! I'm going back to the capital today, and while I'm away, you two elders take care of yourselves! Call me about something! ”

When Mrs. Xun Li heard this, she immediately lost the mood to continue eating, stopped her chopsticks, and looked at her daughter reluctantly: "Xiaoqing! You're leaving again, aren't you? Can't stay home for a few more days? You've only been back for a few days......"

Xun Guangyuan also stopped chopsticks, but his concern was different from that of his wife.

"Xiaoqing! Have you thought about it? ”

Xun Qing knew that her father was asking about her choice of work, so she first smiled at her mother comfortingly and said, "Mom! I've been at home long enough this time, I can't let go of the affairs of the department for too long, and next time I'll take the time to come back to see you and Dad! ”

Then he looked at his father, restrained the smile on his face, and nodded, "Dad!" I figured it out. ”

After a pause, an apologetic look appeared on her face, and she said to her parents, "Dad, Mom! I don't know if my choice this time is right or wrong, in case I am wrong, you must announce the severance of relations with me as soon as possible! Don't let me die without a face to see you! Parents! Please agree to this condition to me! Please! ”

After speaking, Xun Qing looked at his parents pleadingly, with a serious expression.

"Xiaoqing! What do you say? Our family of three is one! Mom and Dad are not afraid of you! If something happens to you, what's the point of me and your dad living in this world? How could Mommy and your dad disown you? ”

Mrs. Xun Li was anxious when she heard this, and blamed Xun Qing without thinking about it.

"Mom! You ......"

"Good! Dad promises you! ”

Xun Qing was just about to persuade again, Xun Guangyuan unexpectedly agreed, not only agreed, but he also used his eyes to stop his wife from talking again, Mrs. Xun Li was angry and anxious, her eyes turned red instantly, and she couldn't help but reach out and hit Xun Guangyuan.

But Xun Guangyuan grabbed her arm and didn't look at her, Xun Guangyuan looked at his daughter and said again: "Xiaoqing! Daddy promised you! Daddy knows your concerns! also knows that you have to make a choice this time, and Dad only hopes that since you have made a choice, you will go all out and strive for the final success! Daddy and your mom here, you don't have to worry! Dad promises you that if you fail, he will announce that he will cut ties with you in time! Don't let you bear the infamy of unfilial piety! ”

Xun Qing looked at his father seriously, and after a long time, Xun Qing showed a smile.

"Dad! Thank you! ”

No more words.

Xun Guangyuan also nodded with a smile, only Mrs. Xun Li was beside her in tears, staring at Xun Guangyuan with resentful eyes, and from time to time looking at her daughter with distressed and worried eyes.

Xun Qing knew what she was worried about, and after reaching an agreement with her father, she reached out and held the back of her mother's hand and comforted: "Mom! You don't want that! Xiaoqing is your pride, isn't it? You've always told me that before! Xiaoqing is not a man, but more like a man! What Xiaoqing is doing now is Yiqing's ambition since childhood! You know it! Right? Besides, my choice this time is not necessarily wrong, if I succeed, your daughter will go down in history! You should be happy for me, Mom! ”

The more Xun Qing's comforting words went down, the more heartbroken Mrs. Xun Li became, and her tears kept falling like a string of beads with broken threads.

After Xun Qing finished speaking, Mrs. Xun Li held Xun Qing's hand tightly and said silently: "No, no! Xiaoqing, Xiaoqing! Mommy doesn't want you to go down in history! Mommy doesn't want you to be like a man! Mommy, as long as you live safely, Xiaoqing, Xiaoqing! Shall we resign? If you go back this time, you will resign immediately! Mommy, please......"

Xun Guangyuan closed his eyes and tilted his head to the side slightly, his wife's words made him feel very uncomfortable.

Xun Qing smiled and shook his head, and said softly: "Mom! You know in your heart, my current position can advance or retreat, there is still the possibility of winning, retreat will be a certain death, no one will let me leave with those secrets! Mommy! You should bless me! ”

Mrs. Xun Li's expression suddenly became extremely painful, she really understood the truth of what her daughter said, she could advance and not retreat, but she really didn't want to understand this truth, because it meant that she could only watch her daughter, the only daughter fall into that murderous and dangerous situation.

What you are seeing, you can only watch. (To be continued.) )