"I can't ask. However, when he entered the palace, he seemed to be pinching the time to enter, and it was estimated that he should have been ordered to see him. Xin Yi's face was also a little solemn. At this time, any move by the King of Chu could not be taken lightly. Regardless of whether the abolished prince can come out or not, he must first cut off the back road of the king of Chu, and only King Zheng is left, and then he will be able to act no matter what.

Han Ji was silent for a moment and said, "Keep an eye on the time when he came out, and ask who is in the Qianqing Palace at this time, or where he has gone, and who is here." In addition, the people sent by Tao Xing to keep an eye on the Chu Wangfu should be more attentive and don't let him go any way. ”

Xin Yi: "The little one obeys." ”

Miyagi on a snowy night looks like a white and silent uninhabited city.

The king of Chu walked along the corridor to the palace where the Xinuan Pavilion was located. This is his home since he was a child, and it is the place he is most familiar with in his life. He, like any prince who walks out of here, is looking forward to living here for the rest of his life, sitting on these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, and overlooking the people of the world.

He once thought that he had a great chance to get this honor, because he was the son of the emperor's favorite concubine and the favorite son of the current emperor, but the facts told him that the so-called family affection in this palace was superficial and unreliable, and the throne he wanted could only be obtained by other means.

After turning a few corridors, I arrived at the Xinuan Pavilion.

Only Cheng Wei was quietly guarding the door, and a dim yellow light danced in the long carved window inlaid with Western flower glass.

Cheng Wei bowed down and saluted, then opened the curtain and let him in.

The emperor stood in front of a bottle of plums as tall as a person, his fingers playing with the flowers. In the middle of the night, the clothes are still very regular, so formal, which makes the atmosphere look a little more solemn.

The king of Chu bowed down and called "Father", and the emperor walked over, stared at him for a while, and said, "What you said about the Hua family in the morning, but are you serious?" But you've already figured out how to do it?

The king of Chu bowed his head: "The sons and daughters will never dare to bully the king." Erchen already had an idea, that is, to start from the former friendship between the Hua family and King Chen, so as to achieve the goal of seizing the military power of the Han family by attacking the Hua family. ”

When the emperor opened his mouth like this, most of his heart was relieved. Song Zhengyuan is tantamount to pointing him out the maze. But such a big thing. He can't do it on his own. Without the emperor's approval, his road would have been very bumpy.

"As long as we grasp the fact that the Hua family is colluding with Chen Wangfu, many articles can be done. The cabinet did not protect King Chen at the beginning, and most of them will not speak for King Chen at this time. They will not allow anyone to attempt to disrupt the government again. Even if the Fang family is related to the Shen family. As long as the evidence of the Hua family's suspected rebellion is conclusive. Fang Wenzheng couldn't do anything. ”

He said confidently.

The Emperor stared at him: "Have you ever thought about what to do?" ”

King Chu said: "Naturally, I will find evidence first. ”

"What if you can't find proof?" The emperor asked.

The king of Chu paused slightly, and said slowly: "Erchen will always find it." ”

If you can't find a fabrication, you have to fabricate it, as long as the emperor supports him behind his back. And what is there to be afraid of? The emperor is the emperor after all, although he has not been able to carry the cabinet nobles, but he is still the king of a country in the end, if his opinion is biased towards the truth of the incriminating evidence, can there be anyone below who does not agree?

Needless to say, the Emperor would understand what the evidence he was referring to, and if he didn't agree to do so, he wouldn't let him come back to the secret meeting at this moment.

The emperor didn't speak for a long time, but at last he stood up, paced along the Dan Qi twice, and finally stopped in front of the previous bottle of plum branches, and said, "I know what you said about the close relationship between the Hua family and the Chen Palace. I even know that the Hua family's move to Jinling has something to do with the Chen Wangfu, but do you know why I haven't made a move on the Hua family all these years? ”

The king of Chu was slightly stunned and said, "Erchen is stupid, and I don't know why. ”

The corners of the emperor's lips were slightly curled with a hint of coldness, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he said, "That's because, although the Chen Wangfu was destroyed, there was something I still didn't get. ”

"I wonder what is so important?" King Chu couldn't help asking.

The Emperor turned to face him: "Fire Phoenix Order." ”

"Fire Phoenix Order?" The king of Chu wondered, he had never heard of this thing.

"Princess Chen, Gong Sujun, have you ever heard of it?" The emperor asked.

King Chu nodded. He had just been born when the accident occurred in Chen Wangfu, although the word Chen Wang made people talk about it, but there were rumors and anecdotes about this great beauty, but I heard people around him mention it privately more than once. He knew that she was much younger than King Chen, and he also knew that there were many people in the camp who secretly loved her at that time.

After listening to it too much, he also felt that he had been born so many years later and had not been able to see her beauty with his own eyes.

The emperor looked at him and said, "This Fire Phoenix Order is Princess Chen's thing. She was once a female general who commanded thousands of troops, and led her troops into the tiger's den several times, when King Chen gave her a unique token to use to command battles on the battlefield. At that time, everyone compared her bloody battle to a fire phoenix, so this token was called the fire phoenix order.

"After the slaughter of King Chen's mansion, this Fire Phoenix Order was nowhere to be found."

The King of Chu listened to it, "I don't know what's wrong with this Fire Phoenix Order?" ”

The emperor exhaled and said slowly: "When the war gradually reached Jiangbei, Princess Chen's subordinates had already followed a group of elite dead soldiers in the past few years. Outsiders don't know how many of them, but according to spies, there are at least 3,000 of them. Princess Chen relied on these at least 3,000 elites to help King Chen grab countless military exploits.

"After the country was settled, each battalion released Manan Mountain. After King Chen built his mansion, he took away a group of civil and military generals, but Princess Chen fused her 5,000 elites into the major military camps before going south, and no one has ever found the whereabouts of these 3,000 elite dead soldiers! ”

King Chu was shocked: "So, there are still King Chen's men and horses in our camps?!" ”

The emperor inhaled and said, "Eighteen years have passed, and many of the original dead are also old, but this is still a terrifying force, because even if they are old or dead, they will definitely let their descendants pass it on." An elite battalion of 3,000 dead soldiers was enough to destroy the entire palace city overnight, but Princess Chen integrated them into the army, so that the mud cows entered the sea and could no longer be found! ”

The king of Chu was horrified, he understood the meaning of the dead soldier, the so-called dead soldier, naturally he dedicated all his life to the master, as long as the lord has an order, they will not care whether the road ahead is a mountain of swords or a sea of fire, nor will they care that if they lose this life, they will be gone! The 3,000 dead soldiers must all be brothers who followed Princess Chen to death!

Three thousand people just don't do anything, just lie down in this hall and can crush the people of their Zhao family, not to mention a group of elite dead soldiers with rich combat experience and outstanding martial arts?!

He lowered his head and looked at the sweat in his palms, and said, "Since this is the case, then why didn't they come out to rescue Chen Wangfu when he was in trouble?" "At that time, as long as they made a move, where would the lives of their father and son remain?

"That's because before making the move, the first emperor had already inquired that Princess Chen had explained to their leader before disbanding them, and no one could move without the Fire Phoenix Order showing up! They were slaves who obeyed Princess Chen's orders, and at that time, the first emperor and I were both prepared for trouble, so no one came out to make trouble. ”

The emperor tightened his teeth and said, "But after the Chen Palace's mansion was destroyed, the Fire Phoenix Order also disappeared. No one knows where it went, and it was not so much that I was afraid of King Chen's old subordinates, but that I was afraid of these invisible shadows.

"They are hiding in the camps, and one day they will conspire to surround my palace! The original 3,000 people, most of them now have descendants, adding up to a huge group of soldiers and horses, and it just so happens that there are four large battalions in the hands of the five military camps. Can you rest assured of the nobles? ”

King Chu blurted out: "Could it be that this Fire Phoenix Order is in the hands of the Hua family?" ”

"I'm not sure it's in the hands of the Hua family. However, after so many years of secret investigation, only he Hua Juncheng has the most possibility. The emperor looked at him, "You are right, although the Hua family is good at disguise, their private relationship with Chen Wangfu is not so easy to break." I have already found out that shortly after the destruction of King Chen's mansion, Hua Zhenyang had secretly gone to Jinling. ”

After listening to this large paragraph, the king of Chu was not as surprised as he was before when he heard this.

He frowned and said, "In that case, why didn't the father directly arrest Hua Juncheng and torture him?" ”

"My purpose is to get the Fire Phoenix Order, not just the old and young of his Hua family. The fact that the three thousand dead soldiers did not move must be because the Fire Phoenix Order did not know its whereabouts, if I caught Hua Juncheng and tortured him, wouldn't it attract the attention of those dead soldiers?

"Besides, I always feel that the Hua family's forbearance over the years is very suspicious. Under my neglect for so many years, they have not had any positive reaction, they just blindly accept it, and they found an excuse to move to Jinling shortly after the destruction of the Chen Palace, if there is no hidden secret, how could they be like this? ”

The emperor frowned, showing a slight impatience, "You only know how to ask, but you don't know how to think about this suspicious point?" ”

King Chu hurriedly lowered his head: "Erchen is just too surprised. I also ask my father to forgive me. ”

The emperor eased his expression and said, "I don't move the Hua family, first, I suspect that the Fire Phoenix Order is in their hands, and second, I am also afraid of the three thousand dead soldiers. If the Fire Phoenix Order is really in the hands of the Hua family, then the risks we will face under the unauthorized move will be too great to resist. ”

The King of Chu swallowed his saliva, completely devoid of his previous smugness.

He never knew that the emperor had such a heart disease, let alone that this heart disease was so tricky, no wonder the emperor had to wait until the dead of night to quietly summon him into the palace to talk about it, he suddenly had a feeling of jumping into the pit he dug, this matter even the emperor himself with so many masters in his hands has never done it, he is just a fledgling, where can he withstand such a big risk!

(Ask for a monthly pass) (to be continued......)