"What do you mean by that?" Liu Feng frowned.

"Xiangguo, Hu Benwei is the Son of Heaven's Imperial Forest Army, and the inner treasury is the private treasury of the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven handed over the military power and financial power related to his vital interests to the Xiao family, I feel humiliated, I'm afraid.... He wants to pass on the throne to his son! ”

Liu Feng was stunned, he remembered what his sister said in the letter, there were rumors in the palace that the Son of Heaven wanted to make Concubine Xiao Shu the queen.

After a while, he hesitated and said: "The concubine wrote to me just now, saying that there are rumors in the palace that the Son of Heaven wants to make Concubine Xiao Shu the queen, is the rumor true?" ”

Yang Mi nodded, "It seems to be true, if you want to make King Zhao the crown prince, the first thing is to canonize Concubine Xiao Shu as the queen, this is one and two, two and three things, and one is indispensable." ”

"But..... Concubine Xiao Shu is the queen, what should I do with my sister? What should we do with the Liu family? ”

Yang Mi sighed secretly in his heart, Liu Feng's pattern is still too low, a little bit of pattern, what should he do with the current prince? And he only cares about his own interests and lacks a sense of the big picture.

"Xiangguo, the power struggle between relatives has always been very cruel, especially when it comes to the heir to the imperial power, but judging from the current situation, the Son of Heaven may slowly favor the Liu family, but it is far from the point of kicking it away."

Liu Feng's mood was extremely irritable, pacing back and forth in the inner hall with his hands in his hands, he knew that his sister couldn't give birth to a son, this was the biggest problem, as his sister grew older and declined, and finally fell out of favor, the Liu family was really finished, what should I do now?

Yang Mi continued to comfort Liu Feng and said: "The intention of the Son of Heaven is actually obvious, the Xiao family is in the palm of the hand, and the Liu family is outside the palm of the family, which shows that he has not given up the idea of the Liu family for the time being, and Xiangguo does not need to be too nervous." ”

Liu Feng sighed, "The main reason is that the Son of Heaven has been dissatisfied with me recently, and he hasn't summoned me for a long time, hey!" I really shouldn't have let Zhang Wutao go to guard the letter. ”

Yang Mi laughed, "Xiangguo is too worried, whoever goes to guard Cuihan can't keep it, everyone can't think that the Jin army will attack Cuihan, the Son of Heaven will not blame Xiangguo for this matter, the Son of Heaven has not summoned him recently, because his mind is on his son!" I don't want to do anything at all. ”

Liu Feng was stunned for a moment, it really makes sense! The Son of Heaven gave birth to a son, of course he will not go through government affairs again, he will naturally not summon himself, he summoned Liu Sigu, I am afraid that it is for the negotiation of Chang'an, and that matter has nothing to do with him.

Thinking of this, Liu Feng breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart, and he hurriedly said, "Then what should I do now?" ”

Yang Mi smiled faintly: "I estimate that the Son of Heaven will not move Xiangguo for the time being, as long as the concubine does not make trouble, then he will be ashamed of the concubine, but it will be beneficial to Xiangguo, but Xiangguo wants to plan for the long term, and must have allies in the imperial court, I suggest that Xiangguo and the prince form an alliance." ”

Liu Feng's eyes widened violently, he suddenly jumped up, and shouted in a lost voice: "That's right! The Son of Heaven wants to make King Zhao the crown prince, what should the current prince do? ”

Yang Mi smiled slightly: "Xiangguo understands!" Now the person whose interests are most damaged is not the Liu family, the concubine has no son, the Xiao family and the Liu family have no conflict of interest for the time being, and they will not consider how to deal with the Liu family now, but the prince is different, the Xiao family must be thinking about it, how to deal with the current prince? The crown prince is their biggest opponent at the moment. ”

"Sir, you mean to say, let me help the prince?"

Yang Mi shook his head, "Xiangguo, helping the prince is helping himself, if the prince is overthrown, the next target of the Xiao family must be the Liu family, the Xiao family and the Liu family will have a serious conflict of interest sooner or later, as the saying goes, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, this is the truth." ”

Liu Feng sighed, "Mr. is right, helping the prince is helping myself." ”

At this moment, there was a big butler in the hall who reported, "Master Qiqi, the prince asks to see!" ”

..........

Zhu Zhu's crown prince is Zhu Sui, the second son of his brother Zhu Tao, because Zhu Zhu has no children under his knees, Zhu Sui became the prince of the Zhu Dynasty, in fact, this is also the basis for the cooperation of the Zhu brothers.

Zhu Sui, the crown prince, is very different, unlike other dynasties that pay great attention to the cultivation of heirs, Zhu Jun does not care about the heirs at all, and he doesn't care what will happen to the dynasty he established, so he responded to the sentence, 'After I die, I will let him flood the sky.' ’

Therefore, Zhu Zhu has never been indifferent to Zhu Sui, the crown prince, Zhu Sui has always been relatively low-key in Luoyang, and basically does not care about military and political affairs, his role is to inspect various places on behalf of Zhu Zhu, and secondly, when Zhu Zhu goes on the expedition, he is responsible for sitting in Luoyang.

For so many years, Zhu Sui did not have the opportunity to display his talents, but in the crisis caused by the loss of Cuihan, Zhu Sui showed mediocre ability, neither sending troops in time to block the eastward advance of the Jin army, nor pacifying Luoyang City, resulting in chaos in Luoyang City, and many rich families who fled Luoyang have not returned yet.

If it is said that the Jin army seized Cuihan and advanced into Luoyang too suddenly, and this board of accountability could not hit Zhu Sui, then Zhu Sui could not escape the responsibility for stabilizing Luoyang's sluggishness.

However, Zhu Zhu did not blame him too much, especially Zhu Zhu had a son in his later years, he was ecstatic during this time, and he had completely forgotten Zhu Sui, but Zhu Sui felt a huge crisis.

The housekeeper led Zhu Sui to Liu Feng's outer study, Zhu Sui sat for a while, and Liu Feng slowly walked into the study.

Zhu Sui inherited the characteristics of the Zhu family's hypertrophy, but he was still relatively young, although he was fat, he did not look bloated, but looked very tall and mighty, he sat in the study and drank tea, looking uncertain.

Liu Feng coughed heavily and walked into the study, Zhu Sui hurriedly put down the teacup and got up to salute.

"Excuse me!"

Liu Feng smiled slightly, "It's rare to see His Royal Highness the Prince, why talk about the word 'disturb', please take a seat!" ”

Although Zhu Sui is His Royal Highness the Prince, he does not have the posture of the crown prince at all, he should sit in the East Palace and receive the ministers, not like he is now, just like a job seeker.

Liu Feng also looked down on Zhu Sui from the bottom of his bones, so in front of Zhu Sui, he didn't have the etiquette that a courtier should have, and his demeanor was a bit condescending.

"Your Highness is having a hard time this time!"

Liu Feng was not hypocritical, and said straight to the point: "I got the news that the Son of Heaven has the idea of re-establishing the prince, what does His Highness think?" ”

Zhu Sui didn't expect Liu Feng to be so direct, he was speechless for a while, and after a while, he whispered: "Is this news true?" ”

Liu Feng nodded, "Although it has not been officially announced, the news I got from the palace, the Holy Lord does have this plan, in fact, it can be understood, even if it is an ordinary person, who doesn't want his own son to inherit the family property?" ”

Zhu Sui's fat face twitched violently twice, he lowered his head and whispered: "It's really not good, I'll go to Liaodong, at least where is my biological father?" ”

Liu Feng sneered, "Can your brother tolerate you going back?" ”

Zhu Sui lowered his head in frustration, his brother Zhu Fan was ruthless and had a great desire for power, even their father was set aside, how could he tolerate himself going back?

Liu Feng saw that Zhu Sui had been almost suppressed by himself, so he said unhurriedly: "Your Highness came to me, it shouldn't be just to tell a few words of distress, right?" ”

Zhu Sui raised his head and plucked up the courage to say, "Then what should I do?" Please teach me Xiangguo! ”

"Actually, we have a common enemy, don't we? Why else did you come to me? ”

Zhu Sui said slowly: "Xiao family! ”

"You're right, your fate is related to the Xiao family, and the status of my Liu family is also related to the Xiao family, if you want not to be suppressed by the Xiao family, we have to join forces to deal with the Xiao family together."

Zhu Sui suddenly became excited, and swore a curse: "If I win the throne in the future, I will share the world with Xiangguo!" ”

"Thank you Your Highness for your generosity, but we can't think too far ahead yet, I want to know, how many supporters does Your Highness have?"

This is what Liu Feng is most concerned about, if Zhu Sui is a bare pole and has no resources, it is useless to cooperate with him.

Of course, Zhu Sui also has his own power, he has been hiding deeply, but now it has reached a critical moment, if he does not show sincerity, I am afraid that Liu Feng will also give up on himself.

Zhu Sui hesitated for a moment, and finally told the hidden secret, "Flying Bear General Qiu Jingzhong is my person, as well as Songzhou Thorn Shi Luo Shengwang, Xuzhou Thorn Shi Zhou Jian, and Bozhou Thorn Shi Wang Qilian all resolutely support me." ”

Liu Feng was taken aback, Song, Xu, and Bo supported Zhu Sui, this is an open secret, everyone knows it, and Liu Feng is also very clear.

But the flying bear general Qiu Jingzhong turned out to be Zhu Sui's person, which really made Liu Feng not expect that Qiu Jingzhong was the only remaining veteran around Zhu Zhu, who controlled the flying bear guard in the David of Zhu Zhu Mountain, and was now stationed in Feng'an County, west of Luoyang, with an army of 100,000 people.

Zhu Zhu's current army is mainly four guards and one army, Hu Benwei is the most elite royal forest army, with 100,000 troops, currently controlled by his relative Xiao Wanding, followed by Fei Xiongwei, also has 100,000 troops, and then followed by Leopard Taowei in Tiger Prison Pass, led by the general Wang Zhongmou, with an army of 80,000 people.

Finally, Qianniuwei, responsible for Luoyang's city defense and security, has an army of 50,000, Qianniuwei is composed of two parts, one is responsible for Luoyang and the surrounding security of the Jinwu army, there are 20,000 troops, and the other is responsible for Luoyang's city defense of the Jiumen Army, the current Jiumen Governor Xiang Fei is Liu Feng's brother-in-law, holding 30,000 troops.

These are the four Davids, and then the first army is called the scattered army, which is stationed in various places, and adds up to more than 100,000 people.

Among the four Davids, Qiu Jingzhong, the head of the Flying Bear Guard, has always been regarded as Zhu Jun's confidant, but he turned out to be the person of the crown prince Zhu Sui, how could Liu Feng not be surprised.

.........

After initially reaching an alliance intention, Zhu Sui said goodbye and left, Liu Feng was difficult to calm down, and he was still pacing back and forth in the room, his heart was too chaotic, and he needed to organize his thoughts well.

At this time, Yang Mi walked into the study, bowed down and said, "Xiangguo is looking for me?" ”

Liu Feng nodded, "I need you to take a good look at it for me, where should we start now?" ”