At this moment, the night of Jingchu is extraordinarily quiet, the sound of insects flying in the air is also extremely harsh, the yin wind blows the entire Jingchu, and the quiet night sky is about to be broken by the mourning bells of the imperial city.

In the Fengyi Palace, Emperor Chu comforted the queen with tears on her face. "The emperor is walking very peacefully, let me take good care of you when you leave, you have to cheer up, the two daughters left by the emperor still need you, the imperial grandmother, when you are fine, you ask them to accompany you, the emperor is gone, I have a lot of things to deal with, I need to go out to deal with it."

The queen nodded and replied, "The concubine knows it, the emperor, you are busy, state affairs are important, the concubine thinks that the emperor can leave a son, and the concubine feels uncomfortable." ”

After Emperor Chu comforted the queen again, he returned to the Ganlu Hall with He Fu, the chief eunuch.

"Old thing, Xuan'er summoned me when he arrived, since he asked him to preside over the funeral, I want to know how he will handle it for his imperial brother, the prince Ling will always think about him, I also want to see if Xuan'er has this ability..."

Emperor Chu thought for a while, and then said: "Let me release the secret guard, I want to see the prince, what are these sons of mine doing." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the old slave will arrange it." After saying that, he walked out, and no one knew where he went.

Xiao Chenxuan and Xiao Chenhao of Anyang Wangfu had just finished enjoying dinner, Xiao Chenxuan was patiently explaining to Wang Xin how to make oil, such as stir-frying, at this time, there was a sound of horses' hooves outside the door.

"The emperor decreed, and Xiao Chenxuan, the eighth prince, entered the palace immediately." As soon as the person arrived, he directly conveyed the words of Emperor Chu.

Xiao Chenhao knew that the person who came was Li Jun, the deputy commander of the White Cavalry Division next to Emperor Chu, and stepped forward and asked, "General Li, my father summoned my starling brother so urgently, what happened in the palace?" ”

"Back to the prince, the prince, Your Majesty summoned the prince of Anyang to start the funeral of the prince, the minister will return to the palace first, please enter the palace quickly!" After speaking, he turned around and left, without giving Xiao Chenxuan and Xiao Chenhao any time to react.

Xiao Chenxuan and Xiao Chenhao were stunned, yesterday the prince had just relieved Xiao Chenhao, and in the blink of an eye, the prince was gone, and the two looked at each other, as if they couldn't believe their ears.

"Chubby, what did he say." Xiao Chenxuan asked in shock.

"He said that the prince's brother is gone, and his father wants you to start the prince's brother's funeral." Xiao Chenhao replied.

"What, the crown prince is gone, my father asked me to start the prince's funeral."

"What, the crown prince is here, my father told you to start the prince's funeral."

The two of them shouted in unison.

Then Xiao Chenhao said worriedly: "Starling, I want to go back to the palace to visit my father immediately, I'm worried about my father." ”

"Lao Wang, prepare horses for this king and King Hui, be quick." Then he turned his head to Wang Xin and said: "This king taught you, you have studied seriously for this king in the past few days, and this king will come back to check."

"The old slave has already asked people to prepare, does the prince have any other orders?" Steward Wang asked in a low voice.

"Lord Wang, the little one understands." Wang Xin replied

"Lao Wang, tell Zhu Laosan and Zhu Afu that the tables, chairs and pans they made are very important to this king, tell them to hurry up production, you can do other things in the house, and leave those that can't be decided to Ma Changshi and Yu Sima to solve, this king doesn't raise idlers, and I haven't seen the two of them in the past two days." After Xiao Chenxuan finished speaking, he and Xiao Chenhao walked towards the horse, time was pressing, and they could only ride a horse.

In the palace of the second prince Qi, the lights were bright, and a group of strategists and generals were dense.

"The crown prince is still gone after all, everyone, who will be the crown prince next for my father, and what should this king do." King Qi looked at everyone and asked.

At this time, a person wearing a Confucian shirt, a goatee, and a folding fan in his hand, everyone knew that this person was the dog-headed military advisor of the King of Qi, Xu Jingye, the official official department was still the secretary, and the old Yin man was holding the hat of Chu Guoguan, offended him, and he didn't know how he died. "Prince, the minister thinks, you don't have to do anything, since ancient times, the elder is not the young, the emperor only has the prince and a son-in-law, the prince, the prince is the elder."

Shi Yueyang, the head of the Qi Palace, walked out, "Xu Shangshu is right, you have been helping the emperor deal with the government in recent years, and the prince knows everything about the court. ”

The people below also agreed: "Yes, yes, the prince waits and can." ”

"Well, Lord Xu and Yue Ren are reasonable, what do you think about my father's request for King Anyang to handle the prince's funeral," King Qi then asked.

Yue Changshi replied: "The minister thinks that the king of Anyang has no ambitions, he is not worried, he is a little talented, but he can't get on the stage, otherwise the fifth prince has a little trick, how can he get him out of the imperial city." ”

Xu Shangshu fanned the folding fan and said: "It's not a matter of worrying, but you can't let him spoil the prince's affairs and send someone to keep an eye on him." ”

King Qi nodded, looked at one of the guards beside him and said, "Arrange it, don't let him do anything bad, if necessary, watch it," After speaking, he gestured his hand to his neck.

The guard replied, "The last general understands, so this will be arranged." ”

Prime Minister Pei Zhixing's mansion, Pei Zhixing walked back and forth, Yang Bing and several military bigwigs in Beijing were sitting at the table, and they were also anxious, and Pei Zhixing kept chanting: "Far water can't quench your thirst, and far water can't quench your thirst." Then he said to the housekeeper: "Go, find a clever guard, the old man has something to explain." ”

After a while, the housekeeper took a thin young man, his eyes were bright, his steps were steady, and he looked like he had a kung fu foundation.

The housekeeper looked like Pei Zhixing and said, "Master, someone brought it, and you commanded it, master." ”

Pei Zhixing looked the person up and down and said, "Yes, yes, what's your name." ”

The young man replied: "Xiangye, the little one is called Qin Yong, and the little Pei Ren clan." ”

Pei Zhixing was very satisfied with Qin Yong, his answer was strong and powerful, and his ability should not be bad, and then said: "The old man has an errand to hand over to you, if it can be completed, the old man will ensure your glory and wealth." ”

Qin Yong didn't ask anything, and replied with his hand: "Xiangye, please command, Qin Yong will not give up." ”

Pei Zhixing was even more satisfied, and said: "Take the old man's token, hurry to Jiangling, hand over this thing to His Royal Highness King Wu, and tell him to pretend to be sick and return to Beijing quickly, just say that the prince Xu, he knows how to do it, remember, only when he sees King Wu will he hand it over to him, go back quickly, and the old man is waiting for your good news." After speaking, he handed over a piece of jade pendant with the word Pei to Qin.

Qin Yong arched his hand and said: "The villain will definitely not live up to the trust of the prime minister." With that, he strode away.

As soon as Qin Yong left, Yang Bing asked: "Pei Xiang, you said that it is no problem for the prince to come back, after all, the generals of the border army have no major crime of recalling Beijing." ”

Pei Zhixing also shook his head and said: "It should be fine, one-third of the military power is in the hands of the prince, if the prince does not come back, the crown prince must be, as long as the prince goes out of the border army, he will be in danger, and the crown prince will rest assured that the military power is in the hands of other princes." ”

Yang Bing thought for a while, nodded and said, "Pei Xiang is right, our family is all on the same line as the prince!" ”

Pei Zhixing looked at the sky, pointed and said, "Do your best, listen to the destiny of heaven." ”

At this time, the fifth prince Qingwang and the sixth prince Yanwang also gathered together, looking embarrassed, although the two are princes, but the fief is far away in the north, if the world is not unified, it is difficult for the two to have a little seal in their lives.

"Fifth brother, what should we do now, the third brother can't come back, the people of King Qi and King Wu are looking down, will my father give the crown prince to King Hui's kid! Why don't you notify the third brother to come back," the sixth prince asked. The third prince and the sixth prince have the same mother, and the three of the five princes grew up together, and they definitely hope that their third brother can ascend to the throne.

The fifth prince thought for a while, "Don't worry, send someone to inform the third brother, the crown prince, to prevent the Han army from attacking, we can't be in a hurry at this time, the third brother's foundation is unstable, we must pay close attention to every move in the court, rest assured, the father will not easily set the position of the crown prince, now the three kingdoms of Liang, Han, and Ming are looking down on us, and Yang Yong of the Tianshun Empire will not let go of any opportunity, if the third brother and King Wu are not in the border army, the border is unstable, the third brother and King Wu, the one who came back to eat must say that the father is angry." ”

"Well, it's still the fifth brother who is smart, why can't I think of it," the sixth prince patted his head.

Then, the fifth prince said: "Pay attention to the eighth and the eighteenth, you can't let the eighth turn over, this person can't understand him since he was a child, and now he can't understand it, chant famous poems through the ages, give him some time, many scholars will be biased towards him, and he can't be underestimated." The little eighteenth father emperor is the only favorite, get rid of the two of them if necessary," a haze flashed in the eyes of the five princes.

The sixth prince nodded, "Fifth brother is right. "It doesn't matter if my third brother and myself will be a chess piece of the fifth prince in order to get on the throne in the future.