"That's the way it is!" How dare he call the shots for such a big matter, as soon as he came back, he immediately asked Lin Huayao for instructions on what happened in King Ming's mansion today.

Lin Huayao on the other side learned the whole story, obviously not mentally prepared, and after being silent for a long time, he said in a low voice: "Since we started to do it in the Six Cities, I have been guarding against him from intervening, but I didn't expect that in the end, it was his way. I have to admit that his hand, with his spear in return, is indeed clever. ”

When Chu Ruocai heard this, he also showed bitterness, this incident really caught them off guard, and in this matter, he was responsible.

From the beginning of sending troops to the six cities, to the excuse of not retreating, he took the initiative to suggest it, but in the end, King Ming took advantage of the loophole and took seven inches, and he couldn't help but be responsible.

"Dashuai, this matter is a matter that the subordinates have not thought about, and when they go back, the subordinates are willing to be punished." Chu Ruocai took the initiative to plead guilty.

"Even if we did detect the loophole, we were ready to send it. Compared with the strategic significance of the six cities to us, Mo said that it was worth it no matter how big the price was. Lin Huayao was not too depressed, and his voice was very calm.

When Chu Ruocai heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, in fact, Chu Ruocai also thought so in his heart.

It's just that he can't say this, and now that Dashuai can figure it out himself, that's a great thing.

However, he still continued to plead guilty: "If in a strategic sense, the six cities are indeed not comparable to Shangqing Mountain, but a big war is about to start, if there is a problem in Shangqing Mountain at this time, I am afraid it will have a great impact on the morale of our southern army, which is indeed Ruocai's sin." ”

"Okay, you don't have to worry about this, the matter is a decision made by Ben Shuai, whoever has an opinion, Ben Shuai is responsible." Lin Huayao obviously understood his voice.

With Lin Huayao's words, Chu Ruocai was really relieved, even if this matter really broke out, he no longer had to worry that someone would hold him accountable in front of the big handsome.

It's not that Chu Ruocai is too careful, but the Southern Army is also very complicated, even if it is him, there will always be times when he offends people, and now that things have gone wrong, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will use the topic to deal with him.

"The most important thing at the moment is that we must come up with a strategy to deal with this matter, and we can't be led by the nose by King Ming." Lin Huayao's voice came.

Chu Ruocai was silent for a moment before he said: "According to the thoughts of his subordinates, although this matter is tricky, fortunately, King Ming did not mean to turn his face against us immediately, his purpose was to use this matter to pinch us and use us." ”

"Hmm." On the other side, Lin Huayao agreed with his statement, but his tone was not easy: "He calculated the right time to attack us, now is the threshold of our negotiations with the country, if he stands on the side of the country and the dynasty now and helps the country and the dynasty deal with us, we can't even delay, and the situation will be very passive." ”

"Yes, King Ming's intention is here, he is now holding our handle, and it has great use value for the dynasty, if he chooses to cooperate with the dynasty, even the new monarch will not be able to move him for the time being. That's what he's trying to tell us, so that we understand that now the initiative is in his hands, and he doesn't have to ask us to help him save his life, but we have to help him do things. Chu Ruocai nodded.

Chu Ruocai slowed down and said: "He is now forcing us to help him kill Qu Guochang, his attitude is very tough, he didn't give any chance to negotiate, if we don't agree, he will flip the table." ”

Lin Huayao on the other side didn't say anything when he heard this, with Chu Ruocai's understanding of him, he could guess that Lin Huayao was afraid of suppressing anger in his heart at this time.

After a while, Lin Huayao's voice came again, and he had calmed down when he heard the voice: "He is now holding our handle, and he can choose to cooperate with the country." Why did you choose to cooperate with us instead, and kill Qu Guochang at this time, I always felt that something was wrong. ”

"I have some thoughts on this." Chu Ruocai replied.

"Speak!" Lin Huayao said immediately.

"After the palace change, the contradiction between King Ming and Xinjun has completely broken out, and the death of Concubine Lan is actually doomed to no further easing between the two. Even if King Ming chooses to help the dynasty deal with us at this time, he can only keep peace for a while at most. With the character of King Ming, in the face of this situation, he did not hold back, but took the initiative to attack, which is not surprising. ”

"Among the four auxiliary ministers of the dynasty, Qu Guochang is the absolute henchman of the new monarch and the biological father of Concubine Lan, he will inevitably stand on the side of the new monarch with a clear attitude and try his best to deal with King Ming. Now that the new monarch is about to ascend the throne, King Ming's removal of Qu Guochang before the new monarch ascends the throne is equivalent to cutting off the new monarch's arm, which is very beneficial to King Ming's future situation. ”

Speaking of this, Chu Ruocai smiled bitterly again: "The key is that now we took the initiative to send it to the door, and he took the handle again, he took the opportunity to use us to get rid of Qu Guochang, and made Xinjun think that we were already tied to him, and he didn't dare to act rashly, now it seems that he deliberately left the third prince in King Ming, and deliberately let the palace misunderstand that our relationship with him has eased." ”

"Didn't you say that Dingyu was left behind by Suyin?" Lin Huayao's voice sank.

"Yesterday, the third prince was indeed left by the young lady, at that time, I saw that the young lady's expression did not seem to be fake, so I didn't think much about it, but today I think about it, I am afraid that the young lady is really worried about the safety of the third prince, so she has the idea of leaving the third prince, but there may not be no hands and feet of King Ming, and the young lady is afraid that he will use it." Chu Ruocai said.

"Hmph, this beast used to scold the old man shamelessly, but now what good things has he done?" When Lin Huayao heard this, he immediately sneered coldly.

The abandonment of the clansmen and the escape of the clan has always been the most criticized topic of Lin Huayao.

He also cares most about people scolding him with this matter, and now that Mo Bai is using Lin Suyin, not only is he not worried about Lin Suyin, but his first reaction is that everyone is all the way, why are you scolding me......

Chu Ruocai naturally didn't dare to make any comments on this matter, and immediately changed the topic: "If the subordinates are not mistaken, King Ming said that he only let us help him lead out Qu Guochang, and we don't need to do it." But in fact, once we do this, he will definitely not let us get out of it. ”

Lin Huayao was silent, and after pondering for a long time, he said in a deep voice: "Promise him." ”

"Dashuai, if you promise him and help him kill Qu Guochang, we will really be in the same boat with him, and the previous plan will be abolished......" Chu Ruocai said bitterly.

"No, it's business as usual." Lin Huayao said in a deep voice.

"This ...... After killing Qu Guochang, will Xinjun still talk to us? Chu Ruocai didn't understand for a while.

"Of course it will, Qu Guochang is dead, he will only want King Ming's head more, at this time we are willing to support him, how can he not talk about it?" Lin Huayao sneered.

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Today's incident happened in the imperial study, and there was no rumor, and the officials in the outer palace only faintly noticed some movement, and then disappeared, and did not know the details, and no one dared to inquire openly.

Hu Qingyan, King De, and Zhang Bangli, after the incident, gathered together to discuss how to deal with the situation in the future.

In fact, the discussion can't lead to any results, and there are some things they can't do, if Your Majesty really can't think about it, and has to make a fuss when he ascends the throne, then no matter how much they want, it can only be a pipe dream.

The only thing they can do is to control the mess they have on their hands more closely and be prepared in case the situation changes.

But here, there is a topic that cannot be avoided.

If His Majesty and King Ming really turned their faces at the enthronement ceremony, when they had no choice but to take sides.

Which side to stand on, none of the three gave each other a word.

But in fact, when they mention this issue, they already represent an attitude.

In silence, the meeting of the three dispersed.

Hu Qingyan watched King De and Zhang Bangli walk out of the cabinet, and he couldn't help but sigh.

He really didn't want the situation to come to this day, but the situation was completely out of his control, and the contradictions between Xinjun and King Ming broke out more and more fiercely, until now, these two people were almost the last knife in each other's necks.

From the bottom of my heart, in the long run, if I want to ask Hu Qingyan who he wants to stand, there is no doubt that he wants to stand on Lao Jiu.

Lao Jiu is not capable of King Ming, but from his point of view, what he wants is an emperor who has no ability. ，

But now Hu Qingyan has no choice, the situation has been made clear, if he insists on standing on Lao Jiu, two days later, he will end up with Qu Guochang.

Hu Qingyan sat alone for a long time, but in the end he was unwilling to accept the current situation, stood up, and walked towards the inner palace.

In any case, he has to make his last effort, to persuade Lao Jiu again, to persuade him to forbear.

Compared with Hu Qingyan's last effort, King De seems to have given up.

After the party, he had been living in the palace for a long time, but today he is out of the palace.

When he returned to the palace, he didn't eat, and King De locked himself in his study.

When his children heard that he had come home and came up to pay respects, he had no intention of saying much to them, so he sent them away.

He sat like this until almost dawn, when the door of the study suddenly opened, and the butler ushered someone in.

King De raised his eyes and saw that the person who came was dressed in civilian clothes, not the commander of the forbidden army, and who was Mo Beichuan.

Mo Beichuan saluted, and King De waved his hand at the butler.

The door closed, and the two sat opposite each other.

"No one found out!" King De asked.

"Don't worry, the prince, it's just that I have a lot of dreams at night, and I can only stay for a quarter of an hour and leave." Mo Beichuan said in a deep voice.

"Okay, then I'll make a long story short." King Tak nodded.

He really made a long story short, and the first sentence was: "Beichuan, do you think Your Majesty and King Ming, who should I choose to be the most beneficial to my clan?" ”

Mo Beichuan's heart immediately changed color, and he hurriedly looked left and right, and then immediately lowered his voice: "Lord Wang, if you say such a big rebellion, ......"

"It doesn't have to be like that, I know what I'm talking about." King De raised his hand and said with a wry smile on his face.

Mo Beichuan looked at him for a long time, and Mo Beichuan bowed his head: "Lord Wang, I am the commander of the forbidden army, and my duty is to protect the palace ban and ensure the peace of His Majesty, so I should not have been here today." ”

With that, Mo Beichuan stood up, bowed and was about to leave.

King De was not angry, but shook his head and said: "You have also seen today's events, Your Majesty and King Ming are destined to leave only one, maybe it won't be long before the enthronement ceremony will determine the winner and loser." If this king can still have a little way, how can he live up to the trust of the previous emperor? ”

Mo Beichuan had already raised his footsteps for a moment, only to hear King De continue: "Now that there is no way, even Zhang Bangli, a confidant of the first emperor, has already stood on the side of King Ming. Even a person like Hu Qingyan who wants to be a powerful minister has reluctantly abandoned His Majesty, what can I do? ”

Mo Beichuan's eyes trembled slightly: "They have all made a decision to betray Your Majesty?" ”

King De smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Betrayal? What kind of betrayal is talking about, Hu Qingyan doesn't mention it, you should know what kind of person Zhang Bangli is, he killed Qu Guochang, not for King Ming, but for His Majesty, but His Majesty can't see the facts clearly, let's be more direct, the current Your Majesty no longer cares about the country, the country, and the royal family...... He didn't care anymore, there was only King Ming left in his eyes, and there was only one thing left in his heart, that is, to kill King Ming. ”

"What is the current situation of the country, I know, and you also know, it has reached the verge of collapse, if we don't make a choice, we will all have to be stewed by others in a pot and served on the table with wine."

Zhang Bangli didn't want to betray His Majesty, but he couldn't help it. Hu Qingyan didn't want King Ming to be on the throne more than any of us, but he still had to cover his nose and stand on King Ming's side, what do you say this king can do? ”

Mo Beichuan was silent.

King De lowered his head: "This king can only make a choice, and I am also glad that no matter what, King Ming is always my royal family's descendant, and my Mo family has finally fallen into the hands of outsiders." ”

"Lord Wang, you are a public heart, Beichuan can understand, but can you guarantee that King Ming will definitely be able to rejuvenate the dynasty, and he will definitely be able to treat the royal family well?" Mo Beichuan's voice was heavy.

King De looked up at him: "It's still the same sentence, besides King Ming, who else can I choose?" ”

……

When King De was talking, Zhang Bangli was standing quietly in the class room, watching Hu Qingyan come out of His Majesty's bedroom with a bitter face.

Zhang Bangli kept watching his figure walk away, and then slowly exhaled and sat back in the chair.

I pressed a small bell on the table, and soon a subordinate came in from outside the door.

Zhang Bangli asked in a deep voice: "King Ming, what's going on?" ”

"In the afternoon, Chu Ruocai of the Southern Army went to see ......" subordinates immediately reported the situation of today's Ming Wangfu one by one.

After listening, except for the Southern Army coming to see, there was nothing unusual in the Ming Palace, Zhang Bangli pondered for a long time, and then said: "Give me all my strength to keep an eye on the Southern Army, no detail is allowed to be missed, and the slightest change can be reported at any time." ”

"Yes!" The subordinate answered the order and walked out quickly.

Zhang Bangli closed his eyes and lay on the chair, he didn't believe that King Ming would not be prepared at all, he had to grasp the movements of King Ming's mansion.

But deep down in his heart, he was at a loss, and he didn't know what he could do even if the Ming Wangfu really made a move?

Sabotage?

Or just staring!

Qu Guochang's death, after all, is still as Du Juan said, not the best time.

Several important ministers of the dynasty standing at the top of the dynasty were nervous because of this matter, and no one was sure how the situation would go.

But obviously, everyone is not optimistic about the current situation, and they only feel that the earth is shattering and it is just around the corner.