Because this matter was secretly planned by Hama and others, Tokhtar became the last person to know, and when Ruzhong Baihuo rushed into the study of the Prime Minister's Mansion in a hurry, Tokhtar was shocked and angry.

"What do you say? How could the establishment of the crown prince be so reckless? ”

Ru Zhongbai wiped the sweat stains on his forehead with his sleeve: "This matter is too strange, we haven't even received any news, and according to the news from the palace, this matter was personally ordered by His Majesty, and the Ministry of Rites and Rites coordinated this matter." ”

Although Tokhtar was angry, he kept calm, according to the usual practice, as long as there is some wind and grass in the palace, then Hama will personally come to inform himself, no matter how bad it is, he will send two little eunuchs to pass the word, but how can he not pass on to himself for such a major matter as establishing the position of the prince today, could it be that it happened suddenly, and Hama did not have time to act?

Thinking like this, Ru Zhongbai had already begun to point the finger at Hama: "Prime Minister, could it be that Hama who held a grudge against us for demoting him to the Xuanzheng Yuan, and deliberately pretended to be deaf and dumb?" ”

As soon as Ru Zhongbai's words came out, he aroused the dissatisfaction of the other person in the study.

Sitting next to Tokhtar was the idle Yexian Timur, who was very displeased when he heard Ru Zhongbai's suspicion of Hama, and rebuked with a cold face: "Shi Lian has great kindness to our family, if it weren't for him speaking for us in front of the Holy One, how could my brother be able to regain control of the court?" How can you sow discord between us? ”

Now although Ru Zhongbai is in the position of saving trouble in the Senate, and Timur is a commoner, he is his own brother after all, where does Ru Zhongbai dare to offend easily, so he didn't dare to say anything when he was accused in person, but just lowered his head and stopped talking.

Tokhtar sighed: "He is also kind, why should you blame him?" I'm not sure what Hama's idea was. ”

also snorted coldly: "Brother, don't blame me for talking too much, even if Shi Lian deliberately didn't pass the news to us this time, it was because you repeatedly suspected him!" In this case, it is better for me to go to Shilian's house to find him and untie these knots with him face to face, for I absolutely do not believe that he will stand against us. ”

Totoku nodded: "I often regret the relegation of him to the Xuanzheng Yuan before, but I haven't found a suitable opportunity to reinstate him, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be resentful in his heart. ”

Also, Timur and Hama have always had a good relationship, and after getting the operation of his brother, he set off in a sedan chair wearing a civilian dress.

Su Sheng had expected earlier that Tama was likely to blame Hama for this incident, so he advised Hama not to stay in the mansion for a long time, and to find a reason to enter the palace to serve the emperor, so that when Takoff asked, he could also use Takot as a rhetoric.

Also first take a sedan chair soon arrived in front of Hama's mansion, after being asked, I knew that Hama was not in the house, and when I was thinking about entering the palace in person, I suddenly remembered that I had been demoted to a commoner by Emperor Zhizheng, so I had to turn back the same way and return to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Totoku sighed: "Well, since that's the case, I can only enter the palace in person." ”

also persuaded first: "Brother, since this matter has been said from the mouth of the saint, it is better to do things according to the imperial decree first, anyway, it is all the saint's family matter, why do you need to offend Queen Qi's mother and son for this?" ”

Tokh shook his head: "Now that I am a minister of the Pillar Kingdom, how can I turn a blind eye to this matter? Now that the saint is in the prime of life, the government and the opposition have finally calmed down, if there is suddenly an additional crown prince at this time, do you know how many people are ready to move? ”

Ru Zhongbai also echoed, looked at Ye Xian and said: "Don't you know, the remnants of the Taiping Party have shown signs of resurgence recently, and many people have dared to go to Taiping's home as a guest openly!" In addition, the prime minister is now in charge of the military and political affairs of a country, if there is an additional prince to supervise the country, then who should the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty listen to? If the prince and the prime minister have different political views, what should we do? ”

He also fell silent when he heard this, he really didn't think of these deep-seated problems.

After thinking about it for a long time, he finally came to a conclusion: "No matter what, for the sake of the Holy Lord and Da Yuan, I have to stand up and stop this matter, otherwise it will definitely cause a catastrophe in the future!" ”

also persuaded first: "Brother think twice, Queen Qi had a good relationship with us before, and helped us a lot, if you jump out at this time to prevent the prince from ascending to the throne of the prince, it will inevitably cause their mother and son to hold a grudge, Queen Qi has always been revenge, you offend her is equivalent to offending the entire harem!" ”

Ru Zhongbai didn't care about offending at this time, and said: "After all, this matter is against the etiquette system, if the prime minister doesn't speak up at this time, how should the hundred officials feel?" And now, even if you don't come forward to stop this matter at this time, Prime Minister, how will you deal with yourself when there is a disagreement between the prince and the saint in the future? No matter how good the prince is, he is still a saint sitting on the throne now! ”

Caught in a dilemma, Totok smiled bitterly, and couldn't make up his mind for a while.

At this time, someone outside came to report, saying that it was Mr. Wu Zhifang, the mentor of Tokto, who asked to see him.

Tokhtar was stunned when he heard this, when there was a disaster in Henan, the teacher fell with a cane because of his exclusion of Hanchen, and since then he has sent whoever he sent to invite, he has not come to the door again, but he didn't expect to take the initiative to come today......

"Hurry up, please!" After saying that, he felt that it was inappropriate, so he personally took someone out to pick him up.

Wu Zhifang was seventy-eight years old at this time, and his whole person became more and more clear and thin, if he didn't have the support of the attendants around him, it seemed that a gust of wind could easily blow him down.

Wu Zhifang has been almost closed for a few years since he was angry with Totok that day, and the whole person is not only a little old under depression, but he almost burst into tears at a glance.

Although Totok excluded Han Chen, he was taught by Wu Zhifang as a Confucian since he was a child, and he respected this teacher very much, and at this time he was ashamed and self-reproachful in his heart, and he involuntarily knelt down in front of Wu Zhifang.

Wu Zhifang's thin face was already full of yellow spots, and only a few teeth were lost, but a pair of eyes were still full of essence, and after taking off his clothes and kneeling, the old man couldn't help but shed tears, and the resentment towards his lover in his heart disappeared instantly.

Wu Zhifang sighed lightly and muttered, "The old man is just a dying person, how can he afford such a great gift as the Grand Master?" Get up and talk. ”