Ye Zhiqiu slapped the table and said angrily: "I was so angry at the time. Later, he changed his words, saying that I and Master Cao are rare pillars of talent, and hinted that if I am willing to help him succeed, there will be a day of prosperity in the future. ”

"Something with a wolf's heart and a dog's lungs! The saint treats him as his own, and refuses to let him suffer the slightest grievance from childhood to Dalian, but he is said to be a master of immorality...... I don't know where his conscience has gone! Gonggong Li was extremely angry when he heard it, "What is the success of what he said?" ”

"The Holy Expedition to the East, when it is returned, it must be the Holy Driver first, and the army behind, you know this Gonggong Li."

"It's ......!"

"Yes, this is the idea of the prince, he wants to take advantage of the gap when the saint's car drove into the imperial capital first, and lay an ambush in Chengxi Gate, and then take advantage of the chaos to ......"

Gonggong Li was already dumbfounded.

He couldn't imagine how such a straw bale prince suddenly had such scheming and courage. After all, this child is used to being pampered, no matter how big his temper is, he still knows how much he can do.

"This ...... This made the old slave really unbelievable. ”

"Oh? Does Gonggong Li think that the prince is not such a disloyal and unrighteous person who is often rebellious? ”

"No, no, no, the old slave just thinks he's ...... Where can he have such a ability to cover the sky with one hand. Father-in-law Li instinctively felt a little confused.

Ye Zhiqiu secretly shouted that it was not good, the straw bag was the straw bag, it was okay to let a smart person pack a straw bag, but it was very rare to let a smart person pack a straw bag, it seemed that he accidentally said that the prince was a little too much.

He smiled calmly: "This is Gonggong Li who has seen the wrong person." As the saying goes, Shibei should be impressed for three days. Even if Gonggong Li watched the prince grow up and knew how many catties and taels he had, but in the recent period, Gonggong Li may not know what happened to the prince. ”

"Oh? What happened to him? ”

"The prince's original temperament is indeed no different from those sons and brothers in Beijing, except that he is arrogant and untamable, and he can't do big things. But since I went to Xinyang County, Jingzhou, to serve as the county commander, it has been very different. Has Gonggong Li ever heard that the seven successive county magistrates of Xinyang County have been resigned by bandits, but after the prince took over, the weather was completely new, and he won the praise of the people of a county? ”

"This ......" Gonggong Li knows a little about Xinyang County, after all, Emperor Wen sometimes mentions a few words when chatting with him in the tea garden, praising how capable the prince is, but he doesn't know the specific details.

"Father-in-law Li, people are not forced, and sometimes they really don't know how much ability they have. Just like this prince, he was forced by the bandits in Xinyang County, and he even learned a little ruthlessly. It's just that he shouldn't have used this ruthlessness on the saint's body. ”

"But how did Lord Ye know this?"

"The prince often goes to Lord Cao's house to drink, and recently walks in the Ministry of Rites, so sometimes he calls me to go with him, there is a son in Lord Cao's family, and the prince happens to be familiar with him when he is in Jingzhou, when the four of me drink together, the prince and Cao Gongzi will tell some experiences and interesting stories in Xinyang County, so I know."

Gonggong Li was silent.

What Ye Zhiqiu said was the truth, whether it was yesterday when the prince urgently summoned Ye Zhiqiu into the palace to inquire, or the prince went to Cao's Mansion to drink, he knew it. Besides, the crown prince is not

didn't want to hide it from anyone, as long as he went to Cao Mansion to drink, any palace maid and eunuch in Yunyang Palace would know, and it would naturally reach his ears. It's just that he never thought that the Cao Mansion party would become a place to hide people's eyes, after all, it is known that the prince likes to have fun, and no one will care about him going to drink, let alone that he is secretly plotting rebellion.

Thinking about it carefully, after the prince came back from Xinyang County, it was really a little different from before, and it was unusual for him and Cao Feihu to be so close. It must be known that Cao Feihu was originally a deputy commander, and he didn't have any family background as a background, but he was promoted so quickly, he originally thought that Emperor Wen liked it, but now it seems that it is unknown if it is the prince who is secretly fueling the trouble and cultivating his henchmen!

Gonggong Li was provoked by Ye Zhiqiu to have hatred for the prince, and when he thought about it at the moment, he actually had a little suspicion of stealing the axe, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the prince had bad intentions.

"Is he so eager to ascend to the throne......

"Gonggong Li, he was obviously forced by the pigeon harrier's urgent letter to do this. Once he is exposed to have nothing to do with the royal bloodline, who will recognize him as a prince? So this is the only way to do it. ”

Gonggong Li thought for a while, and then asked: "But since he wants to lay an ambush in Chengxi Gate, why didn't he go directly to Lord Cao, who commanded the Dragon Scale Army, but to find you, Lord Ye, who has nothing to do with it?" ”

Ye Zhiqiu looked a little embarrassed, pointed outside and said: "Gonggong Li, I really don't want to say anything mean to Lord Cao, after all, Lord Cao is impeccable in terms of loyalty and bravery, but in terms of resourcefulness and prudence, if Gonggong Li is the prince, can you rest assured that such a big matter will be handed over directly to Lord Cao?" ”

When Gonggong Li thought about it, he was also ......

"So, Lord Cao, he still ...... now"

"He didn't know it yet, everything was asked by the prince to convey a message to him." Ye Zhiqiu nodded.

"Lord Ye, I have already understood what you just said, Lord Ye is willing to tell the truth, presumably he will not be willing to be the fake prince's eagle claws, so what is Lord Ye going to do next?"

"I'm going to do it."

"Oh?"

"Since the prince wants to rebel, that is, there must be conclusive evidence to report to the saint, I want the prince to mistakenly think that Lord Cao and I are willing to help him ambush the saint outside the Chengxi Gate, and then turn against him on the spot and take him down in front of the saint, and then present the evidence at hand one by one. In this way, the prince will not have a bright future! ”

Gonggong Li thought about it carefully, frowned, and said, "But the mind of the saint, Lord Ye is afraid that he does not know everything. The old slave has been with him for thirty years, and the saint's character is still clearer. Even if your evidence is ironclad, maybe the saint will be soft-hearted towards this fake prince, and at that time, I am afraid that you, Lord Ye, will be bitten back. ”

"Such a possibility is not impossible, but rebellion is rebellion, even if the prince escapes his life because of the benevolence of the saint, it is impossible to restore the intimate relationship with the saint as before. A prince who has fallen out of favor, what is there to be afraid of? ”

"But after all, he is nominally the only prince of the saint, even if he falls out of favor, there is no other prince to choose from the saint."

"Gonggong Li, you are wrong. In the past, the Holy Lord really had no choice, but now there is a ......" Ye Zhiqiu looked at him with a smile.

Gonggong Li suddenly came to his senses, Crown Princess!

Nominally, the child in the crown princess's womb is the holy emperor's grandson, and it is logical to inherit the throne, but privately said that the crown princess is the granddaughter of the Empress Dowager Jing's relatives, and her child naturally has the blood of my Yin Mu country!

In this way, the pro-alienation is separated.

Without the fake prince, the saint can sit back and relax!

Ye Zhiqiu saw that Gonggong Li was a little happy, and deliberately poured a basin of cold water on his head: "The secrets that Gonggong Li knows, the fake prince also knows, what Gonggong Li can think of, the fake prince can also think of." So Gonggong Li thinks about it, who should the prince be most afraid of now? ”

“…… The Crown Princess? ”

"Not bad. That's why Gonggong Li asked me to protect the crown princess, but in fact, he was beaten crookedly. As long as the crown princess gives birth to the emperor, the fake prince will become dispensable in the eyes of the saint, so it is difficult to guarantee that the fake prince will not be poisoned in advance. ”

"But it's his own child in the womb!"

"Concubine, he can accept as many as he wants, and all the children born in the future will be his children, after he weighs the pros and cons, won't he make a choice?" Ye Zhiqiu smiled, smiling with poisonous intent.

Gonggong Li couldn't help but shudder.

He couldn't believe that Li Chongyan would be so vicious, but as long as he thought that the crown princess was still lying beside the fake prince completely unaware at the moment, he felt a burst of fear hit his heart.

"Father-in-law Li, you just asked me what my plans are, and I have already told the truth, and I have not hidden it. If there is nothing wrong, I will summon Lord Cao in, there are some things but I can't believe it alone, and I hope that Gonggong Li will explain the ins and outs to him. After all, he's a little ...... right now Some can't tell the difference between friend and foe. ”

"That's easy to say! As long as Master Cao is a loyal and righteous person as Lord Ye said, the old slave will definitely let him know the black and white rights and wrongs of these things. ”

"There is one more thing, I need Grandpa Li's help, but I'm afraid that the price of this favor is a bit big."

"Lord Ye just speak."

"At the moment, I am still a confidant of the false prince on the surface, especially if I can't handle today's affairs...... It is difficult to gain the trust of the false prince again. ”

Gonggong Li understood, and said with a miserable laugh: "It's okay, the old slave doesn't care about this life, if he can help Lord Ye with some strength, the old slave will die well." ”

Ye Zhiqiu was moved, got up and bowed: "Gonggong Li's loyalty can be learned from the sky, and the saint will definitely understand!" Although Gonggong Li is righteous and awe-inspiring, he is not afraid of the world's reputation, but how can I bear it? It's better for Gonggong Li to write the reason for today's grievances and sins into a secret letter and hand it to me, and I will present it when I face the saint in the future, and I should return Gonggong Li's innocence! ”

Gonggong Li sighed: "Lord Ye is really understanding. Fortunately, the old slave wrote a letter and left it in the saint. Speaking of which, the old slave served the saint all his life, and it is a pity that he could not say goodbye when he died, and with this letter, I feel at ease......"

"Okay, then please leave a pen here, I'll call Master Cao to come over and wait outside the house, and wait for Father-in-law Li to finish writing before coming in." After Ye Zhiqiu finished speaking, he bowed slightly and went out of the door.

When Ye Zhiqiu arrived at the atrium, Lao Cao was standing there anxiously, and when he saw him come out, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Lord Ye, how is the situation inside?" Does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince mean that we should give Gonggong Li ...... now?"