Just when Luo Ying persuaded the prince of the East Palace to give a gift, King Yong Hongyu also secretly met with King Xiang Hongjing in his palace.

I saw the two of them in a secret room, sitting opposite each other and drinking and talking.

And what they were talking about was nothing more than the rumor that was extremely unfavorable to Zhao Hongrun.

Regarding this rumor, Yongwang Hongyu's opinion is the same as Luo Ying's, and he also thinks that it is a revenge by some people in the sect against Zhao Hongrun.

Therefore, King Yong Hongyu said with a smile: "Third brother, for this kind of trivial matter, you personally visit your brother in person, it is not like your character." ”

Hearing this, Xiangwang Hongjing chuckled twice, and then said with a smile: "Second brother, do you really think that this is just an innocuous trivial matter? ”

Yongwang Hongyu shook his head when he heard this and said: "I know Hongrun, he is indeed disdainful of the throne that my brothers are vying for, just like the sixth brother Hongzhao. …… It's just that Hongzhao likes to chant poetry and paint, if he wasn't born in the royal family, he must have lived in seclusion in a certain immortal mountain, accompanied by mountains and rivers, and accompanied by Hongru. And Hongrun, he has a very strong obsession with "making my Great Wei a strong country", I have heard him say that he said that everything he did was only because he was a Wei person, not for that position. Moreover, only my Great Wei is getting stronger and stronger, and if he wants to be an idle king in the future, he can be more comfortable...... Hahaha, that's really in line with his character, right? ”

"Huh." Xiangwang Hongjing listened quietly and laughed noncommittally at the end.

Immediately, he put away most of the smile on his face, and said lightly: "Second Brother Wang is really insincere." …… What Brother Wang asked was not 'Does Hongrun want that seat', but 'Does the father want Hongrun to sit in that seat'......"

"......" Yongwang Hongyu frowned.

"Brother Wang doesn't believe that Brother Wang didn't see it." Squinting his eyes, Xiangwang Hongjing said in a low voice: "Father and Emperor have the inner chamberlain as eyes and ears, monitoring the wind and grass of the beams, and the old guys in the Zongfu have not been able to fight the eighth child this time, and they have been robbed of power, so they stumbled the eighth before leaving...... Could it be that my father really didn't predict it? Not to mention, even if he didn't predict it at the time, after the inner chamberlain reported the matter, his father could still suppress this rumor, as long as he wanted to. However, my father did not do this, and let this rumor spread more and more...... Brother Erwang thinks, why is this? ”

"......" Yongwang Hongyu glanced at Xiangwang Hongjing, and said lightly: "Maybe my father was negligent." ”

"Negligence?" Xiangwang Hongjing smiled, lowered his voice and said, "That is his most important and beloved son now!" …… How much military power does the eighth have in his hands now? Lakh! 100,000 soldiers! That's more than the six battalions of the garrison combined! Among the princes of my Great Wei Dynasty, has there ever been a prince who has the power of 100,000 soldiers? ”

King Yongwang Hongyu frowned and said, "After all, Hongrun has made great contributions to my Great Wei, and it is normal for some privileges to have some privileges. ”

"Is that all?" Xiangwang Hongjing said with a smile: "In my opinion, this time my father let go of this rumor, I am afraid that he wants to take the opportunity to test the eighth child and see if he has the slightest interest in that position......"

"Hongyun has no interest in the throne." Yongwang Hongyu said lightly.

"I hope so!" Xiangwang Hongjing chuckled lightly and laughed at himself: "Otherwise, what are we people fighting for?" Actually, the second brother can also see it, right? The father has long been cultivating the most suitable successor in his heart, otherwise, like the bad character of the successor, coupled with his style of interfering in everything, he would have been questioned by the imperial history supervisor for the crime of trespassing. …… Set up a private pass in Chenggao Pass, collect customs duties, and refuse to open Sanchuan to the domestic aristocratic forces, and even make a fuss because of this. ”

"But it is undeniable that everything Hongrun does is for the sake of the big picture." Yongwang Hongyu said with a displeased face.

"Okay, that's the end of it." Seeing that Yongwang Hongyu's face was not good, Xiangwang Hongjing didn't say any more, immediately stopped the topic, and said in a low voice: "Second brother, the eighth brother, is not a person who succumbs to others. …… A while ago, Brother Wang's household helped him create a batch of ...... "Sanchuan Commemorative Coins", do you know. ”

"Hmm." Yongwang Hongyu nodded.

"At that time, the household department consulted Brother Wang, and Brother Wang also knew that I didn't want to go against the eighth child, so I didn't bother to take care of this matter and let the household department make up his own mind, but as a result, the household department refused at that time. But what about in the end? Lao Ba funded his own funds and asked the Smelting Bureau to build a batch of molds for melting coins, and asked the household department to help cast a large number of Sanchuan commemorative coins. …… What he decides, he must do it, a person with such a temperament, Brother Wang really thinks he will be able to stoop to others? Shaking his head, Xiangwang Hongjing said: "At that time, I understood that the eighth child would not be a person who succumbed to others. ”

"What the hell are you trying to say?" Yongwang Hongyu seemed to be getting more and more irritable.

"I just want to remind the second brother that the eighth brother is not interested in that seat today, it does not mean that he will be the same tomorrow. What's more, his father also has high hopes for him......"

"......" Yongwang Hongyu glanced at Xiangwang Hongjing deeply, frowned and asked, "You mean, take the opportunity to weaken Hongrun?" ”

"Of course not." Xiangwang Hongjing laughed and laughed at himself: "The old eight can even bring down the Zongfu, we get along well with him, why make enemies?" After that, he lowered his voice and said, "Brother Wang just thinks that it is very likely that the eighth child will leave Daliang temporarily...... The fourth child is still in Shanyang, and the fifth child goes to Longxi, if the eighth child leaves the beam again, this beam will only be left in the East Palace, as well as you and me......"

Hearing this, Yongwang Hongyu looked at Xiangwang Hongjing with interest and said with a smile: "Are you confident that you can bring down the East Palace?" That Luo Ying is not simple. …… If Hongrun leaves the beam temporarily, it is not you and me who are convenient. The speed at which the East Palace expands its power is higher than that of you and me. ”

"I know." Xiangwang Hongjing nodded with a smile, and then said with a smile: "But, as the saying goes, 'if you want to take it, you must give it first'...... If the eighth child still stays in Daliang, the East Palace will be jealous, and he is too jealous of the eighth child. ”

“……”

Yongwang Hongyu pondered for a moment, then nodded slowly.

After two days, the rumor about Zhao Hongrun spread in Daliang.

For a while, many people were speculating whether King Su Hongrun was as rumored to be retreating and intending to take the throne.

Even after this matter reached King Su's Mansion, even Yulong, Mi Rui, and Miss Su became a little suspicious.

It's not that it's against Zhao Hongrun to fight for that position, if according to Princess Yulong, if Zhao Hongrun ascends to the position of the king of Wei, then she will rely on her more; And Mi Rui is even more supportive of Zhao Hongrun to compete for the throne, maybe she thinks that if Zhao Hongrun becomes the king of Wei, she will have countless desserts to eat.

Only Miss Su was a little frightened, after all, she didn't dare to hope for the "princess", how could she ask for the "concubine", the higher Zhao Hongrun stood, the more worried she was about losing Zhao Hongrun's conjecture.

And all of this annoyed Zhao Hongrun.

Finally, he couldn't help it anymore and came to the Vertical Arch Hall to ask his father, Emperor Wei Tianzi, to use his strength to stop this rumor.

However, Wei Tianzi was very calm about this, and said lightly: "It's just a rumor, it won't be long before it will be calm, what's there to worry about?" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun was speechless.

"What does my father mean that his sons don't have to do anything? Isn't that a tacit acquiescence? ”

Wei Tianzi glanced at Zhao Hongrun when he heard this, and said lightly: "Then you will hand over Sichuan Yu to the imperial court, how about it?" ”

"Uh......" Zhao Hongrun's face froze.

It's not that he can't trust the imperial court, it's just that he is afraid that something will happen to the good end, for example, a few days ago, the domestic aristocratic forces united to put pressure on the imperial court and him because of the Sanchuan incident, at that time, Zhao Hongrun was stubbornly resisting the pressure, but in exchange for the imperial court, I am afraid that he has already compromised at this moment and opened Sanchuan to those domestic aristocratic forces.

After all, even in the Wei State, the weight of the commoners in the eyes of the imperial court will still not be as high as that of the nobles, and the imperial court will at most use those commoners to knock and knock those nobles as Wei Tianzi did, and take this opportunity to get back some of the domestic mineral veins, how can it really support those commoner merchants.

Zhao Hongrun refused to hand over Chuan Yu just to make sure that everything developed according to his thoughts.

"Fifty thousand cavalry from the north of Sichuan?" Seeing that Zhao Hongrun was silent, Wei Tianzi asked again.

“……”

"Yan Lingjun?"

“……”

"Shang Shui Jun?"

“……”

"The Smelting Bureau?"

“……”

As Wei Tianzi asked one by one, Zhao Hongrun was speechless.

It's not that he really refuses to hand over his rights, it's just that he doesn't want his hard work to be wasted by some people, after all, that's what he managed to hold up.

Looking at his speechless son, Wei Tianzi's eyes flashed with a hint of color, and he said step by step: "If you are willing to hand over the rights in your hands, the rumors will be destroyed immediately." But in fact, I don't want you to do that...... For example, in the 'Sichuan Dynasty', where your deterrence among the three tribes of the Qiang, the Qiang, and the Shan is greater than that of the imperial court, and if you were to change to someone else, I would also be worried that I would not be able to deter the people of the Three Rivers...... Furthermore, what if the officials sent there mess up? ”

"......" Zhao Hongrun frowned, and said irritably after half a ring: "But that rumor ......"

"That's just a rumor." Wei Tianzi smiled and said tentatively: "It won't be long before the wind and waves will be calm." Again...... With your contribution to the Great Wei, even if you fight for the throne, you can't do it. As far as I know, the government and the opposition's evaluation of this matter is quite supportive of you......"

Zhao Hongrun was stunned, then looked up at Wei Tianzi, and frowned after half a sound.

"Father, what do you think...... That's not quite right. ”

"What?" Wei Tianzi looked dazed.

I saw Zhao Hongrun squinting his eyes, staring at Wei Tianzi intently, frowning and saying, "Erchen suddenly remembered that when he came out of Ningxiang Palace that night, his father had hinted at Erchen's matter...... In other words, my father already knew. However, the father did not send someone to stop the rumor, but allowed it to spread...... Father, are you playing a trick on your son? ”

"It's not ...... good"

Wei Tianzi chuckled in his heart, and secretly blamed himself for talking a few days ago. (To be continued.) )