In the Forbidden City Prime Minister's Mansion, Zhuge Yiyan sat in the study with a frown, opposite to the Taibao, Taishi, Taifu, and the Three Dukes of the Dynasty, and there was a letter on the desk between the four of them, which was sent by the second prince Xia Yuanwen into the imperial capital to send to Zhuge Yiyan's Mansion.

After pondering for a moment, Taishi Su Xiuyan spoke: "Everyone, the second prince sent someone to send this secret letter, asking us to sneak out of the forbidden city overnight, and after meeting with his men and horses, we will jointly raise troops to resist the four emperors------ well----- army against the current emperor, what should we do?" ”

"This secret letter says that the person who answered is outside the city, and as long as we go out of the city, we can leave the imperial capital, but ----- emperor has watched our whole family, we can't leave this big family and run out to accompany the second prince to raise troops, right?" It was the Taibao who spoke.

Taifu nodded, and said in a heavy tone: "Taibao's words are reasonable, after the emperor took office, although he trusted us on the surface, in order to prevent the rebellion of the courtiers, the emperor sent people behind his back to monitor everyone's every move, and we can't leave the forbidden city at all." ”

"It seems that we are going to live up to the second prince's wishes." Zhuge said this, and said with emotion: "Since the first emperor is the current emperor, the emperor is the orthodox king, even if the prince and the second prince are unwilling, they should also obey the mandate of heaven."

At present, the emperor has ascended the throne and is pro-government, the court is still the court, Daxia is still Daxia, for us, all this has not changed, let's assist the emperor, Kuang Fu Sheji, that is an orthodox minister, but if you follow the second prince to raise troops, it will be a chaotic minister and thief. ”

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In the Wuying Palace's chief military marshal's mansion, the new Wuying Palace's resident Yipin Wushuai Zhang Huaji is entertaining guests, and the other party is a strong man wearing civilian clothes, with a calm expression, a square face in the national character, and a full face.

As soon as they met, Ren Linghao openly and honestly explained his intention to Zhang Huaji: "Lord Zhang, I am here to be entrusted by others, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hopes that Lord Zhang can join forces with him to resist Xia Yuanyou, who is seeking power and usurping the throne, and the prince promises that when he succeeds in the future, it will be the time for the Lord to be crowned king." ”

"Squire-sama is here for this?" Glaring at Ren Linghao, Zhang Huaji's face sank: "The old man has been galloping on the battlefield for many years, how can he be a person who is greedy for wealth and wealth, you go back and tell the prince that the old man is loyal to the imperial court, not a certain royal noble."

If the prince is a legitimate successor, the old man will be loyal to him, but now that the emperor has ascended the throne, the current emperor is the person selected by the first emperor to inherit the throne.

Lord Squire, please reply to the prince, just say that the old man is ignorant, only knows how to be loyal to Sheji, so he can't agree to his request, Lord Squire, please go back, for the sake of you and my colleagues, the old man will not expose your deeds, if there is a next time, the old man will not be polite. ”

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In the "Zixiao Palace" of the Forbidden City Palace, after Xia Yuanyou ascended the throne and became the emperor, he set up his bedroom in the Zixiao Palace.

"Uncle, the recent situation is not optimistic, the eldest brother and the second emperor brother have always refused to recognize my throne, although the uncle blocked the two of them from leading troops to threaten in the early stage, but in recent times, the two of them have been crazy to attract people.

According to the secret reports of his subordinates, the Great Emperor Brother has recruited thirteen territorial governors, those governors are all military generals, and each territory has hoarded heavy troops, just at present, the Great Emperor Brother has gathered 18 million soldiers under his command.

Not only that, the seventh emperor brother Yuanxiao, the sixth emperor brother Yuantu, also converged with the eldest emperor, Yuanxiao is the secretary of the military department, and is helping the eldest emperor to recruit soldiers and horses at the moment, I heard that the eldest emperor brother has canonized the heavenly demon Mr. Luzhu in Xicheng as a military advisor, and wants to overthrow my throne by means of military advice.

The eldest emperor brother is eyeing the tiger here, and the second emperor brother is also busy recruiting troops and horses, he was originally deeply supported by the civil officials, plus the second emperor brother has been controlling the officials over the years, and has supervised the imperial examination many times, which really attracts the hearts of the world's scholars.

Since the Second Emperor Brother issued a call for rebellion, the Third Emperor Brother Yuan Ran, the Ninth Emperor Brother Yuan Ming, the Four Scholars of the Wenfang Palace, the Northern Qilin Qiuluobei, and half of the civil servants in the court have all responded, not only that, but also the twenty-two governors of the territory controlled by the civil officials echoed and supported.

Although most of the civilian officials did not have an army in the territory under their control, not all civilian officials were like this, and nine of the twenty-two governors had hoarded soldiers and horses in their territory, and the total number of troops was almost five million.

Yesterday, the second emperor brother set up a general, named Peng Tiangang as the commander-in-chief, and Feng Qiuluobei as the military advisor, and handed over the matter of conquest and usurpation of power to these two people.

The eldest brother has gathered 18 million soldiers and horses, and the second emperor brother has almost 16 million soldiers and horses, but we only have 6.4 million soldiers and horses and 3 million miscellaneous troops on our side. ”

"Well------ it's a bit tricky." Nangong Xiongba sighed: "It's understandable that the prince is so crazy, after all, he has always been the prince of the prison country before, and everyone treats him as the future emperor, and when he learns that the first emperor passed on his status to you, of course he can't accept it."

But the second prince is so active, but it is beyond my expectations, before I wanted you to win him over to join forces to resist the prince, but I didn't expect a rumor to emerge at this juncture, saying that the throne was originally the second prince, but you changed the edict.

The rumor spread with a nose and eyes, saying that the content of the holy decree of the succession was originally "I pass on the emperor's position in the second prince." But after the queen saw the content of the holy decree, she changed the "two" in the holy decree to "four", and let you sit on the throne of the dragon chair.

Such a lame rumor is really believed by someone, it really me off, the second prince even took advantage of this rumor to claim to be the true heir of the emperor, in addition to him, the prince also claimed to be the orthodox heir, and they both want to compete with you for the throne of the country. ”

After hearing this, Xia Yuanyou nodded, was silent for a moment, a trace of fighting spirit rose on his face, and he snorted coldly: "The eldest emperor brother, the sixth emperor brother, and the seventh emperor brother are in a group, and the second emperor brother, the third emperor brother, and the ninth emperor brother are in a group."

Coupled with me, the four princes who have just ascended the throne and are unstable, it seems that they want to stage a good show with me about the seven kings fighting for the emperor, since they are not convinced, then come on, and see who can have the last laugh. ”