"Then according to your meaning, the Marquis of Zhenyuan should bring His Second Highness to Southern Xinjiang and help him win military merits, so that His Royal Highness will be easier to succeed."

The two factions couldn't argue, and Duanmu Qing frowned irritably.

"Let's put this matter aside for the time being, my father has already become suspicious of the second child, let's just wait and see what happens."

"Your Highness, then you rushed to Southern Xinjiang to ...... business"

"Father will definitely send troops, but the candidate for the general is definitely not His Royal Highness!" Duanmu said firmly.

"Your Highness, your subordinates believe that our focus is still on the capital. Military merit and popular will are important, but His Royal Highness does not have military merits, and other His Highnesses do not have either, but His Royal Highness has more sacred hearts and popular hearts than them. ”

Duan Qing was thoughtful.

None of the brothers served in the army, so I don't know if my father was afraid or had other plans. Until the last time he was recruited into the army on behalf of his father, from a small soldier to a captain, at least the generals in the army recognized his ability.

On his father's side, he has been asked to help deal with official affairs all these years, and he also has some prestige and reputation among the people.

Moreover, his biggest reliance is his father's favor for him.

Even if he was in frequent situations during this time, his father clearly weakened the power in his hands, but privately compensated for it elsewhere, so among several brothers, he was still the best candidate for the "crown prince" in his father's heart.

Even though he didn't regard the second child as a competitor, the second brother was the elder brother in the end. This is also one of the reasons why my father has not appointed a prince over the years.

In the harem, although his mother is the only one, the second mother's concubine is also constantly favored. If it weren't for the phoenix seal in the hands of his mother, he and his mother might have to be crushed. It can be said that his mother and the second mother's mother are equal opponents, and the second child has another advantage - his maternal grandfather's family.

This has always been his shortcoming.

is now, he is fighting with the second child in full swing, if it weren't for the second child having a grandfather of the prince and the prince to help him support him, the second child would have been out of the game a long time ago

So now that my father is suspicious of the second child, he should cut the grass and eradicate the roots!

"Your Royal Highness, the property under the name of the Second Highness, except for the 'Shu Embroidery Building', there is not much left, this is our best time, and our subordinates have found an interesting thing."

Duanmu Qing looked at the strategist with interest.

"Your Highness, Aunt Dai has been borrowing money from Qiao Lixi's bank frequently recently. In order to maintain the balance of the accounts, the second master Qiao paid his own money to make the accounts, thinking that it was his own weight by the side of the second highness. ”

"It's kind of interesting." Duanmu Qing's eyes are more interesting.

The strategist continued: "Your Highness, if there is a problem with the accounts of the Second Highness, Aunt Dai will not pay the silver, and it will be a big trouble, and the Second Highness will lose the Sacred Heart in front of the Holy Highness......

"It's not enough." Duanmuqing shook his head, "The fight between His Royal Highness and the second child, you and I have been fighting for a few months, and you can't hurt each other's roots, don't let the fourth fisherman benefit in the end." Since we want to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, what we want is to completely destroy it. ”

……

The Second Prince's Mansion.

The second prince lay on the bed irritably for two days, and when it came to the day when the "Shu Embroidery Building" reported the accounts, the second master Qiao came to the door.

Every time this kind of thing happens, Second Master Qiao personally comes out, and this time is no exception.

The second prince basically only left the "Shu Embroidery Building", and although the other two shops are still there, they have basically not received any money. The only thing that is worthy of the second prince's comfort is that the two shops are his own, so he doesn't have to worry about losing money, as long as the shop is still there, it's a big deal to rent it out in the end.

Although he thought so in his heart, until the end, the second prince was unwilling to take this step, after all, this meant that he lost.

Because his body was inconvenient, the second prince summoned Second Master Qiao on the soft couch.

With the silver in his hand, Second Master Qiao's account is quite beautiful.

Even the second prince couldn't help but say, "This month, the business of 'Shu Xiulou' is good." ”

It's not as good as the accounts in its heyday, but it's a relief.

Second Master Qiao looked proud, "Your Highness, the strength of 'Shu Embroidery Building' is already above 'Splendid', although there is more Jingjin now, but in the end, it is a rookie, and after the freshness, everyone still recognizes the old brand." Whether it is heritage, craftsmanship or reputation, 'Shu Embroidery Building' is a unique part of the capital. When the scenery of "Shu Xiulou" was at the beginning, "Jinxiu" and "Yunshang" didn't know where they were! ”

The second prince's face softened, and the pain on his body seemed to have lightened a little, "Make persistent efforts, take advantage of our current momentum to completely pull the third child into the water." ”

Second Master Qiao's face remained unchanged, and he swore solemnly: "Your Highness, please rest assured, with the current momentum, how can 'Jinxiu' be our opponent." ”

Anyone can say big things, even if they are not a little sure, but Second Master Qiao is full of morale.

The second prince immediately withdrew two-thirds of the profits of the "Shu Embroidery Building" last month.

When Second Master Qiao took the silver ticket, his face sank.

The total profit on the book was 5,000 taels of silver, which was drawn from the additional 20,000 taels that Qiao Ningdai borrowed from Qiao Lixi.

In other words, Qiao Ningdai only took 15,000 taels of silver to the gambling house.

Although the gambling house is in the business of lending money, it also guarantees that it will take care of Qiao Ningdai's business first, but how much can the people in the market borrow?

Fifty taels is the sky!

If you put fifty taels out, how much can you get back?

How many people would have to give the fifteen thousand taels of silver to produce more silver?

It's coming to the end of the month in a blink of an eye, even if Qiao Lixi doesn't urge them to repay the principal, the interest still has to be repaid.

This loan is rolling more and more, if there is no progress on the second prince's side, they will not be able to pay Qiao Lixi's money at that time, and something big will happen!

With a roll of his eyes, Second Master Qiao asked casually: "Your Highness is in Jincheng this time, but your wish has come true?" ”

The second prince immediately blackened his face.

However, Second Master Qiao is his own person, he has nothing to hide, he only said angrily: "I haven't seen anyone for the time being, and now the war in southern Xinjiang is tight, and the Marquis of Zhenyuan has no time to take care of His Highness." ”

Second Master Qiao "chuckled" in his heart, but pretended to be relaxed on his face, "Also, there are priorities, and the most important thing is at the border." Your Highness, the Marquis of Zhenyuan released the words early, and the Holy Lord ......"

The superior is suspicious, especially for the sake of the supreme imperial power, and the old emperor can't trust his son.

Even if His Royal Highness didn't have the intention of killing his father and seizing the throne, the old emperor was also on guard, and in addition, now the Marquis of Zhenyuan semi-openly expressed his support for him, and it was when the old emperor had not yet established a prince. The monarchs and ministers who were already incompatible, how could the old emperor sit back and wait to die? Waiting for the Marquis of Zhenyuan to get rid of him and support the second puppet to be the emperor, or waiting to be suppressed and threatened by the Marquis of Zhenyuan, he unwillingly set up the crown prince and reluctantly gave up the throne.

No, no matter which one it is, it's not what the old emperor wants to see.

What Qiao Lao Er thought of, the second prince had already thought of.

It's just that he was in a hurry, and without consulting his advisers and grandfather, he quietly rushed to Jincheng.

Calming down, the second prince was very glad that he didn't see the people of the Marquis of Zhenyuan.

As long as he didn't see anyone, he didn't reach an alliance agreement with the Marquis of Zhenyuan, they were not a faction, and in front of the old emperor, he was still innocent.

Yes.

The current second prince is so hesitant and so repetitive.

"Father, I have my own ideas, you just need to do your part." The second prince obviously didn't want to talk about it.

Second Master Qiao accepted it when he saw it, and his heart was heavy.

Second Master Qiao left first after reporting the accounts, and the second prince was lying alone in the study, because of his inconvenience, he couldn't get off the ground, and he was also carried over before.

Thinking that since he had arrived at the study, he simply dealt with the things in his hands first, and then thought about what his grandfather was going to say.

The second prince is still holding on to the psychology of luck.

After all, he secretly went out of Beijing to Jincheng, no one knew his whereabouts, and his father's dissatisfaction with him was at most that the Marquis of Zhenyuan supported him semi-openly.

But he didn't have an affair with the Marquis of Zhenyuan, so there was not much of a problem on his father's side.

comforting himself, the depression in the second prince's heart was relieved a lot.

"Who!"

There was a sudden movement in the study, and the second prince looked at the bookcase alertly.

"Your Highness!" The guards guarding the door heard the movement and immediately rushed in.

"It's okay, you all go out."

The second prince wanted to cover up his words, and although the guards were strange in their hearts, they still obeyed his will.

When he left the study, Yu Guang searched carefully in the study, and did not find anything abnormal.

When calm returned to the outside of the door, the second prince sat up with his body propped up.

The pain in his body was still there, but all the attention of the second prince was on the piece of paper on the bookcase.

Ordinary stationery, the cheapest kind in bookstores.

The second prince limped, held his arm, and dragged his body to the bookcase, his face was ecstatic!

That's the kind of stationery!

Every time this kind of stationery would appear in his study with unexpected news!

Who sent it?

Why was it delivered?

It doesn't matter anymore.

Because the second prince knows that his chance to turn over has arrived!

Picking up the letter paper and looking at it at a glance, the second prince's eyes couldn't stop being shocked.

Looking at it again in disbelief, without the eagerness of the first time, the second prince looked extremely careful and cautious, for fear of missing any detail.

At the end, the second prince laughed silently.

It's actually the one in the palace!

……

Plum Garden.

There are many courtyards named after flowers in the capital, especially all kinds of flowers are popular in the circle.

But there is no "plum garden".

It has nothing to do with anything else, just because this "plum garden" is unique, and it is only available in the palace.

Yes, the "Plum Garden" is the dormitory of Concubine Cao.

is not named "palace", but a fresh "garden", not because Cao Guifei is not enough, but because her weight is too much, so thick that the old emperor put down the entire harem and named it after the courtyard of ordinary people, does he want to favor Cao Guifei alone, or are he ready to stay and fly with Cao Guifei?

This behavior that does not conform to the rules of the ancestors has been criticized by the imperial history, but the old emperor insisted on wearing the hat of the faint monarch and wrote the word "plum garden" in his own handwriting.