Zhao Yuanrong had been suspecting who had committed his father's assassination in the palace.

All kinds of indications show that it must not be the crown prince Zhao Yuangeng, and the rest of the people may be the culprits behind the scenes, and they may even be written, directed and acted by the emperor himself, but many things seem to tend to be done by outsiders, because the emperor himself did not know about this matter in advance, before Ji Ning said that Zhao Kangzheng should have known in advance, and Zhao Yuanrong also believed it.

But now Ji Ning suddenly said that it was the work of the four princes, which made Zhao Yuanrong feel a little unacceptable.

"Ji Ning, there are some words, don't talk nonsense, do you mean that my fourth emperor brother led the assassination of my father? What's in it for him? Zhao Yuanrong looked incredulous, judging from her point of view, the four princes had nothing to gain in this matter, killing the emperor, and it was the crown prince who inherited the crown prince, and it had nothing to do with the four princes.

Ji Ning said: "Don't look at the process of many things, you must look at the result, I only ask the princess one sentence, what is the final result of this matter?" Who benefited in the end? ”

"It's not the fourth emperor brother, it's the fifth brother...... Ji Ning, how did you find out about this situation, I think you may have misunderstood the Fourth Emperor Brother, his character is cowardly, how could he be the murderer who led the plot to assassinate his father? Zhao Yuanrong still looked incredulous.

"Since the princess doesn't believe it, then I can't help it, I now use the simplest method to determine who is the culprit behind the scenes, except that His Majesty is unlikely to stab himself, and then only King Chong and the crown prince are the most likely, or some forces outside...... But these people can't send people into the palace! Ji Ning said, "At that time, I thought that it was probably done by one of Princess Pingwan and the Four Princes, because these two people are actually in contact, Princess Pingwan has always wanted to help the horse get the position of general, but His Majesty does not allow it, and the relationship between the prince and Princess Pingwan will not be very close, and naturally it will not help, and the one who can really help Princess Pingwan will not be King Chong or Uncle Li, the only person Princess Pingwan can find to cooperate with is the Four Princes!" ”

Zhao Yuanrong frowned, what Ji Ning said, she roughly analyzed it, it was very reasonable, even she knew Princess Pingwan's heart, because Princess Pingwan was a more ambitious person than him Zhao Yuanrong, just because Princess Pingwan was a concubine, she was not qualified to compete for the throne at all.

"So what?" Zhao Yuanrong said, "You should be more suspicious of Princess Pingwan now, right?" I, the imperial sister, you say that she can do this kind of thing, I believe it, but with the cowardly character of the fourth imperial brother, how dare she do such a rebellious thing? ”

Ji Ning smiled: "Didn't the princess find out something? After the assassination of Her Majesty, Princess Pingwan immediately cleared up all relations with the four princes on the bright side, and on the bright side, she was very close to the five princes, as if she wanted to support the five princes, and even everyone felt that she should be a member of the five princes' faction, and the relationship between the five princes and her was so close? ”

Zhao Yuanrong couldn't answer now, there were many things in the court, in fact, Ji Ning saw it more thoroughly than her.

"Princess, just imagine, how did Princess Pingwan learn of His Majesty's intentions and intend to make the fifth prince the crown prince? Princess Pingwan is obviously not sure about this matter in her heart, she is trying to protect herself, she is afraid that the assassination of His Majesty by the Four Princes will be exposed, and she is in the know, so she wants to draw a clear line with the Four Princes, but the problem is that it is impossible for the Four Princes to subjectively do the assassination, maybe the Four Princes assassinate Your Majesty, and Princess Pingwan is still making plans behind it! Ji Ning said, "Otherwise, at such a close distance, the assassin actually did not injure His Majesty, where is the style of the prince sending assassins?" The crown prince still has the princess of Cheshi Kingdom in the palace who can be an assassin, so why should he send an assassin into the palace again? Moreover, the princess of Cheshi Kingdom is still in the palace until now......"

After Zhao Yuanrong thought about it, he still nodded, because Ji Ning's analysis was still very reasonable.

Ji Ning said: "Now the princess should think that the fourth prince has a reason to make a move, right?" With the support of Princess Pingwan, assassinate His Majesty, so that there is a conflict between His Majesty and the prince, the next step is for His Majesty to eradicate the prince, I believe no one would have thought that His Majesty would actually be in that situation, to support a fifth prince who has lost power because of his mother and uncle's rebellion, the fourth prince and Princess Pingwan will not think about such a bad thing, when the incident happened, Princess Pingwan realized this, and immediately went to stand on the side of the fifth prince, first, for fear that the matter would be revealed, and secondly, ...... I think Princess Pingwan must have communicated with the four princes, she went to the five princes as a fine worker, in exchange for the support and reuse of the five princes, and then took the opportunity to put the five princes to death. As for whether Princess Pingwan will support the fourth prince or the fifth prince in the end, anyway, in her opinion, these two younger brothers are not a big threat, as long as one of these two ascends the throne and believes that she gives her power, this is enough, and now Princess Pingwan's goal is also to Chongwang, to kill Chongwang and then quickly! ”

"Ji Ning, you think of us in the royal family too much, right? Who can have such a big scheming and think so complicated? I think you're thinking too much......" Zhao Yuanrong tried to deny Ji Ning's statement.

Ji Ning said: "The princess must think that I don't have real evidence, in fact, it's very simple, my real evidence is also learned through the investigation of these days, the show girls who entered the palace this time have been strictly examined, and the people in every state capital in the local area have detailed records, except in a convoy in Huzhou Mansion in Jiangnan, which transported the show girl, had an accident on the road, and then the people from Jiangping Mansion sent the show girl to the capital, the show girl may have been transferred at this time, and the person who transferred the contract must also be related to the local government, after the assassination, The prefect of Jiangping Province was killed, and the murderer is still at large! ”

"The prefect of Jiangping Mansion, what does it have to do with my fourth emperor brother?" Zhao Yuanrong seemed a little incomprehensible.

"The name of this prefect is Zhang Yuan, and it has nothing to do with the Four Princes themselves, but Zhang Yuan has a staff member named Zhu Huacheng, but this person used to be a guest of the Four Princes' Mansion, and his previous name was Zhu Jin, this person's name, the princess should have heard of it, right?" Ji Ning asked.

Zhao Yuanrong thought for a while and said: "Yes, this person was my fourth emperor's brother's Mr. Yuma a few years ago, and this person was also exiled in the rivers and lakes, and no one knew his whereabouts, he actually ...... Become a guest of the prefect of Jiangping Province? ”

"Later, I investigated that Zhu Jin has now arrived in the capital, and he lives in an inn in the capital, and he usually has contacts with the four princes in secret, you said that if it wasn't for the four princes, why would he still meet with an old staff?" Ji Ning said, "There must be some conspiracy between the two!" ”

(End of chapter)