It was night, in the study in a courtyard in the south of the city. Under the flickering candle flame, the middle-aged man's face turned pale. He forced his anger to squeeze a sentence out of his teeth, "Who is it?" Who the hell poked this out? Waste, what a bunch of waste, you can't do anything well! ”

A person who was obviously dressed in disguise turned red, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and said carelessly: "Lord Wang, the person who played is He Rui in the criminal department." The villain communicated with Master Shang Shukang of the Criminal Department, and he was completely unaware of this matter. Maybe it's just a coincidence. ”

The middle-aged man is the younger brother of the current emperor, King Jing Qin Defang, who has stayed since returning to Beijing half a year ago to serve his sick mother. "Coincidence? No way! He groaned for a while, and said in a gloomy but firm tone: "It's only been less than two days, how can he know about Xia Guoyuan's trapped Yangzhou prefect in a small criminal department?" I think there must be someone behind it. By the way, Ye Nanqing, nine times out of ten it is Ye Nanqing! He is Xia Guoyuan's proud disciple. ”

"Lord Wang, don't blame the villain for being too talkative. In the villain's opinion, maybe Ye Nanqing didn't want Xia Guoyuan to enter Beijing. Seven years ago, the current saint was suspicious because he was afraid of Xia Guoyuan's henchmen all over the government and the opposition. Xia Guoyuan had to leave the court and stay at home, and Hou Shengshang felt that he owed something to him, so he used his proud disciple Ye Nanqing, which can be regarded as repaying the original support. Speaking of this, he raised his head and looked at the prince's face, and sure enough, he saw the muscles on his face tremble, and then said: "Having said that, but current events are easy to change, and people's hearts will change. Seeing that Yao Zuoxiang was about to retire due to physical reasons, and Ye Nanqing had not been idle in the past few years, he had installed cronies in many key yamen in the imperial court, and had a close relationship with Cen Shouxin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Yi Mingtao, and Cai Zhongping, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, how could he be willing to Xia Guoyuan go and return at this time. With all due respect, at the critical time when Ye Nanqing was about to reach the top, even if his mentor blocked his way to promotion, it would be a murderous enemy. ”

King Jing nodded and said, "Well, it's because of the lonely thoughts, or Li Yushi can see it thoroughly." Lonely with Li Yushi's help, it is really like a tiger with wings. A few days ago, Lone heard that the position of Zuo Yidu Yushi was vacant, I wonder if the Qing family intends to go to the next level? ”

Dressed up to meet the prince in disguise is Li Yushi, who sued the right minister Ye Nanqing in the court today, he heard what King Jing said, and was immediately excited, as if he saw a thoroughfare in front of him, so he knelt directly on the ground and cried and said: "Thank you for the prince's help!" The grace of the prince is like reconstruction, and the villain will try his best to serve the prince in the future. ”

King Jing Qin Defang hurriedly picked up Li Yushi, and said: "Hey, this is what the Qing family deserves, and loneliness is just the beauty of an adult." Even if you sit alone, you will eventually be promoted. However, now Lone is also incapacitated, and he can't directly send Qing into Qingyun. But hate those stubborn people who have always been in high positions, so what can they do? He ...... day by day, forget it, don't say it. ”

Li Yushi's heart was shocked, and he didn't dare to answer, so he had to respond. The two chatted a few more words about the affairs of the court, and the latter took his leave and left.

The masked man pushed open the secret door and walked out, standing two steps away from King Jing without saying a word, as if thinking about something.

After a while, King Jing waited a little impatiently, and asked, "Sir, you also heard that the emperor of the dynasty urgently recruited Xia Guoyuan into Beijing this morning. All the setups we had made were useless. ”

The masked man glanced at King Jing, which made the latter feel a little inexplicable. Just when he was about to get angry, the masked talent said leisurely: "The emperor wants Xia Guoyuan to enter Beijing, no matter what we do, we can't stop it, at most we can only delay it for a day or two." ”

"Sir, who do you think instructed the Criminal Department to poke out the Yangzhou affair?"

The masked man directly rolled the dead fish's eyes, which made King Jing very uncomfortable in his heart, but he still held back. King Jing didn't dare to put up a fight in front of him, and even kept surrendering his identity to ask him for advice, after all, the masked man was full of wisdom and had been helping him plan that big thing.

The masked man stopped holding it and said in a hoarse voice, "Is this important?" You still underestimate Xia Guoyuan, thinking that I thought I had the advantage at the beginning, but then I was defeated in his hands. Xia Guoyuan has been in the officialdom for more than 40 years, cunning and foxy, never credulous, with his character, how could he not be arranged before leaving Beijing? Although Li Yushi is a bit stupid, he is right, Ye Nanqing also doesn't want Xia Guoyuan to return to Beijing. It can be seen that the criminal department should be one of Xia Guoyuan's backhands left in advance. Seeing that King Jing wanted to speak, he directly waved his hand to stop the other party, and then said, "You seem to have forgotten the regulations we discussed last night. ”

King Jing patted his head at this time, and suddenly said: "Alas, I am just too jealous of Xia Guoyuan, so I am a little carried away." Just now, I also heard Li Yushi talk about the events of this morning, but I didn't find anything abnormal. How did the gentleman teach me? ”

The masked man was also unambiguous, and said directly: "You may not have noticed, today's early dynasty shows at least two problems: First, the emperor's trust in the right minister Ye Nanqing is very limited. The disaster situation in Jinhua, Zhejiang and other places has worsened because of the ineffective disaster relief of the imperial court, and it is impossible for the emperor not to hear about it, but he was still suppressed by Ye Nanqing and Cai Zhongping, the head of the household, which will make the emperor disgusted and vigilant. Something similar has happened before. It is precisely because Ye Nanqing's family is now dominant in the court that the emperor will move the idea of inviting Xia Guoyuan out of the mountain, so as to balance Ye Nanqing's power. This also shows that the emperor's control over the court is already unstable, otherwise more drastic measures will definitely be taken. The second is that the emperor's dragon body is not good, and the situation should be very serious. ”

King Jing suddenly interrupted the masked man and asked excitedly, "Is this true, sir?" After seeing the masked man nodding affirmatively, he walked a few steps in place with his face flushed and rubbing his hands, and said something in his mouth, "God help me, God help me!" Sir, please tell me more about it, and I'm listening. ”

"According to my estimate, the emperor's dragon body should be terminally ill. You should also know that the emperor has been fat since he was a child, and he has been suffering from asthma for a long time. After the emperor ascended the throne and stabilized the court, he fought in order to give birth to the prince, and even did not hesitate to use drugs, which also made the emperor's dragon body worse and worse. As Li Yushi said just now, the emperor moved a little, and he almost fainted twice. If it weren't for the eunuch beside him, he might have fallen on the dragon chair on the spot. This is also the main reason why the emperor is eager to recruit Xia Guoyuan into Beijing. And the prince should also note that a month ago, the great court meeting of the imperial court had been changed from every five to ten days to the day of synod. ”

King Jing asked eagerly, "Sir, then according to what you see, how long can the emperor last?" ”

"I've been letting people infiltrate the Imperial Doctor's Office during this time, and I learned that several imperial doctors have been living in the palace since half a month ago, and they are with the emperor. In my estimation, the emperor should not last long, at least two months, at most half a year. ”

King Jing's face was full of red light, and he excitedly took the masked man's arm and said, "Good, good!" If he can succeed on a lonely day, Mr. should take the first credit. ”

The masked man broke free of King Jing's arm and arched his hand and said, "I have nothing else to ask for, I just hope that the prince can keep his promise and hand over Xia Guoyuan to me to deal with." ”

"Okay, it's all up to you!"