Chapter 657: Secrets of Dragon City
A great storm is brewing in the royal family of the Daeyong Dynasty, and among the ordinary people, and even among the ordinary scholars, it is simply not present, and no one will realize that there will be a rebellion in the Daeyong Dynasty to seek the usurpation of the throne. Bayi Middle School? Wen?? ???. (8) 8?1?
Although Ji Ning knows the whole thing, he is more like an outsider in this matter, he can help Zhao Yuanrong do some things now, but Zhao Yuanrong is still just a powerless princess, even if he helps Zhao Yuanrong, Zhao Yuanrong is not qualified to ascend the throne as emperor.
That afternoon, Ji Ning did not continue to meet Tang Xie and Han Yu, and the two of them were still preparing to register for the selection examination of the Hanlin Academy, and then they would go back to rest.
Ji Ning has to wait for news from Zhao Yuanrong, he doesn't know much about the situation in the palace for the time being, because almost all his news comes from Zhao Yuanrong's message, and now he is extremely lacking in information acquisition channels.
It wasn't until the end of Shen Shi that Zhao Yuanrong came back from the Prince's Mansion, Zhao Yuanrong looked very tired after running around for a day, and after walking in front of Ji Ning, her tense face finally relaxed a little.
Only when she is in front of Ji Ning, she will not hide too many things, and only Ji Ning can give her family a feeling, except for Ji Ning, even her father, brother and others cannot do this.
"Yongning, I just learned about the situation, Uncle Li Guo had contact with the people in the palace before, and it seems that he has made some explanation to Concubine Li Guifei!" Zhao Yuanrong said, "But I'm afraid that Concubine Li's power in the palace can't prevent the surnamed Feng from colluding with the national teacher, and the father and emperor are still very dangerous today and tomorrow!" ”
Ji Ning said: "Just rest assured, princess, Concubine Li's power in the palace is strong enough, and it is not difficult to stop the behavior of Mr. Feng and the national teacher!" ”
"Why are you so sure?" Zhao Yuanrong said.
"It's not my guess, it's based on the actual situation!" Ji Ning said, "The princess might as well imagine that the Li brothers and sisters will never allow His Majesty to have an accident in the palace, which will only cause chaos in the capital, which may be beneficial to King Hui, but it will not be beneficial to the fifth prince to ascend the throne!" ”
Zhao Yuanrong said: "Ji Ning, you didn't tell me this before...... Are you saying that the fact that King Hui was preparing to assassinate his father in advance was intended to provoke chaos in the capital, not his defeat? ”
"Hmm." Ji Ning nodded and said, "Many things can be said from different angles. King Hui's move seems to be a failure, so that His Majesty has an accident, there is a prince in the capital, and it is not the turn of the fifth prince to succeed him, nor can it be his turn to King Hui. If you think about it carefully, you will actually feel that this move of King Hui's Mansion is very clever, because whether it is the crown prince or the fifth prince, after the sudden change, they do not have enough strength to completely stabilize the situation of the court.
Even the crown prince, because His Majesty has been very defensive of him in recent years, the prince can only secretly show some of his connections, and there is no way to obtain the real military power, so that the military power still falls into the hands of the twelve guard generals, if His Majesty really has three long and two short, who wants to ascend the throne, in fact, it is to see who can really control the twelve guards and horses, as well as the control of the palace guards! ”
Zhao Yuanrong said: "The generals of the Twelve Guards have never defected to any force, they are directly responsible to their father. As for the palace guards, there is a possibility that they will lose power! ”
"Hmm. The princess is right, I'm afraid of this! Ji Ning said, "The control of the palace guards, strictly speaking, is on the commander of the Praetorian Guard, and in order to prevent the rebellion of the Praetorian Guard, the palace has also arranged three commanders at the same time, and different people change shifts every day, and the three supervise each other. This has the advantage that it is not easy to rebel, but it also increases the risk of the palace guards, and the emperors of the Dayong Dynasty will use eunuchs in the real jurisdiction of the palace guards in order to prevent the people who lead the troops from rebelling. Now there is direct jurisdiction over the palace guards, in fact, there is also Longcheng Long Gonggong! ”
Zhao Yuanrong said with worry on his face: "This person in Longcheng is sinister and cunning, he has served his father in the palace for many years, and he has not achieved any great achievements. But after the rise of the Li brothers and sisters, he defected to the woman surnamed Li, and then soared, and now he is determined to help the Li brothers and sisters! ”
When Zhao Yuanrong mentioned the Li brothers and sisters, he would be angry, and it was also because Concubine Li confused the emperor and made the emperor ignore a daughter like her.
Ji Ning smiled and said, "If the princess just treats Long Cheng as a person from Concubine Li's faction, then it would be a big mistake!" ”
Zhao Yuanrong said: "Oh? Ji Ning, why did you say this? ”
"The princess just saw the appearance of things, Longcheng followed the rise of Li Guifei, so it is natural to think that he is Li Guifei's person, but I don't know that this person was a southerner, and no one in the world knows about what happened before he was fifteen years old, he is a dead man cultivated by the emperor! It was only because he made a mistake that he was punished as a eunuch! Ji Ning said.
"He's a dead man? How can it be? Long Cheng has never understood martial arts......" Zhao Yuanrong was very surprised, and after she pondered carefully, she said, "The first emperor...... That is, my imperial grandfather, who cultivated some dead soldiers back then, but what to do with these people, no one knows, how did Long Cheng become a eunuch? ”
Ji Ning said: "The mistake he made at the beginning was because it was not good to protect His Majesty today, he was one of the few dead soldiers who secretly protected His Majesty today, and later became a eunuch, how could he be dedicated to His Majesty?" ”
"Ji Ning, where did you know these things? I don't even know these things! Zhao Yuanrong said.
Ji Ning said: "The princess has ever remembered that when I first came to the small residence, the princess put some copywriting in the palace in the small residence, which involved the arrangements of the palace eunuchs and permanent attendants, as well as some of their background displays. In fact, after Longcheng was punished by the palace, he was not sent to the palace to be a eunuch, but was assigned to the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, and the person in charge of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau at that time was the Zhang family, who was later prominent. And I remember that the relationship between King Chong and the Zhang family has always been very good, and even after King Chong arrived in Jinling City, the Zhang family still intended to marry his young lady to King Chong as a partial concubine......"
When Ji Ning straightened things out little by little, Zhao Yuanrong already felt the horror behind the problem in his heart.
Zhao Yuanrong said: "That Dragon City, in fact, has been helping King Chong do things?" ”
"I don't know if he is a person who worships the king, but I know that Long Cheng has a hatred for His Majesty today, and this hatred is the reason why he has become a eunuch, and even has to be ridiculed and ridiculed for the rest of his life." Ji Ning said, "Longcheng wants to help King Chong achieve great things, I'm afraid it's also for revenge!" ”