On the sixth day of the ninth lunar month, five days after the end of the trial release list in Jinling Township, in the palace of King Chong, King Chong was receiving the envoy sent by the five princes.

“…… After arriving in Jinling City, he sent people to spy on the bribery of the Kao Shishi's house, and they all pointed the finger at Gongzi, who was afraid that it would be unfavorable to Gongzi! ”

The people of the Five Princes basically do not dare to directly call the identity and name of the Five Princes outside, and directly refer to them as "Gongzi".

King Chong's face was grim and said, "Has that son gotten any news now?" ”

"This is exactly the place of difficulty, from Jinling City to the capital, it takes three days for the flying pigeon to pass the book, even if the son gets the news and sends someone to come by starry night, it will not be until after September 15, I am afraid that the case has been over. Now we have to act before we can plan, if we wait for the plan, I am afraid that we will not be able to catch up with the pace! "Come and make your heart worried.

Chongwang said: "How many people did that prince arrange in Jinling City?" But can it be convenient? ”

"This ...... Lord Chong, I don't know much about the lowly position, and I don't dare to make any guarantee to you, but if you have an order, the lowly position is still willing to listen to you. This time, it was most likely the party of the crown prince and Princess Wenren, who secretly conspired against Gongzi, wanting Gongzi to completely fall out of favor in front of His Majesty. It is also very likely that the bribery case is true. "Come and make a messenger.

"So what do you want? Do you want to kill all these people? King Chong's face was grim.

The envoy shook his head and said: "How dare you make such a big bloody storm in Jinling City, but there is a plan for humiliation." The people who are exercising the conspiracy behind the scenes, pointing the finger at the prince, we can also confuse the public, and turn the finger to the crown prince or Princess Wenren, if the court sends someone to investigate thoroughly, I am afraid that it will not be able to track down the final result, then they will each hit fifty boards, and it will be over! ”

King Chong looked at the people who came, and the thought in his heart was, who are the five princes looking for, now that the Taizi Party is doing things so obviously, and he still wants to point the finger at both sides of the Taizi Party and Princess Wenren, many families think that it is the five princes who accept bribes, and now it is so easy to confuse the public?

"Since the prince has so much trust in Your Excellency, this matter will be handed over to you, as for the manpower of the Chongwang Mansion, this king will not be transferred for the time being, so as not to be noticed." King Chong's face was gloomy and he said.

The envoy heard that King Chong had the intention of sending off guests, stood up and saluted, and retreated, and when he came out of the side door of King Chong's mansion, he also showed a sneer on his face: "Childe said that King Chong is not credible, and he is right, King Chong, the old horseman, secretly supports Childe, but when something happens, in order to protect himself, he withdraws faster than anyone else, even if Childe has an accident, you King Chong will definitely not be able to run!" ”

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King Chong watched the envoys of the five princes walk out of the door, the expression on his face still couldn't relax, he was now sure that it was the Taizi Party who was behind the ghost, not Princess Wenren's faction.

A middle-aged staff member who overheard King Chong's conversation with him came out, and King Chong asked, "Mr. Lu, what do you think?" ”

The person known as Mr. Lu sat down, shook his head, and said, "Lord Wang, you show your willingness to withdraw in time in front of the people sent by the Five Princes, I am afraid that it will arouse the suspicion of the people of the Five Princes. ”

"What about doubt? Jinling city and city test, such a big battle, the Taizi Party can take action, the people of the Five Princes didn't realize that they might be used by the people of the Taizi Party, and now they still want to beat a rake to pull Princess Wenren's faction into the water, the Son of Heaven is not a faint king, if the people of the Five Princes do not make any moves, the Son of Heaven may feel that he is a person without scheming, and now even the people of the Five Princes have actions, and the Son of Heaven must be equally disappointed in the Five Princes and the people of the Taizi Party! King Chong said sharply.

Mr. Lu smiled and nodded: "What the prince said is yes, even you can understand the situation, how can the emperor who is high above not understand it?" The Five Princes' faction should be the most opportune to do nothing, but I am afraid that the Five Princes' faction will also do some conspiracy and treachery, which will make the emperor equally disappointed with the Five Princes and the princes' party. is like what the contemptible people said before, the real mastermind behind this matter seems to be the prince, but he is actually the emperor. It was the emperor who wanted to take advantage of this matter to find out what kind of temperament the people of the three factions of the crown prince, the fifth prince, and Princess Wenren were. ”

Chongwang said: "Then Mr. Lu's meaning, if this case continues to develop, His Majesty will intend to pass the throne to Princess Wenren?" ”

Mr. Lu shook his head very firmly this time and said, "Lord Wang, as a royal person, you should know better about the change of power. What the emperor wants to see is not who has conspiracy and tricks, who keeps his duty, and a prince who keeps his duty is not a good prince. In fact, in the end, the real game is still between the Taizi Party and the Five Princes' Party, who of the two factions can do better in this case, but will be appreciated by the emperor, and King Chong does not have to rush to stand on the side, but can move between the forces of all parties as before, because the prince is high and powerful, not only will they not regard the prince as an enemy, but will treat the prince as a pawn to win over and use. ”

"Hmm." After thinking about it, King Chong nodded and said, "Mr. Lu's analysis is that this king's withdrawal may make the Five Princes' party have some grudge against this king, but they don't dare to do anything to this king, but they still want to win over this king." ”

Mr. Lu said again: "Lord, I have heard that Princess Wenren has actually been wandering around the land of Sanwu in the past two months, and it seems that she has been ordered by the emperor to do some errand, maybe the emperor also expected that something happened in Jinling City recently." Why didn't King Chong take advantage of the relationship between the county lord of Huaizhu and Princess Wenren, and let the county lord of Huaizhu go to see Princess Wenren and spy on the mouth? ”

"This ......" King Chong's face became solemn again, and he waved his hand and said, "Huaizhu is young, and she doesn't know what power and trickery she is, and this king doesn't want her to fall into a power struggle in the future, as for letting her spy on something, it's okay." Princess Wenren was on the side, ignoring it for the time being, pretending not to know. ”

"Yes, lord." Mr. Lu got up and saluted to receive the order.

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In the backyard of King Chong's Mansion, Zhao Yuanxuan's mood has not been good recently, and the most important thing he does every day is to hold the little straw man that symbolizes Ji Ning and keep pricking it with a needle.

"Poke you, poke you, poke you! Hmph, this county lord is good to you, you still don't appreciate it, you are really the worst bad person in the world, hum, I offended this county lord, and I don't know how to come to apologize to this county lord and poke you to death! Zhongxiyuan didn't know to come and tell me, let me congratulate you and stab you to death! Zhao Yuanxuan repeats the same thing every day, and he never gets tired of it.

The little maid next to her, Xiao Li, said: "County Lord, are you talking about that Ji Gongzi?" Ji Gongzi has offended you, but Chongwangfu is such a wealthy compound, how can he come in? ”

"That's what you're talking about." Zhao Yuanxuan put the little straw man down, and after tying it, he still had to set up the rules and regulations, "Then if you go with me to Sanwei Academy, I want to see if he has the sincerity to apologize." ”