After listening to Cao Yuanshan's words, Zu Donglai shook his head, smiled, and said, "Bofeng, you are really too worried!" Although Li Guanqi is shrewd, he is young after all. He has just ascended the throne and his prestige has not yet been established, what power can he have? Aside from having a guard with very good martial arts by his side, what else does he have? ”

Cao Yuanshan frowned, looked at Zu Donglai, finally gritted his teeth, and continued to speak: "Zu Xiang, although this is the case, but the arrogant army will be defeated, we have always had the upper hand in the confrontation with Li Guanqi, but in fact, we have not taken advantage of him at all, doesn't it just show that we have always despised him too much?" ”

Cao Yuanshan's words obviously carried a trace of dissatisfaction, Zu Donglai was quite surprised, and couldn't help but pay attention to it, pondered for a while, and said: "Bofeng, what you said is also reasonable, according to Li Guanqi's actions, since he dares to give Jiuxi, it means that he is not afraid of the old man forcing the palace at all, which means that he must have a way to deal with what he thinks is perfect." But Li Guanqi has only been on the throne for a few months, and he usually stays in the palace, what strength can he have against us? ”

Cao Yuanshan slowly took two steps and said: "If the ancestral minister and Li Guanqi officially clash with each other, then the forces involved in this imperial city include the following aspects: First of all, there are hundreds of officials in the court. ”

Zu Donglai said lightly: "There is no need to worry about the hundred officials in the court, except for Qin Minzhong's household department and Lin Bai's imperial history platform, the other officials have already sworn allegiance to the old man, including Yang Bozheng, who is known as the leader of the literary world, and he also stood on our side without hesitation. ”

"Yang Bozheng doesn't look obvious on the surface, but he can go through three dynasties without falling like your ancestors, there must be something outstanding, and he simply expressed his support for us?" Cao Yuanshan expressed doubts about Yang Bozheng's choice.

Zu Donglai smiled lightly and said, "This teacher of yours is indeed not a good stubble!" In order to get him to our side, the old man paid a considerable price. not only bought a cemetery for him, but even paid for him to renovate the mansion, a full 300,000 taels of silver. That's not all, he also plans to arrange his students in various important departments of the Jingshi. ”

Cao Yuanshan pondered for a while, and indeed didn't find anything suspicious, so he continued: "The second is the two emperor's guard forces, Ouchi Guard and Yulin Guard. Fan Jian was killed, which means that the Ouchi guards are now all in the hands of Li Guanqi. ”

Zu Donglai sneered and said, "Do you think that the old man is a Fan Jian among the inner guards?" ”

"What does Zu Xiang mean......" Cao Yuanshan was overjoyed, and then said, "Even if Zu Xiang still has a back move, but we still can't count on this big inner guard, at least He Ziming's people are absolutely loyal to Li Guanqi, and He Ziming's influence in the big inner guard is increasing rapidly." ”

Zu Donglai nodded and said, "What you said makes sense, but even if all the guards in the Ouchi stand on Li Guanqi's side, there are only a few hundred people, what kind of climate can be achieved?" Yu Linwei is absolutely in our hands. ”

Cao Yuanshan also felt that Zu Dong's words made sense, and then said: "Coupled with Feng Yuhua's cavalry guards, it can be said that almost all the military forces in this imperial city are on our side. But why, does Li Guanqi think that he has a better chance of winning? ”

"Could it be that you and I are wrong, Li Guanqi rewarded the old man Jiuxi, and he didn't think so much at all." After such an analysis, Zu Donglai also wavered from his previous thoughts.

Cao Yuanshan shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be, if it weren't for forcing the ancestors to conspire against each other, how could Li Guanqi think of such a thing as rewarding Jiuxi for no reason?" ”

Puzzled, both of them fell into deep thought, and for a moment, the hall was quiet and the fallen leaves could be heard.

Suddenly, the two seemed to think of something at the same time, raised their heads together, looked at each other, Zu Donglai said first: "When will Li Guanqi get married?" ”

"The sixteenth of this month." Cao Yuanshan replied quickly, "There are only five days left. ”

"Come and think about it, forget about it." Zu Donglai paused and said, "There are 200,000 troops stationed in Jiangbei. ”

"yes!" Cao Yuanshan also let out a long sigh and said, "It's just that the soldiers of the Jiangbei battalion can't enter the imperial city unless they are transferred by the Tiger Fu, so they have not been taken into account." However, seeing Li Guanqi's wedding, He Zhuguo, who was in charge of the Jiangbei battalion and the tiger talisman, became his father-in-law. At that time, how many troops to transfer across the river was not a matter of his words. ”

"No wonder this kid is so confident?" Zu Donglai said hatefully, "As soon as the army crosses the river, don't say anything about forcing the palace, the hundreds of officials in the court and the central government have to be cleaned up by him one by one." I knew that this kid had such a heavy mind and such a long-term plan, and he shouldn't have agreed to let him marry He Zhuguo's daughter in the first place. ”

"Ancestral Minister, the matter has come to this, regret is useless, or should we think about how to deal with the current unfavorable situation." Cao Yuanshan felt the seriousness of the situation, and he couldn't care about so many rules between his words.

"What should I do?" Zu Donglai looked out the window, an inexplicable emotion rose in his heart, and he gritted his teeth and said, "No matter what, you can't let the soldiers of the Jiangbei battalion cross the river!" ”

The night was dark, and the lights in the Cining Palace were bright, but there was not a single maid in sight. There were only Empress Dowager You and Jin Baobao in the room, and at this time Empress Dowager You was sitting in front of the lamp, holding a letter in her hand......

With a "snap", Empress Dowager You slapped the letter on the table, stood up, moved the candle, and was about to put the letter on the candle flame to burn.

Jin Baobao hurriedly stepped forward, stopped him, and said, "Queen Mother, this can't be burned, if it is burned, there will be no evidence." ”

Empress Dowager You stood up uneasily, walking back and forth in the main hall, her expression seemed cloudy, at this moment her thoughts were already in turmoil, as if there was a fire burning in her heart, and she couldn't stop whispering: "How can this be?" How can this be? How can you be so vicious? Could it be that the death of the former emperor has something to do with him? ”

"Queen Mother!" Jin Baobao took a step forward and said, "You don't know if you are in the deep palace, there is already news outside that the emperor was also killed by the emperor, and he used a pillow!" ”

"Huh?!" Empress Dowager You screamed in surprise and covered her heart.

Jin Baobao continued: "Although there is no evidence yet, but the death of the first prince is absolutely inextricably linked to the earth. ”