There are winners and losers in power struggles, this is an eternal law. And this time the distribution of power, the three families have benefited, and only the eighth prince Ji Qian has suffered, which is also understandable. Because in the all-out struggle, there are no absolute friends, and there are no absolute enemies. Therefore, even if the relationship between the second prince and the third prince and the fourth prince is not very good, if the eighth prince Ji Qian's family is dominant, this is the result they do not want to see, so they will unite to deal with the eighth prince Ji Qian. However, this is just for the sake of interests and reached some kind of compromise, to say that the three families have formed an alliance because of this, to deal with the eighth prince Ji Qian together, this is impossible, after all, there is also a competitive relationship between the three families, just like the second prince is in charge of the criminal department, but the Dali Temple, which has divided part of the power of the criminal department, is now in charge of the four princes, which forms a constraint on power, and the Ministry of Rites is also in charge of the fourth prince Ji Wen, but the Honglu Temple, which is part of the power from the Ministry of Rites, is now in the hands of the eighth prince Ji Qian, which forms the four princes competing with each other, and a situation of mutual constraints.

Therefore, it may be difficult for the four of them to form an alliance with a certain three families to deal with one together.

Because the interests involved are too complex, and it is not possible to compromise one or two companies.

Of course, this is a matter that belongs to the second prince Ji Ping, the third prince Ji Hongchang and the fourth prince Ji Wen and the eighth prince Ji Qian, for the ninth prince Ji Qingchen, who has been imprisoned in the palace, all he cares about now is food and vegetables, as well as the spring flowers, and then he has time to give every river a name, and he doesn't care about anything else, because he has no power to care about anything else.

This time, the order for Ji Qingchen to be imprisoned in the Northern Liao Palace, was issued by the empress, and the person in charge of the guard of the Northern Liao Palace, naturally Su Jian, the general of the Yulin Cavalry.

However, when the queen gave the order to imprison Ji Qingchen, he had already dealt with all the things that should be dealt with. Therefore, he was imprisoned in the palace and had no freedom, but Ji Qingchen's life was still very comfortable. Because now he is waiting for nothing but waiting, waiting for the day when he leaves the house in three years!

Guo Quan's sister Guo Xiang and four hundred "iron guards" have left King's Landing City and gone to Beirong, where Ji Qingchen has already arranged for them, with the support of Meng Li and Zhou Shun of the Beirong Governor's Mansion, with the ability of Guo Quan's brothers and sisters, Ji Qingchen knows very well that as long as Guo Quan's time is given three years, the strength of Guo Quan's "iron suit" will develop to an immeasurable level.

And some of Zhang Rang's "inner factory" stayed in the palace, guarding Ji Qingchen's safety, and most of them have been transferred by Zhang Rang to the manor outside King's Landing, only Zhang Rang and Ji Qingchen know the secret training base of this part of the factory guard, and even Zhang Rang, who is in charge of the "inner factory", was left in the mansion, but because he can operate remotely, he can still manage the "inner factory", so for the development of the inner factory, coupled with Ji Qingchen's personal management, his expectations for the "inner factory" are also very high.

In addition, the current Northern Liao Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is already the person of the fourth prince Ji Wen, and only Ji Wen will be the head of the horse for at least three years. As for the Northern Liao Governor's Mansion, because it is located in Beirong and outside the customs, it has not aroused everyone's vigilance, and it has become an existence that does not hurt the father and mother.

In this way, the Northern Liao Governor's Mansion has become the key to Ji Qingchen's future rise.

And the 20,000 Qingfeng riders who led King's Landing with him, now they have not entered King's Landing City, and they are all placed in the military camp of the former Xiao Cavalry Battalion, and now there is Deputy General Hou Xiaotian under the command, in addition to training, it is training, the purpose is for Ji Qingchen's safety, because there is a situation in King's Landing City that is unfavorable to Ji Qingchen, and these 20,000 people will be Ji Qingchen's most difficult bargaining chip to save his life.

The remaining 300 Xiao cavalry battalions and 100 tiger and leopard cavalry were all guarding Ji Qingchen in the Northern Liao Palace.

Of course, Li Changzheng and Li Ke, who commanded these two armies, were no exception, and they also accompanied Ji Qingchen in the Northern Liao Palace. However, because of Li Ke's sparring partner, as well as the tiger and leopard riding team, Li Changzheng and the Xiao cavalry camp are also lonely, and when Li Changzheng has nothing to do, Li Changzheng is either competing with Li Ke, or leading the Xiao cavalry camp to play polo with the tiger and leopard cavalry, but he has a lot of fun.

As for Ji Qingchen himself, he has a lot of things, when he has nothing to do, he will play polo with Li Changzheng and Li Ke, either reading books, practicing calligraphy or painting in the study, or playing the piano in the back garden, and let Shu'er dance for him, or let Mingyan dance for Shu'er, he enjoys it on the sidelines, and lives a life of wine and meat ponds.

Of course, even if Ji Qingchen's life is so corrupt, he can know everything that happens outside. This is also thanks to Zhang Rang's intelligence system and the reason for the great eunuch Wei Zhongxian. Because Zhang Rang has been operating the "inner factory" for a long time, he has a special channel for transmitting news between the palace and the palace, and Su Jian is not very strict with Ji Qingchen, as long as Ji Qingchen does not leave the palace, he has no intention of asking for it, so Wei Zhongxian was able to pass on all the news that happened in the palace to Ji Qingchen.

It was because of this distribution of power, Ji Qingchen knew everything.

When he finished reading the note that Zhang Rang gave him, he was silent for a moment before revealing a faint smile, "I didn't expect it!" This Cui Jingsheng was smart for a while, but he was confused for a while, and he was completely in the way of Pei Wenju. ”

"Your Highness, this-" Zhang Rang was a little puzzled by what Ji Qingchen meant.

"Don't you know the way? The reason why Pei Wenju joined forces with Wang You and Liu Pingyuan to deal with him was because he was afraid that his strength would be too huge and threaten Pei Wenju, Wang You and Liu Pingyuan. Because of his father's serious illness this time, the queen came forward to let Ji Qian supervise the country, and Ji Qian named Cui Jingsheng as the prince, forcing Pei Wenju to give up the power to deal with government affairs and hand it over to Cui Jingsheng. Therefore, the combination of their queen, prince and uncle has threatened the status of the second brother, the third brother and the fourth brother, which will lead to the suppression of Cui Jingsheng and Ji Qian in this power distribution and the loss of the Metropolitan Procuratorate that should belong to them. ”

"Cha Shenxing, the right imperial envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, has been in the Metropolitan Procuratorate for many years, even if the second prince and the third prince want to get involved in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, I am afraid it will take time!" Zhang Rang said that as Ji Qingchen's intelligence chief, he is especially concerned about domestic intelligence, and his ability in this regard is not weak.

"According to the usual procedure, if the second brother and the third brother want to get involved in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it may take half a year to a year, but now it is not as good as in the past, and the four sides want to vigorously develop their own power, so if the second brother and the third brother join forces to deal with Cha Shenxing, even if Cha Shenxing has Ji Qian's support, I'm afraid he won't stay long in the Metropolitan Procuratorate!" Ji Qingchen sighed and said, "This is Pei Wenju's means!" Prime Minister Dayan, he is really unparalleled in his resourcefulness, and his strategy of power is the best in the world! ”

Seeing Ji Qingchen praising Pei Wenju like this, Zhang Rang was a little puzzled, but he still didn't interject.

And Ji Qingchen glanced at Zhang Rang and continued, "Pei Wenju handed over the Metropolitan Procuratorate to the second and third brothers, he is ill-intentioned, because the Metropolitan Procuratorate is now Ji Qian's territory, but because the power of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is too great, if the second brother and the third brother give up the power of the Metropolitan Procuratorate so easily, the two of them will naturally not be reconciled, so for the control of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, they can only fight with Ji Qian and Cui Jingsheng, so that the final result of the three-way fight will be a lose-lose, and the fourth brother and Pei Wenju will reap the benefits, This is Pei Wenju's ill-conceived intention! ”

"However, according to His Royal Highness's analysis, the second prince and the third prince saw Pei Wenju's intentions, and they could only leave according to Pei Wenju's intentions?" Zhang Rang asked.

"Yes!" Ji Qingchen nodded, paused for a moment before he spoke, "It's really that the power of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is too great, even if you let this king choose, even if you know that Pei Wenju has bad intentions, he is not willing to give up such a good opportunity!" What's more, Ji Ping, who is now crazy for power, and Ji Hongchang, who has been driven to a dead end? ”

"It's a pity that His Highness can't go out of the imprisoned palace to govern, otherwise we can fight with them for the position of the Metropolitan Procuratorate." Zhang Rang said with a sigh.

"There's nothing to be ashamed of, as long as my father lives for one day, the life safety of this king can be guaranteed, and as long as the Northern Liao Metropolitan Mansion and the Beirong Governor's Mansion are still there, and the 600,000 army is still there, there will be a time when my Ji Qingchen will make a comeback." Ji Qingchen was not discouraged and said, "Let them fight each other now!" It would be better if they lost all the battles, and then we would be able to reap the benefits when we went out. ”

"By the way, you must make the guards of the 'Inner Factory' stop all action during this time, if only they could disappear into King's Landing. Because the second brother, the third brother, the fourth brother and the eighth brother are now fighting with each other and have no time to pay attention to them, but we can't forget Ji Zhao and the crown princess, compared to Ji Zhao's ruthlessness and retribution, this king values the princess's forbearance and one-hit killing, we can't but watch out for them. Also, Zhang Rang, if you want to develop the strength of the 'inner factory', this king agrees, but it doesn't have to be in King's Landing City, you can develop in Beidu Mansion or Yunzhou. Ji Qingchen thought about it and said to Zhang Rang.

"Your Highness, rest assured, the minions understand, and the minions will go and order them now!" Zhang Rang immediately bowed down to receive the order. For Ji Qingchen, the master, he is in trouble now, but in Zhang Rang's heart, Ji Qingchen's weight has not decreased at all, and he is still the king of Northern Liao who can make him die before.

"Yes!" Ji Qingchen nodded slightly, and Zhang Rang bowed and left the study.

And just after Zhang Rang left the study, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Ji Qingchen's mouth, and he said secretly, "Now that the four kings are in charge, there are not many opportunities for Ji Zhao, Crown Princess, if you want to break this game, it depends on your ability and that of Shangzhou Wei!" ”

Then Ji Qingchen smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry, this king will not help any of you this time, you will only watch from the sidelines, you are the bait of this king, if you want to catch a big fish, it depends on your performance!" ”