"If you return to your majesty, Weichen should do his best, and dare not live up to His majesty's love."

The more Emperor Chengde praised him, the more troubled Haitao's heart became, there was no other, because Emperor Chengde was forcing him Haitao to show his attitude of standing in line, and replied that he was willing, that was to completely offend Prince Ren Hongqing, saying that he didn't want to, not to mention how the fourth master and the third elder brother and others would feel, just Emperor Chengde's pass, he couldn't pass, there is no doubt that this is a dilemma, if possible, Haitao didn't want to get involved in such a sharp contradiction at all, but unfortunately he didn't have a choice, and he didn't even have time to hesitate and think, In desperation, he could only express his stance head-on, as for the consequences, Haitao couldn't care about it so much, so he could only deal with the present first and then take care of the rest.

"Well, Aiqing's words, I can trust it, I will discuss it here today, and I will give you my will when I go back!"

As soon as Haitao said this, Emperor Chengde did not give Hongqing and the others another chance to interrupt even if he was happy, and after he finished speaking, he got up and turned to the back of the door.

"Scatter!"

As soon as Emperor Chengde walked like this, Qin Wuyong, who was standing on the steps, did not dare to delay a little, and after shouting at the top of his voice, he hurriedly led a large number of palace maids and eunuchs to chase after the back of Emperor Chengde.

Does winning or losing matter? For the fourth master, maybe so, but Yu Hongqing, but Er'er, to put it bluntly, Hongqing's shot this time is just to accompany Emperor Chengde to play a game, if Emperor Chengde really wants to force Hongqing to go to Jiangnan, then it can't be said, it's time to move it, in fact, if it weren't for the fact that Emperor Chengde is running out of time, Hongqing's patience is actually long gone, that is, Old Master Chen tried to hinder it several times, otherwise, things should have been done a long time ago, as for now, Hongqing's mentality is actually very peaceful, in a word, it's good to follow fate, it is precisely because of this mentality that after Hongqing dispersed the dynasty, he was not affected by the court's discussion, and went directly to the Ministry of Industry, and when it was about to dark, he went home.

"Subordinates see the prince!"

After getting off the sedan chair at the door of the house, I heard that Cao Yanshan was waiting in the study, and Hongqing couldn't take care of himself to eat, as soon as he entered the house, he went to the study in the inner courtyard.

"Lao Cao doesn't have to be formal, just sit down and talk."

It is never a trivial matter to let Cao Yanshan come to report in person, and Hongqing has a lot of this in his heart, but he is not in a hurry to ask, but he is very kind.

"Xie Wang Ye Longen, it belongs to the palace line report that I just received in the afternoon, please take a look at it."

Cao Yanshan thanked him respectfully, but did not take a seat, but waited for Hongqing to sit down, then hurriedly took out a small copper tube from his arms, held it with both hands respectfully, and handed it to Hongqing.

"Oh?"

Hearing that it was a palace newspaper, Hongqing didn't care much, thinking that it should be about an early dynasty today, so he inadvertently took it casually, skillfully twisted the hidden buckle on it, took out a note full of ciphertext from the inside, spread it out, just looked at it, his face couldn't help but change, but he didn't say much, but casually handed the note to the old master Chen who was sitting on the side, frowned slightly and glanced at Cao Yanshan, and ordered with a solemn face: "Pass on the king's order," Sharp Knife' will be fully mobilized from now on, closely monitoring the actions of the palace and the government, and if there is any news, you can report it, go! ”

"Wow!"

Although he is the deputy helmsman of the "sharp knife", Cao Yanshan has never read the encrypted letter, and he doesn't know what is written inside, but when he saw that Hongqing's voice was wrong, he didn't dare to ignore it, so he hurriedly responded respectfully, and hurriedly withdrew from the study, and returned to Xiaochuanzi Hutong to arrange related matters without mentioning it.

"What does Master think about this?"

Hongqing did not go to see Cao Yanshan, but sat still with a slight frown, and after pondering for a long time, he asked cautiously.

"Birth, old age, sickness and death, human nature is human, this matter should be true."

For others, the ciphertext is like a book from heaven, even if you get it, you can definitely see what is inside, but Old Master Chen is one of the few people who knows the code, and he can understand what is contained in it, there is nothing else, this is a diagnosis report, it is written that Emperor Chengde's illness is terminal, and it is difficult to delay the number of years of life.

"Hmm."

Hongqing naturally knew that the news would not be false, so the news was from the pen of Wang Miao, a doctor from the Tai Hospital, and he wanted to ask not whether the news was true or false, but wanted to ask Old Master Chen about the arrangement of this matter.

"According to the practice of the Tai Hospital, such secrets have never been declared, and no one dares to say that they know it today, the prince can get this opportunity, and he can deal with it calmly, and he will not worry about the big thing.

Old Master Chen glanced at Hongqing quietly, and said in an indifferent tone.

"Let's see."

Hongqing has never been a master who swallows his anger, and now that he has a lot of power, he is even more reluctant to suffer a loss in vain, besides, in his opinion, the third elder brother and others are a group of villains who have to make inches, even if Hongqing retreats, those guys will not stop pressing, even so, why should they give in, of course, Hongqing knows this kind of thought, but he doesn't want to tell Old Master Chen, so he just said noncommittally.

"At dusk today, Shangshu Haitao of the Criminal Department sent a subordinate, saying that there was a letter to the prince."

Old Master Chen is an old man, just looking at Hongqing's expression, he knew that he didn't hear his words in his heart at all, but he didn't plan to say more, after smiling indifferently, he immediately changed the topic.

"Oh?"

As soon as he heard this, Hongqing couldn't help but be stunned, no side, he didn't have much friendship with Haitao, and it was just a nodding friend when he was up and down, and he couldn't say that there was no communication, but basically he was on business, but he had never had any contact in private, and in the early days of the dynasty, he had already made it clear that he was standing on the opposite side of Hongqing, and he sent a letter coldly, which inevitably surprised Hongqing.

"Lord Wang, please take a look."

Old Master Chen didn't say much to explain, and took out a letter stamped with fire paint from the wide sleeve of his shirt with shaking his hand and handed it to Hongqing.

"Huh? What's the name of this guy? ”

Hongqing stretched out his hand to take the letter, with a slight force, he had already torn open the envelope, took out a folded piece of paper from the inside, spread it out and looked at it, and was suddenly stunned.

"Can't you see it?"

As soon as he heard Hongqing say this, Old Master Chen couldn't help but be stunned, so he reached out and took the blank paper, only glanced at it, and laughed.

"Hmm."

Hongqing's mind at this time had already been disturbed by Emperor Chengde's fate, and he really didn't have the intention to guess a dumb riddle, so he simply shook his head.

"This allegiance is nothing more than asking the prince for the constitution of the Jiangnan case."

Seeing that Hongqing's brows were already slightly wrinkled, Old Master Chen was not good at selling it anymore, so he smiled and broke the trick.

"Heh, this guy is really speculative, interesting."

Hongqing was originally a very shrewd person, and when Old Master Chen said this, he quickly came to his senses, and scolded with a smile angrily.

"What are the prince's plans for this?"

Old Master Chen smiled and did not comment on Hongqing's words, but asked quietly.

"Master Mingjian, since the apprentice doesn't need to go to Jiangnan, how the case should be good, the left and right have nothing to do with the overall situation, and it is just tossed by the waves."

Although Old Master Chen didn't give any more advice, Hongqing knew the meaning behind his question, and he didn't want to brush his mind, so he raised his eyebrows and gave the answer in a calm voice.

"It's good that the prince can think like this, that's the case, and send this blank piece of paper back to Hai Shangshu."

Old Master Chen was obviously very satisfied with Hongqing's reply, but seeing that he nodded approvingly, he smiled and said.

"Well, the master can just look at it."

Hongqing obviously didn't have the heart to discuss Haitao's matter at this time, and after answering casually, he got up, walked slowly to the window lattice, stretched out his hand, pushed open the two closed windows, and looked up at the starry night sky, although his face was as peaceful as ever, but his heart was turbulent.

After so many years, the ups and downs experienced are not many, it stands to reason that they should have been accustomed to life and death, but when they thought of Emperor Chengde's life was not long away, Hongqing still couldn't help but be upset, there is no other, don't look at the stumbling between father and son in recent years, and they are very wary of each other, but the father-son relationship for more than 20 years has also been wiped out.

"Hmmm......"

Hongqing was silent for a long time, and thought about it for a long time, but in the end, all kinds of thoughts still turned into a sigh, because many things are not subject to human will, even if he doesn't think about himself, he can't ignore thousands of loyal subordinates, in other words, he doesn't have much choice, this may be the sadness of being a child of the heavenly family......