"The minister has seen Your Majesty!" The eldest grandson hurried to the imperial study and knelt down to salute.

"The city guards came to report that they were disturbed by the Xiao cavalry battalion on the way to pursue Zhao Ling, causing the prisoners to escape, what do you have to say about this?" Emperor Zhou asked coldly.

"I only learned about this matter, but there are some discrepancies with what His Majesty just said!" Changsun Chi said, "There are indeed people in the Xiaocai Battalion who have entered Beijing, they found Zhao Ling's figure, and they were about to pursue him, but they were stopped by the people of the city guard, and they missed this opportunity!" ”

"Why did the cavalry camp enter the city?" Emperor Zhou asked, "This time, I have not let the Xiao Cavalry Battalion participate in the arrest of Zhao Ling, so why did they take action?" ”

The eldest grandson Chi was silent for a moment and said: "They heard that Your Majesty wants to abolish the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, so there are a few people who want to come to the capital to meet Your Majesty, and ask Your Majesty to cancel this decision, as for the matter of meeting Zhao Ling on the road, it is a matter of responsibility, and there is also a desire to catch Zhao Ling, so as to make meritorious contributions, so that Your Majesty will not dismantle the Xiao Cavalry Camp!" As for the encounter with the city guard, I'm afraid it's just a misunderstanding! ”

"Whether it was a misunderstanding or not, since this matter was the fault of the cavalry battalion in the first place, the city guards were very dissatisfied, and I had to deal with this matter!" Emperor Zhou said, "Come on, arrest the soldiers of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion who entered Beijing without authorization, and punish them after finding out the situation!" ”

"Your Majesty is angry, they just want to protect the cavalry camp, not sincerely want to spoil the matter of the city guard, please be gracious!" The eldest grandson chirped and kowtowed.

"All of my decisions, through the objections of others, do you feel that as long as you are an individual, you can influence my decisions?" Emperor Zhou sneered and said, "My decision is unquestionable, no one can have the idea of being able to make me change my mind, understand?" ”

"The minister knows!"

Emperor Zhou paused and said, "There is one more thing!" Today, the five princes were assassinated......"

"What?" Eldest Sun Chi's face changed, "I wonder if the fifth prince is safe?" ”

"It's just a few minor injuries!" Emperor Zhou said, "But you can go and make sure, have you met the assassin before?" ”

He waved his hand and let the corpse of the assassin of the subordinate be carried in, and the eldest grandson Chi took a closer look, his face changed slightly, he was silent for a while, turned his head and clasped his fists and said, "The minister did meet him before!" ”

"He's always been my side, I don't know why you saw him?" Emperor Zhou asked.

"Minister...... Ask him about something! The eldest grandson hesitated for a moment and said.

"What?" Emperor Zhou then asked.

"The minister asked him if His Majesty had talked about the minister's ...... in private," the eldest grandson said after a pause.

"I always thought that your eldest grandson Chi was loyal to me, but I didn't expect that even you wanted to inquire about my intentions!" Emperor Zhou said disappointedly, "I just asked him about some things, is there anything else?" Did you instruct him to assassinate the Five Princes? ”

Eldest Sun Chi's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly said: "The minister has definitely never done this kind of thing, what good is it to the minister to assassinate the five princes?" Such a big rebellious thing, the minister will never do it! ”

"Zhao Ling was robbed, I have always had a few questions that I can't solve!" Emperor Zhou said lightly, "One is the coincidence of time, I have an answer to this, it turns out that the problem is by my side, and the second is where did Yang Xing rob Zhao Ling and summoned the people from?" Zhao Ling's own people have long been eradicated by me, there are reports from the Royal Forest Army who have fought with them, some people seem to be very similar to the methods of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, coupled with the conflict between the Xiao Cavalry Battalion and the City Protector, so that I have to have a guess, it is you, Changsun Chi, first got the time for me to pass the decree from the hands of the eunuchs around me, and then the Xiao Cavalry Battalion cooperated with Yang Xing to rob Zhao Ling, and then let the Xiao Cavalry Battalion obstruct the City Protector to pursue Zhao Ling, and finally instructed the eunuchs to assassinate the Five Princes! ”

"What Your Majesty said, the minister has never done!" The eldest grandson Chi said, "Why did the minister do these things? Has Your Majesty forgotten that Zhao Ling himself was captured by the minister and returned to the capital? ”

"Because I forced you to kill the eldest grandson's family, you hate me!" Emperor Zhou said lightly, "Robbing Zhao Ling can cause chaos in the capital, and assassinating the five princes can give me another headache, and you may also order the Xiao cavalry camp to force me to establish the six princes as the crown prince, you can control the little emperor of the six princes, and become a powerful minister even more powerful than your grandfather!" ”

The eldest grandson looked at Emperor Zhou in disbelief, he really didn't expect that his loyalty would be so unbearable in the eyes of His Majesty! Since a few years ago, when His Majesty talked about his grand ambition and the future of the Great Zhou, he entrusted all his loyalty to His Majesty, for His Majesty, for the sake of the Great Zhou, he abandoned his family woman, made himself a loner, and endured all kinds of torture alone in the dead of night, but he still did not regret it after all, because he knew that everything he did was extremely correct, and history will remember!

And now in the eyes of His Majesty, he no longer has any trust in himself, just by virtue of a speculation without evidence, he can guess by himself what he has rebelled against, his wholeheartedness, his selfless part-time job, in front of His Majesty, it turns out that it is really worthless!

"What Your Majesty said, the minister has not done a thing, and the minister has no shame!" The eldest grandson Chi stopped his back, clenched his fists and said, "If Your Majesty does not trust the minister so much, please die and prove your innocence!" ”

"You think I won't dare kill you?" Emperor Zhou said coldly.

"The minister didn't dare to have this idea, but this time, there is no evidence to prove that all the things that His Majesty appealed have anything to do with the minister!" Changsun Chi said, "What the minister has not done, the minister will not admit it, even if His Majesty killed the minister, he has not done it, he has not done it!" ”

Emperor Zhou saw the serious expression on the face of the eldest grandson, and there was no fear in his eyes, and he wondered in his heart that he had wronged him. He didn't frown, and said: "I won't wronged any good person, you go back first and take good care of the eldest princess, if you find out that this matter really has nothing to do with you later, I will return your innocence!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The eldest grandson chirped and kowtowed.

He slowly got up and dragged his heavy body out of the study, there had never been a time in his life when he was so tired, not only physically tired, but more importantly, mentally tired.

At this moment, in the harem, Concubine De was carefully examining the wounds of the fifth prince and asked, "Is the injury serious?" Does it hurt? ”

The fifth prince smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, concubine, this wound was drawn by myself, and I am sure of proportion!" ”

Concubine De nodded, and asked again, "Is this too risky?" ”

"Anyway, there is no proof of death!" The fifth prince said, "If you want your father to be suspicious of the eldest grandson, you must have a dose of fierce medicine, and the son also inadvertently discovered that there are some contacts between the eldest grandson Chi and Xiao Shunzi, so he came up with this plan!" With his father's suspicion, all these things will be associated with Changsun Chi's body, even if it is inconvenient to kill Changsun Chi now, but he will slowly remove his position and get rid of him again! Even if his father found out that there were some things that had nothing to do with him, a person who made him lose his trust would never be reused again! There are many things in this capital, and without the participation of Changsun Chi, it will be much easier! ”

"Hmm!" Concubine De nodded lightly, "I just hope that everything can go smoothly, and don't let you suffer!" ”

"As long as you can achieve what you want, what's the point of suffering?" Zhao Li smiled slightly and said, the smile on his face retracted, and he looked a little worried, "I have done everything I can do, and I don't know how Sister Xiaoyu's plan is going outside?" ”

Concubine De also sighed slightly and said, "I hope some things can go well!" ”

And just when Beijing was in chaos, some people also began to move around frequently, asking each other for news, not knowing how things would develop next. The nobles who were deliberately suppressed by Emperor Zhou gathered together to discuss, intending to make His Majesty change his mind, if it was a special moment, they might as well take some means, and at this time Zhao Qian secretly contacted them, they all had a close relationship with the King of Jin, after the old King Jin returned to Beijing, he walked around between them again, so that they saw some kind of dawn, maybe the situation may not have deteriorated, and now it may be time to fight back, so Zhao Qu wrote a letter, They came together naturally.

Zhao Qian's purpose is very simple, now that the King of Chu, the King of Lao Jin and Prime Minister Bai are all under house arrest in the palace by His Majesty, and their life and death are unknown, they want to play with their lives and ask Emperor Zhou to release the three of them.

Of course, some people are worried about this, if Emperor Zhou does not change this decision, wouldn't they become a thorn in the side of Emperor Zhou, and Zhao Qian is relieved for everyone, this even life is just the first step to coerce Emperor Zhou, he still has a follow-up move, but it will not let them become Emperor Zhou's next target, and will make Emperor Zhou make further concessions, so that a few of their other requests will also get the nod of His Majesty.

These nobles who are for their own interests need to be mobilized, but Prime Minister Bai Cheng's protégés are full of court, there is no need for them to say anything, those people themselves will go up to His Majesty, as for Emperor Zhou later, when he sees that so many people will unite to oppose his decision, how wonderful his face will be, it is also a little curious!

The soldiers who entered the capital without permission in the Xiao Cavalry Battalion were also arrested and imprisoned in the prison, which caused the dissatisfaction of the other soldiers in the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, and the rumors that the Xiao Cavalry Battalion was to be abolished, and the army was in turmoil, and it was suppressed by the henchmen in the Xiao Cavalry Camp recruited by Changsun Chi behind, and then Changsun Chi was placed under house arrest in the Eldest Princess's Mansion, and when a new general temporarily took the position of marshal, the discussion finally became louder!