Of course, Emperor Lao'er will not allow other forces to participate in the battle for succession, originally in his heart, the so-called battle for succession is just a means to divert contradictions and delay time, as long as Sun Laodao's elixir is practiced, or he gives birth to a sub-ancestral hall, he will not let go of any of the sons who are now staggering.

All of this needs to be under his control, but if other countries are involved, it will be difficult to say, so as long as he knows that Xixia and other countries are involved, he will definitely take action.

However, there is also a problem, once the emperor makes a move, not only is it likely to break the balance of the battle for succession, but even if the envoys of the Western Xia and other countries have an accident because of this matter, the relationship between the Central Plains and the Western Xia and other countries will be even worse, and the hardliners in the Western Xia and other countries are also likely to force the Western Xia and other countries to send troops. If the two sides meet each other now, all the actions of the imperial court will definitely give priority to war, which will cause great trouble to Zeng Yi's plan.

Zeng Yi and the four of them discussed this, and felt that the solution was still in the imperial court, and the four countries could send troops, so if there was chaos in the four countries, would the four countries still have the ability to send troops? As long as the imperial court takes the first step to make some chaos in the four countries before the emperor makes a move, this problem can be solved perfectly.

The next day online, Zeng Yi secretly contacted Wan Huojing, Wan Huojing didn't know what Zeng Yi investigated last night, and when he saw Zeng Yi, he also asked if there were any clues. Zeng Yi immediately said: "Let's not mention anything else, I found something more important, Xixia and other countries have also participated in the battle for succession, and the Wailang, the member of the Ministry of Rites who investigated last night, is the liaison between the prince and the envoys of Xixia and other countries!" ”

"What!" Wan Huojing was taken aback when he heard the news, "How dare they, this is a traitor!" ”

"Hehe, the temptation of the throne is too great, as long as you can ascend to the throne, let alone betray the country, there are all those who are sons for others!" In reality, there are many such examples in history, in order to become the emperor, he can do anything, and in the fifth dynasty, Shi Jingjiao borrowed the help of Khitan Taizong Yelu Deguang to establish the Later Jin Dynasty and compete with other regimes. Although he was the emperor, he still called himself a vassal to the Khitan, and although Shi Jingjiao was ten years older than Yelu Deguang, he called Yelu Deguang his father and called himself the emperor. After that, the Northern Han Dynasty attached to Liao, and was called the nephew emperor.

"So, what then?" Wan Huojing was a little stunned for a while, looked at Zeng Yi and asked.

Zeng Yi smiled: "Hehe, we don't need to make a move, if the emperor knew that Xixia Shenhe would come in, he would definitely make a move, but there is a problem that needs to be solved before that......"

It was a great credit to tell the emperor about the participation of the Western Xia and other countries, and this matter was naturally handed over to Wan Huojing, who secretly entered the palace that night after listening to Zeng Yi's plan.

In fact, Wan Huojing has always been regarded as the emperor's cronies, because he nominally assisted a prince, in the emperor's heart, this is already a little whispering, seeing him come to the palace so secretly in the middle of the night, he asked with some doubts: "Aiqing is so late, come to the palace, what's the matter?" ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen has discovered something terrible, and he has no choice but to disturb His Majesty, and I ask Your Majesty for forgiveness!"

"Huh? Why are you in such a hurry that you can't talk about it tomorrow morning? ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't dare to let others know about this matter!"

As soon as he heard this, the emperor became serious and looked at the old eunuch, who immediately waved his hand and asked those palace maids and eunuchs to leave, and then the emperor looked at Wan Huojing seriously and said, "Say it!" ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen found out that someone colluded with Western Xia and other countries! Participated in the battle for succession! ”

"What!" When the emperor heard this, he sat up from the dragon chair suddenly, "Are you sure?" ”

"The Ministry of Rites secretly contacted the envoys of Western Xia, and Wechen had no evidence, but the stakes were very high, and Wechen did not dare to delay."

Hearing that Wan Huojing had no evidence, the second emperor frowned, and after a while, he looked at Wan Huojing and said, "If I am not mistaken, you also took refuge in the world, right?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Wan Huojing understood that the emperor Lao'er suspected him, and in order to fight the forces of other princes, he deliberately came here to falsely accuse the Ministry of Rites. Wan Huojing hurriedly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, now the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, who has no support, Weichen is just forced to do so, but Weichen knows that he can come to this day because of His Majesty's trust, how can Weichen live up to His Majesty, if Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can send someone to investigate, if Weichen is half a lie, he is willing to die in front of His Majesty!" "Wan Huojing is righteous and righteous, and there is a great emperor who doesn't believe it, so he knows it with death.

Seeing Wan Huojing like this, the emperor Lao'er was stunned for a moment, and the old eunuch on the side spoke: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the slave and maid, if Lord Wan wants to harm the member of the Ministry of Rites, he doesn't need to come by himself, what Lord Wan said is very likely to be true, it is better for the slave and maid to send someone to investigate!" ”

As soon as he heard the old eunuch's words, the emperor reacted and smiled slightly: "Aiqing quickly calm down, I naturally believe in Aiqing, so in Aiqing's opinion, how should this matter be handled?" ”

There are a lot of people who support the prince, if they really have defected to the enemy and betrayed the country, the emperor Lao'er doesn't know what to do, and if so many ministers are all arrested, the court will also fall into chaos.

Wan Huojing understood this truth, and did not beat him to death with a stick, but said: "Ladies and gentlemen, although they disagree with Weichen's political views, they will definitely not betray the country, Weichen guesses that it is very likely that he will cooperate with Xixia, but the prince and a few people act without authorization." Now that the DPRK and China are not prone to chaos, Weichen feels that it is better to deal with this matter in secret! ”

"Your Majesty, Lord Wan is right, this matter is very involved, and the slave and maid also think that it is better to deal with it secretly!"

Emperor Lao'er nodded, "This matter is handed over to you to deal with, and it is bound to be investigated as soon as possible, who has betrayed the country!" ”

Of course, Wan Huojing did not forget that this matter was very likely to cause war, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, now that the four countries are on the border, Weichen is also worried that the four countries will take the opportunity to send troops, and before dealing with this matter, you still need to consider this issue!" In the opinion of the ministers, it is better to create chaos in the four countries, as long as His Majesty deals with it quickly and resolves the matter before the four countries react, the war can be avoided. ”

"Hmph, let them come, hundreds of thousands of troops on the border, I'm afraid they won't succeed!"

"My army is mighty, so I am naturally not afraid of them, but now that the situation in the court is really not easy to use force, I hope Your Majesty will think twice!"

Of course, the emperor also knew that the current form of the imperial court was not easy to use force, and when he said this, it only showed that he was not afraid of war.