The Dawu Dynasty, Wujing City, a city named after the country, is naturally the capital of the country. At this time, Wu Jing still looked very lively, and he couldn't see the feeling of sunset in the West Mountain.

However, many people of insight already know in their hearts, but where there are many things in the rivers and lakes, the court is weak. Compared with the founding of the Dawu Dynasty, there are more and more top sects on the rivers and lakes, and the imperial court can only sit idly by and watch this, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Dawu Dynasty has become strong and strong.

However, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the decline of an entire dynasty is not a short period of a few decades, but may last for hundreds of years, and perhaps a brilliant king in the middle can be revived again.

Anyway, although the Dawu Dynasty is suffering from internal and external troubles, it is still far from destroying the country. People are at peace, there is no big disaster, and the world will not be chaotic for the time being.

Probably because of this, the infighting in the court became more and more fierce and sharp, and more and more unscrupulous. After returning from Tiannan Province, the second prince mercilessly impeached the governor of Tiannan Province for colluding with the barbarian wreckage people.

The crown prince in charge of supervising the country did not respond personally, but the ministers on his side began to fight back, without mentioning the problem of this barbarian tribe at all, only saying that the second prince raised dead soldiers, assassinated He Tianhua, the governor of Tiannan Province, and deliberately set fire to the barbarian envoys, intending to provoke a border provocation.

The court quarreled for more than a month, but there was no result. Interestingly, what both sides say is true, but the truth is not cared for at all.

Although the second prince returned safely from Tiannan Province, he did not get any substantial evidence. Moreover, the second prince was already in a weak position, so it was naturally impossible to bring down the crown prince by relying on a rumor.

Later, he played a beautiful hand of burning the barbarian envoys, forcing the prince's side to be a little passive, and it took a lot of energy to appease the aliens.

Before dawn today, the crown prince and the second prince both gathered in front of the Taiyuan Palace, which was to greet their father, who was seriously ill and bedridden.

Although the prince longs that his father is dead now, he must also make a filial appearance and come to this Taiyuan Hall at least three times a day. Although the second prince is not so frequent, he will often visit his father in the palace, but this is the first time that the two have met in the Taiyuan Palace.

The second prince did not change his time of entering the palace, and the reason why the two were able to meet was obviously the prince's intention.

The crown prince is much older than the second prince, and he is already a middle-aged man of nearly forty. The prince's martial arts are also good, and he looks like a young man in his twenties. It's just that as the prince of a country, he needs to give people a mature and stable feeling, so the prince has to put on makeup to look like a forty-year-old.

Judging from the appearance, the second prince and the prince are indeed somewhat similar, but the majesty of the prince is a little heavier in comparison, and the temperament of the second prince is more lenient, which is also the reason why Xu Lin looked at him pleasing to the eye at the beginning.

The crown prince and the second prince exchanged a few polite words, and their expressions were very cordial, without the slightest feeling of life and death.

The second prince is also familiar with this kind of hypocritical politeness, they are all professional actors, who is afraid of whom.

The two brothers cooperated to play a brother, friend and brother, and then the prince waved his hand to let all the eunuchs and palace maids in the front hall of the Taiyuan Palace retreat.

"Brother Huang, there are only you and me at this time, and there are some things, I will say it directly as a brother." The crown prince said to the second prince, Li Ce.

"If the prince's brother has any orders, the emperor's brother will listen to him." The second prince said.

"Imperial brother, you sent someone to kill the barbarian envoy, this trick is really powerful, brother, I didn't expect that there would be other masters of returning to the void who could be mobilized by your side besides a Gonggong Wei. Even the Long Hanhai under my command was killed, which is really powerful. ”

The second prince would not accept this sentence, even if he understood that it didn't matter if he confessed, but he reminded himself all the time that he couldn't be careless. The prince definitely didn't say this to talk to himself, so he waited until he got to the point.

The crown prince didn't care when he saw that the second prince didn't answer, and said to himself: "Although this trick gives you a chance to breathe, you really underestimate my understanding of the barbarians. Those vulgar savages say that they will be rewarded, but in fact they forget their righteousness. I just need to appease them with a little bit of money, and give them a little bit of face-saving benefits.

"When the time comes, what will you use to compete with me for the throne? Is it just to impeach me for collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country? You know very well that this charge is impossible to establish and to pull me off the throne. ”

The crown prince saw that the expression of the second prince still did not change, and he was a little unsure of his thoughts. Because Wangcai's fire burned too badly, it directly burned the effect of the explosion of the chemical plant, so that most of the people died.

Coupled with the assistance of Mo Xiong, an insider, the crown prince still didn't know that the barbarian envoy was killed and the assistance of the Qingjie Gate. Naturally, he didn't know that the second prince didn't just want the barbarians to make trouble for him, but wanted to wait for the prince to send money to the barbarians.

With conclusive evidence of collaborating with the enemy, even if you can't completely pull the prince down, at least you can make yourself equal to him.

Although the second prince couldn't wait to laugh out loud, he still had to make a nervous expression on the surface, like a gambler who was about to lose everything, but was still looking forward to a comeback.

Seeing the performance of the second prince, the crown prince couldn't help but show a smug expression, and continued: "You may not know, I have already drafted a cabinet. Because the barbarian envoy was killed in the territory of my Dawu Kingdom, in order to show the bearing of my Dawu Dynasty, a woman can be selected from the royal family to make peace. I heard that your daughter has just turned 10 years old? ”

Hearing this, the second prince showed undisguised anger! This prince actually wants his daughter to go to kiss?!

"Hehe, don't have this expression, the royal children enjoy all the glory and wealth, what's the problem with contributing to the country? This time, you yourself have been pitted into it, and the barbarian envoy died in the territory of our court, and you have to give the barbarians an explanation no matter what. If you can save a lot of real money with your relatives, the court will not refuse. Although your daughter is only ten years old, it doesn't matter, a barbarian woman can marry at the age of nine, and your daughter is just the right age. The prince said with a smile.

The second prince tried hard to suppress his anger and asked, "Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince told me about peace at this time, it seems that he intends to use this to make a deal with me, so you might as well say it directly." ”

The prince is very proud of his hand, and the women in the royal family who are suitable for their status are really only the daughters of the second prince, and the others are either married or too young. This hand not only saved himself a lot of money, but also became a means to force the second prince to compromise.

"I don't embarrass you, although Heqin can appease the barbarians, they prefer to pay for their blood debts. There is also He Tianhua, he was almost burned to the ground, and ninety percent of the whole family died, and I also have to give him an explanation. You hand over the thief and the people involved in the pass to me, and I can put the matter of reconciliation on hold for the time being. Swapping a small person for your daughter, I'm very kind as an older brother, right? The prince said.

The second prince finally understood what the prince meant, and the relationship was fake, and it was clear that the second prince would cut off his wings. If the second prince handed over Xu Lin and the others in exchange for his daughter's freedom, what would the other people who worked hard for the second prince think?

Now above the court, seventy percent of the officials are in the hands of the crown prince, and the second prince is only twenty percent at most, and the rest are all the grass on the wall that sees the wind and rudders. The second prince is absolutely weak, and once the will of the relatives is put on the court, the chance of passing it will be very large.

Now there are only two choices in front of the second prince, do you want to protect your daughter, or do you want to protect Xu Lin?