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"His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince and all the courtiers are welcome to come to visit the patient."

In a state of astonishment, the butler of the Great Prince's Mansion stood up and received these ministers who were eager to find out the truth, and then came to the coffin in the middle under the burning gaze. He knew what the ministers cared about, so he simply thanked them on behalf of the eldest prince and gave them an answer.

"The one who hit the arrow is not the Great Prince, but the substitute of the Great Prince who has been disguised."

In just one sentence, a monstrous wave was opened.

Among the ministers in the atrium, there was obviously an uproar. Even if they were as smart as the Five Princes and the like, they had already vaguely guessed this answer, and they were still greatly surprised to be confirmed at this moment, followed by loss and chagrin.

"Look, everybody!"

With a smile on the corner of his mouth, the butler ordered two servants to come up, rub the skin on the eldest prince's face and hands for a while, pour another bottle of specially configured liquid, and after a while, he took off the film of disfigurement.

The sound of inhalation sounded one after another, and many officials who saw this kind of disguise for the first time couldn't help but lose their temper.

After the disguise was removed, the original appearance of the deceased was exposed to the ministers. Regardless of height, posture, and appearance, he is about the same as the eldest prince, and although there is a slight difference in skin color, it is almost impossible to see after the dyeing of the medicinal liquid. If you have imitated the style of the eldest prince in advance, supplemented by filial piety clothes, and preconceived concepts, even if you are very familiar with the eldest prince, it will be difficult to distinguish for a while.

No wonder he had cried so hoarsely. It's just for crying and dumb voices. So as to confuse it. ”

Reminiscing about the daytime. The five princes became more and more aware in their hearts.

The well-planned attack, which only killed a stand-in for the Great Prince, undoubtedly made him a little frustrated. However, the wise move of the eldest prince, while avoiding the disaster of killing, also gave the fifth prince an excellent attack - the reason why he chose the time of the first emperor's burial was because it was easy to do it outside the imperial city and the eldest prince's mansion, and another reason was that the eldest prince must come!

As the Son of Man. When the emperor was buried and sacrificed to the temple, he didn't come in person, but sent a stand-in to perfunctory! From the perspective of father and son, this is unfilial piety. From the king's courtiers, this is disloyalty!

How can an unfaithful and unfilial prince inherit the throne of the first emperor?

Thinking of the five princes' henchmen at this level, there is obviously more than one. After Qian Minghao secretly glanced at him, an official immediately jumped out knowingly.

"Since the first emperor had a great prince, he has spoiled him, but he should not be allowed. It can be described as a loving father and benevolent king. However, the first emperor was buried. His Royal Highness the Great Prince even didn't hesitate to come for the final send-off, isn't this unfilial piety, what else can it be? The old man will never accept this kind of virtuous, disloyal and unfilial person as the king! ”

"The minister is also disdainful!"

"Talent aside, in terms of morality alone, the eldest prince is to His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince, just like the dark star is to Haoyue!"

After the first person came out to accuse the eldest prince, the others were also dissatisfied and jumped out one after another. or attack, or use this to praise the virtues of the five princes. For a time, the five princes who were surrounded by the ministers in the center seemed to have the atmosphere of returning to the public. It seems that as soon as you open your mouth, you can sit on that throne smoothly.

However, the faint words of the housekeeper of the Great Prince's Mansion made everyone dumbfounded.

"For the funeral of the former emperor, His Royal Highness the Great Prince is not unwilling, but he can't. He had already received news that he might be assassinated on the way to the burial, so he had no choice but to let his subordinates disguise their descendants to participate. ”

It was still a simple sentence, which resolved the surging offensive of the five princes' henchmen in an instant, and turned defense into offense! Long before he agreed to allow the ministers to visit him, he had already expected the possible attack on the eldest prince's stand-in after it was revealed, and he was waiting for them here in advance.

"What?"

"It must be an excuse you came up with temporarily in order to exonerate His Royal Highness the Great Prince!"

"It can't be!"

Most of the officials who came to visit the patients in the atrium shouted in disbelief, and the five princes' henchmen even said that it was impossible. It's not that the eldest prince really has the ability to predict the future, but if you admit that the eldest prince has known that there is an assassination case for a long time, wouldn't that prove that there are a lot of tricks and shady scenes in it?

Since the eldest prince received the news that he might be assassinated, why didn't he speak out in advance and let the Praetorian Guard strengthen his precautions?

Is the remnant of Wudou Midao really the black hand of assassination?

Questions and doubts like these, as long as you think about them carefully, you can always get an answer that makes people dare not continue to think about it. The Fifth Prince knew this, and of course the housekeeper of the Great Prince's Mansion knew it. smiled faintly, facing the accusations of the five princes' henchmen, he didn't pay attention to it at all.

The fifth prince's face was a little embarrassed, and he waved his hand slightly.

There are good-eyed and clever henchmen, and they immediately shut up. After a few moments, the voices in the atrium fell back into silence.

"Who did the assassination, who knows in their hearts. As for others, you can go back and think slowly, and you will naturally know the answer, and justice is at ease in people's hearts. If anyone doubts this, I will only say one thing. With the remnants of the five buckets of rice Dao who were beaten, is it really capable of mobilizing dozens of dead soldiers and openly lurking in the imperial capital Zhongzhou with so many sharp weapons? How powerful does it take to have such a sophisticated plan? ”

The butler unhurriedly said the suspicious points in the assassination case one by one, and each point pointed out, the ministers in the atrium became a little more commotion.

The original visit to the sick and the subsequent accountability of the eldest prince have been overshadowed by the suspicions of the assassination case.

This made the five princes and several important ministers more and more unsightly.

There is an old saying in the Eastern Continent that if you don't know it, you can't do it unless you don't do it. As long as everything is done, there will always be traces of this or that. And the larger and more striking the operation, the more questions and clues it leaves behind. When the fifth prince planned this assassination case, he knew that he would not be able to do everything seamlessly and without leaving any doubts at all. But in his mind, as long as the eldest prince is dead, and the assassination case is passable on the surface, naturally no one will investigate it without knowing what is good or bad.

I never expected that. The eldest prince actually used a stand-in. Played a play of Li Dai Tao stiff!

is even more clever to calculate his own psychology. Attract all the ministers who are eager to verify together, and strike a counterattack in front of the civil and military officials. Although he did not name himself as the mastermind behind the assassination, the seeds of suspicion were planted. Since you have seen it with your own eyes, its effect will be much higher than that of man-made rumors!

This will be extremely detrimental to the ascendancy of the five princes.

Seeing that the situation was extremely dull, more and more officials seemed to think of something, and the fifth prince knew that things could not go on like this. He could not let the butler of the eldest prince continue to dominate the shape of the atrium, but opened his mouth to try to regain the initiative.

made a look of joy and said, "The emperor died not long ago. Seeing the eldest brother being assassinated is tantamount to a bolt from the blue for this king. Who is the real culprit of the assassination is not the most important thing at the moment, and it can be strictly investigated in the future. I want to know, where is Big Brother now? Since it's safe, why don't you show up in person, so that the king and his ministers can rest assured? ”

The sudden speech of the five princes successfully regained the focus of the courtiers' attention.

The eldest prince is fine, and it is indeed gratifying for most of the ministers. But the problem is that there are those who have reached a certain level of status in the court. Almost all of them came to the Great Prince's Mansion in person, His Royal Highness who anticipated the enemy's opportunity and avoided a catastrophe. After the butler unravels the puzzle, why doesn't he show up?

At the Shangqing Bridge outside the Imperial City, there may be a possibility of assassination. But in this big prince's mansion, which is surrounded by layers of guards, it is difficult for even a fly to fly out, so you don't have to worry about safety, right?

"Or is it that my eldest brother did something bad and didn't dare to see me?"

The voice of the fifth prince was cold, and he also meant something. Although he committed an assassination, his brother was probably not a saint. Although he didn't have a handle, the five princes always suspected that the sudden death of the old emperor was inseparable from Qian Mingde!

"What did His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince say?" The butler once again showed a gentle and decent, but faintly smug smile: "Your Highness and the princes of the court can come, let my eldest prince's mansion shine, and the eldest prince will not be able to welcome it, how can there be other meanings." Just ......"

"Just what?" The fifth prince's heart sank, and he couldn't help but ask.

"It's just that it's a bit unfortunate that you're here." The housekeeper said with pity: "Just a quarter of an hour before you arrived at the house, news came from the Song family, saying that Chonggong accidentally fell down while walking and fell unconscious, just afraid of ...... His Royal Highness was worried about the safety of Chonggong and his old man, so he immediately led the horse out of the city and rushed to Yanyun County. Although I was not able to receive you in person, the word filial piety came first, and I think the princes and the Fifth Highness would definitely be able to understand. ”

Chonggong is the cousin of Empress Song, because he is not used to the imperial city of Zhongzhou, he settles in Yanyun County all the year round. The old man is eighty-five years old, which is definitely an advanced age in this era. Don't say that there is such a thing as falling, even if you are good and old directly, no one will doubt it!

"It can't be! Forbidden ......"

The fifth prince subconsciously said it, and he clearly ordered the Praetorian Guard Legion and the City Guard Legion to blockade Zhongzhou. Don't say that the eldest prince has led people out of the city openly, even if he is disguised, there is no possibility of getting out. But as soon as a few words came out, he realized that he had slipped his mouth and immediately made amends.

Because of the quick change of words, and the fact that other civil and military officials were also a little surprised, no one noticed the problem. However, after a moment of disbelief, the five princes finally figured out the front and rear arrangements of the eldest prince.

The eldest prince must have fled from the city a long time ago!

Although his own people have been monitoring the Great Prince's Mansion, they are afraid that since the death of the first emperor, the other party has already arranged a place in Zhongzhou and quietly rushed to Yanyun. Or even if he didn't leave so early, he must have sneaked out of the closely watched Grand Prince's Mansion and lived in an unobtrusive place.

These actions after that are just to delay the time for their own discovery, and to follow the trend and plan accordingly.

If you travel day and night, calculate the time, doesn't it mean that the other party may have returned to Yanyun at this time?

Whether it was the death of the old emperor, the holy decree and the secret edict that appeared out of thin air, even the failure of the assassination during the day could not shake the confidence of the five princes. Because he knew that as long as the eldest prince was still in this Zhongzhou City, it would be difficult for the other party to turn over. In order to prevent a repeat of the old events of the previous dynasty, he invested unimaginable forces in the blockade of Zhongzhou and the monitoring of the whereabouts of the eldest prince. But he never thought that the eldest prince would be so decisive.

Obviously, Zhongzhou, who is difficult to fly, still let the other party escape! And in front of the ministers, he gave a reason that at least sounded barely tenable!

At this moment, the biggest advantage of the five princes dissipated invisibly before the other party's golden cicada came out of its shell!

It's not that the eldest prince is gone, and the five princes really lose the battle for the throne. But once the other party escapes and returns to his foundation, the five princes will lose the possibility of succeeding to the throne at the lowest cost. Next, the Great Prince Party will inevitably rely on the support of the local government and the Song family to raise troops to confront itself.

The civil war in the empire is a foregone conclusion! It can even be said that it has already started from this moment now!

This made Qian Minghao angry and a little stunned.

He could vaguely foresee the end of the empire after this civil war!

………

The five princes and courtiers came with an attitude of seeking verification and questioning, but in the end they left separately with mixed feelings.

The eldest prince had already left Zhongzhou and secretly returned to Yanyun County!

While temporarily giving Zhongzhou to the five princes, it also transferred a bunch of burdens to the other party, and by the way, left suspicions in the hearts of the ministers.

Anyone with some brains knows what this signal means. However, due to the proper response, the five princes did not have any reason to do anything to the eldest prince. Except for continuing to suppress a group of party henchmen, there is nothing that can be done to the people left in Zhongzhou by the eldest prince. In a sense, the eldest prince in Yanyun County is their best talisman. As long as there is no defeat for a day, there is no need to worry about being liquidated by the five princes for a day.

Of course, it is inevitable to suffer some hardships for a while.

About ten days after the whereabouts of the eldest prince were exposed, he appeared publicly in Yanyun County for the first time. But whether it was Qian Minghao or Qian Mingde, they didn't say anything about the current situation, but kept silent at the same time with tacit understanding. The plan of the five princes was to clean up the interior and win the support of more civil, military and local forces before succeeding to the throne as emperor. On the eldest prince's side, he was also using the time before completely tearing his face to make all kinds of preparations for raising troops, and gradually put the more than 100,000 troops that the Song family had secretly raised into the open.

Chen Wu, who was far away in the southeast, watched the open and secret struggle between the two imperial parties throughout the whole process.

The Five Princes Party in Zhongzhou has three major legions, including the Praetorian Guard, the City Guard, and the Eagle Yang, as well as a number of local troops. On the side of the eldest prince, there was the Yanyun Legion against the Lenas, and the Northern Legion secretly formed by relying on the strength of the Song family and trading with Songjiang. Due to the fact that the Praetorian Guard Legion could not go out of Beijing, coupled with the large number of Yanyun Legion and the large number of cavalry, the military strength of the two sides was roughly of the same level.

Of course, under this balance, the Songjiang Army held by Chen Wu has become an important weight in determining the balance of the scale.

Due to geographical factors, coupled with the cooperation and secret agreement reached between the eldest prince and Chen Wu first, in terms of foreign aid, the eldest prince's faction undoubtedly had a slight upper hand.

With the emergence of this situation, the key to determining whether the balance of forces between the two sides will return to balance or further imbalance is the Qinghe Army of Qinghe County!

Whoever it falls to will have a direct bearing on the outcome of the Empire's civil war in the near future!

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