Empress Cao's plan was supposed to go smoothly, and so far, basically everything has gone according to her ideas.

The Cao family showed weakness, took retreat as advance, and temporarily withdrew from the struggle between the court and China, so that the emperor and courtiers lost their vigilance against them, thinking that the abolition of the prince had been successful for most of the time; On the other hand, the crown prince has been deposed without fault, and there will definitely be people among the courtiers who oppose it, and there may be henchmen of the Cao family who are secretly muddying the waters, so that the process of abolishing the reserve is deadlocked.

At the same time, the second prince succeeded, the reputation of the third prince was smeared, the fourth prince was young and had no reputation, and there was a public opinion attack, and the latter, whose mother family had no power, must be helpless. In order to support his youngest son on the throne, the emperor tried his best to abolish the reserve, which would only accelerate the deterioration of his physical condition. When the day comes, the emperor is so weak that he can't hold on, compared to the adult prince who has no big fault and has already married a wife and had children, it is difficult for the young and weak four princes to get the support of the courtiers to ascend to the throne.

The lord Shaoguo suspected that the courtiers would proceed from the overall situation and persuade the emperor to dispel Yi Chu's idea. Even if the emperor was not happy, he did not have enough energy to turn the situation around. The crown prince's position will be completely secured, and no one will be able to threaten him again. At most, the emperor is trying to get the crown prince to promise that he will not harm his brother in the future, but there is very little else he can do.

If this is Queen Cao's plan before her death, it can only be said that she is really a terrible person. Gambling with his own life and digging such a big pit with his mother's family and son, it is really true that the emperor has been very wary of her and the Cao family for so many years.

However, she has such scheming and strength, but she has raised such an uncompetitive son, I don't know if it is a kind of retribution?

If it weren't for the scandal of the crown prince who spoiled his concubine and killed his wife, and repeatedly contradicted the queen mother and the emperor, there might be more ministers who oppose the abolition of the prince now? And will not just stand against the abolition of the elder and the young, but more for the crown prince. Helplessly, the prince is not angry, and he is the handle of others? What day did he make a mistake so big that he was considered unworthy of being the prince? Those who oppose the abolition of the reserve no longer speak for him? Then even if Empress Cao had more plans during her lifetime, it would be useless.

Xie Mulin couldn't help but think in his heart, if Empress Cao and the Cao family engaged in less intrigues? Focus on educating the prince? Teaching the crown prince to be a truly outstanding prince makes it impossible to find fault with it, so what are the other princes? They don't need to do any poisoning petty actions.

But? Speaking of poisoning? Xie Mulin had an idea: "If the emperor is really poisoned by the Cao family?" So poisoned the four princes? It can't be the crown prince or the Cao family. "She looked up at Jury?" This is inevitably suspicious of adding to the snake. As long as something happens to the emperor? The fourth prince is not the crown prince's opponent at all. But if the four princes had an accident first, the emperor suspected that it was the Cao family's ghost, and under grief and anger, he broke the jar and broke the three princes and put the third prince on the throne? What about the prince and the Cao family? Is there anything wrong with the third prince again? Will he let the Cao family seize power? General Xiao will also be out of the emperor's order? Strive to ensure that the three princes sit firmly on the throne. ”

The expression on Zhu Rui's face changed slightly, and he was silent for a while, and he had to admit that his fiancée's statement was very reasonable: "Indeed...... Although he poisoned the Fourth Highness? can make the prince have no worries, but after all, there are still three highnesses here, and there is no need for the Cao family to make extraneous branches, which will cause their plans to change. As long as the crown prince has not been deposed before the emperor's accident, they can sit firmly in Diaoyutai, and there is really no need to take any more risks. ”

Zhu Rui paused: "That's what His Royal Highness did." Only he is the most likely to do this yellow finch. If, as we had speculated at the last meeting, he used Wang's sister to threaten Wang's use for his purposes, then he could easily obtain confidential information about the crown prince and the Cao family. Taking advantage of the emperor's poisoning, he impersonated the four highnesses to poison the Cao family, and then handed the evidence to the emperor again, the prince and the Cao family were irrefutable, and it was logical to abolish the prince. At this time, the Fourth Highness had been poisoned, and the Third Highness probably didn't expect that the Fourth Highness would be saved in time, and it might be regarded as if he had died. Among the remaining princes, apart from the three highnesses, who else can inherit the throne? As for Xiao Guifei's crime, it is not worth mentioning at all at this time! ”

Zhu Rui took a deep breath and couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly: "It seems that I still underestimated the Third Highness." It's not always that he does stupid things that he thinks are smart, and occasionally ...... It's going to be really smart. ”

Xie Mulin patted the back of his hand lightly and comforted: "We are just guessing, we still need to find evidence, maybe this is not the case, you don't have to worry too much." ”

"I have nothing to worry about." Zhu Rui said lightly, "Your Royal Highness is safe and sound, and now you only need to take some time to recuperate and pluck out the toxins in your body." The emperor's situation is unknown, but even if he is really poisoned, there is a high probability that this chronic poison can be removed, and even if it is not good, it can delay the onset of poison. We can only treat the emperor as if he is seriously ill. As long as the crown prince can be abolished as soon as possible, the four highnesses will be replaced as the prince. The Fourth Highness has a reputation, and he is assisted by the loyal ministers and good generals arranged by the emperor, my father and I, as well as the kings of the clan, will also stand on his side, I am afraid that even General Xiao will also become a powerful helper of the Fourth Highness! At that time, what else will the Third Highness have? is full of intrigues and tricks, and he will not be put on the throne of the Ninety-Five Supreme! ”

He stood up and shook his fiancée's hand: "I have to go to the Forbidden City as soon as possible and tell His Royal Highness about this speculation." The Fourth Highness firmly believed that the emperor had been poisoned, but he was more wary of the crown prince and the Cao family, and might ignore the existence of the Third Highness. I have to remind him to be on his guard. Their brothers grew up together in the palace, and he may be more familiar with the temperament and manpower of the Third Highness than we do. Besides, with him coming forward, it will be easier for us to convince the emperor of the plan of the Third Highness here. Of course, the most important thing is that the emperor needs to arrange important ministers who can assist the four highnesses as soon as possible. If His Royal Highness really wants to succeed to the throne in recent years, he is still young, and it is not possible to have no one in charge of the court. ”

But if you really let the important ministers sit in the middle of the court and serve as an auxiliary government for the four princes, and you have to beware of the courtiers controlling the government, the candidate for this auxiliary minister must be carefully considered.

Zhu Rui suddenly stood there, deep in thought, for a long time, he took his fiancée's hand, frowned and asked her, "Second Sister Xie, do you mind...... Bringing our wedding date forward a little bit? ”

Xie Mulin was stunned: "Early marriage? Why? He immediately reacted, "Do you want to go to Beijing with King Yan to help the emperor as soon as possible?" ”

Zhu Rui bit his lip: "As soon as my father heard that His Royal Highness had talked about the emperor's poisoning, he couldn't wait to return to Beijing immediately." But the Queen Mother is still here, and Her Royal Highness needs time to recuperate, so it is easy to move...... We estimate that it will take at least a month for the Fourth Highness to pluck out the remaining poison. During this period, if Yongping and I can complete the marriage as soon as possible, the Queen Mother and the Fourth Highness will have a reason to return to Beijing in advance on the premise of not startling the snake. Some things, even if the emperor knows about it and take precautions as soon as possible, he still needs to be able to trust his relatives to help him. How could his father, as his most trusted brother, sit idly by? ”