Hearing Huo Lingxiao's question, Wei Xiyue pondered for a long time before she said, "Actually, I think we can join forces with the prince for the time being." ”

"Why do you think that?" Huo Lingxiao was very surprised by Wei Xiyue's idea.

"The first is because you and the prince are both invigilators for this monthly exam. If the prince weren't on the other side of us, I would always be worried about what he would do during the monthly exam, and if I could join forces with him, I would have a much greater grasp of the monthly exam. Wei Xiyue began to analyze things.

"Second, the empress is now in a dispute with the emperor, and Concubine Yao is in power. In fact, the alliance between the crown prince and Huo Zeyu was not very stable, so their alliance could be regarded as completely collapsed. Originally, the crown prince didn't want to be an invigilator because he didn't want to leave the court for too long, so he lost his right to speak in the court, but now that Huo Zeyu is in power, the situation is very different. Only by joining forces with the crown prince can we suppress Huo Zeyu first. ”

Hearing Wei Xiyue's explanation, Huo Lingxiao also felt that there was some truth in this.

But this is not a trivial matter after all, and even if they are willing to join forces with the prince, the prince may not be willing to join forces with them.

In the end, Huo Lingxiao still didn't say anything and left first.

However, because they didn't have a better way for a while, and this matter couldn't be delayed, Wei Xiyue didn't care about whether to join forces with the prince or not, and planned to suppress Huo Zeyu first.

However, since they are not strong enough now, the only way they can use is - killing.

After thinking about all this, Wei Xiyue wrote a letter to Mrs. Gu.

The content of the letter is very simple, and the general meaning is to let Taifu express his intention to side with Huo Zeyu in the court.

With the emperor's suspicious temperament and the importance he attached to his own power, he would never be happy to see someone with prestige like Gu Taifu take sides with any prince.

If he really found that any of his sons were more powerful than him in the court, he would definitely extinguish this sign with his own hands, and make his son never hold his head up again.

Although tigers do not eat their children, sometimes a person who holds power and regards it as his whole is more terrible than a tiger.

When Mrs. Gu read the letter, she naturally knew that Wei Xiyue was going to suppress Huo Zeyu, so she didn't ask too much, and did so in the court the next day. And the emperor was sure of it, and became suspicious of the relationship between Huo Zeyu and Gu Taifu.

After the court, the emperor sent someone to call Gu Taifu to his study.

"I don't know what the emperor called Weichen to do?" Gu Taifu bowed respectfully to the imperial brother before asking.

The emperor raised his eyes and glanced at Gu Taifu and asked, "I wonder what you think of my four princes?" ”

The emperor played a straight ball, and Gu Taifu also knew that the emperor was going to test himself, "Weichen thinks that the four princes are young and promising, and they really have their own ways to deal with it, but because they are still young, they are not so mature in some things." ”

This is a non-positive and non-derogatory evaluation, which is very objective.

The emperor didn't hear the slightest partiality of Gu Taifu towards Huo Zeyu, if it weren't for the fact that Gu Taifu's maintenance of Huo Zeyu was too obvious in the court today, the emperor would even think that these were just his own wild speculations.

"Then I also want to ask Mrs. Gu, who do you think is the best among my princes, and who is the most capable of taking on the big job?" The Emperor asked again.

Gu Taifu was still not in a hurry, "Weichen thinks that although the prince is mature, sometimes there will always be some small mistakes, the third prince is far less concerned about the government than the other princes, the fourth prince is not as safe as the prince, and the eleventh prince is not as good as the government." Now that the emperor is in his prime, these princes can still be cultivated slowly, and the minister thinks that there is no need to think about it in such a hurry now. ”

These words pointed out the shortcomings of all the princes, and finally complimented the emperor. The emperor really couldn't find fault in his words, so he finally waved his hand and let Taifu Gu leave.

It wasn't until he came out of the emperor's imperial study that Mrs. Gu breathed a sigh of relief.

"This Xiyue girl is really, the idea is good, but she almost hurt me." Mrs. Gu shook her head helplessly and smiled with some connivance, completely treating Wei Xiyue as her daughter.

Pretending to stand in line, the emperor will not only be dissatisfied with the prince, but also dissatisfied with the courtiers, if it weren't for the fact that Gu Taifu really didn't show any weakness in the face of the emperor's temptation, otherwise Gu Taifu can be sure that he will definitely not be able to mix tomorrow in the court.

Although the emperor on Gu Taifu's side has no evidence to doubt it, Huo Zeyu has indeed been in the limelight recently, and Gu Taifu's actions today are just adding fuel to the fire, completely arousing the emperor's suspicion of Huo Zeyu.

After Gu Taifu went back, the emperor really sent someone to find out the recent movements of Huo Zeyu and Yao Guifei.

Wei Xiyue's plan was half successful, and Huo Lingxiao's side also made progress.

In the Drunken Immortal Building, the prince was staring at Huo Lingxiao with big eyes.

"I don't know why the Third Emperor Brother came to me today?" The prince asked.

He really didn't know what Huo Lingxiao was looking for him today After all, he had only had a-for-tat confrontation with Huo Lingxiao a few days ago, and now when he looked at Huo Lingxiao, he remembered the matter of invigilation, and he was upset, so he couldn't figure out why Huo Lingxiao came to him.

"Brother Huang, I heard that the relationship between the queen mother and the emperor has not been compatible recently, you shouldn't have a good time, right?" Huo Lingxiao asked.

Perhaps because his question was too provocative, the prince stood up suddenly, "You called me here to laugh at me?" You don't look at what kind of situation you have been in lately, you are still so idle? ”

Huo Lingxiao was stunned for a moment when he saw that the prince reacted so violently, and only after a while did he smile, "Brother Huang, you misunderstood, I really didn't call you here because of this." Now that Huo Zeyu is in power, you and I are not happy, you never thought that the two of us would join forces to suppress him? ”

"The two of us joining forces?" This is a question sentence, but the prince Shengsheng said it as an exclamation sentence.

"Tell me, why do you want to join forces with me, and what do you want from me?" The prince asked vigilantly.

"Actually, it's nothing, Brother Huang, you don't want to be an invigilator, and I don't want you to be an invigilator, but this matter is not something we can reverse, so I hope that when you do the invigilation, you can be fair and don't do anything." Huo Lingxiao paused when he said this, "As for the purpose, I just want to live a better life, and I don't want to see Huo Zeyu live so comfortably, at this point, I think the imperial brother is the same as me, right?" ”

Huo Lingxiao said, and even smiled at the prince.

The prince pursed his lips, "It's not impossible. Then how do you want to suppress Huo Zeyu, our current situation is not good. ”

Huo Lingxiao shook his head quite mysteriously, "If you don't suppress him, let him go on like this." ”

"What?" The crown prince was once again in shock.

"Kill."

The next day, in the court.

"Your Majesty, Wechen received the news that Beirong has often violated the border with our DPRK recently, and we have lost two counties in a row, Wechen thinks that Beirong must not be appeased, if it continues like this, it will definitely cause a big disaster."

The emperor glanced at the courtier who had told the news, and asked lightly, "In that case, is there anyone who wants to frustrate Beirong's spirit?" ”

The Manchu Dynasty was speechless.

Huo Zeyu felt that this was an opportunity, so he stepped forward.

"Erchen thinks that General Pei is brave in battle and is the best candidate to fight against Beirong."

The emperor glanced at the general Pei. He remembered that Huo Zeyu had only drunk with him two days ago.

"Then General Pei, what do you think yourself?" The Emperor asked again.

General Pei suddenly knelt down on one knee and hugged his fist to the emperor, "The ministers will live up to the expectations of the emperor and the four princes, and will return with a great victory!" ”

The emperor's fingertips tapped on the dragon chair, and he no longer cared about this General Pei, but said, "In that case, choose another lieutenant." ”

Huo Zeyu wanted to say something more, and then felt that his move was too conspicuous, and just wanted to signal his subordinates to recommend themselves, but he didn't expect someone to stand up first.

Huo Zeyu glanced at the man, but found that the man was an out-and-out princeling, and he couldn't help but pick on his eyelids, but he didn't expect that the man said something that made him overjoyed.

He said, "The minister thinks that the deputy general should be the most suitable for Lord Wang, Lord Wang is brave and strategic, and being with General Pei must be like a tiger with wings." ”

The emperor glanced at Lord Wang again, and found that this person had a very good personal relationship with Huo Zeyu, so he didn't say anything more, and let the courtiers below talk about other political affairs.

But then he listened to good things about Huo Zeyu all morning, and his eyebrows suddenly ached, and he even felt that this court was no longer his, but Huo Zeyu's.

And he didn't even know where to throw his temper.

This was the case for several days in a row, Huo Zeyu became more and more proud, but the emperor's suspicion became heavier and heavier.

Within a few days, the emperor released the empress, and with the empress, the court reluctantly changed the one-sided trend towards Huo Zeyu a few days ago.

The queen was happy, but Concubine Yao was unhappy, and the two met again on the narrow road in the imperial garden.

"I haven't seen my sister for a few days, but I really miss my sister, I don't know how my sister is doing these days?" Although Concubine Yao said this, her tone was slowly mocking the queen.

"Thanks to my sister, I've slept better than before these days, but my sister has been recently, I'm afraid that my head has been damaged by the spring breeze, and I feel bad when I return to the same way these days, right?" The queen was not to be outdone, and returned it directly.

"You!" Concubine Yao just wanted to have a seizure, but when she saw the emperor coming in this direction, she immediately pretended that the queen deliberately tripped her, and the whole person fell down.

"Sister, how can you do this to me!" Concubine Yao's eyes suddenly lit up, and she looked at the queen with an accusatory expression.

The Emperor was also attracted by the movement here, and walked towards them.