Wei Taishi smiled and sighed: "You are so smart, and Xiaoyu is really not a family that does not enter the door." ”

Now that he can only go to the capital, he can't go out, and Mei Xiaoren wants to leave Beijing, so he has to take a hand. Wei Taishi then said: "It's not too early, I'll send someone to send you out of the city." ”

Mei Xiaoren shook his head, "I didn't come to find my uncle, I didn't want to go out of the city. ”

"That's?" Master Wei was puzzled.

"I want to ask my uncle to send me to the palace."

"Into the palace?" Wei Taishi was shocked again, "Nephew and daughter-in-law, the usurpation of power surnamed Ji, the capital is already in chaos, and the imperial city is a tiger's den and wolf's den, even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is subject to others, aren't you going to the tiger's mouth?" ”

"It is precisely because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is controlled by others that I have to enter the palace to help him, otherwise with his temperament, he and Wei Guogong will only get more and more stiff, in case Wei Guogong regards him as a useless pawn, his situation will be dangerous."

"You're right, I heard that His Highness ran into Ji Heng before and was grounded in the palace, and now there is no one around him who is facing him, once Ji Heng loses patience with him, he may replace this puppet at any time." Wei Taishi nodded in agreement, looked at her again and said, "My uncle has heard about your past actions, and my uncle believes that you can protect His Highness, but what about you?" Can you save yourself? ”

Mei Xiaoren smiled indifferently, "Uncle, the fact that I can sit here now shows that the old prime minister didn't stop me." ”

She is Gu Zhan's daughter-in-law, Gu Zhan is relieved to let her come, and he has no reason to stop her. Wei Taishi sighed and said, "Okay, you wait here, I'll make arrangements." ”

In the dead of night, Jiang Rong sat alone in the main hall, no one came to report to him about the west of the city, and the servants who used to be attentive avoided him as if they were hiding from the plague, if he didn't take the initiative to call, they wouldn't take the initiative to come, and seemed to regard Aqing as a lesson from the past.

The tea on the table had long since cooled, and Jiang Rong was also cold in his heart.

Someone came in from outside, and Jiang Rong caught a glimpse of a little eunuch who buried his head very low, probably afraid of him.

The little eunuch put the tea on the coffee table in his hand, held the wooden plate in both hands, and stood still in front of him.

Jiang Rong reluctantly looked up, and was startled at a glance, and after being shocked, he was happy: "Why are you?" ”

Mei Xiaoren turned her eyes to look outside, and when she came in, she confirmed that there were no idle people outside, so she put down the wooden plate, went over to close the door of the palace, and walked back to Jiang Rong.

Before she could speak, Jiang Rong's expression suddenly darkened. He said guiltily, "I'm sorry, I couldn't save Miss Li." ”

"I don't blame you, but I should apologize to you, if you didn't save Qingqing, how could you offend Wei Guogong and the Queen Mother, and Aqing ......"

Mei Xiaoren paused. Master Taishi found a henchman in the guards to accept her into the palace, and along the way, she had learned from the guards about the recent events in the palace, and knew that Jiang Rong had a big quarrel with the Queen Mother and Wei Guogong in order to save Qingqing, and even Aqing was hit by the board.

Jiang Rong looked at her and frowned, "Villain, do you say that I am very useless, I couldn't help Gu Chuyu in the past, but now I was deceived by the Ji family and mistrusted a wolf." ”

"It's not that His Highness is confused, but Wei Guogong has been planning for this for more than 20 years, and his disguise is difficult for anyone to see." Mei Xiaoren walked up to Jiang Rong and sat down, sighing with heavy eyes, "Didn't I see it before?" If it weren't for Chu Zifeng's explanation before he died, I really wouldn't have imagined that the courtier I had been looking for who colluded with the Xia State and manipulated the bandits was Lord Guogong. ”

When Jiang Yi heard this, his eyes suddenly turned shocked, "What did you say?" ”

"Do you still remember the thirty-four bandits who died in Qiushui County, and their top master was Wei Guogong, not the Prime Minister as the magistrate guessed." Mei Xiaoren continued, "I heard that the Guogong is honest, but no matter where the disaster is in Daning, the Guogong Mansion will generously donate money to help the disaster, where does the silver come from?" In fact, the wool is all out of the sheep, and there is blood ......"

Jiang Yi stood up with his chair in disbelief, and asked again: "Then what you said, he has been planning for more than 20 years, what is going on?" ”

Mei Xiaoren said: "His Royal Highness used to hate the dictatorship of the Prime Minister's Mansion, so does His Highness know why the old prime minister wants dictatorship?" Why did Chu Yu take over the position of prime minister who would bear the infamy of the ages? ”

"Who doesn't like this thing......"

"You are wrong, the old prime minister and Chu Yu are doing this to protect you, even if everyone in the world is harming you, they will protect you thoroughly." Mei Xiaoren said seriously, "You always think that the Prime Minister's Mansion is the biggest enemy of the imperial family, but in fact, they are the most loyal people to the Jiang family." ”

"What do I think of you...... So like a joke. Ei smiled, but his smile was extremely unnatural.

His opinion of the Prime Minister's Mansion has changed somewhat, but it is limited to his belief that Gu Chuyu will not harm him.

is also controlled by others, Gu Chuyu has never felt sorry for him, let alone cared about him, except for not giving him the position of prince; In the past, he could be presumptuous in front of Gu Chuyu, he had argued with Gu Chuyu many times for the villain, but Gu Chuyu just scolded him on the spot, refuted his face, and recklessly spoke quickly, without retaliation.

"When the power will come to the hands of the Prime Minister's Mansion, do you know?" Mei Xiaoren asked.

"I know, after my imperial grandfather died, as soon as the imperial grandfather left, the power was snatched by Gu Zhan, so that my father did not become a real emperor for a day."

"The death of the first emperor and the centralization of power in the prime minister's government are not an opportunity or a coincidence, the old prime minister is willing to risk the disapproval of the world, and he is serving the last orders of the first emperor."

Jiang Rong's eyes widened in shock, and the person was stunned like wood, "What...... What do you mean? ”

Mei Xiaoren knew that Jiang Rong didn't believe it, and when the old prime minister told her the truth, she couldn't believe that the imperial power was actually the meaning of the first emperor, and it was the first emperor who took over the power of the Jiang family and handed it over to the prime minister's mansion.

Before his death, the first emperor called the old prime minister to the sickbed, and said the most helpless sentence for the monarch, he said that looking at the world, except for the old prime minister, he no longer knows who else to believe.

In fact, before that, the first emperor trusted Wei Guogong more than the old prime minister, not only because Wei Guogong was the brother of the queen mother, but also because Wei Guogong was good at disguise and disguised himself as an out-and-out loyal and virtuous minister.

Later, a major event happened, the first emperor saw through the true face of Wei Guogong, but at that time, the first emperor was seriously ill in bed, unable to deal with Wei Guogong, and knew that his life was short, so he secretly summoned the old prime minister to explain what happened after his death.

The first emperor had three sons under his knees, but in his later years, the eldest son and the second son died one after another, and in the end, only His Majesty was left.

The first emperor knew that His Majesty was frail and sickly, fun-loving, and indulged in women's sex all day long, and could not afford to take on great responsibilities, and the Duke of Wei was eyeing him there, if he handed over the power to His Majesty, he would soon be conspired by the Duke of Wei.

Therefore, the young imperial grandson became the only hope of the first emperor......