Mu Liancheng knew that sooner or later, the emperor would ask this question, and he had already thought of the answer.

"Naturally, the ministers made peace with them first, and if the peace talks failed, they sent troops to quell the rebellion."

"What about after the rebellion? What will you do with them? Mu Zun asked again.

Mu Liancheng replied: "Deprive yourself of all rights and imprison." ”

"What if they get to this point, they still have the ambition to die, and they still want to rebel?"

"Then get rid of it, so that there will be no future troubles."

Mu Zun saw his murderous intent on his face and knew that he was not just talking.

"They're all your brothers, what did you do?"

"If you can't do it, you have to do it." Mu Liancheng said slowly, his eyes were as cold as a blade, "Didn't you do the same back then, Father?" ”

Mu Zun was blocked by his words and had nothing to refute, after he ascended the throne, he killed more than one or two siblings, and almost all the brothers who were threatened to the throne, even if there was no sign of rebellion, were all eliminated by him with various reasons and means.

As a young man, he didn't feel wrong or cruel, but as time went on and he grew older, he began to have nightmares, often waking up in the middle of the night to dream that his former brothers who had died tragically came back to him for their lives.

He was deeply tortured, day and night, although he did not regret what he had done back then, but as a person who had come over, he did not want Mu Liancheng to repeat his mistakes.

Besides, they were all his sons, and he was not willing to let them kill each other.

"Leave their lives as a last resort, this is the only thing I ask of you, and you must promise me."

In Mu Liancheng's impression, this father is an out-and-out ruthless master, who never cares about any siblings and ministers, even fathers, sons and husbands and wives, but now that he is older, his heart has softened, and he can't help but feel a little ironic.

"The son obeys the orders of his father."

After saying these words for a while, Mu Zun seemed to have exhausted all his energy, and suddenly felt exhausted.

"It's good if you agree, I'm relieved, I'm tired, you can retreat first."

"Yes, the retainers are retired."

Mu Liancheng got up and walked out of the dormitory, but he didn't leave, but turned his head to look at Li Cocoon, who was standing at the door.

"Gonggong Li, there is something in this palace that I want to ask you for help, I don't know if it's okay?"

Li Cocoon bowed down and smiled: "I can't help, Your Highness, but please command." ”

"Come here."

Mu Liancheng beckoned at him, and then said something unknown in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

"This palace is also for the stability of the country and the country, I hope that the father-in-law can cooperate, as long as the father-in-law accomplishes this matter, it must be a great achievement, and the emperor and the palace will reward you."

Li Cocoon understands that the emperor will not live long, and he will continue to live in the palace in the future, and the most important thing is to gain the trust of His Royal Highness the Prince, and now is a good time.

"Your Highness, rest assured, the minions are all subject to your arrangement."

Mu Liancheng nodded in satisfaction, his gaze gradually becoming dark.

In the next few days, the emperor has been recuperating in the dormitory, and has not shown up, except for the early dynasty, and even ignores government affairs.

On the fifth day, the emperor issued a holy decree - the crown prince to supervise the country.

From now on, all affairs, big and small, will be handed over to the crown prince to deal with, and there is no need to ask the emperor again.

This directive was enough to show the emperor's trust in the crown prince, the prince was the future monarch of the country, and it was only reasonable for the emperor to be seriously ill and he would be in charge of the country, so the civil and military forces of the Manchu dynasty did not dare to raise objections.

However, the princes have many grievances in private, and the most resentful of them is Mu Beituo.

In the middle of the night, the light was still on in the study of the Three Kings' Mansion.

"The emperor let the crown prince supervise the country, which is equivalent to announcing to the world that after his funeral, the throne will be inherited by the crown prince, and it will not be changed, the third prince, you should plan and plan carefully."

The person who spoke was He Lanchi, who had only been confirmed to join Mu Beituo's camp not long ago.

In fact, there are some problems with what he said, since Mu Liancheng is the crown prince, he will naturally succeed him after the emperor's death, even if there is no such thing as supervising the country, it is an unchangeable fact.

The reason why he said such a seemingly useless sentence was to create a stronger sense of crisis for Mu Beituo and prompt him to make up his mind.

Mu Beituo sat in front of the desk, holding the teacup tightly in his left hand, his eyes were calm.

"I don't need you to say this, this king also knows it, but this king's strength is still lacking, if something happens now, I'm afraid it's just a lot of bad luck and a meaningless sacrifice."

This is not a child playing the house, launching a coup d'état, usurping power, but a matter of losing his head, without all preparations, let alone say that it is him, even other people who follow him will not follow.

"So far, there is only one fight, do the three princes have to wait until the emperor dies and the prince sits on the dragon chair before he comes to do it?"

Helan Chi smiled sarcastically, "To be honest, at that time, you will be a turtle in the urn, and you can only sit and wait for death." ”

"Once the crown prince ascends the throne, judging from your grievances with him, it is absolutely impossible for him to let you go, so for you, only now is the best time to turn the tables.

As soon as he heard this, Mu Beituo was furious and almost crushed the teacup.

"This king understands this truth, and you don't need to teach it!"

He Lanchi raised his eyelids and looked at him, there was a bit of a calm smile hidden in his eyes, he knew that the words should be said in moderation, and the words were just right here, no need to say more.

So he closed his mouth and waited for Mu Beituo to consider it himself.

Although Mu Beituo was annoyed that He Lanchi's words were not listened to, he knew that he had no second way to go except to take advantage of the emperor's illness to raise troops.

Unless he doesn't mind being trampled under Mu Liancheng's feet and humiliated in the future, he will be a wreckage for the rest of his life.

But obviously, he would rather die than live such a miserable life.

If something happens now, the most important thing is to control the palace and the capital......

Just as he was thinking, there was a sudden slight trembling sound of tiles on the roof, Mu Beituo's eyes lit up, and he picked up the sword hanging on the wall and rushed out of the door.

Helan Chi is not a person who practices martial arts, and his hearing is not as sensitive as Mu Beituo, so he naturally notices anything, and when he sees him suddenly jumping out, he was startled, until he heard the sound of a fight, and he didn't react, it turned out that someone had broken in.

Hurriedly ran outside the house, only to see Mu Beituo was entangled with a man in black, the man in black had a sword in his hand, but he didn't unsheath it, just blindly flying around in the yard to dodge.

But Rao is like this, Mu Beituo, who is holding a long sword, still can't touch a corner of his clothes, which shows that this person is very good at light skills.

After about a cup of tea, the guards also rushed over when they heard the voice, and immediately surrounded the man in black.

Mu Beituo stopped, stared at the man in black with gloomy eyes, and asked, "Who are you?" What are the intentions of trespassing on the Three Kings' Mansion? ”

The man let out a chuckle and behaved calmly and gracefully, reaching out to remove the veil from his face.

I saw that under the lamplight, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, with a kind smile, like a very handsome face.

Mu Beituo and He Lanchi recognized him at once.

"Jiang Mingche?"

"It's really abrupt to disturb the third prince late at night, and I hope the prince will forgive me." Jiang Mingche apologized, but his attitude was quite sincere, not like there was any conspiracy.

Mu Beituo stared at him, and his vigilance did not let go.

"It turned out that the young master of Sanssouci Gate was here, I don't know what happened when Your Excellency broke into my palace?"

"Don't worry, the prince is not here to steal treasures." Jiang Mingche smiled and said, "I'm here to help the prince." ”

"Help?"

Mu Beituo showed a suspicious look, sneered, and said, "Are you a fool to be the king?" Sanssouci is the public enemy of the court, and this king is the person who was responsible for arresting Sanssoucian, and he also put your parents and sister in the prison, and almost killed you, you have a deep hatred with this king, how can you help me? ”

"The prince's words are wrong!"

Jiang Mingche waved his hand and retorted: "There are no eternal friends in this world, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests, the grudge with the prince has become a thing of the past, I don't want to pursue it anymore, as long as the prince can give the prince enough benefits, then I will do my best to help the prince, why not?" ”

Hearing this, Mu Beituo lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment, and then asked, "What do you want?" ”

"I don't want much, only two things, one is that after the prince successfully seizes the throne, he will order the removal of the pursuit of the Sanssouci people, so that the Sanssouci Gate and the court well water will not interfere with the river water and will not disturb each other."

Jiang Mingche replied briskly.

"And the second?" Mu Beituo raised his eyebrows and asked.

"This second ......" Jiang Mingche paused, "I'm going to take someone away." ”

"Who?"

"Feng is frivolous."

When Mu Beituo heard this name, his pupils shrank suddenly, and the hand under his sleeve clenched the hilt of the sword, and suddenly recalled that Feng Qingfang eloped with Jiang Mingche about half a year ago.

After all this time, he almost forgot about it.

"Unexpectedly, the young master of Sanssouci Gate is still an infatuated lover, but Feng Qingmad is the king's, and no one wants to take her away."

"Putting aside your previous condition for the time being, just take away Feng Qingmad, and this king can't accept you."

The power of Sanssouci is indeed not to be underestimated, but it is limited to the rivers and lakes, they are good at stealing chickens and dogs, stealing other people's property, how can they have the ability to put it on the table?

still wants to participate in his seizure of the throne and get a piece of the pie, which is ridiculous.

"Young Master Jiang, please go back, this king will not be far away!"

Mu Beituo put away his sword, turned around and walked back, He Lanchi hurriedly stopped him, and persuaded in a low voice: "Lord Wang, don't be in a hurry to reject him first, it's better to listen to what kind of help he can provide, and then it's not too late to make a decision." ”

He is the one who has maintained cooperation with Sanssoucian, and knows that Sanssoucin's power has infiltrated the imperial court, and it may not be possible to really play a key role.

"No, this king doesn't need to cooperate with this kind of person yet."