The emperor locked Xiao Hanyin in the prison, which did not have any effect on him, but Liu Qingshao, who was his wife, was afraid that it would be impossible to stay up like this all the time!

"Father, if Xiao Hanyin came to kowtow to you in person and admit his mistake, would you let him go?" The prince said tentatively.

"What, you still want to intercede for him?" The emperor frowned and said, "I punished him because he committed the following crimes, and he didn't take me seriously at all, and it is useless for anyone to intercede on this matter!" ”

If he can't smooth out Xiao Hanyin's arrogance, such things will still happen in the future.

The emperor wanted an obedient and capable courtier, not someone who liked to oppose him.

When the crown prince saw that the emperor was so angry about this matter, a trace of bad premonition surged in his heart.

Could it be that his previous conjectures were all correct?

The emperor and Xiao Hanyin have always had something to hide from him.

"Father, there is something that the sons and daughters can't figure out, and I ask the father to solve the doubts for the sons!" The prince thought about it for a while, but decided to ask the doubts in his heart.

If he doesn't ask about this matter clearly, he will definitely leave suspicion in his heart in the future.

Although the royal family has always wanted to think about the father and son of the monarch and the queen, the prince still wants to find out what the purpose of his father and emperor sent someone to follow Xiao Hanyin.

"Say!" The emperor stared at him lightly.

"Father sent the Ouchi guards to follow me and Xiao Hanyin before, what happened?" The prince asked calmly.

He knew that the emperor had always had something to do, and he didn't plan to tell him......

"What are you suspecting?" After listening to the prince's words, the emperor's face changed instantly, "Do you think I am lying, or do you think I want to harm you?" ”

Xiao Hanyin doubted his intentions, which the emperor had always known, but he never thought that his son would also be suspicious about this matter.

The emperor was furious because of this, the crown prince is his own flesh and blood, how he has treated him for so many years, can he not feel it?

"Father's anger!" The prince immediately knelt on the ground and said.

"How do you want me to calm my anger?" The emperor glared at him and said, "Get out of here immediately, I don't want to see you!" ”

"Son's resignation!" The crown prince wanted to persuade him a few words, but in this situation, no matter what he said, the emperor should not be able to listen.

So, the prince withdrew directly.

In any case, things are already like this, and it is difficult for him to continue to ask about the emperor letting people follow them.

When the prince left the imperial study, he happened to be seen by the Ministry of Rites.

"Wechen see the prince!" The Ministry of Rites immediately bent down and saluted.

"Excuse me!" After a casual glance at the other party, he went straight home.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu looked at the back of the prince, and a cold light appeared in his eyes.

He is stable and modest, has good connections in the court, and the emperor also trusts him.

However, no one knows that in fact, this person has always been dissatisfied with the crown prince and feels that he is not incapable of the throne.

So, he quietly angered the emperor and was kicked out of the imperial study, and quietly spread it.

The Ministry of Rites has always been very hidden, and everyone doesn't know that he hates the prince in his heart, so he is given an opportunity.

As soon as the news came out, many people in the court were worried about this, especially those courtiers who took refuge in the crown prince.

They all thought that the crown prince's succession to the throne was a sure thing.

As a result, such news suddenly appeared in the imperial city, and everyone's minds were a little more panicked.

Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, although the emperor has always favored the prince, but as long as he does not ascend the throne for a day, the position of the prince may change hands.

So the prince's henchmen and ministers all got together privately to discuss how to deal with it.

They didn't dare to go directly to the prince's mansion for fear of angering him.

After several people discussed, they all decided to wait and see what happened for the time being, and first take a look at the emperor's attitude towards the crown prince before making plans.

After all, the position of the crown prince has not yet been completely shaken.

Even if the emperor reprimanded the crown prince, he couldn't say anything.

The crown prince and the emperor are not only monarchs and ministers, but also father and son......

The two had some disputes by chance, and it shouldn't be too big.

After so many years, there have been no disputes between the emperor and the crown prince, although the prince bows his head every time, but the emperor has never pursued him.

As a result, the ministers who have taken refuge in the crown prince have been very low-key in recent days, for fear of leaving a handle for others to use against the prince.

In fact, the prince also heard some sporadic rumors, but he didn't ask.

He did anger the emperor before, but when the prince knew in his heart, the emperor's anger would soon dissipate, and there would be an overnight feud between father and son.

However, he didn't expect that the rumors would get bigger and bigger, and there were even rumors outside that the emperor was about to abolish the crown prince.

Xiao Hanyin, who was in the prison, and Liu Qingshao, who was staying in the house, soon heard the rumors.

Xiao Hanyin felt that this matter could not be trusted, and the emperor did not know how many things he had done in private in order to allow the crown prince to inherit his throne smoothly, and even took the initiative to drive the second prince out of the imperial city.

He decided that he would not have the intention of abolishing the prince for a trivial matter. sweet potato

However, the rumors outside were so outrageous, but no one suppressed them, and Xiao Hanyin felt a little uneasy in his heart.

At this time, Du Wenhai suddenly came to visit him in the prison.

Du Wenhai has always been deeply trusted by the emperor, because he is better than Xiao Hanyin.

His family is in the imperial city, and he has to rely on the emperor to live.

Xiao Hanyin is different, he has already moved out of the General's Mansion, and the relationship between father and son is very weak, except for Xiao Hanchen and Liu Qingshao, he can no longer find his weakness.

No matter how good such a person's ability is, he can't be completely assured of using it, so the emperor will find Du Wenhai to check and balance with him.

"Why is Master Du here?" The relationship between the two is very cold on the surface, but they are actually friends in private.

The last thing the emperor wants is to see the two of them intersect, so the two have been deliberately avoiding suspicion.

"Xiao Hanyin, the emperor is so important to you, why do you want to contradict him?"

Du Wenhai said with a cold face, "As courtiers, we should have obeyed Your Majesty's orders, but you deliberately angered Your Majesty, do you really plan to stay in prison for the rest of your life?" ”

"I'm human, and I can't treat myself as a pawn without feelings and principles!" Xiao Hanyin didn't want to succumb to fate.

Even if he knew he would be crushed, he had to do it.

"If your life is almost lost, do you still care about that?" Du Wenhai glanced at him and said.

"The emperor won't kill me!" If there was a real danger of killing, he wouldn't have done it.

"How can you be so sure, how dangerous it is to confront the emperor, how can you not know?" Du Wenhai hated that iron could not become steel, "As courtiers, we are destined to only obey the emperor's orders!" ”

Du Wenhai has a bad relationship with him in front of people, which everyone knows.

So, while they were talking, the jailer walked away......

"Your Majesty will not look for someone to keep an eye on me, and it will never be to protect my safety, I suspect that something must have happened that Your Majesty can't control!" Xiao Hanyin suddenly whispered.

Hearing this, Du Wenhai's face was slightly cold, "You want me to investigate this matter!" ”

"That's right, now that I'm in the prison, there are some things that I can't do, and I want to take down the turmoil of the courtiers, I suspect that someone is manipulating behind the scenes, and the assassin who appeared at the emperor's birthday banquet before is afraid that it is also related to this matter!" Xiao Hanyin told Du Wenhai everything he thought in his heart.

Now the only person who can find out the truth is Du Wenhai.

The fewer people who know about this matter, the better, so when the emperor punished him, Xiao Hanyin was not surprised, and even looked forward to what happened next.

So many ministers in the court have their own thoughts, and now the emperor suddenly sent Ouchi guards to follow him and Liu Qingshao all the time, either someone really wants to harm them, or the emperor has other plans.

Xiao Hanyin prefers the latter......

"Even so, why are you still in prison?" Du Wenhai couldn't figure it out, he knew that the court was turbulent, but he ignored it and handed it over to himself to deal with it.

"I have my own plans!" Xiao Hanyin couldn't say his plan.

However, it was more convenient for Du Wenhai to investigate those things.

He was followed by someone sent by the emperor, no matter what he did, he would be known by the emperor, and he would rather let someone else do it.

"Don't stay in there for too long!" Du Wenhai finished speaking and left.

Subsequently, Du Wenhai immediately followed Xiao Hanyin's words and began to investigate some ministers of the imperial court and the second prince who was far away in the fief.

Although the second prince went to the fiefdom early, he still had some influence in the imperial city.

Now that the crown prince has not yet ascended the throne, even if the second prince is crowned king and goes to the fief, as long as someone keeps following him, no one can say for sure that he will not turn over one day.

The situation is changing rapidly, especially now that the crown prince is angry with the emperor, I am afraid that he will not be able to keep the position of the prince, and the rumors have been circulating in the imperial city.

In the imperial court, the ministers who follow the other princes have been preparing to move recently.

Du Wenhai, like Xiao Hanyin, is the prince's henchman.

In this case, he naturally wanted to do something for the crown prince.

He originally planned to go to the heavenly prison to persuade Xiao Hanyin and let him come out as soon as possible and share the prince's worries with him.

However, since Xiao Hanyin didn't want to come out, he could only do these things himself.

After Du Wenhai investigated, he found that the second prince didn't seem to have made any moves recently, but he still felt uneasy in his heart.

Sometimes, the calmer the surface, the more turbulent the inside.

The second prince has been obsessed with the throne for more than ten years, Du Wenhai doesn't believe it, he can really let go.

However, the second prince is now far away in the fiefdom, and he can't find evidence for the time being, so he has to focus on the ministers who have intersected with the second prince.

Du Wenhai ordered people to investigate the whereabouts of those ministers and their private actions, but unfortunately found nothing.

Even so, Du Wenhai still doesn't plan to give up, he knows Xiao Hanyin's personality very well.

If it weren't for the fact, he wouldn't have said that to himself, and if he couldn't take precautions early now, he was afraid that the other party would take advantage of the loophole in the future.

After Du Wenhai made a move, some ministers received the news.

He is one of the leaders of the secret organization, and not many people know about it, but as a counselor of the crown prince, his every move will be monitored by the officials of the imperial court.

Although the ministers did not know what he was investigating, they temporarily stopped what they were about to do in order to maintain their power.

Du Wenhai has the trust of the emperor and the crown prince more than them, and once he offends him, he will never end well.