"Alright, take him down, make sure he's safe." Heng Xinyuan said to Lin Yue.

Lin Yue received the order, took Li Si out of the room, and closed the door with his hand, leaving only Heng Xinyuan, Wan Bingyu, Luo Zhishu, Zhao Fangyu and Li Wenyao and others in the room.

In the cold winter, the howling north wind blew outside the window lattice, mixed with the sound of residual leaves, which looked particularly solemn and deserted.

Li Wenyao sat for a while, then got up and said goodbye, "It's hard work for you tonight, it's not too early now, so this king will go back first." ”

As soon as he took a step, Heng Xinyuan stopped him, "King Yijun, please stay, we have one more important matter to discuss with you tonight." ”

Li Wenyao sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere, but his quick thinking had already conveyed some kind of news to him, and in fact, since he returned from the Bowen Pavilion that day, he had a faint bad feeling.

"Oh? I don't know what else is going on in Xinyuan? Li Wenyao returned to his chair, sat down with his sleeves brushed up, and looked at him with blazing eyes.

Heng Xinyuan slowly walked in front of him and filled his cup with tea, "King Yijun, at the moment, you must also know that between the crown prince and the four princes, and the sixteen princes, one of them is bound to win and become the emperor in the future. ”

The corners of Li Wenyao's mouth shook slightly, and he smiled indifferently, "Brother Xinyuan's words are very reasonable, but I don't know, who did you choose between the crown prince and the two princes?" ”

The air froze suddenly, and the candle flame crackled and exploded, as if to herald the coming event.

Heng Xinyuan's eyes were fiery, staring at Li Wenyao's eyes without moving, his lips opened slightly, and he only said a few words, "I want to choose you." ”

"Me?" Li Wenyao sneered twice, and said with his head bowed, "Brother Xinyuan's words surprised me very much, I am just a prince who has not been valued by His Majesty for a long time, and I was only named the king of the county a few days ago, there are no soldiers and horses behind me, and there is no support from important ministers, if you want to participate in the succession, the chance of success is very small, why do you choose me?" ”

"Because you have a sincere heart, I need a monarch who worries about the world first, and the world after the world, and you ...... "Heng Xin took a step forward and stepped forward," is that person. ”

Li Wenyao lowered his head slightly, but the smile on the corner of his mouth kept rising, as if he was ...... He knew that this day would come.

At this time, Wan Bingyu appeared from the side and pinched Li Wenyao's veins, "Your Royal Highness the Seventh Prince, I just diagnosed your pulse, and there is nothing major to your body." ”

Li Wenyao sighed, stood up, walked back and forth in the narrow room for a long time before he slowly spoke, "But this is an extremely dangerous road, with just a few of us, I'm afraid it won't be possible, it doesn't matter if I'm broken alone, it's just that it affects others, and I feel uneasy." ”

Luo Zhishu and Zhao Fangyu, who had been sitting in the corner of the room, also showed a relieved smile at this time, they had been in obscurity for so many years, weren't they just waiting for a real emperor who could make themselves plan for it and do their best for it.

These old ministers, who have passed the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, still stick to their arrogance, in this world of great contention, they do not join forces, and they do not form parties for personal gain, which can be described as the backbone of the court.

"The Seven Princes!" Suddenly, Heng Xinyuan, Luo Zhishu, and Zhao Fangyu knelt down in front of Li Wenyao, "If the Seventh Prince makes up his mind, the three of us will do our best to assist you in achieving great things!" ”

"Three, please get up!" Li Wenyao hurriedly helped the three of them up, "In this case, I, Li Wenyao, hereby assure you that I will live up to my trust and take the common people in the world as my own responsibility!" ”

These powerful words, this passionate and powerful oath, slowly burned into a flame in this dim and cramped room.

Wan Bingyu stood aside with tears in her eyes, secretly stretched out her hand, wiped a handful of tears, took out a few glasses of wine from the back hall, and walked in front of everyone, "I prepared a glass of thin wine for everyone." ”

"It's still Bing Yu who has a heart!" Luo Zhishu said with tears in his eyes, "Come, let's drink this wine together!" ”

The wine glasses collided, making a hunting sound, everyone laughed at each other, and the belief in their hearts was a little firmer.

At the same time, the news of Li Si's abduction also reached the Tai Palace.

Li Gaotang, who was sleeping soundly with a beautiful woman in his arms, didn't have time to put on his clothes, so he ran out of the inner room, looked at Wang Zhong who was kneeling on the ground, and said angrily, "What did you say?" Li Si was robbed? Who took it? Where did the robbery go? Didn't you send someone to chase it? You rice buckets, can't even a single prisoner look at them? Is the prison of Jingzhao Mansion paper-paste? Anyone can break in! ”

Wang Zhong's face turned pale, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he replied tremblingly, "Back to the prince...... According to the prison guards, there was a man who took the form of me...... He went to the prison to rescue the person, that person is excellent in martial arts, and we really can't catch up......"

"Rubbish! Rubbish! You're all a bunch of trash! The prince walked around the hall anxiously, his head was almost full of smoke, and his eyes were staring at the boss, he knew very well in his heart that if this matter really stabbed the emperor, then wouldn't he suffer with Qian Yuantu.

Early this morning, Qian Yuantu just came to the palace and cried out in grief, nothing more than to let the prince protect him, he originally wanted Wang Zhongshen to solve Li Si unknowingly, and then create a false impression of suicide in fear of sin, but now it's good, he actually let people run away.

"Do you know who rescued the people?"

"This ...... The man was masked...... The jailers don't know each other...... "Wang Zhong said, "When that masked man went to save people, Master Chen happened to force him to take poison, so once this Li Si escapes, he will inevitably expose us in court......"

When the prince heard this, he sat down on the ground, his eyes dimmed, and he said in despair, "It's over, it's over...... It's all over now......"

On the second day, as soon as the sky was brightened, Heng Xinyuan sent Li Si to Yuan Weinuo, and told him what happened the day before, 1510, and Li Si also told Yuan Weinuo about the transactions between the prince and Qian Yuantu.

"It's worth it! This prince can't help but accept bribes, and he even wants to kill people! Yuan Wei Nuo almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, slapped the table and shouted, "I will immediately write a note and report this matter to the emperor!" ”

After that, Yuan Vino did not delay for a moment, wrote a recital, and personally entered the palace and handed it to the emperor.

In the Ningyang Palace, the emperor looked at the fold handed over by Yuan Weinuo, Long Yan was furious, and shouted sharply, "Immediately bring the crown prince and Qian Yuantu to me!" ”

After a while, the two were brought in, of course Qian Yuantu knew what crime he had committed, and as soon as he entered the hall, he knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... The minister knew that he was wrong...... Please ask the emperor to bypass the old ministers......"

"Qian Yuantu! You have been in the middle of the order for so many years, I have always thought that you are a minister of the imperial court! Trust you all the time! And what about you! You actually paid a bribe of tens of thousands of taels of silver, you really disappointed me! In a fit of rage, the emperor picked up the fold on the table and threw it over.