The imperial capital of Liangguo, the most famous city in the south of the Western Continent, is still prosperous, there are still countless people who break their heads and want to squeeze in, settle here, and some people have worked hard for half a life, and finally ended up with a gloomy end, neither left enough stories to sing, nor took away even a trivial leaf, what can be taken away is just a heart that has been smoothed by the years, and finally extinguished the blood and half a lifetime of tiredness, staggering back to his hometown, only to become the joke of the neighborhood after dinner, how unfortunate it is。

No matter who comes or who leaves, it doesn't seem to affect its beauty, perhaps this is the charm of the city itself.

However, this group of people belonging to the royal family of Liangguo is naturally a powerful storm, and the tide rises and falls in the center of the whirlpool of power, for this city, for this world, it will never be like ordinary people, who come and go quietly.

The third prince Gu Li, as the only son of the harem concubine, the generalissimo of Youzhou soldiers and horses, and the nephew of Xu Jintang, the hereditary prince of the imperial court, benefited from these identities, he had built a mansion outside the palace when he was still an adult.

Raising a guest and a corporal is what the princes who have ambitions in the past generations must do, and it is also the most direct manifestation of their covetousness for the throne.

It's a pity that most of these people are people from the rivers and lakes who don't have any official positions, although they have their own strengths, they can't affect the overall situation, and they can't get into Gu Li's eyes.

If you want to overpower several other princes and finally win the throne, it is useless to rely on these ordinary Jianghu people alone, the most important thing is to get your father, that is, the favor of His Majesty the Emperor of the Dynasty, but also to obtain the common support of all the powerful ministers in the court, the reputation of the government and the opposition inside and outside is also very important, the so-called people who win the hearts of the people win the world, this is the truth, with the help of so many external factors, it is possible to really have the last laugh.

The reason why we say the word 'maybe' is because history tells us that until the last moment, you never know who the winner is, how many people fell when they were only one step away from the throne, and how many people were driven down after ascending the throne.

From the point of view of the situation, the current civil officials are basically people who support the crown prince Gu Cang, a few people because they were born in Jiangzhou, or people who admire the knowledge of the He family can barely be regarded as supporting the concubine De family, and the support he Gu Li can get now is only part of the military attaché, although the Youzhou party is powerful, but there are not a few people who are not used to the hereditary duke of the Xu family, and the status of the military attache in the court is not as good as that of the civil officials of the same position, in contrast, the power that he Gu Li temporarily controls is indeed a little thin, although he is already the most optimistic prince except for the prince Gu Cang, but if he wants to compete for the throne, this savings is still not enough。

He had already lost the opportunity, although Gu Cang was not the eldest son, but he had been walking in the name of the prince for more than 20 years, both inside and outside the government and the opposition, it was tacitly accepted that this person would be the future king of Liangguo, and when he was crowned king before, he was directly lower than Gu Cang, and now he wants to turn the tables, the situation is really not optimistic.

I heard that the Shangshu of the Imperial Court Officials seemed to be quite close to Lao Wu, but now that Lao Wu has been transferred to the place where birds don't on the border of Youzhou, he will definitely not be able to turn over, although even if Lao Wu is still in the capital, Gu Li will not take him seriously, but now at least there is an opportunity to contact that Shangshu Lord.

The Ministry of Officials is the head of the six departments, and the appointment and dismissal, examinations, promotions, honors, transfers and other affairs of the officials of the world have great powers and responsibilities, and they have always belonged to the 'battleground', although Gu Li can't figure out why this Lord Night is close to the fifth man, but at the very least, he should not support others, and now that the fifth man is gone, it is a good opportunity, not to mention that I heard that the ancestral home of this Lord Night is also from Youzhou, so it is much easier to do.

It is said that a prince should not be allowed to meet the ministers of the court in private, although Gu Li was made a prince, but it is not good to do too blatantly, first took the initiative to go to the night house to hand over the post, after eating a closed door, and patiently guarded for a few days, and found that the surname Ye was basically fine and did not leave the house, after waiting for a few days, the third Gu Li, the king of Qi of the court finally couldn't help but take the initiative to visit.

'Knock knock', knocking on the door in a proper manner, the old servant of the night family opened the door, and found a carriage parked at the door, and three people stood outside the door.

One of them he recognized, this old servant is not only the only housekeeper in this huge night mansion, but also the coachman of the night Zhihuai, driving the ordinary carriage with the night Zhihuai into the palace to participate in the court meeting I don't know how many times, this third prince, the king of Qi who has been in the limelight recently, he naturally recognizes it, although he doesn't know the kid with a faint look of pride in the look next to him, but he can keep up with the king of Qi, obviously it is not a simple role, as for the servant dress, waiting in the distance of the coachman, he directly ignored it。

Gu Li, the king of Qi, took Xu Huaiying and an ordinary coachman this time, but he didn't dare to bring too many people, this kind of thing was too fanfare to be done, and before Ye Zhihuai made it clear that he didn't want to see him, he brought a lot of people here, isn't it even more disgusting?

As soon as the door opened, Gu Li took the initiative to come forward with a kind smile and said, "Old housekeeper, please go and spread the word, just say that the New Year is approaching, Gu Li has brought a gift, and wants to come to visit Lord Ye in advance." ”

The Spring Festival is the grandest festival of the year for the human race in the entire Western Continent, which can be called the same celebration of the whole world, and it is the Spring Festival in a few days.

Seeing that it was the prince of Qi who had arrived, the old housekeeper knew that he would definitely not be able to be the master of this matter, and he didn't dare to let the other party wait outside first, so he quickly welcomed the other party in first, and took it all the way to the side hall, and then ordered his subordinates to pour tea, and then bent over and arched his hand.

"I'm sorry to wait for a moment, and the old slave will go and inform the master. ”

Gu Li is not Gu Hai's kind of self-righteous straw bag who doesn't know the number of etiquette, so he quickly stood up and stepped forward to support the old man, and said with a pleasant face: "It's okay, Lord Ye is a scholar, and he is busy with official business, so we idlers come to bother, and it is appropriate to wait a little longer, so that Lord Ye does not have to worry." ”

The old man didn't want to talk nonsense with him, so he confessed his guilt and hurried towards the main house.

As soon as the people left, Xu Huaiying swaggered to the pear blossom wood seat next to him, and said in a rather angry tone: "Brother Li, as for it? ”

His father was the generalissimo of Youzhou's soldiers and horses, a first-class hereditary prince of the imperial court, and his family affairs were prominent, so naturally he didn't look down on a mere official book, but what about the secretary of the department? His Xu family was a hereditary duke of iron, and he Xu Huaiying would also go to Youzhou in the future to lead a state of soldiers and horses.

Gu Li glanced at him, stood in the middle of the room, and said with his hands behind his back: "Huaiying, it's just a matter of thinking about this kind of thing in your heart, don't say it in other people's homes, you will be heard, and you don't know how to arrange you." ”

Xu Huaiying snorted, and said with disdain: "Who dares to orchestrate me? I caught this kid's tongue and didn't pull it out!"

He has lived until now, that is, he suffered a loss in the hands of Gu Cang when he was a child, except for the mysterious and powerful prince, and the cousin in front of him, he is not afraid of others, in Liangguo, who dares to offend the Xu family casually?

Gu Li is also indulgent to this perverse cousin, he knows that the Xu family is the arm he must hold in his hands, since the founding of the Liang Kingdom, there is only one hereditary first-class duke who is still alive, and the others are either cut off by their descendants, or they are revoked for various reasons, and there are no heirs at all, resulting in no one inheriting the title, and the Xu family has been passed down to this day, until now, the Xu family is in Youzhou, and the power in the imperial court is huge, which is the only capital that he can beat Gu Cang.

Military power is his last hole card!

Hopefully, though, things don't get to that point.

Gu Li said slowly: "Ye Zhihuai has always been a loner in the court, never forming a party for personal gain, which is why he can rise to the top, all the way to the official department of the Ministry of Shangshu one of the reasons, the court is not all by relationship, relying on the group to climb up, especially the Ministry of Officials with great power and responsibility, but also need this kind of iron-faced and selfless people, the two kinds of officials are useful, I look at the achievements of Ye Zhihuai over the years, the Ministry of Officials is not necessarily the end, pull to our side as soon as possible, it is very useful." ”

When Xu Huaiying heard this, he still nodded, he is not really stupid, that is, he is a little arrogant, he can still listen to Gu Li's words, and after figuring out the joints, he naturally agrees very much, but he is still muttering.

"I don't know what Zhihuai thinks this night, it's really strange that he would get mixed up with Gu Xuan's kid. ”

Gu Li was also quite puzzled by this, but still guessed: "When my father ascended the throne, Zhihuai already had the qualifications to enter the chess game this night, but he didn't choose to stand in line at that time, and now it is even more impossible to stand in the team of the person who is most unlikely to inherit the throne, maybe it is because the fifth child is the most unlikely, so he does this, and saves others from coming to him. ”