As a national fortune that has lasted for hundreds of years, it has been prosperous, relying on the unique geographical advantages in the middle, and it is rarely affected by the war between the countries in the south, and the prosperity of its capital naturally does not need to be repeated.

In the capital of Weiguo, there is a luxurious mansion that occupies a huge area, the tethered horse piles are lined up, it is like the stone pier on the bridge, the stone shadow wall at the door, the lifelike picture of the five dragons playing with pearls is depicted, the pedestrians who come and go on the street, once they arrive here, they are far away, and do not dare to pass directly from the front.

This is not because the reputation of the owner of the mansion is too bad, but because he is a noble man with an extremely high status, how can ordinary people walk past the door of his mansion?

This is a secular rule that cannot be overcome, but it is not the bad reputation of the owner of the mansion.

The owner of this mansion is no one else, it is the second prince of the Weiguo Dynasty, inside and outside the court, and even among the people of the capital, the reputation has always been quite good Duanmu Pingyi, of which the word "Pingyi" is the true name of the ancient gods in the legend of the country, it can be seen that the emperor's favor and expectations for it are also extremely good, in this regard, it should also be above the word "Shuofeng".

However, this Duan Mu Shuofeng is the parent and son of the queen's mother, and the eldest prince, that is the real "eldest son", and his mother family is the famous Wei Chi family within the country, which is the direct descendant of the founding general Wei Chilin, plus he himself is also capable and good at winning people's hearts, which has made several other brothers desperate over the years.

But all the children who were born in the emperor's family, seeing the ministers bowing to their father, enjoying unparalleled power, and their mother whispering in their ears all day long, in the long run, who dares to say that he has no idea about the supreme throne? Not to mention that he Duanmu Pingyi, his mother is also said to be from a great family that has been inherited for hundreds of years, and he is one of the traditional gate lords in the south, I don't know how many civil and military generals have been produced, not much worse than the He family in Jiangzhou, Liangguo, plus he himself is quite favored by the emperor, so why should he give up the position to others?

Especially this end of Mu Shuofeng, things have always been arrogant and domineering, rampant, before being established as a prince, he has never given face to these younger brothers, and he is mostly despised and derogatory words outside, and he relies on his identity as the eldest son of his grandson inside, and finds some reasons, so in front of everyone, he reprimands them many times, a little unsatisfactory, and even beats and scolds, this kind of narrow-minded, moody bastard thing Once he is in power, is there still a way for them to live?

For the sake of his future net worth and life, he should fight for it!

In a pavilion in the back garden of the house, after Duanmu Pingyi drank away from the other attendants, he left one person sitting opposite each other, and another person hung his hands and bowed to the side, as if he was just an attendant.

The person sitting opposite him, at a glance, was really similar to him, and he had an excellent temperament, extraordinary demeanor, and was born with a good skin, but he was relatively much younger, and it was Duanmu Huayun, the sixth prince of the dynasty.

The two were not born of the same mother, but in the face of Duanmu Shuofeng, the high-ranking and powerful eldest brother, the rest of these princes are fighting against each other, this is a normal thing, cooperation is two benefits, and fighting is two injuries, as long as Duanmu Shuofeng has not fallen, everyone else can be said to be a united front.

The person standing on the edge of the pavilion, in terms of appearance, was born extremely ordinary, there is nothing outstanding, at first glance, it seems to be an ordinary person in the market, compared with the graceful Duanmu Huayun next to him, it is even more obvious that he is a subordinate, but he was born with a pair of Danfeng eyes, shining, shining, but it adds a lot of smart feeling to it.

Duanmu Pingyi raised his head, looked at the person standing next to him, and asked in a deep voice: "Wei Ping, I asked you to buy the subordinates of the Prince's Mansion before, has this matter been completed?"

It turned out that this person turned out to be Wei Ping, who Duanmu Shuofeng had placed beside these brothers, but looking at it like this, he seemed to have completely gained the trust of Duanmu Pingyi, and even regarded him as a confidant, otherwise he would not still be standing in this small pavilion and talking about such a dark and confidential matter.

Wei Ping, who was on the side, didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly bowed his hand, and replied respectfully: "Living up to the trust of the lord, the small one has secretly bought off a few subordinates in the prince's mansion, but the people who are really responsible for important things in the mansion are all the people of the Wei Chi family, most of them are decades of old servants, loyal, it is really difficult to approach, and the small one is afraid of being detected by them, so he has not rashly contacted it so far." ”

When Duanmu Huayun heard this, he shook his sleeves, slapped the table hatefully, turned his face a little irritably, and scolded: "This dog thief is cautious, if he is not the Wei Chi family's own people, he doesn't need it at all, and we can't reach the upper echelons at all." ”

On the other hand, Duanmu Pingyi, who has been fighting with his eldest brother Duanmu Shuo for so many years, is obviously much calmer at this time, and he is not angry at the moment, but he is relieved to Duanmu Huayun: "Don't worry, as long as you open a point, you can slowly find opportunities after that, no one is perfect, everyone has their own selfishness, and they can always find loopholes." ”

When Duanmu Huayun heard this, he turned his face and said with an anxious expression: "Second brother, how can I not be in a hurry, you don't know, he was sent by his father to the Qilian Mountain, in order to come back and rely on his military merits and qualifications to inherit the unification in the name of righteousness? When I think of these days, I can't eat, I can't sleep well, so I have to count the yellow calendar at home to live, how can I not be in a hurry? Alas!"

After saying that, he slapped the table again irritably, and then lowered his head and remained silent.

Although Duanmu Shuofeng was made the crown prince by His Majesty very early, the rest of these princes are not all vegetarians, until the last moment, who knows who will kill the deer, but if Duanmu Shuofeng has earned enough military merits outside, and has attracted the Qilian army as support, and then return to the capital, do they have anything else to rely on?

Even Gu Cang, who has an advantage in all aspects, inside and outside the government and the opposition, has a very high reputation, the princeling officials dominate the court, and they have won the favor of His Majesty, and the others have not completely given up, Duanmu Shuofeng, who is far from being invincible, how can they be completely dead?

Duanmu Pingyi has a different opinion on this, he said very casually: "There is no war at the border, he can earn a bullshit credit, but it is just a success, even if it is a change of pig, he went to Qilian Mountain, it is difficult to control the situation in the capital, but it gives us the opportunity to operate and plan, it is really a mistake." ”

His idea is not wrong, if the matter of seizing the heir is regarded as the two sides playing chess, if Duanmu Shuofeng has been staying in the capital, relying on the chess pieces under his hands to entangle step by step, suppressing their range of activities, under the nose of the other party, they have lost the first move They are indeed passive everywhere, it is difficult to do anything, and in the end there is a high probability of defeat, but now Duanmu Shuofeng actually took the initiative to leave, which is equivalent to taking the initiative to go to the corner of the chessboard to settle down by himself, and he doesn't care about them at all, then this matter is promising.

Duanmu Huayun raised his head suddenly, looked at the second brother opposite, a fierce look appeared in his eyes, and said hatefully: "Or 。。。。。。 ”

As he spoke, he raised one hand as a knife and made a downward cutting motion.

How could the other two not understand what he meant.

Assassinate?

Or is it open killing?

But where is it?

When Duanmu Pingyi saw it, his face changed, and he immediately scolded: "Sixth brother, don't talk nonsense." ”

As he spoke, he subconsciously glanced left and right, and then opened his mouth and whispered: "This kind of thing, just talk about it here, if it is heard by outsiders, not only will you have to startle the snake, but you may not be able to eat well, and you must not do such a stupid thing until the point of last resort." ”

Fight with real knives and guns, that is the means of the last fight, now the situation is not clear for the time being, such a desperate bet, the probability of failure is extremely great, and once they fail, they are equivalent to the big dragon being slaughtered, all lost, the other party can take advantage of this reason, directly uproot them, even if it is secretly poisoned, it is better than this, after all, the probability of success of poisoning is greater, and there is no evidence to be found afterwards.

Even if you know that they did it, as long as there is no evidence, you can't touch their people.

Duanmu Huayun was suddenly deflated, spread his hands, and said helplessly: "Then what should I do? I see that bastard's power is growing stronger and stronger, but we have nothing to do here, I really feel a little powerless, if it weren't for the fact that this person has never had a good face for us brothers, I would like to be an idle prince and not provoke him." ”

Duanmu Pingyi saw that he had retreated, and hurriedly encouraged: "Isn't there anything to do, if you want to bring him down with one move, you must plan and then act, I have my own clever plan for this matter, and the virtuous brother is waiting, by the way, Wei Ping, are you ready for the woman I asked you to choose before?"

If you want to rely on normal means to bring down the other party, it is really difficult, after all, Duanmu Shuofeng occupies the title of a "eldest son", this is the general trend of the time, he inherited the unification, it is the destiny of heaven, and his mother was born in the Weichi family, with the support of the first family of the country, there are many dependents in the court, this is the people, they can only take advantage of the other party's absence in the capital, relying on this geographical advantage to let go.

As long as he can say that his father can take off his crown prince, it will be regarded as the time to get rid of him, even if the etiquette has always been in accordance with the rules of "establishing a son with a long son and not a virtuous one, and establishing a son with a noble one but not with a long one", but how to say it, the old emperor, that is, their father is still alive now, and the current defense of the country has to be the one who has the final say, and if he really wants to abolish the eldest son Duanmu Shuofeng, most of the ministers can't stop it.

The way they came up with was not very skillful, that is, to send some young women who were good at seducing people's hearts into the palace, to charm the old emperor, and to blow some pillow wind on their father, so as to win more benefits for them.

This is also a helpless move, after all, if you want to start with the court, first of all, the Wei Chi family itself is a big problem, and they are not sure that they can directly bring down the Wei Chi family, so they can only use this kind of indiscriminate means.

Fortunately, the current Emperor Wei is lascivious, and every year he selects some new concubines to enter the palace to sleep, and this is their best opportunity.

Wei Ping thought about the woman sent by Wutong Yuan on his side, and hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Second master, all of them have been prepared, they are all first-class appearance, and they have all been cultivated, if the second master and the sixth master are not at ease, you can check one or two in person later." ”

When Duanmu Pingyi heard this, he was relieved in his heart, and said to Wei Ping: "With your help, everything is really going well, you are really my Duanmu Pingyi's blessed general, if I can really ascend the throne as the emperor in the future, I should give you a position as a big Situ!"

Wei Ping was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "Thank you for the appreciation of the second master, the small thing can do things so smoothly, and it is all thanks to the support of the second master, the second master is destined to return, and everything naturally goes well." ”

Duanmu Pingyi eats this set of horses the most, and he couldn't help laughing at the moment, but at this moment, Wei Ping suddenly said with a hesitant face: "Second master, there is something small, I don't know whether to talk about it or not." ”

Duanmu Pingyi restrained his smile and said very strangely: "Oh, what can't you say? What do you think, to put it bluntly, they are all their own people here, and there is no need to hide it." ”

At this time, even Duanmu Huayun, who was sitting on the side, showed curiosity.

Wei Ping grinned and said eloquently: "After all, the prince occupies the position of the eldest son, even if His Majesty is willing to abolish it at that time, it will also stir up turmoil in the government and the opposition, if nothing else, the Wei Chi family will not agree, after all, the prince and the prince are on the throne, who is more beneficial, it goes without saying." ”

Duanmu Pingyi listened and nodded slightly, he is not a dizzy and stupid person, he dares to go against Duanmu Shuofeng, and he has lived to the present, of course this kind of words can be listened to, because this is also a fact.

On the contrary, Duanmu Huayun said with a displeased face: "What are you going to say? ”

"Sixth brother!" Duanmu Pingyi scolded directly, Duanmu Huayun could only shut up angrily, and turned to look at Wei Ping next to him with burning eyes, but to see what flowers he could say.

Wei Ping said calmly: "It is an ancient rule that the elder is not virtuous, and it is also the weight and origin of his eldest son's name, and it is his innate heavenly time, but what if we remove this sentence? What if we remove his title of occupying the heavenly time?"

Duanmu Pingyi's head turned the fastest, his face sank, and he said with a solemn expression: "You want to abolish the queen?"

In his opinion, if you want to completely abolish the identity of this so-called eldest son, unless it is abolished, there is no other way, but the matter of abolishing the queen is more difficult than abolishing the position of the crown prince of Duanmu Shuofeng, I don't know how much.

After all, the queen has been in charge of the harem for many years, there is no merit and hard work, her reputation in the government and the opposition is good, and she has not made any mistakes, how can she say it lightly, if it is abolished, at least ninety percent of the ministers in the court will directly oppose it, and the Wei Chi family will not know what to do at that time, let alone do this kind of thing, he doesn't even dare to think about it.

It is not that there is no thing in history after the abolition, but it must be the queen herself who has done something that people and gods are angry about, otherwise once it is abolished, it will be a social shock, which will damage the national fortunes, and I don't know how much turmoil it will cause.

But he didn't want Wei Ping to just shake his head lightly, and said in a seductive tone: "No, no, no, have you ever heard the words 'divine authority of the king'?"