Chapter Twenty-Nine: Who's Messing Around?

As mentioned last time, Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei were talking about Liu Hou, and Zhuge Liang was talking about the prince's ambitions.

I only heard Zhuge Liang say: "Your Majesty, the ambition of the prince is not here, the prince is a person with great ambitions, and I am afraid that he will not be able to look down on Yizhou." Liang is also looking forward to how far His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can go, and hopes that Liang will not be too short-lived and can see that day. ”

"Hehe, the prime minister really thinks highly of Xiao Adou, he is a yellow-mouthed child, how ambitious can he be, he can dominate the Central Plains, and it is enough to reinvigorate the prestige of my big man." Liu Bei also said such a thing as unifying the Central Plains, obviously subconsciously having a lot of confidence in Liu Hou.

"Liang thinks that Xu Jing is at least right about one thing, the prince has begun to show his majesty in the world, and Wei and Wu are nothing in the eyes of the prince. He may or may not surprise us even more. ”

"What do you mean?" Liu Bei asked.

"Liang doesn't know, but I just have a feeling that the prince's ambitions are more than usual, Wei and Wu are not in his eyes, he must have greater ambitions."

"Hmph, it's so ambitious." Although Liu Bei said this, his tone didn't look like he was criticizing people, but a little spoiled.

"Hehe......" Zhuge Liang's hearty smile came from the dormitory.

"Prime Minister, let's see if this thing has anything to do with this incident." After chatting for a while, Liu Bei asked the eunuch to fetch a letter and motioned for him to hand it to Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang frowned, took the recital and looked at it. It's more like a letter than a cantata. The letter was written to Liu Bei by Liu Feng in the prison, in which Liu Feng sincerely repented of his mistakes and begged Liu Bei to forgive him with tears in his eyes. and said that he was willing to break his bones and conquer the world for his father-in-law.

"This letter was forwarded by the people in the prison this morning, hmph, he has been imprisoned for so many years, and he has never spoken like this, and now it is very strange that he suddenly writes me such a letter." Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang and said wistfully after reading the letter.

"If you want to know why, just lock up the jailer and interrogate it." Zhuge Liang said lightly.

"You mean? Did someone tell him to do it? Liu Bei was surprised.

"It's not out of the question."

"But why is that?" Liu Bei was puzzled.

"I haven't figured out exactly why, but it's anything but simple." Zhuge Liang frowned and fell into deep thought.

Liu Bei immediately ordered the arrest of the warden and a group of jailers to come for interrogation. The emperor Chrysostom said that the people below were faster than rockets, and it didn't take long for the warden and jailer to be detained.

After interrogation, it was learned that a mysterious man in black entered the prison last night to see Liu Feng, as for the identity of the mysterious person, the warden and the jailer did not know, just because this mysterious man made a lot of money and touched the entire prison, so they let this mysterious person go in to see Liu Feng, and helped him bring Liu Feng's letter out.

Liu Bei was furious, the heavens and the earth were heavy, it turned out to be a place where people come and went by themselves, make a little silver, these people can do anything, dare to do anything, dare to let people in to see Liu Feng today, will they dare to quietly get people out tomorrow?

Regardless of these people's begging for mercy, Liu Bei ordered them to be pushed out of the noon gate and all clicked.

After killing these people, Liu Bei's mood calmed down a little, and he turned his head and asked Zhuge Liang: "Prime Minister, do you see this matter ......?"

"It's not as simple as it seems. It's normal to say that the eldest prince wants to come out, but why impeach the crown prince? These two things happened at the same time, maybe just a coincidence, but, perhaps, there is a connection. If so, for what? Zhuge Liang's brows shrank tighter and tighter.

"Adou's person, I also know very well, if you want to say that he will offend someone, I will not believe it. Xu Jing is even more greedy for life and afraid of death, he dares to impeach the prince for no reason, who gave him the courage? ”

"Perhaps, the prince will indeed offend people." Zhuge Liang was a little distracted.

"What? How so? Liu Bei was surprised that Zhuge Liang would say this.

"Oh, I'm not saying that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has offended anyone, but the identity of the prince has been a character on the cusp since ancient times, and in all dynasties, as a prince, he will not live very comfortably." Zhuge Liang woke up from his distraction and explained.

"Oh? What does the prime minister mean...... Storage location? Liu Bei asked uncertainly.

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is gentle and frugal, friendly to people, I have never heard of him bullying and domineering, if there is anything about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince that will offend people, the only thing is the storage position. Since ancient times, there have been many people who have gone crazy because they covet your throne or even the throne. ”

"You mean that Feng'er covets Adou's storage position? Want to overturn Adou and replace him yourself? Liu Bei asked in surprise.

"Maybe, maybe not, but Ryo thinks it's unlikely. The eldest prince is a fake son, and His Majesty has a total of three biological princes, so it stands to reason that he can't take his turn. Besides, the two generals Guan Zhang will definitely not support him. Didn't His Majesty consult the opinions of the two generals a few years ago? Both generals opposed him in favor of the crown prince.

Therefore, Liang thinks that it is still difficult to determine whether this matter is because of the dispute over the storage position. However, it is very likely that the two events happened one after the other, but it is still unknown what this connection is. Let's hope it's just a coincidence. ”

"Maybe it's a coincidence, alas, Feng'er has followed me for many years and made great achievements, although he refused to rescue my second brother at the beginning, but, later, Meng Daxiu persuaded him to surrender, he tore up the letter of persuasion and beheaded the messenger, it seems that he is still loyal to me.

Now that he has been locked up for so many years, and his mistakes have been punished enough, I want to release him, I don't know what the prime minister wants? ”

"Majesty, this is a family affair, it's good for Majesty to make your own decisions, it's really inconvenient for Liang to express his opinion." Although Liu Bei consulted Zhuge Liang on everything, Zhuge Liang couldn't be ignorant, and he couldn't say anything about this kind of matter involving Liu Bei's family affairs.

"It's just that if this matter is related to the impeachment of the prince, isn't it ......" Liu Hou hesitated a little again, after all, Liu Chan is his biological son, and Liu Feng is just a righteous son, and the difference between intimacy and intimacy can be seen.

"If these two things are related, then it is even more important to let him out." Zhuge Liang said.

"The Prime Minister means ......"

"This is a plan to let the tiger return to the mountain......"

After all, Liu Bei was seriously ill and his spirit was still very poor, Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei chatted for a long time, until Liu Bei was about to lose his support, Zhuge Liang did not dare to hinder him from resting, and hurriedly resigned from the palace, and a lot of government affairs were still waiting for him to do his best.

In the harem, in the greenhouse hall, Wu Guifei was talking to Xu Jing. Liu Bei's queen is Adou's biological mother, Queen Gan, who is also the mother of the main palace and lives in the Jiaofang Palace, also called the East Palace; The concubines below the queen are noble concubines. Wu Guifei's name is Wu Amaranth, the sister of the chariot general Wu Yi, who lives in the greenhouse hall, that is, the mother of the West Palace. She was a widow that Liu Bei married after he entered Shu.

She gave birth to Liu Yong and Liu Li's two sons, of which Liu Yong was 8 years old and was named King Lu, and Liu Li was only 5 years old and was named King of Liang.

"It's been too hard this time." Wu Guifei said.

"This is the duty of your subordinates, why do you have to work hard." Xu Jing arched his hand.

"It's just that, in this way, I don't know if Your Majesty will suspect Yong'er." Wu Guifei said worriedly.

"It's okay, this time I pushed the eldest prince out, and His Majesty may think that the eldest prince did it." Xu Jing said.

"I hope so, alas! Yong'er and Li'er are still too young to worry about Your Majesty. In the future, I hope that Taifu will take care of it more. What she actually meant was that her two sons were too young to come out to do things, so they couldn't come out to compete with the prince.

"Don't worry too much. The crown prince is too sharp, but he doesn't know the truth that it is easy to break, once this edge is broken, the position of the two princes is a matter of course. Xu Jing's speech was still a little vague, at least he didn't dare to say anything about killing the prince, but replaced it with "the edge is broken".

"Well, in the future, the affairs of the two emperors will have to worry more about Mrs. Lao." Wu Guifei said.

"The old minister is awake, it's just that we have to have as little contact as possible recently, so as not to arouse His Majesty's suspicion. The old minister also plans not to come to teach the two princes in the near future, although there is the eldest prince in front of him, but appropriate suspicion is still needed. ”

"Okay, Taifu also needs to take care, this time it may be evil, and the mourning family is afraid that His Majesty will be guilty of you. Taifu also needs to take precautions as soon as possible. ”

"It's okay, Your Majesty is a person who misses the old, the minister is from the old minister, and he has the merit of supporting it, and His Majesty will not condemn me for this little thing."

"This is the best, and the mourning family can rest assured. Thank you Taifu for guiding the two emperors for this time. ”

It turned out that this Xu Jing was also the teacher of Liu Yong and Liu Li, and often entered the palace to give lectures to the two princes, so he was able to use this name to contact Wu Guifei lightly. Liu Hou has almost no intersection with his Taifu, but his two half-brothers are very close to Xu Jing.

There is a difference between relatives and aliens, and it is self-evident who Xu Jing will support. He Xu Jing has become one of the three princes, he can be described as a very human minister, and only Zhuge Liang can compare with him.

Seriously, he was able to achieve the position of Taifu, and it was completely dependent on "supporting the merits", that is, pushing Liu Bei to the position again and again. Whether Liu Bei proclaimed himself the king of Hanzhong or called the emperor, he had his role as a promoter behind him.

When it comes to talent, he is really not very good, and Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and others are really not at the same level, if you really say that there is any talent, it may be infighting. It's clear that he's an insider, and he's an outsider.

However, no matter how expert he is, can he please Zhuge Liang in front of the power of Zhuge Liang?

In this incident, the reason why he was willing to come out and take risks was because he got great benefits from the last two supports. And he himself knew that if there were no accidents, his official position would end there. It is almost impossible to go any further.

If there is any chance to go further, it is undoubtedly the only way to support it again. The support of the new monarch can only be the next emperor, and the support of the next emperor to the throne will not only be beneficial to himself, but also bring infinite benefits to the next generation of the Xu family and even the next generation.

In such a situation, it is strange that he does not jump up and down to plan a new support action. It's just that in terms of the candidates he supports, he reluctantly found that he had missed the best candidate. Taizhi is the most brilliant person he has ever seen, but the prince is not close to him.

If you want to get the greatest benefit for yourself and your family in support, you must support a little emperor who is close to you. Moreover, if an otherwise impossible candidate can be put to the throne, the benefits will be immeasurable. Therefore, Xu Jing had to abandon the most promising prince Adou and support the second prince Liu Yong.

Xu Jing and Wu Guifei hurriedly chatted a few words and left the palace. However, neither he nor Wu Guifei expected that their meeting would all fall into the eyes of a little eunuch. This little eunuch's name is Huang Hao.

The little eunuch Huang Hao turned around a few corridors and arrived at Ganquan Palace, which was Liu Bei's bedroom.

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