The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and even if it is in solitary confinement, the East Palace still has countless channels to obtain information from the outside world.

As long as Zhu Gaochi wants to, he can fight to the death with the princelings at any time, but he no longer has this belief.

"I'm tired."

Zhu Gaochi lay on the rattan chair, relaxed, closed his eyes gently, and muttered, "After so many years, I'm really tired, and it's time to rest." ”

"Dad, you can still rest now because Your Majesty is still there!"

Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but be a little impatient when he saw his father's indisputable appearance, "Who is my fourth uncle, King Qi?" Acting decisively and ruthlessly, if he ascends the throne, will our family still be able to die well? ”

"Junji, if I remember correctly, your fourth uncle saved your life twice, right?"

Zhu Gaochi suddenly said, "Once when His Majesty was assassinated while hunting, your fourth uncle helped you snatch back a life under the hands of the swordsmen. Once in the northern expedition to Warat, you led the army to pursue the king of Warat Shunning, Mahamu was besieged, and when he was in a desperate situation, it was your fourth uncle who led the troops to rescue you. ”

"Yes, you are right, my fourth uncle is a lifesaver for me." Zhu Zhanji said in a deep voice, "But this doesn't mean that if he becomes the emperor, what good ending can our family have." Don't forget, how hard we fought with King Qi's Mansion before! Since ancient times, the emperor's family is the most ruthless person, being a prince and being an emperor are two different things, do you want to take the life of our family as a bet, to bet on whether King Qi will be kind? ”

Zhu Gaochi closed his eyes and was silent, leaving the imperial grandson alone here to be furious.

Seeing his father's appearance of "I'm messing with you at will", Zhu Zhanji also knew that he couldn't persuade him anymore, so he sighed faintly and turned to leave.

After the imperial grandson left, Zhu Gaochi slowly opened his eyes, his eyes wandering.

He was really tired.

In terms of martial arts, Zhu Gaochi knows how big the gap between himself and King Qi is, and when it comes to the emperor's sacred heart, it can't be compared.

Zhu Gaochi laughed self-deprecatingly and closed his eyes.

What's the matter with King Yu Qi in this world?

……

Zhu Zhanji walked in the corridor of the East Palace with a sinking face, the silence was frightening, and it was obviously extremely cold, but Zhu Zhanji's anger with nowhere to vent seemed to ignite the world.

It was as if birds were flying by, and there was a sparse sound among the plants and trees in the flower pond, as if the leaves of dead trees were broken and flashed.

"Who!"

Zhu Zhanji's sense of hearing was sensitive, and he stopped and shouted, his eyes vigilant.

Ouchi Deep Palace, someone can actually get in, what kind of madman is this, he has such courage.

What a bold rebel who broke into the East Palace in the middle of the night!

In the shadows, a figure familiar to His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson appeared, a black-robed, black-faced, masked man whose true identity was difficult to identify.

"You still dare to come to me!"

Zhu Zhanji's eyes were red when he saw this masked man, and he wanted to strangle this fool on the spot, "You tricked me into cutting off the grain and grass of the Northern Expeditionary Army, causing my East Palace to lose power, you really deserve to die!" ”

It was this damn masked man who fooled Zhu Zhanji into doing such a stupid thing, hateful!

The masked man said unhurriedly: "I didn't lie to you, it's your own stupidity, you can't even figure out this thing, you are still known as the talented and intelligent imperial grandson, and now it seems that it is just a vain name." ”

After saying this, the masked man thought that the young Zhu Zhanji would not be able to control it and come to beat him, and sprinkled salt on the wound, how could a young man like Zhu Zhanji with a heart higher than the sky control himself.

However, Zhu Zhanji didn't, just glanced at the masked man coldly: "If you are here to mock me, then you have already done it, look at it, my current embarrassed appearance is all thanks to you, are you satisfied?" ”

The masked man said lightly: "I am indeed quite satisfied, I am also satisfied to see His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson so embarrassed, I can blow this matter for the rest of my life." ”

When Zhu Zhanji heard this, his face was still cold.

After going through many hardships, Zhu Zhanji has smoothed out the sharp edges and corners in his heart, and he feels so sober for the first time.

If you lose, you lose, your skills are not as good as others, and you are played by others between applause.

No matter how angry you are, it's just impotent rage, anger can't solve the problem, it can only solve yourself, and put yourself in a more mediocre situation.

He hated the feeling of being treated as a puppet, and every move he made was being guided by others......

What Zhu Zhanji wants is to kill those puppeteers behind the scenes, and then become the only puppeteer!

"Well, seeing His Royal Highness the Imperial Sun so embarrassed, my heart is much more steady, tsk."

The figure of the masked man gradually fell silent in the shadows, leaving only a mockery, "Good Saint Sun Kewang three generations? Bullshit isn't! ”

Zhu Zhanji stared at the disappearing masked figure, clenched his fists, and almost pinched the blood in his palm.

……

In the hidden darkness, a deep voice was heard.

"Thirteen, how?"

"The fish has taken the bait."

"Good job."

"Thank you for the compliment, Thirteen is willing to die for His Majesty."

Masked Man Thirteen took off the mysterious mask on his face and put on a new mask and put it on his face.

He turned slowly, his face covered in an iron demon mask, revealing eyes that were scarlet and bloodthirsty.

This demon mask is exactly the same as the one worn by Ah Qi, as if it were made by the same blacksmith.

Shadow Servant Thirteen, your mission is complete.

……

Zhu Zhanji raised his head and looked directly at the brilliant Milky Way in the sky.

There are so many delicate ...... He was so unwilling......

Do you want to give up the throne?

Leave your fate in the hands of King Qi?

When did he Zhu Zhanji become so ashamed as he is now?

He suddenly remembered that Li Shimin, the king of Qin back then, was as helpless as himself after knowing that he had no hope of inheriting the throne...... And unwillingly!

"Li Shimin, the king of Qin, was able to launch the Xuanwumen Rebellion, mutiny, and rebellion, and Zhu Di, the king of Yan, was able to launch the Battle of Jingjing and usurp the throne." Zhu Zhanji's eyes suddenly changed to ambitious, "I'm the grandson of Emperor Daming, why can't I?" ”

"How can I not take this Daming Jiangshan Sheji?"

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanji's eyes became more and more fanatical, and he walked towards the shadows, step by step, stepping into the edge of darkness, until his body completely became one with the shadows.

He glanced back, his eyes cold.

"I'll win it too!"

"I'm going to win it!"

……

The cabinet in the middle of the night is still working overtime, to put it bluntly, their work is because the emperor was driven crazy by the huge workload after the deposition of the prime minister, and a part was born to share the emperor's worries.

There were seven people in the first cabinet: Xie Jin, a talented son of the Ming Dynasty, Hu Guang, the champion of the second year of Jianwen, Jin Youzi, who was famous for his poetry and writing, Yang Shiqi, who had the longest experience, Yang Rong, who was good at judging things, Hu Yan, who was knowledgeable, and Huang Huai, who was well versed in state affairs.

At the beginning, the cabinet was actually very united, because everyone had the same lord openly and secretly - the crown prince Zhu Gaochi.

Maybe even Zhu Di himself doesn't know that his cabinet has actually become Zhu Gaochi's cabinet.

It's just that with the change of the situation and the great changes in the party struggle, the cabinet ministers are a little divided, among which the first cabinet chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, Xie Jin, was put into Zhao Prison by the King of Han, and has not been released from prison so far.

After the crown prince lost power and King Qi's family became dominant, the contradictions between the cabinet ministers became more and more intense, first of all, a group of people led by Yang Rong directly announced that they would stand with King Qi.

Although except for Yang Rong, the rest of the people did not say it explicitly, but in fact, everyone's hearts have changed.

King Qi is the future!

Yang Shiqi, who is also a cabinet minister, has been ignoring all this happening, he is on the side of the princelings, and this is difficult to change, so he simply chose to be silent, no one is biased, and he does things quietly.

"On the 5th of October in the twelfth year of Yongle, the prisoners were examined. On the 11th, the king of Jin was abolished as a concubine. Gengshen, exempt from the rent of more than 479,000 stone ...... in Suzhou, Song, Hangzhou, Jia, and Lake floods"

An oil lamp, Yang Shiqi buried his head in checking the countless folds in front of him, rechecked them after combing them one by one, and then continued to check the general folds on the desk.

Even if the future is uncertain, Yang Shiqi is still serious about completing his work.

Yang Shiqi's background is very miserable, he was born in the era of war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, he was born in poverty, he held on to books and worked hard for decades, and only came out after Zhu Di ascended the throne and was able to enter the cabinet.

Because of the hard-won power, Yang Shiqi values this job more than anyone else, but he is not a peaceful person, and he hooked up with the prince not long after entering the cabinet.

After going through the ordeal, Yang Shiqi is strategically mature and calculating, although he has always been very firm in his heart, no matter how chaotic the situation is, he will always stand on the side of the prince.

In the face of the disaster, Yang Shiqi was calm and continued to do his duty steadfastly, staying up late and working overtime.

"In February, he sent 12 people, including Liu Bin and Zhang Pan to inspect Shanxi, Shandong, Datong, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Liaodong Army drills and administrations, and verified them to ...... the news."

"Jiaxu, life...... Ordered the cabinet scholar Yang Shiqi to send the Great Seal of the Capital Pass to the East Palace?! ”

In front of the dim candlelight, Yang Shiqi was stunned for a moment, thinking that his old eyes were dizzy and tired and overly wrong, he rubbed his eyes, and after repeated inspections, he confirmed that what was written on the fold was correct.

What is this?!

It's as if a piece of text has been cut off, and suddenly such an inexplicable sentence is imprinted on the fold, which is so weird that it is extremely scary to think about it!

The Great Seal of the Capital was sent to the East Palace, what does this mean?

This is to ...... Rebel!

Yang Shiqi's first reaction after seeing this text was not to exclaim, but his heart was beating faster, he looked around vigilantly, and after confirming that the other cabinet scholars had not noticed him, he quietly hid this special fold in his cuff.

He has always had a keen sense of smell and told himself that this fold would cause a huge upheaval!

(End of chapter)