For Huo Junyao's reprimand just now, she didn't dare to complain at all.

Honestly went to the king's steward and asked him to arrange for someone to go to the capital immediately with the money and purchase two hundred white cloths.

Upon hearing this, Steward Wang was also shocked, but he didn't ask as much as Mama Xi just now.

What the master tells him to do, he just does it.

At that moment, he took the money and ordered his two sons to take the people and set off in the ox cart.

Mama Xi returned to the manor and arranged for someone to clean up, and the first thing to clean up was the small courtyard where Huo Junyao was going to live.

As for Huo Junyao, after the room was cleaned up, she asked Xiaochan to find the four treasures of the study, sat at the table and began to write and draw while thinking.

......

Capital.

The crown prince was punished, and at the same time, the news that he was told by the emperor to apply for punishment also spread out of the palace like wings.

The palace is a place where the network of relationships inside is intricate and seems mysterious, but it is only for ordinary people.

For those powerful people, many things in the palace, they are clear.

"Hahaha, this king just said that this prince is a fool, let's see if something is wrong now?"

In the palace of King Qi, after King Qi heard the news, he laughed heartily.

The disdain and schadenfreude on his face is not hidden at all.

The middle-aged staff member sitting on the side looked at such a King of Qi and was a little helpless.

I really can't see that he and the prince are brothers and friends in front of people.

"Mr. Zhuang, what is your expression?"

"It's okay, I just think His Royal Highness King Qi is like this, it's not too good, if it is looked at by someone with a heart, I'm afraid it will cause a little turmoil."

Hearing this, King Qi sneered and continued; "Now in the capital, who doesn't know the battle between this king and the king of Chu and the crown prince, even the father and the emperor know it, and if you look at it, it's not a big deal."

He has a lot of disdain for the crown prince, so when he was not yet an adult, he did not hide his desire to compete for the prince.

After so many years, the open and secret battles between the three brothers have intensified, and the big guys know that they pretend to be on weekdays, but they are just acting on the spot.

In his own palace, why continue to pretend?

"Mr. Zhuang, do you think now is the opportunity? If my father asks for the crown prince like this, can we use this to deal him a fatal blow? ”

The prince is immoral, which is a very good point of attack.

"It's not time yet."

Mr. Zhuang shook his head with a light smile and continued; "The emperor just issued an edict to reprimand, that is, there is room for it, there is no clear will, in detail, people can be said to be the father's reprimand for his son, and if there is no clear will, it must not be aimed at the prince."

Hearing this, King Qi was silent, and only nodded after a while, his face full of regret.

"It seems that the crown prince's status in his father's heart is far higher than this king thinks."

"So what?"

Mr. Zhuang shook the feather fan lightly and continued; "No matter how high it is, there will be a time when it will come down, won't it drop a little bit this time?"

"And Your Highness, don't forget, the prince provoked Ji Guogong and Her Royal Highness the eldest princess this time."

"Everyone in the world thinks that Ji Guogong is incapable, but he is not as simple as he seems."

Ji Guogong is indeed very low-key, and his personality is indeed very good, but it is precisely because of his low-key and good character that he is relatively open among the founding magnates.

There were many powerful people who founded the Yu Dynasty, and they all had some disagreements with each other.

But among these magnates, only Ji Guogong can speak well with everyone, and they all have good friendships.

In addition, there is an eldest princess of Ningyang, this is the emperor's sibling sister, the relationship between the big brother and sister is very deep, and she is also the emperor's favorite daughter.

But the person who can directly and freely enter and leave the Da'an Palace to see the Emperor Taishang, if she can let the Emperor Taishang come out and say a word, even the emperor has to pay attention to it.

Prince, this time it is indeed very stupid, the queen mother's such a delicate plan, but he did not say anything, and offended two powerful characters for no reason.

"This king naturally will not underestimate the ability of Ji Guogong, and this king has a very deep relationship with my imperial aunt."

Mr. Zhuang smiled and nodded.

"However, this time, Cao Guogong's actions made Zai Xia a little incomprehensible."

Hearing this, King Qi also frowned, he had also tried to win over Cao Guogong before, and he also wanted to increase his help by marrying Zhao Yan'er back then.

However, Cao Guogong is very shrewd, and he is not at all as honest and upright as he seems on the outside.

Regarding the sudden involvement of the Cao Guogong Mansion this time, he was also quite puzzled.

It stands to reason that a person who is so shrewd has no reason not to see the current situation in the court.

As the secretary of the military department, and he still has the military power in his hands, he will not fail to understand that once he stands in line, then the position of the military secretary and the military power in his hands will be taken back by the emperor.

Military power, how important it was in ancient dynasties, especially the crown princes, what the princes wanted most was military power, and of course, the most taboo thing to get was military power.

Especially in today's Yu Dynasty, these princes can fight openly and secretly, as long as they don't go out of line, Emperor Zhaowu can turn a blind eye.

But the military power must not be moved, because the emperor is still in the prime of life, and the prince's military power will only arouse his suspicion.

Unless he is willing to give it to you, it will not only be fine, but also a great benefit, proving that the emperor trusts you and intends to cultivate it in his heart.

They are all princes, and if they continue to cultivate, they can only go further.

"Cao Guogong is not a stupid person, but he only has a daughter, do you think it will be because of this daughter?"

Mr. Zhuang pondered for a moment, nodded and said; "There is this possibility, I heard that Cao Guogong loves this only daughter very much, if it is for his daughter, it makes sense, but isn't he afraid that the emperor will do it to him?"

"Who knows? But it's okay now, the prince was punished for this incident, Cao Guogong's daughter was involved, and the queen mother was afraid that she didn't have a good impression of this Zhao Yan'er, she wanted to marry into the East Palace, but she was afraid that it was unlikely. ”

"And my father's pass won't be easy."

Mr. Zhuang nodded, indeed, the emperor is only afraid that because of this incident, his trust in Cao Guogong will be greatly reduced.

At the same time, the Chu Palace, which has already been home to many powerful ministers in the capital, is also doing some analysis on this matter.

Some people are happy and some are worried, the relationship is naturally between the king of Qi and the king of Chu, and the worries are those ministers under the prince, or some people who are dedicated to the dynasty and do not want turmoil in Yichu.

However, just when everyone was analyzing and thinking about this matter, another piece of news exploded in the circle of powerful ministers in the capital.

The Duke of Ji openly shouted to sever diplomatic relations with the Duke of Cao.

Many people were shocked when they heard the news, but they quickly reacted, and now those rumors among the people outside, how can they, the powerful courtiers, not see through the twists and turns in this.