Rong Zhao said that it is not unfounded to speed up the progress, and the court is now in turmoil.

King Jin has been in Massachusetts for the whole month, and it is clear that the worst period has passed, and it is logical that he should return to Beijing, but he has been staying in Massachusetts to help rebuild.

Only every three days, he sent an excerpt to Emperor Yongming to express his concern, and at the same time told about the situation in Mazhou.

It was not for nothing that he stayed in Massachusetts until February, when the disaster in Massachusetts passed, and the people returned to normal life, organizing the government to borrow cattle and horses for the people to prepare for spring ploughing.

Emperor Yongming praised King Jin many times in the court.

But the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty knew that the real reason for King Jin not to return to Beijing was to avoid the competition of the three princes, as well as the follow-up turmoil of the case of "assassinating King Jin and colluding with Beiyan".

Dali Temple Shaoqing Guan was very busy.

Following the investigation of the assassins brought back from Bianzhou, the evidence first pointed to the third prince, then to the fifth prince, and in the end, the second prince was dug up, and at this time, the assassin was killed in Dali Temple.

Emperor Yongming was furious.

Guan Daren was reprimanded with a rod and made meritorious service for his crimes.

The case seems to be on the head of the second prince, and on February 1, Pei Zheng was carried out of the palace, reportedly with a broken forehead and a bloody face.

Many people in the court did not agree with this conclusion, and the Second Prince's Party argued. The Three Princes Party and the Five Princes Party joined forces to completely suppress the most powerful Second Prince.

Upward, every few days, some officials were stripped of their black gauze hats and sent to prison.

Rong Zhao does not participate in the struggle for succession, but she has close contacts with the sons of various families in the capital, and she controls the Beijing Daily.

Rong Zhao didn't know the truth behind the assassination, nor did he know who colluded with Beiyan. That doesn't matter to her.

She just needs to keep herself and the Anqing Mansion from being affected.

During this time, not to mention that Pei Qin didn't have time to find Rong Zhao, that is, Er Pei, Zhang Changzhi, and Guan Mengsheng were all contained, and only Zhang Changyan could occasionally go in and out with Rong Zhao.

When she saw Pei Chengjue once, the other party was a lot haggard, but he still smiled at her gently. As soon as the second prince fell, Prince Rong's mansion was in danger. Pei Chengjue has no future.

- This is the seizure of succession.

On February 5, the fifth day of Pei Zheng's recuperation in Fuzhong, the situation reversed.

The people of the Guan people of Dali Temple and the Yongming Emperor found the murderer of the assassin, and the clues pointed to the Ge family and the Bai family of the third prince Pei Yudang, and the Yongming Emperor ordered the investigation.

On the same day, letters exchanged with Beiyan and Ge families were found in the Bai family's home.

When this case is found here, the focus is no longer on the assassination of King Jin, but on the connection with Beiyan. On 10 February, evidence was found that the Gejia and Beiyan in Mazhou had engaged in the sale of iron tools.

Emperor Yongming was furious. Imprisoned the entire family of the two great families.

No matter how the Bai family and the Ge family were tortured, they never brought out the third prince Pei Yu, and the third prince Pei Yu entered the palace every day to kowtow, stating that the two families were framed.

February 12th.

Emperor Yongming issued an edict to punish the whole family of Bai and Ge, reprimanded the third prince Pei Yu, and named the second prince Pei Zheng, who had been wronged, as the king of deer. A farce, which did not officially end until this day.

The second prince, no, it should be said that King Deer wins, but many officials were damaged in the early stage.

The family behind the three princes fell directly and two were defeated.

The fifth prince Pei Qin was also not happy, the third prince was greatly injured, and only the second prince was crowned king, and his situation became embarrassing all of a sudden.

Rong Zhao sat in the study and was speechless for a long time.

Rong Ping said softly: "It has nothing to do with my Anqing Palace, just let them fight."

The Anqing Mansion is not even a royalist, they are typical of not participating, and Rong Zhao is even more wandering among the princes and courtiers, and no one is offended.

Rong Zhao pulled the corners of his mouth and laughed mockingly: two families fell in a struggle, and hundreds of people were beheaded......

Rong Ping looked at her, and his expression became rare and serious: "Ah Zhao, you are good at everything, you have a delicate heart, and you can calculate everything, but you also have an Achilles heel-

He took a deep breath: "You are too soft-hearted, this is just the beginning, in the future, you will see more people fall, the struggle for power has always been like this."

His daughter is good at everything, but her heart is not hard enough.

This "too soft-hearted" does not mean that she is merciful, and she has never been soft-hearted when her heart is hard, but that she is unwilling to hurt innocents, let alone involve hundreds of innocent people in the struggle and easily erase them.

The heads of the Bai family and the Ge family may be guilty, because they participated in the struggle for succession, but they did not win. But what about their families? What about their servants and men?

Rong Zhao relented about this.

But it is normal for the court to fight, and many families have been destroyed because of this.

It is a normal result to punish the whole clan. There are also the three clans, a little more ruthless, and the nine clans.

Rong Zhao fell silent. After a few moments, her voice was hoarse: "I know, so I'm not involved in the seizure."

When she first came to this world, she knew that the current situation was very similar to the "nine sons seizing the heirs" in her memory, and the emperor was playing balancing arts, three

Zu Ding Li added the son of the former prince, King Jin, and the fight and struggle were destined to be fierce.

This is the imperial power.

Rong Ping sighed: "It's okay, now it seems that the Deer King has won, but there may not be a reversal, we can just keep ourselves in the Anqing Palace."

Rong Zhao didn't speak, his eyes lowered slightly.

On February 20, King Jin returned to Beijing.

The timing is well stuck, the assassination is over, and the snow disaster in Massachusetts is fully handled. Now the second prince is the dominant family in the court, and everyone is waiting for King Jin to come back.

February 22, evening.

Rong Zhao entered a room on the fourth floor of Fu Lu Xuan.

There were many guards standing outside the door, but there were only King Pei Huaibei and a masked man in the room.

At the post station, Rong Zhao met the masked man, but she was like she didn't see it, and she was a complete stranger. The man was more like an invisible man, standing quietly behind King Jin, without a sound.

When Pei Huaibei saw her come in, he immediately stood up, his eyes lit up.

Rong Zhao walked up to him and smiled politely: "I don't know what King Jin is looking for me? King Jin has just returned to Beijing, and it is a busy time, why do you still find time to look for me?

Pei Huaibei pursed his lips and looked at her: "Ah Zhao........."

Rong Zhao always had a polite smile on his face.

Pei Huaibei's voice was hoarse: "You can treat me as nameless, and I have always been nameless." Rong Zhao looked at him. Pei Huaibei also looked at her, and there was sadness in the depths of his eyes.

He thought about it day and night in Massachusetts, and as soon as he came back and got out of custody, he just wanted to see her and see if she was okay...... It's a pity that she hasn't gone out recently, and Pei Huaibei can't take a look at it from afar, so he can only ask her out and see it with his own eyes.

He was not afraid of her indifferent attitude, but he was afraid that she would be polite and detached with a fake smile.

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bsp; Rong Zhao looked at him for a long time, sighed, and sat down. She poured herself a cup of tea, and her voice was faint: "You just came back, the deer king should be staring at you, right?"

The attitude is more polite.

Pei Huaibei breathed a sigh of relief, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and pushed the pastries on the table forward, This is what I tasted at a common people's house in Massachusetts

One kind of milk cake, you should like it, and there are several Massachusean pastries that you should also like, but unfortunately you can't keep it......

Rong Zhao picked up a piece of milk cake and tasted it, it was indeed a sweet and sour taste that she liked very much.

Pei Huaibei saw her eating, his eyebrows and eyes were dyed with a smile, and then he said softly: "I just met Lord Guan and Lord Meng, even if the King of Deer finds out that I have come to Fu Luxuan, he will only think that."

I met them.

In Fu Lu Xuan, Rong Zhao's appearance is too normal. She can definitely hide the traces of her meeting with King Jin, which Rong Zhao and Pei Huaibei know.

Rong Zhao nodded, indicating that he understood. In fact, she just asked casually, and she and he both believed in each other's abilities.

She didn't ask him why he saw Lord Guan and Master Meng.

Pei Huaibei hesitated for a moment, and asked softly: "You...... How are these months?"

Rong Zhao ate milk cake and drank tea, which was good.

Silence again.

After a while, Pei Huaibei spoke again: Too many things have happened during this time, can you ...... What do you want to ask me?

Rong Zhao was stunned. Immediately, she looked up at him: "If I ask you, you will tell me?"

Pei Huaibei nodded immediately, without hesitation.

Rong Zhao narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked him: "Your assassination must have something to do with the three princes, they all want your life, and they also want to use you to defeat the other two. That's why after the incident, the three of them will be stirred in, and I want to know now, are the Ge family and the Bai family really collaborating with the enemy?

Pei Huaibei shook his head: "No, the king of the deer wants to blame the three princes for this matter, the emperor wants to do something to the Ge and Bai families, the king of the deer guessed the emperor's thoughts, and he wanted to use these two to defeat the three princes, but the three princes took themselves out."

Ge Bai's two families will definitely not be protected, Pei Yu took himself out, and did not let the deer king succeed in his calculations, but he also suffered heavy losses. He really told her everything.

Rong Zhao put down the milk cake in his hand, stared at him tightly, paused, and hesitated for a moment. But in the end, she still asked: It doesn't matter who assassinated you, I want to know who is the author of the Beiyan people inside?

Pei Huaibei pursed his lips, lowered his eyes, and said softly: "I arranged it myself."

Behind him, the masked man who had been pretending to be a shadow changed his expression. He obviously didn't expect that His Royal Highness King Jin would even tell Rong Zhao about this!

This is news that could have collapsed in one fell swoop!

He wanted to speak, Pei Huaibei raised his hand, and he retreated, only staring at Rong Zhao vigilantly.

Rong Zhao ignored him completely. She stared at Pei Huaibei tightly, and her voice was calm: "Do you know the consequences of doing this?"

The joy in Pei Huaibei's eyes has dissipated, and at this time it is all sadness that cannot be dissolved, he knows the consequences of doing this, and he also knows the consequences of telling the truth to Rong Zhao....

She, won't like it.

Rong Zhao suddenly laughed

Already, what a good calculation, this is killing three birds with one stone? First, you don't have to do anything, just use it to infiltrate the Northern Yan people among the assassins, and the three princes can use this to make a living, fight to the death, and you just sit and reap the benefits of the fisherman.

"Second, you have a gap of twenty years between you and the three princes, but once you start a war with Beiyan, you can take the opportunity to rise, close the gap, and even turn defeat into victory.

Third, you break the balance, muddy the water, fish in troubled waters, and use your strength to fight.

She smiled with crooked eyebrows, and her voice was gentle: "King Jin, I really admire and admire, after all, the first prince took Yanyun Sanzhou, and absolutely no one thought that the son of the first prince would take advantage of the affairs of Beiyan to provoke a war.

"Zhao!" Pei Huai was anxious, leaned forward, and said in an eager tone, "The emperor really wants to use troops against Beiyan, and Beiyan is not willing to surrender, sooner or later, I just ......

"Smack-" Rong Zhao smashed the teacup on the ground, and the porcelain shattered and made a crisp sound.

She stood up slowly, her expression had cooled, The emperor wanted to use troops against Beiyan, but the courtiers did not allow it, as long as you used some yang schemes, you could make this battle unfought, but you took the initiative to provoke a war and let the war come early.

War is a thing that will be done with little benefit. There is only the displacement of the people, and the bones of the border soldiers.

She smiled coldly and raised her hand to salute: "King Jin is very intelligent, Zhao is just a businessman, and he really doesn't want to participate in any competition."

Pei Huaibei's eyes were red, he knew Rong Zhao and knew that she would be angry, but he couldn't lie to her. Even if he knew, he said she would.

Rong Zhao turned to leave, Pei Huaibei grabbed her sleeve, and his voice was eager and hoarse: "There will be a battle between the Dayan Dynasty and the Northern Yan, and I can only let it happen when it is most beneficial to me......

Rong Zhao tugged at the corners of his mouth. The time that is most beneficial to the king is the time when there should be no war.

Emperor Yongming is old, eager for quick success, the prince is undecided, the battle between the princes is fierce, the court situation is turbulent, at this time to fight, for the people and soldiers, how many more sacrifices?

Rong Zhao's anger is not just because of this. She just suddenly realized that King Jin was Pei Huaibei, not a nameless, the son of the first prince, and he was also a natural politician.

Nameless didn't exist in the first place. Even if he existed, after he became Pei Huaibei, Nameless died.

That snowy night, her coachman died namelessly.

Rong Zhao pulled out his sleeves, raised his hand and saluted, with a respectful attitude: "The Tao is not the same, I would like to say goodbye to His Royal Highness."

r / > – and she almost made a mistake. - Even if she knew that King Jin was Pei Huaibei, she always regarded him as a nameless person and didn't pay too much attention to him.

"Zhao!"

However, Rong Zhao had already left the private room, his back was firm, and he didn't look back.

After leaving Fu Lu Xuan, Rong Zhao let the car drive to the lake, and she stood for a long time where the lights were put on. The night wind was a little cold, she didn't care, she only looked into the distance, one hand behind her back, and her eyes were bottomless.

It wasn't until it was almost curfew that she turned to leave.

It was already late when I returned to the Anqing Palace.

Rong Ping was still waiting for her, and when she came back, she was a little anxious: "What did you do? Why did you come back so late?"

Rong Zhao took off his cloak and threw it on the chair. Then, she looked at Rong Ping, her expression was calm, and her voice was calm: Father, how do you say that I will become an official in the court?

Rong Ping was startled and hurriedly asked: Why?

Rong Zhao lowered his eyes, and only said after a while: "First, in this situation, I can perform my last step, this step needs to convince the emperor, and I need a chance to see the emperor from time to time.

After a pause, her voice was soft: "Second, I'm probably still too soft-hearted, so I want to do my best to kill fewer people."