Chapter 456: The King's Conspiracy

Wan Peng glanced at Shu San and Lan Jia meaningfully, and asked, "If I'm not mistaken, in fact, the king's illness this time is not considered to be seriously ill, but he just wants to recuperate here for a period of time, or accomplish something through this, is that so?"

Shu San hesitated for a moment, and then said, "So to speak, it's not entirely true. This time, the king was indeed very ill before, but not to the point of being seriously ill and critically ill, and after careful care by the medical officer, he was cured. Later, he himself offered to recuperate here for a while, and as for the more specific reasons, he did not mention to me. ”

Wan Peng nodded, "Well, it doesn't matter, why is it, if it involves the top secret content of the Purple Mansion, I won't ask any further." The second question is, after the king put Lan Jia in the Qingdu Desert, has there been any major changes or conflicts in the Purple Mansion, and if Lan Jia is here, it may affect Lan Jia's safety at that time?"

Shu San said, "It hasn't happened. I know what you're saying, I think it's the king who wants to keep Prince Ranja safe. Indeed, the king sent the third prince into the desert at that time, and it was indeed for his safety. Because the king knows that in the battle for the throne of the two princes, if the third prince is not there, one party will be missing to join, otherwise, with the strength and ability of the third prince, in the battle between the two princes, he will become the unlucky guy who caught fire in the pond gate and affected the pond fish, and as for safety, it will inevitably be threatened. ”

Wan Peng nodded slowly, "So, did the king mediate the fight between the two princes?"

Shu San said, "The king has not come forward to mediate much, and even has a laissez-faire attitude towards the occasional disputes between the two princes. He once said that only those who come out of this kind of competition for the throne will experience more and will be more suitable for the position of king of the country. ”

"Well, that's weird. Wan Peng muttered, "He wants to train his sons through this kind of fighting, but he protects the youngest of them." This is contradictory. According to him, the best protection is to keep his son in the middle of the fight from the beginning. Leave Langa out of the equation and why? Unless, one of his two contradictory practices is fake. Either he didn't want Lan Jia to come back, or maybe he wanted the other two princes to lose both. ”

Lan Jia's eyes showed deep surprise at this time, but with his IQ, he still quickly understood Wan Peng's analysis. That's right, judging from these two contradictory issues, it is impossible to exist at the same time. He turned to Uncle San, "Uncle Uncle, what does Father mean, did I tell you?"

Shu San looked a little embarrassed at this time, "This ......"

Wan Peng interrupted him at this time, "Maybe that's the way it is. The king really didn't want the two older children to inherit the throne, so he protected the third uncle and then let the two older children fight each other. This time, he pretended to be seriously ill, and provided the two children with conditions to exacerbate the conflict. Perhaps, he wanted to come to a result this time. ”

But Lan Jia's return shattered his plan. Wan Peng's tone began to be a little uncertain, "He was worried about Lan Jia's safety, but he was afraid that after he saw Lan Jia and us, he would spread the news that his serious illness was fake, so he postponed the day of meeting." And the death of the second prince of Matsura may have made him feel that the risk to Lan Jia has been reduced, so he is ready to see us within three days. And when Prince Takeyou also died, he prepared to meet us directly. It's just that, in this way, there is a problem that is more difficult to understand. What the hell is he trying to do by pretending to be seriously ill?"

Shu San said at this time, "This ...... This, in fact, the dispute between the two princes started a long time ago. Since they're all dead, I'm not afraid of your jokes when I say it. In fact, neither of the two princes is born to the eldest king, only Prince Lanjia is his own son. So, what you said about protecting Langa is valid. ”

"Neither of the two elder brothers was born to their father?" Lan Jia looked incredulous at this time.

Uncle San nodded, "That's right, it's not biological." At that time, after the king ascended the throne, he married two concubines, your eldest concubine and your second concubine. The two concubines are very good, so it is inevitable that they will be jealous. But at that time, the king and the ape tribe were busy with war, and rarely returned to the palace to favor them. Two young women must be unbearable spring loneliness. Therefore, the eldest concubine Hongxing went out of the wall and was pregnant with someone else's child. ”

"The eldest king actually found out about this, but out of love for the eldest concubine, after the eldest prince was born, he did not punish them, but brought Prince Zhuyou's real father to the battlefield and died in battle. Later, when the second concubine saw the eldest concubine doing such a thing, she could still have the same status as her in the king, on the one hand, because of jealousy, on the other hand, because of loneliness, and on the other hand, because of the provocation of the eldest concubine, she also went out of the wall and gave birth to the second prince Songliang. ”

Shu San sighed when he said this, "But I didn't expect that the king didn't blame her, and he also took that wild man to the battlefield." After the war subsided a little, the king returned to the purple mansion, the two concubines knew that they were guilty, and they were more honest at first, but after a little longer, they still inevitably became jealous, and the king was furious at this time, and sent someone to create a food poisoning accident and poisoned the two concubines to death. At that time, the second prince Songliang was also three years old, and the eldest prince was five years old. ”

"But, after all, they are princes in name. Therefore, the king has been cultivating them, hoping that they can grow up to become talents in the Purple Mansion. A few years later, the king married another concubine and gave birth to the third prince, Lan Jia. Since the eldest prince and the second prince were seven or eight years older than Lan Jiadu, after they reached the teenage years and began to have a sense of fighting, the eldest prince sent the third prince away. ”

When Wan Peng heard this, he sighed, "It turns out that he is still a conspirator. Let the two princes fight each other to the death, and there will not be much to say between him. However, it seems that things are not what he expected. In the plan of your king, if two princes fight, it is inevitable that both will die, so that ...... There must be a third party. Because only if there is this third person, the cause of death of the prince who died later will have nothing to do with him. And this man must be one of the most trusted people of a king. ”

When Wan Peng said this, he stared at Shu San, "Such a person, I'm afraid that it is the whole purple mansion, and I can't find a few, right?"

Shu San suddenly looked a little cramped at this time, "This ...... What do you mean? I can vouch for that this person is not me. Although I know a lot of the inside story, I am not one person who can take on this responsibility. Because, the eldest prince and the second prince, as they grow older, are cultivating their own forces, although I am the governor of the royal family, but my ability is limited, and I am only a guard, compared to the two princes, I am not at the same energy level at all. ”

Wan Peng nodded, "Well, you're right. He turned to Lan Jia again, "Do you have any ideas, or any clues?"

Lan Jia may not have finished receiving this information at this time, and she looked a little confused, "I've been away from here for several years, how do I know...... Besides, if I knew, how could I not remind you?"

Wan Peng sighed, "That's right. Coming back to the analysis, the appearance of Prince Lanjia broke the king's plan, but also brought new opportunities to the king. Because Lan Jia is also among the ape clan, there are unclear rumors. This will exacerbate the conflict between the two princes, including Takeyu wanting to take Lanjia to the Council of Elders and Shora chasing him down. And in this way, why Zhuyou wants to protect Lanjia is more clear. Putting aside the feelings between brothers, it is because he may be older and has seen through the king's conspiracy, and among the two brothers, the one who protects Lan Jia must be the one who dies later. As long as you are alive, there will be hope. ”

"Well, maybe that's one of the reasons why the king postponed seeing us. When you see us, you have to meet Takeyu, and if Takeyou sees through the king's conspiracy, he will actually pose a threat to the king. He was going to reduce contact with this prince. Perhaps, he is in retreat here for some reason. ”

Wan Peng slowly analyzed these things, obviously surprised and admired Shusan and Lan Jia. In the end, Wan Peng said, "But things have developed so far that they are out of control." Perhaps, the third person whom the king used to eliminate the two princes, found an opportunity, betrayed the king, and captured the king alive. The king was calculated all his life, and in the end, he was calculated. So this third party ......"

Wan Peng exhaled and said, "There must be three conditions. First, to be able to gain enough trust from the king. Second, they have enough ability to play a role in the battle between the two princes. Thirdly, there is enough ability to kill the prince without knowing it, and at the same time be able to kill these guards and take the king captive. ”

Shu San also kept thinking at this time, "But it seems that there will be very few people with such ability." ”

Wan Peng said at this time, "There is a possibility, which cannot be ruled out. Your king has some relationship with the demons, and even cooperation. After the death of the first prince, Prince Takeyou and I pulled out a demon from the Council of Elders. To enter the Council of Elders, the king's permission must be obtained. How the demon got in, this needs to be investigated, and it cannot be ruled out that it was the king's will. Suppose that the third party in the king's conspiracy is a demon, then the other demons may have a judgment. The king unloaded the mill and killed the donkey, not wanting the eldest prince to die again, so he began to take action against the demons, starting with the high-ranking elders. So, the point now is to interrogate the demon of the Council of Elders, and solve the mystery of how he got into the Council of Elders first!"