On the day he was ordered to be grounded by the emperor, the Prince's Mansion was guarded by imperial guards. Logically speaking, Zhao Chengji could not come to Nangong Yue.
However, what everyone doesn't know is that Zhao Chengji has been secretly raising a substitute who is very similar to him.
The moment he was banned, Zhao Chengji and his substitute changed their clothes. The substitute wore his prince's court uniform, while he wore the substitute's guard uniform and left the East Palace majestically.
This Lord Xu is his spy in the court.
No one paid attention to what Mr. Xu was doing in private. Even if he was walking in a sedan chair to this deep alley, everyone thought he was here to find a good wife or something.
No one thought that he actually came to see the prince.
After explaining all the affairs of the court, Mr. Xu stopped talking.
"Sir Xu, you sincerely support this prince. If you have anything to say, it's okay to just say it!" Zhao Chengji saw what he was thinking.
"Your Highness, will it be detrimental to you if Princess Nianyun makes such a fuss?"
Zhao Chengji shook his head, "Leave it to her, I'll just keep my innocence."
In fact, he already understood what Su Nianyun was going to do, but Master Xu didn't know.
At best, he is just a little guy who runs errands for him secretly, responsible for reporting to him the progress of important events in the court. There is no need for him to know more about himself.
Including whether Zhao Chengji really split with Xiao Changfeng or faked it, Mr. Xu also didn't know.
"Okay, I know what's going on in the court. Just feel free to go back and supervise it yourself. I'll take care of everything. You don't have to worry."
Master Xu nodded, then said goodbye to Zhao Chengji and left.
When he was about to go out, he saw Nangong Yue again, and then respectfully saluted Nangong Yue again.
Mr. Xu thought, everyone said that the prince had no one to rely on, and that without Xiao Changfeng, only Xiao Hu would be left alone.
In fact, they don't know that Nangong Shangshu is His Highness the Crown Prince's greatest support.
Nangong Shangshu, but the Minister of War, has an unusual status in the court. His daughter is the best candidate to be the crown princess. Unfortunately, the former prince is too stupid and mistakenly treats the concubine as a treasure and the legitimate daughter as grass.
came out.
This is good, let the eighteenth prince pick it up.
Master Xu also discovered the secret of the Crown Prince and Nangong Mansion by chance.
At that time, Zhao Chengji had just become the crown prince. He had no power in the court, so he wanted to try to gain access to the crown prince.
But it would be too utilitarian to rush forward so directly, so he could only choose a roundabout way, which was to create a chance encounter and let himself into the prince's sight.
Although his idea was good, could it be that an inconspicuous official like him encountered the prince's whereabouts by chance?
So he thought of first figuring out the prince's course of action, and then slowly plotting to create a chance encounter.
Especially since there were many guards around the prince, he did not dare to follow him too closely. Sometimes if he followed too far, he would lose the prince's whereabouts.
It was already two months before he fully understood the whereabouts of the prince.
However, his hard work paid off, and he finally discovered something different, that is, although the prince's daily actions were changeable, one thing remained constant, and that was the house in the deep alley.
Being astute as he is, he immediately realized that the people living in this mansion might be the key.
So he came quietly again while the prince was away. He didn't dare to come in and disturb others, so he could only stay and watch.
After he squatted for a day, he finally found someone inside came out, and he happened to know the person who was admired by the little girl, the former Crown Princess Nangong Yue.
He followed Nangong Yue through the alley and watched her walk into the back door of Nangong Mansion.
At this point, he was shocked to find that this place was so close to Nangong Mansion.
There is just one gate facing the south of the street, and one gate facing the north. People who are not familiar with the surrounding residences can easily be misled that these two places are far away.
Master Xu suddenly understood that the new prince had formed an alliance with the Nangong family.
This discovery made Mr. Xu more certain that his idea was right. With the Ministry of War behind him, His Highness the Crown Prince would not be easily defeated on his way to the throne.
Especially after the prince was banned this time and had a bad relationship with Xiaohou, many officials who originally obeyed the prince's orders turned against the sixth prince. Only he remained firm in his original intention and always supported the prince.
As a result, Zhao Chengji also entrusted this loyal minister with more tasks.
After leaving the deep alley, Mr. Xu went to the tea stall to find his bearer and sedan chair, and creaked all the way back to his home.
At night, he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. He understood that the prince was hiding too many things from him, and he was not qualified to know those things.
But regarding the relationship between Zhao Chengji and Xiao Changfeng, he always had a vague feeling that the two could not be severed so easily.
As for why he thought so, it was of course because the two of them were generals and deputy generals and fought against the enemy together in Mobei.
Although Mr. Xu is a civil servant, he also knows quite a bit about military attachés.
He can especially understand the emotions after experiencing life and death together on the battlefield.
So his intuition is that these two people will not be at odds with each other.
The same goes for Princess Nianyun. He still doesn't believe that the person rumored by the outside world is Princess Nianyun herself.
These three people all experienced the war together in Mobei. When the emperor commended Princess Nianyun for bringing glory to the country and bringing glory to Mobei, he was still excited to hear it.
Regarding those nonsense words in the capital, he was more certain that it was a means by the Sixth Prince to divide the Crown Prince and Xiaohou.
This was another reason that made him more determined to stay by the Crown Prince's side. He always felt that the Crown Prince was superior, and it was very possible that the Crown Prince and Xiao Hou were playing tricks on each other.
The more Mr. Xu thought about it, the more excited he became, so much so that he didn't fall asleep until the middle of the night. It was not until dawn that he went to court, and then he cleaned up and went to court with two huge black circles under his eyes.
The adults who were criticized by him yesterday were all shocked when they saw Mr. Xu like this today.
Then everyone laughed at him, "Why, Mr. Xu, you scolded us so much yesterday that you couldn't sleep when you went home, right?"
"Today it is the Sixth Prince who is supposed to convey the Emperor's final decree on the marriage of Princess Nianyun and Little Marquis Xiao. Why do you seem more worried about it?"
"What am I worried about?" Master Xu said, "Don't talk nonsense, I just have business matters at hand that I can't solve!"
Everyone teased Mr. Xu and avenged yesterday's revenge, and then walked into the hall in a good mood.
Their wise and mighty emperor still didn't show up, and as usual, the sixth prince was in charge of the government.
The biggest difference between him today and the past is that he has two more imperial edicts in his hands.
"What's going on?" some ministers asked, "I've never heard what the emperor's illness is, so why doesn't he come to court?"
"Well, who knows, the affairs in the court these past two days have been very important. The emperor has not come forward to solve them. The prince has been grounded for who knows when. These six princes..."
"Shh..." Others signaled the man to speak in a low voice, "This is a court, and you are surrounded by adults with keen minds. If you say the wrong thing, you will not suffer the consequences."
"Oh, I know, I know!"
The older adult sighed.
Anyone with some experience knows that the emperor's illness came out of nowhere, and the world of Dongling Kingdom is about to completely change!
These old people, under the leadership of the Queen Mother, have never experienced such chaos.
At this time, the veterans couldn't help but miss the Queen Mother. If the Queen Mother was in charge of the government, there would definitely not be such a situation where the Emperor, the Crown Prince, and the Six Princes of Judu were suppressing them.
By the way, the previous dynasty was controlled by the Sixth Prince, and no one could even see the Emperor. Does the Queen Mother know about this?
Everyone knows that the Queen Mother made an oath to the Emperor that she would never participate in the affairs of the previous court after the Emperor took over.
However, under the control of the emperor, the government seemed unclear, and the emperor even made several wrong choices. The most serious one was to personally conquer an enemy country.
It was just that the emperor had the support of the queen mother behind him, so even if everyone had complaints, they did not dare to say anything.
In particular, the Queen Mother also adopted the Su family's youngest daughter, who sacrificed her entire family to save the emperor.
She is also Princess Nianyun who has been at the forefront of the storm in recent days!