Wen Xiuyi picked up the kettle, filled the cup with boiling water, then placed the tea, brewed it, and ordered the tea. Her movements were skillful and elegant.
"Your Highness, please." She extended her hand to signal.
The second prince was confused and intuitively reached out to pick up the teacup in front of him.
He carried it several times, but because his hands were shaking too much, he spilled half the cup before he could drink it into his mouth.
Finally, the second prince placed the tea cup heavily back on the table, raised his head and asked: "Sir, I am just a prince who has been deprived of his title, and I am only a little better than a useless person. If you say so, it is too much!"
The second prince is not a fool, how could he not understand the meaning of Mr. Hong's words.
To reach the sky in one step is to plot rebellion!
The second prince has never thought this way. All along, he has been thinking about how to win over Jiang Sheng and become the prince himself. Now that he has lost power, what he is thinking about is how to please the emperor and make him change his mind.
Mr. Hong's words shocked him, but he couldn't help but think about it.
It would be extremely difficult for a prince who has dethroned his title to gain power again. If he could achieve it in one step, then...
His heart was racing and he couldn't restrain his thoughts, so he could only calm himself down by asking questions.
Mr. Hong smiled lightly and asked with a hint of excitement: "Your Highness, don't you dare to think about it?"
"I..." the second prince suppressed his heartbeat and tried to say calmly, "This is impossible! Even if my father has gone to the palace, and the military power of the capital is not in my hands, how can I do this? What's more, Yichun Palace Li
Beijing is not far away, and it only takes one day for my father to get the news."
The second prince became timid when he thought of the emperor.
Mr. Hong said: "Your Highness underestimates yourself. You have gathered many talented people under your command, but they haven't been put to use yet!"
"But..."
The second prince was in a state of confusion. He had made friends with many people before, but those who could be recruited by him were either young ministers or those who had no aspirations. The emperor still wielded power alone, and he was not a prince. How could those old officials do this?
What about the standing position? He talked about the seven prime ministers of the political affairs hall. He tried hard, but he couldn't win over any of them.
Mr. Hong said with a smile: "Is Your Highness willing to trust Hong? In a few days, Your Majesty will leave Beijing, and we don't have much time to plan."
He paused and then said: "Besides, we also have a benefit. Who would have thought that you would have the guts to make this decision? This is called surprise!"
...
A few days later, the emperor's decree came down and he visited Yichun Palace.
In the harem, the imperial concubine and concubine Hui accompanied her. In the court, many important ministers accompanied them. King An stayed behind to act as an agent for government affairs.
When the news came out, a letter was delivered to the Yue Prince's Mansion.
On the same day, Yang Shu asked Shang Mingwei to go to Xuandu to watch.
At nightfall, they met Fu Jin, who had been hiding in the back mountain for several months.
"Mr. Fu." Duofu came forward, took his cloak, hung it up, twisted a hot towel and handed it over.
Fu Jin washed his face, wiped his hands, sat by the fire with a cup of hot tea, and said, "It's really very cold this winter. No wonder His Majesty has to go to another palace to escape the cold."
Yang Shu replaced the hand stove with new charcoal fire, sealed it carefully, pushed it to Mingwei, and asked: "Is this the reason why sir came out of confinement?"
Fu Jin looked at the hand stove with a little jealousy and said, "Intuition, something big is going to happen."
Yang Shu raised his eyebrows.
Probably because Fu Jin's eyes were too hot, Mingwei looked down and pushed the stove over: "Sir, please warm your hands."
Fu Jin was satisfied and asked them: "Is it your own idea to go to the palace, or is it someone else's?"
Yang Shu and Mingwei looked at each other and said, "It was Concubine Hui who suggested it."
Fu Jin nodded: "Our Majesty is keen on being a diligent and benevolent king. He has not been to the palace for more than 20 years. There must be a reason for this sudden idea."
"Sir, we also discovered something." Mingwei told the story about Wen Xiuyi, "...We watched her all night. Miss Wen left the house the next day, thinking she was conspiring with the second prince.
One night."
Fu Jin was surprised: "I have only been living in seclusion for a few months, and such a big figure appears again?"
Ming Wei said: "I can basically confirm that this Miss Wen is a Xuanshi. She went to the palace to accompany Concubine Hui, and then sneaked into the palace to meet the second prince in the middle of the night. There must be a conspiracy here. A master of her level,
It's impossible for the second prince to recruit him randomly, and I don't know if there is someone else behind him."
Practicing occult arts is a very boring thing, so really powerful occultists often live in seclusion and practice quietly. Those who like to wallow in the world of mortals have a hard time enduring loneliness.
Therefore, the profound scholars recruited by the princes and nobles can only reach the level of first-class masters at most, and cannot enter the top level.
Wen Xiuyi can disguise herself so perfectly. After Mingwei weighed it, he felt that her strength was probably above the first level. In Xuandu Temple, she was at least at the level of Yuyang.
Can the second prince recruit such a master to work for him? Mingwei doesn't believe it. If she didn't have her own goals, she wouldn't be able to work for His Royal Highness the King of Yue.
Fu Jin nodded while listening.
After Mingwei finished speaking, he closed his eyes and tapped his fingers on the table, as if thinking.
No one dared to disturb him.
After a while, Fu Jin opened his eyes and said, "Let's figure it out. Firstly, Concubine Hui encouraged the emperor to go to the palace. Secondly, Miss Wen next to Concubine Hui was a master. Thirdly, Miss Wen met at night.
The second prince."
He paused and said, "Can we be sure that the second prince's intention was for the emperor to go to the palace?"
Yang Shu nodded.
Fu Jin asked the next question: "So, what does the second prince want to do by getting the Holy Emperor out of the capital?"
Mingwei said: "Concubine Hui was ill earlier, and the second prince finally got a chance to leave the palace, and the emperor was relieved a lot. From this incident, it can be seen that Concubine Hui was doing her best for her son and wanted to get him out."
Fu Jin continued: "Your Majesty took away half of the court, but left Prince An behind and asked him to temporarily take charge of government affairs. This was not only a test, but also paved the way for the establishment of a crown prince. This is of no benefit to the second prince.
"
But Yang Shu thought of it, thought about it, and said, "No, there is an advantage."
"oh?"
Yang Shu said: "If you move the tiger away from the mountain, half of the capital will be empty. According to the art of war, we can attack it."
Mingwei didn't understand for a moment.
Attack? Who will attack? They won’t lead Chu to attack, right?
Fu Jin understood it immediately, clapped his hands and said, "That's it! Your Highness, good! Good!"
Yang Shu spread his hands and said, "I thought Sir would think I was too bold to think."
Fu Jin said with a smile: "I like the way His Highness dares to think! If you don't dare to think, what are we doing here? When it comes to status, we have no chance of winning compared to the Second Prince."
Mingwei also figured it out.
She was surprised: "How dare they?"
Fu Jin said slowly: "It's not surprising that a dog jumps over the wall in a hurry. Aren't we the same? We have made so many preparations. If there is no possibility of peacefully ascending to the throne in the end, we will have to shed blood and sacrifice."
Mr. Hong thought that this idea was so crazy that no one else would have thought of it. But he missed one point. According to normal methods, it would have been impossible for Yang Shu to ascend the throne, so they were ready to take action at any time. Same thing.
The truth is, wouldn’t it be enough to put it on the second prince? (To be continued)