The two of them arrived at the garden. It was already springtime, and the flowers in the garden were in full bloom, so beautiful. However, neither King Zhao nor Zhao Ying had the heart to appreciate the beautiful spring scenery, and their faces were even colder than they had been in the cold winter for several months.
"Your Majesty, please tell me if you have anything to say." Zhao Ying had a business-like face.
"What do you think of the death of the noble concubine?" King Zhao said in a deep voice.
"There must be something fishy in this." Zhao Ying said calmly: "Those named Jin, don't think that you can just die. Our family will definitely find out the truth."
"What the father-in-law said is absolutely true!" King Zhao saw that Zhao Ying was trying to deal with him with nonsense, so he had to go straight to the point: "There must be someone behind the Jinyuan Judgment. They are already going crazy to prevent the imperial concubine from becoming the queen!"
Zhao Ying nodded noncommittally and signaled King Zhao to continue.
"Although Xiao Wang doesn't know who is instigating this," King Zhao continued in a deep voice, "but I know that the culprit must be the prince!"
"Why do you see it?" Zhao Ying frowned slightly.
"It's very simple, whoever benefits in the end will be the culprit!" King Zhao said coldly: "There is no doubt that the prince is the last person who wants to see Wang Guifei become the queen! Regardless of whether he has given the order personally, his lackeys will execute him.
Will! Kill Wang Guifei!"
Zhao Ying nodded slightly. This is easy to understand. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been suffering for many years. Seeing that the emperor's death is imminent, he is finally coming forward. Of course, he does not want to have another queen mother sitting on his head. What's more, at the time of the transition of imperial power, if the princess
Becoming a queen will create great difficulties and even unpredictable variables for the prince to successfully take over the throne. In order to ensure a smooth succession, it is reasonable for the prince to directly or indirectly kill the royal concubine.
In the pepper garden, a strange wind blew through, causing sand and rocks to fly, and flowers and leaves to fall off...
"What do you mean, Your Majesty?" Zhao Ying narrowed his eyes slightly in the wind and looked at King Zhao with a gloomy expression.
"The turtle crows and the turtle responds; the fox dies when the rabbit dies." King Zhao said calmly: "With your father-in-law's wisdom, you can definitely understand our fate from what happened to Wang Guifei." After a pause, he said with emphasis: "In this way
Judging from the prince's behavior, once he ascends to the throne, those of us who oppose him will definitely not end well!
"Our family..." After King Zhao finished speaking, he stared at Zhao Ying closely, but the old eunuch slowly said: "I didn't offend the prince too much..." This is indeed the truth. Zhao Ying considered that the emperor was old and frail, and the prince would take over.
In front of his eyes, he has been restraining Dongchang as much as possible not to conflict with the prince.
Since Dongchang was established only a short time ago, this was not difficult to accomplish. Even in the fight with Jin Yiwei, because he was concerned about Wang Xian, the popular person in front of the prince, the old eunuch acted very measuredly at first, until Wang Xian successively
After killing the dragon son and grandson, the old eunuch thought that the prince would no longer protect him, so he took action against Wang Xian's family in Jinan. After being warned by the prince, he immediately stopped. As for escorting Wang Xian to Beijing, that was the emperor's order.
, he had no choice but to comply, and Wang Xian was not as difficult as he was to the Buddha Mother along the way.
Therefore, the old eunuch believed that he had given the prince enough face, and the prince should know it well. Besides, when the prince becomes the emperor in the future, he will discover the benefits of the loyal Dongchang, and he will not worry about him treating him lightly.
Therefore, the old eunuch has always turned a blind eye to the olive branch extended by King Zhao, and has an attitude of not getting involved in seizing the heir.
"Haha..." King Zhao had long expected that he would say this. He smiled and shook his head, as if what the old eunuch said was ridiculous.
"Why, is what we said wrong?" Zhao Ying frowned slightly.
"My father-in-law is right, but it's just wishful thinking." King Zhao smiled solemnly and said, "Excuse me, father-in-law, why did Wang Guifei offend my eldest brother?"
"This..." Zhao Ying said with a thoughtful expression: "Although the empress has not offended the prince, once she becomes the queen, she will be a helpless stumbling block for the prince."
"As a factory official, my father-in-law is in charge of the Imperial Guards of the East Factory. Have you ever considered whether you will become a stumbling block or a thorn in someone's side?" King Zhao brushed off the petals that fell on his clothes and said with a deeper smile.
"We think His Highness the Prince is not a saint, so he is not stupid enough to regard the factory guard as a stumbling block and a thorn in his side, right?" Zhao Ying said calmly.
"My eldest brother may not think so, but the people around him will definitely think so." King Zhao said coldly: "Not to mention the great enmity between Wang Xian and the father-in-law, just talk about the group of civil servants around my eldest brother, but they are very hostile to the factory.
Wei hates it to the core!"
Hiss..." Zhao Ying took a breath. He had only considered the prince before and had indeed ignored the people around the prince. Everyone knew that the prince's support came from the civil servants, and everyone knew that the civil servant group hated spy politics.
At that time, Taizu used the Jin Yiwei to launch the Kongyin Case and the Hu Weiyong Case, and almost wiped out the entire civil servant group. Today's Emperor Yongle also uses the Jin Yiwei to kill civil servants who refuse to be attached to him, and almost kills all the old ministers of the previous dynasty.
Later, Ji Gang became the vanguard of the opposition to the prince. To this day, there are still a large number of key members of the Communist Party who are imprisoned in imperial prisons and do not know whether they are alive or dead.
These numerous blood debts are naturally engraved on the minds of the civil servants, and you can guess with your toes that once they are given the opportunity, they will definitely counterattack and completely bury spy politics! Although Dongchang has only been established for a short period of time, there is no doubt that they will be regarded as a royal guard.
One kind, not to mention that now the factory and the guards are unified and all in the hands of the factory boss. If the civil servants really want to clean up, Zhao Ying, the eunuch of the East Factory, will definitely not be able to escape...
"Those civil servants may not be able to persuade the prince..." Zhao Ying said softly, but he himself had no confidence and his voice became smaller and smaller.
"Really, haha..." King Zhao sneered, as if he was mocking Zhao Ying for deceiving himself.
"Well, they can indeed influence the prince," Zhao Ying finally nodded, but still insisted: "But I think His Highness the prince will not let their family dominate. Someone will definitely need to check and balance those civil servants!"
"Hahahaha!" King Zhao laughed loudly as if he had heard a big joke.
"What are you laughing at, Your Majesty?" Zhao Ying frowned, looking obviously unhappy.
"I'm sorry, Xiao Wang laughed at me. The older I get, the less courageous I become. I actually put my hope in other people's thoughts!" King Zhao's smile faded and he said word by word: "Taking a step back, even if the boss needs checks and balances,
, the candidate is not father-in-law either!”
"..." Zhao Ying was struck by lightning, and immediately thought of the man who was under house arrest in the Marquis Mansion. With that man's loyalty to the prince, his past achievements, and his incredible ability, he was naturally ten thousand times more suitable than himself!
"You mean Wang Xian?" Zhao Ying became a little angry and said harshly: "He is the murderer of the dragon son and grandson. How can the prince tolerate him? How can the officials in the world tolerate him?"
"He killed my second brother and his son, and the boss secretly doesn't know how happy he is!" King Zhao had completely taken the initiative, and his attitude became more and more free and easy: "You really think that my eldest brother is tolerant and indulgent to the second brother, is that right?
Is it because he has a kind nature? He is just imitating Zheng Boduan's allusion!"
Zhao Ying's expression obviously relaxed, and the look of struggle between his brows became less and less. His waist, which had always been straight, gradually became rickets unconsciously.
"What's more, Wang Xian, who is not tolerated by the world's officials, will definitely die as long as he loses the emperor's protection! Wouldn't it be easier to be controlled?" Zhao Wang pursued the victory, stared at Zhao Ying closely, and said decisively: "Excuse me, father-in-law.
, my eldest brother will really choose Dabao in the future, you or him?!"
"He..." Zhao Ying exhaled a long breath and said with a look of relief: "The prince's words woke up the dreamer, otherwise our family would have made a big mistake!"
"So, my father-in-law has agreed to create a great cause with me?" King Zhao looked at the old eunuch with a look of joy on his face.
"Yes." Zhao Ying nodded slowly and said, "I just hope that the prince can treat Dongchang well in the future..."
"That's natural!" King Zhao saw that he had finally taken advantage of the death of Wang Guifei to take down the difficult bone of Zhao Ying. Naturally, he was in a good mood and said: "I am not as good as the eldest brother and the second brother. I don't have as much civility and military skills."
Hardcore, my father-in-law is my confidant! Do you think my father-in-law will be a fool who destroys the Great Wall?"
"Probably not." Zhao Ying sighed secretly in his heart. He had always wanted to be famous forever, but he participated in such a conspiracy to usurp the throne. Once he failed, he would be infamous for thousands of years!
However, this also forced him to go all out to help King Zhao win the throne. Only in this way can he avoid being infamy for thousands of years and be famous for generations to come!
Zhao Ying has a fierce and decisive character. Once he makes up his mind, he never hesitates. He immediately kneels in front of King Zhao and swears allegiance: "From today on, I swear to be loyal to the prince until death. If I violate it, the sky will thunder and I will be infamy for thousands of years!"
"Haha! Okay!" King Zhao was overjoyed. He hurriedly helped the old eunuch up and said repeatedly: "I lost what I lost and harvested the mulberry tree in the east. Although I have lost the royal concubine, but my father-in-law and I join forces, great things can be accomplished!"
"But according to the prince's orders!" the old eunuch said solemnly, and after getting up, he returned to his half-dead look.
"Okay!" King Zhao nodded and said in a deep voice: "Let's talk about the current matter first. We can use the death of Wang Guifei to make a fuss."
"Yes." The old eunuch nodded and said, "You can definitely use this matter to cause a bloody storm and kill all the prince's enemies!"
"It's just what I wanted..." King Zhao smiled and nodded: "You dare to stop your father from celebrating. This is how much you are looking forward to your father's return to the west. I will report it to your father later, hoping that your father will not be angry to death...
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"In your opinion, can this matter affect the prince? How likely is it that the emperor will replace the prince?" the old eunuch asked respectfully.
"The boss is far away in Nanjing. It's not that easy to influence him." King Zhao shook his head and said soberly: "How can my father have the courage to depose Li when he is like this? It is impossible to expect him to open his mouth easily.
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"What about taking advantage of the emperor's ignorance and impersonating the emperor?" Since the old eunuch had surrendered to King Zhao, he naturally wanted to make suggestions for him.
"It's too difficult," King Zhao still shook his head and said, "Although the old man doesn't wake up much, he's not that confused yet..."
"Then we can only..." the old eunuch said in a dark voice: "Let the emperor die and let the emperor speak with his edict!"