For those officials who had just surrendered to them, this meeting was more than just a meeting. Although they voluntarily or were forced to surrender to the little princess, they did not have much influence on the future of the little princess or their own future.
Confidence, after all, they don't know the power of the little princess, so worry is inevitable. But after this meeting, their worries were greatly reduced.
There are more than a dozen middle-ranking officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of War, among whom there are also big shots in the court such as the Minister of War, Wan Huojing, and the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. It can be said that the power of this group of people in the court is not as powerful as other people vying for the throne.
The crown prince, not to mention the fact that the little princess is a direct descendant of the royal family, naturally has a higher status than those princes.
From this point of view, the situation was much better than those officials expected, and of course their confidence was greatly increased. Seeing those officials calm down, Zeng Yi and Wan Huojing talked to these people in a friendly manner, in order to make these people more confident.
Don't worry, after chatting for a while, Wan Huojing said with a smile: "Comrades, I understand your previous worries. After all, you don't know our strength, and many people have no choice but to join. Here I represent Her Royal Highness the Princess.
I’m trying to excuse you all, and I hope you’ll forgive me.”
After saying that, Wan Huojing bowed to everyone, and everyone quickly returned the bow. The Minister of Civil Affairs said: "Sir Wan, you are out of touch now. No matter what happened in the past, we are now willing to assist Her Royal Highness the Princess. What happened in the past can't be ignored."
Just don’t mention it again!”
"Yes, Mr. Wan, we are all our own people. Let him go as soon as the matter is over."
"Yes, we are all willing!" Everyone quickly agreed.
Zeng Yi also spoke at this time: "Well, no one should mention the past things in the future. Now we are all our own people. Here I will also convey the princess's instructions. Her Highness the Princess asked me to tell everyone that she
Everyone’s contribution will not be forgotten!”
"Thank you very much, Your Highness Princess!"
No matter what everyone thinks, anyway, everyone is getting along very harmoniously now, and everyone's grudges have been eliminated. Everyone has also discussed future countermeasures. Someone has already begun to propose that everyone should present a memorial together, and pardon the child on the grounds that he is the only direct descendant of the royal family.
Princess, welcome the little princess back to the capital. In this way, the little princess can act openly and openly in the capital.
If you don’t know the emperor’s true plan, these people’s proposal may really succeed. After all, so many officials are presenting together, and the little princess is really the last direct descendant of the royal family. For the sake of the royal family’s inheritance, the emperor is very likely to agree to everyone’s wishes.
memorial. But Zeng Yi knew the emperor's plan. The old guy was still working hard, waiting to take the elixir to live forever. No matter what happened, he was still preparing to give birth to an heir. At this stage, it was absolutely impossible to let the little princess, this
At that time, the member of the royal family who almost usurped his throne returned to the capital.
"Everyone's suggestions are very good, but now is not the time for the little princess to be exposed. Prince Xing and Her Royal Highness the Princess have rebelled twice. The grudge in the emperor's heart will not disappear so easily. Moreover, although the emperor is old now, he still does not give up.
For now, we still need to be patient and still assist the Crown Prince on the surface!"
"But, are we just going to watch the three princes gain fame in the capital?"
"It's up to you all. In order to assist this prince in name, we all have to do something. In this case, what you do for him in the future will focus on damaging the reputation of the other two princes. The three of them attack each other.
, their reputation is not much better!”
Zeng Yi and Wan Huojing said a few words, and everyone gave up the idea of letting the little princess show up for the time being.
Afterwards, everyone discussed and continued to win over the court officials. In the end, it was decided to mainly focus on middle-level officials from various ministries. After all, the big bosses in each ministry now have people who support them, so they easily feel that they will not change jobs, and now the court is clear.
On the surface, a balance must be maintained. If all the six bosses move to one side, it is estimated that if others do not take action, the emperor will also take action. He is just watching with a cold eye, but he will not really let others threaten his position!
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After Zeng Yi left, everyone present returned to their previous state, sitting at the wine table and drinking wine. The officials who had actually fallen on the wine table also began to wake up one after another. After waking up, they looked at the banquet.
It still continued. The officials only said that the wine was very strong, but they had no other doubts. Many people even continued to drink with the people next to them.
Soon the Minister of Civil Affairs and the prince also woke up, "Oh, look at how drunk I am, and I actually fell asleep in front of all of you. This is really wrong. Please forgive me, all of you."
"Your Majesty, this is his true character. He treats us as his own. How can we forgive him?"
The prince didn't have any doubts. After all, he drank a lot of wine. He thought it was because he had a low drinking capacity. However, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel was not so easy to fool. This guy knew his drinking capacity very well. He frowned and spoke to the people around him
Wan Huojing said quietly: "Master Wan, nothing happened, right? There is something wrong with this wine! Ordinarily, with my ability to drink, I shouldn't be drunk after drinking so much!"
"It's nothing, it's the fault of those servants. You also know that the prince just bought this place not long ago. Many of those servants are not very familiar with this mansion. When they brought the wine, they turned it into strong liquor. Don't talk about you, even I was a little bit.
Dizzy!"
"I see, it's fine if nothing happens!" Although the Minister of Civil Affairs is cautious, unfortunately, the people here are all from the pro-army Duwei Mansion, even the Wan Huojing he asked about, his caution can only be in vain.
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This banquet caused quite a stir in the court. A party that completely put the fight for the right to the throne on the table. Even the emperor politely asked Wan Huojing and the Minister of Civil Affairs what they were doing.
Meaning, in response to the emperor's inquiry, the two of them had already discussed countermeasures and did not hide anything. They confessed to the emperor some things about the prince's invitation to everyone to contact each other. The emperor was very satisfied. For him, as long as he was still under control,
, that’s it.
It was very difficult for the other two heirs who wanted to seize the heir apparent. The two followed suit and invited people who supported them to have a meeting of the same standard. It can be said that all the attention of the court was on
For those princes, no one knew the true purpose of Zeng Yi and others. Even the guards of the Sixth Gate of Dongchang did not suspect at all because the banquet was so upright. In fact, there were many secrets behind the banquet.