The capital was surprisingly calm. After the prince's family was wiped out, the other prince seemed to be frightened and stopped making any moves. He even rarely moved around with the officials who supported him. This also gave the officials in the capital a
It seems that the prince gave up on his own initiative, which also caused many officials who were originally wavering to slowly move towards the little princess.
Zeng Yi was very suspicious of this. The prince had spent so much effort to get to this point. That was the throne. As long as there was a chance, he would not give up. "Is this guy secretly making some conspiracy?"
trick?"
Zeng Yi specifically discussed this with Huantian and others. Shaotian and others also felt that it was impossible for the prince to give up just like that, but no one could guess what the prince's conspiracy was! "It seems that this matter still needs to be inquired.
Let’s check with Master Wan Huojing and others to see if they find any clues.”
Through Lao Si and others, Zeng Yi contacted Wan Huojing, but Wan Huojing was also very confused about why the prince had restrained his actions recently. He even took the initiative to go to the prince's house, but he didn't find anything unusual.
Condition.
Wan Huojing is one of the big guys who supports the prince. If the prince makes any big move, he should discuss it with Wan Huojing and others. But now even Wan Huojing doesn't know, "Is that prince really giving in?"
Already?"
Zeng Yi, who was still very suspicious, secretly contacted other officials around the prince, and the answers he got were similar. None of them found out that the prince had any conspiracy!
"Am I really overthinking it?"
Zeng Yi did not relax his vigilance, but asked the officials around the prince, as well as the boss and others, to monitor the guy more closely.
At the same time, Zeng Yi also ordered the pro-military Duwei Mansion to send personnel to the north to investigate the prince's family. If the previous prince's family that fell had great influence in the south, then this prince's family has great influence in the north.
The influence is no less than that of the prince's family. Especially on the northern border, the family has a great influence on the army stationed in the north. Many officers are inextricably related to their family.
This is also the reason why Zeng Yi and others have the most people around this prince, but Zeng Yi and others have not touched this guy until now. The 100,000-strong army stationed in the north is the main force against the people of the northern grasslands, and nothing can happen to the northern army.
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The news came back from the pro-military captain's house. There was no change in the north, and his family did not take any big actions. After receiving the news, Zeng Yi felt a little more at ease. "It seems that I have overthought it. I probably continued."
Seeing the imperial court deal with the two princes, this guy must be really scared, and that’s why he behaves cowardly!"
However, a few days later, Zeng Yi suddenly received news from the boss and others that the prince had invited officials who supported him to his mansion to hold a banquet.
"Has your confidence been restored? Do you plan to continue to win over those officials?"
Zeng Yi planned to personally participate in such a matter and see what kind of medicine the prince was selling in his gourd. It was still the old method. Zeng Yi had to pretend to be an official's subordinate. This time he wanted to participate, so there was no need for it.
Let the prince notice him, and after what happened to the previous prince, this prince will definitely be highly suspicious of strangers who suddenly appear around high officials, so this time Zeng Yi has no intention of acting as a boss like Wan Huojing.
Instead, he picked a middle-level official, not too big or too small, to pretend to be his subordinate.
All the officials who supported the prince received invitations to the banquet. Of course, most of these people were actually from the pro-military governor's palace. Finally, the day came for the banquet. After the disguise, Zeng Yi wore an ordinary warrior uniform.
Following a medium-sized official, he went to the prince's mansion.
The inspection of the mansion was very strict, and no weapons were allowed inside. Zeng Yi obediently handed over the sword in his hand. Of course, Zeng Yi's real weapon, the Shishishi Tianzi Sword, was lying in his backpack at this time.
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Entering the prince's mansion again, it was the same grand banquet hall as last time. Zeng Yi pretended to be the bodyguard of the middle-level official and was not qualified to sit in. Let alone him, even the middle-level official only had a seat on the outside.
.But Zeng Yi stood behind him with a cold face.
Everyone was chatting happily in the banquet hall. Zeng Yi had been observing everyone. Most of these people were their own people, but there were still some officials who really took refuge in the prince.
In addition to the officials, there were guards all around. The boss and others were also among the guards. He looked at the guards and said, "This guy is getting worse and worse. The guards used to have some strength, but now they are just ordinary sergeants.
It seems that this guy is no longer good."
After a moment, someone shouted loudly: "The Crown Prince is here!"
Everyone stood up and shouted: "I have met the Crown Prince!"
"My lords, please excuse me quickly. I deserve it!"
Everyone took their seats, watched the dancer's graceful dance, and drank some wine. Zeng Yi kept looking at the prince, wanting to see what the prince was going to do!
Everything is normal, just drinking there, not even discussing the current form, "Mad, there is a problem, there is definitely a problem!"
After drinking for three rounds, the Crown Prince sighed. Someone next to him immediately said, "Why is the Crown Prince sighing?"
"Hey, I just feel that in the end everything is in vain."
"Why did the prince say this?"
"Haha, the three of us were tit-for-tat, and each of us regarded the other as our enemy. But in the end, we found out that it was so ridiculous. The imperial court had no intention of letting us rise to the top."
"Your Majesty, your words are serious!"
The prince picked up the wine glass and took a long sip: "Are you being serious? Two of the three of them have gone, and I am the only one left. I understand that it won't be long before I will be in their situation."
"Your Majesty, you don't have to be like this. As long as we unite sincerely, we can still compete!" A minister below said.
"No chance, no chance. I originally thought that talent could make up for blood ties, but in the current situation, the old prince has basically turned to the daughter of Prince Xing. No chance, no chance!"
Zeng Yi stared at the prince with a puzzled face. The guy's words were filled with despair. "Is this guy really desperate? He really doesn't want to fight for the throne anymore?" Zeng Yi couldn't help but look at the boss.
Several people, including the boss and others, also looked confused at this time.
Zeng Yi didn't know what this guy meant, and neither did the others. They just looked at the prince who kept drinking, but didn't know what to say.
