As the Minister of Rites, Wang Changlian should have stayed out of this matter.
The struggle between princes for succession has existed for thousands of years, and no one is willing to give up easily. Becoming an emperor means having the highest ruling power of a dynasty, and as a prince, you are qualified to fight for it.
If you don't strive for it easily, in the eyes of the emperor, it will be a sign of not seeking improvement.
But this time, King Zhao was assassinated, and his guards were able to cut the Jin Yiwei's Qian Hu Yi Dao in half. This was definitely not easy.
Among the rumors among hundreds of officials, the matter was no longer an assassination. The most common rumor was that King Zhao didn't like the royal guard Qianhu Wang Yuan, so he just found an excuse to kill him.
As for Liu Rufeng's attack in Dongchang Prison, Xiao Chen also told Lin Shangli in a letter. Lin Shangli mentioned it by the way while chatting with Wang Changlian during a break from hunting.
Lin Shangli knew that the relationship between Wang Changlian and Xiao Chen was unusual. Xiao Chen had not shown up recently. He must have been very worried, so he sent Xiao Chen back to the capital and told him everything he encountered afterwards without reservation.
To Wang Changlian.
After carefully analyzing everything, Wang Changlian came to the conclusion that King Zhao wanted to kill the prince and replace him.
In Wang Changlian's mind, his official career as a Taoist priest did not matter, as long as the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and did not suffer from war or displacement, that was his ultimate goal as an official.
If King Zhao persists in being hostile to the prince and disrupts the imperial court, once a mutiny occurs, the people will still suffer in the end.
The most important thing is that King Zhao tried his best to mention to the emperor that Xiao Chen had chopped off the right hand of King Han. As time went by, even the emperor could understand Xiao Chen's intention, but he couldn't help but talk about it for a long time. In the end,
Becoming dissatisfied with Xiao Chen.
And once this dissatisfaction starts, it will only get bigger and bigger, rather than disappear gradually.
As long as King Zhao gives up the idea of seizing his legitimate son and concentrates on being a good prince, assisting the prince to ascend the throne and govern the world, he will definitely not be too concerned about the affairs of King Han.
In this way, Xiao Chen has one less potential enemy and is even more secure.
"Such a big thing happened in the capital?" Zhu Gaosui pretended to have just heard it, with a surprised expression on his face, "Jin Yiwei is the most powerful organization in the capital. Who is so bold as to dare to attack Jin Yiwei?
And if you kill hundreds of people at once, how much hatred is there."
Zhu Gaosui denied the matter, which was expected by Wang Changlian. But pretending to have no knowledge was a bit too much.
Any major event that happens in the capital will be reported to Huailaiwei immediately. After all, many high officials of the imperial court are participating in hunting activities in Huailaiwei at the moment.
All departments involved should have received the news. If King Zhao didn't know it from above, Wang Changlian wouldn't believe it at all.
Since you don't know, then I just pretend that you don't know.
"I heard that the purpose of these people is to attack the Dongchang Prison. Your Highness, you also know that the prince is imprisoned in the Dongchang Prison. The target of these people is very likely to be the prince. Even if he is imprisoned in the prison, as long as the emperor is not
If it is abolished, the prince will still be the prince and the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty. Thanks to these people who did not succeed, once they succeeded, the entire Ming Dynasty would probably be in chaos." Wang Changlian exaggerated and said with a smile.
"Why did Mr. Wang say that?" Zhu Gaosui was very puzzled.
"If the prince is killed, the emperor will dig up the entire Ming Dynasty to find the real culprit. According to the emperor's temper, if he dares to make plans for the prince, no matter who he is, the end will be the same. He will be killed without mercy and the nine tribes will be destroyed."
Looking at Zhu Gaosui, Wang Changlian chuckled.
"Prince Jiren has his own destiny, isn't it safe this time?" Zhu Gaosui smiled bitterly in his heart, but he had to pick up some nice words to say.
"I escaped this time, but what about next time? As long as those people on the other side don't die in their thoughts, there will be another time, and the next time... Once the emperor is angered, what will be the outcome of the Ming Dynasty?
This is unknown." Wang Changlian sighed.
"Mr. Wang, what do you want to say? You might as well say it directly." Zhu Gaosui seemed to have lost his patience, and his tone gradually became less friendly.
Wang Changlian didn't seem to notice Zhu Gaosui's displeasure, and continued to go his own way: "I don't have anything specifically to say. I just came here to chat with you casually, Your Highness."
"Oh." A faint smile appeared on Zhu Gaosui's face, "It seems that Mr. Wang is not too indifferent to me. Since you are interested, let's chat casually. Anyway, this long night, my prince
It’s very boring, so let’s just have fun with you, adults.”
Wang Changlian smiled and nodded a little bit "ignorantly", "Actually, I am just like you, Your Highness. I stay alone in the residence arranged by Huailaiwei and feel bored. I sit here with Your Highness and talk to each other casually.
What I’m thinking is that it’s an elegant way to relieve stress.”
"As long as Mr. Wang likes it, I don't mind chatting with Mr. Wang all over the world." Zhu Gaosui laughed.
Before this, he and Wang Changlian had never met in private.
Now, since Wang Changlian is willing to chat with him, he is happy to accompany him from the bottom of his heart. After all, what he wears on his head is the caring aura of the Minister of Rites.
No matter where he goes in the future, it wouldn't be a bad thing if he could really get closer to Wang Changlian.
"Actually, when I'm worried about the prince's safety, I'm just thinking about my own future. People are all selfish. They go around and around, but they can't get around themselves." Wang Changlian said with a smile.
"How do you say this?" Zhu Gaosui suddenly felt a little surprised by Wang Changlian's words.
"I feel that the current situation of the imperial court is very similar to that of Taizu. Back then, if the prince had not died, there would not have been the Blue Jade Case involving more than 20,000 people. Back then, Taizu had the prince since he was a child.
Zhu Biao devoted a lot of energy and emotion to his training as the crown prince. He repeatedly asked the prince to supervise the country and intervene in the affairs of the government. However, the subsequent death of the prince was a huge blow to Taizu. In addition, the civil and military personnel around the prince
The general also thought that the times created heroes, so he began to covet the throne, and ended up killing more than 20,000 people."
Wang Changlian's face was full of worry.
If Prince Zhu Biao had not died and succeeded to the throne, how could all the founding generals and heroes of the Ming Dynasty be killed in the so-called "rebellion" case?!