Drive a RV and go farming in ancient times.

Xu Huaiyi walked back to the main courtyard under the moonlight.

Five years ago, the main courtyard was burned down. If it weren’t for the RV, Gu Huanxi and her daughter might have died in the fire.

This matter touched Xu Huaiyi's bottom line. He risked breaking into the palace at night and pretending to be a ghost to scare Emperor Jianxing to death. Until now, the palace is still keeping it a secret. However, the common people like to spread this anecdote, especially the story of the ghost locking souls, which was rewritten into a picture book and widely circulated among the people.

Today, the main courtyard has been renovated. Compared with before, the house is more spacious and bright, and the layout is more comfortable and reasonable. Many rare flowers and plants are planted in the yard. The beautiful scenery is unique all year round. It is also well-known in the capital.

Some people even come to watch under the pretext of learning from the audience.

Given Gu Huanxi's personality, he naturally didn't like to receive guests, but that couldn't stop Xu Huaiyi's desire to show off. As an old father, he would brag about his daughter's progress for a long time, let alone such an ability.

The flowers and plants my daughter planted and tended herself, and the yard she designed herself, have become famous. How could she go out in the night in her fine clothes?

Everyone must know that such a beautiful yard is all thanks to his daughter.

It's better to become famous early. Who said his daughter only knows how to grow medicinal herbs? His daughter can still excel in other things.

But tonight, he was in a hurry and had no intention of touring the garden to enjoy the scenery. He entered the bedroom, didn't see anyone, and immediately slipped into the RV.

In the RV, Gu Huanxi was half leaning against the head of the bed reading a book. In ancient times when there was no mobile phone network, she actually didn't feel bored at all, as long as she had a book, it was enough.

Since the library was built, the thing she has no shortage of is books. She can read until she lives to be a hundred years old.

"What's wrong?" Seeing his eager expression to share gossip and unable to hold back, Gu Huanxi asked curiously, "What did Han Jun tell you? Look how excited you are..."

Xu Huaiyi kept yelling, at a loss, "This is incredible, I underestimated Han Jun in the past, he is really incredible, he has quietly cultivated so many forces, it's amazing, really amazing..."

Even if it were him, he might not be able to do it.

Hearing this, Gu Huanxi hurriedly asked, "Is this the man he secretly cultivated for Xiaoyu?"

Xu Huaiyi sat down on the head of the bed and explained, "That's only a small part. The majority are civil and military officials in the court. Guess how many of them he has recruited in the past few years?"

Gu Huanxi estimated a number.

Xu Huaiyi shook his head. "It seems that you were also fooled by him and didn't know how powerful he was..."

"How much exactly?"

"Twelve of them are qualified to stand in the morning court hall. There must be many others. Han Jun didn't say anything, and I didn't feel comfortable revealing their cards."

Gu Huanxi murmured in surprise, "Twelve, there are so many..."

That's really powerful, it can barely be considered a force.

From then on, Gu Xiaoyu had followers behind him and was no longer laughed at as a lone commander.

Xu Huaiyi followed suit and sighed, "Han Jun has really made great efforts. He is worthy of being my uncle. In comparison, Emperor Yongping doesn't seem like my biological father. Even I, his adoptive father, have to admit that he is inferior."

Gu Huanxi came back to his senses and glanced at him. In fact, Xu Huaiyi had been planning a lot in private in the past few years. The team to win the throne must include not only civil officials but also military generals. Han Jun has gathered more than a dozen civil officials, and he has been working on the military generals.

Today, his legacy is spread all over the southeastern coast, the northwest, and the heartland of the Central Plains. He fought battles and shed blood in those places, but his name as a lucky general is still talked about by people today and has not been forgotten.

Especially in the northwest, Sun Yu was stationed there. Although the master and apprentice had not seen each other for several years, they exchanged letters quite frequently and their relationship was not at all estranged.

Although it was unlikely that these people would dare to follow him in a rebellion, at least he could guarantee that they would not easily stand against him.

That's enough.

The focus of his infiltration was the 200,000 soldiers and the imperial guards in the military camps outside the capital.

This is the key to influencing the fight for the throne. It doesn't take too many. As long as there are 100,000 or even 50,000 people at his disposal, he will have the confidence to plan a drama to force the emperor to abdicate and take the throne.

Now, he is almost close to his small goal. He can gather a team with just a wave of his hand. However, he hopes that he will never need to use it.

The tragic scenes of the last palace coup were still vivid in his mind, and he did not want to be one of the executioners.

So this is his trump card and retreat, and he will not use it unless it is absolutely necessary.

In addition, the fight for the throne also requires money and reputation. The Gu family is more fully prepared for these two things. Needless to say, money, 800,000 silver dollars are given at will. In the past few years, Han Jun has been able to cultivate people for Xiaoyu so smoothly, which is inseparable from the financial support of the Gu family.

Xu Huaiyi also often gave money to Gu Xiaoyu under various names, allowing him to win people's hearts in the East Palace without any worries.

Money makes the world go round. Money is the most effective means to make people work for you.

As for reputation, there was no need to worry about it. The free library conquered students all over the world, and the charity hall and the pharmacy won the gratitude and trust of the people. It can be said that the Gu family's reputation among the people in the capital was comparable to that of the royal family.

Otherwise, why would Emperor Yongping become more and more wary of Xu Huaiyi? There is no smoke without fire!

It is not difficult for him to support anyone and push anyone to the position.

"You don't have to belittle yourself..."

The couple knew each other very well, and Xu Huaiyi never hid anything from her. Of course, she was aware of the preparations he had made and the chips he had accumulated.

Xu Huaiyi tried to hold back, but couldn't help it. He raised the corner of his mouth and said lightly, "It's just like that. It's not worth mentioning. If it can't be used in the future, all those arrangements will be in vain and will never see the light of day."

Gu Huanxi rolled his eyes and changed the subject, "Who are those ministers? What's their rank? Which department do they work in? Do they have a say?"

Xu Huaiyi had only remembered a rough idea before, frowning and thinking, and mentioned a few people's names to him. Some of them held high positions, and some held low positions. However, most of them had certain real power in their hands, and were not just for show in the court, and still had some influence.

For example, if the Minister of Rites Wu Weizhong spoke up in the court and asked the emperor to allow Gu Xiaoyu to enter the court to observe government affairs, it would be extremely appropriate, and Emperor Yongping could not ignore it.

Gu Huanxi asked, "Were these people corrupted by Han Jun using money?"

Xu Huaiyi laughed, "How could that be possible? If it were that simple, wouldn't he have used sugar-coated bullets to take over the entire court? He had something on them, and used coercion and inducement to get them to fight, forcing those ministers to take sides and support Xiaoyu."

“Such support…”

"Not stable enough? Don't worry, there will be no problem in the short term. Xiaoyu doesn't want their loyalty anyway, as long as they can be used by him temporarily."

Gu Huanxi nodded and looked at him anxiously, "When are you going to start?"

Xu Huaiyi said, "Once Han Jun has arranged a suitable person, he will take action at the morning court session, probably within three to five days. The sooner the better."

"Don't you need to tell Xiaoyu?"

"It's better to keep this a secret. Emperor Yongping will definitely be angry and go back to question Xiaoyu. If Xiaoyu knew in advance and didn't refuse, it would be unfilial. Letting him pretend not to know may not be able to hide it from Emperor Yongping's inquiry. If we don't tell him, the true feelings will be revealed, the play will be real, and he can completely clear himself."

In the next few days, everything in the capital was the same as before, prosperous and lively.

There was nothing major happening in the court. All the civil and military officials went to court as usual and their lives were uneventful.

However, the atmosphere in the palace seemed a little off.

Somehow, the news that Xu Huaiyi politely declined the prince's offer of marriage quietly spread in the harem, and it was very detailed.

At first, no one took it seriously. They thought the messenger was stupid. Who would dare to refuse a royal marriage? Would he want to die? Besides, he was still the crown prince. Even if he was weak, his qualifications were there. He had good looks and a good demeanor. Why would Xu Huaiyi not like him?

Besides, weren't the prince and Ah Li in a very good relationship? They were a couple that everyone tacitly accepted, so why did they reject it?

No one could understand it, but gradually people began to believe it. After all, if you trace the source, you will find that these words were accidentally uttered by a young eunuch serving in the emperor's court. How could it be false?

The people in the harem were far more surprised than shocked by this matter.

After all, no one wants the prince to become Xu Huaiyi's son-in-law, because with the support of the Gu family, it would be extremely difficult to overthrow the prince.

Some people also laughed at the joke, at the prince's joke, and at Xu Huaiyi's.

They made fun of the prince for being rejected by his subjects and losing face, and also laughed at Xu Huaiyi for being ignorant and hurting the royal family's reputation, and even wanting to marry his daughter to someone else?

If he dares to marry, who dares to marry him?