Abandoned by the best children? I just take out the space

Duke Cheng En was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Most of the civil and military officials are controlled by others. If Your Majesty wants to take back his power, he must take action against these people."

A year ago, the emperor passed the throne to the fourth prince because he found that some officials had too much power, which had shackled him.

After he became the emperor emeritus, he instigated infighting between the Fourth Prince and Prince Duan. He wanted to use the fight between the two to purge these officials.

As a result, after this farce, those who died were all people related to the prince, while those who were apparently loyal to the emperor still occupied high positions and had no intention of moving at all.

The emperor is old, but he still dreams of immortality, so his heart is not old and his concern for power is stronger than ever before.

The previous half month was peaceful and calm, with the whole city mourning the Queen's death. Duke Cheng'en felt something was not right.

After all, he was the emperor's confidant and understood the emperor's thoughts.

There is a lot to be said about the queen's death, but the emperor did not take advantage of it. This seems wrong no matter how you think about it.

Duke Cheng'en was worried that the emperor was planning a big move, so he paid close attention to him. Half a month passed, and although he didn't discover anything, he didn't take it lightly.

Now after hearing the Crown Princess' words, Duke Cheng'en knew that the Emperor had begun to take action.

He was both nervous and excited, because once the emperor took action, no matter who won or lost, half of the civil and military officials in the court would surely fall.

If he seized this opportunity, he might be able to regain the emperor's favor and then arrange for people to go to Cheng'en Mansion.

However, when he thought about the fact that the emperor had concealed the matter very well and had not revealed it to anyone, Duke Cheng'en felt that this matter was not that simple and that perhaps the emperor wanted to do something serious.

"Your Majesty's methods are ruthless and his actions are decisive. If he has made up his mind, we can only follow suit."

When Duke Cheng'en said this, he glanced at the Crown Princess and saw that something was wrong with her expression. He realized that she was thinking about something wrong.

He wanted to ask the Crown Princess to tell him about her troubles.

However, thinking of Wan Shufang, who had not been questioned by the emperor for half a month, Duke Cheng'en remained silent for a long time.

His silence made the atmosphere in the room feel a little strange.

The Crown Princess noticed something and asked quickly, "Dad, have you thought of something? Can your daughter help?"

Duke Cheng'en paused for a moment, then sighed and said, "Your Majesty hasn't asked Wan Shufang for a whole half month. Have you ever wondered why?"

The Crown Princess was stunned when she heard this, then she frowned and said slowly, "Wan Shufang is at home on sick leave. Chen Changli is smart, he will definitely make it right. No matter how suspicious Your Majesty is, he will not allow anyone to break into the General's Mansion to find out everything."

"Besides, the Queen's funeral is currently underway, and His Majesty seems to attach great importance to it. How could he care about Wan Shufang?"

"That's what you say, but His Majesty is wary of Chen Changli, and Wan Shufang is a skilled doctor. His Majesty also wants the Phoenix Gu. Do you think he will let Wan Shufang, who has good medical skills, go?" Duke Cheng'en's expression turned cold.

After hearing this, the Crown Princess' face suddenly turned pale, not knowing what she was thinking about.

She grabbed her handkerchief and said worriedly, "Dad, do you mean that the emperor knew what Wan Shufang and I were going to do and turned a blind eye to it?"

"Doesn't that mean Wan Shufang is where she is? She knows exactly what she is doing now."

"Why does he indulge Wan Shufang so much? Could it be related to his plan?"

"No, I have to go find Chen Changli and tell him about this. I want him to be more vigilant and find a way to bring Wan Shufang back. I can't let Wan Shufang take risks again."

At the end of her speech, the Crown Princess began to worry about Wan Shufang's safety.

"What's the point of you going now?" Hearing the Crown Princess' worried words, Duke Cheng En couldn't help but sigh, "Your Majesty specially summoned Chen Changli today. It's obvious that Chen Changli has figured out some things by now."

"What will happen to Wan Shufang? Chen Changli is her husband. He will definitely find a way to deal with it. Don't go to him, lest you attract His Majesty's attention."

After Lord Cheng'en said this, he immediately called the butler in and asked him to go to the general's mansion.

The Crown Princess was listening to his instructions, her emotions in turmoil.

After the housekeeper left, she said, "Dad, even if Chen Changli can figure out some things, he can't act in a short time. After all, he was busy with a big thing these few days, and the people he had were sent out long ago."

Biting her lip, the Crown Princess veiledly revealed to Lord Cheng En what Chen Changli was doing, and specifically said, "Didn't Dad think the same thing before?"

"As a general, even though Chen Changli and those generals are not very close due to the attitude of the emperor, they are natural allies. Chen Changli can arrange some things at will. As long as it does not involve their interests, they are very happy to cooperate with Chen Changli."

"And this is also the reason why Chen Changli was able to arrange for the people to leave smoothly. If Dad feels that he cannot protect the people in Cheng'en Mansion in the upcoming major events, why not ask Chen Changli to spend more time on it."

"Do you think I don't want to? But I can't do this." When Lord Cheng'en discussed with Ye Xuan before, he wanted to arrange some promising younger generations to the Ye family, and then Ye Xuan would cooperate with Chen Changli to arrange them out of Luoyang City.

Unfortunately, Chen Changli was short of manpower and could only arrange Ye Lin and his own people in the short term.

The Cheng'en Mansion has been passed down for hundreds of years, and it has many more promising children than these three families.

If he also arranged to leave Luoyang City, even if Chen Changli could find a way to arrange it, it would attract the emperor's attention.

After much thought, Duke Cheng'en gave up the idea and decided to sacrifice some people to please the emperor. After things were settled, he would arrange for some people to escape from Luoyang City.

However, he did not explain this matter to the Crown Princess, because she had been busy for the past half month.

Although Duke Cheng'en didn't know what the Crown Princess was busy with, he knew that she was busy targeting the Emperor and that her emotions were too exposed.

Duke Cheng'en was afraid that he had just told her the matter, but in a moment, she was targeted by the emperor.

"Dad, are you worried about implicating Chen Changli?" The Crown Princess is not stupid, so there is no way she could not understand what Duke Cheng'en meant.

She felt even more worried. After all, Wan Shufang went undercover because of her law and request. Chen Changli couldn't persuade Wan Shufang, so he deliberately devoted half of his attention to her.

If anything happened to Wan Shufang, Chen Changli would definitely keep an eye on her. When the emperor's plan came into effect, wouldn't Chen Changli be powerless to fight back?

After thinking about it, the Crown Princess decided to focus on Duke Cheng'en. "Dad, as His Majesty's confidant, can you still help him do something important now?"