East Palace.

Ziqi was lying on the couch with a sick face, flipping through a few pages from time to time, then closing his eyes and nodding vaguely.

Luo Ning hurried in to report that Concubine Wen Shu is hosting a banquet outside the palace today, and His Majesty will attend in the evening.

"According to your instructions, I declined because of your illness." Luo Ning glanced at Ziqi, and said with a mischievous look: "Prince, what do you think the noble concubine will do?"

In the past few days by the prince's side, other things haven't increased, so I feel that my eyesight is much better.For example, he saw through the filth in the dining room at a glance, and he dealt with it cleanly; The Department of Medicine Cang took it for his own use, so that the crown prince could pretend to be sick perfectly.

These things used to cause him a lot of headaches, but now he feels that it is easy to handle, and it is a trivial matter.

However, Concubine Wen Shu hosted a banquet outside the palace, why?He still needs the prince's guidance to understand.

Ziqi rolled up the book and tapped his head: "Isn't it rusty here?"

"Prince!" Luo Ning pretended to be resentful, ashamed and annoyed, like a smug and arrogant fox.

Ziqi thought for a while, this look seemed familiar.

Inside the jade bracelet, the cousin system was baring her teeth at the public system with a serious face.

All the systems said in unison: That person looks exactly like him.

Ziqi turned the nine-knot jade bracelet, and said to Luo Ning, "I'll tell you tomorrow." "By the way, you should compile a list of all the staff in our Eastern Palace, including their personality traits and life stories." Luo Ning nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry, the prince, Ben Zhan can handle everything."

"Don't miss anyone, remember?"

Luo Ning nodded with a serious face. The East Palace personnel list was all in his mind, but it would be difficult to filter it again.

Luo Ning walked into the yard and suddenly realized that the prince said he would tell me tomorrow, and the incident would happen tomorrow, so why did he tell me.The prince lied to me again.

Luo Ning shook his head in frustration, almost tripping over a lame little eunuch who was sweeping the floor.

"You..." "Why haven't I seen you?" The lame little eunuch shook like chaff, "I was just sent here." "Okay, stop shaking, I won't eat you again, Go and sweep the floor." Luo Ning felt that it was necessary to see how many new faces had come to the East Palace recently, and he misestimated the difficulty of the task that the crown prince had just entrusted to him.

Outside the palace, the Fourth Prince's Mansion.

The fourth prince is reviewing the congratulatory gift presented to Concubine Wen Shu.

"The imperial concubine suddenly held a banquet outside the palace, might it be detrimental to His Highness?" A middle-aged scribe stood beside the fourth prince and analyzed.

"You think too much. I always pretend to be a quail when I'm in court. I don't want to show off. What's the danger? The noble concubine killed the queen because the queen blocked her position. The noble concubine did not do it until now. It's very embarrassing for the queen. As for me, I have no enmity with the imperial concubine, and I will not prevent the third prince from taking the throne. You just think too much." The fourth prince held out a piece of Yunqingtian jade porcelain.

"Zhang Xu, Zhang Xu, I see you. You are always calculating this and that every day. You are full of scheming and scheming. You can see that everyone is like you. Besides, I have always made good friends with noble concubines. Could it be that you want me to learn how to lie down? The sick prince in the East Palace will not come to celebrate his birthday in person when he is sick. Let me tell you, the prince is afraid of dying. If I were sick, I would have to crawl."

In his eyes, the prince is no different from being alive to being dead.Even the old courtiers sent by the prince were sent home by him, as a message of goodwill to the imperial concubine.

The fourth prince flattered and flattered Concubine Wen Shu and became known to everyone. Many ministers shook their heads after hearing this. This fourth prince is really too cunning and unreliable.However, in the heart of the fourth prince, he consciously played a good game of chess.

Ever since the empress fell and the crown prince had enmity with the third prince and Eunuch Wende successively in the court, he felt much more at ease, and even slept soundly.

Because the third prince and the crown prince died successively, he was quite proud of his moderation.He also dreamed of waiting for the noble concubine to kill the prince, and after Mr. Wende killed the third prince, he would let the flow take its course and be supported by the noble concubine to become the emperor's daydream.

On weekdays, he kept pretending to be quail and calm, to cover up his personality, which made him really depressed. Facing the middle-aged scribe, who followed him all the way to give him advice, the fourth prince had all the things he dared not to say, and what he couldn't say, all in one mind. said.

The fourth prince vented his feelings and felt very relaxed.

At this time, the fourth prince received a message from the imperial concubine who specially sent someone to bring him, saying that because the third prince was sent to the south of the Yangtze River a few days ago, he could not catch up with the imperial concubine's banquet. During the dinner, you can express your filial piety for the third prince and recite a few congratulatory speeches.

The man said again: "Don't worry, the fourth prince will make a good selection, and just arrive at the dinner."

The fourth prince suddenly realized that this was the imperial concubine's reward for expelling the old man of the prince before, and made him look good in front of the emperor.

The fourth prince happily picked out dozens of handsome scribes.

It wasn't until dusk that the fourth prince left with dozens of people carrying congratulatory gifts.

A number of literati followed behind him.

Seeing that the fourth prince insisted on going his own way, Zhang Xu felt a little irritable in his heart.What he said now, the fourth prince can't hear it in his heart, so let him go to the imperial concubine's banquet to bump into a wall and remember it long.

Hey, in order to show off what he has learned all his life, he insisted on being an aide to the prince. Now it seems that maybe he was wrong, maybe it would be good to be an official in the court like his friends.

However, his friend was assigned to the Eastern Palace in the past two days because he offended the high officials in the court. It seems that he is currently doing a job in the Eastern Palace to sort out documents, and it is difficult for him to protect himself.It's really hard to tell whether the grand ambitions set by the two of them can be realized.

Zhang Xu sighed again, and began to sort out the events of these years. Looking at the princes, he felt that none of them were worth supporting.

Thinking about the behavior of the fourth prince just now, Zhang Xu's heart was chilled. For the first time, he wondered whether it was good or bad, wrong or right to support the fourth prince.The fourth prince hides his personality in order to ascend the throne, and now he is showing an impatient look.In time, after he ascends the throne, will he not listen to the advice, will he be a fatuous tyrant who is of no benefit to the country or the people?

Zhang Xu sighed again, it was so sad to meet the hero.

The more Zhang Xu thought about it, the more he felt tight in his chest, worried and angry in his heart, so he took a small basin and burned all the old manuscripts.Forget it, let it be that he wasted his time, he doesn't want to support the Fourth Prince anymore.

Zhang Xu packed his money and left the Fourth Prince's Mansion quietly. He planned to stay in the capital for a few more days, bid farewell to his old friends, and simply followed Tao Yuanming's example and went to live in seclusion.

At the time of You, the emperor brought his concubine Wen Shu to the banquet.

The fourth prince put down the gift and stepped forward with a face full of joy.

Suddenly, the leading scribes behind the fourth prince suddenly took off their outer clothes, revealing their armor. With a wave of their hand, several loads of gift boxes were opened, all of which were weapons.

Concubine Wen Shu hid in the emperor's arms, "What does the fourth prince want to do at the banquet in the palace?"

The fourth prince looked back in panic, he clearly didn't know any scribes, only five or six were from his family.Who is framing him.

Before he could open his mouth to defend himself, several scribes took up weapons and quickly held the ministers at the banquet hostage.

Hundreds of armored soldiers rushed out from both sides of the crowd, aggressively.

The emperor comforted Concubine Wen Shu, "Don't be afraid, I'm here." Eunuch Wen De watched coldly from the side, like a concubine.

Concubine Wen Shu's pear blossoms are raining, which is different from the gorgeous and graceful in the past, and she is not coquettish.The emperor didn't even look at the fourth prince, and ordered the secret guards to tie the fourth prince to the ground.Many soldiers were killed on the spot.

A banquet broke up unhappily, and the fourth prince was imprisoned.

Many courtiers were eye-opening, the fourth prince's rebellion was like a child's play, and all kinds of rumors spread everywhere.

The emperor is playing in the hot spring with the concubine Wen Shu, which is very interesting.

The next day, the emperor did not have an early court.

For three consecutive days, the emperor did not go to court early.However, an imperial edict was issued to demote the fourth prince as a commoner, seal up the residence of the fourth prince, and close to ten thousand servants in the residence of the fourth prince were either killed or moved to prison.

When Luo Ning heard it, the rumors became even louder.

Luo Ning asked Ziqi who was reading a book on the couch: "Prince, why am I so confused? Didn't you say that the fourth prince rebelled? Why do some people say that the fourth prince was wronged?" Ziqi habitually picked up the book in his hand and knocked on Luo Ning's face Head, "Just to see if your head is made of elm wood?" Luo Ning replied with a smile: "It's made of gold and silver, don't knock it down, the prince, it's worth a lot!"

"Prince, just tell me." Luo Ning's Ziqi explained to him.The imperial concubine's scheme is full of loopholes, so all the officials don't believe it, but the reason why this scheme can succeed is that the emperor can believe it.A noble concubine mutilated a prince so easily, everyone was afraid that the noble concubine would continue to pretend to be a tiger, fearless, and a prince ended up like this, everyone was even more afraid of harming themselves.That's why this rumor came out, not because of pity for the fourth prince, but because of the public opinion about the fourth prince to make the noble concubine act cautiously.

"Is that useful?" Luo Ning asked.

"It's useless." The imperial concubine will only be more fearless when doing things.

"What should we do?" Didn't this incident fuel the imperial concubine's arrogance.

"Is the third prince coming back the day after tomorrow?" Ziqi asked suddenly. "Yes." Luo Ning replied quickly.

"Is the list of staff in the East Palace ready?" Ziqi asked.Luo Ning, who was still immersed in how the imperial concubine was, looked bewildered.

"The list?" Luo Ning agreed again and again, handing over the list.

Ziqi watched and asked questions while Luo Ning answered and explained.

Since the crown prince disbanded many officials of the East Palace last time, some ministers used the title of indispensable people in the East Palace to stuff a few subordinates who he could not understand and were troublesome.

People from other departments also studied in a good manner, and some young people who didn't fit in were stuffed into the East Palace.

"Now our East Palace Zhan Shifu has gathered all the old, weak, sick and disabled officials." Luo Ning said sarcastically.

"Really? You and I will meet these people tomorrow." Ziqi said calmly.

"Eh?" Luo Ning was very puzzled.

Ziqi threw the book into Luo Ning's hands, "Read it carefully".

Luo Ning saw a sentence in his eyes and read: "If you can't use it, don't borrow it; if you can't use it, ask for it. Borrow what you can't use and use it."

Therefore, the prince deliberately drove away all the officials who were mixed with spies and could not be used, and borrowed those officials who were not welcome by the other six departments.

"Can these senses be used? Are they talented?" Luo Ning asked again in doubt. "Whether you have talent or not, you will find out when you meet Gu tomorrow." "If you have talent but no talent, do you think it will be wasted in Gu's hands?" Ziqi glanced at Luo Ning meaningfully.

Driven by Ziqi's thoughts, Luo Ning nodded quite convinced, yes.Wait a minute, what does the prince's eyes mean? It implies that I have no talent.

Luo Ning had an aggrieved face.

Ziqi said: "Starting tomorrow, Gu's illness will improve."

Luo Ning nodded, still secretly wondering in his heart, could it be that the crown prince had planned so much from the beginning, and he didn't seem to have to worry that Concubine Wen Shu would find fault with the crown prince.

Well, he has to admit that there are ten fourth princes between him and the prince.

Anyway, he can do whatever the prince asks him to do.

Luo Ning was quite good at comforting himself.

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