lucky son

Angrily praised Meng Hui, thinking that he had successfully brought back some favorability for himself, Xiao Yao blinked, and then turned the topic back to the situation in the capital.

"Not only does Gu have little father-son affection for the emperor, but even the emperor doesn't care so much about Gu. If the national teacher doesn't believe it, Gu can make a bet with the national teacher. In the end, the "killing" of Gu will definitely turn into a small one in the end. It's a trivial matter, except for finding out a few scapegoats, Gu's second and third brothers will not be really hurt." With a chuckle, he closed the letter and put it aside, Xiao Yao's tone was light and teasing.

Meng Hui glanced at him, not intending to take the bait at all: "Bet? I don't dare to bet with His Highness. After all, I also hold the same opinion."

Xiao Yao sighed with regret.

In fact, the successive news from the capital also confirmed Meng Hui and Xiao Yao's conjectures.

Now, the crown prince is missing, and the stable position of the crown prince is in dispute. Even if the emperor is still lucky and continues to send more people to find the trace of the crown prince, he still has to prepare for the worst and think about the successor of the crown prince.

And it just so happens that the second prince and the third prince who were involved in the murder of the prince are currently the best candidates for the crown prince.

The two princes are both of high family background, and the mother clan behind them is powerful, which makes them have many supporters, both overt and secret, in the court. Moreover, the second prince and the third prince are also extremely outstanding. , Brilliant talent, although not as good as the prince, but extremely outstanding among the other princes.

Except for the second prince and the third prince, the other princes are either relatively mediocre in ability or have no obvious background, and the only fifth prince who can compete with the second prince and the third prince is still underage, and his personality is not stable enough. Count as a last resort third choice.

Since neither the second prince nor the third prince could actually convict the prince in the case, the emperor calmed down after being furious, and had to start trying to find ways to excuse him.After all, no matter which of these two sons he finally chooses, as a prince, he cannot carry the notoriety of murdering his elder brother and the prince.

——Losing his most outstanding son did make the emperor very sad, but the palms and backs of his hands are full of flesh. The prince is his own son, and the second and third princes are also his own flesh and blood. What's more, the emperor, as the king of a country, can't be emotional , he must consider for the future of his country.

Since ancient times, there have been frequent occurrences of fratricide in the royal family, and although many emperors with such a superior position have a lack of virtue, they cannot be called faint or tyrants.Even, in many cases, this kind of people who stand out from the bloody struggle, regardless of their scheming skills, are more likely to become Mingjun overlords than those emperors who were sent to the throne with smooth sailing and foolishness.

From Meng Hui's point of view, royal struggles are sometimes like raising Gu. All kinds of poisonous bugs are locked together, biting and devouring each other for the right to survive, and the final winner is the king of the Gu.

Out of various considerations, the emperor finally chose to take the scapegoat for murdering the prince from the second and third princes, and put it on others.Although the second and third princes breathed a sigh of relief, the enmity they forged some time ago made them unable to go back to their former brothers and sisters on the surface—not to mention, since the prince disappeared, anyone with a discerning eye can see that The next candidate for the crown prince will come from between the two of them. Such a clear competitive relationship also makes it impossible for the two to ease their relationship with each other.

And this is probably what the emperor wanted to see.

If the emperor had a fatherly heart for the prince and was willing to take care of one or two of them, then the emperor's family affection for these two suspects who might have harmed his most important son was basically very little.

More importantly, the emperor had taken action when the prince was on the expedition, warning everyone not to do anything, but his sons ignored their own warnings and still attacked the prince. This was undoubtedly a provocation and contempt for him in the eyes of the emperor. a threat to his throne.

——After killing his eldest brother, the crown prince, no one can guarantee whether this group of rebellious sons will put those vicious thoughts on their father after they have tasted the sweetness.

In order to secretly vent his anger on his beloved son who had suffered an accident, and to maintain the stability of his throne, the emperor acquiesced in the fight between the second prince and the third prince, and even provided convenience for it.

In this way, with the emperor's connivance and Xiao Yao's secret push, the struggle for power between the second prince and the third prince became more and more fierce. Not only the court officials were forced to stand in line, but the other princes were also implicated.

The princes who had no power behind them had to choose one of their second and third brothers to take refuge in, but the fifth prince, who was also one of the candidates for the crown prince, was not so easy to talk to.He himself also harbored delusions about the highest position, coupled with his youthful spirit and self-reliance, he simply and firmly rejected the two brothers' solicitation.

And the Fifth Prince, who has become a bird in the first place, naturally got the vigilance and dissatisfaction shared by the Second Prince and the Third Prince.

Looking at the increasingly chaotic situation in Beijing, Meng Hui had no choice but to ask his mission goal: "Your Highness, what kind of result are you planning to achieve before you plan to stop?"

——This feeling of being a behind-the-scenes boss and stirring up the wind and rain is indeed very refreshing, but Meng Hui still has to worry about whether his mission goal will be played off.

"This..." Xiao Yao smiled gently, and his tone was extremely generous, "Generally speaking, people with physical disabilities cannot be emperors, and Gu is not such a cruel and merciless person. He must take the lives of his younger brothers. As long as they are disabled Already, I will let the net out and leave them alone."

Meng Hui: “………………………”

——Do you have any serious misunderstandings about "ruthless"?

Probably to prove that he kept his promise, not long after Xiao Yao said these words, they received news that the fifth prince was traveling on a horse, but unexpectedly the horse was suddenly frightened and out of control. The most important back spine was broken by the crazy horse.

Although he received timely medical treatment, the fifth prince barely breathed a sigh of relief and remained unconscious. Even if he was lucky enough to wake up in the future, he would probably not be able to stand up like ordinary people, and would have to lie in bed for a lifetime.

Unexpectedly, the fifth prince was the first to be unlucky. Meng Hui was quite surprised: "Your Majesty, did you do this?"

"It was the second brother and the third brother who made the move together." The prince shook his head innocently, "I just helped them optimize the plan and increased the odds of winning by a few percent."

Meng Hui: “………………………”

——Being attacked by his three elder brothers together, the fifth prince's death can be regarded as a deserved death.

Seeing the fifth prince's sudden catastrophe, his mother and concubine Shufei almost went crazy.One moment, she was still dreaming of her son becoming a great treasure, and the next moment, her son was lying on the bed dying, and he could only be a useless person for the rest of his life.No matter how persevering Concubine Shu was, she couldn't keep calm in the face of such bad news that almost ruined her life's hope.She made a big fuss in the palace, but in the end she only got the emperor's foot restraint order, and had to turn to her brother Zuo Xiang for help.

However, to Concubine Shu's surprise, her brother didn't care about his poor sister.After learning that the fifth prince whom he had always supported had no hope, this veteran in the officialdom did not hesitate for a few days, and then simply defected to the second prince's party.

There are also considerations for Zuo Xiang to switch to the second prince.Although he is the leader of the civil servant faction, the third prince already has support from the right. Even if he surrenders now, it is just icing on the cake. Even if things are done, he will still not get much benefit.But the second prince is different.

Most of the second prince and his party are military generals, and they don't have an advantage in the court battle, but they can only stand by relying on military power.If the left prime minister takes his own power to join him, it can be said that for the second prince, it will be a timely gift. Once the second prince ascends the throne, the left prime minister can go one step further and pull down the right prime minister who has been pressing on his head. .

Just as Prime Minister Zuo expected, with his joining, the second prince and his party immediately raised their eyebrows, firmly suppressing the third prince, and the situation in the court gradually tilted towards the second prince.

Regarding such a change, the second prince was ecstatic, the third prince was frowning, and what was even worse was that he thought that he would sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, even if the two sons fought well, he would be sure to control the situation emperor.

Speaking of which, if Xiao Yao's forces hadn't stepped in behind the scenes to gradually fuel the flames, with the emperor's accumulated power over the years, the situation would never have gotten to the point where the situation was out of control.

However, the emperor can suppress the second prince, the third prince, and all civil and military officials, but he has no defense against another dark force, and he can't fight being the emperor for two generations, and he is arbitrary in every life. Xiao Yao who kept the entire court in order.

Realizing that the balance between the second prince and the third prince had been broken, the emperor had to act in an attempt to restore the balance between the two.After all, he really wanted to choose a suitable crown prince from among the second prince and the third prince, but this did not mean that he was willing to be "forced" by his son and courtiers to re-establish the prince.

The second prince is backed by his mother's clan's military power, and has the support of Zuo and other people in the court. This completely threatens the position of the emperor.

As the emperor made some moves, the third prince, who was oppressed by the second prince, finally straightened his spine again, and the emperor, who could no longer tolerate the threat of the second prince's mother's family, also began to gradually try to recover the opponent's excessive military power.

The military power held by the mother clan has always been the second prince's biggest reliance. It can be said that with the support of the army, he has the confidence to fight for the throne.It was obvious that the emperor's move, which could be called dredging from the bottom of the pot, almost touched the second prince's rebellious scales.

"Looks like it's almost time." Holding the letter full of dense small print, Xiao Yao smiled with satisfaction, and handed it to Meng Hui.

Meng Hui glanced at ten lines, looked up at Xiao Yao: "Are you going to force the second prince against him? Is it possible?"

"As long as the pillow blows well, everything is possible." Xiao Yao joked, "If there is still some kind of father-son relationship between the father and the orphan, those younger brothers of the orphan have no love for the father. What kind of real feelings. Although the third brother of Gu is full of treacherous tricks, he has a cautious personality. It's different. The second brother has no face and no skin, and is rarely restrained by etiquette, righteousness and shame. It is probably because he has learned too much martial arts, is lonely and brave, and is easily impulsive. Coupled with the military power in the hands of his uncles, he is simply the best candidate."

"The second prince forced the palace, and the third prince died in the rebellion." Meng Hui continued Xiao Yao's script, "What about Your Highness?"

"Gu?" Xiao Yao smiled deeply, with a bit of a rogue, "Of course Gu was rescued by the national teacher and barely recovered from his injuries for several months. Hearing that there was a change in the capital, Gu hurriedly contacted the general and came to rescue him, but regretted Unable to save the third younger brother, it was too late after the third younger brother died. Facing the devastation of the capital and the scene of the brothers fighting against the wall, Gu is really heartbroken and heartbroken."

Meng Hui: “………………………”

——Brother, facing your thick skin, I can only say "admiration, admiration, disrespect, disrespect".

The author has something to say: I suddenly found a big BUG today! ! !The copy I sent out was the old version, which lacked a world QAQ, and later added a world for smoothness, but for some reason, the old copy was bolded when I posted the article, and the chapter names were also based on the old copy... …

According to the later setting, the one that was grilled in the prologue should be the sixth world, and the updated one should be the eighth world... I didn't realize it until I wrote more than 60 chapters!Ah ah ah ah how to fix this big BUG crying.

I plan to take some time to fix the BUG. If the little angels see that I suddenly update at a time other than 6 o'clock in the evening, don't get excited, just ignore me, because I am fixing the BUG... cough cough cough cough

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Thanks to the two little angels, Ge De and You Ji Jing Hong Zhaoying, for throwing the mines, and Ashley, Wu Ti, SoToM for throwing the grenades =333=