Lan Ke Qi Yuan Chapter 274: Conspiracy

Li Mu Shu stood up from his position, speaking with a slight excitement and worry, his voice trembling slightly.

"Your Highness...if you guessed wrong, then..."

Hearing this, the head of the Chu family, the counselor and another person next to him all had goosebumps on their bodies. Even King Jin felt sweat on his back and his scalp was numb, but he gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.

"I know! This is a big gamble. Just bet on this luck and be on my side, Yang Hao!"

"Boom..."

Thunder sounded, illuminating King Jin's slightly pale face.

"Crash..."

The rain outside was falling intensively. The heavy rain that had been brewing since the thunder last night finally came. The flowers and plants in the auspicious garden were all bent by the torrential rain.

As the saying goes, one autumn rain brings another cold. Not long after the rain fell, people in Gyeonggi Prefecture felt that the temperature dropped significantly.

The person who knows you best is always your opponent. This sentence is also applicable to the fight for the crown prince. King Wu never looked down on King Jin. Even after the old emperor's health deteriorated, King Jin behaved very well and quietly, but The King of Wu was always very afraid of his third brother.

Similarly, King Jin also paid more attention to his eldest brother, and unlike King Wu who wanted to take charge of the government and the public, King Jin almost spent most of his energy around his eldest brother after the old emperor's health failed. , because he knew that he could not compete with his brother who had obvious advantages in competing for courtiers.

For so long, King Jin has not made any big moves, or almost no action, but it does not mean that King Jin has really given up.

Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared. Even if there is no concrete evidence to prove the problems faced by King Wu and his family, King Jin decisively made a conclusion on the status of his opponent just by relying on the analysis in King Jin's palace. .

After making the decision, King Jin secretly issued a series of orders, and some agile masters took advantage of the heavy rain to disguise themselves and go out.

The key to this step is to not only really or falsely incite the people on King Wu's shore to take action, but also to find ways to stay out of the matter. To put it bluntly, it is to create the fact that King Wu is really angry and takes action.

It would be best if King Wu really planned to take action like this, but if the other party can keep his composure, King Jin will need to push him.

. . .

It was night, and the pouring rain still continued. At the entrance of the Jin Palace, Jin Wang Yang Hao and his young master Li Mushu were escorted by their servants holding umbrellas. They walked to the door and boarded the carriage together.

"Let's go to the palace."

After the King of Jin helped Li Mu Shu get on the carriage, he said this to the coachman. Under the **** of the front and rear guards, the carriage started slowly.

More than a quarter of an hour later, in the imperial study room of the palace, Emperor Yuan De was reading a miscellaneous book, and the content was still about a fairy tale.

But although he was watching the fairy tale, the old emperor was still thinking about the affairs of the government and the public. King Wu's previous actions disappointed Emperor Yuande. He originally planned to announce the edict of passing the throne after the Double Ninth Festival, but he has temporarily postponed it. pressure.

At this time, an old **** walked into the imperial study and announced in a low voice.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Jin has come to the palace to ask for an audience."

"Huh? It's so late, what is he doing here?"

"Well, I said I came to pay your respects to Your Majesty."

The old emperor frowned and put down the book. Eunuch Li quickly stepped forward and helped him stand up. The maid next to him immediately stuffed a cushion behind his limp back.

"Let in."

"Yes!"

The old **** stepped back and soon led Jin Wang Yang Hao into the imperial study.

"I am here to pay my respects to my father!"

As soon as the King of Jin arrived, he bowed down respectfully.

"Get up."

Prince Jin on the ground raised his head and smiled before standing up.

"It's quite new today, why are you interested in entering the palace to pay your respects? Sit down"

The old emperor joked that after the princes left the palace and established their own houses, almost no one came to pay their respects at night. Of course, this was also because the old emperor himself had a bad temper and found it annoying.

"Thank you, Father!"

King Jin stood up, and a **** brought a chair to his side, so he sat down directly.

"I used to be afraid of my father, so I didn't dare to come. Now that I think about it, I should come more often to pay my respects."

With some emotion, King Jin said in a slightly lower voice.

"Where's Li Mu Shu? He's almost inseparable from you. Didn't you come together?"

"I can't hide it from my father. The teacher is still waiting in the carriage. He said that the young master does not dare to come to the imperial study room to meet the saint."

"Huh..."

The old emperor smiled, took a slice of preserved fruit from the low table in front of him, and then waved his hand towards Prince Jin. The maid next to him immediately walked up to Prince Jin with a plate in his hand.

The King of Jin was not polite and took many slices of preserved fruit, stuffed one in his mouth, and held the others in his hands.

"What? There's no food in Prince Jin's Mansion?"

The old emperor joked again in a funny way.

"Father is joking, but this is a gift from the imperial study. It is a gift from father. It is different. I will give some to the teacher to try by the way."

The old emperor looked at King Jin up and down.

"You said you should come more often to say hello. Do you think your time alone is numbered and you're afraid you won't have a chance in the future?"

At this time, ordinary ministers would have turned pale with fright and opened their mouths to defend themselves, but King Jin did not speak immediately. He was silent for a moment before speaking, with a trace of sadness on his face.

"What my father said is what I thought. People say that it is difficult to have family ties in an emperor's family, but I still remember that there was one. When I was a child, my father even held my son and 'flyed' by..."

The old cow still has the feeling of licking the calf. As a dying old man, how could Emperor Yuan De not be touched when he heard the emotional words of King Jin at this moment? It was rare that he did not interrupt the chattering memories in King Jin's mouth. .

"As I grow up, I have more fears. I haven't spoken so much to my father for a long time..."

The words of King Jin came to an end after he left the palace and established his mansion.

The old emperor didn't speak during the whole process. Looking at his son at this moment, he was filled with emotions and simply patted his side to prevent it from getting soft.

"Come and sit."

Prince Jin opened his mouth, but did not move after standing up half a body.

"What? Are you scared? Didn't you sit down a lot when you were a child?"

The old emperor had said so, and King Jin no longer hesitated. He put away the candied fruits in his hand, stood up and walked slowly to the soft spot and sat down. The soft touch under his buttocks was as familiar as in his memory. Memories are also a kind of yearning.

I didn't talk too much about things off-topic with my father. I just talked about family matters and things from my childhood. In the meantime, the old emperor even called Concubine Ren over.

Unknowingly, a long time passed. From beginning to end, he really didn’t say anything related to the struggle for the throne, or even a hint of government affairs.

"Father, it's getting late. You should go to bed early. I will come to pay my respects tomorrow!"

King Jin stood up and left.

"Hao'er~ You come here to talk for so long every day, how tired your father is!"

Concubine Ren frowned and scolded her son.

"Haha, it's okay, he can come if he wants!"

The King of Jin smiled and bowed to his mother and father.

"The queen is at ease, my sons and ministers mainly just want to say hello, while there is still a chance..."

"Haoer! What did you say!?"

Concubine Ren's expression changed, she cursed angrily, and then immediately apologized to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, Haoer did not mean it, he..."

"Okay, okay, it's okay."

The old emperor waved his hand. He was in a good mood tonight. This was a fact, and he didn't care so much.

Concubine Ren breathed a sigh of relief, looked at her son and frowned.

"Hao'er, why don't you thank your father?"

Prince Jin seemed to have suddenly realized what he was doing, and he handed over his hand to thank him again.

"Thank you very much, Father, for your forgiveness. In fact, what I just said..."

King Jin looked at Concubine Ren, sighed in defeat and did not say any more, and bowed down again.

"My son, please retire!"

When King Jin left, Concubine Ren's face turned worried. The expression of decline and sadness before her son left made her feel uneasy.

"Your Majesty, Hao'er..."

The old emperor exhaled slowly and patted his beloved concubine on the back.

"It's okay, Gu won't let anything happen to him..."

The old emperor has come to some understanding now. King Jin has always been smart, unlike King Wu who is always trying to get things done. He has been silent for a long time. He probably already knew that he had no hope.

But for such a capable younger brother, will King Wu let him go after he comes to power?

. . .

It was night, and some special news reached Prince Wu's Mansion. Prince Wu, who had been unable to sleep for most of the night, directly put on his clothes and came to the front hall.

"The third child entered the palace late at night?"

A man wearing dark blue night clothes answered with his hands raised.

"Returning to Your Highness, it is indeed true. The carriage set off at the time of Xu and did not return until near Zizi!"

King Wu’s brows were furrowed like the Chinese character Sichuan.

"Is there any news worth telling from the palace?"

Although he discussed it with his ministers during the day, King Wu still subconsciously asked this question.

"This...according to His Highness's instructions, the people around the Holy Father have stopped sending messages..."

King Wu clapped his hands and walked back and forth in the hall impatiently.

"Then, forget it!"

"Yes!"

The visitor was ordered to leave. King Wu sat in the hall for a long time without returning to his room to rest.

The second day, the third day... King Jin entered the palace for several days in a row, and then one day, the carriage drove openly and openly outside the Gyeonggi Mansion Post House.

Yin Zhaoxian did not expect that the King of Jin would dare to visit him directly in person, but he had to welcome the prince when he came. He could only invite the King of Jin into the post house, but he opened the main door wide and invited the postmen to come. Serve tea.

Both of these matters could not be hidden from the old emperor and King Wu, and their reactions were also different.

The old emperor learned the exact content that day. He knew that it was the King of Jin who hoped that Yin Zhaoxian could retain the few ministers who were close to the King of Jin in the future, especially Li Mu Shu, the young master who cared for him.

Of course, this will not make the old emperor believe it, but it cannot be said that there is no such possibility. It is inevitable that he will feel a little sad in his heart. For his son, it is indeed considered that "the end is approaching" in all aspects.

It was only after King Yin Zhaoxian of Jin that King Wu couldn't bear it anymore and once again secretly summoned his confidants to King Wu's Mansion for discussion.

The behavior of King Jin made King Wu extremely anxious, and he couldn't help but contact the palace's informants again. Concubine Ren also accompanied the imperial study several times, which made the officials in King Wu's palace also feel uneasy.

No one knows the capabilities of King Jin better than them. Some military officials even came to see King Wu on their own several times

In the early morning of September 17th, in a remote place outside the gate of Gyeonggi Prefecture, Young Master Li Mushu and his family were arranged on a large number of carriages. The family members were quietly brought here several times, surrounded by some Jin The king's confidant master.

The old Li Mu Shu cupped his hands and faced the King of Jin, looking for the book garden www.zhaoshuyuan.com with a sad and reluctant expression.

"Your Highness, I'd better stay here!"

King Jin shook his head.

"Teacher, you should go back to Yanzhou. Even if your eldest brother really succeeds in the future, you are old and far away in Yanzhou, and with Yin Zhao here first, you will be fine."

"What about you, Your Highness?"

"Me? Of course I'm waiting for the result of victory or defeat. Is there still somewhere I can't run?"

The King of Jin smiled and held his hand towards Li Mu Shu.

"Teacher, take care!"

Li Mu Shu's old eyes were cloudy, and he held his hands slightly trembling.

"Take care, Your Highness!"

The King of Jin personally stepped forward, helped Li Mu Shu get into the carriage, and watched the carriage and horse team slowly leave. Then he turned around and left, quietly returning to the city as he had come.