Wan Peng saw that the emperor was exhausted, he hesitated to get up, but after taking two steps back, he finally knelt down again, "Your Majesty, there is something I don't know if I should tell you."

  The emperor sneered, "Are you also interceding for Gu Jingyun?"

   "No, this minister feels that it is indeed safer for Gu Jingyun to stay in the palace," Wan Peng hesitated for a while and said, "This minister wants to talk about the assassination."

  The emperor frowned, "Didn't you say that the clues were broken, and the prince was found, or do you suspect that the prince did this?"

   When it came to the last sentence, the emperor scoffed, obviously not believing that the prince would kill Gu Jingyun.

"I don't doubt the prince, but I feel that this matter may have something to do with the prince." Wan Peng just hesitated and said with a resolute expression, "I suspect that those assassins are related to those who framed the prince and rebelled fifteen years ago. "

  The emperor's expression changed, and he couldn't help sitting up straight, "What evidence?"

"There is no evidence, it's just the intuition of the minister," Wan Peng said with a frown, "Your Majesty, after Qin Xinfang was exiled, the minister took over and continued to investigate the matter secretly. All kinds of things were mixed together and it was very chaotic, and things happened again and again. It was fast and urgent, the forces of all parties entered in disorder, and many evidences were not credible, but two points were certain. One was that there was an internal response in the Prince’s house, otherwise the rebels would not be able to forge the Prince’s private seal and letters, which also contained two authentic works; two It is Jiang Wenhan who must be one of the rebels. Back then, the minister followed these two investigations to the Prince's Mansion, and then went to Jiang Wenhan's hometown to investigate. Although there is no real evidence, I think this matter may have something to do with the Tartars."

The    emperor was silent.

Wan Peng continued: "And the assassins who assassinated this time all used knives except for bows and arrows. The knives were specially made, not ordinary knives. The minister showed them to the master craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry. He said that although the knives were also wide knives, But it seems to be transformed from the machete. The people in the Central Plains mostly use swords and broadswords, among which the sword is more popular. Only the northern nomads love to use the machete. And although those people are from the Central Plains, they speak fluently from the Central Plains. However, the minister has secretly observed their clothing, food, and daily life, and there is always some discord in their actions.”

   "So as soon as the clues were found, the Crown Prince's court officials remembered what happened fifteen years ago. Your Majesty, I am afraid that some people in the court will collude with foreign enemies."

  The emperor's heart was heaving and he said abruptly, "You suspect the fourth child?"

Wan Peng said: "Fifteen years ago, the fourth prince was still young and vigorous. He was afraid that there was no such city, so the minister never doubted it, but today, if not, there is still a possibility that someone wants to repeat fifteen years ago. In order to frame the fourth prince. After thinking about it, the second possibility is more likely, after all, there is no need for the fourth prince to attack Gu Jingyun at this time."

  No, the emperor said in his heart, the fourth child will definitely!

   Knowing son Mo Ruofu, although the emperor favored the fourth prince, he also knew that he was impulsive and irritable. He didn't think this was a big problem before.

   This is his son. In the future, he will pass the throne to him and become the most honorable person in the world.

   The fourth brother suffered such a big loss in Gu Jingyun's hands, he must be angry and startled, maybe even afraid, afraid of the power in Gu Jingyun's hands, so he started.

   As for fifteen years ago.

   Thinking of the gentle and pleasant Concubine Lan Gui fifteen years ago, the emperor felt a chill in his heart, Empress!

  The queen was seized by him just before the accident at the Prince’s Mansion, and she was locked in Kunning Palace for thought. At that time, the palace power was handed over to Concubine Lan Gui, and she also took the opportunity to return to the Lan family to save her relatives.

  The emperor's face was pale, and he fell off the chair with a thud.

   "Your Majesty—" Director Su was shocked and hurriedly hugged him. Wan Peng was also shocked for a moment before rushing up.

  The emperor loves the fourth prince so much? Just hearing that he might be colluding with the Tartar made me dizzy?

impossible?

  Wan Peng carried the emperor to the couch in disbelief. Director Su hurriedly asked people to quietly invite the imperial hospital to the hospital. The emperor's condition had to be kept under wraps.

  Gu Jingyun didn't know the follow-up caused by this incident and directly fainted the emperor. At this time, he and Li Baolu were each occupying a desk and galloping.

   He reassured Li Baolu, but he was uneasy, and now he can only use this to divert his attention.

   I don't know if the prince and Li An can take this opportunity to completely suppress the fourth prince.

   He intervened in military power and assassinated in Beijing, both of which were taboos for the emperor. Even if the emperor was angry with him, he should have punished the fourth prince.

   If only the fourth prince contradicted one or two more, the emperor would be even more angry.

The crown prince and Li An didn't know that what Gu Jingyun did was to anger the emperor, and thought he was going to suppress the fourth prince to fight for power and profit for them, so when he was taken into custody in the palace, the father and son began to act, planning the emperor to hold a court meeting. Immediately let people impeach the fourth prince to death.

   They can no longer care about stability. The battle has reached a fevered stage. The most important thing is that the Qin family has already entered because of the prince, and Gu Jingyun must not have another accident.

  Otherwise, the prince would have no face to see his teacher.

  The Fourth Prince is also making arrangements, the assassination must not be traced to him, even if everyone guessed that he did it, but do you have any evidence, do you have any evidence?

  The Fourth Prince is very proud of this.

   He was worried about military power.

The    emperor handed over part of the military power of the Xishan camp to him, intending to provide him with power to fight the prince, he knew this.

   But the West Mountain Camp was right in front of him, how could he resist not taking it in?

   As for the Praetorian Guards, the Praetorian Guards are the guards of the capital and the palace, who doesn’t want to get involved?

   He didn't believe that the prince didn't arrange power within him, so why should he only be arrested? So the fourth prince is also looking for the crown prince's handle.

As for the matter of the Liaodong Dusi, it was too far from the capital. Even if Wan Peng wanted to investigate, it would not be clear within a year and a half. By the time he found out, they would have wiped all the evidence, so the Fourth Prince was anxious, but he did not Feel like you're going to fail.

   His father has always been fond of him. In the past, the evidence was conclusive and he would not be convicted, not to mention that there is not much evidence now.

   Even if his father doesn't love him as much as he used to, he doesn't think his father will harm him, what he worries about is Gu Jingyun.

   He never took Gu Jingyun in his eyes. He returned to the capital and took the Huiyuan and Zhuangyuan exams, so he was just displeased and slightly jealous of each other.

   And when the father emperor named him a fourth-grade attendant, and implied that he was only a teacher all his life, the fourth prince ignored him.

   A fourth-rank official without authority.

   However, he didn't know until the Mizhe incident happened that Gu Jingyun was powerless, but he was powerful, and he was a force to throw the sky.

  Gu Jingyun is smart, and the fourth prince is also stupid, but his staff are smart.

Almost as soon as the secret sheet was handed over to the emperor, the fourth prince's staff learned the news. Before the fourth prince could react, his staff immediately ordered to find out the prince and grandson within two days before the secret sheet was handed over. Who did you meet, where did you meet, and how long did you meet.

   So after constant doubts were ruled out, Gu Jingyun was singled out, so the staff began to ask people to check what Gu Jingyun had done in the past two months, who he had met, and what he had said.

  Gu Jingyun and Taisun will choose open or high places when they talk about those secret things, absolutely ensuring that no one can eavesdrop.

   But his aides don't need to eavesdrop at all, they can find him out just by looking at him and deducing him. It can be seen that he is not only a smart person in the world.

After the aide found out about Gu Jingyun, he said to the fourth prince as if he was facing a great enemy: "Your Highness, this is the great enemy, and this son is the only bloodline of the Qin family, so the accumulation of the Qin family's generations has been used by him, which is far superior. His Royal Highness and the Prince's power, if the power in his hands is used by the Prince, then I will be in danger."

  The crown prince is the foundation of the country, not the emperor alone. Otherwise, he would have already abolished the prince and replaced it with the fourth prince.

   Therefore, if all the ministers in the court support the prince, even if the emperor likes his own master, it is useless, not to mention that his own master has recently had a conflict with the emperor.

The original intention of the    staff was that they had to find a way to drive Gu Jingyun out of the capital, and it was best to find a charge for him to make the emperor dislike him, put people in prison or exile, in short, they could not stay in the capital and continue to serve the prince.

   Who knew that the fourth prince was so sincere, after hearing these words, he was cold and cold, and secretly said: Since he is a great enemy, then he will be eliminated.

   So there was this assassination.

  The fourth prince believed that he was keeping secrets, and everyone suspected that he could not find any evidence, but he didn't know that his staff almost made him angry.

   The key is that there is no evidence?

   The key is the attitude of the emperor!

  Everyone knows that you did it, and the emperor must also know that assassination in the capital is a fatal rhythm.

  What would the emperor think when he found out?

   Even if he was interested in the fourth prince before, what about now? Isn't their biggest reliance on the emperor's favor? Otherwise, what are they arguing with the prince for?

  Once the emperor denied the succession of the fourth prince from his heart, there was only one way for them to go.

   When the staff saw the Fourth Prince slowly playing a good hand like this, he almost wanted to change his family.

  It was the same with the assassination of Taisun back then.

   He supported the assassination of Taisun. The prince was weak. If Taisun died outside, the forces of the prince's line would be severely damaged, and the people's hearts would be unstable.

   But he did not agree to set up an ambush outside the city gate. If he missed a hit, he would retreat. In this way, Dangduan continued to suffer from chaos. Sure enough, the emperor noticed this, which caused His Majesty's strong dissatisfaction with the fourth prince.

   The staff looked at the confident fourth prince, and kept warning themselves in their hearts that they must not be angry, they must not be angry, you are just a staff, this is a subordinate!

   But he still couldn't help it. The staff took a step forward in a deep voice: "His Royal Highness, Gu Jingyun was left in the palace, and he must not do anything more. Now it is better to be quiet, and we should shrink the power..."

   "Gu Jingyun, this king really doesn't plan to do anything anymore, but now Wan Peng is about to find out about this king. Are you going to sit back and wait until you tell this king to do nothing?"

  The staff is helpless. The key is that your power in the army has been removed. Is it too late to erase the evidence?

   It is better to confess the guilt directly and seek the emperor's sympathy and pity.

   But before the staff had time to advise, a confidant came quickly and respectfully put a note on the ground.

  The staff took it over and opened it, and his face changed greatly, "Your Highness, the Qinzheng Hall has quietly summoned the principal of the Taiyuan Hospital. Your Majesty is staying in the Qinzheng Hall. Your Majesty is... ill."

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