"Very good! Where is the study?"
The girl pointed to the corridor outside the Moon Gate: "Follow this corridor until you reach the end, and you will see a gate, which is where the prince's study is located."
Yan Li said: "You take me there!"
"yes!"
Ya Tou tremblingly walked ahead, Yan Li followed behind, always observing the movement around her. Not far from the gate of the study courtyard, Yan Li hit the girl on the back of the neck, the girl's eyes turned black and she fainted. Yan Li carried the girl into a side room where sundries were piled up.
He climbed up to the roof of the sundry house along the pillars and beams, hung on Yuanjiao, and watched the situation in the courtyard.
A total of five servants stood guard inside the gate, holding big knives, their faces were full of flesh, and they looked fierce. The door of the study was closed tightly, and it was impossible to see who was inside. Such a secret and important conspiracy, the prince and others will naturally not let others see and hear it.
In order to attract the servant's attention, Yan Li picked a tile from the roof, crushed it into pieces, and threw it on the corridor with a loud bang.
"who is it?"
All the servants looked out of the gate.
"Go and see!" Someone said.
Then a person came out from the gate and took a look on the corridor, only the broken tiles. He looked up at the wall and roof and didn't see anyone. He thought it was a cat, and said:
"Damn stray cat!"
Turn around and go back, and say to the others: "It's just a cat that knocked down the tile, there's no one there!"
"That's it!" said the others.
At this time, when Yan Li's servants were all looking at the gate, he had already passed the wall, jumped onto the roof of the study, and lay down on his spine.
Hearing the voice of someone outside, Ma Yu opened the door of the study, with a serious expression on his face: "What happened?"
The servant replied: "It's nothing, it's just a night cat passing by, knocking off the tiles!"
Ma Yu lowered her eyelids and thought for a while: "You guys take good care of yourself and be careful, and you must not let idlers approach the study, do you understand?"
"Understood, Your Highness!"
Ma Yu nodded, went back to the study, and closed the door.
Yan Li removed a piece of tile, looked down with one eye, and saw the Prince standing, walking back and forth. Li Ying was sitting beside the Eight Immortals table, and Ma Yu was standing behind the prince.
"Father, we can't wait any longer! If the king finds out that the princess killed Shi Zangyong, then our plan will also be leaked. Do you think he will sit idly by? In order to consolidate his royal power, he will definitely send troops Come to the palace to arrest us. If you still hesitate now, then we must become his prisoners. In this case, why don't we raise troops now, rush into the palace, arrest the king, let him write an abdication edict, and let you be the king. "
The prince sighed in confusion, and took two steps: "The princess killed Shi Zang with such a top-secret matter, how can the king find out? If it is found out, he will send troops to arrest us. I have many eyes and ears in the palace. They Will definitely give me news. The princess has been out for an hour, and no one has come to inform me, so we know that the king has not found out who killed Shi Zangyong. It is not a surefire strategy for us to rush to fight."
Yan Lili said: So the prince was waiting for news of his confidants in the palace, but he didn't know that all of his confidants had been captured by "Xue'er", how could anyone come out to inform him
Ma Yu looked very nervous and eager: "Father, you don't know Concubine Xue Gui. She is very shrewd and capable. If she is asked to investigate the case, she will be able to find out the truth in less than an hour. Instead of waiting passively , it is better to mobilize the Southwest camp now to achieve the foundation of the world."
The prince bowed his head and thought for a while, then gritted his teeth: "No, no! Now the king is not at fault at all, how can I raise an army? If it is spread, I will kill my brother with my brother, who will obey me? At that time, everyone will stand If you stand up and oppose, I will not be king for a few days."
"We have the Southwest Camp in our hands, who dares to make irresponsible remarks to you? As long as we have military power in our hands, there is nothing to be afraid of!" In Ma Yu's view, as long as you have enough force, you can conquer the world.
The prince naturally disagreed with Ma Yu's meaning: "You are still young, young and energetic, and you don't know how to get the country and govern the country."
Ma Yu was annoyed by the prince's words: "Although I don't know how to govern the country, I know how to seize opportunities!"
The prince still shook his head: "Wait, wait!"
What the prince meant was that it would be best if Tianchi Kingdom and Dajing Kingdom were to fight. If he won the war, his prestige would be higher than that of the king, and he would have military power in his hands. Even a three-year-old child would know that the world belonged to him! The king was forced by the situation and had to pass the throne to him. This is justifiable. Raising troops in a hurry is only the next choice, after all, it will cause eternal infamy.
Ma Yu clenched his fist and hit the table with a bang. The table broke and shattered on the ground.
"Yu'er, you are so impatient, you can't accomplish great things! I was thinking, if I become the king, I will pass the throne to you, but your current performance really disappoints me." The prince's eyes were stern, This made Ma Yu even more angry.
"Wait, wait, I'm afraid it's just the king's army that will come!" Ma Yu sighed, sulking while sitting on the chair.
The prince said: "The royal palace is almost all my people, even the defense of the capital is also my people. What are you afraid of?"
Li Ying understood what the prince was thinking, smiled slightly, and signaled Ma Yu not to get excited. She stood up and supported the prince:
"Prince, please sit down, this matter is actually not entangled."
The prince sat down obediently and looked at Li Ying: "What's your opinion? Do you also think that we should raise troops now?"
"It's a matter between the prince and the prince. I just analyze the current situation for the prince." Li Ying said.
The prince took a sip of tea: "Princess, please tell me."
Yan Li also listened attentively to see if this Li Ying had any bad ideas.
"About the first question, is it time to raise troops now?" Li Ying said, "The prince has just said that Concubine Xue's ability should not be underestimated. She wants to find out who is the murderer who killed Shi Zang. It won't take long. Once the king knows that I am the murderer who killed Shi Zang, and Concubine Xue is playing the side drum beside him, the king will be bewitched, and then he will not think that you are his brother!"
"As long as anyone endangers the country, he should be killed. This is his consistent style. If he knows that we are colluding, he will definitely send troops to kill him. There is no doubt about it."
Seeing that the prince was silent, Li Ying paused and said, "The second question, you are relying on your confidantes in the palace, but as far as I know about Concubine Xue, those leaders are not her at all." Once she is determined to eradicate dissidents for the king, she must first deceive those leaders, seize military power, and control the palace in their hands."
When the prince was hunting in Xishan, he had seen the ability of "Concubine Xue". Tens of thousands of people couldn't surround her, and she was humiliated! It can be seen that what Li Ying and Ma Yu said was not an exaggeration.
Li Ying also said: "Thirdly, the prince thinks that he can still rely on the Southwest Camp, but once the palace is controlled by them, the king will definitely call a meeting of ministers, portray you as a heinous sinner, and then send envoys to inform the Quartet, let us Sifang King Qin. I estimated that it would only take one day for King Qin's division to reach the capital, and I would like to ask the prince, if you lead all the soldiers in the southwest, can you conquer the palace in one day?"
"Don't forget, the people in the capital are all loyal to the king, and they will definitely stand on the side of the king. At that time, the palace will not be able to be conquered, and King Qin will come everywhere. I want to know, where can you go?"
The prince stroked his beard, and the black shadow between his eyebrows became thicker and thicker.