After Qin Yi was grounded for less than a month, he recovered again and went to the Xishan Barracks to rebuild the three armies.
Because of this, Qin Yi suddenly became busy. Rebuilding the Shenji Camp, the Fifth Army Camp and the Three Thousand Camps was not a trivial matter, and it was unrealistic to travel between the palace and Xishan every day, so Qin Yi sometimes couldn't come back, so he stayed in the military camp directly.
Qin Yi has been sleeping out more and more days recently, and when Chu Jinyao saw this scene, she snorted softly and rolled her eyes silently. Qin Yi was also very wrong with his big treasure. Of course, this was part of his plan. First, he deliberately detonated the emperor's suspicions, exposed these thoughts in the sun, and then he was really angry. Everything here is expected. After all, the prince is not aggrieved, how can he show the justice of the East Palace and win the sympathy of the courtiers, and how can he let the wolf's ambition show its true shape if he doesn't give up the place.
During the period of being grounded, Qin Yi's contact with his cronies has not been severed. King Su is worthy of being a child who grew up in the palace, but he doesn't actually have much talent. However, these methods of King Su are very ridiculous in Qin Yi's view. Today, most of the officials in the capital are appointed by him, and the skeleton of the six departments is also formed by him. King Su's efforts to attract people based on his foundation are tantamount to an outsider's vain attempt It's ridiculous to buckle the bricks quietly when the owner is not prepared. Qin Yi knew the entire court well, and Qin Yi didn't even bother to pay attention to the little actions of King Su.
And Princess Su's behavior of buying people's hearts and making a name for herself in the capital is even more ridiculous. Xian Ming, in any dynasty, it is not a good thing to appear on someone who is not in power. The most important thing for a courtier is to have shortcomings. Princess Su is willing to seek death on her own, so let her be.
The only one who appeared out of Qin Yi's plan was probably Chu Jinyao. Qin Yi originally planned to avoid the limelight, and then arranged for someone to promote public opinion and let him come back, and Qin Yi's favorite place was of course the military camp. In times of peace, we relied on civilian officials, but in the event of an accident, the real right to speak is still in the hands of the military. Now it looks like a big change is coming. Whoever loves to treat the court and who will treat him, Qin Yi intends to cultivate his own army instead.
During that time, the voice of rebuilding the three armies was faintly heard in the court hall. Qin Yi originally planned to arrange for someone to reason with the emperor. Once the prince is established, there is no reason to be easily abolished. Moreover, Qin Yi did not do anything wrong. It's self-inflicted calamity to develop. But before his people acted, Chu Jinyao met the emperor by chance.
Qin Yi didn't know whether to be proud of the progress of Chu Jinyao's eloquence, or whether the sad emperor really only listened to the woman's persuasion, anyway, Qin Yi came back so easily and went to the Xishan military camp as he wished.
What's a bit troublesome is that Chu Jinyao misunderstood that he was using her on purpose, and Qin Yi was busy in the military camp for a while, so he was really lacking in skills, so he couldn't accompany Chu Jinyao to calm her down. Qin Yi could only put it on hold temporarily and try to find time to return to the East Palace.
In King Su's mansion, King Su had a gloomy face, but he turned away from the genial King Xian attitude when he was outside.
"How is this going?"
Fang Pucun flipped through the letter back and forth, a strange light gradually appeared in his eyes, and his unremarkable face also revealed a kind of fanaticism: "His Royal Highness Su, we have probably fallen for the trick."
"The plan?" King Su was skeptical. He had been planning with Concubine Shu for many years for this day, and he did not hesitate to pay Dayan's hundred-year national luck for this day. The three major camps will be destroyed when they are destroyed. When he ascends the throne, they can be rebuilt, but if he does nothing, then this country, the dragon chair in the Forbidden City, has nothing to do with him.
The whole country was caught in his conspiracy as promised, and King Su had always been complacent about it. And now Fang Pucun said, he actually fell into someone else's trap? how can that be!
"Yes." Fang Pucun's expression was extraordinarily firm, and his eyes also flashed a kind of light against his opponent, "As expected, he is a natural talent, I don't know when he realized us, but he immediately adjusted his strategy as soon as he noticed the change. What's more, the situation creates a situation. This is the real genius!"
King Su didn't understand it at first, but later, he immediately understood who "he" was in Fang Pucun's words. King Su was a little unhappy. Fang Pucun had always had his eyes above the top and was a loner. Now that he gave Qin Yi such a high evaluation in front of him, it would be a ghost if King Su could be at ease.
Fang Pucun could see that King Su was unhappy, but he didn't take it to heart. He is conceited that Zhang Liang and Zhuge are still alive, and he is a person who wants to do great things in this life, but he despises the imperial examinations that follow the rules. In his eyes, this is a means of selecting mediocre talents. Such an unworldly genius should be more exciting, at least he can In the history books left a deep impression of the appearance.
For this reason, Fang Pucun did not participate in the imperial examinations, nor did he join the Eastern Palace as a staff member. He does not despise this mediocre promotion method, nor does he disdain to be in the company of the subordinates of the Eastern Palace. Moreover, destruction reflects talent better than maintenance, right
A mediocre talent is enough to maintain a peaceful and prosperous world, but to destroy all this in an instant, it is not enough to be a shocker. In this way, Fang Pucun and King Su have what they need, and they hit it off. Fang Pucun wanted to prove his talent, while King Su wanted the throne.
Fang Pucun didn't take King Su as his master, so he didn't have the patience to protect King Su's self-esteem. Now Fang Pucun was full of excitement when he met a powerful opponent. In this way, he still greatly underestimated his opponent, and this game was far more interesting than he expected.
King Su also knew that Fang Pucun didn't really help him. He restrained his anger. Before the great cause was completed, he still had to treat Fang Pucun with courtesy, so it was not wise to show his unhappiness at such a time. Thinking like this, King Su's face gradually returned to normal, and he respectfully asked Fang Pucun for advice: "Fang Shen's calculation, then according to you, what should we do now?"
Fang Pucun has been enjoying the treatment of a state scholar since he came to Prince Su's mansion. Over time, Fang Pucun has become accustomed to it. Of course he enjoys Prince Su's low profile and said, "Fighting poison with poison."
King Su gradually clenched his palms, he once again firmed his mind, and when the big event was completed, he immediately killed Fang Pucun. But now, King Su's demeanor is still modest: "What is the meaning of Fangshen's words?"
Fang Pucun pointed to the north: "Chu Jun said plainly that we can't do without the words. Our breakthrough point lies in that one."
Chu Jinyao's body is getting heavier and heavier, and it has become inconvenient to move these days, but at this time, Qin Yi is too busy to touch the ground. This time, he has not returned to the palace for five consecutive days.
In fact, five days is not very long. Chu Jinyao has seen it with his own eyes in the Hou residence before. The Hou Changxing only goes to the Zhao family on the fifteenth day of every month. The situation in the other rooms is different, but they are similar. Although the wife and husband live in the same mansion, they may not be able to see each other every three or four days. Chu Jinyao is a special case. She and Qin Yi are both sitting and sleeping together. Now they have only seen each other for five days. It seems like a long time has passed in Chu Jinyao's heart.
Chu Jinyao began to swell, so Linglong beat Chu Jinyao's leg and persuaded him around the corner: "Prince Concubine, the prince has been running around for the past few days, and there is not much time to return to the palace. People take advantage."
"How much benefit did he give you, let you come and say good things to him." Chu Jinyao asked lightly.
Linglong's face was embarrassed, and the movements in her hands became more and more diligent. In fact, Chu Jinyao just said a word. The relationship between her and Qin Yi was not a big deal, and there was no need to take anger on the servants because of it. Linglong was also out of good intentions. Chu Jinyao was sitting when she suddenly heard the palace maid come in and report that Princess Runing was here.
When Chu Jinyao heard this, she hurriedly asked for Princess Runing to be brought in.
Speaking of Princess Runing, Chu Jinyao also sighed.
In this dynasty, because of the strange rule that the concubine is not allowed to enter the office, the princess' husband-in-law has dropped a grade, and the relationship between the princess and the concubine is often not very good. However, Princess Runing and General Chai are an exception. General Chai is the youngest son of the family. It's just a pity that this royal family story was cut off in the Xuanfu change.
General Chai went out with the army and died outside the customs.
Even a princess in this dynasty should not think about remarrying. Chu Jinyao really felt sorry for this young couple. When she was in Changhe Garden, she even teased Princess Runing and her concubine. .
After Princess Runing heard the news of her concubine's death, she was depressed for several days, then she rested her mind and occasionally came to the palace to talk to Chu Jinyao. Even though Qin Yi was grounded some time ago, and the momentum of the East Palace was in decline, Princess Runing did not interrupt her closeness with the East Palace. Now that Qin Yi has returned to the court, Princess Runing deliberately entered the palace to congratulate Chu Jinyao.
After Princess Runing sat down, she carefully asked a lot about Chu Jinyao's stomach, her expression was both curious and scared. Princess Runing was widowed at a young age and didn't even have children of her own. Chu Jinyao also felt sorry for her, so she deliberately brought up a light topic to talk to Runing.
The atmosphere between the two was very harmonious, and slowly they began to talk about the situation outside. Runing lived outside the palace and knew a lot more. She said, "During this time, Princess Su's fame spread far and wide in Beijing. I heard that There are still folks who make up ballads and sing them in the streets.”
This... Chu Jinyao has nothing to say. She doesn't express her position easily, but just smiles lightly: "Princess Su has a noble background, and Princess Su cares about the people like this. This is because Princess Rongan and the Duke of Wei taught him well."
Princess Runing also pursed her lips and chuckled, meaning that she did not say anything. If you really care about the suffering of the people's livelihood, where were King Su and Princess Su in the most difficult months in the capital? Now that the difficulties have been overcome, Zhao Lanhui ran over instead, not only for disaster relief, but also for donating sesame oil to Buddhist temples, and even in the name of praying for Empress Mu Huai. In order to please the emperor, the two of them really don't want any face, and they still rely on their reputation to win over people in the capital. They really look at the people in the capital as fools.
Moreover, some of the achievements that King Su has brought out to build momentum are not his credit at all. If there is no prince to clean up everything, what can King Su do? It's just a cheap deal, so Ru Ning looked down on the anxious roar of the Su Wang couple.
Chu Jinyao understood what Runing meant, she couldn't say anything, so she pretended not to understand. It can only be said that this is a double-edged sword. King Su used Qin Yi's light to accumulate merits for himself, but in the same way, since he used Qin Yi's things, no matter what he did, he did it himself. , will be assigned to Qin Yi's name. On the contrary, it was Qin Yi, who had made great achievements but was suspected by the emperor, so he could only be pushed out to the suburbs by his incompetent younger brother. Everyone dared not say it on the surface, but in private Qin Yi was full of sympathy points, and many people were secretly indignant. For King Su, this was probably a cocoon.
Ru Ning also knew the taboos in the palace, she didn't force Chu Jinyao to agree, anyway she wanted to. Moreover, Ru Ning had an even more terrifying guess in his heart. After Xiao Qi persuaded the emperor to go on an expedition, the Xuan Mansion was defeated. The prince was in danger and guarded the country. King Su personally went out of the customs to pick up the emperor. He was poisoned to death the day before, and both the prince and the princess were implicated in suspicion...
This article, one by one, is too smooth and too coincidental. The queen was in the name of bringing disaster to the country, and King Lu lost the chance to compete for the throne, while the crown prince made great achievements and was inevitably suspected. Looking at the overall situation, the only ones who profited were Concubine Shu and King Su.
Ru Ningguang shuddered at the thought of this possibility. If this is true, Concubine Shu and King Su put the lives of the country and the army at risk, and only thought about ascending the throne themselves. Their actions are simply in vain. In the process, they also killed Princess Runing's concubine.
Princess Ru Ning felt a little nervous when she thought of this. Chu Jinyao and Runing had another conversation. Seeing that it was getting late, Chu Jinyao sent Runing out. However, just after they reached the gate of the palace, they encountered a group of uninvited guests.
Chu Jinyao looked at the eunuch who quickly and silently surrounded her, her eyes turned slightly, and she asked calmly, "What are you trying to do?"
The leading eunuch bowed his hand to Chu Jinyao as a salute, and then, in a high-pitched voice, he said without yin or yang: "The Crown Princess has offended, but Dongchang received a secret report that the Crown Prince intends to rebel, The servant received the emperor's will and came to search the East Palace."
After the eunuch finished speaking, he motioned for the people behind him to step forward. Chu Jinyao stood there and did not move, his eyes swept across the circle of people, and slowly said, "I see who of you dares."