Chapter 300

This time, master Jiang deliberately chose to change the guard outside the gate. The whole palace was busy for the heaven worship ceremony. The guard at the gate of Qianyi hall was lazy and slippery because no one was watching. It was a incense burning time later than usual, but it was cheaper for master Jiang to sneak in.

Chen Jia invited him in and entertained him to stay in the warm room. When Mr. Jiang entered the warm room, he felt that he was hot and much warmer than the oven. He was surprised.

Chen Jia made Jiang Fuzi a pot of tea he often drank, and sat opposite him side by side with Xia Houyu. It seemed that she was ready for his arrival.

"When the master came today, he must have promised to stand on the side of the third prince?" Chen Jiaxian asked.

Mr. Jiang took a sip of tea and said slowly, "do you know a news has just come from the south?"

Chen Jia shook her head: "my contact line is temporarily broken." speaking of it, Xiaobai has been to the south for more than half a month. It's time to come back. Did you have trouble investigating the petition?

Jiang Fuzi said, "a scholar who came to Beijing from the South has just brought me a message. Lin Zhicheng, the Minister of household, died of the plague."

"!" Chen Jia and Xia Houyu looked at each other and saw their fear from each other's eyes.

Chen Jialian hurriedly asked, "what about the Minister of punishment?"

Jiangfuzi replied, "I'm not dead. I'm on my way back to Beijing."

"Is this an accident? It's a coincidence." Xia Houyu said, "just after the seventh Prince gained power, the Minister of household died. Only the Minister of punishment went with him, but the Ministry of punishment was the person of the seventh Prince..."

Jiang Fuzi sneered: "there is no coincidence. There is no doubt that Lin Zhicheng died at the hands of the Ministry of punishment. The case files piled on the table of the Ministry of punishment are as high as a person. There are people shouting grievances at the door every day, but they refuse to handle the case under the pretext of Shangshu. What is the Shangshu doing? He is murdering a senior official!"

"How dare the Ministry of punishment do that?" Chen Jiawen shook his fist with anger.

"There is a future emperor to support them, what do they dare not?" said Jiang Fuzi, cold in his heart. "Now both inside and outside the capital agree that the seventh Prince is the future emperor. The faces of officials are too ugly!"

"This is the reason why Jiang Fuzi finally stood by the third prince?"

"No, I don't stand for any prince. I only stand for the people. If the third prince was not chosen by the Ming emperor and ascended the throne of God in the future, I wouldn't be loyal to him." Jiang Fuzi's temper was really stubborn and didn't give Xia Houyu any mercy.

Xia Houyu was used to being suppressed anyway. She could stand the cold words. She immediately said, "don't worry, master. Students should remember their teachings."

Mr. Jiang sighed and said: "The fifth prince was frustrated and avoided going out all day. He drank and enjoyed in the palace and degenerated to not even attending classes. The seventh Prince has done too many immoral things in the capital during this time. The ninth prince only obeyed his orders. The two are in collusion. They went in and out of the flower building the day before yesterday and forced good people into prostitution. Today, there are things like looting people's fat and enriching their own pockets... There are countless piles."

After hearing this, Chen Jia was stunned and said, "the emperor doesn't care at all?" in his impression, several princes knew how to restrain themselves in front of the emperor, even though they acted recklessly.

Master Jiang's eyes darkened and said, "the emperor closed his eyes and listened. There are seven princes up and down the palace. Who dares to talk nonsense in front of the emperor? The most important thing is that the emperor's spirit is as bad as one day these two days. It's not very good."

Chen Jia suddenly thought that it was no wonder that the Emperor didn't come out and walk around in the harem these days, or teased the scorching sun princess. It turned out that she was ill.

The fifth Prince is declining, the seventh Prince is arrogant, and the heaven worship ceremony is imminent. At this juncture, the emperor is ill?

Chen Jia was shocked. It was a coincidence that he was ill. The seven princes were equal to sitting on the throne of Prince, and there was an imperial edict. At this time, if the emperor died of illness, the seven princes were very likely to ascend the throne. What if there was no imperial edict? I'm afraid he could do anything to kill and usurp the throne!

Xia Houyu also had a dignified expression on her face. It was obvious that she had the same guess as Chen Jia.

I only heard master Jiang say, "the emperor is too ill at the wrong time. I'm afraid that once the heaven worship ceremony is over, the world will change its master. It's too late..."

I'm afraid this is the reason why Jiang Fuzi finally decided to help the third prince. Maybe he has observed the words and deeds of the third prince during this period. Although he can't fully trust him, compared with other princes, the third prince is the best and most helpless choice.

Chen Jia said: "Now that Mr. Jiang has seen the situation clearly, I won't say anything more. My plan is very simple. The heaven worship ceremony will be held in the south for three months. In these three months, the capital will be ownerless, and the mixed forces of all parties will go south with you. This is our best opportunity. Master, you are the most prestigious scholar, so start from these scholars and attract a group of people with lofty ideals to join us. I will ask people on my side to lobby the Marquis nobles who have not stood in line in the capital to win their support. As for the third prince, he is in the palace and close to the German imperial concubine. "

Jiang Fuzi said: "not to mention how the third prince won the trust of the German imperial concubine, even if he can have the military headquarters through the German imperial concubine, coupled with the small fish and shrimp we brought over, it is still too insignificant in front of the power of the seventh prince."

Chen Jia replied: "It's man-made. It's actually very useful to win over these seemingly useless people. On the one hand, they are the people in charge of the future. On the other hand, even if they move frequently, they won't arouse the vigilance of the seven princes because of their slight words. When the seven princes notice, it must be when we have full wings. More importantly, we stand on the position of the people, monarchs and people Relationship is like water and boat. Master must understand this truth better than me. "

Mr. Jiang thought deeply and said for a moment, "this is a long-term plan. It will take at least three or five years for these people we solicit to grow up. It will not take the three princes to establish authority among the people overnight. I'm afraid the emperor's life can't wait that long. The seven princes were already on the throne at that time. Do you want to kill and usurp the throne?"

Xia Houyu immediately said, "I will never do this thing to change my life against the sky."

Chen Jia hurriedly said, "absolutely not, otherwise the three princes will bear the curse of regicide all their life. How can the country be stable?"

"What are you going to do?"

Chen Jia's eyes moved and said, "I want to meet the emperor secretly. His illness is too strange. I have to explore his body before I can make plans."

The eyes of the three moved under the candle. In fact, they all secretly guessed that the emperor might have been poisoned, but they dared to poison the monarch. It was appalling. Even if it was just a guess, they didn't dare to say it easily.

Mr. Jiang thought for a moment and said, "I have a way. I have an old friend's authentic calligraphy in my hand. The emperor has always wanted it, but the gentleman doesn't win the favor of others, so I didn't say it clearly. If I ask the emperor to have a secret conversation on the grounds of offering it, you will deliberately take the opportunity to get in."

Chen Jia nodded and said, "I'll bring you a fragrance that is harmless to your body in advance. As soon as the emperor goes to sleep, I'll go in and take his pulse. It's not too late. We must finish it before the emperor sets out to the south."

"Then three days later." the mood at the bottom of jiangfuzi's eyes is very complex. "It happens to be the death day of my old friend. I make an appointment with the emperor, and he will not refuse."

——Content from [Migu reading]