At night, a big fat man was shaking from the other end of the bridge at the Qianshui Bridge of the East Palace. The fat man was Zheng Rongtai, the brother of Concubine Zheng. He has been in and out of the East Palace many times in the past few months. In name, he was visiting the eldest sister, but in fact he was contacting the outside world for the prince Zhao Huan. Tonight, he had just met the prince and was about to leave the east palace and return home.

After walking across the shallow water bridge, more than a dozen black shadows suddenly rushed out from both sides, pressing Zheng Rongtai to the ground, and someone shouted sharply: "Catch this thief!"

"What are you doing? I am Zheng Bainfei's brother, not a lewd thief. You can let me go!" Zheng Rongtai shouted in anger.

At this time, fires were everywhere around him. Only then did Zheng Rongtai realize that the person who caught him was actually more than a dozen eunuchs, the other one was Feng Shaoen, the manager of the outer room of the East Palace, whom he knew. Zheng Rongtai quickly shouted: "Manager Feng, I am Zheng Rongtai!"

"Oh! It turns out it's Zheng Yanei."

Feng Shaoen narrowed his eyes and said lightly: "With Zheng Yanei's family background and wealth, it is easy to find a woman in the Alum Tower. Why do you want to ruin the poor palace maid?"

"What are you talking about? When did I ruin the palace maid?" Zheng Rongtai said to the damn eunuch leader.

"The night before yesterday, the palace queen Yu'e was ruined and had already hanged herself. Before she died, she left a portrait of a villain. You can take a look at it yourself!"

Feng Shaoen unfolded a portrait in front of Zheng Rongtai, with a fat man like a hippo on it. Who isn’t Zheng Rongtai?

Zheng Rongtai's eyes widened and gasped, "You are framed by me. I want to meet the elder sister, and I want to meet the prince!"

"Drag and call me!"

A group of eunuchs dragged Zheng Rongtai down and beat him up. Zheng Rongtai was beaten to scream like a pig. At this time, a roll of paper fell out of his bun. A eunuch picked it up and handed it to Feng Shaoen. Feng Shaoen opened the roll of paper and read it, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth. All he wanted was this secret letter.

Feng Shaoen ordered: "Turn him out of the Eastern Palace, and he is not allowed to enter the Eastern Palace again!"

Zheng Rongtai was held by a group of eunuchs and threw it out of Donghua Gate. The entourages waiting for Zheng Rongtai outside Donghua Gate were startled and furious. Seeing that their yamen were skinned and covered in wounds, their faces were swollen and could not speak. Everyone was shocked and angry, and they didn't know what happened, so they quickly carried Zheng Rongtai onto the ox cart and took him back for treatment.

Feng Shaoen did not stop either, hurried to Yanfu Palace and found Li Yan, the general manager of the Inner Palace. He handed the secret letter to Li Yan and said charmingly: "This is the secret letter found by the villain in Zheng Rongtai's hair bun."

Li Yan looked at it and it was indeed the handwriting of the prince Zhao Huan. The content was actually a secret letter from Zhao Huan to the senior affairs of the Privy Council, asking him to increase the strength of Zhong Shidao. Li Yan sneered coldly. Did Zhao Huan really think he couldn't catch his handle?

Li Yan himself has no much intersection with Zhao Huan, but in the reform of the inner treasury, Li Yan firmly opposes the reform and is seriously in opposition to Zhao Huan, who has always called for the reform of the inner treasury.

This is actually nothing. Once Zhao Huan becomes the emperor, he will stand in the opposite direction of the inner treasury reform for his own interests. The key is that Li Yan's mortal enemy Liang Shicheng supports Zhao Huan. Once Zhao Huan ascends the throne and becomes emperor, Liang Shicheng will have the merits of supporting him and holds great power in the palace. At that time, Li Yan will really die without a single place.

So when Li Yan discovered that the emperor had the idea of ​​replacing the third son Zhao Kai as his heir, he had the will to overthrow the crown prince and supported the emperor to replacing Zhao Kai as his crown prince. Once Zhao Kai ascended the throne, Li Yan would have the merit of supporting him.

Li Yan thought of it and did it. He inserted his confidant Feng Shaoen into the East Palace and served as the manager of the outer room, closely monitored the every move of the prince Zhao Huan. He really found Zhao Huan's handle. Zhao Huan met his wife's brother Zheng Rongtai every now and then, which made Li Yan suspicious. He asked Feng Shaoen to frame Zheng Rongtai and ruin the palace maids and took the opportunity to search for him, but Feng Shaoen found evidence.

Li Yan hurried to the alchemy room of Emperor Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji has been very obsessed with alchemy techniques over the years and always takes a few days a month to study alchemy techniques. However, today he did not refine alchemy, but read Taoist books carefully in the alchemy room.

"Your Majesty, the palace slave Li Yan asks for a visit!" Li Yan knelt down in front of the door.

"What's the matter?" Zhao Ji's impatient voice came from the Dan Room.

"The palace slave should not disturb His Majesty's cultivation, but something happened in the Eastern Palace. The palace slave felt that it was a big deal and dared not hide it from His Majesty."

The word "East Palace" is really a bit sensitive. After a moment of silence, Zhao Ji responded: "Come in!"

Li Yan quickly got up and walked into the alchemy room quickly

Half an hour later, Liang Shicheng hurried to Yanfu Palace. At this time, the emperor Zhao Ji was no longer in the Danfang, but summoned him in the study in Ande Hall.

Although Liang Shicheng didn't know what happened, the eunuch who summoned him told him that not long after Li Yan entered the alchemy room, the official family came out of the alchemy room angrily.

This news shocked Liang Shicheng. You know, no one would pay attention to the official family entering the alchemy room, and even the military newspaper did not care. Now he actually let Li Yan enter the alchemy room and rushed out of the alchemy room. This shows that something must have happened.

Liang Shicheng rushed to Ande Hall and met Yang Qiu, an eunuch waiting for him at the entrance of the hall. Seeing that there was no one on the left, Yang Qiu seized the opportunity and said two words in Liang Shicheng's ear: "Crown Prince!"

Liang Shicheng's heart suddenly sank. He immediately realized something. Li Yan must have captured the prince's handle, and only the prince's affairs could make the official family give up the alchemy room and practice.

Liang Shicheng was really uneasy and quickly walked to the study of the emperor in Ande Palace. An eunuch went in to report to him and came out for a moment and said, "Please, Grand Tutor!"

Liang Shicheng walked into the inner study room and saw Li Yan at first sight. He stood by his side with his hands down, looking down, but his eyebrows slightly revealed a sinister sneer that was hard to hide.

The Crown Prince Zhao Huan knelt aside, his head lowered very deeply, and his expression could not be seen, but he could feel the strong fear in his heart.

"I am going to see Your Majesty!" Liang Shicheng hurried forward and saluted respectfully.

Zhao Ji stood in front of the window with his hands covered, and said coldly with a blue face: "Teacher Liang, I plan to establish another prince."

Zhao Huan, who was kneeling on the ground, was shocked and tears rolled down.

Liang Shicheng was so scared that he was shocked and kowtowed, "Your Majesty, the prince is a powerful weapon of the country. Establishing another prince will shake the foundation of the country. Please think twice!"

Zhao Ji threw the secret letter to him, "You can see it yourself! Should I change such a rebellious son?"

Liang Shicheng opened the secret letter with trembling hands. He recognized the prince's handwriting at a glance. After looking at the content, he actually asked Gao Shen to allocate another 30,000 troops to Zhong Shuaidao.

If you understand it literally, this content is nothing wrong. In fact, it is to ask for a new force. The key is to use a secret letter, which is meaningful and there is an unspeakable purpose. The army has always been sensitive, but the prince involved the most sensitive things in an unspeakable way. How can Zhao Ji not be furious?

Although there was no signature on it, it could be said that someone else had falsely accused, Zhao Huan knelt aside, and he had obviously admitted it.

Liang Shicheng asked tremblingly: "Where does this letter come from?"

Li Yanyin next to him: "This was found from Zheng Baishi's brother. He came out of the East Palace at night and hid the letter in his hair bun. I don't know what this means?"

Liang Shicheng's mind was buzzing, and the thing he was most worried about finally happened. The prince Zhao Huan used his wife's brother-in-law Zheng Rongtai to arrange for the first time to meet Li Yanqing. Liang Shicheng warned him that such things should not be done again, otherwise it would be easy to be caught by those who are interested. It is obvious that the prince did not listen to his advice. After tasting the sweetness, he continued to use Zheng Rongtai to convey the message. Finally, the incident happened.

Liang Shicheng had countless thoughts in his mind, and said with a stern voice: "Zhong Shidao is pacifying the Liangshan bandits. He has only 30,000 troops, while Liangshan bandits have more than 100,000, and he has defeated the official army several times. His Royal Highness is very worried that Zhong Shidao's defeat will affect his status. After all, His Royal Highness is the head coach. Once Zhong Shidao's defeat, he will bear the main responsibility. I beg Your Majesty to understand."

Zhao Ji snorted, "Is that so? Then why didn't he ask for a new army to be promoted in an open manner? I just wanted to use a secret letter, so I don't understand."

"Your Majesty, the one who initially proposed that only needs 30,000 troops was Zhong Shidao himself. The Crown Prince also strongly supported it. Now that the troops are not enough, Zhong Shidao is not good at asking for additional troops, and the Crown Prince cannot save his face. Therefore, the Crown Prince can only ask the Privy Councilor Gaoshen to make the request for additional troops. But the Crown Prince should not use this method that makes people criticize, alas!"

Zhao Huan also cried, "Father, my son is indeed worried that Zhong Shidao's defeat will affect his reputation, so he was so confused that he was confused. My son was only thinking about this bad idea. My son and my son was willing to accept his father's severe punishment."

Li Yan cursed in his heart that Zhao Huan could climb along the way, and finally he found an excuse. Li Yan was anxious, but he didn't dare to say anything.

However, Liang Shicheng secretly praised Zhao Huanhui for his statement that he was willing to accept severe punishment instead of begging his father for forgiveness. This statement was obviously sincere.

Zhao Ji's face was slightly calmer. In fact, he also knew that the military talisman was in his hands. The Privy Council could not increase troops without authorization. It should be the reason Liang Shicheng said that the prince wanted Gao Shen to come forward to apply for additional troops.

However, this method of private secret letters really made Zhao Ji extremely hate, especially military power. If it is not severely punished this time, I don’t know what big things will happen in the future.

Thinking of this, he gave Li Yan a wink, and Li Yan had no choice but to retreat helplessly. He had no say in the matter of the prince.

At this time, only Zhao Ji and Liang Shicheng were left in the inner study.

"Tell me! What should I do about this?" Zhao Ji asked Liang Shichengdao coldly.

Liang Shicheng knew very well that there was only one opportunity. If he didn't grasp this time, he would be in danger.

He knew the emperor Zhao Ji too well, and the root of this incident was still in military power. Although Zhao Ji did not say it, the danger of the prince was here. In order to protect the prince, Liang Shicheng no longer cared about the interests of others.

"Weichen recommends that we immediately remove the post of Senior Privy Councilor. Weichen recommends Tong Guan to be reinstated, which is the most appropriate for him to take up this position."

Zhao Ji nodded slightly. This suggestion was inconsistent with his wishes, but it was far from enough.

"What else?"

"I suggest that the position of Chief Prince's position as the head commander of bandit suppression will be removed from Tong Guan, and the position of deputy commander of Zhong Shidao will be removed from Zhong Shidao, and the position of Zhong Shidao will be transferred back to the capital, and a general will be appointed as the head commander of bandit suppression."

Liang Shicheng was very decisive and removed all three people involved in the secret letter. Only in this way could the crisis encountered by the prince be calmed down.

Zhao Ji was silent for a moment, and said coldly: "Another one is added: Concubine Zheng colluded with relatives of the outside world to disrupt the order of the Eastern Palace, demoted to a commoner, and immediately drove out of the Eastern Palace!"

Zhao Ji turned his eyes to Prince Zhao Huan again, "Do you accept this plan?"

At this time, in order to protect his position as the crown prince, Zhao Huan would not care about Shidao Zhong and the Zheng family, even the King of Heaven would not care about it.

"My son accepts it completely!"
Chapter completed!