Volume 1 Chapter 77 The Second Prince's Power Should Not Be Ignored
The two entered the capital at dawn and headed straight for the residence of the Minister of War!
This is the best place Shen Yin can think of at the moment. At least when he was the General of Zhenyuan, he promoted Shen Qiu. Although Shen Qiu is a little timid, he is still a useful person.
The two men climbed over the wall and got in while the gatekeeper was not paying attention.
Shen Yin had been in contact with Shen Qiu before, so he was familiar with the routes in Shen Qiu's mansion. He took Su Muyan directly to find Shen Qiu's room.
After Su Muyan used smoke to knock out the servant guarding outside the room, the two of them went in openly.
After all, Chen Qiu was the Minister of War, so he noticed something was wrong immediately. Although he was still pretending to sleep on the bed, he had already picked up a dagger in his hand.
Chen Yin brought Su Muyan into the room, and the first thing he said was, "Chen Qiu is me!"
Shen Qiu, who was dozing on the bed, finally let down his guard and turned over and sat up!
"General Zhenyuan, why are you here?" His face was full of surprise.
Chen Yin said coldly: "If I don't come to such a big event, will you be responsible if all the people in the world suffer?"
At this time, Shen Qiu had already jumped down from the bed nimbly, smiled awkwardly, and said: "How can I, a small person, have such great ability? Such a big thing still needs you big people to come!"
After he finished speaking, he smiled with a flattering look on his face, which made Su Muyan feel a little interested in this Minister of War.
I was thinking, "I don't know how he could become the Minister of War with such a fawning and timid appearance."
There are big doubts in the little head, but obviously now is not a good time to solve these doubts.
There are more important things waiting to be done!
"Second Prince, what are you doing now?" Shen Yin narrowed his eyes.
The Minister of War immediately became serious and said, "My people have found out that the Second Prince has been recruiting soldiers on a large scale recently, and has also stockpiled a lot of food. He may be using food and fodder for supplies."
In addition, I went to the Prime Minister's Mansion today, and according to the information the Prime Minister received, he said: "The Second Prince's faction not only has its own cultivated forces, but the Second Prince's mother's family, relying on their status as imperial merchants, has also secretly cultivated a lot of forces over the years. These are not to be underestimated!"
In addition, based on so many years of experience, the mother of the second prince alone is probably cultivating a lot of power in secret.
After all, although the emperor is still in his prime, it is almost time to appoint a crown prince. Who doesn't want to make more plans for their own children?
If all these forces were combined together, even if they temporarily colluded with each other internally and externally, their success rate would be greatly increased.
All of this forces us to be careful and vigilant!
After listening to these useful information, Shen Yin's brows furrowed even more tightly than before.
It seems that this matter is far more complicated than I imagined.
I originally thought that it was just Bai Si who had evil ambitions and wanted to use these forces to achieve his own goals and then destroy the bridge after crossing it.
But I'm afraid that Bai Si is not the only one who wants to cross the river and destroy the bridge now, and no one knows who will be the oriole in the end when they play the tactic of the mantis stalking the cicada and the oriole behind.
The second prince's mother was favored by all the six palaces because of her charming appearance. Over the years, she had provided a lot of connections for her mother's family because of her favor.
And these connections successfully pushed her mother's family onto the path of royal merchants.
At first, the other concubines in the palace thought that her favor was only temporary and were somewhat contemptuous of her. They believed that the emperor's favor for her was only temporary, so they did not suppress her mother's family.
But in fact, the second prince's mother has always been in favor because of her stunning beauty. But when those people reacted and wanted to suppress her again, they found that the small family they looked down upon before had now become a royal merchant, and the interests involved were so complicated that they could not touch them at will.
Therefore, over the years, the Second Prince's faction, with the support of his mother and his uncle's family, has cultivated a power that is no longer comparable to that of other princes.
When it comes to gold and silver alone, the Second Prince's people have never been short of anything.
So I think this time, they must be very confident, and want to take advantage of so many years of keeping a low profile to win the respected throne in one fell swoop!
But their dream was destined to be shattered. Who told them that they didn't want to be the princes? Instead, they colluded with some treacherous officials and traitors, hoping that their ambitions would come true?
In just a short moment, various scenes from the past flashed through Shen Yin's mind.
In this incident, I'm afraid the forces involved are far more than just the ones I've learned about now. No one knows how complicated the situation is.
While Shen Yin was still immersed in his own thoughts, Su Muyan did not have so many concerns.
"Building up power requires money. If that's the case, why don't we take down his lair?"
Even if it causes some trouble for them and delays their plans a little, we can still make a comprehensive deployment.
As soon as Su Muyan's real flower appeared, Shen Yin's thoughts were immediately opened up.
Yes! We can make things a little more difficult for them and extend the time.
Su Muyan saw that Chen Yin seemed to understand what she meant, so she said, "We are tired, let's go and rest first!"
Let’s talk about it tonight!
Then, his eyes glanced at Shen Qiu, who was standing aside like a wooden man, reducing his presence.
When Shen Qiu felt a pair of eyes looking at him, he immediately said cleverly: "Don't worry, I will arrange a room for you first. It will be kept strictly confidential. I won't know anything if you leave this room."
Su Muyan seemed to understand her previous doubts. It was probably because Shen Qiu was a person who could judge the situation and was very smart!
Everyone was too lazy to talk nonsense because it was about to get light, so they wanted to avoid being surrounded by too many people.
Su Muyan and Shen Yin, led by Shen Qiu, walked towards a side courtyard.
"You two can rest here. We just had someone clean it the day before yesterday. It's a remote place, so no one will come here."
As for other matters, don't worry, I will find a confidant and send some food over when you two have had a good rest.
Then he nodded and said goodbye.
"This Minister of War is quite sensible!"
Hearing Su Muyan's comments, Shen Yin smiled but didn't say anything.
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