The crown prince is dead, but he cannot have anything to do with the Third Prince’s Mansion, and the Third Prince is well aware of this.

So before leaving, he gave another order, "Tell our people to pass on a message to the prison. As long as he is willing to sacrifice himself, I guarantee that his whole family will rise to prominence!"

Although he was a death warrior, he still gave him enough benefits.

Then he rode his horse straight out of the city.

…

At this time, in the small house next to the Gu family cemetery.

The Second Prince and Concubine Li were warming themselves by the fire, talking about what happened in the morning. "I never expected that after all our scheming, our father would actually permanently remove the Prime Minister and establish a cabinet."

"There was no news about this matter in advance."

The second prince sighed, he was still unaware of the danger approaching, "We can't go out now, let's ask someone to check the backgrounds of those people in the cabinet. Even if we can't use all of them, at least we have to have someone in the cabinet."

Concubine Li was indignant. "There are seven people in the cabinet, six of whom are strangers, but the emperor arranged for the ninth prince to be in. What does the emperor mean by that?"

The second prince sighed, "For now, we can only be thankful that Rong Yan is a disabled person and cannot ascend the throne."

“But that’s also a huge stumbling block!”

Concubine Li was very angry, her voice was a little sharp, "He is second only to the emperor, and no matter who ascends the throne in the future, they must win him over first!"

"It would be better if there was no Shen Ruyi."

"Right now, we are at odds with Rong Yan because of Shen Ruyi, and we don't know what to do in the future."

However, there are some things that Concubine Li doesn't know yet.

The second prince was depressed and didn't tell her.

But at this moment, I couldn't help it.

The second prince's face turned pale and his skin tensed up, "Now, I'm afraid Shen Ruyi has become a stumbling block for us. Father asked her to serve by his side!"

"What?"

Concubine Li stood up with a bang, stunned, "You mean, the emperor wants her to enter the palace? Could it be that he wants her to be the queen?"

Concubine Li came from the prince's mansion in his early years, when the emperor was still a prince.

After so many years, he has the most seniority.

She was very angry because she was suppressed by Ying and Concubine Gui.

But I didn't expect that in the end I would be suppressed by a yellow-haired girl!

But after a moment of anger, she thought of her earlier plan again, sneered and sat down, "Rong Yan likes her, the emperor likes her too, I want to see how the father and son divide this woman!"

The best outcome is that both sides suffer losses in the end!

As Concubine Li thought about this, a hint of viciousness appeared in her eyes.

The second prince was depressed and shook his head, saying, "Father didn't mean that. He probably wanted to train Shen Ruyi. He not only gave her the name Rong Zhaoyang, but also sealed her with the imperial seal."

"How could this happen?"

Concubine Li's eyes widened. "Doesn't that mean that he is above Eunuch Yuan?"

The second prince held his brows, feeling a splitting headache. "Eunuch Yuan and Eunuch Qian are both old. Now is the time to transfer power."

"It is obvious that what Father did was to let Shen Ruyi replace Eunuch Yuan. Eunuch Yuan was also happy to do Shen Ruyi this favor and praised her many times."

Concubine Li's expression was extremely ugly, "Eunuchs are the most unreliable!"

The second prince felt a little depressed. "Shen Ruyi is not just Shen Ruyi, she is also related to Prajna Hall and Priest Hall. Eunuch Yuan gave her face, which means he is on good terms with these two places."

Who doesn’t want that?

He wants to too.

However, when he forced Shen Ruyi to marry him, he used such dirty means that it was too late to undo the damage. Not only did he expose his intention to seize the throne to everyone, he also offended Rong Yan and Shen Ruyi.

Now, there is no use saying anything.

He was depressed. "According to the news from the palace today, Shen Ruyi's current position should be equivalent to the Prime Minister of the Inner Court, and she is on par with Rong Yan, the Prime Minister of the Outer Court."

Then he looked at Concubine Li and said, "I'm afraid that when I return to the palace, my mother will have to look at her face."

Concubine Li clenched her fists, her nails digging deep into her palms.

In the past, the highest-ranking female official in the palace was the Shang Gong, but no matter how powerful she was, she was only in charge of the emperor's household affairs in the harem.

Now that the "Imperial Seal" has appeared, it is completely different.

She is in the harem, but is in charge of the affairs of the court. Although she will not take direct action, she follows the emperor around and can influence the court with just a few words.

Just like the empress, the imperial concubine and the other four concubines had to look at the faces of eunuch Yuan and eunuch Qian, they would also have to look at Shen Ruyi's face in the future.

Because the woman closest to the emperor is no longer any concubine in the harem.

But, Shen Ruyi!

"Now we just hope that the emperor really has evil thoughts about her and lets Rong Yan fight with him and his son, so that we can reap the benefits!"

Now that things have come to this, Concubine Li can only think this way.

The two were talking.

One of the assassins sent out by the Second Prince sneaked back and knelt down in panic, saying, "Your Highness, the Crown Prince is dead! But our people have also been captured. What should we do now?"

"What did you say?"

The second prince was stunned and didn't understand what he meant for a moment.

He really wanted to kill the prince.

Because the crown prince was dead, he was the first in line to the throne and could ascend to it with a little effort.

But it came too suddenly!

Moreover, it seemed that there were some things he should have known a long time ago, but he didn't!

The prince is dead, why are his people being arrested?

The second prince was terrified. An ominous premonition was brewing in his chest, almost making him dizzy.

Concubine Li was also a little confused, "What's going on?"

The assassin didn't dare to look up, and said tremblingly: "The night before yesterday, when we were training, someone suggested that the prince had offended many people in the past few days, and because he broke off the engagement with Shen Ruyi, he angered the emperor, and it was probably impossible for him to ascend the throne."

"If we can kill him now, the emperor will certainly not pursue it too much. After all, he is the one who is to be deposed. This is just the right thing for the emperor to do, so that he won't find another excuse to depose him."

"Everyone thinks this is good for His Highness."

"So, tonight..."

The assassin lowered his head, "But I didn't expect that the prince secretly brought a dozen guards with him to fight with us. Then some of us failed to evacuate in time and were captured by the people from the Dali Temple."

As he spoke, he looked up at the Second Prince, trying to comfort him, "But it doesn't matter. After all, we are all warriors. We know what to do at the critical moment and will not drag Your Highness down with us..."

But since he acted first and reported later, he couldn't help feeling guilty.

The Second Prince took a long time to digest these words. He took a deep breath and kicked the assassin in anger. "Then how dare you come to me? Are you afraid that others don't know that it was you who did it and that it has something to do with me?!"

The prince must die, but this cannot really be linked to him!

The Second Prince was terrified and quickly told his men to leave, "Leave here, fly far away! Come back in a few years. If I succeed, I will never treat you unfairly!"

Concubine Li came back to her senses and said, "Now that things have come to this, you should leave quickly. You can't get caught again."

Then he looked at the Second Prince and said, "There can't be any survivors in the Heavenly Prison!"

The Second Prince also knew, "But now Eunuch Yang is watching us, we can't leave."

Finally, he could only look at the assassin and said, "Go and deliver a letter to Minister Gu, asking him to deal with the assassins in the prison. If successful, he will be the Prime Minister after I ascend the throne!"