Bai Chi looked at the transcribed notes while checking the information of the three most competitive princes.
The fifth prince was born to the imperial concubine and is currently the highest-ranking concubine. His mother's family is very powerful, and the fifth prince is also the most competitive.
The seventh prince and the eighth prince both had mothers who were concubines, but one of them was said to look very much like the old emperor when he was young, and the other had a personality very much like the old emperor when he was young.
Moreover, the two of them are equally capable in handling official business, but slightly inferior to the Fifth Prince.
And there are not that many ministers who support them.
From this point of view, the chances of these two princes ascending to the throne are much smaller than those of the fifth prince.
"That's not that hard to guess. Right now, the Fifth Prince has the best chance. He should be the one to be buried with the male concubines in the harem."
Xiao Hei obviously disagreed.
"Master, it's clear that the old emperor refuses to accept his age. Before he dies, it's not impossible that he passed the throne to the two princes who most resembled him in his youth."
Bai Chi thought thoughtfully: "That's true. Looking at your youthful appearance, you think you are still young and still alive. That's normal."
Especially when people are older and are obsessed with pursuing immortality, it is normal for them to become paranoid in their later years.
However, Bai Chi was not obsessed with who was more likely. Anyway, if he replaced all these people and let the least likely Fan Yunxiao take over, everything would be fine.
As long as he doesn't have to be buried with the old emperor when he dies, it's fine.
After thinking it through, Bai Chi put the information away again. He would definitely be able to use this thing.
The emperor doesn't have much time left, and he must be able to feel it himself. These last six months should be his craziest six months.
It’s a pity that the original owner was sent to the cold palace as soon as she entered the palace and stayed there until her death, so she didn’t leave any useful information for Bai Chi.
"Xiao Hei, what is Fan Yunxiao doing now?"
He yawned, and he still remembered what Xiao Hei had said just now, that Fan Yunxiao had been found in the cold palace.
"Master, your husband is now in the late queen's palace, openly offering sacrifices to his mother."
Bai Chi became excited when he heard this. "Worshiping the mother?"
Then he smiled again and said, "I really thought you were a warrior who only knew how to march and fight, but I didn't expect you to be quite smart."
Xiao Hei was puzzled: "Master, what does this mean? His mother was implicated in treason and died. No one dares to worship someone with such a crime, for fear of being implicated."
Bai Chi shook his head: "Others are like this, but Fan Yunxiao is not necessarily. He was still young at that time, and now he has no one to support him. This crime has nothing to do with him."
'Especially in the past ten years, he has made great achievements at the border, repelling countless invading enemy forces. Before returning to the capital this time, he even captured five enemy cities in one fell swoop and returned with countless spoils of war.'
"He has merits but no power. Furthermore, he openly worships his mother instead of the empress. Others will only think he is reckless and doesn't understand the situation. They may even think that such a prince, no, such a general, can be used with confidence in the future."
Xiao Hei lay on Bai Chi's chest, blinking and shaking his head.
"I don't understand, but it sounds amazing."
Incandescent: "..."
He deserves to waste so much time and energy talking about so much useless stuff!
"Forget it, you don't need to keep an eye on Fan Yunxiao. He's either really reckless or playing dumb, so he'll be fine. It's better to keep an eye on the others first, especially the old emperor and those foreign wizards."
After saying this, I always felt like I had overlooked something, but when I recalled it again, it seemed that I hadn't found anything.
There were already four screens in front of Xiao Hei, showing the three princes and the old emperor. Now another screen was opened, specifically staring at the palace covered with black cloth.
Bai Chi looked at it and silently found a piece of dried meat to feed Xiao Hei. Listening to Xiao Hei happily chewing the dried meat and saying thank you to his master, Bai Chi felt ashamed.
I feel like I'm just like Zhou Ba Pi that week.
In fact, his system space is completely open to Xiao Hei. Xiao Hei can not only find food in the space at will, but sometimes when he is bored, he will help him tidy up and sort the things in the space.
There was nothing to do during the day, so after Bai Chi had a good rest, he followed Su Yao to take care of the vegetable garden in the cold palace.
Someone really got Su Yao a hoe, a sickle, and even a bucket of water to make watering easier.
However, what surprised Bai Chi a little was that not only did several non-crazy women come to help, but even several crazy ones came to help.
Although he was playing and talking nonsense with others, he did push the weeds and dead branches they had cleared into the corner.
It seems that what the former imperial concubine said was right. In fact, many people are pretending to be crazy and stupid just to live a few more years.
Perhaps everyone thought the same as Su Yao, that as long as they could outlive the old emperor, they would be released from the palace.
Recalling the original owner's memory, the cold palace had been as cold and depressing as ever for two years, even in the middle of summer.
Looking at her now, Su Yao is just like that energetic Samoyed. Not only is she pretty and cute, but she can also output non-stop, sometimes saying "sister, you are so awesome" and sometimes "sister, you are so strong."
Even Bai Chi felt that after Su Yao praised him for using the hoe, he seemed to hoe the ground much faster.
It wasn't until the energy of a big steamed bun was used up that Bai Chi finally realized what was happening.
"Xiao Hei, do you think Su Yao is treating us like children?"
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