Is madness contagious?
Oh my God, all the old ministers want to retire and return home, fearing that their reputation will be ruined in their later years.
But the princes collectively began to plan for themselves. The prince's position was solid, so where did they stand a chance?
Everything depends on human efforts. If there is no opportunity, then create one.
"The Emperor is ill. He seemed much better today in the palace, but I've privately inquired and found out that he's still taking medication. I've also consulted a familiar imperial physician in the Imperial Hospital, and he's indeed old."
The eleventh prince had the most difficult life. He used to hide behind his brothers and was young. His older brothers looked down on him as a poor little boy with no family background and not valued by his father.
But someone leaked the news, which put his ambition under the eyes of his brothers. Especially after he gained the right to attend court and received praise from his father twice, he was excluded and made things difficult for by his brothers everywhere.
What made him hate it the most was that even if they were trying to make things difficult for him, they actually looked down on him deep down and thought he was not worthy of being their opponent.
Then he had to prove to those arrogant brothers whether he had the ability!
"Your Highness, do you have any countermeasures?" These were the staff recruited by the Eleventh Prince. On the surface, they were recruited after he established the palace, but in fact, they had been working for him for a long time.
He himself was a child who grew up in the cold palace. He knew how to endure since he was young. He gradually made many friends in the cold palace. Some of them were successful in the harem with his help, and some of them benefited their families outside the palace with his guidance.
Each step was well calculated, so that he had available people both inside and outside the palace.
"The crown prince's position is stable, and he is the only candidate for that position. I am anxious, and I believe my brothers with powerful family backgrounds are even more anxious." The eleventh prince also hated that he did not have a capable maternal family who could give him good help in major events.
Besides, he is not very old now, and several of his brothers are suppressed by their father and have not yet married, so it is not his turn to marry a capable wife.
With his current abilities, no good family is willing to extend an olive branch to him, after all, there are too many variables.
Now he has taken in a few concubines with some background in his backyard. Although the help they bring is not much and they are all the kind of fence-sitters who bet on multiple sides, it is better than nothing.
Sometimes he can make use of these fence-sitters and pass on some important news to his good brothers according to his wishes.
"That's right. Let's just watch them fight each other. But which prince's side do you plan to support now, Your Highness?" In the past, the Eleventh Prince clung to the Crown Prince's thigh, claiming that he supported orthodoxy. But for some reason, the Crown Prince turned his back on him all of a sudden.
Because of this, the Eleventh Prince was ridiculed again and again by his brothers, who said that he wanted to cling to the Crown Prince's golden thigh, but the Crown Prince looked down on him as a little brother who came from the cold palace.
Therefore, the confidant asked this question, asking His Royal Highness the Eleventh Prince which prince he would show loyalty to now. After all, even if the Eleventh Prince had ambitions, in the eyes of everyone, his abilities were not up to par.
"Of course I'm close to my eighth brother. Since he's the legitimate son, it'll sound better when I say it to others." Except for the sons born to the queen, the others are illegitimate sons. It's understandable that he's closer to the legitimate son.
The confidant thought carefully for a moment and said, "Your Highness is wise." It's a pity that he has no advantage in age or background.
However, these two points are not disadvantages if you look into it in detail. After all, the emperor is still alive, and his favorites now are the princes and princesses who are a few years old in the palace.
Things like background can be made up for later. The Eleventh Prince, who poses no threat in the eyes of the emperor, is the one he values the most.
Unfortunately, the Eleventh Prince and his group did not know that the Crown Prince had already filed a complaint against him in front of the Emperor.
Unless something unexpected happens in this life, I will definitely not have the chance to ascend to the throne.
However, the eleventh prince's ability to stir up trouble is really not to be underestimated.
He revealed his speculation about the emperor's poor health to several of his brothers who were most likely to ascend the throne, and then joined the Eighth Prince's faction with great fanfare, praising the Eighth Prince very highly.
Perhaps because people have been restless recently, the old emperor took advantage of the situation and released the news that he was seriously ill. Except for the imperial physician, he refused to see anyone else.
The prince knew the old emperor's physical condition best. He ignored the obstruction of the imperial guards and insisted on seeing the old emperor.
There were at least eight thousand people in the palace and harem waiting to see the emperor to express their loyalty, but when they saw the crown prince successfully enter, the princes were the most anxious.
There were already a few of them guarding outside the hall, and one of them was a cunning one who initially wanted to take advantage of the opportunity when the prince went in to go in.
After all, the law does not punish everyone.
Who would have known that the Imperial Guards failed to stop the prince, but instead pointed knives at them one by one, and they used real knives.
The rebellious spirit accumulated in the hearts of the princes was even stronger.
The prince met the emperor smoothly, and the emperor pretended to be asleep on the dragon bed.
The imperial physician and the eunuchs who served him knelt beside the dragon bed, trying to stop the prince from getting closer.
"Your Highness, His Majesty is not feeling well and has just fallen asleep. Please..." The imperial physician was interrupted by the prince.
Ying Haoze stood not far from the dragon bed, staring at the old man who seemed to be sleeping peacefully.
When the old man was seriously ill in his previous life, he didn't even have the chance to take care of him. Even if he wanted to pass on the news to the palace, the title of deposed prince would have stopped him from doing so by countless people in the palace.
He seemed to have heard his eleventh brother mention that when his father was dying, he said, "The prince was unfilial and never even came to see him, his father." His tone was very intimate, but he did not remember that he had deposed the prince he had personally appointed.
Anyone can step on the deposed prince whose wings are broken, so how can he have the chance to see the emperor?
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