It is indeed "as easy as pie", or even "easy to get".
The confidant looked at his master holding the sleeping emperor with his hands trembling involuntarily, and couldn't help but sighed behind him.
The thing that the adult has held the most since he was a child is a pen. Because he doesn't like to learn martial arts, his father has placed so many people who know martial arts around him, so that they can protect his safety one day.
But the adult insisted on coming alone, so what could he say?
Don’t say anything, as long as the adults are happy.
This house had been chosen by the master a long time ago. He also expected that after the emperor was taken out of the palace, he would not be able to leave the capital for a while, so he secretly ordered people to build an underground palace under this house.
In this way, even if the regent's men turned the capital upside down, it would be difficult to find their whereabouts.
When he reached the mechanism, the confidant opened the secret door and lit the candle in his hand. However, he heard no movement behind him, so he turned around and took a look -
Zhao Yuanqi held Tang Yu in his arms, his steps a little unsteady.
Seeing that the master was struggling, the confidant couldn't help but advise:
"Sir, why don't you let me do it?"
This way you will be more likely to fall into the arms of the person you are in.
However, considering his master's reputation, he wisely knew what to say and what not to say.
Therefore, he naturally swallowed the second half of the sentence.
"Need not!"
Zhao Yuanqi squeezed out two words from between his teeth, speaking in a resounding voice. He was even afraid that his confidant would not believe him, so he struggled to lift Tang Yu up in his arms to prove that what he said was true.
The confidant had no choice but to smile and step aside to let Zhao Yuanqi go in first.
After walking along the dark underground palace for a while, the light in front of them gradually grew brighter, and the decorated house gradually appeared in front of them.
Zhao Yuanqi finally breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.
He didn't know why he was so obsessed with carrying Tang Yu in. Not only was he repeatedly suspected by his subordinates, he was also so tired that he could hardly lift his hands.
It’s your own fault!
How could he know that Tang Yu looked thin, but was so heavy when held in his arms!
Oh, it turns out we can’t generalize based on appearance.
After putting the person on the bed, Zhao Yuanqi breathed a sigh of relief and cast a suspicious look at Tang Yu. He still didn't understand why this person looked so different from how he looked when he was held in his arms.
In short, he would not admit that this was because he had not practiced martial arts for many years.
After quietly watching Tang Yu for a long time, Zhao Yuanqi turned his gaze to his confidant and asked about the situation outside:
"Have those noble families passed on any news?"
Zhao Yuanqi knew that Huo Cenji commanded a large force, but this time they had only brought 20,000 elite soldiers with them, with the rest of the army stationed a hundred miles away from the capital. Even if Huo Cenji mobilized his troops, it would take some time.
If they could grasp the situation in the capital before Huo Cenji mobilized his troops, the only ones who could threaten them now would be these 20,000 elite soldiers.
As long as the aristocratic families join hands and mobilize the power of their families, there is a chance to compete with Huo Cenji.
Moreover, they have the little emperor in their hands. When the time comes, they will take out the imperial seal and the handwritten abdication edict, and then it will be Huo Cenji and his group who are not in the right.
They hold the lifeblood of the little emperor in their hands. As long as Tang Yu has a chance to survive, he will obey their orders.
If everything goes well at that time, it is not impossible for him to give Tang Yu a way out after he takes that position, so that he can live a more peaceful and smooth life in the second half of his life.
"Sir, those noble families are wary of the Regent's power and have not yet given a clear answer."
"A bunch of old sly guys!" Zhao Yuanqi said with disdain, sitting down and brushing off his sleeves. "He, Huo Cenji, just has some military achievements, but they're so scared."
"This situation is exactly as Father predicted. Fortunately, Father was very foresighted and secretly raised some private soldiers long after the late Emperor passed away. Otherwise, it would be really difficult to deal with it now."
"Your Excellency is right. What should we do now?" The confidant looked up at Zhao Yuanqi.
"Of course, it is to make Huo Cenji lose his composure." Zhao Yuanqi narrowed his eyes, and a few rays of light shot out of his eyes, with a hint of danger.
His father had been planning for twenty years, and he would not let his father's efforts go to waste.
Before being transferred to Jiangnan, he had no idea of his father's plan, nor did he know that his loyal father would have such an overreaching mind. However, his father slowly explained the reason to him:
"Your Majesty is now determined to suppress the Zhao family's arrogance, and there is a vague tendency to support the rise of new nobles. If this continues, my Zhao family will sooner or later end up being abandoned after the rabbit is dead!"
"Since the emperor is unkind, I will be unjust!"
It was then that he realized that the most favored concubine in the palace was actually sent by his father.
The imperial concubine was born in Miaojiang. Because her father saved her life, she asked to enter the palace to become her father's spy.
The father fabricated an innocent identity for the imperial concubine, and the imperial concubine secretly drugged the emperor according to her father's instructions.
That is why the late emperor had only one son, Tang Yu.
Moreover, Tang Yu was born weak and frail, and his illness was his father's intention, so that after the death of the late emperor, the late emperor's only remaining heir would become a puppet in the hands of the Zhao family.
But what my father didn't expect was——
In the end, the imperial concubine actually fell in love with the late emperor and even followed him after his sudden death.
And my father realized belatedly that he had unusual feelings for the imperial concubine.
Zhao Yuanqi's mother passed away early, and he was taught a lot by his father since he was a child. One day, he accidentally entered his father's room and saw a picture of a beauty hanging on the wall. He thought that his father, who had been widowed for many years, had fallen in love with a woman from some family.
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