"That's not necessarily true. I used to know the attitude of my father towards the deposed crown prince, so I could take advantage of the situation and suppress him from time to time. For example, even if my father noticed the incident, he would not pursue it, because my father hated the deposed crown prince to the extreme. He was also looking for an opportunity to attack him, but he was the deposed crown prince's father after all, so he would have reservations no matter how he attacked. Maybe my father is still grateful to me and my mother," Zhong Mingzheng said slowly. At this point, he frowned again. "But I can't see through my father's attitude towards the deposed crown prince recently. First, he conferred him the title of a county prince, then secretly brought him to the capital, and even sent the Imperial Guards to guard his house. Now he wants to let the deposed crown prince return to the court. What is my father up to?"
"We don't know what His Majesty is up to yet. The most important thing now is to firmly grasp the Zhao and An families," Ling Shi'an said. "Your Highness, as long as the Zhao and An families support you, your position will not be unstable."
Ling Shi'an was telling the truth. The most powerful families in the court now belonged to the Zhao family and the An family. Although Fang Zhonglian was more favored by the emperor, the Fang family had no foundation at all. Moreover, Fang Zhonglian had always been a loner and had no retainers, so he was weak and not to be feared.
"I hope so," Zhong Mingzheng sighed deeply, "I hope my uncle and father-in-law can stand firmly on my side."
“Boom boom boom!”
Suddenly there was a knock on the door.
"Who is it?" Ling Shian asked.
"General Ling, it's Cheng Shun," a young man's voice came from outside, "I have something to report to Your Highness in person."
"Come in." Zhong Mingzheng said in a deep voice.
"Yes," Cheng Shun pushed the door open and walked in front of Zhong Mingzheng. He knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "I, Cheng Shun, greet Your Highness. I respectfully wish Your Highness the best of health."
"Okay, get up," Zhong Mingzheng took a sip of tea and asked Cheng Shun, "What happened at the Right Prime Minister's Mansion?"
This Cheng Shun was sent by Zhong Mingzheng to monitor the Right Prime Minister's Mansion.
"Your Highness, just now, the Right Prime Minister's confidant secretly went to meet the Fourth Prince's personal guard," Cheng Shun said in a deep voice, while sizing up Zhong Mingzheng's expression, and then lowered his voice even more. "The confidant was very cautious and took a detour to meet the Fourth Prince's personal guard, fearing that he would be spotted. He went around most of the city and finally met the Fourth Prince's personal guard in a teahouse near Chongwenmen. The two of them had a secret conversation for an incense stick of time, and then the Fourth Prince's personal guard left the teahouse first. The confidant waited for half an hour before leaving the teahouse."
“Snap!”
The next second, Zhong Mingzheng smashed the teacup in his hand to the ground. Tea and porcelain pieces splashed all over the place. Ling Shian and Cheng Shun were both shocked. They didn't care about the broken porcelain pieces on the ground and knelt on the ground: "Your Highness, calm down! Your Highness, calm down!"
"Good! Very good! Even the Zhao family is going to vote for the Fourth Prince! Very good!" Zhong Mingzheng laughed in anger, the skin on his face twitching, very distorted and scary. He gritted his teeth and said, "My uncle is really a perceptive man. When my mother was here, he supported me together with my mother. Seeing that my father conferred me the title of First-rank Prince, he tried his best to push me up. He was really dedicated. Now that my father's eyes are on the Fourth Prince, he is eager to please the Fourth Prince and doesn't even care about me. It's okay for An Zishang, but I didn't expect my uncle to be so indecisive! Very good! Very good!"
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