"Okay, everyone go do your own things. I want to talk to Xing Zhao alone."

"Yes, General."

Everyone filed out, and before leaving, they did not forget to stare at Xing Zhao. After they all left, Xing Zhao shook off the shudder and said.

"Are they crazy? They look at me like an enemy. I'm not going to be crippled by their training, am I?"

"Weren't you yelling just now?"

"I was afraid of losing face for you, wasn't I? After all, I am your cousin. If I were spineless, wouldn't your reputation as General Gu be damaged?"

Gu Shaoyu smiled, too lazy to talk any more nonsense with him, and then spoke seriously.

"You didn't come here just to hide from the Xing family, did you? Tell me the truth, what happened?"

Xing Zhao was not polite either. He sat down next to him and stopped joking around like before. Instead, he spoke in a rather serious tone.

"My uncle is going to take the throne, and he is determined to support the Seventh Prince, but I look down on the Seventh Prince, so I don't want to get involved with him."

"Seventh Prince, you are only three years old now. How old is he? Why do you look down on him?"

"You can tell a person's future by looking at him when he is three years old. You don't know that he looks harmless in front of others, but he is actually very absurd behind their backs. When the imperial concubine was at home, she was still a lady from a noble family. How come the son she gave birth to is such a useless person?"

Only Xing Zhao would say such a thing. If it were anyone else, they would have to be extra careful about the title of the Seventh Prince.

"Who do you have your heart set on?"

"For now, the eldest prince seems to be doing well. At least he is a king who can maintain the status quo. After all, he was taught by Prime Minister Guo himself. He is calm and polite. When he gets married next year, he will also have to work in the court. By the time the younger princes grow up, I'm afraid he will have already held real power."

The eldest prince is the son of Queen Yan. Xing Zhao thinks he is a good person, so he will definitely go against the Xing family. Therefore, he saw through this early on and "ran away". Otherwise, if he stayed in Sui'an City, he would be an accomplice to the evil.

Hearing his words, Gu Shaoyu did not hide anything and then spoke.

"Madam just sent Liu Xun to deliver a message saying that Guo Si has taken a fancy to the Second Prince. What do you think?"

"The Second Prince? He has no reputation at all, and I have never taken him seriously before."

Guo Silang did not trust Xing Zhao very much, but Gu Shaoyu did not. Xing Zhao was his childhood brother. Since Xing Zhao had stated before he came that he would never support the Seventh Prince, Gu Shaoyu would not be embarrassed, so he blurted out this matter.

"What do you think, cousin? Do you think the eldest prince is better or the second prince is better?"

Although it is too early to talk about the next emperor now, these people have all participated in the last fight for the throne, so it is better to plan many things early. If someone is really chosen, he should be trained as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, Gu Shaoyu shook his head.

“I choose neither.”

"Ah? So you have your eyes on other princes?"

The emperor now has six princes, namely the eldest, second, third, fourth, seventh and eighth princes. It is a matter of choosing one. Excluding the seventh prince, there are still five left.

Since he didn't choose Yamato and Er, it couldn't be that he had his eyes on one of the three, four, or eight, right?

Xing Zhao had a bitter face, and he looked at Gu Shaoyu with an expression that seemed to be hesitant to speak, but this was a big matter, so he still had to explain it as soon as possible.

"I think the Third and Fourth Princes are just lackeys and can't take on the responsibility. The Eighth Prince is too young and is supported by the new ministers. You don't want to choose him, do you?"

After hearing what he said, Gu Shaoyu was not in a hurry. Instead, he looked confident. He took him to the geographical map, pointed to a place name on it, and said nothing more.

"You have your eyes on King Yun?"

"I have my eyes on Prince Yin."

The prince of Prince Yin had not appeared in Sui'an City for many years. The last time Xing Zhao saw him was during the coronation ceremony. All the princes needed to bring their princes to Sui'an City to pay homage. He was handsome and stood out among the princes.

But in the royal family, being outstanding only by appearance is not a good thing.

Therefore, Xing Zhao had no impression of him, and he also believed that the nobles in Sui'an City would probably not even remember such a famous person.

"Does Mr. Wen still remember?"

"Of course, he is famous for his strange temper. Prime Minister Guo and you spent several years trying to recruit him to the East Palace to help His Majesty. But later on, he was said to have offended His Majesty, so he was shelved while still in the East Palace. I don't know where he has been in the past few years, but he has disappeared without a trace."

What Xing Zhao knew was naturally also known by everyone in Sui'an City.

He is just a strategist. With Prime Minister Guo, Gu Shaoyu and other wise ministers around, no one would remember him.

But Gu Shaoyu is different. He has actually dealt with Mr. Wen and knows what kind of temper he has. So anyone who can surrender and be loyal to him must be a ruthless character.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

So, he started by speaking to Xing Zhao.

"Mr. Wen is in Pingzhou now."

"The prince recruited him?"

"Um."

After hearing this, even Xing Zhao felt that this prince was very capable.

"He usually keeps a low profile, but he was able to recruit Mr. Wen. I'm curious, how did he do it?"

That's a hot potato.

He has all the cunningness that some counselors have, all the integrity that some courtiers have, and he is the most unconventional in his words and deeds. With him around, even the worst situation can be turned around, so it is true that he is useful, but it is also difficult to get him to work for you sincerely.

"When Mr. Wen fled the Eastern Palace, the Crown Prince was afraid that such a person would fall into the hands of others, so he specially hired someone to assassinate him. When I got the news and rushed over to rescue him, he had already fallen off the cliff and disappeared. There has been no news about him in recent years, and everyone thought he was dead. It was not until two months ago that I found out that he was rescued by the Crown Prince and had been raised in Yinzhou for so many years."

"So he wants to return the favor by helping the prince seize the throne in return for saving his life?"

"This is just one of them. Take a look at the content of this message."

After saying that, Gu Shaoyu handed over a letter, which contained dense records of the changes that had taken place in Yinzhou in recent years.

Prince Yin is the late emperor's half-brother, but he has always been a transparent existence.

Compared with Prince Fu and Princess Yuehua, who were royal relatives and brothers from the same mother as the late emperor, he was like an exiled relative standing on the sidelines.

Back then, when the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince were fighting fiercely, no one thought of dragging him into the game. You can imagine how insignificant his existence was.

But under such circumstances, Yinzhou has transformed from a somewhat remote and not wealthy county into a prosperous and stable one. How could this not attract people's attention? (End of this chapter)