After taking the soup bowl handed by the servant, the prince's hands remained trembling. Finally, the best tribute porcelain bowl fell to pieces. After returning to the Eastern Palace, his face, which had been calm all the way, finally turned blue and white, and even his lips were shaking.

After a long time, he bit out a few words from his teeth: "How could this happen?" Even though he was already deep enough, after the incident today, the shock and anger and fear in His Royal Highness the Prince's heart completely destroyed the demeanor he had maintained for a long time, especially the fear, which made him wish he could yell and vent.

But no, because even he didn't know how many people in the Eastern Palace were placed here by his father. As long as there was a little mistake, the consequences would be unpredictable, just like the scene in the court today.

Sun Cong originally thought that after King Yong was seized and his title was almost lost, he had no opponent. The favorable moves between the officials in the court also gave him a further view, so he dared to let those people speak out to his father, hoping that he could take this opportunity to go further and make great achievements in the next Northern Expedition, so as to completely stabilize the position of the prince.

But who expected that this self-righteous plan was hit so seriously in the court. Obviously, the father did not want to see him appear, and even had the intention of suppressing him. Then there was a sudden complaint. In his eyes, Lu Zhen's sudden comments were clearly deliberate under the instructions of his father.

Otherwise, how could the time be so coincidental? It happened to be at the critical moment when he wanted to obtain military power and earn military merits? Also, the father's reaction at that time also confirmed his guess - he did not ask other ministers about the opinions of the matter, and did not question the authenticity of the matter, so he decided that the lawsuit between Dong Gongwang and Li Ling was true! He did not even let the prince make a defense.

The prince is already very clear about what this means, and the last glance of his father's eyes made him feel cold on his back until now. In this hot summer in June, he can feel a hint of chill that penetrates his heart and lungs, making him unable to recover for a long time.

"Your Highness..." Finally, the voices of several confidants came from outside the door, which pulled the prince out of his panic and messy thoughts. Their faces were also very bad, especially Liu Suiyun, the second of the four friends of the think tank, and Liu Suifeng, also had the same face. Seeing the prince's appearance, they knelt down at the same time: "Your Highness, it is my brother who is arbitrarily making decisions, which makes you passive. Please punish your Highness."

This time, the prince, who has always been very respectful to these four friends, did not come forward to support them immediately, or asked them to get up quickly. Instead, he looked at them for a while, and then said a little hard: "What's the use of punishing you now? I said at that time that I would either ignore Li Ling or win over him, but you must decide that this person is our enemy and must get rid of him quickly. What's going on now? Not only can I hurt him at all, but I have brought myself in?"

There was a deep complaint in his words. The Liu brothers lowered their bodies again and did not dare to argue. They just admitted their mistakes again: "Your Highness, my brother did miscalculate the situation this time, which made the situation uncontrollable. We are willing to bear the blame. We will go to the Ministry of Justice to confess our sins later and explain to them that all this was hidden from Your Highness and did it under your command. We must not let Your Majesty blame you wrongly."

After hearing what they said, the prince's face changed again, from the pale pale just now to a little black: "You... do you really think I am such a person, don't even take responsibility?"

"I dare not!" The two brothers were angry when they saw the prince was a little angry, and quickly kowtowed again.

Until then, another man beside him coughed: "You two gentlemen don't have to do this. How could Your Highness push all such mistakes on you? Although this matter was carried out by you, Your Highness also allowed it at the beginning. Now that something has happened, we should face it and solve it together."

The Liu brothers smiled bitterly: "Mr. Mo said that my brother was wrong, and even more wrong... We shouldn't have ignored your advice and made such a decision that has endless disasters. Please don't have any rifts about this and help the princes through this difficulty."

Mr. Mo recommended himself to come to the door a few years ago after the prince returned to the capital. He was like many Qing guests who defected to the East Palace, and he could not even see the prince, let alone any achievements, and he had gained the trust of the prince.

However, in the several difficulties encountered by the Eastern Palace, Mr. Mo made a trick to prevent the fight between the prince and the Yong King from being restrained everywhere. Therefore, he was finally valued by the prince and finally became one of the important counselors around him, not even among the four friends who followed him all year round.

As a personal guard, Qu Wangyang, who is the most trusted by the prince, doesn't care. As for the "God of Wealth" who has been outside, he doesn't care about such internal struggles. The one who is most dissatisfied with Mr. Mo who suddenly emerges is the Liu brothers who are also a think tank of the strategist.

Especially when Mr. Mo was planning a plan for the prince and kicked King Yong out of the Ministry of Justice by Li Ling, which completely lost his qualification to compete for the throne, the two of them felt the pressure.

Even though the Liu brothers followed the prince for many years and made a lot of contributions to him, the hard work over the years is far from being compared with the biggest opponent like King Yong. Even in the eyes of some people, the comparison between them shows that he and Mr. Mo were far inferior to Mr. Mo. With their assistance, the prince could only passively be beaten, and he almost couldn't even sit steadily as the crown prince. However, since Mr. Mo was really used by the prince, he had completely kicked King Yong out in just two years. If he had used him earlier, the prince might have had a stable position and would have just waited for that day to come.

So under such an emotion, the Liu brothers changed their style for many years and began to become radical. Whether they wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make the prince make military achievements in the northern border, or planned to use a knife to kill people and eliminate Li Ling to vent the prince's hatred for many years, they were all perfect expressions of their eagerness for quick success and instant benefits. Of course, there is another thing they refused to admit, that is, they also wanted to suppress the rise of Mr. Mo by eliminating Li Ling. After all, Mr. Mo borrowed the power of Li Ling...

But the final result was a complete failure, which made the Liu brothers seem so incompetent. Compared with one, Mr. Mo was naturally far more wise and extraordinary.

Perhaps because of this, the prince also turned his expectant eyes to Mr. Mo: "Sir, in your opinion, what other way do I have to save myself now?"

Mr. Mo twisted his gray beard under his chin and pondered: "Your Highness, the incident happened suddenly and there has been such a big storm. Even if there is no proper way to deal with it, there is a point where the Liu family Kunzhong said it well. Someone must bear the blame for this matter, but it cannot be them, let alone your highness."

"Hmm?" The prince glanced at him and said in confusion, "What do you say?"

"It goes without saying that Your Highness cannot take responsibility. As for Kunzhong of the Liu family, they are the confidants of His Highness, and their ideas are no different from His Highness's idea; the other hand, they do not have any official position, and such a serious crime is not something they can afford, and they will still involve Your Highness in the end." Mr. Mo analyzed in a calm tone, but heard the prince nodding frequently, and the Liu Suiyun brothers were sweating on their foreheads, and they didn't even dare to say anything.

Mr. Mo looked at the prince and said, "So, in my opinion, the only solution to this matter is to find a senior official in the court who is willing to sacrifice for the prince to take the blame. And it must be fast, because His Majesty will soon send officials to the northern border to find out the matter, and by then, it may cause more problems."

The prince frowned. Mr. Mo mentioned that he could think of the candidates for the crime, but they were all the fundamental reason for their stability in the court. If they wanted to push them out, they would not be willing to give up, and they really couldn't make such a determination.

Mr. Mo looked at the prince and saw one of his biggest problems, that is, indecisiveness in encountering major events, no wonder he has been suppressed by King Yong for many years. But in this case, he was naturally hard to say, so he said: "Your Highness, I know you don't want a certain master to take responsibility for his crimes and ruin his future. But in my opinion, this is nothing. Think about it, that master is willing to blame Your Highness for this matter. Doesn't it mean that he is loyal to Your Highness? Will Your Highness forget him for this? When Your Highness ascends the throne one day, he will compensate him. I think as long as the officials in the court who are loyal to Your Highness, they are willing to help Your Highness do this."

These words really relieved the prince's doubts. He finally pointed his head: "I understand, Mr. Mo, you are resourceful. Then according to your wishes, please make people admit your crime as soon as possible. You must not let your father really send people from the Imperial City Department to the northern border for detailed investigation, otherwise..." As long as you think about the Liu brothers who sent a message to the northern border with their own will, he would panic.

Now, the father has resisted and suppressed because of his excessive radicalism. If he gives such a mistake to the father, can his position as crown prince be maintained?
Chapter completed!