I'm still so majestic

Yan Ji's revenge came quickly and frantically.

On September [-]th, Yan Zhou woke up early in the morning, and was shocked to find that the palace was completely surrounded by the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple.

He was shocked and glared: "Do you know what this place is? This king's mansion also has your turn to play wild?!"

As soon as the voice fell, Shi Shiran, a man in white clothes, came in front of him. It was Lin Yin of Dali Temple. He stood still in front of Yan Zhou, and said slowly: "Your servant is naturally not qualified, but the sage has an order, the prince Could it be that you want to resist the edict?"

The meaning of Yanji.

Yan Zhou's face darkened: "This king is the only prince in this Daqi anyway, at least there must be a reason to surround my palace, even if it is His Majesty."

"I don't know if you have ulterior motives, but is it enough to assassinate Imakami?"

His words came suddenly, upon hearing this, Yan Zhou's pupils shrank suddenly: "I don't understand what you mean, Mr. Lin can't talk nonsense."

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand, as long as someone understands." Lin Yin said: "The Ministry of Punishments and Dali Temple have already started to investigate, right and wrong can always come to light, but before that, the prince was wronged to live in the palace temporarily, so as not to make any mistakes, you I can't even afford it."

After finishing speaking, Lin Yin glanced at him again: "If the prince is fine, I will leave for the time being."

After bowing and saluting, he turned and left. Yan Zhou looked at his back and tightened his fingers suddenly.

After going back, he stayed in the bedroom for two hours, Yan Zhou was very anxious.

The Ministry of Punishment and the palace of Dali Temple were too closely watched, surrounded by outsiders, Yan Zhou could not escape their sight with every move, and the chief steward and retainers of the palace were summoned by Dali Temple for interrogation. In the huge palace, he There is not even a person who can discuss it.

This will not work, you must find a place without eyeliner.

In such a place, until now, only the secret room of the study remained, and he had to avoid the people from Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment to go there. Only in this way would he have a chance to contact Yun Muzhi or his forces outside.

Yan Zhou narrowed his eyes and made up his mind.

At night, after the third watch, everything around is completely silent.

There was a faint creaking sound of the wooden door being pushed open in Yan Zhou's bedroom. He deliberately changed into black clothes, and walked out the door lightly. At this time, the guards were also tired, leaning against the wall, half awake, No one noticed him.

Yan Zhouyixi, involuntarily quickened his pace, and walked quickly towards the study. When he saw the mahogany door of the study from a distance, he suddenly heard someone behind him: "My lord is still up so late, is he here to enjoy the moon? Really? He is an elegant person."

He froze, turned his head, and Jiang Baili was standing behind him with a smile on his face. He met Jiang Baili on the way, still looking like a fox with a smiling face, and saluted, "My lord."

Yan Zhou's face was a little ugly: "Why is Mr. Jiang here?"

"Your Majesty has ordered the Ministry of Punishments to stay in the palace for twelve hours." Jiang Baili said: "I am appreciated by Your Majesty, and I can't repay you. Naturally, things like this should be done well."

As he said that, his voice changed, and he smiled on the surface: "Otherwise, when the moon is dark and windy, there will inevitably be some people with ulterior motives. It's okay if it's just enjoying the moon like the prince. intention, that would be inappropriate...do you think so, my lord?"

Yan Zhou said with a cold face, "Master Jiang is so devoted to his duty, it is only appropriate."

Jiang Baili just laughed: "My lord understands, it's great, so I ask my lord to go back and rest early, these days are unusual, if nothing happens, don't walk around at night."

Yan Zhou narrowed his eyes and looked at him.

Jiang Baili's smile was impeccable.

The two looked at each other for a while, but it was still Yan Zhou who couldn't hold back, snorted coldly, waved his sleeves and went back to the room. Not long after he lay down upset, there were footsteps outside, and people from Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment patrolled by. The moment the light of the torch penetrated through the window paper, Yan Zhou suddenly understood his current situation.

Prisoner.

Yan Zhou sat up abruptly, connecting what happened today with what happened before, and after thinking about it, his heart skipped a beat.

He suddenly remembered that what Yanji was doing now was very similar to the method used by Emperor Jianing to win the heir apparent from the most powerful eldest prince at that time.At that time, Yan Jianing was also like this. From the beginning, he set up a good situation, and then kept a low profile and played with power, like an outsider.When the First Prince realized that he had more confidence and acted presumptuously, he suddenly showed his sharpness, and caught off guard and gave the other party a fatal blow.

As a result, the eldest prince, who had power over the government and the public, turned into loess withered bones, and the former unknown man commanded the world from then on.

In the battle for the throne, there can only be one winner and one loser.

Now it's the same with him and Yanji.

Yan Zhou took a few deep breaths, got up and took out a box from a hidden compartment under the bed, looked down at the letter and Ming Di inside, his expression gradually became determined.

Three days later.

All the ministers stood in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, looked at the place on the right that had been vacant for three days, and fell silent.

Prince Duan Yanzhou has not come to court for three days.

They naturally knew the reason. In fact, most of the courtiers knew that such a day would come sooner or later, but they didn't expect it to come so soon.

As for the outcome of this power struggle, since Yan Zhou has not yet appeared in the court, all the officials have already seen it.

At that time, the eldest prince's power was all over the court, and after the incident, he was tightly locked up under house arrest for two days.Yan Zhou's talent and power are not as good as that of the eldest prince. Although he has been supporting him all these years, the important ones have almost been cut off by the emperor. Although he has a lot of people under his command now, if you count carefully, it is really nothing. available person.

All the ministers looked at each other, looked at the empty space again, and sighed.

The location there, it seems, will soon cease to exist.

Afterwards, everything was as expected by the ministers. The emperor always looked like he was smiling and troublesome on the surface, but in fact he was ruthless, and he didn't move. Once he made a move, there would be no room for anyone to struggle.

The ministers expected it right.

On September 23rd of the fifth year of Tianhe, Dali Temple stated the crimes of Yan and Zhou—the rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River in the first year of Tianhe, the assassination in the emperor's palace, the assassination of Fu Zhihuai in the south of the Yangtze River, the involvement of Fu Xingzhang in forcing the palace, abuse of power in private, defiance of the law, collusion A dignitary, and having an affair with Chifang... There are many major crimes and countless minor crimes, and they are listed one by one in the memorandum, which has ten pages.

Too many to read.

At first, many people felt that this was a crime committed by the emperor in the struggle for power, but it was not the case.Afterwards, Dali Temple presented a number of witnesses and physical evidence. The paintings and letters and letters were placed in the center of the main hall about three meters away. There were witnesses for everything. False, you can tell at a glance.

At the same time, the Ministry of Punishment found a room in the study of Prince Duan's mansion, and found a stack of letters from it, which contained the contents of Yan Zhou's correspondence with Chi Fang, from the initial Jiangnan rebellion to the assassination of the emperor, to the later mastermind Let Fu Xingzhang force the palace, force Fu Zhihuai away, all kinds of things are available.

This time, the courtiers who were still trying their best to rescue Yan Zhou from the predicament before all settled down. Let alone the charges of shaking the country, just the charges of assassination are enough to make anyone completely escape from the glitz of the capital.

No one can save.

The emperor was furious and ordered Yan Zhou to be arrested. On the same day, a dynamite was fired from the backyard of Prince Duan's mansion, and then Yan Zhou was imprisoned in Dali Temple. Lin Yin was the presiding judge, and Jiang Baili assisted him. He was tortured for three days and three nights. Yan Zhou was born in the emperor's family. , but just survived like this, only talking about framing, without opening a word.

After hearing this, Yan Ji said nothing, but went to the dungeon of Dali Temple that night.

The cell where Yan Zhou was held happened to be the place where Fu Xingzhang stayed before.Yan Zhou sat there, looking out the window expressionlessly.

Yan Ji stood still, Yan Zhou glanced at him indifferently: "Why, come and see my joke?"

"Perhaps." Yan Ji ordered the jailer to open the cell door, and walked in: "You look like this, you are really embarrassed, I think you should say everything you need to say as soon as possible, so as not to suffer flesh and blood, no matter what. Also decent."

"Why are you talking so high-sounding?" Yan Zhou sneered; "In the end, you just want me to take the initiative to plead guilty, so that your history will not become a tyrant who slaughtered your relatives, right? There is no such thing as the best of both worlds." .”

Yan Ji raised his eyebrows: "Whether I am grand-sounding or not, you don't care what you say, but I think you are clear about one thing... The color of the fireworks in the palace yesterday was very beautiful, don't you think?"

Yan Zhou paused with his fingers, but did not speak. He closed his eyes and leaned against the wall.

Yan Ji walked over, stared at him for a while, and when Yan Zhou was about to open his eyes, he slowly said, "You are really stupid to the extreme."

He bent down close to his ear, and said word by word: "You don't think until now that Yun Muzhi will really come to rescue you after seeing your Mingdi fireworks, and help you lead the army to force the palace?"

Yan Zhou opened his eyes in disbelief.

"You are stupid, so don't try to fool others for fools." Yan Ji took a step back and looked at him with a half-smile: "The last time Fu Xingzhang forced the palace, there were no more than 3 people at most, and they were all mobs. After so many years of stationing troops, how could this be the result?

He said: "Well, let me think about it, are these real soldiers and horses under your command somewhere outside the city at this time, and they will all be ready to go when you give an order, and then Yunmu stops. As soon as they arrive, they will lead them to rescue you and force you into the palace, and the sign of the order is the fireworks of Mingdi, right?"

Yan Zhou's face sank.

Yan Ji smiled and raised her head: "It seems that I guessed it right."

Yan Zhou was silent for a while, and then said hoarsely: "You know, that's useless. Now the total number of imperial troops in the capital is only [-], and they can't stop my troops at all."

"You're right." Yan Ji nodded in agreement, and laughed again: "But the premise is that Yunmu can stop."

"He will come!"

Hearing this, Yan Ji smiled sarcastically, and said very meanly: "Yan Zhou, who do you think you are?"