"Your Highness thinks too beautifully. You can get fish and bear's paws just by talking about it." Huo Zhengquan glanced at Yin Xu, "I still say that, the ancestor's precepts must not be violated. Since His Highness is not going to join the Huo family, then Huo Zhengquan I will take back the inheritance right of heaven, and tomorrow I will ask the elders of the family to go to the ancestral hall to announce this."

Teng Yu frowned, and when he was about to refute, Yin Xu took a step ahead: "Okay, that's it, I don't care."

Huo Zhengquan sighed, full of regret that he hated not being able to make steel, and scolded: "Why do you do this?" He thought Yin Xu's words that he didn't care about the Huo family were just casual, but he didn't expect him to be so determined.

"No matter when, you are a descendant of the Huo family. This will never change. Even if you have to be driven out of the house as a father in the future, this fact will not be changed."

Yin Xu held Teng Yu's hand tightly to prevent him from speaking, and replied calmly: "Okay."

After Huo Zhengquan left, Yin Xu let go of Teng Yu, and found that he was too hard just now, and his wrist was red.

"You're pretty skinny and tender." Yin Xu joked, raised Teng Yu's hand and kissed it.

Teng Yu didn't answer, went to the bed and lay down, with his arms behind his head, staring at the ceiling embroidered with blue lotus leaves, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Aren't you going back tonight?"

"It's been cleared, and no one will drive me away if His Highness lives here."

Yin Xu knew that he was angry as soon as he heard the tone of his voice, but no one knew when he was angry.

"Don't think too much, just take one step at a time."

Teng Yu stretched out his hand and pulled Yin Xu onto the bed, stroking along his back, "Well, His Highness has to figure out how to go next, listen to him, as long as we don't salute, it's not an announcement The world is not considered a violation, so there is enough time to plan." The two fell asleep after talking for a while, and when they woke up the next day, they found that the sky outside had changed.

Han Qing eagerly knocked on their door, "Your Highness, someone took a pleading paper and rang the grievance drum outside the palace gate this morning, and now he has been summoned into the palace by the emperor."

"Who is it and what is it?"

Han Qing's throat moved up and down, and he glanced at Yin Xu, "The news is not necessarily accurate. It is said that the general who fled from the Northwest took a bloody letter and sued Marshal Huo for colluding with barbarians, embezzling military pay, and recruiting private soldiers. The acknowledged uncrowned king."

Teng Yu stood up abruptly, took two steps in the room, and ordered with a solemn face: "Send someone to investigate, who is in charge of all this, dare to hit the Huo family's head, it seems that someone can't help it." .”

Yin Xu also understood the seriousness of the situation, so he dragged Teng Yu to find Huo Zhengquan.

In the study of the Huo family, Huo Zhengquan apparently also received the news, except for Huo Yilong who was in retreat, the other sons were all there.

Teng Yu turned his gaze around Huo Yidao, wondering if this matter had anything to do with him.

Everyone looked at Teng Yu flickeringly, not understanding why an outsider should come in to the meeting of the Huo family.

"Seventh brother, is it not good for you to do this? Your Highness is an outsider after all." Huo Yidao said unhurriedly.

Yin Xu ignored him, but turned his attention to Huo Zhengquan. If Huo Zhengquan thought the same way, then they just didn't participate in this matter.

"Housekeeper, give me a seat." Huo Zhengquan waved his hand, not embarrassing them, probably because of the conversation last night that made him agree with Teng Yu, the "son-in-law".

"Your Highness has also received the news?"

Teng Yu nodded, "This complaint is strange, the marshal who made the complaint may know him."

Huo Yiming gritted his teeth and said, "Of course I know him. It's Yang Hu, a member of the Chinese army. Thanks to me, he treated him like a brother. He dared to stab a knife in the back."

The corners of Yin Xu's mouth twitched, and he made a joke: "Brother, isn't it just for stabbing your ribs?"

Teng Yu patted his head, and continued to ask: "Then everyone probably didn't notice his strangeness beforehand. How many years has he been with the marshal?"

This time it was Huo Zhengquan who answered, "Ten years, a full ten years, he was born as a commoner. When he first joined the army, he was just a leader. , is a fine young man."

"The marshal thinks he was inserted into the Huo family's army from the very beginning or was bought in the middle?"

"The latter is more likely. I watched him grow up step by step. If the other party wants to insert someone into the Huo family army, they won't really use someone who knows nothing."

If it wasn't for pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, then this Yang Hu was probably bought later.

"Then do you have any suspicious targets? Who will be the main messenger behind him?"

Huo Zhengquan showed a sarcastic smile, "There are not many people who dare to oppose me, no matter who they are, there is a reason to put the Huo family to death."

"Father, then... how do we deal with this?"

"Wait a little longer, don't let them speak out, we can't guess what trick they are playing."

The atmosphere in the study was a little stagnant, until someone knocked on the door and came in, reporting to them the latest progress in the palace.

"Your Majesty is furious. He has already ordered Yang Hu to be captured and imprisoned in the sky prison, and announced to the outside world that his words cannot be trusted. Your Majesty has no doubts about the marshal's sincerity."

"It seems that there is another way." Based on Teng Yu's understanding of the emperor, if he didn't take advantage of the situation to embarrass the Huo family, there must be other evidence that has not appeared. The testimony of Yang Hu alone is not enough to convince the world.

Huo Yiming was a little anxious, "Father, why don't we take those people down before they have time to show up? If we really want them to gnaw at random, my son may shake the morale of the army."

"No, at this time they are planning for the hearts of the people rather than the hearts of the army. The Huo family army has followed the marshal for many years, so it is impossible to believe these words. They say that it is useless to die, but the people are ignorant and are most likely to be persuaded by rumors. They are trying to use the world. People's public opinion to force the emperor to make a decision, and the emperor will definitely act in accordance with public opinion." Teng Yu analyzed.

"Damn it!" As Huo Yiming's eldest son, he has been respected since then, and no one has dared to slander their family like this.

"You go out first, and discuss with the third prince about your father's affairs."

The young masters paused for a moment before going out reluctantly. Yin Xu probably knew what they were plotting and didn't bother to stay and listen.

After leaving the study door, Yin Xu was stopped by someone, who asked in a bad tone: "Seventh brother, do you think the third prince is trustworthy?"

Yin Xu raised his eyebrows: "Second brother, what do you mean by that? Don't you suspect that Teng Yu did this thing?"

"That's not true, it's just that he is a member of the royal family after all, and the military power of the Huo family is too strong. Do you think he won't be moved?"

"I don't know if he's interested or not, but now he's just the prince, and it's not good for him to plot against the Huo family. He's not that stupid."

The brothers of the Huo family laughed when they heard what he said. They thought that Yin Xu would speak for Teng Yu, at least they believed that he had no plans for the Huo family, but he could see it quite clearly.

Huo Yiming laughed the loudest, "That makes sense."

Huo Yidao blinked, and said with a smile: "I was thinking too much, so what should we do now? Let's just sit and wait for death?"

Yin Xu looked at him meaningfully, "Then what do you think?"

"Since Yang Hu came from the Huo Family Army, the eldest brother should find out who he has been in contact with. There must be a motive for betraying us, and it is impossible not to show a little bit of cheating before."

"Let's not talk about anything else, at least I want to find out how he came back from the Northwest. We receive battle reports from the Northwest every day, but none of them mentioned this matter."

Yin Xu raised his head lightly, "Zha Guicha, I suggest you not to meet Yang Hu, but to quietly protect the safety of him and his family. If he dies, the Huo family will have to be accused of murder in fear of crime. "

Huo Yiming nodded solemnly, "I'll do it now." After speaking, he walked away.

The other brothers were still young and couldn't help, so they went back first and didn't want to cause trouble for everyone.

In the study, Huo Zhengquan told all the news he had received. Teng Yu stayed at Huo's house last night, so it was inconvenient to pass the news, and he didn't know some details.

"The emperor wants to make the fourth prince the crown prince. He once talked to me and asked me to support him, but I refused because the Huo family did not participate in the establishment of the heir."

"Do you suspect that he directed and performed this incident with a grudge?"

Huo Zhengquan could hear his attitude towards the emperor from the address he gave to the emperor. He only knew about the matter of Empress Liu back then, and he only paid attention to it after Teng Yu showed his edge.

"I can't rule out this possibility. It's not a day or two since the emperor wanted to take back the military power, but the timing is not right."

"Indeed, the crown prince has not yet been established, and the father's health is not very good. Now it is easy to force you to fall to the two adult princes by plotting against the Huo family. It is not worthwhile."

"Then the eldest prince is left, and the Yun family...has developed quite well."

"You never doubted me?"

Huo Zhengquan took a deep look at him, "You are so smart, you know what to do to your best advantage. With Huo Tian around, what you should do is to let him seize power as much as possible."

Teng Yu smiled, not annoyed at being guessed.

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