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"Minister Yuan, what should I do?" Zhao Ke asked Yuan Ji.

"We must cut off contact with the people of Shuiyue Country. Those people cannot be trusted!" Yuan Ji said firmly.

Zhao Ke frowned slightly, obviously hesitant about Yuan Ji's words.

Seeing Zhao Ke's reaction, Yuan Ji was furious and said, "Your Highness, don't be blinded by those people. While you are not trapped deeply, you must cut off contact with them immediately."

As the Minister of Personnel, Yuan Ji knew too much about Shuiyue Country and knew that those people approaching Zhao Ke on their own initiative would definitely not be good.

However, Zhao Ke seemed to be confused by those people and actually believed them.

"Your Highness!" Yuan Ji continued, "If you still believe those people from Shuiyue Country, then this old minister can only say goodbye."

With that, Yuan Ji stood up again and walked outside.

"Minister Yuan, wait a minute." Zhao Ke quickly grabbed Yuan Ji and said, "I will not contact them again."

"Can your Highness promise?" Yuan Ji asked.

"I promise." Zhao Ke said immediately.

Hearing Zhao Ke's words, Yuan Ji's expression eased slightly, and then he sat down again.

"Your Highness, this is your best chance now, you must not make the wrong decision." Yuan Ji said.

"Minister Yuan, I don't understand, now that my father has asked my eldest brother to handle state affairs, do I still have a chance?" Zhao Ke asked.

"If Your Highness didn't have a chance, I wouldn't be here." Yuan Ji smiled and said: "It's true that Your Majesty asked the eldest prince to handle state affairs, but this does not mean that the eldest prince will be the only candidate for the position of crown prince. I think it is precisely because of Your Majesty's arrangement that the possibility of His Highness becoming the crown prince has been reduced a lot."

Then, Yuan Ji analyzed Zhao Ke for a while.

Zhao Ke listened seriously, but muttered in his heart: "It's the same as the analysis of the people of Shuiyue Country. It seems that the people of Shuiyue Country are not as unreliable as Minister Yuan said."

However, because what Yuan Ji said was very similar to the people of Shuiyue Country, Zhao Ke was determined that he still had hope in his heart.

The people of Shuiyue Country said so, and Yuanji also said so, so there should be no mistake.

At this moment, Zhao Ke's heart was once again filled with great hope.

"So, Your Highness, you must not panic at this time. At this time, doing nothing is much better than making mistakes." Yuanji continued to say while Zhao Ke was muttering his thoughts in his heart.

"I understand." Zhao Ke said seriously.

Yuanji seemed very satisfied with Zhao Ke's attitude, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, don't worry. I have contacted some ministers privately, and they will support Your Highness like me."

Hearing Yuanji's words, Zhao Ke's face became more excited, and he said: "Then I will trouble Minister Yuan."

Yuanji nodded slowly with a smile on his face.

Yuanji chatted in detail in Zhao Ke's house for a while before leaving. He had a lot to talk to Zhao Ke, but now was a critical period. Whether it was him or Zhao Ke, their identities were sensitive, so he couldn't stay here for too long.

After Yuanji left, Zhao Ke locked himself in the study for a long time. Then, he called his most trusted guard and made some arrangements for him.

At this time, in the mansion of the eldest prince Zhao Xuan, Zhao Xuan, who had just returned to his palace, was enjoying the intimate massage of the palace maid.

Zhao Xuan closed his eyes slightly, with a little fatigue on his face, but his expression was quite excited.

He had just returned from the imperial study, the imperial study where his father "worked". Since his father's condition worsened, it became his "office". On the desk in the imperial study, there were tall memorials, and he had just come back from dealing with those memorials.

It was not until he really started to deal with the government affairs that Zhao Xuan realized how tired his father was on weekdays. The daily memorials were simply countless, and all kinds of big and small things were reported.

However, although it was tiring to review these memorials, Zhao Xuan enjoyed it because it was something he had always dreamed of, something that many people wanted but could not get. The feeling of holding power made him very intoxicated.

When the second prince and others thought that Zhao Xuan had been basically kicked out, Zhao Xuan himself did not think so. He felt that he had taken the lead in the battle for the position of crown prince, and even completely won the battle for the position of crown prince. Otherwise, how could his father let him handle the government affairs at this critical moment instead of others?

It was precisely because of this idea that Zhao Xuan was somewhat complacent at this time. He handled government affairs very seriously and devotedly, and he also enjoyed the current change of identity very much.

At this time, Gu Lin hurried over. Since Zhao Xuan started to handle government affairs, as Zhao Xuan's most trusted staff, Gu Lin has been much busier than before.

"Your Highness." Gu Lin came to Zhao Xuan's side and called softly.

"What's wrong? What's the matter?" Zhao Xuan asked lightly, without even opening his eyes.

"Something seems to be wrong." Gu Lin said.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Xuan immediately opened his eyes and looked at Gu Lin and said, "What went wrong?"

At this critical moment, Zhao Xuan didn't want anything to go wrong. He felt that this was the last test given to him by his father. As long as he didn't have any major problems in handling the government during this period, then the position of the crown prince would definitely be his.

Therefore, Zhao Xuan immediately became serious when he heard Gu Lin's words.

Gu Lin looked at the maids and eunuchs next to Zhao Xuan with gestures.

Zhao Xuan immediately waved his hand and signaled those people to go down. After there were only two people around, Gu Lin said: "Your Highness, something is wrong. Your Highness is now responsible for handling the government affairs and holding great power. Normally, victory should be in sight. The ministers in the army should have shown their goodwill and stood in line, but that was not the case. Although some ministers came to offer their services, there were too few of them, much less than I expected. "

Hearing Gu Lin's words, Zhao Xuan frowned slightly and said, "Is it because the time is too short and the ministers haven't reacted yet? Maybe they will come to me soon."

However, Gu Lin shook his head and said: "I think this is unlikely. The ministers in the court are the most sensitive to this kind of thing. They will definitely figure out the impact of this matter in the shortest possible time. And make a decision.”

"What do you mean? They don't think highly of me at all?" Zhao Xuan's voice became louder: "I am now the candidate appointed by the father to oversee the country! Everything big and small in the Yanfeng Kingdom must go through The crown prince position is within my reach, why don’t they think highly of me?”