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"Dad, is this news reliable?" Duan Zeguang looked at his father in disbelief and asked.

"Of course it is reliable!" Duan Wanming said with great certainty: "This matter has now spread throughout the imperial capital, and has even spread to other surrounding countries. There is absolutely no lie about this matter."

"God is really helping us!" Duan Zeyun said with excitement: "The second prince is dead, the third prince has been arrested, and now there is no prince in the court who can stand up. In this case, our eldest prince is very important. It’s important.”

"Yes." Duan Zeguang also looked happy: "The eldest prince was absolutely right when he chose to escape from the imperial capital."

Having said this, Duan Zeguang paused for a moment and said: "It's just that it's not easy for the eldest prince to go back. He originally left the imperial capital on suspicion of poisoning the late emperor. Now this matter has not been investigated clearly. Naturally You can’t go back to the imperial capital easily, otherwise, you may end up like the third prince.”

"That's a problem." Duan Wanming's face faded slightly and he said: "Now there are rumors in the imperial capital that the late emperor was poisoned by the eldest prince. If this matter is not resolved, it will be difficult for the eldest prince to return to the imperial capital. It's like ascending to heaven, but..."

Having said this, Duan Wanming paused and continued: "However, we don't need the eldest prince to return to the imperial capital now. When everyone finds out that without the eldest prince to take charge of the overall situation, the situation will continue to fall into chaos, that is when the eldest prince returns to the imperial capital. When that time comes, who will mention what happened before?”

Duan Wanming's meaning is obvious. When the ministers in the court find that there is no way to clean up the mess without the eldest prince's intervention, that is when the eldest prince returns to the imperial capital. At that time, the eldest prince will definitely be welcomed by thousands of people.

However, what Duan Wanming didn't know was that there was a group of people in the imperial capital who did not want the chaos to end. With this group of people around, the eldest prince would not be able to return to the imperial capital smoothly.

"Before that, what we have to do is to further strengthen our control over the eldest prince." Duan Wanming continued: "Don't forget our real goal. Sending the eldest prince back to the imperial capital is by no means the end!"

Duan Wanming never concealed his true thoughts in front of his son. He kept and protected the eldest prince not really for the sake of the eldest prince, let alone the royal family, but to achieve his own goals.

"Dad, don't worry, the eldest prince is surrounded by our people now." Duan Zeguang said: "If he wants to contact the outside world now, he must go through us."

"Well, that's good." Duan Wanming nodded and said, "Tomorrow, I will issue an announcement to the outside world in his name, publicly condemning the behavior of the third prince Zhao Lun. This can increase his presence, or Save some image for the eldest prince."

Duan Wanming's sons nodded in agreement.

"In addition, you should ask the eldest prince to get active. Ask him to write more letters recently and send them to the ministers who are still close to him." Duan Wanming said: "You must grasp the content of the letters and don't let him write something that he shouldn't." What you wrote, do you understand?”

"Understood, Dad."

At this time, in a courtyard in the southern city, the eldest prince Zhao Xuan was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, his eyes widened and his face full of anger.

The eldest prince is not a fool, and a fool cannot survive in the palace. After the initial nervousness and fear, he has slowly calmed down. After he calmed down, he discovered a lot of things and figured out a lot. things.

He is under house arrest!

This was the first thing Zhao Xuan realized. Before, when the familiar eunuchs, maids, and even guards around him were transferred away one by one, he had not noticed anything. At that time, he had not yet experienced the assassination of the assassin. After he recovered, there was only fear in his heart, and he even took the initiative to ask Duan Wanming to strengthen the protective force around him.

But after calming down, Zhao Xuan found that things seemed to have changed. There were no acquaintances around him. His protective power had indeed increased a lot, but these people were Duan Wanming's people. He originally brought them from the palace. No one came out!

After discovering this situation, Zhao Xuan took the initiative to request that his people be sent back, but Duan Wanming refused with various reasons, that is, not to let the people around him come back. After thinking about it, Zhao Xuan Understand, he was under house arrest. This was confirmed when he wanted to leave the other courtyard and go out for a walk, but was stopped.

After understanding this, Zhao Xuan was extremely angry. He never thought that his father-in-law would treat him like this. He clearly came to seek protection, but he didn't expect that he would be put under house arrest.

However, although he was very angry, Zhao Xuan had not lost his mind. He knew that he was surrounded by Duan Wanming's people. It could be said that his life and death were in Duan Wanming's hands. Therefore, Zhao Xuan did not dare to behave towards Duan Wanming. He showed anger, and even showed a grateful look in front of the Duan family, as if he had discovered nothing. But only he knew that he wanted to kill Duan Wanming's family.

Duan Wanming had told him before that the assassins were sent by the second prince. Zhao Xuan believed it at the time, but now, he was very doubtful about it. He even suspected that those assassins were sent by Duan Wanming to scare him. This would give him an excuse to transfer the people around him, and at the same time, send more people from the Duan family.

After thinking about these things, Zhao Xuan only had one thought in his mind:

Get away from here!

Duan Wanming dared to put him under house arrest, which was definitely not a good thing. Moreover, Zhao Xuan did not like the feeling of being controlled by others.

However, it was not easy to escape from here.

Now Zhao Xuan no longer had his own people around him, and all he had were Duan Wanming's people. In this case, it was as difficult as ascending to heaven for him to escape from here.

However, no matter how difficult it was, Zhao Xuan had to find a way to escape from here, because he could not feel any sense of security here.

Squeak!

At this time, the door was pushed open, and a beautiful figure walked in. Zhao Xuan, who was lying on the bed, immediately changed his clothes and expression, and the anger just now disappeared in an instant.

"Your Highness, are you asleep?" A female voice sounded in Zhao Xuan's ears, and the voice was quite pleasant.

"Not yet, I'm waiting for you. If you don't come back, I can't sleep." Zhao Xuan said with a smile.

Looking at the person in front of him, Zhao Xuan had a bold idea in his mind.

The person who came was Duan Xiu'er, one of Zhao Xuan's concubines. She was also the daughter of the Duan family and the daughter of Duan Wanming.