The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

In the study room of Prince Han's Mansion, Zhao Yao was reading the secret letter handed to him by He Lianfang. This secret letter came from the capital and contained the truth about the murder of the deposed prince's family.

After reading the secret letter, Zhao Yao felt both surprised and not surprised.

Seeing that Zhao Yao was silent after reading the secret letter, He Lianfang raised her eyebrows slightly and asked, "Is there anything you want to say?"

Zhao Yao put down the secret letter in his hand and said in a very calm tone: "Second uncle, what do you want me to say?"

He Lianfang looked at Zhao Yao's expression carefully and was slightly surprised to see that he didn't seem to be surprised by the contents of the secret letter.

"It seems that you are not surprised by the murderer of the deposed prince's family."

Zhao Yao looked at He Lianfang, then sighed softly and said, "It's not surprising. Bago chose this moment as the best time to attack the deposed prince." He had already guessed that Bago would kill the deposed prince. , so he was not surprised at all. Also, killing the eldest brother at this time can be framed by King Dai or King Jing.

"You had already guessed that it was King Wei who did it?" He Lianfang was a little surprised, "Didn't you guess that it was King Dai or King Jing who did it?"

"King Dai and King Jing also have motives for killing eldest brother. I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out that any one of them is the mastermind behind it." To be honest, except for him, who didn't have a motive to kill eldest brother, everyone else did. "But compared to King Dai and King Jing, Bago has more reasons." He guessed that it might be Bago, but he didn't want to be Bago.

Seeing the confusion on Zhao Yao's face, He Lianfang joked: "Why, are you frightened by your myna's cruelty?"

Zhao Yao shook his head: "I'm a little worried about Bago."

"Worried about King Wei?" He Lianfang looked at Zhao Yao and then mocked, "The deposed prince's family was killed by King Wei. Weren't you sad and angry about this before? How come you learned that the murderer was Queen Wei, but you were worried about King Wei? No Why are you crying because the deposed prince and his family were killed?"

Zhao Yao pretended not to hear He Lianfang's strange aura, frowned slightly and said: "Brother Bage will kill the deposed prince, but he will never be so cold-blooded as to kill the deposed prince's family. I don't think he will even spare the eldest brother's wife and child." , it’s not the intention of the Eight Brothers, but the people of the Southern Wei Dynasty who were good at making decisions and got rid of them.”

"Are you so sure that eradicating the weeds was not an order from King Wei?"

Zhao Yao nodded and said firmly: "Bago will never kill children."

He Lianfang's face showed a look of interest: "I didn't expect that King Wei is still a person who is soft-hearted towards children."

"Second uncle, you are innocent. Besides, Bage is not a cold-blooded and heartless person." The most important thing is that Bage has hugged several of the eldest brother's children. Those children liked the myna very much and were very close to the myna. "It must be the people of the Southern Wei Dynasty who decided to eradicate the problem on their own initiative. It was definitely not Bago's idea."

"It has been a few years since King Wei got married." He Lianfang said with a profound look on his face, "King Wei has no heirs so far."

"Second uncle, you can't think that Bage will be cruel to the children just because he doesn't have children." Zhao Yao defended King Wei, "The reason Bage has no children is because Bage has not been in good health since he was a child. Over the years, although Bage has been I'm recuperating my body, but it's not completely adjusted, and it's still a little different from our normal bodies." When it comes to the matter of his offspring, he has been worried about myna. After he came to Marsh Mansion, he saw that all the tonics were sent to Bago, and he didn't know if Bago tasted them well.

"You really believe in King Wei." He Lianfang said, taking out a secret letter from his arms and handing it to Zhao Yao, "Wait until you finish reading this letter."

"Is there a secret message?" Zhao Yao took the second secret letter from He Lianfang with a puzzled look on his face, "What kind of secret message is this?"

He Lianfang emphasized: "It looks good."

Zhao Yao opened the secret letter and read it carefully. After watching for a while, his expression changed. However, it soon returned to normal.

"Is this secret letter real?"

"What do you think?" He Lianfang saw that Zhao Yao's face was a little ugly and joked, "Your good brother almost made you take the blame, do you still want to defend him?"

"It's not Bage. Bage will never frame my eldest brother's death on me." Zhao Yao said firmly, "It's the people from the Southern Wei Dynasty who want to frame me."

"Are you so convinced that King Wei will not harm you?"

"Yes, myna will never harm me!"

He Lianfang didn't understand where Zhao Yao had the confidence to think that the King of Wei would not harm him, "Why would the Southern Wei people frame you?" Zhao Yao was stunned by this question. He frowned, pondered for a while and said, "I was noticed by the people of Southern Wei."

"You are the good brother of the King of Wei. It is not surprising that the people of Southern Wei notice you." He Lianfang said, "The King of Wei cares about your brother very much. The people of the Southern Wei should not be unaware of it. They clearly know that the King of Wei values ​​you, so why do they still pay attention to you?" Will he slander you?"

"It's very simple. The businesses I did made the people of the Southern Wei Dynasty jealous." Zhao Yao said with a stern face, "The people of the Southern Wei Dynasty are very good at doing business. In the past [-] to [-] years, their business has become more and more popular." They are big and their business is getting wider and wider, but they cannot do the glass business. The glass business is making a lot of money every day, but the price is still low. People in the Southern Wei Dynasty want to do the glass business, but I did not cooperate with Bago in the glass business. "

"You didn't cooperate with the King of Wei in the glass business?" He Lianfang was very surprised. He thought that Zhao Yao had cooperated with the King of Chu and the King of Wei in the glass business, but he did not expect that Zhao Yao did not cooperate with the King of Wei. "Why didn't you cooperate with King Wei in the glass business?"

"Bago refused." In Zhao Yao's heart, the King of Chu and the King of Wei were equally important. He cooperated with the King of Chu in the glass business, and it was impossible not to cooperate with the King of Wei.

"The King of Wei refused?" He Lianfang looked puzzled, "The glass business is booming, why did the King of Wei refuse to cooperate with you?"

"What else could it be because of, of course, the people of the Southern Wei Dynasty." Of course, the reason why the King of Wei rejected Zhao Yao could not be said to be the people of the Southern Wei Dynasty. It was Zhao Yao's own guess. "Although Bage is tied to the Southern Wei people, Bage has always been wary of the Southern Wei people. Bage refused to cooperate with me in the glass business because he was on guard against the Southern Wei people." His second uncle once told him that the Southern Wei people once There was some trouble with him in business, but that didn't happen anymore. Over the years, the second uncle's business has grown bigger and bigger, and now the glass and glasses business has also been added. It is impossible for the people of the Southern Wei Dynasty not to be jealous.

He added: "The people of Southern Wei want to use the death of my eldest brother's family to frame me, and then take the opportunity to annex all my businesses, especially the glass business."

He Lianfang raised her eyebrows and asked, "Are you sure the Southern Wei people are targeting you just to steal your business?"

"Of course it's not just to steal my business, but also because of Bage." Zhao Yao tapped his fingers on the table and said thoughtfully, "People in the Southern Wei Dynasty saw that Bage valued me, and I went with Fourth Brother. Close. In their eyes, I will become a stumbling block for mynas in the future."

He Lianfang didn't expect Zhao Yao to see so clearly, so he said with profound meaning: "You can see clearly."

"Alas..." Zhao Yao sighed with a heavy face, "Although I have not had direct contact with the people of the Southern Wei Dynasty, judging from what they have done over the years, they are not good friends. Cooperating with them is tantamount to seeking the skin of a tiger. , I'm worried that Bago will be tricked by the Southern Wei people in the future." Bago probably also knew that the Southern Wei people were insidious and dangerous, so he was always on guard in secret.

"The King of Wei is nothing without the support of the people of Southern Wei." He Lianfang felt that instead of worrying about the King of Wei, Zhao Yao should worry more about himself. "Before the King of Wei succeeds, the people of Southern Wei will never harm him, but will support him as always. You don't need to worry about him, you should worry about yourself. The people of Southern Wei are targeting you, which means what you have done , they all know it, and King Wei must also know it."

"Bago will know if he knows about it." Zhao Yao is not worried that the things he did will be known by King Chu and King Wei. "Fourth brother also knows, but they have never asked me anything, which shows that they don't know anything about it." Mind the things I do.”

"You just said that the people of Southern Wei think you are hindering King Wei. Even if King Wei defends you, they will secretly try to get rid of you. What are you going to do?"

"They want to deal with me. Of course I can't sit still and wait for death. Naturally, I have to fight back. I'm not a soft persimmon." Zhao Yao said with a cold face, "I won't attack others unless they attack me. If they attack me, I will fight back." Although Nan Nan The Wei people were Bage's people, but that didn't mean he would tolerate them. Before, they made trouble for the second uncle, because they didn't hurt him, and since they didn't make trouble again later, he didn't bother with them for the sake of Bage.

This time, the Southern Wei people actually wanted to frame him as the murderer of his eldest brother's family. I couldn't bear it! If he didn't take revenge and go back, the people of Southern Wei would really think that he was easy to bully.

"It depends on the situation. The King of Wei rejected the proposal of the Southern Wei people and did not make you a scapegoat." He Lianfang was not very surprised by this, but he was surprised that the King of Wei did not take the opportunity to frame King Dai or King Jing. , directly led to the arrest of the Southern Wei people who killed the deposed prince's family.

"I just said, Brother Bago will not harm me." Zhao Yao raised his chin slightly and said with a proud look on his face. "Having said that, even if Ba Ge really asks me to take the blame, the first person who disagrees is Fourth Brother. Besides, Father doesn't believe it either."

After saying this, Zhao Yao didn't know what he thought of and let out a sneer.

Seeing Zhao Yao's silly smile, He Lianfang said in disgust, "Why are you laughing?"

"I laugh at the stupid people of Southern Wei."

"The people of the Southern Wei Dynasty are stupid. Why are they so stupid?"

"They falsely accused me of killing my eldest brother and his family, and they didn't even look to see if anyone believed it." Zhao Yao pointed to himself and said, "In the eyes of the ministers, I am just a fool prince. How can I have the ability to kill my eldest brother?" .Besides, what’s the benefit of killing my eldest brother’s family? The most important thing is that I’m far away in Lingnan.”

"Since they want to frame you, they have naturally prepared sufficient evidence. As for whether anyone believes you are innocent, does it matter?" He Lianfang sarcastically said, "King Dai or King Jing just used you to get rid of suspicion. With their help, you are not Yes." After saying that, he glanced at Zhao Yao meaningfully, "You, the King of Han who live far away in Lingnan, are the best scapegoat."

Zhao Yao: "..."