Princess of the auxiliary country

She didn't dare to complain at all about Huo Junyao's reprimand just now.

He honestly went to see Manager Wang and asked him to arrange for someone to go to the capital immediately with the money and purchase two hundred pieces of white cloth.

Upon hearing this, Manager Wang was also shocked, but he did not ask too many questions like Aunt Xi just now.

Whatever the master told him to do, he just did it.

Immediately, he took the money and ordered his two sons to take the people and set off with the bullock cart.

Grandma Xi returned to the manor and arranged for people to clean it up. The first priority was the small courtyard where Huo Junyao wanted to live.

As for Huo Junyao, after tidying up the room, she asked Xiaochan to find the four treasures of the study. She sat at the table and began to think and write and draw.

Beijing.

The prince was punished, and at the same time, the fact that he was ordered to do so by the emperor also spread out of the palace like wings.

The network of relationships in the palace is intricate and seemingly mysterious, but it is only for ordinary people.

For those powerful people, they know many things in the palace.

"Hahaha, I will just say that this prince is a fool. See if something is wrong now?"

In Prince Qi's palace, Prince Qi laughed heartily after hearing the news.

The disdain and gloating on his face were not hidden at all.

The middle-aged staff sitting next to him looked helpless when looking at King Qi like this.

It was really impossible to tell that he and the prince were brothers and sisters in front of others.

"Mr. Zhuang, what's your expression?"

"It's okay, I just think it's not very good for His Highness Prince Qi to be like this. If someone with intentions takes a look at it, I'm afraid it will cause some trouble."

Hearing this, King Qi sneered and continued: "Nowadays in the capital, who doesn't know about the fight between me, King Chu and the prince? Even my father is well aware of it and just looked at it. It's not a big deal. "

He had a lot of disdain for the prince, so when he was still an adult, he never concealed his desire to compete for the crown prince.

After so many years, the overt and covert fighting between the three brothers has become more and more intense. Everyone knows it well, and they are just pretending to be on occasion.

Why continue to pretend in this royal palace?
"Mr. Zhuang, do you think now is an opportunity? My father warned the prince like this, can we use this to give him a fatal blow?"

The prince's lack of morality is a very good point of criticism.

"not the right time yet."

Mr. Zhuang smiled lightly and shook his head, and continued, "The emperor only gave verbal instructions, leaving room for leeway and no clear purpose. Looking at it in detail, it can be said that it is just a reprimand from a father to his son. Without a clear purpose, it cannot be said to be directed at the prince."

Hearing this, King Qi fell silent. After a while, he nodded, with a look of regret on his face.

"It seems that the prince's status in my father's heart is much higher than I thought."

"so what?"

Mr. Zhuang shook the feather fan slightly and continued, "No matter how high it is, it will come down at some point. Didn't it fall a little this time?"

"And your Highness must not forget that the Crown Prince is provoking Duke Ji and His Royal Highness the Princess this time."

"Everyone in the world thinks that Ji Guogong has no ability, but he is not as simple as he seems on the surface." Ji Guogong is indeed very low-key and has a good personality, but it is precisely because of his low-key and good character that he stands out among the crowd. The founding dignitaries were relatively open-minded.

There were many powerful people in the founding of the Yu Dynasty, and there were more or less dissatisfactions between them.

But among these dignitaries, only Ji Guogong could speak to everyone and had good friendships with them.

In addition, there is the eldest princess Ningyang, who is the emperor's sister. The relationship between the elder brother and sister is very deep, and she is also the emperor's favorite daughter.

But for someone who can freely enter and exit Da'an Palace to see the Supreme Emperor, if she can get the Supreme Emperor to come out and say a word, even the emperor would have to pay attention.

Prince, what you did this time was indeed very stupid. He ignored the Queen's exquisite plan and offended two powerful people for no reason.

"Naturally, I will not underestimate Duke Ji's ability, and I also have a deep relationship with my imperial aunt."

Mr. Zhuang smiled and nodded.

"However, Duke Cao Guo's actions this time are somewhat confusing to me."

Hearing this, King Qi also frowned. He had tried to win over Duke Cao before. It was said that he also wanted to marry Zhao Yan'er to increase his help.

However, Cao Guogong is very shrewd and not at all as honest and upright as he appears.

He was also quite confused about the sudden involvement of Duke Cao's government.

Logically speaking, there is no reason for such a shrewd person to be unable to ignore the current situation in the court.

As the Minister of the Ministry of War, and he still has military power in his hand, he will not fail to understand that once he takes sides, the position of the Minister of the Ministry of War and the military power in his hand will be taken back by the emperor.

Military power was so important in ancient dynasties, especially when the crown princes were competing. What the princes wanted most was military power, and of course what they were most taboo about obtaining was military power.

Especially in today's Yu Dynasty, the princes like them can fight openly and secretly, as long as they don't go out of line, Emperor Zhaowu can turn a blind eye.

But military power must not be used, because the emperor is still in his prime, and if the prince uses military power, it will only arouse his suspicion.

Unless he is willing to give it to you, then not only is it okay, but it also has great benefits. It proves that the emperor trusts you and intends to cultivate you.

They are all princes and princes, and if they continue to cultivate, they can only go further.

"Cao Guogong is not a stupid person, but he only has a daughter. Do you think it is because of this daughter?"

Mr. Zhuang pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "It is possible. I heard that Duke Cao loves his only daughter very much. If it is for his daughter, it makes sense. But isn't he afraid that the emperor will do something to him?"

"Who knows? But it's okay now. The prince was punished for this incident. Cao Guogong's daughter was involved. The queen may not have a good impression of Zhao Yan'er. She wants to marry into the East Palace, but it's unlikely."

"And it won't be easy for my father."

Mr. Zhuang nodded. Indeed, the emperor was afraid that his trust in Duke Cao would be greatly reduced because of this incident.

At the same time, the Chu Palace and the homes of many powerful ministers in the capital were also doing some analysis on this matter.

Some people are happy and some are sad. Those who are happy are naturally the kings of Qi and Chu, while those who are worried are those ministers under the prince's family, or those who are dedicated to the country and do not want turmoil in Yi Chu.

However, just as everyone was analyzing and thinking about this matter, another piece of news broke out among the powerful ministers in the capital.

Duke Ji's Mansion publicly announced that it would sever diplomatic relations with Duke Cao's Mansion.

Many people were shocked when they heard the news, but they quickly realized that they, the powerful court officials, could not see through the twists and turns in the rumors among the people outside.