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"What should we do now?" Hou Zhong asked Yuan Ji with a gloomy face.

The current situation is very unfavorable to them. The second prince they had placed their hope on not only failed to ascend the throne, but was also arrested. It can be said that this result is extremely bad.

Both of them are high-ranking people, so they are naturally worried about their positions.

If you choose to take a side, if you take the right side, you will naturally receive generous rewards, but if you take the wrong side, you will end up in a miserable situation, especially when it comes to competing for the throne.

And obviously, now they are on the wrong team.

Now that Zhao Lun has not ascended the throne, they can still be safe and sound, but once Zhao Lun ascends the throne and declares himself emperor, there is a high possibility that he will take revenge on them.

Both Hou Zhong's position and Yuanji's position are critical positions, and Zhao Lun will definitely put his own people in these two positions.

Yuan Ji frowned, his face also ugly, and asked without answering: "Then how come Zhao Lun has His Majesty's edict? How could His Majesty fall in love with this trash?"

Waste, this is Yuan Ji's evaluation of Zhao Lun, and it is also the evaluation of Zhao Lun by many people in the Yanfeng Kingdom.

None of them looked down on Zhao Lun, and Yuan Ji didn't believe that the old emperor could.

If the old emperor only had one son, Zhao Lun, then it would be reasonable for him to inherit the throne. But the problem is that the old emperor had more than one son. No matter from any aspect, Zhao Lun was not the best among these princes. He is by no means the most suitable person to inherit the throne.

What's more, Zhao Ke had told them personally before that the old emperor intended to appoint him as the prince. How could the person suddenly change?

Although others did not believe what Zhao Ke said, Yuan Ji and Hou Zhong did not doubt it, because they had already clearly expressed their support for Zhao Ke at that time, and there was no need for Zhao Ke to deceive them on this matter.

Therefore, what Zhao Ke said must be true!

But when things got here, it didn't make sense anymore.

On the one hand, the old emperor left a testament to Zhao Lun, and on the other hand, he planned to establish Zhao Ke as the crown prince. This is completely unreasonable. How could the old emperor do such a contradictory thing?

"I can't figure it out either." Hou Zhong said: "His Majesty has obviously planned to confer the second prince on the throne, so why is there another posthumous edict? If I hadn't seen that there was indeed a seal at the end of the posthumous edict, I would have been suspicious. , Zhao Lun’s imperial edict is fabricated.”

"Master Hou, you have been following His Majesty for many years and are very close to His Majesty. Have you ever heard that His Majesty has the slightest intention of letting Zhao Lun succeed to the throne?" Yuan Ji asked Hou Zhongdao.

"No!" Hou Zhong shook his head decisively and said, "Never! I did hear his comments about Zhao Lun from His Majesty's mouth, but none of these comments were positive."

"This is strange." Yuanji's frown deepened.

At this time, a servant came to report that Hou Yi, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, came to visit.

Yuan Ji glanced at Hou Zhong, and then said: "Please come quickly!"

Soon, there was another person in the study room of the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. This person was Hou Yi, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry!

Since then, the three important figures who had firmly supported the second prince Zhao Ke had gathered together in the old emperor's palace.

"Between Mr. Hou and Hou Shangshu..." Yuan Ji looked at Hou Zhong and then at Hou Yi, with an obvious look of inquiry in his eyes.

At this time, the three of them could be said to be on the same boat, and Hou Zhong stopped hiding it and said, "Actually, Hou Shangshu and I are from the same place, and we are even somewhat related. It's just that when we were young, , I left my hometown with my family and wandered around for several years before settling down. Therefore, no one else in the court knows about my relationship with Hou Shangshu, not even His Majesty! "

Yuan Ji nodded, he believed what Hou Zhong said.

Hou Zhong's position is very special. It requires him to draw a clear line between him and all the ministers in the court and only use it for the emperor.

Therefore, if the old emperor had known about the relationship between Hou Zhong and Hou Yi, he would have dismissed Hou Zhong or Hou Yi from their posts long ago.

Even, these two people have to be abolished!

"Now is not the time to talk about this matter." Hou Yi said: "Yuan Shangshu, what do you think about Zhao Lun's succession to the throne?"

Although Hou Yi and Yuan Ji served as ministers in the same palace, their relationship was not close before and they did not have much contact.

But now because of the relationship between Zhao Ke and Hou Zhong, they can be said to be allies, and because of Zhao Lun's sudden rise to power, Hou Yi was inevitably a little panicked.

Hou Yi originally thought that with the support of Hou Zhong and Yuan Ji, Zhao Ke's accession to the throne was a sure thing. His support of Zhao Ke could be said to be a sure-profit deal.

However, he did not expect that this business, which was guaranteed to make a profit without losing money, would actually overturn. This matter was very important. Once it overturned, everyone knew how serious the consequences would be.

Hou Yi also knows!

Therefore, Hou Yi had to be anxious now. He even resented Hou Zhong in his heart. It was Hou Zhong who secretly contacted him before and asked him to support the second prince Zhao Ke, which led to the current situation. Otherwise, he would be like Li Yang and Zhou Yanfeng remained neutral as well, so he no longer had the worries at the moment.

"Unbelievable!" Yuan Ji said in a deep voice: "No matter from any aspect, Zhao Lun is not the person who should sit on the throne. In fact, the eldest prince is more qualified to sit on that position than him!"

"But he has His Majesty's last edict!" Hou Yi said: "I also think that he is not qualified to inherit the throne, but His Majesty obviously doesn't think so."

"Have you ever heard His Majesty give him any praise?" Yuanji asked.

Hou Yi thought about it and shook his head.

"So, this matter is weird!" Yuan Ji said.

"I don't want to believe it, but this is the reality." Hou Yi said: "The Ministry of Rites has begun to prepare for the coronation ceremony. Qi Kai obviously wants to perform well, so the coronation ceremony will be ready soon. By then, Zhao Lun will be the new emperor of our Yanfeng Kingdom!"

Yuan Ji and Hou Zhong frowned.

This is naturally not the result they want to see, but Zhao Lun has the imperial edict in his hand, and they have no way to stop this. Dayi is on Zhao Lun's side. No matter how the old emperor evaluated Zhao Lun when he was alive, Zhao Lun now has the imperial edict in his hand, and the new emperor must be him!

"We all know Zhao Lun. He has no ability and is quite vengeful!" Hou Zhong said: "When he sits on the throne, I'm afraid the three of us will have a hard time keeping our positions."

The study fell into silence, which was exactly what the three of them were worried about.

Yuan Ji looked at Hou Zhong, then at Hou Yi, and suddenly an idea popped up in his mind:

Take the initiative to show goodwill to Zhao Lun!

However, just when Yuanji had this thought, Hou Yi suddenly said, "Do you think Zhao Lun's imperial edict is fake?"

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