The selection of show girls on the first day of the fifth lunar month will not have too many waves, and there may only be a few show girls who will be brushed down.

Ji Ning knew that Li Jing was looking for someone to replace his daughter, and fortunately, it was a portrait that was sent to the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple in advance this year, not a photo, otherwise it would be inoperable for Li Jing, and now it is not very difficult to find someone similar to his daughter.

On the second day of the fifth month, Ji Ning and Zhao Yuanrong met in a small residence.

Zhao Yuanrong brought a lot of news about the court, and all of them were basically related to the emperor, the crown prince and the king.

“…… After the father and emperor sealed the Zen ceremony, he did not go to court again, and the affairs of the court and the central government were all mastered by the people of Zhongshu Province, only the military and political affairs fell under the control of the prince and the king of Chong, the court situation seemed to be stable, but the dark tide was surging, I guess, the time of the prince and the king of Chongwang to conspire to rebel is not far away! ”

Zhao Yuanrong always spoke to Ji Ning with a posture of worrying about the country and the people, and after she finished speaking, she even felt a little emotional, with a deep tone between her eyebrows, which made Ji Ning always feel a little inappropriate.

Ji Ning said: "If the prince and King Chong want to conspire and make trouble, they always need an opportunity, I don't know what the princess thinks, where is the opportunity for the two of them to rebel now?" ”

Zhao Yuanrong couldn't answer for a while.

Many things, Ji Ning will consider from the root, while Zhao Yuanrong will consider the things on the surface.

Ji Ning said earnestly: "The crown prince and the king are working hard to develop their own power, their goal is to control the government and obtain the prerequisites for the conspiracy, that is, they can decide the palace, the imperial court, the defense of the capital, etc., only when these are in their hands, they have the courage to make trouble." Before, a national teacher, a Mr. Feng, I don't know if he was killed or exiled by His Majesty, all the prince could expect was that the woman he sent to the palace to disguise the princess of the Cheshi Kingdom could kill His Majesty, but how could things be so easy? ”

"Ji Ning, what you said also has some truth, but I always feel that things are not as simple as you said, although my father is still in control of the Imperial Forest Army, but the Imperial Forest Army is far less than the military power in the hands of the Twelve Guards after the Zen Ceremony, and now the Twelve Guards and horses are basically in the hands of the prince and King Chong, if the two of them join forces, the consequences will be unimaginable!" Zhao Yuanrong said worriedly.

"No matter how unthinkable it is, the situation is also under control, attacking the palace with twelve guards and horses, this operability is not strong, no matter what, the soldiers and horses of the Dayong Dynasty are nominally controlled by His Majesty, and the courtiers cannot control the military power, and the prince and King Chong are just a few generals of the twelve guards, if they want to make a rebellion, there must be a prerequisite, that is, the Royal Forest Army under their control, or, after launching a rebellion, they can disintegrate the Royal Forest Army in the shortest possible time, and now it seems that they do not have such strength!" Ji Ning analyzed.

Zhao Yuanrong thought about Ji Ning's words carefully, and felt that there was some truth, but she still couldn't rest assured in her heart.

Zhao Yuanrong asked, "Is there any other possibility?" ”

"Hehe, something else? Then there is only the pretending princess of Cheshiguo who assassinated His Majesty in the palace, or His Majesty left the palace again and was assassinated! Ji Ning said, "But dare to ask the princess, if you are the crown prince now, Your Majesty has been forbearant on the issue of the prince, and even the five princes have lost power, and the prince is not under great competitive pressure, as for launching a rebellion when the preparation is immature?" Wouldn't it be better to find a way to succeed to the throne reasonably? ”

Zhao Yuanrong's heart sank, and he said, "You mean, the ultimate goal of the crown prince and King Chong is to assassinate the Son of Heaven?" ”

Ji Ning shrugged and said, "Maybe it's like the princess said, maybe it's not." The crown prince can also wait until His Majesty's death, but King Chong will definitely not wait, at this time King Chong must strive to stay in the capital, I expect that His Majesty will also allow King Chong to stay......"

"Why?" Zhao Yuanrong frowned and looked at Ji Ning.

"Your Majesty needs the power of King Chong to contain the crown prince, and this one is enough." Ji Ning sighed lightly, "The prince's power is too big after all, and His Majesty made a mistake before, he didn't expect the prince to develop such a big power in just a few years, not only His Majesty has lost his eyes, but even the Li brothers and sisters and King Hui have also lost their eyes, and only King Chong can really see clearly." So when King Chong was at a critical time, he chose to stand on the side of the prince! ”

Zhao Yuanrong smiled and said, "Isn't it you Ji Ning who understands the situation?" ”

Ji Ning also smiled slightly and didn't say much. Zhao Yuanrong sorted out the books he brought, and said: "These are the lists of hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China, who is in what position, they are very clear, and even the appointment, dismissal and vacancy of local officials are among them, but everything above the seventh grade should have a record, Ji Ning, you can check it first, see who needs to pay attention, who needs to be guarded, and which people can be co-opted!" ”

Ji Ning shook his head slightly and said, "I don't want to see this thing!" ”

"Why? Do you think you can deal with the crown prince and the king with your own strength? Zhao Yuanrong frowned.

Ji Ning picked up another booklet next to him, this booklet was written by Ji Ning himself, and all the information involved was the military layout of the imperial court.

"The princess has time, she should study the geography of mountains and rivers, and she can also study history and humanities, but don't study officialdom. The position of the official, many times is wavering, maybe today these people are still on the side of the prince, maybe tomorrow, they will defect to the king, only their own power is strong, others will hold trust, if they are alone, there are more people who will express their loyalty, in the end these people will also eat inside and outside to defect to the enemy's camp. Ji Ning said, "The struggle of the royal family is even more so, the officials always have the attitude of a bystander, always hoping that the royal family will fight for themselves first, and then they will stand in line, and they don't want to take the initiative to stand in line to find death, before the matter of Uncle Li and King Hui, the officialdom in the capital has been purged once, and now the officials are also shrewd!" ”

Zhao Yuanrong's face was a little unpleasant, and said: "There are no officials to support me, just you, and Qin Yuanyuan, plus my subordinates, together are just a group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals, so how can you fight with the prince and King Chong?" ”

"So this is the reason why I asked the princess to cooperate with King Chong, it is the truth that the weak are better than the strong." Ji Ning said, "The princess has cooperation with King Chong, and she will directly win the help of the people from the altar and Qi Niang, this is another force, and then the princess can consider winning over the generals of the twelve guards, and if there are one or two generals of the guards to support the princess, then the princess's chances of winning will be greatly increased!" ”

Zhao Yuanrong said angrily: "The general of the Twelve Guards, how can anyone support me? ”

"It's not that they haven't seen the strength of the princess yet. For example, the little grandfather of the Qin family, the princess can try to win it over! Ji Ning said with a smile.