King Qi and Lu Haosheng whispered in the hall, the more they spoke, the softer they spoke, perhaps even they didn't realize it, between the words, the two got closer and closer, whispering, and being seen by outsiders, it seemed that they were discussing some confidential matter.

"Lord Wang, how much help Chu Huan can give to the prince, the humble position is still uncertain, but in the current situation, Chu Huan may be the only chance for the prince." Lu Haosheng said softly.

King Qi frowned and said, "You mean, this king has no other way to go except to the northwest?" ”

"What else does the prince think he has to go?" Lu Haosheng said solemnly: "The capital is already under the control of the prince, and it bears the name of the prison country, and now, it is more difficult to overthrow the prince than to ascend to the sky." Of course, the prince will not forget that the prince is from the army, and he is in the military, and he also has connections. ”

King Qi pondered for a moment, his expression becoming more and more solemn.

What Lu Haosheng said to him today can be said to be clear and direct, but in the heart of King Qi, he also knows that what Lu Haosheng said is the current reality.

For the crown prince, King Qi knows very well that the prince has no good intentions towards him, and he has always firmly believed that under the prince's seemingly lenient appearance, he is actually an extremely vicious heart, and he believes that if there is a real opportunity, the prince will definitely kill himself mercilessly.

If before Duan Xiaolou's case, King Qi still had the heart to fight to the death with the crown prince, then now such thoughts have already flown out of the clouds.

As Lu Haosheng said, the result has long been doomed, and he is not the enemy of the prince at all.

He knew that his current situation was very dangerous, and the prince was only putting himself under house arrest at the moment, not because the prince didn't want to be ruthless to him, but because the time was not ripe.

He is under house arrest here, just like a bird in a cage by the prince, life and death are controlled by the prince.

The current situation, I am like meat on the chopping board, and the prince's knife can be cut down at any time, as the so-called man is a maggot, I am a fish and meat, it is precisely because he understands his own danger that King Qi wants to send Ling Shuang out of the city.

King Qi followed Xu Congyang to study, the anecdotes of the past dynasties are naturally familiar with a lot, in the past, I saw the princes of the previous dynasties in order to compete for the throne, fratricidal, everything was done, shocking, King Qi even once felt that those history books were exaggerated, after all, when he was young, the prince has always been very kind to him, and although the King of Han is not in harmony with him, but there is never a taste of tension between brothers.

Even before accompanying Xu Congyang to Yunshan Mansion, his relationship with the crown prince and the king of Han had always been very harmonious, and he never thought that one day he would draw a sword against his brother.

But in the past few years, he finally understood that the battle for the throne in the history books has never been exaggerated, and in reality, it is even more cruel than the history books.

He is now in a desperate situation, looking at the four fields, but as Lu Haosheng said, he really seems to have no other way to go, staying in the capital, always in danger, these days, although the prince has not treated her well, but in this calm atmosphere, King Qi has endured unbearable psychological torment.

Sometimes it's not terrible to have a sharp blade in the throat, but it's terrible to know that a knife will cut down on the top of Lu Dao's head sooner or later, but I don't know when this knife will appear.

Waiting in fear is even more psychologically devastating.

Lu Haosheng claimed that King Qi now has only one road in the northwest, King Qi thought about it carefully, and did not think that Lu Haosheng was exaggerating, looking at the world, the only person he can trust now seems to be Chu Huan.

He was angry that Lu Haosheng had provoked a relationship between him and the emperor, but deep in his heart, when he thought of Lu Haosheng's analysis, there was a desperate fear.

If the emperor didn't know that the Qi Wang Party was just a plate of loose sand, leaving the King of Qi to assist the country and balance the crown prince, the King of Qi might feel that this was a kind of experience for the emperor himself, but Lu Haosheng said it very thoroughly today, and even Lu Haosheng knew that the Qi Wang Party was vulnerable to the princelings, how could the emperor not see through the subtleties in the middle?

In this case, the emperor still wants to leave himself in the capital to sing against the prince, wouldn't that make him kill himself?

As soon as King Qi thought of this, he felt a chill all over his body.

Like Lu Haosheng, he couldn't figure out the emperor's true intentions, but one thing was undeniable, no matter what the emperor's calculations were, in reality, he was indeed on the edge of the cliff.

The hall was silent for a long time, the night was quiet, and the entire palace was as silent as death, King Qi finally sighed and said: "Changshi, since you said that Zhu Lingyue was ambitious, Chu Huan was a thorn in his side, and the northwest is not safe now, Chu Huan is only afraid that he is not Zhu Lingyue's opponent, at this time, go to the northwest, isn't it just out of the wolf's den and into the tiger's den?" ”

Lu Haosheng shook his head and said: "In the humble opinion, at this time, the prince goes to the northwest, which is the best time. Lord Wang, in your opinion, will the Northwest remain calm like this? ”

King Qi hesitated for a moment, his eyes flickered, and he was silent for a long time before he lowered his voice and said: "When this king and Xu Dashi were studying, the master once told this king about anecdotes from previous dynasties, if the country is peaceful and the people are safe, and the court is strong, it is naturally peaceful in the world, but if the court is weak and cannot really control the place, the local officials, especially those feudal officials, will have different intentions ......!" ”

"That's what the prince said." Lu Haosheng said solemnly: "In the last years of the previous dynasty, the imperial court was turbulent and unable to control the place. The five Taishou captured the capital, and the world was in chaos, so there was a melee of princes in the Central Plains for more than 20 years, and the saint fought in the south and the north, and dominated the world. Now the imperial court is unable to control the northwest, and Zhu Lingyue has been standing still, there are three reasons, one is that he is not fully prepared to rebel, the second is that he has not yet found a high-sounding reason to raise troops, and the third is that Chu Huan is still hindered...... But Zhu Lingyue had been holding the imperial court hostage before, the imperial court understood, and he also knew that he knew that the imperial court was delaying time, and the imperial court also knew that he would rebel sooner or later, but when he could blackmail the imperial court, of course he wanted to get as much benefit as possible from the imperial court, unless he really tore his face with the imperial court, he would not easily raise troops. ”

"It seems that the imperial court has nothing left for him now." King Qi sneered.

Lu Haosheng said: "What he wants to ask for from the imperial court, he has already obtained almost everything, no matter how much he wants, the imperial court will not give it, and he can't take it, because of this, Zhu Lingyue raised troops, that is, sooner or later, he said that if it wasn't for the sudden killing of Chu Huan, Zhu Lingyue was only afraid that he would have already raised troops, and the northwest land, now he is only afraid that there are Zhu Ziqi everywhere." ”

"The Northwest Rebellion, according to you, is inevitable?" King Qi frowned, even if he did not participate in many state affairs, but he could also see that the empire had long lost its former glory, if it was said that before the invasion of the Western Liang people to the east, there were still many people who imagined that the empire was still the most powerful country in the world, after the battle of the northwest, more people understood that the empire was already getting worse and weaker rapidly, otherwise the dignified Chinese empire would not have been defeated by the small countries of the Western Liang in the west, and the entire northwest had almost become the territory of the Western Liang.

Lu Haosheng looked at him with affirmation, nodded and said: "In my humble opinion, maybe after this year, by next year, there will be great changes in the northwest." ”

"You said that this king went to the northwest at this time, which is the best time, where does this start?" King Qi frowned and said: "The northwest is going to be chaotic, do you want this king to go to the northwest to fight?" ”

Lu Haosheng showed a hint of a smile and said, "Lord Wang, you need Chu Huan's help now, but Chu Huan at this time doesn't need your help." ”

"He needs me?"

Lu Haosheng nodded and said: "From ancient times to the present, the division is nameless, it is a rebel, there is no orthodox name, no matter who raises the army, from the beginning, it has lost for a while, Zhu Lingyue has a heavy army, and he does not dare to act rashly, one of the reasons is that he can't find a good excuse." Lord Wang, fighting a war is not only about money, food, soldiers, and horses, but also about people's hearts, if people's hearts are back, even if the army in their hands is strong, it will be difficult to achieve great things. After a pause, he said softly: "When the prince arrives in Xiguan, he can mobilize the soldiers and horses in Xiguan, and as the prince, in addition to Zhu Lingyue and Xiao Huanzhang, it is justifiable, as long as Zhu Lingyue dares to be the enemy of the prince, in the name of this anti-thief, he can't run, and the people in the northwest will naturally not follow Zhu Lingyue." The literati and celebrities in the northwest will inevitably defect to the prince's door one after another...... Even if they don't defect to the prince, these people will respect their reputation, and naturally they will not follow Zhu Lingyue, who has the reputation of a traitor, so that Xiguan's momentum will naturally not lose to Zhu Lingyue. ”

King Qi held his chin, pondered, and pondered for a moment before saying: "You mean, this king has arrived in the northwest, collected all the troops in the northwest, and then ...... And then go back and fight for the throne with the crown prince? ”

Lu Haosheng said: "The prince has no way back, and in the current situation, he can only give it a go." ”

"But ......!" King Qi hesitated for a moment before saying, "But if you really do this, this king ...... Isn't this king...... Isn't it also a rebellion? Father's ...... And the prince ......! His eyebrows were tightly locked, and his mind was in chaos, he had never experienced such a big event, and he really didn't know what to do with it for a while.

Lu Haosheng sighed and said, "Lord Wang, don't think about it now, even if you want to go to the northwest, you must be able to leave the capital first." Now in this situation, I want to leave the capital ......! He shook his head helplessly.

The king of Qi suddenly returned to reality, and now the palace of Qi is surrounded by the Wujing guard regiment transferred by the prince, and the front and rear of the palace, including the side door, are all guarded by soldiers, and the prince has ordered that not only the people in the palace are not allowed to leave the house without special circumstances, but also the people outside are not allowed to enter the palace.

The King of Qi is in the capital, except for Xu Congyang, there is no other help, and it is really difficult to leave from this surrounded and impermeable palace.

He understands that he is a bird that is really trapped in a cage, and even if he wants to fly out of the capital, there is no way out.