East City.
Late at night.
The night in the capital had never been peaceful because the darkness could always lure out the hidden thoughts in people's hearts.
On the streets, the familiar sound of the night watch had disappeared for a long time. In the past few days, the capital had been under martial law. Even the commoners could sense something different from it.
Thus, they all fell asleep early.
From time to time, the sound of hurried footsteps could be heard on the street. It was the Jinyiwei taking action. They were synonymous with darkness.
When people mentioned him, they would subconsciously feel fear, and these Jinyiwei were searching every corner of the capital.
He didn't let go of any suspicious places.
There were still many places that were still brightly lit. Most of these were the residences of officials in the court.
They were the only ones who could not sleep at night because of the recent events.
"Master, it's late. Go to bed early.”
A woman looked worriedly at the man who was trying the case under the candlelight.
"You go first. I still have a lot of cases to deal with.”
The man waved at her without looking back.
The woman sighed and went forward to silently add some lamp oil to him.
"Then I won't disturb Master.”
As he spoke, he bowed slightly and walked out of the door. Then, he gently closed the door.
Even now, the man's gaze was still fixed on the case in front of him.
After a long time, the candlelight flickered a little. The man seemed to be a little tired. He gently pinched the space between his eyebrows and then half-lay on the chair.
The man's name was Liang Chu, and he was the Minister of Justice. At the same time, he was also the Grand Secretary of the Profound Language Pavilion. This also meant that he was also the Crown Prince's man.
Recently, because of the Crown Prince's behavior, his subordinates were all extremely worried. They were all worried about the Han King's movements.
Even though the situation was already falling towards the Han King, all he could do was to handle his own matters.
They, the officials under the Crown Prince, had been labeled as the Crown Prince from the beginning. This was something that they could not get rid of no matter what.
Then, he seemed to have thought of something and stood up to walk towards the bookshelf.
Walking to the front of the bookshelf, his eyes suddenly became sharp. Although he stopped in front of the bookshelf, he looked around vigilantly.
After confirming that the Embroidered Uniform Guards had left, he quietly pressed the mechanism.
Instantly, the bookshelf slowly split open from the middle, revealing a long, pitch-black passageway.
At this moment, another person appeared at the entrance of the passageway. The two of them looked at each other without saying anything. Instead, they quickly took off their clothes.
Soon, both parties exchanged their clothes.
"I've already informed the residence that no one will disturb you. If anything unexpected happens, you know what to do.”
That person nodded. If you looked carefully, you would be surprised to find that the two of them had the same appearance!
Minister Liang then picked up a torch and walked into the passage. The man outside the passage slowly pressed the mechanism to close the bookshelf.
Then, he rummaged through the bookshelves for a while, took out a book, and returned to the table. Everything was so natural.
Minister Liang held the torch and slowly advanced in the passage. The torch in his hand could only illuminate a few inches below his feet.
In front of him was still darkness. The long passage seemed to devour everything, but Minister Liang's expression was very calm.
The passageway was very long, and it was flat on the ground. It was hard to imagine who could dig out such a long passageway in this place where the Embroidered Uniform Guards were everywhere.
After walking for about half an incense stick of time, a light appeared in front of him. Seeing this, he gradually quickened his pace.
When they reached the light, they had already reached the end. In front of them was an iron door. He stepped forward and knocked on the door rhythmically.
After a while, a pair of eyes appeared on the door. The person inside stared at him carefully for a while.
Then, he looked into the passage again. After making sure that he was alone, he slowly opened the door.
As he walked into the room, the lights in front of him suddenly lit up.
This made him subconsciously narrow his eyes. He walked to a chair at the side and waited patiently.
A moment later, a young man dressed in brocade walked in.
Seeing this, Minister Liang hurriedly stood up.
"How's the situation?"
The young man asked calmly.
"According to what I heard from Yang Shiqi and the other two, the Crown Prince is willing to put himself in danger in order to ensure the stability of the Great Ming Dynasty and not cause unrest in the capital.”
"Furthermore, a secret agent sent news that the Crown Prince had sent his two sons to the King of Zhao as hostages in order to appease him.”
Minister Liang cupped his hands and replied. From his attitude, the young man seemed to have an extraordinary status.
This was also thanks to his deep hiding, otherwise he would not have been able to find out such confidential information. Who would have thought that the person the Crown Prince had already recruited and promoted would actually be a spy?
"Crown Prince?"
The young man sneered in disdain.
"How can such a weak person be worthy of the position of Crown Prince? It seemed that Zhu Di, that old thief, was blind.”
Even though he said this, he still had to admit that the Crown Prince's move had truly stunned him.
F * ck, who would have thought that the Crown Prince, who already had victory in his hands, would actually do such a stupid thing in order to stabilize the situation?
As for why he said that just now, what else could he do? Was he supposed to praise him?
Although he cursed in his heart, his expression did not change much.
Years of hiding had taught him to hide his emotions.
"What about the Han King?”
The young man continued to ask.
"Han King."
Minister Liang frowned and hesitated for a moment before saying it.
"It's strange to say that the King of Han has not made any movements in the past few days. He has been waiting in the mansion. I heard that his deputy came to visit but he did not receive him."”
"It was only recently that the Han King made some moves and began to slowly take over the defense of the capital.”
Hearing this, the young man frowned.
What kind of people were Zhu Di's family? It was fine if the Crown Prince did that. Although it was very puzzling, it was barely justifiable.
But what about the King of Han? Wasn't he eyeing that position covetously?
Now that a great opportunity was right in front of him, he actually endured for so long.
If it were him, he would probably have already sat in that position. There was no need to go through so much trouble.
This made all the actions he had done in advance go to waste.
Killing the old master with a flurry of punches. He was truly dumbfounded by the Han King and Crown Prince's punches.
Anyone would be dumbfounded. Not to mention him, the ministers in the court were the same. None of them knew what to do.
Although the situation had many twists and turns, they had barely achieved their goal.
At least the King of Han had made his move. This was good news.
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