SWDnovel Chapter 372 He won’t find out, right?
Chapter 372 He won’t find out, right?
It's not Ye Mingzhi's exaggeration. The lack of manpower capable of using force is the biggest obstacle for him to help Zhuo Chengyi seize the throne.
The eldest prince Zhuo Taining has a fiefdom, and he has the conditions to raise private soldiers. However, Zhuo Chengyi has not been granted a royal title. He only has a prince's palace. How could the emperor dare to do anything eye-catching under the emperor's feet? Emperor Rui did not allow the emperor's sons and grandsons to stand out.
All the public guards in the fifth prince's house are imperial guards sent by Emperor Rui. Under Zhuo Chengyi's command, those who can be used, except for a few staff given to him by Ye Mingzhi, are with him here. There are less than a hundred secret guards secretly raised during the year, and there are no others.
The only thing Zhuo Chengyi has, apart from his maternal grandfather Ye Jia, is his unpredictable scheming and flexible brain.
Zhuo Chengyi was very irritable. He wanted to use the method of blaming Zhuo Taining to arouse Zhuo Lingchu's resentment towards Zhuo Taining, thus triggering a head-on confrontation between his eldest brother Zhuo Taining and his second brother Zhuo Lingchu. When both sides lose, , he can reap the benefits.
Although he knew in his heart that the eldest brother was no match for the second brother, it would be great if he could damage the second brother's vitality a little bit.
"Second brother's men are so powerful. The woman he married was not even harmed by our people."
If the second brother's woman is "killed" by Zhuo Taining's people, then he will definitely lose his mind and fight for his eldest brother.
What a pity.
"Wait a minute," Ye Mingzhi advised Zhuo Chengyi to be patient. "Zhuo Lingchu is resourceful and not a vegetarian. Once he confirms that it is Zhuo Taining who wants to hurt his princess, he will definitely take action. Maybe It’s not necessarily that he’s been delayed by something now, he’s by no means a reckless person, and maybe he’s planning a big move.”
Zhuo Chengyi was inexplicably flustered, "Uncle, wouldn't he have already discovered that we were the ones blaming the elder brother?"
"How could it be? The arrowheads left at the scene all bear the eldest prince's chrysanthemum totem. If they are fake, you don't know how difficult it was for me to get those arrowheads." Ye Mingzhi spoke with a hint of tone. Impatient.
He uses people, energy and brains, but his nephew still finds this and that annoying.
To be honest, if it weren't for the inseparable brother-sister relationship between the Ye family and Concubine Hui, he would really not want to get involved in such an easy matter of losing his head when the prince seizes the heir apparent.
However, if the daughter of their Ye family becomes the empress dowager in the future, and he becomes the uncle of the emperor, then the Ye family will be considered prosperous in his hands.
Even if he doesn't side with the fifth prince, when Zhuo Lingchu or Zhuo Taining ascends the throne in the future, the Ye family will definitely not be far from being defeated.
One step to the sunshine road, one step to the road to hell, no matter how big the risk is, he will fight for it.
Moreover, Zhuo Chengyi is quite smart.
No, he saw that his uncle seemed to be unhappy, and immediately greeted him: "Uncle, you really did a great job this time. I have already sent someone to take care of the matter of my second cousin's appointment to the Ministry of War. I think he will hear about it soon." Good news.”
When Ye Mingzhi heard this, his beard curled up, "Xiuren is really lucky to have a cousin like you."
As a civil servant, Ye Mingzhi naturally could not interfere with the affairs of the Ministry of War. Ye Xiuren had no academic attainments and could only rely on the experience of the Lingyun Army to seek a military position.
There are many idle positions in the Ministry of War, and Zhuo Chengyi will help him in the future. Although Ye Xiuren is honest about his duties, it will not be difficult to make a name for himself.
By changing the subject, the uncle and nephew temporarily forgot about the assassination of the Crown Princess and the framing of Zhuo Taining.
There's nothing they can do about it. The two of them can't do anything extra right now. They can only worry about it. It's better not to think about those troublesome things for the time being.
After leaving Ye Mingzhi's study, Zhuo Chengyi walked towards Ye Xiuren's yard.
Thinking about it, he hasn't taken Ye Xiuren to play in a brothel for several days. Today is the Cold Food Festival, so he should be cool and observe it, but in this case, playing with women will be even more irritating. For this good thing, he had to ask Ye Xiuren to come with him.
Seeing Zhuo Chengyi coming to see him, Ye Xiuren seemed to be in a good mood.
Zhuo Chengyi smiled in his heart and said: This cousin of his has been led by him to be able to take action.
As soon as the two of them walked out of Ye Xiuren's yard, Zhuo Chengyi saw a Tingting figure flashing past the screen wall in front of him.
Zhuo Chengyi raised the corners of his lips.
"When did your Ye family bring in a new concubine?"
His uncle was the most beautiful woman. Zhuo Chengyi sometimes thought that this lustful trait in him was inevitable in this life. His father and uncle were both obsessed with beauty, how could he be any better?
Ye Xiuren frowned slightly, "I haven't heard of it."
Zhuo Chengyi became interested and stepped forward quickly. However, when he turned around the screen wall, he saw a beautiful and refined face.
His voice suddenly trembled, and he took a step forward, "Are you..."
Ye Xiumin was slightly blessed, her head slightly tucked away, as shy as a sunset flower scorched by the sun.
"Cousin, I am Min'er."
Min'er? Zhuo Chengyi thought for a moment before he remembered his eldest cousin with a cold and gentle face.
"You," Zhuo Chengyi was a little surprised, "when did you become so beautiful?"
Ye Xiumin smiled sweetly, "Min'er just changed her makeup a little bit. My cousin is overly complimentary."
"Raise your head and let me take a closer look."
Zhuo Chengyi's words were really too much for a woman who had not yet left the court, but Ye Xiumin didn't notice it at all, her beautiful eyes gradually raised, and as they moved, they became full of beauty.
Zhuo Chengyi's heart trembled.
Ouch, his eldest cousin is actually a beauty, why didn't he realize it before?
He is so blind!
Although her beauty was not as good as that of the beautiful female shopkeeper of Yangwenzhai, at least she was prettier than any woman he had ever courted.
Zhuo Chengyi felt that his throat was dry inexplicably, and his Adam's apple trembled involuntarily.
"Sister, this is the front yard, how did you get here!" Ye Xiuren spoke in a very rude tone.
"I..." Ye Xiumin is the daughter of a boudoir after all. After being scolded like this, her face tightened uncontrollably, and she almost lost her temper, "I heard that my cousin was coming, so I came here to salute."
She added awkwardly: "Second brother, how could you say such a thing about your sister?"
The girl in front of her looked charming in her coquettish posture, but the men present didn't seem to agree with her.
Ye Xiuren still had a straight face, almost talking about "unruly women".
Zhuo Chengyi smiled and looked up and down Ye Xiumin playfully. Ye Xiumin was so excited that she even ignored her second brother's cold face.
Ye Xiuren suddenly said to Zhuo Chengyi: "Cousin, please forgive me for not being able to leave the house today. There are people in the house who have no rules. As the elder brother, I should take the lead in disciplining them."