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Now the crown prince's status had plummeted. Although he was supported by the Yan family, there was the fourth prince watching behind him. Shen Mingyun was the protagonist in the book, so they should be able to defeat the crown prince, but they didn't know when or how.
Luo Shuyu asked Li Mingjin while peeling the grapes: "Your Highness, have you ever thought about when we will return to the capital?"
Li Mingjin nodded: "Of course, but according to the current situation, it's unlikely to return to the capital in the near future."
Luo Shuyu: " You also know that the crown prince's position is unstable, and father's health is also not easy to say, if something happens..."
Li Mingjin: "My mother concubine sent a letter yesterday, saying that my father has been farming with her recently, and his health is getting better and better."
The longer Emperor Tiansheng could live, the longer their return to the capital would be delayed.
In the book, Emperor Tiansheng would indeed live until the fourth prince defeated the crown prince. Before he died, he wrote a new edict and passed the throne to the fourth prince Li Mingchun.
Luo Shuyu: "His health is good, but there are so many people in the harem, and it's hard to defend against. I don't mean to curse father, but I think we have to make preparation in advance. Now that the fourth prince is in the limelight, he may continue to maintain it. After all, there are the left prime minister's support and father behind him. "
Li Mingjin: "I know what you are worried about. You are afraid that if the crown prince loses, father will directly hand over the throne to the fourth brother."
Luo Shuyu nodded, and stuffed the peeled grape into Li Mingjin's mouth: "Yes."
In the matter of the crown prince's reputation being ruined, their people also secretly intervened. The fourth prince was in the light, and they were in the dark, but no one would have thought that Li Mingjin would also get involved.
Li Mingjin had done far more than raising soldiers. Long before he left the capital, he had already secretly developed a group of people to stay in the capital. His power had already penetrated into the court.
He did these things without having mother clan in Daxia Kingdom, so he wouldn't be suspected by others for doing these things. After he and Luo Shuyu left the capital, the center of political power, they were even more abandoned.
The Wei family jumped in on their own initiative. Since they dared to jump in, Li Mingjin dared to use them.
The Old General Wei and Concubine Wei in the palace were their right-hand assistants. As for Concubine Mei, who was the only one noticed by others, she was still weeding in her various fields. Who would believe that he had a thought of that position?
It was really not easy to fight for the throne.
As for Luo Shuyu's worry, Li Mingjin also thought about it, but he felt that it wouldn't be easy for the fourth brother to get the throne.
Li Mingjin also peeled a grape for Luo Shuyu: "The fourth brother is starting to show his talent now, and father should have noticed it, but you forget one thing, he has no military power."
After Luo Shuyu spat out the grape seeds, he said: "He doesn't have military power. The Yan family behind the crown prince has soldiers, and father also has soldiers."
Li Mingjin: "Father has been in power for nearly twenty years. Until the last moment, he will not hand over the military power to the fourth brother. Instead, he may hand it over to the Old General Wei."
And The Old General Wei supported them.
So, they really had nothing to worry about in terms of military power.
If there was anything to worry about, then it was Shen Mingyun. His system had the ability to predict the future, and it could guide Shen Mingyun to find their flaws.
This was the existence that made people hard to guard against. Moreover, Luo Shuyu believed that the fourth prince had already discovered that Shen Mingyun was different, and he had been using Shen Mingyun. Otherwise, with Shen Mingyun's aptitude and background, and the ambition of the fourth prince, it was absolutely impossible to let him become an imperial concubine.
When the first prince forced the palace, the fourth prince used his "deep affection" to move Emperor Tiansheng, successfully tied Shen Mingyun and him to death, and used the position of imperial concubine to win over Shen Mingyun, giving him a face.
After Shen Mingyun entered the Fourth Prince's Mansion, although he always did and said things that he shouldn't do in some aspects, he often said yes but his heart said no.
[口是心非 kǒu shì xīn fēi: mouth says yes, heart says no (idiom); duplicity; empty words]
He said that it was inappropriate for him to get that position, but the fourth prince still often heard him complain about why he didn't marry him as his main wife since they fell in love with each other. He also emphasized many times that if the fourth prince dared to marry someone else, he would immediately leave the capital far away.
In order to solve the hidden danger of Shen Mingyun's departure, he still gave Shen Mingyun the position of the fourth prince's imperial concubine, gave him a reassurance. Of course, it was also the guarantee that the fourth prince fought for himself, because Shen Mingyun was really easy to use.
As long as you supported what he wanted to do, you could always get unexpected benefits. How could the fourth prince who had figured out the rules gave up the opportunity to take shortcuts? The position of imperial concubine and fake affection could be exchanged for the throne, so how could he not do it.
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