Can Drink A Cup of Nothing

It has just fallen into the night, and the Fourth Prince's Mansion is still brightly lit.

Everyone in the Imperial City knew that the Fourth Prince was romantic and sang every night. Today I invite the opera troupe to come to the house to sing, tomorrow I invite the dancers to perform alone, and the day after tomorrow I will simply stay overnight at Hualiu Street. In short, the nightlife is more exciting every night, without any repetition.

The atmosphere in the front room was full of spring.

The dancer dressed in the cloud dress spun and danced in the center, and the water sleeves waved up and down like a swimming snake. A lot of drunken, colorfully dressed young men are drinking wine, holding the beauties in their hands without any cover up. Occasionally, when the interest comes up, they wave directly to the dance floor, and the beauties will stop, send an autumn wave, and send out A string of bell-like laughter.

No wonder people in the world say that the Fourth Prince's Mansion is the largest brothel in the imperial city. This is absolutely true.

In order to cover up his true purpose, Zong Chengsi also invested his blood.

Although each prince's background is different, Da Yuanzongzheng/fu treats every prince equally. In particular, the princes who built the mansion outside did not have the real title of king, but the monthly salary was actually paid, and there was no debt or underpayment.

The Fifth Prince and Sixth Prince's family has a great business, so naturally it doesn't matter about this amount of money.

For them, subordinates reward talents, reward the army, and money is spent like flowing water. Only Zong Chengsi had a little monthly salary in his hand, but he wanted to build up power, obviously a little less; to win over some imperial families, military power, transportation, etc., these things that could really add to his own hands were not at all in the hands of Zong Chengsi.

As a last resort, Zong Chengsi could only attack the grassroots, recruiting these three sects and nine schools of thought, some of them to collect intelligence, and the other to make some dog-meat friends, spend money to support these idlers, and maintain their playboy appearance. in illusion.

It was Zong Chengsi's consistent behavior for decades that made Zong Yuanwu and Zong Yongliu's disciples ignore the power he had secretly accumulated and let their guard down.

On the other hand, Zong Chengsi is also very good at handling these people.

It's nothing more than money, sex, and power. If you hold one, you can be invincible.

Gongsun You wandered among these people, huddled in a corner silently, seemingly always adding wine, but in fact never let the wine wet his lips.

Smart people have to learn to pass the handle on themselves.

If a wise person has no handle, it means that he cannot grasp it.

After pretending to join the Fourth Prince, Gongsun You's external image is arrogant and pretentious, and urgently needs to be appreciated. As long as there is a similar banquet held in the Prince's Mansion, he will never be absent, and every time he gets drunk, he hugs from side to side.

After observing for a while, Zong Chengsi felt relieved.

He originally wanted to befriend the King of Beining, but the latter might turn his face when he turned his face, and he couldn't get in touch with him after returning to Beijing. Instead, he got close to Lao Liu, which made him anxious and angry.

Gongsun You was born in poverty, and his talented mother Yong questioned him. Just a few small things were enough for Zong Chengsi to see his ability. With the help of such a strategist, it is simply more powerful.

Especially after the incident of Zong Hongjiu last time, Zong Chengsi was more and more glad that he listened to Gongsun You's words. He didn't mix it in for the immediate benefit, but buried the thread behind his back. Put all the pot on Zong Hongjiu's head.

Sure enough, Emperor Yuan ordered a thorough investigation of the matter. After the news that Zong Hongjiu was placed under house arrest in the palace came, Zong Chengsi was afraid for a while.

This time, the father emperor is determined to rectify it.

After that, Gongsun You was promoted to his confidant.

Just as Zong Chengsi was also short of people, after several trials and investigations to confirm that it was correct, after feeling quite a bit of Gongsun You's loyalty, he talked with him for a long night, brainwashed him, and entrusted him with a heavy responsibility.

Those idlers in the Fourth Prince's Mansion knew about it, and rushed to come over to compliment.

At this time, Gongsun You can continue his arrogance and ignore anyone.

He sat here for a long time, and then heard the announcement from the servant outside: "His Royal Highness is here—"

Zong Chengsi, who had just come out of the palace, looked gloomy and anxious.

He strode into the hall, and he didn't even disguise his most cherishing appearance, he directly bumped off the dancers who were standing in front of him, causing them to scream and fall to the ground, shivering. .

"Get out of here!"

Zong Chengsi was upset, and when he heard these Yingying Yanyan's voices, he had a headache, and he was immediately furious.

This is the first time he has been so rude in front of everyone.

Everyone knew that the fourth prince only loved beauties, and when they saw him angry at first glance, they all bowed down to the ground.

Gongsun You had some idea in his heart. When the people in the hall were almost gone, he stepped forward and asked, "Fourth Highness, are you...?"

Zong Chengsi was in a fit of anger, he took a few breaths to calm down, and his face was full of sullenness: "Brother Gongsun, you probably don't know, it turns out that we have been kept in the dark!"

As soon as he remembered what Zong Hongjiu said hesitantly across a wall just now, Zong Chengsi felt that the evil fire kept rising in his heart.

He is not a fool. When Zong Hongjiu said that Zong Luo had appeared in the palace to rescue Zong Ruichen at the Baijia Banquet, but he did not have amnesia at all, Zong Chengsi knew that he was completely wrong. Zongluo's way.

Thinking of this, Zong Chengsi couldn't help sneering.

His good royal brother was so capable that even he was deceived.

In contrast, this also gives Zong Hongjiu another secret that he has been reluctant to reveal.

Although Zong Hongjiu went to the doctor in a hurry, he told Zong Luo's secret to Zong Chengsi. But he also knew that he was now isolated and helpless in the palace. If he said it all at once, he might become an abandoned child. So he made it clear to Zong Cheng that if the Fourth Emperor could save him, he would tell the rest of the secret.

Zong Hongjiu only revealed a few words about the secret.

"The fourth brother should not know... Back when I was punished by the father for copying the book for the first time and sent to the emperor's mausoleum to sweep the tomb of the third brother, it was because I accidentally heard the father and Pei in the Zhang Palace. Xiang's secret conversation. The specific content of their chat is... about the Lichu."

Stock up!

Zong Chengsi was taken aback.

As for Taiwu's calculation of state affairs, he naturally believed it.

However, to a large extent, the emperor can definitely control the outcome of the witch sacrifice ceremony. Whether it is to recruit troops and horses for the candidate of the prince of his own choosing, or to directly announce the candidate of the prince as the former emperor did with the excuse that the wooden sign disappeared... In short, the attitude of Emperor Yuan on this matter is definitely the top priority. .

It's just that Zong Hongjiu is a liar, and Zong Chengsi doesn't really believe his words. What if he just came out to lie to him to get out of the predicament, in the end, he would have to be beaten up in the end.

It is clear that Zong Hongjiu regards this secret as his only life-saving straw, and Zong Chengsi has no plans to start from Zong Hongjiu's side.

A ten-year-old boy can still play with him? When there is no way out, it is not necessary to say it obediently.

The immediate priority now is Zong Luo's matter.

When Zong Chengsi thought that he had tried his best to win over Zong Luo, and even framed Zong Hongjiu on Emperor Yuan's birthday, he felt angry.

"Zong Hongjiu is a waste! If he told this prince earlier, why is this prince so passive?"

Zong Chengsi was pacing back and forth in the empty hall, full of anger: "This is good, half of the elixir has been sent out, and the signal of friendship has also been released. It's good for him, borrowing the incident of vomiting blood on the father's birthday, the court is obviously full. Chundu was blocked by the proton of Wei Guo, but in the end he stepped on this prince and lived in Yuchun Palace unscathed! It's really outrageous!"

Since Zong Chengsi was born, he has not been played with like this.

Now in his heart, the Three Emperor Brothers of the bright wind and the moon, the clear wind and bright moon, has completely turned into an image of a demon with a deep sense of government, a cunning mind, and a manipulative trick.

How could he not see it before?

"The matter of the father's birthday, I have tossed and tried my best, but who would have thought that the mantis was behind the cicada and the oriole, and this prince turned out to be that mantis!"

Zong Chengji viciously swept away the fine wines on the table and let them spill on the ground.

In the palace of the three emperors, since he was able to get his father's approval to temporarily live in Yuchun Palace, his father invited so many famous doctors from all over the world for him to treat him one by one. It means that even if the third prince was not favored before, because of the battle at Hangu Pass, Emperor Yuan felt guilty in the end, so this would be the case.

And now, Brother Three Emperors is taking advantage of this guilt and doing things that benefit him.

What if...before June of next year, his eyes miraculously recovered...

Zong Chengsi simply did not dare to think further.

He could only remind himself over and over that the third brother was not even as favored in front of his father, and warned himself that there was no half elixir left, and the eyes of the third brother could not be healed so quickly.

It's just that Zong Chengsi couldn't wait to vomit out a mouthful of old blood when he thought that he was the one who sent the elixir to restore his eyes.

high! It's really high!

There was a trace of surprise in Gongsun You's heart, but his face remained calm: "Fourth Highness, please be patient. The more this is the case, the more you should calm down and think about countermeasures."

He unfolded his own trick of deceiving: "Although we have been kept in the dark before, but on the other hand, on the third prince's side, they may still think that we are kept in the dark by them, if this is exploited Well, also on the premise."

Hearing what he said, Zong Chengsi really stopped, thoughtful.

......

After a flickering and stabilizing Zong Chengsi, Gongsun You slowly returned to the guest room prepared for him by the Fourth Prince's Mansion.

What he just said, except that he had to inform the lord when he went back, but every word must not be false. As for Zong Chengsi, when the power of the fifth prince and the sixth prince still existed, even if he knew that Zong Luo did not have amnesia, he would not be able to turn the tide.

What really made Gongsun You care about was the secret that Zong Hongjiu didn't reveal.

He took off his shoes and went to bed, thought for a moment, then turned off the lights and went to sleep.

On weekdays, Gongsun You's mind kept spinning, so he also had a rule, as long as he was covered with a quilt, he would not think about anything and only play chess with Zhou Gong.

For some unknown time, the person on the bed seemed to be in a nightmare, with a painful expression.

Gongsun You dreamed that he was standing on the high city wall.