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After hearing what Ye Honghui said, Ye Minglang's hand holding the book tightened slightly:

"Fourth brother, what does this mean?"

"It's nothing." Ye Honghui smiled. He knew that Ye Minglang was already tempted, so he said, "I am the least likely to inherit the throne among the princes, but my fifth brother and I grew up together and have a close relationship. It's better to be you than someone else. After all, my fifth brother has the qualifications, right?"

After saying this, Ye Honghui bowed to Ye Minglang, turned around and said goodbye.

Ye Minglang looked at Ye Honghui's departing back and did not stop him. Instead, he took the book back to his study and read it from beginning to end.

The more he read, the more frightened he became by the detailed information in the book.

He knew that his brother, the Crown Prince, had once set up a Xuanyi Tower in the Dayin Dynasty to collect intelligence, but he was sure that the intelligence from the Xuanyi Tower was definitely not as detailed as what was written in this book.

If all this information is true, then it is not impossible for him to want that position.

When Ye Minglang thought of this, his ambition gradually emerged——

Fourth brother is right, he is qualified.

Compared with Ye Zhaonan, the only thing he lacks is age. He is five years younger than Ye Zhaonan.

As for the rest...

Ye Zhaonan is the legitimate son, and he is also the legitimate son.

Ye Zhaonan's mother was from the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion, and his mother was also from the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion, and they were sisters from the same mother.

In terms of identity and maternal family background, they are almost exactly the same. Then why was Ye Zhaonan placed with high hopes by them, named the crown prince early on, waiting to inherit the throne, and why was he taught to follow Ye Zhaonan's lead?

He is also qualified to compete for the throne.

In the past, because of the education given by his father and mother, even if he had ambitions, he dared not show them. He only dared to be a likable son, acting like a spoiled child in front of his father and mother, but he had never done any serious work.

However, he didn't expect that his ambition would be discovered by his fourth brother, whom he had always looked down upon.

He even received such a great gift.

Ye Minglang looked at the booklet with a sneer on his face:

Ye Honghui has no confidants or connections, but he has these. These things cannot be used in Ye Honghui's hands, but he can. However, he will not be as stupid as Ye Zhaonan, who wanted to deal with the second prince but was outmaneuvered and tricked by others.

He would first verify the authenticity of the information in the booklet, and then proceed step by step.

It just so happened that the emperor gave Ye Honghui seven days to investigate the case, so this period of time was also a good time for him to take action.

***

Shi Lidie didn't know that the booklet she had carefully prepared had already fallen into the hands of the Fifth Prince.

She had originally planned to send the Fourth Prince to the poker table, but now something went wrong. The Fourth Prince was very good at "The Great Shift of the Universe" and moved the things to the Fifth Prince.

The current situation is that the Fifth Prince is going to the table, but for Shi Lidie, it makes no difference.

Anyway, the final result was that several princes of Ye State started fighting for power. The more they fought, the more chaotic it became, which was exactly what she wanted.

During this period, Shi Lidie went to the palace once every three days to diagnose the emperor's pulse and treat his illness.

The emperor now became more and more dependent on her, because he always felt that as long as Shi Lidie came, he would feel particularly comfortable that day and the next day, but if she didn't come for two days, he would feel a little weak again.

Of course, it is much better than before when he was bedridden and completely unable to get up, so he believes that Shi Lidie's treatment is very effective.

Time passed quickly, and at the end of seven days, the emperor once again attended the morning court.

The Fourth Prince knelt in the hall and pleaded guilty, just as he had planned.

"Father, I am incompetent and cannot find out the truth about the Crown Prince and my second brother. I am truly unworthy of your trust in me. Please punish me."

When the emperor heard this, there was no displeasure on his face that he had not noticed. After all, this was exactly what the emperor meant, so he pretended to reprimand him a few words:

"You are useless even though I gave you the chance. You are not even as good as your two brothers. You are only suitable for planing wood in the Ministry of Works. Well, I will fine you three months' salary because of your limited ability and your lack of intentional laziness."

"Thank you, father, for your grace." The Fourth Prince thanked him and then stood up.

Just when everyone thought that the matter was over, the Fifth Prince winked at someone among the court officials, and that person reluctantly stepped forward, holding evidence and suing the Crown Prince and the Second Prince.

The person chosen by the Fifth Prince was the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, which was one of the more important duties in charge of the Ministry's purse.

The reason why he listened to the fifth prince was because he had once deliberately delayed and withheld the food and wages of the border troops in order to embezzle money. That incident led to the defeat of the border troops in the war with the Northern Di, and indirectly killed the commander-in-chief at that time, General Zheng and his son.

No one knew about this incident at first and everyone thought it was an accident.

But who would have thought that the booklet given to him by the Fourth Prince a few days ago clearly stated this matter and even listed the evidence. So the Fifth Prince spent several days verifying the evidence and got it in his hands, using it as a handle to threaten the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue to do things for him.

The first thing he did was to impeach the crown prince and the second prince in court.

This time it's not a small fight.

Every piece of evidence produced by the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue stood up to scrutiny. Whether it was the handwriting or the seal, they were all authentic. There were even several witnesses who would rather die than go back on their words in front of the emperor.

This directly pushed Crown Prince Ye Zhaonan and Second Prince Ye Jiayan to the forefront.

The emperor did not expect that his intention to whitewash the situation would expose such a big thing at this time -

During the disaster relief process, the prince lied about the disaster situation and killed 30,000 victims. He described the victims as mobs and suppressed them in exchange for military merit and popular support.

During the process of suppressing bandits, the second prince used the heads of civilians to impersonate the heads of bandits, and recruited the bandits into his own army, turning them from evil bandits into soldiers who were paid by the emperor.

If this matter were to get out, I'm afraid the whole world would be in turmoil.

Because this fully demonstrates that the two princes of Ye State did not treat the common people as human beings and did not care about the lower-class people at all. For the sake of military merit and rewards, they replaced one thing with another and killed countless people.

The Fifth Prince was indeed a man who would not take action unless he made one. Once he did, he used his best skill. The two pieces of evidence he produced happened to be the ones that the Emperor valued the most.

Although the Emperor of Ye State played power games and established checks and balances in the court, he did so only after he became sick and old.

In the past, for the sake of the late Queen An Lan, he was determined that Ye Zhaonan would be the crown prince, and no one could shake his position. If it weren't for the efforts of the Second Prince's mother's family and his own efforts, there would be no way they could compete with Ye Zhaonan.

When the Emperor of Ye State did not engage in checks and balances, he was still considered a good emperor who knew how to care for the people.

As a result, the crown prince killed 30,000 victims, and the second prince used the heads of civilians as those of bandits. This touched the emperor's reverse scale as well as his principles and bottom line.