The emperor faked his death? Never mind, I will ascend the throne directly!

"What do you mean, Your Highness?"

Eunuch Wang was a little puzzled when he heard this.

He thought he knew the palace very well.

But what about his own Highness? For so many years, he hadn't even dared to step out of the door. Could he know better than me?

He couldn't think of any way to avoid the eyes of Concubine Liu and the Crown Prince.

What can Your Highness do?

Li Chengfeng smiled confidently and said calmly, "Eunuch Wang, considering the time, it's time for me to hand in my homework to the teacher."

When planning to win over forces, the first person that came to Li Chengfeng's mind was naturally his own uncle, the Marquis of Zhenbei.

After that, the first person who came into his mind was Song Zelin, the left prime minister of the dynasty and the teacher of the princes.

This left prime minister was a church teacher before he joined the Jianwu Emperor. Even after becoming prime minister, he cultivated many students and former officials.

Song Zelin is now over sixty years old, and many of his students now hold important positions in the court.

The highest-ranking one was even promoted to the position of Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

It can be said that in the entire civil service group of the Daqian Dynasty, this left prime minister almost occupied a huge weight.

If Li Chengfeng could convince him to support him, then at least one-third of the civil servants in the court would be won over.

Don't underestimate this one third.

You know, a large number of officials are actually neutral or fence-sitters who change their stance according to the situation.

Being able to gain the support of one-third of the civil servants is something that even the current Crown Prince Li Chenghao has never been able to do.

Moreover, Song Zelin happened to be the princes' teacher.

Even if Li Chengfeng sent someone to visit, it would not arouse the suspicion of Concubine Liu and the prince.

Isn’t it natural for students to look for teachers?

Once Li Chengfeng wins over the Left Prime Minister, with the latter's power and means, he will naturally have plenty of ways to contact the Marquis of Zhenbei who is stationed outside the imperial city.

Eunuch Wang was also a smart man. After hearing Li Chengfeng's words, many thoughts quickly came to his mind.

However, he still couldn't understand it.

"Your Highness means to ask the Left Prime Minister to help contact the Marquis of Zhenbei? But will the Left Prime Minister help us with such a matter?"

Eunuch Wang asked doubtfully.

Until now, he just thought that his prince wanted to contact the Marquis of Zhenbei just to seek asylum.

But no one expected that Li Chengfeng wanted to fight for the throne.

Li Chengfeng looked at him and narrowed his eyes:

"Eunuch Wang, I trust you, so I won't hide some things from you.

What I want is not some kind of protection, but to completely crush Li Chenghao and sit on the throne myself."

When these words were spoken, Eunuch Wang was stunned for a moment, then his eyes widened and he took a deep breath.

He felt that the prince in front of him seemed like a completely different person.

She still looks the same as before, but her eyes and temperament have changed drastically.

He swallowed, suppressed the throbbing in his heart, and opened his mouth: "Your Highness, I didn't expect... that you still have such determination."

Eunuch Wang had too many questions and confusions in his mind, and for a moment he didn't know where to start.

If you want to seize the throne, what have you been doing?

Now that His Majesty has passed away and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is about to ascend the throne, you are just thinking of fighting for it?

Moreover, shouldn't seizing the throne be such a covert matter, and shouldn't the Marquis of Zhenbei be secretly approached to make plans in secret?

What's the matter with looking for Zuo Xiang?

Li Chengfeng naturally saw Eunuch Wang's doubts, smiled faintly, and spoke slowly:

"Eunuch Wang, I'll teach you a set of words later, so remember it well.

You will go to the Song Mansion later. Remember, I want more than just asking the Left Prime Minister to help me contact my uncle.

As he spoke, Li Chengfeng stood up, looked out the window, put his hands behind his back, and spoke with an unprecedented domineering tone:

"I want the Left Prime Minister and the entire civil service group behind him to support me in becoming emperor."

Upon hearing this, Eunuch Wang widened his eyes, his heart was filled with shock, and a hint of heat and madness unconsciously appeared in his eyes.

Just in that moment, he really saw the aura of a king in his own prince.

Afterwards, Li Chengfeng told Eunuch Wang all the speeches he had prepared in his mind.

By the way, I answered the other party's doubts.

Eunuch Wang memorized it carefully, and his eyes became brighter and brighter.

When Li Chengfeng finished speaking, the look he gave his Highness was completely replaced by shock and admiration.

A strong sense of confidence suddenly arose in my heart.

Maybe, it really can work?

A moment later, Eunuch Wang, watched by Li Chengfeng, quickly left the Third Prince's Mansion and headed straight for the Song Mansion.

Li Chengfeng himself walked out of his residence at a leisurely pace and headed straight for the palace.

In fact, even without the surveillance of the Crown Prince and Concubine Liu, the first person Li Chengfeng wanted to win over was actually the Left Prime Minister.

After all, the relationship between Zhenbei Hou and Li Chengfeng is there.

If you give a call at a critical moment, the other party will most likely bring their family to support Li Chengfeng.

Now that time is urgent, Li Chengfeng naturally wants to win over as many neutral forces as possible.

The King of Zhenbei is the most influential military general, with outstanding military achievements and countless followers.

The Left Prime Minister represents nearly one-third of the civil service group.

If we can get the full support of these two people, the task of seizing the throne will be half completed.

Before this, Li Chengfeng naturally could not allow Li Chenghao to ascend the throne smoothly.

Therefore, he also had to go to the palace to "pay homage to his father."

……

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

The once majestic and luxurious palace was now eerily quiet. The doors and windows had been sealed shut, and all the servants had been dismissed.

"Cough cough..."

In the room, on the luxurious dragon couch.

An old man with a strong physique, rough eyebrows and wrinkled face coughed and looked tired.

On the side, the chief eunuch of the palace, Gao Hai, saw this and became anxious. He could not help but sigh and said:

"Your Majesty, you are still ill and need to rest well. Why did you come up with such a 'faked death'? This, this..."

Isn't this just a waste of time?

Gao Hai forced himself to hold back the second half of the sentence.

I didn’t dare say.

After all, the old man in front of him is the founding emperor of the current Daqian Dynasty, a person who truly rose from obscurity.

He is a truly heroic lord who shows no emotion and kills without blinking an eye.

That’s right, the old man coughing on the dragon bed was the emperor who was claimed to have passed away, Emperor Jianwu - Li Xiong.

The news of his death has reached the ears of Crown Prince Li Chenghao and Third Prince Li Chengfeng.

But in fact, he was just sick, not dead.

Li Xiong ignored Chief Steward Gao's words and asked calmly:

"The news of my death should have reached the Crown Prince's residence. Calculating the time, he should have entered the palace by now, right?"

Chief Steward Gao quickly replied, "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has entered the palace. However, he did not come directly here, but went to the Imperial Concubine's Jingren Palace first."

Hearing this, Li Xiong frowned.

This move did not satisfy him at all.

As the crown prince, he doesn't have the ability to make his own decisions, but he still has to go find his mother first?

But soon, his brows relaxed again.

Let’s wait and see.

Manager Gao was standing aside. He was almost frightened by Li Xiong's aura and couldn't help sighing in his heart.

Your Majesty has always been a person who does his own thing and acts decisively.

Over the past decade or so, the choice of crown prince has always been favored to be the second prince, now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

He never took other princes into consideration from the beginning to the end.

But recently, I don’t know what happened, His Majesty fell seriously ill, and many things seemed to suddenly become clear to him, and many of his ideas also changed.

The sudden news of his death was actually because His Majesty wanted to test whether His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was really suitable to succeed the throne.

And how to smoothly complete the subsequent transition of power.

"Hao'er is quite good in terms of talent, character, and ability. Many ministers in the court are willing to support him."

'His mother, Liu, was the daughter of the Marquis of Pingxi.'

"With the support of the Marquis of Pingxi and the ministers in the court, it shouldn't be too difficult for Hao'er to secure the throne."

"As long as his performance is not too bad, the position of crown prince should still be his."

Li Xiong narrowed his eyes slightly, secretly calculating in his mind.