Chapter 2198 Indecision

Hearing Qi Kai's idea, Zhou Yanfeng and Li Yang's eyes lit up almost at the same time:

"Good idea!"

Hearing this, Qi Kai finally laughed and became more confident: "Now, the three princes must not trust each other, and each regards the other two princes as their opponents. As long as we spread rumors, it will inevitably cause the first and third princes to besiege the second prince. At the same time, it will also damage the reputation of the second prince among the people and ministers. It can be said that we kill two birds with one stone."

"What Minister Qi said is very true!" Zhou Yanfeng continued: "The three princes have always been eager to kill the other two, and have been fighting openly and secretly. In comparison, we don't have a clear candidate to support, but it won't attract too much attention from them. Now, we give them an excuse, I'm afraid they will immediately fight to the death."

"That's right, the so-called snipe and clams fight, and the fisherman benefits. This time, we will be the fisherman!" Li Yang was also quite excited.

Qi Kai's idea excited the three of them. It was indeed a good suggestion for them. More importantly, it could be said to be an open conspiracy. Even if the Second Prince's people knew that someone was behind the scenes, they could do nothing about it. After all, they were indeed the most suspected of this matter.

"Minister Qi, since you came up with this idea, you should be responsible for it." Zhou Yanfeng said to Qi Kai.

Qi Kai did not refuse, nodded, and said, "Okay."

It was just to instigate and spread rumors, not to directly kill someone, Qi Kai could still accept it.

Moreover, he was responsible for this matter, so Zhou Yanfeng and Li Yang would naturally be responsible for other things, and he could also avoid them legitimately.

After the three discussed the details again, the party ended. Qi Kai left first, but Li Yang was not in a hurry to leave.

"What do you think?" Li Yang asked Zhou Yanfeng without a clear reason.

Zhou Yanfeng seemed to know what he meant by asking, and said, "Too naive!"

"Yes, Minister Qi is too naive." Li Yang nodded and echoed.

What Li Yang asked just now was his opinion on Qi Kai, and he and Zhou Yanfeng obviously had the same opinion.

"This is a fight for the throne, does he think it's a game?" Zhou Yanfeng sneered and said, "Throughout the ages, the fight for the throne has always been cruel, and many people have died! Being soft-hearted and indecisive will only cause you to be beheaded, and there is no possibility of success. Our Minister Qi doesn't seem to understand this yet."

Zhou Yanfeng's tone was a little indifferent and sarcastic.

In the past, as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Zhou Yanfeng was not a bloodthirsty person, and even had a very easy-going temper.

But since he participated in the fight for the throne, he has changed, and changed completely. This is not to say that the violent factor in Zhou Yanfeng's body has awakened, but he understands that since he has participated, if he is not ruthless, he will fail, and if this thing fails, his family will be destroyed and there will be no way out.

Zhou Yanfeng understands this, Li Yang also understands this, but it seems that Qi Kai does not understand.

Just now, Zhou Yanfeng and Li Yang both saw the hesitation in Qi Kai's heart, and this hesitation will do harm at a critical moment.

"It seems that Minister Qi is not so easy to change his style of doing things." Li Yang said: "Such a person can't achieve great things."

"Fortunately, we don't expect to rely on him completely." Zhou Yanfeng said: "What we need is the vote in his hand. Now, it's just right for him to be responsible for spreading rumors, so as not to do harm at a critical moment."

Li Yang nodded in agreement.

They did not really count on Qi Kai, especially after seeing Qi Kai's indecisiveness. However, they would not give up Qi Kai, at least not for now, because the vote in Qi Kai's hand was very important to them. Without Qi Kai's support, they would not be able to make their voice heard in the court.

Qi Kai acted quickly. Perhaps he knew that if he did not perform well, he might be left out by Zhou Yanfeng and Li Yang in the future. He had already cut himself off from the three princes. Without Zhou Yanfeng and Li Yang, it would not be easy for him to survive in the court.

So, soon a rumor spread slowly. This rumor was about the assassination of the eldest prince, and the spearhead pointed directly at Hou Zhong. It even stated in both explicit and implicit ways that Hou Zhong did this on the orders of the second prince Zhao Ke.

This rumor not only spread quickly among officials, but also quickly spread among the people, and the impact of this rumor was also great.

Although the eldest prince fled Yanyang City and was suspected of poisoning the previous emperor, he was still the eldest prince after all, the heir of the previous emperor. His identity and status were not comparable to those of ordinary people. His assassination had a great impact, and many people were paying attention to this matter.

Now, suddenly there were rumors about this matter, which naturally attracted everyone's attention in an instant. Of course, this rumor could spread so quickly, and there were also some people with ulterior motives who secretly fanned the flames. In Yanyang City, there were many people who hoped that something would happen to the eldest prince and the second prince.

As for the content of the rumor, many people were not surprised. After all, this content was also a guess in many people's minds. However, after all, it involved the prince, and they only dared to guess in their hearts before. Now, someone spread this guess, and many people were guessing who was behind the rumor.

Some people guessed that it was the eldest prince, and some guessed that it was the third prince. After all, the two princes benefited the most from this rumor, and they also had the motivation to do so.

As for Zhou Yanfeng and the other two, they were ignored by most people. As Zhou Yanfeng said, they were just ministers after all, and now they did not clearly indicate which prince they would support. In the eyes of many people, they were actually very Buddhist and simple. Whoever became the next emperor of Yanfeng Kingdom, they would support him.

Therefore, not many people doubted that Zhou Yanfeng and the other two were behind this matter. This result was exactly what Zhou Yanfeng and the other two wanted to see.

The rapid spread of the rumor made some people in Yanyang City unable to sit still. Some were too excited to sit still, while some were too worried and angry to sit still. After all, this rumor involved many people and many stakeholders. They were all touched by this rumor. Even the second prince in the prison heard the rumor and was very angry about it.