Chapter 2209 Taking the initiative to come

Qi Kai's mind is very contradictory now.

On the one hand, he doesn't want to control the court like Zhou Yanfeng and Li Yang, and undermine the new emperor, which will make them bear the infamy.

On the other hand, he has now formed an alliance with Zhou Yanfeng and Li Yang, and they will advance and retreat together. In this case, it is unrealistic for him to leave this alliance.

For this reason, Qi Kai is very distressed. He wants to persuade Zhou Yanfeng and Li Yang, but he also knows that his words are not very important in front of the two. The two have obviously made a decision, and it is difficult for his words to change their minds.

At this time, a servant came to report that the third prince Zhao Lun came to visit.

Zhou Yanfeng and the other two looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

"It seems that what we just said is right. The third prince is indeed as anxious as an ant on a hot pot." Zhou Yanfeng smiled.

"He came to us at this time, it seems that he has the same idea as us." Li Yang also said: "From this point of view, there will be no problem in cooperation."

"There will be no problem in the first place." Qi Kai said: "However, he came to us on his own initiative, instead of us going to him, which can allow us to take more initiative and not be forced to join his camp."

Zhou Yanfeng and Li Yang nodded in agreement.

Indeed, if they took the initiative to talk to Zhao Lun, it means that they need Zhao Lun. At that time, Zhao Lun may take the opportunity to make some requests, and even force them to express their position to join his camp.

But now, Zhao Lun took the initiative to come to them, the nature is different, it means that Zhao Lun needs them, and they naturally have more initiative.

"However, we still have to have the right attitude." Zhou Yanfeng said: "Let's go, the three of us will go to welcome His Royal Highness the Third Prince together, and let Yuanji know about our situation here."

Li Yang and Qi Kai nodded.

Since they have decided to use the third prince as a cover, they naturally have to do the whole show, act more realistically, and make a bigger noise.

The three of them went out together to greet Zhao Lun. Zhao Lun was indeed very anxious at this time. He originally planned to discuss this matter with Zhou Yanfeng first, but he didn't expect that Li Yang and Qi Kai were also here, which saved him trouble.

"Welcome to His Royal Highness the Third Prince." Zhou Yanfeng and the other two said, "We didn't know that His Royal Highness the Third Prince was coming. We are sorry for not welcoming you from afar. Please forgive us, His Royal Highness the Third Prince."

"It's okay, it's okay." Zhao Lun said politely.

At this time, how could he dare to put on airs with Zhou Yanfeng and the other two? Not to mention that the matter of the second prince was imminent, even if there was no such matter, the situation in the court made Zhao Lun lose the confidence to put on airs with Zhou Yanfeng and the other two.

If he wanted to ascend the throne and become emperor, he must have the cooperation and support of these people.

"Meet His Royal Highness the Third Prince." Li Yang and Qi Kai also said respectfully.

"You two are here too? What a coincidence." Zhao Lun said with a smile.

Zhao Lun naturally knew that the three were allies, and it was normal for them to be close recently.

"Your Highness, please come in."

Zhao Lun nodded, and walked towards the mansion surrounded by Zhou Yanfeng and the other two.

What happened here was soon spread out and heard by many people who were interested.

In the hall, Zhao Lun sat in the first seat. After all, he was also a prince, so his status was naturally extraordinary. Zhou Yanfeng and the other two sat at the bottom to accompany him.

After the servants served tea, Zhao Lun was impatient and took the initiative to speak before Zhou Yanfeng and the other two spoke: "Three, I wonder if you have heard about the second prince?"

"The second prince's matter?" Zhou Yanfeng looked puzzled: "What happened to the second prince? Wasn't he imprisoned in the prison by Guan Zhuo?"

Li Yang and Qi Kai also looked puzzled.

Zhao Lun looked at the expressions of the three people and couldn't guess whether they really hadn't heard about the incident or were just pretending.

Zhao Lun was too lazy to guess, so he said directly: "My second brother was indeed imprisoned in the prison before, but now the Minister Guan is ready to release him."

"The Second Prince is going to be released?" Zhou Yanfeng was stunned at first, then he showed joy and said: "This is a good thing. I said that the Second Prince must be innocent. It seems that the Minister Guan has already found out about this matter."

"Yes, the late emperor liked the Second Prince very much when he was alive. Now the Second Prince has finally been vindicated. This is a great thing." Li Yang also echoed.

"Congratulations to the Third Prince, you brothers can be reunited again." Qi Kai went even further and actually congratulated Zhao Lun. Zhou Yanfeng and Li Yang next to him almost felt hurt.

Sure enough, Zhao Lun's face looked very ugly, as if he was constipated. He squeezed out an extremely ugly smile and said, "I am naturally very happy that my second brother can come out, but I think that Minister Guan did something wrong in this matter."

"Oh, what did Minister Guan do wrong?" Zhou Yanfeng asked.

"After all, my second brother is the biggest suspect in poisoning my father. Now, Minister Guan has not found enough evidence. It is not appropriate to release him based on Gu Lin's one-sided words. No one knows whether Gu Lin was bribed and deliberately lied." Zhao Lun said.

"This..." Zhou Yanfeng looked a little hesitant: "Your Highness, you don't seem to want the second prince to come out?"

"Of course not!" Zhao Lun said quickly: "As a brother, of course I hope that he will regain his freedom, but I am also the son of my father. His father died in mysterious circumstances. I hope to find out the real culprit and comfort my father. As a spirit in heaven, I will not hesitate to do so even if it damages my brotherhood."

"The sincerity of His Highness, the Third Prince, makes us moved." Li Yang said: "However, His Highness the Second Prince may not be the real culprit who poisoned the late Emperor. It is not a problem to keep him locked up like that, especially now that Gu Lin is here. If he is still detained for his testimony, I am afraid it will cause some unnecessary criticism.”

"Yes." Qi Kai nodded in agreement: "After all, he is also a prince, with a distinguished status. I think Guan Shangshu must have considered this and paid attention to the impact, and then prepared to release His Highness the Second Prince."

"The so-called emperor commits the same crime as the common people." Zhao Lun said: "Although he is the prince and my second brother, he is the biggest suspect in poisoning my father. He cannot be let go just like this without any reason. I think the ministers in the court and the people can also understand this. "

In order to continue to imprison the second prince, Zhao Lun came up with a lot of truths, and he probably didn't believe in these truths, or even disdained them, but as long as he could achieve his goal, he didn't mind saying something against his will.

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