Chapter 2218 Annoyance

"Hou Shangshu, calm down!" Yuan Ji reminded Hou Yidao, fearing that he would vent his anger on Zhou Yanfeng and Qi Kai.

Now, Li Yang has made it clear that he does not support the release of the second prince. It is useless to talk nonsense. The most important thing now is to win the support of Zhou Yanfeng and Qi Kai, in case Hou Yi vents his anger because of Li Yang's behavior. It would be bad if Zhou Yanfeng and Qi Kai were angered and made them oppose the release of the second prince like Li Yang.

Hou Yi looked at Li Yang with a gloomy expression, his heart filled with anger, but he had nowhere to vent it.

Li Yang's eyes flashed with pride.

"Zhou Shangshu, what do you think about this matter?" Yuan Ji looked at Zhou Yanfeng and asked.

Everyone also looked at Zhou Yanfeng, waiting for his answer.

Zhou Yanfeng said calmly: "Originally I shouldn't express my opinion on this matter, but as everyone just said, this matter is of great importance and cannot be decided by one person, so I will express my opinion. My opinion."

Having said this, Zhou Yanfeng paused, looked at Yuan Ji, and then continued: "My opinion is the same as Li Shangshu's. I also think that it is not appropriate to release His Highness now. Once His Highness is released, a series of consequences will occur." The chain reaction may even lead to the fact that the real culprit who poisoned the late emperor can no longer be found. Therefore, in order to give an explanation to the late emperor and to give an explanation to the people of the world, His Highness will not release him until the matter of the late emperor is fully investigated. It won’t be too late. If His Highness is innocent, I will personally come to apologize.”

Listening to Yuan Ji's long speech, Yuan Ji was dumbfounded, Hou Yi was also dumbfounded, and even Guan Zhuo's face showed surprise.

Only Zhao Lun!

A proud smile appeared on his face.

Obviously, Yuan Ji and Hou Yi did not expect that Zhou Yanfeng would express his attitude like this. Zhou Yanfeng had a very good attitude towards them when they were in the Zhou Mansion, and he readily accepted the benefits offered by them, but they did not expect that , when he needed to express his stance, he stabbed them in the back, which caught them off guard.

Only then did Yuan Ji and Hou Yi realize that they had been tricked!

From the very beginning, Zhou Yanfeng and the others never thought about standing in their camp or supporting the release of the second prince. Everything that happened before was just the three of them acting, but Yuan Ji and Hou Yi actually still Everyone believed it.

Of course, this cannot be entirely blamed on Yuan Ji and Hou Yi. In their opinion, Zhou Yanfeng and the others do not have a firm position and no candidates to support. It is okay to support anyone, it depends on which party gives it. There are many benefits.

And the conditions they offered before were not bad, not to mention, these were just the benefits for supporting the second prince. When they were asked to support the second prince's ascension to the throne in the future, they would naturally be promised benefits again.

Therefore, in the view of Yuan Ji and Hou Yi, it was a completely normal reaction for Zhou Yanfeng and the others to be tempted by the conditions they offered, and there was no possibility of deception or acting.

However, now the facts have slapped them in the face. Something they thought was impossible happened right in front of their eyes. However, the two of them, who pride themselves on being smart, were tricked by Zhou Yanfeng and the other three in this matter. Falling into the trap of three people.

At this time, Yuan Ji and Hou Yi hated Zhou Yanfeng and the others extremely much. This hatred even exceeded their hatred for Zhao Lun.

Originally, if Zhou Yanfeng and the others did not act and responded positively to the goodwill they released, Yuan Ji and Hou Yi could think of other ways to achieve their goals, although they would not be so aboveboard and might even make them The prince suffered some reputational damage, but that was much better than being trapped in prison.

However, because of the positive reactions of Zhou Yanfeng and the others, Yuan Ji and Hou Yi mistakenly thought that they had a chance to win, so they did not think of other plans and confidently wanted to release the second prince through voting. Purpose.

It is precisely because of this that they fell into the trap of Zhou Yanfeng and the others and missed the best opportunity to fish out Zhao Ke.

Under such circumstances, how could Yuan Ji and Hou Yi not hate Zhou Yanfeng and the others?

Sure enough, after Zhou Yanfeng finished speaking, Qi Kai immediately expressed his stance. His stance did not go beyond everyone's expectations. As expected, it was the same as Zhou Yanfeng and Li Yang's. Both Yuan Ji and Hou Yi's faces turned green. How come they both I can't figure out how something that I was so sure of could turn out to be like this.

Guanzhuo also had a surprised expression on his face. Just now he saw that Yuan Ji and Hou Yi looked confident and easily agreed to vote on whether to release the second prince. He had already guessed that these two people should It was done secretly, and I was confident enough to get more votes.

It is impossible for the third prince to agree to release Zhao Ke unless Zhao Lun's brain is broken.

Since the third prince is impossible, it can only be Zhou Yanfeng and the other three.

It's a pity that Guanzhuo only guessed the beginning but not the end. Yuanji and Hou Yi went to find Zhou Yanfeng and the other three, but they didn't win them. This made Guanzhuo very surprised. Since they couldn't win There were three people from Zhou Yanfeng, so why did Yuan Ji and Hou Yi agree to vote? Isn't this asking for trouble?

However, when Guanzhuo saw the gloomy and bleeding expressions of Yuan Ji and Hou Yi, he understood.

It wasn't that Yuan Ji and Hou Yi wanted to cause trouble for themselves, but that they were tricked by Zhou Yanfeng and the others!

Obviously, Zhou Yanfeng and the other two should have promised Yuanji and Hou Yi something before, but when it came to expressing their opinions, they reacted differently and played tricks on Yuanji and Hou Yi.

Thinking of this, Guan Zhuo sighed secretly in his heart.

Yuanji and Hou Yi, who have been in the officialdom for decades, are experienced, but now they are played by Zhou Yanfeng and the other two, and in such a big event, which is really surprising and sighing.

At the same time, Guan Zhuo also understood that it was impossible for him to release the second prince now, at least temporarily. In terms of votes, the majority of people did not release the second prince from prison, and the final result was that the second prince would continue to be detained.

The most terrible thing is that after this incident, unless he can completely prove that the second prince is innocent, there will be no chance to release the second prince again. This is the best opportunity, but it was missed.

As for completely proving the second prince's innocence, it is not easy. Gu Lin's testimony and the drugs found in the eldest prince's bedroom are not enough. Without the key figure of the eldest prince, it can be said that someone bribed Gu Lin to frame the eldest prince. Based on this point alone, there is no way to completely prove the second prince's innocence.