Ming Dynasty: Emperor Wanshou is cultivating immortality!

"Father," Yan Shaoting suddenly spoke up when he saw Yan Shifan standing there puzzled. "In fact, we have enough clues now. We can roughly guess who is behind this."

"Enough clues?"

"Can you guess who is behind this?"

After hearing his son Yan Shaoting's words, two questions popped up in Yan Shifan's mind one after another, and then he calmed down and began to think.

"Hai Rui, the other party's target is Hai Rui. Not long ago, Wang Yongji came to Beijing. Wang Yongji came from Nanjing..." Yan Shifan lowered his voice and his speech speed gradually increased.

"As for the rumor about the imperial court using a strange plague to target the cultivators in the outer star world, it first appeared in Nanjing."

"So, Wang Yongji's visit to Beijing to look for Hai Rui must have some connection with him..."

As he spoke, Yan Shifan frowned slightly.

"Father, Lord Zhang." At this time, Yan Shaoting on the side reminded him in time.

"Abolish the innate cultivation system!" Yan Shifan's eyes flashed with a gleam of light, "Hai Rui's actions have angered the emperor. Few people can withstand the wrath of thunder."

"Also, the Emperor is not opposed to using him to help with court struggles, but the price he will have to pay afterwards is not light. No faction in the court is willing to take this risk."

"Zhang Juzheng's proposal is just a proposal!"

"The other party has made such a big deal out of this matter, obviously not just to call on everyone to boycott."

"Because Zhang Juzheng's proposal was abolished, there was no substantial benefit gained for all parties."

"Therefore, the first possibility that the person behind the scenes did this to resist the proposal to 'abolish the life cultivation system' can be completely ruled out!"

"Then the only thing that is certain," Yan Shifan took a deep breath, his eyes flickering with excitement at the answer to the mystery that is about to be revealed, "is the second scenario we speculated before!"

"The other party's real target is Zhang Juzheng and the Prince An's Mansion he supports, or even the Prince Yu's Mansion?"

"Combined with our previous judgment, the person behind this must be one of the kings..."

"In this way, we only need to reversely infer who the final beneficiary is, and we can point to the person behind the scenes!"

"If the emperor, in a rage, punishes Zhang Juzheng and the Prince An's Mansion behind him, combined with the resistance of all the cultivators in the world, Zhang Juzheng's proposal will be infinitely magnified. Even the entire Prince An's Mansion will be pushed to the forefront."

"In this case, the other kings will definitely not miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to crush King An to death."

Yan Shifan said, his eyes flickering, "If Prince An falls, then who among the princes will benefit the most?"

"If Prince An's Mansion falls, then all of us will take over Prince An's territory, and we can say that all the benefits will be divided up."

"No, behind Prince An is the entire Prince Yu's Mansion. If Prince Yu chooses to support Prince An at this time, then perhaps Prince An can still survive..."

"What if Prince Yu's Mansion wants to take this opportunity to annex Prince An's forces?" Yan Shifan thought, and suddenly a flash of lightning flashed through his mind. He turned to look at Yan Shaoting and said in a deep voice: "Prince Yu's Mansion!?"

Although he had thought of this possibility, and there was a hint of doubt and uncertainty in his tone, but in fact, according to these clues, he had already understood it in his heart.

If, when the entire Prince An's Mansion and Zhang Juzheng were pushed to the forefront, Prince Yu's Mansion took this opportunity to launch a counterattack and swallow up the entire power of Prince An's Mansion in one gulp.

In this way, the one that benefits the most is Prince Yu’s Mansion!

"So the person behind all this is Prince Yu?!" Yan Shifan said, feeling confused. He looked at his son Yan Shaoting, and then at his silent father Yan Shifan.

He has already realized it. His son and father have probably already thought of this by now.

"So Prince Yu's Mansion was just acting since they chose to support Prince An?"

"We went to great lengths to train and support Prince An, providing him with people and territories, and allowing him to become independent step by step and have his own power, just to fatten him up, and then find a suitable opportunity, like this time, to eat him up?"

"It's a thankless job, isn't it?" Yan Shifan couldn't help but chuckle and shook his head, saying, "Isn't this a bit too much of a joke?" "I can't accept it." Yan Shifan shook his head and said, "There must be some key points that we haven't thought of..."

"What if the person behind the scenes comes from Prince Yu's Mansion, but is not Prince Yu and Crown Prince Zhu Yijun, but someone else?" Yan Shaoting said leisurely at this time.

"Hmm?" Yan Shifan was stunned when he heard his son Yan Shaoting's clear and unique words.

What did he hear?
Is the person behind this someone else from Prince Yu’s Mansion?

Who is so bold? Who dares to overstep his authority and cause such a big incident, even involving the emperor?
Well, the question that arose in Yan Shifan’s mind at this time also arose in Prince Yu’s mind.

At the same time, Prince Yu’s Mansion.

"Bang!" After hearing Zhang Juzheng's speculation, Prince Yu couldn't help but slam the table in anger, and said with an unpleasant expression: "From this speculation of Lord Zhang, does it mean that I want to anger my father?"

"Oh," Prince Yu couldn't help but laugh in anger, then stared at Zhang Juzheng, who had a calm expression, and said:

"Why doesn't the king know?"

Well, Prince Yu was also confused at this time, and also felt extremely wronged.

I wanted to anger my father, use this to plot against Prince An, and take this opportunity to swallow up all the power in Prince An's Mansion. Good, good plot, good planning, good courage, and good guts, but how come I didn't know it!
At this moment, Prince Yu had only one thought in his mind: when did I become so awesome? How dare I plot against my father?

"Although it wasn't my father who did this," the Crown Prince Zhu Yijun sighed softly and said quietly, "But Lord Zhang's speculation is not wrong."

"Excluding the first possibility I speculated before, the person behind the scenes wants to put pressure on the court to abolish Zhang Gelao's proposal to 'abolish the life practice system'. That only leaves the second possibility."

"The other party is targeting Prince An's Mansion."

"Then the Prince An's Mansion will fall, based on the maximization of interests and the actions that our Prince Yu's Mansion may take..." Zhu Yijun said, looking at Prince Yu,

"My Prince Yu's Mansion will be the biggest beneficiary."

After saying this, Zhu Yijun looked straight at Zhang Juzheng and said, "I am not afraid of saying something hurtful in front of Mr. Zhang."

"Once Prince An's Mansion falls, Prince Yu's Mansion will take over all of Prince An's power as quickly as possible!"

"Perhaps this is what the person behind the scenes really wants to do. He wants Prince Yu's Mansion and Prince An's Mansion to be completely separated... He is not even willing to resort to extreme means to achieve his goal."

"This person's scheming and cunning are absolutely top-notch!"

"Who is it?" Prince Yu naturally understood. According to reasonable speculation, all the clues pointed to Prince Yu's Mansion.

But while he was angry at the moment, what he wanted to know more was when did his Prince Yu's Mansion produce such a talent?

This kind of calculation and courage are not comparable to everyone, even Zhu Yijun when he was young.

"Youxiao," Zhu Yijun turned his head to look at his grandson Zhu Youxiao who was standing beside his son Zhu Changluo, and said, "Who is this person? I think you already have the answer in your mind."

At this moment, Zhu Youxiao felt the gazes of everyone, and his already ugly face became even uglier.

When he promptly deduced that the person behind the scenes was Prince Yu's Mansion, he already had a vague guess in his mind.

It was only after his grandfather Zhu Yijun's speculation that he became more certain.

In the entire Prince Yu's Mansion, he could not think of anyone else who had the motivation, ability and courage to do this, except his fifth brother Zhu Youjian, who had completely changed since the great Confucian scholars of the Donglin Party were wiped out.

"Fifth brother, you are confused!" Zhu Youxiao sighed in his heart.

"..." (End of this chapter)