Chapter 524 - 503 First Update
All eyes were now on Zheng Congyuan, as he had cast aside his earlier despondency.
Prime Minister Lin realized that the Crown Prince held limited military power; despite having covertly nurtured his influence, to everyone else, he appeared to be without military authority.
While trapped in Chenyuan Hall, Prime Minister Lin had also noticed the absence of several of the Crown Prince’s capable "generals," especially Ju Nanyi and Wei Qing. Although Prime Minister Lin had an idea of their significance, initially, he believed that with just those few people and the power accumulated in only a few years, they couldn’t be compared to the power held by the Wen Family over generations, hence his urgency.
But now, Prime Minister Lin was also quite excited. Based on his understanding of the Crown Prince, His Highness was never one to make empty boasts. If he didn’t have an immense confidence, he surely wouldn’t have spoken up. This was why, even though many officials were panicking while trapped in Chenyuan Hall, the Crown Prince hadn’t said a word.
Because, at that time, the Crown Prince didn’t have ten, or even nine parts, certainty.
Indeed, now with Master Huo Yi from Qiandao Temple present, if the Crown Prince wasn’t the Child of Heavenly Selection, then neither was Zheng Haoyuan. Even the Eldest Princess was ruled out, so what followed seemed to increasingly favor the Crown Prince.
The moment Prime Minister Lin thought of this, he involuntarily straightened his back, admitting to himself that at his age, he could not possess such schemes and thoughts.
The Crown Prince had only mentioned the Eastern and Southeast Borders, while Ju Nanyi had been dispatched to the hard nut to crack that was the Northern Border. Who Ju Nanyi was, Prime Minister Lin was well aware—without exaggeration, Ju Nanyi was a rising star of Nanzheng State’s court politics in recent decades, hugely talented.
What should Prime Minister Lin fear? Likewise not being the Child of Heavenly Selection, yet now, the Crown Prince had already seized the advantages of timing, geographical, and human conditions.