Few people know about Wu Fan's existence and the role it plays in this matter. Therefore, Yuan Ji and Hou Chong cannot understand why Guan Zhuo and Qi Kai chose to support Zhao Qi.

"No matter what the reason is, we must stop it!" Hou Zhong said in a deep voice.

"Stop it? How to stop it?" Yuan Ji said: "You didn't see that Qi Kai is as busy as a rabbit. He is much more active than when Zhao Lun ascended the throne last time. According to his speed and early arrangements, Zhao Qi's ascendance to the throne today is basically fine."

Of course, Yuan Ji also wanted to prevent Zhao Qi from ascending the throne and becoming emperor. This was not because he had any grudges with Zhao Qi, nor because he felt that Zhao Qi was not capable and could not be the emperor well, but because Zhao Qi was supported by Guan Zhuo and Qi Kai, and had nothing to do with him. Once Zhao Qi ascended the throne and became emperor, Guan Zhuo, Qi Kai, and some other people would have the merit of following the dragon, and Yuan Ji had nothing.

This obviously made Yuanji unacceptable.

However, seeing Guan Zhuo and Qi Kai's appearance at the moment, Zhao Qi's ascendance to the throne could no longer be stopped, and it would be useless even if Yuan Ji disagreed.

"That may not be!" Hou Chong sneered: "As long as she has not yet taken the throne, we will have a chance. Even if she has already taken the throne, we can still drive her off the throne."

Having said this, Hou paused again, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and he said, "Don't forget, I am the Minister of War now!"

Originally, Yuan Ji was still wondering what could Hou Chong have? Hearing Hou Chong's words, his eyes lit up.

"You mean... a mutiny?!" Yuan Ji said subconsciously.

The term mutiny was still very unfamiliar to the officials of their Yanfeng Kingdom before, after all, they had never experienced it before.

But everything changed not long ago.

Zhao Lun's successful ascension was precisely because of his mutiny. Otherwise, with the situation at that time, Zhao Lun might even be imprisoned by Guan Zhuo forever.

Now, Hou Chong's meaning seems to want to imitate Zhao Lun as well.

Of course, Hou Chong did not ascend the throne himself, but wanted to support others.

Moreover, this other person is not a person supported by Yuan Ji, but Yuan Ji doesn't care about so much now, and the most important thing is to drive Zhao Qi away first.

"good!"

Facing Yuan Ji's question, Hou Chong did not deny it or be ambiguous, but admitted it directly.

"I can do it too!" Hou Chong said: "Of course, you need your support from Secretary Yuan. In any case, you are still the Minister of Personnel. In the hearts of officials, you still have appeal. After our troops surrounded the palace, you need to come forward and find a legitimate reason for this action to convince other ministers to stand on our side."

In Hou Chong's opinion, he was the Minister of War, so there was no problem in controlling the army. Zhao Qi was just a princess and had no influence in the army before. In this way, he could easily encircle the palace.

Surrounding the palace is only the first step. He needs Yuan Ji to cooperate and get support from other ministers, so that Zhao Qi's ascension to the throne can fail.

"This is no problem." Yuan Ji said confidently: "I can still do this. As long as you can surround the palace, I will be confident that I will convince those ministers to unanimously oppose Zhao Qi's ascension to the throne. I think many of them do not support Zhao Qi very much, but were threatened and tempted by Guan Zhuo and Qi Kai. As long as they understand the situation, I think they will know how to choose."

Obviously, Yuan Ji felt that the ministers should be the same as him and were not optimistic about Zhao Qi. The reason why he supports Zhao Qi now was that Guan Zhuo and Qi Kai used the means. As long as Hou Chong could surround the palace, he would be sure to convince the ministers to change their minds.

"Very good. If that's the case, we will act separately now!" Hou Chong said.

The Ministry of Rites has been arranged in a intensive manner to ascend the throne ceremony, and there is not much time left for them. Therefore, Hou Chong and Yuan Ji dare not delay any more.

Then, the two acted separately.

Hou Chong left the palace and went to take over the army, while Yuan Ji was infiltrated into the crowd and was about to find officials to test it first.

After Hou Chong left the palace, he immediately headed towards the place where the army was stationed.

In the imperial capital, more than 200,000 troops are now stationed, and these troops are divided into several places in the imperial capital, protecting the safety of the imperial capital.

Of course, this is the arrangement of this special period. In the past few years, the army of the imperial capital was stationed outside the city, but with the years, the situation in the entire Yanfeng Kingdom has become worse and worse. In order to better protect the imperial capital, in addition to leaving a small number of troops outside the city, most of the troops' garrisons are located in the city.

And this is just convenient for Hou Chong to act.

"Who? Stop!"

When he arrived at the entrance of a camp, Hou Chong was stopped by the soldiers on duty.

Hou Chong raised his face and said, "I, Minister of War, Hou Chong! Let the highest-level generals in your camp come out to greet me!"

The two soldiers on duty looked at each other, and one of them quickly turned back and ran back to the camp.

Not long after, three people came out of the camp, one of whom was a soldier who had just gone to report the news, and the other was the head general in the camp.

As for the last person, it is Wu Fan!

Because Wu Fan did not have an official position, he did not go to welcome Zhao Lun before. However, he was not idle, but came to several camps in the imperial capital. He knew very well that it was not difficult for Zhao Qi to sit on the throne, but the difficulty was to sit on the throne firmly.

If you want to hold the throne firmly, in addition to the support of the ministers, you also need the support of the army.

Especially in this chaotic world, the support of the army is particularly important.

Fortunately, Wu Fan had made arrangements before. The Nanling City incident made Zhao Qi, who had not shown up, have gained the support and recognition of the soldiers in the army. However, these emotions need to be maintained, especially at this critical moment, there must be no trouble. Therefore, Wu Fan came to chat with these generals.

Of course, during the chat, he also revealed the situation in the palace, saying that the ministers in the court all supported Zhao Qi ascended the throne, and hoped that these soldiers could support Zhao Qi. Among them, Wu Fan naturally said a lot of good things for Zhao Qi.
Chapter completed!