Jinling.

When the imperial edict arrived in Yancheng, Zhao Xu's memorial also came to Zhao Heng's hands.

After reading the memorial, he did not make any statement, nor even told Liang Cheng.

The next day.

All officials were in court early, and the ministers found that the emperor who had not been to court for several days had actually arrived.

Long live the mountain, ministers, look at me, look at you, wait for Zhao Heng to speak.

They knew that every time this emperor went to court, there must be something big.

At this time, Zhao Heng, who was sitting on the dragon throne, had a strange Avenger smile on his face.

For him, the news of King Yan made him particularly happy, and it was even comparable to the recovery of Jinzhou.

Ma Chong became the new head of the Ma family, and the trend of the Dou family, Xiao family, Ma family, Han family, Wang family, and Liang family formed in the court.

At the same time, they also prevented him from letting the deposed prince return to the East Palace.

In the past two months since the King of Yan fought, the court has been uneasy.

After the King of Yan expressed his support for his elder brother Zhao Gang, he and Empress Xie wanted to re-establish Zhao Gang as the crown prince.

But as soon as he asked Mi Yan to propose, he immediately encountered fierce opposition from Dou Wei.

With the support of the King of Yan, he did not give in easily this time, and insisted on letting Zhao Gang re-enter the Eastern Palace.

But the next day, Dou Wei used the same trick again and couldn't get out of the illness.

At the same time, a large number of officials from the Si tribe in Beijing fell ill.

Due to the Dasong's recommendation system, officials in the court either came from the powerful clan or were from the disciples of the powerful clan.

This caused the entire capital to paralyze the government affairs.

But even so, he did not give in and dismissed a large number of officials who pretended to be sick.

But after he did this, the situation became more and more serious.

Officials of local wealthy families who were vassals began to get sick one after another.

If this continues, there will be big problems with the law, taxes, and the army.

He had to put the matter of establishing the prince down again.

However, despite the compromise, he still couldn't forget Dou Wei's proud look when he went to court again.

During this period, he has been looking for opportunities to cure Dou Wei.

Now, the King of Yan gave him an opportunity.

The eight major tribes, the Ma family guarded the northwest border, and the weight of Dasong has always been very important.

If the Ma family can be spared from engaging in the Dou family, it will severely hit Dou Wei's arrogance in the court.

When the civil and military ministers were separated from each other, he cleared his throat and said, "My dear friends, today I have a happy event to share with you."

When Dou Wei heard this, he looked at Han Zheng and others, and felt a little uneasy.

For them, Zhao Heng’s good news is naturally bad news for them.

"I don't know what the news is? It makes the emperor so happy." Although he was uncomfortable, as the prime minister, Dou Wei took on Zhao Heng's words.

Zhao Heng looked at Dou Wei and raised the memorial in his hand, "The King of Yan sent me a memorial to tell me that Ma Xuan and Ma's eldest son, Ma Han, is still alive."

"What!"

After Zhao Heng finished speaking, the court suddenly felt like it was boiling.

Especially Ma Yuan, he will go to Jinzhou to take office in two days.

This news was simply a shocking news for him.

Dou Wei shook his hand, and the sign he was holding almost fell to the ground.

The third prince Zhao Mu looked even pale.

Zhao Heng was very satisfied with Dou Wei's panic look. He hadn't seen Dou Wei lose his composure for a long time.

"Your Majesty, do this matter seriously?" Ma Yuan's lips trembled, his eyes fixed on the note in Zhao Heng's hand.

Zhao Heng ordered Liang Cheng to hand over the memorial to Ma Yuan, and said, "How could the memorial submitted by the King of Yan personally be fake? Now Ma Han is in Yancheng."

Ma Yuan read it and learned what Ma Han had experienced after being assassinated.

The shock on his face gradually turned into a crazy laugh, "Hahaha, the sky will never destroy my Ma family."

Dou Wei squeezed out a smile and said, "This matter is indeed worth congratulations, but..."

Speaking of this, he wanted to speak but stopped.

"But what?" Zhao Heng narrowed his eyes, wanting to see what Dou Wei has to say.

"But the emperor, this is the family business of the Ma family. Now Ma Chong is highly valued by the old man of the Ma family and is recognized as the head of the family. Even if Ma Han is alive, it seems that it should not be changed. Otherwise, it is very likely to cause civil strife in the Ma family, resulting in unstable northwest borders." Dou Wei said.

Ma Yuan sneered repeatedly, and he said, "Hmph, who said that the Ma family recognized Ma Chong? At present, the old men of the Ma family just don't know that Ma Han is still alive. Once he returns to the Ma family, how can Ma Chong be the head of the family be there?"

Dou Wei looked at Ma Yuan, "I just said that, whether Ma Han can go back or not, whether he can still inherit the position of head of the family when he goes back is the final decision of your Ma family."

Zhao Heng snorted softly.

He understood Dou Wei's meaning.

The royal family has always been uninterference in the internal affairs of the powerful clan.

The Si Clan also does not interfere with the internal affairs of the Si Clan.

What he implied was to let the Ma family solve this matter by themselves.

Instead of the emperor, he appointed Ma Han as the head of the Ma family.

"That's true. The old minister has set out to Yancheng in the past two days to take over Jinzhou, and then take Ma Han back to the Ma family. With the position of head of the Ma family, the old minister wants to see who is opposed by the Ma family!" Ma Yuan glanced at Dou Wei sideways.

It was rumored that Ma Han was dead, so he naturally had no reason to stop Ma Chong.

But now Ma Han is still alive, even if he fights his life, he cannot let Ma Chong continue to sit in the position of the head of the family.

Zhao Heng nodded. There was another reason why he only showed this note to Ma Yuan and not others.

That is, the King of Yan proposed to borrow troops to Ma Han when necessary to regain the position of head of the Ma family.

He agreed with this.

He was not convenient for him to send out the imperial guards to intervene, but the King of Yan had a good personal relationship with Ma Han, so it was feasible to borrow some "guards".

The rest can only be seen as Ma Han and Ma Chong’s game.
Chapter completed!