Chang'an City, Yuhua Palace.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night

The Royal Guards began to garrison the Dexin Hall in large numbers, and the guards in golden clothes guarded the door, preventing anyone from escaping. Originally, at this time, it was the time for the officials to celebrate the birthday of Emperor Ming, but they never expected that the Royal Guards would suddenly surround Dexin tonight.

Xin Palace.

After Lu Zhong came out, he returned to Dexin Hall. Wang Yi was directing everyone and guarding the gate when he saw Li Yuan coming towards him. He was the first person to walk out of Dexin Hall.

Wang Yi greeted him, but Li Yuan didn't look very good.

Wang Yi asked with concern: "Li Yuan, what happened in Dexin Hall."

Li Yuan did not speak, but slowly lowered his body. Wang Yi saw this and hurriedly stepped forward to help Li Yuan sit down.

After Li Yuan sat down, he picked up the wine bottle on the table and took a big sip, "Cough, cough, cough. Crazy, all crazy."

Wang Yi frowned, and the doubts in his heart became more intense, and he continued to ask: "Li Yuan, what's going on?"

Ma Shun couldn't figure it out for a while, so he had to stand aside and pace back and forth anxiously.

"Crazy, damn crazy. Someone just poisoned the Queen Mother to kill her. Fortunately, the little eunuch tried the poison before the Queen Mother drank the cup of tea. Unexpectedly, she died suddenly on the spot."

Wang Yi was shocked. He knew that this was a big deal. Someone actually wanted to poison the Queen Mother.

"Didn't you say that the Queen Mother is not feeling well today and has been staying at Cining Palace?"

Li Yuan recovered and his expression became calm, "I have been here for a long time, but you probably didn't see it. The Queen Mother said that today is His Majesty's birthday and wanted to give His Majesty a surprise, so she only showed up with gifts after the birthday started.

"

"Then why?"

Li Yuan knew what Wang Yi and others wanted to ask, and said directly: "No one knows how those bad guys knew that the Queen Mother was coming here. Your Majesty has issued an order to investigate the matter."

"So, everyone present today is suspect?"

After Zhou Liyuan completed the task deployment, he saw Wang Yi and Ma Shun surrounding Li Yuan and walked over directly.

"The first person to check was the maid next to the Queen Mother, but before the imperial guards could interrogate him, a maid next to the Queen Mother took a knife that was brought in from unknown time and stabbed the Emperor directly. Fortunately, Eunuch Gao took action in time and saved His Majesty.

That’s why no big deal happened.”

Wang Yi felt that this matter was definitely not simple, and continued to ask: "Is the palace maid dead?"

Li Yuan nodded and looked at Wang Yi in surprise. How could he know? Wang Yi explained: "According to theory, those who dare to assassinate the emperor are generally dead soldiers. What is a dead soldier? Naturally, he does not care whether the task is completed.

Whether they are alive or not, they are all dead, so you can’t catch the alive ones.”

Li Yuan told the truth, "Yes, the palace maid died directly in Dexin Palace. Even Eunuch Gao did not stop her. Afterwards, after Eunuch Gao checked, it was found that the palace maid bit open the poison sac in her mouth and died of poisoning.

.”

Ma Shun sneered and said: "The standard way of death for a dead soldier."

Wang Yi sighed slightly, it seems that our Jinyiwei are going to be unlucky, "We can't escape the relationship. Everyone entering and leaving Dexin Hall must pass our inspection, but now that something like this has happened, we Jinyiwei don't know yet.

What kind of storm

It’s raining.”

Ma Shun nodded in agreement, but who knew that Li Yuan said again: "The palace maid's body was searched and the token of the prince's palace was found. Now my cousin has arrested the prince."

Ma Shun trembled and said: "This is going to turn the world upside down. The sky is falling."

This was not the end, Li Yuan broke another shocking news, "After this, after the death of King Zhao, he did not think that the prince would do such a thing, but King Dai suspected that the prince had colluded with King Zhao to murder the royal family, and directly

There was a quarrel in the main hall, and finally they got into a fight. The angry emperor directly ordered Eunuch Gao to arrest the two of them. Now, the three princes of the Ming Dynasty knelt directly outside the gate of Dexin Hall.

, no one can persuade me."

Wang Yi felt that things were getting more and more confusing. Not to mention someone poisoning the Queen Mother, just assassinating Emperor Ming was impossible in the world. Gao Lishi was ranked tenth among the ten people in the world and was known as one of the saints.

Who can surpass Gao Lishi and assassinate Emperor Ming?

Furthermore, Emperor Ming's health is getting worse and worse. As long as the prince is careful and does not make mistakes, according to national law, the emperor has no reason to change the candidate for the prince. And after the emperor dies, Ming Dynasty will still be handed over to the prince. He will

Self-destruction?

Changing the prince will cause turmoil in the court and shake the foundation of the country. Secondly, although Emperor Ming summoned the three princes back to Beijing this time to choose the crown prince, it seems that as long as the prince makes no mistakes, he will be the crown prince.

If you have any doubts, this is the law of the country and the choice of the courtiers.

The prince has a gentle temperament and helps the emperor handle affairs on weekdays, which is recognized by many courtiers. Therefore, the prince's power is also the largest in the court.

"What did Prime Minister Zhang say?"

Li Yuan raised his head and glanced at Wang Yi, as if he didn't expect him to ask this question, but still said: "Zhang Juzheng has nothing, not even a plea, but Yao Xiezi and Lord Yao said a few words, and then

Cooperating with the Queen Mother to persuade the Emperor not to be angry, His Majesty's desire to kill was temporarily stopped."

This time, Wang Yi finally understood why Lu Zhong's expression was so heavy and indifferent when he came out just now, because now not only the three princes were in trouble, but also the Jin Yiwei were also to blame.

"Lu Zhong, Master Lu."

Now the source of the news is all from Li Yuan, so Wang Yi needs to know more about the situation inside.

"Fortunately, the emperor did not faint. Instead, he ordered me to come out with Mr. Lu. I will take charge of the affairs outside the abbot's house. But Mr. Lu refused to stay outside and went back. Mr. Lu is now in the house.

Guard the emperor's side to prevent further changes."

Wang Yi began to think about it. Now everything has stopped. He can only wait for the results of the investigation by the Royal Forest Army and the Jin Yiwei. When Lu Zhong came out just now, he took away many Jin Yiwei. It seems that he should be investigating this matter.

Already.

So now, until the results of the investigation come out, we have to keep it as it is.

Dexin Hall, among the side halls.

Emperor Ming was sitting on the bed, comforting his mother. The Queen Mother had just received a fright. Although she had experienced many big storms, she was old. After what she had just experienced, the Queen Mother was a little tired, but she went out.

It was not safe, so I had no choice but to sleep lightly here.

For the first time, the imperial concubine didn't do anything. Instead, she knelt down on the edge of the bed, slightly further back.

Behind Emperor Ming. Because in the entire harem, what she was most afraid of was the old man lying on the bed.

After the Queen Mother fell asleep, Emperor Ming, with the support of Gao Lishi, slowly walked to the side of the imperial concubine. Supporting Yu Niang, the emperor walked through several thresholds and came to a study room. Lu Zhong led the imperial guards at all times.

Guard outside.

Under the leadership of the eunuch, Yang Zhao strode towards the side hall, and soon arrived outside the study. Yang Zhao knew that the emperor asked him to come, probably to investigate what had just happened.

Approaching the study, Yang Zhao no longer strolled around, but slightly bent his body. The smile on his face gradually faded away, replaced by an indifferent expression.

"Master Yang is here."

The Jin Yiwei standing at the door checked the token in the eunuch's hand and let the two of them go.

"My father-in-law is busy."

After Yang Zhao finished speaking, he still took out a grain of gold from his arms and quietly placed it in the eunuch's hand.

"Mr. Yang is too polite, then our family will be Mister Yang."

After that, he turned around and left.

Yang Zhao let out a long sigh, then ignored the strange looks from the Jinyi Guards and said inside: "Yang Zhao, the imperial censor, has come to pay homage to your majesty."

The door creaked, and Gao Lishi's figure appeared in Yang Zhao's eyes. Gao Lishi glanced at Yang Zhao and said expressionlessly: "Yang Yushi, His Majesty calls you in."

Facing Gao Lishi, who only obeyed the emperor's will all his life, Yang Zhao did not dare to be presumptuous at all. He lowered his head, put his hands on both sides, and walked into the study behind Gao Lishi.

In the study, Lu Zhong was standing not far from the emperor. He heard the noise behind him. He turned around and saw Yang Zhao walking over. Lu Zhong did not show any movement.

The emperor was sitting on a chair, with the imperial concubine and his sister sitting beside him. Seeing that the emperor and his sister were not frightened, Yang Zhao was relieved.

This is the first time Yang Zhao has met the emperor in recent times, because the emperor has been staying in Jiming Temple for a long time for some reason, without communicating with anyone. He usually relies on his internal servants for his orders.

The supervisor passes it out.

"Your Majesty." Yang Zhao bowed deeply and saluted.

The emperor rubbed his brows, and when he heard Yang Zhao's voice, he slowly raised his head and pointed to the chair below him, "Sit yourself, Yang Aiqing."

After Yang Zhao thanked him, he sat on the chair and said softly: "Your Majesty, I didn't know that the minister was here, but I have something to tell the old minister."

The emperor just held the concubine's hand, closed his eyes, and did not answer Yang Zhao's words. Yang Zhao did not continue to speak, but sat there quietly, waiting for the emperor's answer.

"Yang Zhao, you said that I was really sorry for the three traitors. One of them wanted to assassinate me, but the two of them fought in front of me regardless of the occasion." After a while, the emperor slowly opened his eyes and faced Yang Zhao.

He said, "Do you really want me to die soon?"

Yang Zhao didn't speak, Lu Zhong looked away, trying not to keep his attention here, and Gao Lishi bent down without raising his head.

Sometimes, not saying something is the best result.

"Yang Aiqing, tell me what these traitors want to do. Do you really think I'm old?"
Chapter completed!