In the side hall of Dexin Hall, Emperor Ming continued his anger.

"It's such a coincidence that these things happened." A glint flashed in the emperor's eyes, "Yang Aiqing should know who the prince is, having been in the court for many years."

Yang Zhao cupped his hands and answered truthfully, "The prince has both virtues and virtues. As a minister, he assists your majesty in running the country well. As a son, he is filial to your majesty. As a father, he treats his grandsons with love and affection. It is naturally good."

"But why, why?!" The emperor no longer held the concubine's hand, but slapped his hand on the table. His anger made his voice start to become hoarse and he was breathing rapidly.

Although the imperial concubine was startled by the emperor's actions, her body began to float up and down involuntarily. Her beautiful lines were extremely graceful under the light emitted by the night pearl, but it was a pity that no one came to appreciate it.

The imperial concubine hurriedly covered her chest and patted it gently, finally calming down. However, she found that the emperor began to pant. The imperial concubine hurriedly stepped forward to support the emperor and asked him to sit down.

"Your Majesty, the dragon body is important. Compared to your body, these are small matters. As long as you are fine, then Ming Dynasty will be fine."

Yang Zhao and his sister looked at each other. He saw from his sister's eyes that the emperor was fine. He slowly exhaled and waited for the emperor to calm down before Yang Zhao advised him.

The emperor no longer sat on the chair, but was lifted up by the imperial concubine. With the help of Gao Lishi, he came to the bed and sat on the pillow. The emperor also sighed slightly, his body is really

I can't do it anymore, I'm getting old.

"I remember back then, when I was young and frivolous, I often accompanied the army on expeditions. Accompanying the late emperor, I often stayed up all night to fight against the enemy."

"But I am old, not young anymore. In the blink of an eye, my temples are already covered with gray hair."

Yang Zhao said softly: "Your Majesty is also in strong health now."

The emperor sat there and waved his hand gently, "My body knows it. It was poisoned and murdered when I was a child. It was only because of the timely treatment by the imperial doctor that I survived. However, the root cause of the disease has been eliminated. A few years ago, Longhu Mountain

I asked the Taoist Priest to renew my life. I knew that I was acting against heaven, but I still let the Taoist Priest continue. This is why Emperor Ming is here to talk to you today."

"His Majesty..."

Yang Zhao wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by the emperor, "Although I am old, I am not dead yet. It is too early for these people to want to rebel and want the position under my butt."

As the emperor spoke, he was a little excited and had an abnormal flush on his face. The emperor glanced at Gao Lishi, who immediately understood and shouted outside: "Is Li He there outside?"

"Your Majesty, Li He, is here."

The emperor heard a familiar voice outside and said, "Come in, don't stand at the door."

As soon as you finished speaking, the door of the study room was pushed open to you from the outside, and a sergeant in armor walked in. The sergeant walked to the bed, knelt on one knee, and said, "Your Majesty, Li He, would like to pay homage to your Majesty."

The emperor waved his hand gently, "You boy, you have too many rules."

Lu Zhong looked at this Li He. He knew who he was. He was the commander of the Royal Forest Army. He was in charge of the safety and security of all parts of the imperial city. He only obeyed the orders of Emperor Ming. He also had another identity. He was from the same clan as the emperor. However, Lu Zhong had experienced many times.

Despite all the investigations, we have never found out

Which royal bloodline is it?

Yang Zhao was no stranger to Li He. Yang Zhao had met him many times as a commander of the Royal Forest Army, but he was very difficult to get in touch with. Except when he was defending the imperial city, he usually just stayed in his mansion given by the emperor.

, never went out. Except for the emperor, he gave no face to anyone.

"Yang Zhao, Lu Zhong, Li He, I summoned you here today just because of what happened just now. The Queen Mother has gone to bed, and I don't want to make a big fuss. After the civil and military officials have interrogated her, she will be released first."

"As for what happens next, you guys will investigate for me. If you find out, arrest them one by one. No one can be let go. No matter he is the prince or the prince, as long as he is involved in this matter, he will be arrested by me."

Yang Zhao frowned slightly and advised: "Your Majesty, if we do this, it will cause turmoil in the court, which will be detrimental to the Ming Dynasty."

The emperor waved his sleeves and said, "Just go and investigate. Don't worry about anything else. Throw the three traitors into the imperial prison first. I am out of sight and out of mind. As for the Nanchu mission, it is the focus of the investigation, but

There must be no conflict, you understand."

Lu Zhong and three others said in unison: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Seeing the three people taking orders, the emperor seemed to have completed a task on his mind, and his energy was a little distracted. "Go down, I'm tired."

The three of them had no choice but to walk out of the study at the same time and leave this place of right and wrong.

Standing at the door, Yang Zhao first smiled at Li He and said, "Commander Li, do you have any thoughts on this matter?"

Li He shook his head, turned his head, and looked at Lu Zhong, "Master Lu, I don't understand the investigation at all, so I will do whatever you tell me to do."

Lu Zhong smiled and said, "Where is Mr. Yang?"

Although Yang Zhao was unwilling to do so, he had no choice but to let the alliance with the most troops and the most intelligence in the Ming Dynasty decide on this matter. Even if he didn't listen, he had to listen.

Even so, Yang Zhao's expression remained unchanged, so he could only pinch his nose and nodded.

Upon seeing this, Lu Zhong said: "In this case, Lu will not be polite."

Lu Zhong said to Yang Zhao: "Master Yang, please go to the front and use your dignity to explain to the officials, and then let them go home, and order this matter not to be spread outside."

Yang Zhao nodded. Although he was unwilling to obey Lu Zhong's command, for the sake of doing things for His Majesty, he still listened to him.

Yang Zhao put his hands behind his back, snorted coldly, and left.

Lu Zhong didn't care about Yang Zhao's behavior. Instead, he turned around and said to Li He: "Commander Li, please instruct the soldiers below to go to the residence of the maid of Cining Palace to see if there are any clues first.

I will first invite the three princes to the prison."

Li He was tall and tall, with a stern face. He seemed to be poor at speaking, otherwise he would not have recommended Lu Zhong as the leader among the three.

Li He took off a token from his waist, handed it to Lu Zhong, and said, "Don't worry, Master Lu, but I still can't leave here, so I ask Master Lu to take the token and command some imperial troops to go there."

The palace maid’s accommodation is not a problem.”

After Li He finished speaking, he placed one hand on the long sword at his waist. Under the illumination of the light, the silver-white armor on his body definitely had a murderous aura.

When Lu Zhong saw Li He like this, he also knew that Li He was unwilling to participate.

It's deeper here, but with the token, it doesn't matter if Li He doesn't go.

"In this case, I will tell these Jinyi guards to stay. If Commander Li has news, he can send them to Ziwu Lane to deliver the news."

Li He nodded, acknowledging the matter. Lu Zhong took the token and slowly walked outside.

Not long after Lu Zhong and the others left, an old man did not leave with the officials, but slowly walked towards the side hall of Dexin Hall. He came with the emperor's order.

After showing the token in his sleeve, the old man pushed open the door of Dexin Hall and walked slowly into the study.

"I, Liu Qian, would like to see your majesty, the noble concubine."

The emperor, who was lying on the bed, opened his tired eyes. After seeing that the visitor was Liu Qian, he supported the imperial concubine and started to do it forcefully.

"Liu Qian, there's no need to be like this, get up."

After Liu Qian heard the emperor's words, he slowly got up and raised his head. When he saw the paleness on the emperor's face, Liu Qian was shocked. This was a sign that the emperor was about to die.

"Your Majesty, you are in good health. Do you want me to help you?"

"No need." Before Liu Qian could finish speaking, the emperor waved his hand with difficulty and pointed to the chair in front of him, "Come on, Liu Qian, come closer to me."

Gao Lishi had already moved a chair and was waiting aside. When he heard the emperor's words, he hurriedly sent the chair to Liu Shangshu's side and said with a smile: "Master Liu, please,"

Liu Qian put the chair under him with one hand and said, "Thank you, Eunuch Gao."

Gao Lishi smiled, then stepped aside, closing his eyes and concentrating, not listening to the conversation between the emperor and Liu Qian. The emperor gently pushed the imperial concubine away and said softly: "Yu Niang, you go and wait outside first.

Let’s see what news comes out from Queen Mother’s side, I want to have a conversation with Liu Aiqing.”

The imperial concubine carefully tucked the quilt for the emperor, said softly, said goodbye to the emperor first, then greeted Liu Qian, and then walked out of the study. Gao Lishi and the emperor looked at each other, the latter winked, and Gao Lishi nodded.

, then with a wave of his sleeves, all the open windows in the study were closed. Gao Lishi saluted the emperor, and then turned his back to the two people in the room.

Liu Qian looked at Gao Lishi's actions and knew that what His Majesty wanted to discuss with him should be a big deal.

"Old Liu, who do you think was behind the poisoning of the Queen Mother and my assassination?"

Liu Qian, the Minister of Household Affairs, was also confused about what happened today. Three of the four princes were arrested. Let’s not talk about other things. The delicate balance between the princes must have been broken. Chang’an City finally calmed down.

The day seems to be coming to an end happily.

The government and the public were watching with eager eyes, and all forces were waiting to see the emperor's next move.

"Your Majesty, I can't guess it."

The emperor sighed slightly and looked at the stove in front of him, his eyes a little distracted, "Well, I also know that with a token from the prince's palace, it cannot be said that the prince wants to poison the queen mother and assassinate me. But just now all the civil and military officials have

There, I couldn't do anything, and I had to give an explanation to the officials, so I had to arrest the prince and temporarily imprison him in the imperial prison."
Chapter completed!