The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

"Oh..." He hoped it wasn't myna, but a voice in his head told him it was myna.He always knew that mynah was hiding something, but he didn't expect mynah to be like this... I couldn't find a good word to describe it for a while.

The fourth prince, who was copying the Buddhist scriptures, heard Zhao Yao's sigh, and asked with concern: "What's the matter, is there something I don't understand?"

Zhao Yao shook his head and said, "It's nothing, I just feel sorry for the starling."

When the eighth prince was mentioned, a look of indifference flashed across the eyes of the fourth prince, and then he said indifferently: "He doesn't need your pity."

"Why don't you need me to be pitiful? The starling suffered such a serious injury and had to drink medicine every day." Zhao Yao thought of his serious illness in those few months, and couldn't help but sympathize with the eighth prince, "Fourth brother, don't you I know what it’s like to drink medicine every day, every now and then. Mynah is now the same as I used to be, taking medicine for several months.” Oh, mynah is really cruel to me.If it were him, he would never treat himself like this.

After hearing this, the fourth prince realized that Zhao Yao was sympathetic to the eighth prince for taking the medicine, so he couldn't help laughing: "If you don't want to drink medicine in the future, then don't get sick again."

"Fourth brother is right."

"Don't worry about the eighth brother's affairs." The fourth prince didn't like the eighth prince, he always felt that the eighth prince was impure, and he didn't want the simple-minded Zhao Yao to get too close to the scheming eighth prince. "Tomorrow morning, I will pray for the late queen, so hurry up and get some sleep."

"Fourth brother, what about you?"

"I'll finish copying this volume of Buddhist scriptures before going to sleep." After the fourth prince finished speaking, he looked at Tong Xi who was standing aside.

Tongxi understood, and said to Zhao Yao: "Your Highness, this servant will take care of you to wash up."

"Fourth brother, I'm going to wash up first."

Zhao Yao returned to the room after bathing, got into the quilt, and looked at the fourth prince who was still copying Buddhist scriptures with his eyes: "Fourth brother, I'm going to bed first."

"Go to sleep."

Here, the atmosphere of the two brothers is warm.Over there, the atmosphere in the imperial study room was frozen and frozen.

Shen Hu, Chu Ying, and Zhen Guogong knelt on the ground, their faces showing panic.

Sun Kui, who was standing on the side, lowered his head, not daring to breathe.

"So far, you've found this little thing?" Emperor Wu of Zhou looked at the three kneeling on the ground with cold eyes, "Do you think that a fifth-rank general Ningyuan can train so many dead men to assassinate the prince?" Emperor Wu of Zhou always Emotions and anger are invisible, but now they clearly show anger.

Facing Emperor Zhou Wu's anger, Shen Hu could only bite the bullet and said: "I have checked his file, it is very common and clean, he doesn't seem like someone who can train dead men."

General Ning Yuan mentioned by Emperor Zhou Wu just now was a general in the imperial guards.He has a silent temperament and is unspeakable, and his relationship with other people in the Imperial Guard is average.

He used to be a soldier under Chu Ying, and later made great contributions to the suppression of the chaos, and gradually rose from an ordinary soldier to a fifth-rank General Ningyuan.Chu Ying saw that he was brave and good at fighting, he was honest, and he didn't have any extravagances, so she let him enter the palace and become a guard.

Chu Ying said: "I have carefully investigated General Ning Yuan, and found no connection between him and the aristocratic family."

Duke Zhen suspected that General Ning Yuan was acting as the king, but he dared not say so.If he said it, Emperor Wu of Zhou would think he did it on purpose.

"All the clues were cut off by General Ning Yuan, as if they were deliberately erased, without any trace." Shen Hu and the others also felt that General Ning Yuan could not be the real mastermind behind the scenes.

"The ministers searched General Ning Yuan's house carefully, but did not find anything suspicious or unusual."

Zhen Guogong said: "Your Majesty, all of this is too weird." It was the first time he encountered such a weird thing in his decades of life.

Shen Hu continued: "I checked all the people who had contacts with General Ning Yuan, and also interrogated some people, but I didn't find any useful clues."

"I sent someone to investigate General Ningyuan's hometown, and it will take two days to get any news." General Ningyuan's hometown is in Yangzhou, and there is a rebellion in Yangzhou.

Emperor Wu of Zhou also knew what was going on in Yangzhou.He frowned, with a solemn expression, and couldn't help guessing in his heart, could the assassination of the crown prince be related to the Yangzhou rebellion?

"Check carefully."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Emperor Wu of Zhou waved his hand, signaling Shen Hu and the others to retreat.

"I'm waiting to leave." Chu Ying and the three of them retreated obediently.

Sun Kui saw that Emperor Wu of Zhou was frowning and his expression was solemn. He hesitated for a while and asked cautiously, "Your Majesty, do you suspect that the prince's assassination is related to the rebellion in Yangzhou?"

Emperor Wu of Zhou tapped the imperial table lightly with his fingers, and said with a thoughtful expression: "If it is related to the rebellion in Yangzhou, then the prince's assassination will be..."

Sun Kui thought of something, and said in shock, "Your Majesty, if it is really related to the Yangzhou rebellion, doesn't it mean that there is Dong Jin in Beijing?!"

Emperor Wu of Zhou was not surprised that there were people from Dong Jin in Beijing.He had been sending people to keep an eye on these people, but he didn't expect that there were people from Dong Jin in Hulong Temple.

"Your Majesty, what is the purpose of Dong Jin's assassination of the Crown Prince?" Sun Kui guessed, "To disturb the capital?" Although His Highness the Crown Prince is the Crown Prince, on the surface, His Highness the Crown Prince did not receive favor on behalf of His Highness the King.If the assassination of His Highness the Prince is successful, then the biggest beneficiary will be His Highness Dai Wang, but this will not affect anything.

With the emperor around, there would be no chaos in the capital, let alone chaos in the court.Wouldn't it be more useful to assassinate His Royal Highness Dai Wang than to assassinate His Highness the Crown Prince?First of all, His Royal Highness Dai Wang is more favored by the emperor, and it has been passed down for several years that His Royal Highness Dai Wang will replace His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.Secondly, His Royal Highness Dai Wang was brave and good at fighting, and he was known as the "God of War" by the people. Assassinating His Royal Highness Dai Wang could make Da Zhou lose a general. Wouldn't this be more beneficial to them?

They have the patience and ability to lurk in Hulong Temple, which shows that he also has the ability to assassinate His Royal Highness Dai Wang, but they did not, and instead assassinated His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Could it be that they assassinated His Highness to warn the Emperor, or to provoke the Emperor?

If so, Dong Jin would be too arrogant.

Having said that, if it is to provoke the emperor and spend so much thought, it is really...

Sun Kui couldn't figure it out even though he was thinking about it, so he simply stopped thinking about it.Such an important matter is not something he, a servant, can worry about.

"Send a secret report to Lao Song and let him investigate the matter secretly." Emperor Wu of Zhou thought more.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Emperor Wu of Zhou narrowed his eyes slightly, his face sullen.

If it is really what he thinks, then the matter in Yangzhou cannot be delayed.

When Sun Kui came back after sending out the secret report, he saw that Emperor Wu of Zhou was reviewing the memorial again, and hurriedly persuaded him, "Your Majesty, at Yinshi tomorrow, you will get up and go to Hulong Temple. You should go to bed early tonight."

During this period of time, the emperor was already busy, but he did not expect that the prince was assassinated again, which made the emperor even more worried.

"I'll go to bed after reading this." Emperor Wu of Zhou still had a stack of memorials in hand.

"Your majesty, after reading these memorials, it's time to give birth again, so you can only sleep for two hours." Sun Kui said anxiously, "Your majesty, I'm really worried that if you go on like this, the dragon will not be able to bear it, you should rest first Well, it’s not too late to review these memorials tomorrow.”

Emperor Wu of Zhou raised his eyes to look at Sun Kui, and said with some disgust, "When did you become so wordy?"

"Your Majesty, it's not that your servant is nagging, but that the Empress and the Imperial Concubine have told your servant to remind you to go to bed early."

When Emperor Wu of Zhou heard the words, he was unmoved and continued to review the memorials.

Sun Kui suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly said again: "Empress Zhaoyi also asked the servants to remind you to rest early and take care of your dragon body."

When Emperor Wu of Zhou heard this, he glanced at Sun Kui.

Sun Kui hurriedly said: "Ms. Zhaoyi really said that to the servant girl."

Emperor Wu of Zhou put down the memorial in his hand, stood up and said to Sun Kui, "Take a bath."

Hearing what Emperor Wu of Zhou said, Sun Kui was overjoyed: "This servant will serve you to take a bath." It is useless to move out the empress and concubine, but it is useful to move out the empress Zhaoyi.The emperor really did not treat Empress Zhaoyi differently.

Emperor Wu of Zhou was indeed very tired, and fell asleep not long after lying on the bed after bathing.

After Emperor Wu of Zhou fell asleep, Sun Kui quietly left the bedroom.

Seeing his master smiling, Sun Doudou asked curiously, "Master, what happened?"

Sun Kuigang was about to tell Sun Doudou, but suddenly thought of something, so he stopped.

"It's nothing."

Seeing that Sun Kui didn't want to say anything, Sun Doudou didn't ask any more questions.

"Master, you have to go to Hulong Temple with the emperor tomorrow morning, you should go to bed quickly, I am here."

"You watch carefully, I'll go back and rest."

At four quarters of the ugly hour, Sun Kui woke up on time.When it was Yinshi, he woke up the sleeping Emperor Wu of Zhou.

Today is the anniversary of the death of the first empress. Emperor Wu of Zhou will not go to court for a day.

After a simple breakfast, Emperor Wu of Zhou set off for Hulong Temple.

Empress Xie and Concubine Rong are also going to Hulong Temple today.

Emperor Zhou Wu's carriage was at the front, followed by Empress Xie's carriage, and then Concubine Rong Gui's.

Liang Zhaoyi and Yu Meiren were sitting in a carriage, and their carriage was at the end.

Pan Cai's status is low, and he is not qualified to go to Hulong Temple to pray for the former queen.

"I don't know if the emperor has found the assassin who assassinated the prince?" Yu Meiren said worriedly, "If there are assassins, wouldn't the emperor be very dangerous?"

Liang Zhaoyi couldn't help feeling a little worried when she heard what Yu Meiren said.However, she didn't show it on her face.

"The assassin's assassination failed, and he will not send another person to assassinate him. Besides, the emperor has many people around him to protect him, so nothing will happen."

"Sister, who do you think is so courageous to assassinate the prince?" Yu Meiren thought of the rumors of the past few days, and said in a low voice, "Is it really the acting king?"

Liang Zhaoyi shook her head and said, "It can't be Dai Wang." Even if Dai Wang wanted to assassinate the prince, he would not be so stupid as to assassinate the prince at this time.

"Who would that be?"

"I don't know." Seeing that Yu Meiren has been curious about this matter, Liang Zhaoyi reminded her, "This is not something that you and I should care about, so don't talk about it anymore."

Yu Meiren understood Liang Zhaoyi's meaning, nodded quickly and said: "Yes, sister." After she finished speaking, she remembered Zhao Yao was in Hulong Temple, "I don't know how Yaoyao is doing in Hulong Temple, did he eat well, did he have a good time?" sleep?"

Mentioning her son, Liang Zhaoyi's eyes instantly became gentle.

"Don't worry, he must be doing well in Hulong Temple."

"I don't know how the Eighth Prince's injury is?" Yu Meiren sighed, "The Eighth Prince's life is too miserable."

Liang Zhaoyi said: "The Eighth Prince will be fine."

The eighth prince, who was cared by Yu Meiren and Liang Zhaoyi, had already woken up.

These days, the eighth prince spends most of his time in a coma, and rarely wakes up.

Yu Hai is currently serving the Eighth Prince to drink porridge, "Your Highness, do you know that this time..." Yu Hai didn't go any further, "If it wasn't for the Tenth Prince's suggestion to wipe your body with spirits to cool you down, I'm afraid ..."

The eighth prince said softly, "I'm fine now."

"Your Highness, you must not do this again in the future."

"No more." The Eighth Prince spoke weakly because he was too weak, "How is the investigation of the assassin in the palace going?"

"General Ning Yuan is dead." Yu Hai said in a very low voice, "Everything is going according to your plan."

The Eighth Prince felt relieved after hearing this.

"That's good."

Eighth Prince: Very good, everything is going according to my plan.