The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 24
Emperor Wu of Zhou continued to review the memorial, as if he didn't take the Ninth Prince's madness to heart.

After a while, Concubine Rong asked to see her outside the door of the imperial study.

Emperor Wu of Zhou was not at all surprised by Concubine Rong's arrival.

As soon as Concubine Rong saw Emperor Wu of Zhou, she cried and told that the Ninth Prince was frightened, and cried that someone was going to put the Ninth Prince to death, so Emperor Wu of Zhou must strictly investigate.

What she meant was that Queen Xie and the Seventh Prince drugged the Ninth Prince's horse.

Just as Concubine Rong was crying, Empress Xie also came.

Empress Xie came to the imperial study to show Emperor Wu of Zhou that the matter of the ninth prince's horse being drugged had nothing to do with the seventh prince.

Concubine Shu, Concubine De, and Concubine Liang also came to the imperial study room, begging Emperor Wu of Zhou to make decisions for their sons.

Emperor Wu of Zhou said that he had sent someone to investigate the matter carefully, and asked Empress Xie and the others to go back first.

Seeing that Emperor Wu of Zhou was still busy, Empress Xie and Concubine Rong Gui did not dare to delay Emperor Wu of Zhou from dealing with political affairs in the imperial study, so they retreated obediently.

As soon as she walked out of the imperial study room, Concubine Rong sneered at Empress Xie: "Empress Empress, I really didn't expect you to use such a despicable method."

Empress Xie said with a cold face: "Concubine Rong, watch your words."

Concubine Rong didn't take Empress Xie seriously at all, "Empress Empress, as the daughter of the Xie family, it really opened my eyes to you to do such vicious and despicable things. It seems that Xie's tutor That's all."

"Presumptuous!" Empress Xie scolded angrily.

Concubine Rong was not afraid of Queen Xie, who was burning with anger, and said coldly: "Queen, I will never let this matter go!"

Empress Xie looked gloomy, watching the back of Concubine Rong leaving.

Concubine Shu said: "It's a pity that my son was involved innocently and was frightened. I hope the emperor can find out who is behind the scenes as soon as possible."

"He is really daring to attack the prince." Concubine De said, "I hope the emperor can find out who is behind the scenes as soon as possible, otherwise I don't know what will happen."

"This person dared to poison the Ninth Prince's horse today, and I'm afraid he will directly poison the princes tomorrow." Concubine Liang hated this kind of dark villain the most, and said with a very ugly face, "When the emperor finds out who is behind the scenes, we must Severe punishment will never be let go."

Empress Xie took a cold look at Concubine De and the three of them, then left holding the maid's hand.

Concubine Shu walked up to Concubine De, looked at the back of Empress Xie leaving, and asked Concubine De: "Do you think the Empress did it?"

Concubine De said: "The empress is not so stupid, but the Seventh Prince is not necessarily so."

Concubine Shu was surprised: "Do you think the Seventh Prince did it?"

"The Seventh Prince and the Ninth Prince did not deal with each other, and they were humiliated by the Ninth Prince before. It is not impossible to want to harm the Ninth Prince in a fit of anger." Concubine De said again, "Of course this matter may not be simple."

Concubine Liang said: "No matter who did it, it's too vicious. Fortunately, Xiao Liu and the others are fine."

Concubine De said: "Who is the mastermind behind the scenes, the emperor will find out, so we don't have to worry about it."

Concubine Shu thought of the tension between Concubine Rong and Empress Xie, and smiled meaningfully: "No matter who did it, Concubine Rong will definitely believe that it was the empress."

Concubine De understood what Concubine Shu meant, and raised the corners of her mouth to laugh: "Didn't Concubine Rong just say that she won't let it go, let's just wait and see the good show."

In Kunde Hall, Liang Zhaoyi was relieved to see that her son was safe and sound.

Just now when they heard that something happened at the racecourse, Liang Zhaoyi and Yu Meiren were very worried about Zhao Yao, thinking that something happened to Zhao Yao too.Seeing that Zhao Yao was intact now, they felt relieved.

Zhao Yao told Liang Zhaoyi and the others what happened at the racecourse, "Fortunately, Myna took me to the corner to practice horseback riding, otherwise I would be in bad luck."

"Why did the Ninth Prince's horse go crazy?" Yu Meiren asked.

"It should have been drugged." Zhao Yao said, "Father has already sent someone to investigate."

"Being drugged?" Yu Meiren was shocked, "Who is so courageous to drug the Ninth Prince's horse?"

Pan Cairen guessed: "It can't be the Seventh Prince?"

Liang Zhaoyi looked at her son and asked, "Is only the Ninth Prince's horse drugged?"

Zhao Yao nodded and said, "Well, only brother Jiu's horse was drugged."

"Could it really be the empress and the seventh prince?"

Liang Zhaoyi shook her head lightly: "Whether the queen and the seventh prince did or not has nothing to do with us."

Yu Meiren and Pan Cairen understood Liang Zhaoyi's meaning, they nodded in unison, and didn't say anything more about it.

"Concubine Mu, I have to send some apples to Li Huo to eat."

"Go."

Zhao Yao took some apples to the racecourse to "repay" Li Huo for his help just now.

Agni enjoyed Zhao Yao's feeding very much.After eating the apple, it said with some disgust: 【Not sweet enough. 】

"This is the best apple in Kunde Hall." Zhao Yao said, "They all like to eat it."

Lie Huo said arrogantly: [It's not as delicious as the apples I usually eat. 】

As the favorite horse of Emperor Wu of Zhou, it eats very good food on weekdays.Whether it is grain, grass or apples, they are all extremely fresh.

"If you don't like it, I won't give you apples in the future."

[I don't dislike it. ] Li Huo hurriedly said, 【You will give me apples to eat frequently in the future. 】

"All right." Zhao Yao thought of the Ninth Prince's horse, and asked Lie Huo, "Who drugged my Ninth Brother's horse?"

Agni said: [A eunuch. 】

"A eunuch, do you know him?" Zhao Yao asked again, "Who is it?"

[A young eunuch in charge of feeding the horses. 】

"Then do you know who is in charge of him?"

【have no idea. 】 Agni said again, 【I haven't seen that person come to the racecourse. 】

"What about the little eunuch in charge of feeding the horses?"

[was taken away. 】

"You haven't been drugged in your food, have you?"

Lie Huo glanced sideways at Zhao Yao and said: 【Who dares to put medicine in my food, don't you want to live. 】

"That's right, no one dares to put medicine in your food."

Although Agni is a horse, its status is very high, and everyone in the racecourse raises it as their ancestor.If something happens to it, the people in the racecourse can't bear to walk around.

【You and Ling Yun are good friends, right? 】 Agni asked suddenly.

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

[Ling Yun and I are also good friends. 】

"So, you want to be friends with me?"

[Looking at Ling Yun's face, I will reluctantly make good friends with you. 】 Li Huo and Ling Yun have been with Emperor Wu of Zhou for many years.Both of them had saved Emperor Wu of Zhou on the battlefield.

"Okay, then from today on, you are my good friend."

[Since you and I are good friends, you have to come and play with me often in the future. 】 Agni said, 【I reluctantly let you ride. 】

Seeing Li Huo's "you have to be grateful" look, Zhao Yao said with a smile: "I dare not ride you."

[I'll let you ride. 】

"You let me ride, but I dare not ride you."

Agni is a little unhappy: [Why? 】

"Because you are my father's horse, no one dares to ride you except my father." Of course Zhao Yao also wanted to ride Raging Fire, after all, he was a famous war horse. "Second brother wanted to ride you before, but you threw him off. If I succeeded in riding you, wouldn't I be better than second brother? I can't be better than second brother."

Lie Huo snorted softly and said: 【I can't be ridden by everyone, don't be ignorant. 】

"I will ride you secretly in the future, without being discovered by others." Zhao Yao thought for a while, and then said, "By the way, I can only visit you secretly in the future."

[Why is this? 】Look at it, why do you want to sneak around, can't it see people?

"Because I don't want people to find out that you are close to me." Zhao Yao suddenly thought of what Hei Yu said before, and changed the subject to Liehuo, "Hei Yu said that you have been to Yangzhou and know about Yangzhou, right?"

[I used to drive the emperor to many places, of course I went to Yangzhou. ] Agni said with some pride, 【The emperor fought in Yangzhou before, what do you want to know about Yangzhou? 】

"What's the situation with the rebellious army in Yangzhou?"

[When I accompanied the emperor to fight in Yangzhou, there were many rebels. They were all remnants of the previous dynasty.However, the emperor soon beat them away...]

As soon as he talked about the chaos that year, Agni became eloquent, and his tone was full of pride.

Zhao Yao didn't interrupt Agni, but listened to it patiently.

"You and the emperor drove the remnants of the previous dynasty out of Yangzhou, so why is there a rebellion in Yangzhou now?"

[There was a remnant of the previous dynasty who escaped, but the emperor did not go after him at that time. 】

Zhao Yao looked thoughtful, could it be that the people who are making trouble in Yangzhou now are the remnants of the previous dynasty who fled back then?
[What else do you want to know? 】

"Do you know the situation of the rioting army in Yangzhou?" In the past few years, Yangzhou has always been peaceful, but at the end of last year, a lot of rioting troops suddenly appeared.

【do not know. 】

"Then do you have any friends who know Yangzhou?"

[There used to be, but not now. 】

"Then forget it." Sure enough, as he thought, Agni didn't know about the current situation in Yangzhou.It seems that we can only wait for Laixi's friends. "I'm leaving, I'll come see you later when I have time."

[You keep your word, remember to come and play with me. 】

"Keep your word." Zhao Yao rubbed his face against Li Huo's, "I'm leaving."

For Zhao Yao's closeness, Agni is very useful, it stuck out its tongue and licked Zhao Yao's small face.

"Your Highness, you are really amazing." Tong Xi was shocked to see Lie Huo getting close to Zhao Yao. "Even the emperor's horse likes you."

Speaking of which, His Highness has always been liked by animals.Whether it's flying in the sky, running on the ground, or swimming in the water, they all get close to His Highness.

(End of this chapter)