The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

After returning from He Lianfang's study, Zhao Yao did not rush back to his room to sleep, but went to the study. He hasn't been back for the past few days and has a lot of things to deal with.

As soon as he returned to the front yard, several cats and dogs ran toward him, wagging their tails. He knelt down, reached out, touched them, and kissed them.

These dogs and cats are all native to Marsh Mansion and were adopted by Zhao Yao last year. He adopted all the stray cats and dogs in Marsh Mansion.

Some of these stray cats and dogs stayed in the Han Palace, some stayed on the farms in Nanshan, and some stayed in the military camp of Zhao Yao's personal guards.

All the cats and dogs that Zhao Yao adopted in the capital were gone before he came to Lingnan. Some died of illness, some died of old age, and some died of accidents.

At first, these cats and dogs helped him find out information and helped him a lot. When they left, he was sad for a long time. To him, cats and dogs are his important friends.

Cats, dogs, and birds are Zhao Yao's spies. With them around, he can know a lot of things. Over the years, he knew everything about the affairs in the palace and the affairs of the ministers' families. This saved him a lot of trouble and danger.

After coming to Lingnan, he continued to adopt cats and dogs, letting them continue to be his spies and soldiers.

During previous trade conferences, the guards of the Han Palace would bring their dogs with them during their patrols. Zhao Yao calls them "police dogs."

They are trained by Tongle. Tongle is now an expert in training police and military dogs. When he was in the capital, Zhao Yao asked Tongle to train cats and dogs.

After Zhao Yao touched the cat and dog "evenly with rain and dew", he took them to the study.

They were very well-behaved. When they entered the study, they lay obediently at Zhao Yao's feet.

On weekdays, cats and dogs would not dare to approach Zhao Yao when General Tiger and Xiao Jin were around.

General Tiger and Xiao Jin are very possessive. As long as they are there, they will occupy Zhao Yao and will never allow other animals to get close to Zhao Yao.

In the past two days, General Tiger, Xiaojin and the others were away, so the cats and dogs naturally took the opportunity to make love with Zhao Yao.

Not long after Zhao Yao sat down, Tong Xi walked in with a bowl of soup.

"Your Highness, this is the soup just made in the kitchen. Please drink a bowl first to satisfy your stomach."

"It smells so good." Zhao Yao was not hungry at first, but after smelling the aroma of the soup, he suddenly became very hungry. Just when he was about to take the soup from Tong Xi, Wang Cai and Wang Cai were lying at his feet. Wangjin and the others suddenly screamed.

The cat lying on Zhao Yao's lap and the cat lying on the table also stood up and breathed fiercely at Tong Xi.

Wangcai: [Yao Yao, poisonous, the soup is poisonous, don’t drink it! 】

Tongxi was frightened by the sudden fierceness of Wangcai and the others, "Your Highness, what's going on?"

Zhao Yao reached out and took the soup from Tong Xi's hand, lowered his head and smelled it carefully, but did not smell any peculiar smell. He took out a silver needle from the desk drawer and put it into the soup. After a while, the silver needle turned black.

When Tongxi saw this scene, he was so frightened that his face instantly turned pale, and his eyes were full of fear and anxiety.

"Your Highness, it's not me. I didn't poison..."

Zhao Yao interrupted Tong Xi's words and comforted him gently: "I believe it's not you."

Hearing what Zhao Yao said, Tong Xi's heart, which was about to jump out of his throat, immediately returned to its original position. However, his face was still full of panic.

"Your Highness, someone wants to poison you, who is it?" As soon as he finished speaking, he thought that the bowl of soup was brought from the kitchen, and immediately said, "Your Highness, it must be someone from the kitchen. I will catch them now."

"Wait a minute." Zhao Yao stopped Tong Xi, "If you go over now, you will alert the enemy."

"Then what are you going to do, Your Highness?" Tong Xi became restless at the thought of someone in the palace trying to harm Zhao Yao. "Your Highness, we must quickly find the person who poisoned us."

Zhao Yao looked at Wangcai and the others: "Wangcai, go and help me find the person who poisoned me."

Wangcai waggled their tails and shouted: [Yao Yao, leave it to us with confidence, we will find it for you right away. 】

Zhao Yao warned again: "If you find the poisoner, don't bite him first. Continue to keep an eye on him and see who he associates with."

Wangcai: [I understand, we will definitely find out the mastermind behind this. 】Wangcai is a unique local hunting dog in Lingnan. It is very smart and agile. The most important thing is that they are very sensitive to smells, so when Tongxi came in with the soup just now, they immediately smelled something strange in the soup.

Zhao Yao gently patted Wangcai and the others on their heads, "Go ahead."

Wangcai ran out with a few younger brothers.

Zhao Yao touched Fu Duoduo's head and said, "You should also go on patrol."

Fu Duoduo rubbed Zhao Yao's palm and immediately led his younger brothers out. Fu Duoduo is the boss cat in the Han Palace and is responsible for patrolling the Han Palace on weekdays. It is all black and has no hair at all. It is difficult to spot it when it gets dark. It is most suitable for patrolling, investigating, and raiding in the dark.

Since last year, many assassins have assassinated Zhao Yao. Many assassins were discovered not long after they arrived at the Marsh Mansion and were subsequently captured, thanks to Wangcai and Fuduoduo.

Some assassins were so capable that they were able to break into the Han Dynasty. Unfortunately, as soon as they entered the Han Palace, they were discovered by Fu Duoduo and the others, and were immediately caught by the guards.

In addition to catching assassins, Wangcai and Fuduoduo will also discover poisoning, just like before. This is not the first time someone has poisoned Zhao Yao. Since last year, someone has poisoned him every once in a while.

The person who poisoned the house was someone who sneaked into the palace. The people who can sneak into the palace are not ordinary people. Their disguise skills are very exquisite. It is difficult for the guards of the palace to detect them. Only Wangcai and Fuduoduo can detect them.

Last year, Zhao Yao asked Wangcai and Fuduoduo to smell everyone in the palace. If someone disguises himself as someone from the palace, they can detect it by smell. In addition to the cats and dogs in the Han Dynasty's palace "registering" the smell of everyone in the palace, the military dogs in the barracks of the Guards will also "register" the smell of everyone in the military camp.

In addition to cats and dogs, other animals will also help Zhao Yao keep an eye on the palace or military camp, and will never let strange people sneak in.

After Zhao Yao finished explaining Wangcai and Fuduoduo, he handled the matter calmly as if nothing had happened.

Tongxi, who was frightened by the poison before, quickly calmed down and was not as uneasy as before. However, I was still a little scared.

"Your Highness, who wants to poison you this time?" He had obviously experienced poisoning many times, but he was afraid every time.

"Not those people yet."

"Who are they? Are they people from other state capitals or people from the capital?"

"All."

Seeing Zhao Yao's calm look, Tongxi felt a little angry and said with a puffed face: "Your Highness, someone poisoned you, why are you not nervous at all?"

"What is there to be nervous about?" Zhao Yao's tone was still understatement, "This is not the first time. I have experienced this so many times, I have long been used to it. Besides, with Wangcai and them, I will be fine. "

"Thanks to Wangcai and the others just now." Tongxi had already admired Wangcai and the others, "Your Highness, if it weren't for Wangcai and the others, you would have died a long time ago."

"Yes, without them, your Highness would have died countless times."

"Your Highness, not to mention poisoning, it means that I don't know how many times I have assassinated you." Looking back now, he was still afraid, "Your Highness, do you want those people to continue to assassinate you?"

"Otherwise, what do you want me to do? Go back to the capital and kill all the people behind the assassins?" Zhao Yao smiled helplessly, "I would like to kill them all, but I don't have the ability."

"You can tell the Emperor." The Emperor dotes on His Highness and will definitely not spare them when he learns that His Highness has been assassinated.

Zhao Yao asked funnyly: "Do you think it's useful for me to tell my father?"

"Why is it useless? The emperor will definitely make the decision for you."

Zhao Yao smiled and shook his head: "You are so naive." His father loved him, but he would never kill those people for him. Besides, he had no evidence that those people sent people to kill him.

Tongxi asked unconvinced: "Your Highness, how could this servant be so naive?"

Zhao Yao looked him up and down and said, "Your eyes are full of clear stupidity."

"Your Highness, how could this slave be so stupid?" Tongxi didn't feel stupid.

"Okay, pretend you don't know what happened just now." Zhao Yao pointed at Tongxi and warned him seriously, "If you alert the enemy, I will punish you by cleaning public toilets."

Upon hearing this, Tongxi's face turned pale with fright, and he immediately shook his head desperately.

"Your Highness, this slave will definitely not alert others." He would never clean a public toilet. He had been to a public restroom once before and it was so smelly.

"Pour this bowl of soup, and then go make me a cup of tea."

"Yes, Your Highness." Tongxi poured the soup directly into the potted plant in the corner of the study. The flowers in this potted plant have long since died and were poisoned. This is not the first time Tongxi has poured poisonous soup or tea into this potted plant.

While looking at the memorial, Zhao Yao sighed in his heart: I didn't expect that my life was so important. They assassinated me again and again and insisted on putting me to death.

Tongxi walked in with freshly brewed tea, "Your Highness, please have some tea."

When Zhao Yao was about to take it over, he was stopped by Tong Xi.

"Your Highness, you'd better try the silver needle to see if it's poisonous." Tongxi said with a serious face, "Although the tea was brewed by the slave himself, there is no guarantee that the tea leaves, tea sets, and spring water have not been tampered with."

Seeing the worry in Tong Xi's eyes, Zhao Yao had no choice but to take out the silver needle and try it.

"It's not poisonous, I can drink it now."

"Your Highness, drink slowly."

"The tea house is your territory. No one dares to come close except you." Zhao Yao said after taking a few sips of tea, "You don't have to be so arrogant."

"Maybe the assassin has the ability to sneak into the waiter and poison him." Every time he experienced poisoning, Tongxi would be frightened for a while. "Your Highness, even if you don't tell the Emperor about your assassination and poisoning, you can tell His Highness the King of Chu and His Highness the King of Wei. They will definitely help you make the decision."

Zhao Yao waved his hand and said, "Do you think I was the only one who was assassinated and poisoned?"

Tongxi didn't understand what Zhao Yao meant and looked at him blankly.

"Fourth Brother and Eighth Brother were assassinated and poisoned no less often than me. I'd better not tell them to save them from worrying about me." If he didn't participate in the fight for the rightful son, he would be targeted by those people. Fourth brother and eighth brother were in more danger than him. "Besides, I'm fine, why bother letting them worry in vain."

Tong Xi knew that he couldn't persuade Zhao Yao, so he sighed slightly and said: "Fortunately, I have Wangcai and them. I will go to Tongle later and ask Tongle to add chicken drumsticks to Wangcai and them as a reward for discovering someone poisoning them just now."