At three o'clock in the morning.
Fan Ming took Taishi Xu into the Yangxin Hall.
Yunchu was standing at the door of the inner hall of Yangxin Hall. When she saw Taishi Xu coming in, she walked down the steps and said, "Taishi Xu."
"The Crown Princess is trying to offend the old minister." Taishi Xu quickly returned the greeting, "The emperor summoned the old minister, and the old minister excused himself first."
He picked up his official robe, walked up the steps, and entered the main hall.
The curtains of the Western Zhou Dynasty dragon couch blocked the people on the couch. Concubine Yun and Concubine Yin stood on the left and right beside the couch.
Master Xu heard footsteps behind him and turned around. He saw Yun Chu and Fan Ming also walking in, and the palace door was quickly closed.
His expression changed involuntarily: "This is..."
"Master Xu..." Concubine Shu spoke first, with tears rolling down her face, and then raised the curtain with her delicate hands, "The emperor is in a coma and cannot be woken up."
"Your Majesty!" Master Xu quickly rushed over, knelt beside the dragon collapse, and said loudly, "Your Majesty, wake up, Your Majesty...!"
He thought that the emperor had died, so he burst into tears. The sorrow in his voice moved those who heard it.
"Master Xu, the emperor was killed by a traitor and is temporarily unconscious. I believe that the emperor will get better." Concubine Yun quickly stepped forward to help the person up. "Now that the prince is on an expedition, there is no one in the court to supervise the country. If the emperor faints, If the news comes out, there will be chaos in the government and the public, and people's hearts will be unstable... I am asking Taishi Xu to come here because I want to ask Taishi Xu to assist the country."
Master Xu wiped away his tears and stepped forward to look at the emperor carefully. When he saw that the emperor's chest was still rising and falling, he put his heart back in his stomach.
He looked at the people in front of him, including the biological mother of the seventh and eighth princes, the crown princess, and Lord Fan. Everyone present probably didn't want anything to happen to the emperor.
So which traitor killed the emperor?
The former prince? No, the former prince was his grandson-in-law, and he knew very well that the former prince willingly asked to dethrone the crown prince.
The second prince? It shouldn't be possible. He had personally investigated and found out that the second prince was really crazy and his power had collapsed.
Now the prince? No, if something happens to the emperor and the prince is far away in Dongling Kingdom and cannot ascend the throne, the court will be in chaos.
How many princes are left? No, no, no, he is too young. These princes and their mothers and concubines should hope that the emperor lives as long as possible.
Who could that be?
Master Xu was walking around when he suddenly stopped, his face full of disbelief: "Prince Zhuang!"
Yunchu breathed a sigh of relief.
She made the right bet.
The Grand Master is not from Chu Rui!
Moreover, the grand master has a smart mind and can see the situation clearly.
"Is it Prince Zhuang?" Fan Ming also looked shocked, "A few days ago, Prince Zhuang and Princess Zhuang invited my wife to come for tea and gave my wife a very expensive bonsai. My wife asked me to take time to meet Prince Zhuang. .”
Taishi Xu's eyes were gloomy: "Master Fan, arrange for someone to investigate Prince Zhuang's details. If evidence can be found, we will first arrange for Dali Temple to arrest him."
Fan Ming was about to speak when the eunuch waiting outside stood at the door and reported: "Report to the Emperor, all the ministers have come to see you."
The expressions of several people in the hall tightened at the same time.
Master Xu straightened his official hat and said, "I'll go out and deal with it."
He walked out, stood on the steps, and said calmly: "The Emperor stayed up all night last night and will not listen to politics today. Everyone, please go back."
Everyone knew that the emperor was seriously ill, so they didn't suspect anything. They handed over the memorial and prepared to leave.
In the crowd, Chu Rui raised his head and said: "Yesterday, the emperor asked me to bring some stable geography. I will give these books to the emperor and leave."
"Prince Zhuang is interested." Grand Master Xu took the book and said, "I happen to have something important to discuss with the emperor, so let me send it in. Prince Zhuang, please come back."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked into the hall. The maid at the door closed the door of the hall.
Chu Rui's eyebrows suddenly darkened.
If he wanted to activate the Gu worm, he had to get close to the emperor, preferably with a line of sight, but now, he couldn't enter the main hall.
Eunuch Gao is gone, and indeed he is missing an arm.
In the next few days, Chu Rui was unable to enter the hall.
After being rejected by Master Xu, he finally couldn't help it. Before the ministers left, he said: "I haven't seen the holy face for six days, and I am very worried about the emperor's dragon body. Master Xu stopped me time and time again." When we enter the temple to face the Holy Spirit, is there anything you are hiding from us?"
"Yes, Master Xu." Marquis Pingjin agreed, "At least let us pay your respects to the emperor."
The Taifu vaguely sensed something was wrong and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I'm waiting to see you!"
Boyuanhou followed and said loudly: "I heard that the emperor has not hired an imperial doctor for consultation these days. We are really worried about the dragon body. Please allow me to wait for an audience!"
Chu Rui knelt down first.
Other ministers also knelt down one after another.
Master Xu stood on the steps, clenching his fists.
What a Prince Zhuang, this is using the ministers to put pressure on him.
In the palace, Concubine Shu was already panicking: "What should I do? If those ministers enter the palace, the emperor will no longer be able to hide the fact that he has been unconscious for many days!"
"Why are you panicking!" Concubine Yun said coldly, "Sister Concubine Shu is just serving the Emperor!"
She took a deep breath, walked step by step to the door of the palace, and signaled the palace maid to open the door.
The heavy palace door creaked open.
The ministers quickly raised their heads, thinking that the emperor had come out, but they saw Concubine Yun walking in front of them in an air-conditioned manner.
"The Emperor is resting, who is making a noise here!" Concubine Yun's voice was extremely cold, "The Emperor said that he would not see you, so why don't you come? When the Emperor recovers from his illness, he will naturally summon you!"
Chu Rui is a patient person.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have stayed dormant for so many years.
After finally reaching this point, he didn't want to be ruined like this.
Furthermore, he and the princelings had long been at odds with each other.
He raised his head and spoke slowly: "If I have to go into the palace to see the emperor, what can Concubine Yun do?"
Concubine Yun said one word at a time: "Anyone who breaks into the Yangxin Palace without permission will be killed without mercy!"
"Uh-huh!"
Fan Ming, who was beside him, took out the sword from his waist.
Chu Rui was unfazed: "For all ages, the Royal Guards have only obeyed the emperor's orders. When will a mere concubine be able to order the leader of the Royal Guards?"
When he said this, everyone's expressions changed.
His eyes flickered back and forth between Concubine Yun and Fan Ming.
Concubine Yun's head was swollen with anger.
"Prince Zhuang's words are too ridiculous."
A cold voice came from outside the door.
I saw Yun Chu leading a few children into the Yangxin Hall.
There was a sneer on her lips: "Concubine Yun holds the phoenix seal, which means she has the power of the queen. Although the Royal Forest Army obeys the father's orders, they must also obey the phoenix seal! Furthermore, since Concubine Yun can enter and leave the Yangxin Palace, can To send the Royal Forest Army means that you have obtained permission from the Emperor Father! In addition to Concubine Yun, there is Concubine Shu in the palace, and the Emperor often summons Brother Yu and several others to come into the palace to talk..."
The accompanying children include Brother Yu, Chang Sheng and Meng Shen, as well as the Seventh, Ninth and Tenth Princes, the only three remaining princes in the capital.
The seventh prince was twelve years old, standing like a green bamboo, and said quietly: "Father is getting older, and he is more and more greedy for family happiness. He always lets a few of us enter the palace to play around. He doesn't like to listen to government affairs, so you still Don’t bother me.”
Everyone looked at each other.
The emperor's concubines, the prince's daughter-in-law and his grandson, the commander of the imperial army, and Grand Master Xu all prevented outsiders like them from entering the palace.
If he had to break in, he might really offend Long Yan.
Most people have given up.
A smile appeared on Chu Rui's face.
Yun Chu, oh Yun Chu, really didn't disappoint him. She was as smart as his eldest sister, leaving him helpless.
The emperor is afraid that he has been drugged and will not wake up. Otherwise, how could the sub-gu in his body not respond at all...
It was already the sixth day. After three more days, once the adult gu in the emperor's body died, he would have nothing to rely on.
