As the days passed, the ministers anxiously waited for the news to come back, and the people sent there were wave after wave, and even the nails buried in the palace were used, and the palace maids and eunuchs were caught when they saw the sky, and even the rumors at the bottom would be dug up in detail and recorded in the book for analysis, and some ministers began to pay attention to the things before the emperor said that he was sick, and whether there was anything unusual or not, they ordered people to inquire carefully and not to be lazy and slack, and all the means that could be used in thought of were exhausted, and they were destined to let them return in vain, The Longhua Palace, where the emperor is located, is still under heavy guard, except for the imperial doctor who goes to see a doctor on time every day, there is not even the slightest news coming out.

The ministers were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, but none of them had an effective way to get the results they cared about the most.

On the fourth day after the incident, the eldest prince Mu Zhao gathered a group of his subordinates to discuss what to do next in the mansion, of course, so many ministers of the court and the central government were all concentrated in the mansion of the eldest prince, which inevitably caused unnecessary trouble, and it was necessary to avoid people's ears.

The eldest prince listened to the opinions of the ministers, and then ordered his subordinates not to meddle in the affairs of the moment without his own orders, even if the situation was extremely favorable to his own faction, and if there was a violator, then do not blame himself for not thinking about the feelings of the master and servant.

The attitude of the eldest prince is very clear, no matter whether his father's illness is true or false, he can't think about that step to the sky, how can he not have a long memory after suffering a loss, and it is right to stand still.

The only thing to pay attention to now is the second prince Mu Rong, the eldest prince faintly has a feeling that he, the second brother who is not angry and has no brains, may take advantage of this moment to do something, even if Mu Rong can't figure it out for a while, his grandfather is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he will definitely think of thousands of ways to push the second brother forward, one step away from that position.

It doesn't matter what he does, anyway, he thinks about it and doesn't join in the fun. Just keep an eye on it, maybe there will be a big surprise waiting for you, and then you will have to rely on your ability to see who can really have the last laugh.

The second prince Mu Rong stared at the eldest prince and wanted to do things in the name of the eldest prince, and the eldest prince Mu Zhao also stared at the movements of the second prince. For a while, the two factions all came down, staring at each other, and they quickly stared at the other party's people, and there was still no abnormal situation.

As time went by, the people of the second prince's faction couldn't keep an eye on it, and they thought about the beautiful things that would soar in the future, how could they stand the loneliness and stare at people wholeheartedly.

Mu Rong was so anxious that he was about to get into the room, but Mu Zhao was living his own life as if nothing had happened, and he really hated to come forward and slap him twice in front of him to relieve his hatred.

It takes more than a month to go back and forth at the border gate. After arriving at the border pass, there is no need to depend on the situation, the delay is only a long time, the border pass seems to be impossible to count on for a while, and now the palace is extremely calm inside and outside, and it is a little abnormal to be calm. But no one dares to really break this calm appearance and reveal the true inside.

Chen Yanzhi was urged by Mu Rong to ask when he could act, and his head was about to explode, he was not in a hurry, but it was not good to really show it, if Mu Rong saw that he was also anxious, maybe he would be even more unbearable, and he would really make a mess. It's really hard to deal with this sensitive period, so he can only pretend to be deep and stay relatively calm to control the situation.

Mu Rong was able to calm down at first, but the ministers around him were not, and they always said in front of him that they would strike first and then suffer. Anyway, as a prince, the emperor is sick and should be filial piety in front of the emperor, and no one who is not long-sighted can jump out to oppose it, just pretending to be filial piety in front of the courtiers and the people, which is also helpful to get the hearts of the people. Hearing this kind of words, Mu Rong's eyes lit up, if he didn't still have a trace of reason, and went to discuss with Chen Yanzhi, he would have already ignored Chen Yan's repeated instructions, and would have broken into the palace.

Chen Yanzhi secretly scolded those brainless goods, only knew that they were clever to welcome the sloppy horses, and there was no shadow of them in serious matters, and they would come out to cause trouble at a critical moment, and they didn't know if it was for the sake of the second prince or if they had other plans.

If Chen Yanzhi hadn't been an official in the same dynasty for many years, he would have jumped out and pointed at those people's noses and scolded, he would have suspected that these people were the eldest prince who had been placed by the second prince's side early in the morning, and the words he said seemed to be on point, but in fact, he couldn't stand scrutiny at all, if it weren't for the lack of manpower at the time of employing people, he had to use them, otherwise he would have cut off the trouble according to his own temperament, out of sight and out of mind.

Fortunately, among the many subordinate officials of the second prince, Mu Rong, the most trusted is Chen Yanzhi, although half of the reason is the blood relationship between the two. The other half of the reason is that Mu Rong himself is jealous of his resourceful grandfather.

If you really want to put aside the acting yourself and act alone, you will inevitably offend some people, his grandfather has always been scheming, he knows where his weaknesses are, and he will not be stubborn. If Chen Yanzhi can assist himself wholeheartedly, he will not be treated badly at that time, if he has a mind and wants to control himself to be a puppet emperor, even if the mother concubine kneels down and cries in front of him, he will take down the traitor Chen Yanzhi and correct the law on the spot.

Chen Yanzhi himself didn't know that he was being remembered, and his biggest headache now was that he couldn't make up his mind, couldn't make up his mind, did he do it or not?

"Or, so." Mu Rong thought of a trick, "Gather all the ministers, preferably important ministers in the court, because they are worried about the emperor's illness, they ask for an audience, as long as they can enter the Longhua Palace, with the shrewdness of those old foxes, they will definitely be able to see something." "It's better to have a situation than nothing, even if you only know a little bit, it's enough to analyze and judge by yourself and set a method.

"No, no." Chen Yanzhi frowned and thought, and after a while, he spoke: "If you want to say that the most prestigious person in the court is Prime Minister Ouyang Ye." "When the prime minister is not a spectator.

"Ouyang Ye's concubine is married to the eldest prince." The mention of Ouyang Ye can't help but make Mu Rong think of Mu Zhao's side concubine Ouyang Clan.

Chen Yanzhi understood what Mu Rong was going to say, which was also the most headache for him, "Your concerns are not that you don't have zài, and this alone is not enough to think about things too absolutely." ”

"You mean to test whether Ouyang Ye is really joining forces with the Great Prince?" Mu Rong heard a bit of sincerity from Chen's words.

"Sort of." What Chen Yanzhi didn't say was that Ouyang Ye had occupied the position of prime minister for a long time, and he looked very hot-eyed and wanted to drag Ouyang Ye into the water.

"Directly find Ouyang Ye to explain our intentions?" Mu Rong didn't know much about Ouyang Ye, and he could count the number of meetings on one hand alone.

"No, there's no need for people to grab the handle." Chen Yanzhi thought for a moment and said, "Just send someone to deliver a message." It's best that this person is not your or my person first, and he is not a person under the Great Prince. "Only by having nothing to do with each other can we get out of the way when things are out of control and not be suspected.

"Those clear streams, who have only known how to pick other people's faults with the words of saints, don't know how to do serious things, a group of idle people." Mu Rong is interested in those who are active in the court. Qingliu, who is also known as an official, is extremely unwelcome, opening his mouth is a set of big truths, holding the ancestral rules and sage etiquette to oppress people, a group of clowns jumping off the beam, I really think how great I am.

Mu Rong has suffered a lot of losses from the official, and he gritted his teeth for the official who has always regarded himself very high with his nostrils facing the sky, and he hated to peel off the skin of the official, so that people could take a good look at what kind of goods they were inside.

"If you can't get used to it, you can't get used to it, and there are some places where you really can't get rid of these people." Chen Yanzhi asked Mu Rong not to go to his heart. The big thing in front of us is important, these pediatrics are put aside first, there is no need to have a hard time with those officials, the officials are just like the outside world said that the stones in the pit are smelly and hard, why bother to make a mess for these people.

"The eyes of those officials were about to rise to the sky. As my second prince, if you want to invite those people out, I'm afraid it's great not to be scolded. "Mu Rong has learned the skills of the official, and even the eldest prince has eaten a lot.

"As the saying goes, money can make ghosts grind, don't look at those speech officials one by one to show off their might, in order to show their loyalty, they all have to put the name of high wind and bright knots on their faces, and they will inevitably be short of money, and the speech officials are not all monolithic, as long as they open a corner. When the time comes, these people will say a few good words for the second prince, and the emperor will definitely value the second prince again. ”

Chen Yanzhi is not talking nonsense, he has long thought of winning over the speech officials, don't look at the speech officials sometimes do some thankless things, there is no speech official to occupy a place in the court, some bold and greedy officials have long been flooded. The emperor sometimes hates these light and will find fault with the speech, but he can't abandon it all, sometimes the mouth of the speechman is like a sharp sword, as long as you catch your mistakes, a mouth can make you feel ashamed and ashamed. Of course, it depends.

"Grandpa is afraid that he already has a candidate?" Although it was a question, Mu Rong was very sure in his heart. From Chenyan's calm expression, you can get a glimpse of one or two.

"Leave this matter to me, and I will not disappoint the second prince." Chen Yanzhi had already thought of a countermeasure between his thoughts, it was best to invite Ouyang Ye to come out, and he couldn't only ask those unforgiving officials to come forward.

Far away in the border town, just after lunch, I saw Hongming trotting into the house in a panic.

"Master, there is news from the palace." Hongming handed the letter to him.

"Master, the slave and maid suddenly heard some bad rumors outside." Hong Ming hesitated for a moment and said with a worried face: "It is rumored that the emperor is suddenly seriously ill outside, and it has not been early for ten days, and the news has reached the border pass, I am afraid that the days will not be short." ”

Listening to no reaction, he calmly opened the letter and took a look, and his brows couldn't help frowning slightly.

"What's the matter, is there any mention of the emperor in the letter?" Hongming was even more anxious than his master, and he had already asked what he shouldn't ask, and he couldn't mention what he shouldn't know, and these rules were left behind.

Instead of answering, he handed the letter to Hongming and let her read it for herself.

Hongming took it and looked at it, slightly stunned, there was no other thing written on the letter, there were only four words on it, "Don't read it and go back quickly." ”

"This is, this is ......" Hong Ming's hand trembled unconsciously, and he was so frightened that he couldn't even say a complete sentence.

"Something did happen in the palace." After reading the letter, he was not in a hurry, "It shouldn't be a big deal." She didn't think that the whole palace would be out of her father's control, probably because she wanted to hook some fish to make such a big move.

"Regardless of these, the news that the emperor is seriously ill has reached the border pass, will the border pass be stable!" Seeing that his master did not show his scorched color, Hong Ming's heart calmed down suddenly, and after calming down, he immediately thought of the consequences of this incident.

Without waiting for the opening, Lu Qin hurriedly walked into the house outside the door and opened her mouth directly to reply.

"Master, there is a change at the border pass, and the news from Ming Yi is that someone in the garrison wants to stir up trouble." Midori hurriedly presented the paper roll in the small bamboo tube.

After reading it, he handed the note to Hongming, "You all take a look." ”

"This ......," Hong Ming frowned, "It's really unfavorable, and things have all rushed together one after another." ”

"Master, what should we do now?" Lianqin asked eagerly, there must not be the slightest mistake in the border gate, and there will be a big incident when it gets messy.

"Green Qin, Green Tone stay, and act according to the previous plan." Shen Sheng ordered, "As for the garrison, let Ming Yi keep an eye on the perpetrator, this matter is not simple, there is an accident at the unstable border pass in the palace, obviously someone wants to trap the garrison, so he is not afraid of an accident." "I'm afraid that nothing will happen, so I can go through the entire garrison from top to bottom to see how many people have ulterior motives.

"The slave understands." Green Yin and Green Qin heard the master's intentions, and they would not disappoint the master.

"Hongrui stays and helps Ming Yi cooperate, the garrison is really going to be chaotic, Ming Yi and a few people can't be exposed, and then you are responsible for delivering the news." looked at Hong Ming, "Hong Ming and I will leave for the palace tomorrow, and the secret guard will leave a team." ”

"Yes." Hong Ming knew in his heart that it was inevitable to return to the palace, but he didn't expect to go back in such a way.

"There's no big deal, don't worry." Seeing the sad faces of the four of Hongming, they said to appease, and the letter was clearly written, although there were only four words, but Don't read it to say that they don't have to worry about it, and it is about the father's other plans to return to the palace, and asking themselves to go back is nothing more than to help put on a good show, and there is no need to worry about safety.

"Does the master want a reply?" Hongming asked, why do you have to report peace to the palace. The master is going back, and the most anxious person is the emperor and the third prince.

"Well, I'll be back soon." Thinking of his father in the palace, his heart to return to the palace became even more urgent.

"Slave and maid, go now." Hongming was ordered to leave.

"The slave went to inform Ming Yi to let them rest assured and concentrate on dealing with emergencies." Hongrui did it immediately, and the business was urgent, and it was not delayed.

"Master, the slave and maid go to pack up and salute, take the carriage or the fast horse?" Midori asked.

"Hurry up, let the Luo stations along the way prepare the horses." I want to rush back as much as possible, and I don't feel steady when I delay outside for a day.

"Yes." The green piano should get down, and pulled the green sound to prepare the things to be brought on the road, the things should be few and fine, and take care of the master's body as much as possible.