Speaking of this, this henchman looked at the prince's face after listening to his words, and knew that if he didn't persuade this lord today, if he really let him go willfully, at the current cusp of the stall, this henchman who would attract trouble if he had nothing to do, gritted his teeth and said: "After this incident, the emperor may not care most about who assassinated the British king, but who got the waist card of the Left Army of the Crane Control." ”

"This person can get the waist card of the Left Army of the Crane today, and use it to assassinate a prince under the guise of his identity. It is possible for Ming'er to instigate the rebellion of the Left Army of Control Crane and plot to usurp the throne. Now that person is using all kinds of tricks to attract all the suspicions to you. Now you are really quiet and not moving. ”

"The emperor will definitely make every effort to investigate this matter. Instead of us going into a big fight and starting to check the already small number of people at hand, it is better to let the emperor go and check. As long as the emperor finds out, your suspicion will naturally be cleared. At that time, no matter who this is, the emperor will not spare him. ”

"And if we check it ourselves, it will be easy to expose our current small number of people to the emperor's nose. Your Royal Highness, the King of England was assassinated, and now the emperor is already a soldier. At this time, even the slightest mistake will cause the emperor's suspicion and even dissatisfaction. ”

"Not only can we not make any rash moves at the moment, but those who we are hiding near the capital must be transferred out of the capital immediately, so as to prevent the emperor from pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud when he is tracking down the murderer behind the scenes. As for you, don't do anything now, just serve well in the palace, and let the emperor see your filial piety. ”

Regarding the opinions of several confidants, the prince, who was already very annoyed, said with some displeasure: "According to your meaning, you have to endure this lonely tone?" Could it be that his approach of Xiang Zhuang dancing the sword and intending to Pei Gong can only be regarded as turning a blind eye? ”

"Lone told you, who did this, although Lone can't determine the specific person for the time being, but he still has a rough idea in his heart. The second, third, and fifth children, don't look at what they are showing to the old man in disguise, but if this matter has nothing to do with them, what are they lacking in heart? ”

"Especially the fifth child, he has been a ghost since he was a child. How much of the infighting between me and the second and third children over the years was deliberately provoked by him, I'm afraid only he knows. He took the initiative to choose to go to Shudi, but he didn't think that it was far away from Jingzhao and far away from the emperor of Tiangao. Do something in private, don't worry about being known by your father? ”

"After visiting my mother in Beijing this time, I didn't leave for a long time. Whether he is really for the queen mother, or does he want to make a name for himself while the queen mother is seriously ill, I think only he knows it in his heart. Looking at this incident, maybe he did it single-handedly. Among these younger brothers, his scheming is the heaviest. ”

"As for the two hundred and five King Song, he just relied on his equally ambitious, but equally stupid mother. As far as his little energy is concerned, not to mention that compared with Lone's half-brothers, he is no better than an idiot. It's that compared to that, he doesn't even deserve to carry shoes. A stupid person does not have such scheming and means. ”

"Now, if you don't give the younger brothers some color, will there be a way for the lonely to live in the next step? These people, that one is not ambitious. It was only after listening to the words of a few of you that he repeatedly retreated to the point where he is today. This time, you still let Lone back down? ”

Seeing the prince's indignant look, the henchman hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, now is not the time for a battle of wills. Whether it is King Jing or King Duan, or the King of Shu who has never shown the dew. If you want to shake your throne, you are not the most important person. Except for the emperor's nod, otherwise they can only make trouble for you. ”

"On the surface of this time, we need to face several kings. In fact, it is the emperor who really has to face. The assassination of the British king, the emperor is bound to investigate thoroughly. And you, I'm afraid, are the first person to be thoroughly investigated by the emperor. There are some things that we do are indeed very hidden, and ordinary people can't find any traces. ”

"But if the emperor is determined to find you out, with the ability of the north and south to calm the division, how can he not find out any clues? What we need to do most now is to try our best to eliminate the emperor's suspicions. Not only can we not make any rash moves at this time, but the surveillance personnel that were originally placed around the British Royal Palace must be withdrawn as soon as possible. ”

"Once one of those people is caught by the people of the North and South Towns, there are some things that you just have all over your mouth, I'm afraid you can't say clearly. You are the crown prince, the prince of a country, and you are the eldest brother among the princes. Who allows you to spy on a prince of the dynasty without the emperor's decree? Your Highness, even if you are the prince of a country, this is a big taboo. ”

"All the men you used to spy on the British King were found from here? Your Highness, when the time comes, it is not what you did, but what you did. And that person can find out that you have murderous intentions against the British King, what secrets do we have about this person? With this person knowing your secrets so well, whether he knows the secret addresses of those killers, none of us can guarantee. ”

"If he takes the next step, he will expose the hiding place of our people to the emperor. Your Highness, how should you face the emperor at that time? When the prince of the dynasty secretly keeps killers in captivity, what is the difference between this and rebellion? It is imperative that all evidence against you is eliminated immediately. If you check it now, it will be tantamount to setting yourself on fire. ”

Speaking of this, the man pondered for a moment and said, "For you, what you need to do now is patience. Your Highness, sometimes taking a step back often opens the sky. Anyway, the days are long, as long as this gust of wind passes, what to do when the time comes, isn't the initiative still in your hands? Your Highness, as long as you can keep the position of the prince, as long as the rest is up, isn't it still your word? ”

The prince, who was still dancing with his teeth and claws before, was unwilling to be right, but after listening to the words of this henchman, he fell silent. Although he was a little dissatisfied with what this henchman said that he had privately investigated the main messenger behind the matter, he would be burned. But the words of this strategist, the main messenger behind the scenes, knew his whereabouts well, but he couldn't help but move in his heart.

After being silent for a long time, the crown prince nodded and said, "You are right, as long as you can eliminate the suspicion in my father's heart, taking a step back is not necessarily a bad thing." Today I will accept your advice, and I will do as you say. This matter can be let go for the time being. But the leakage must be strictly investigated, and if this person is not found out, it will be difficult to sleep and eat. ”

"As for those who are hiding near the Imperial Mausoleum, they should immediately find a place to resettle as soon as possible. If it doesn't work, you know what to do. In a word, the person who was planted by the lonely side must be found out in the shortest possible time. Those people would rather be killed by mistake than let their father find out about their existence. ”

Seeing that the prince finally nodded, several henchmen in the study breathed a sigh of relief. But the prince's words behind made them feel a little chilled. Although those people have blood on their hands, how many unsightly things have they done for the birth and death of the prince in the past few years?

Now just to dispel the emperor's suspicions, it is necessary to get rid of them all. If one day, when the crown prince thinks that his existence will also threaten his position as the prince, the result of these people today may be tomorrow's self. Just remembered the cold tone of the prince when he said this, and none of the several henchmen dared to persuade him.

At present, the crown prince, who is the most suspicious, has reined in the edge of the past and honestly enters the palace every day to serve the sick. The other kings in Beijing, after the blow of this incident, are also much more honest. It was the most high-flying King Song among the kings of Beijing in the past, and he also clamped his tail.

Huang Qiong's assassination caused a storm in the DPRK. But for the ordinary people in the capital, how to live this life is still how to live. Although a concubine in the British Palace's palace died, but this high-ranking official and dignitary Jingzhao Mansion in the city, didn't send away a few dignitaries that year?

Although Chen Yao's funeral was very large, for the people in the capital who were struggling to survive, it was just a little more talk after dinner. As for how this concubine of the King of England died, these people neither knew nor were they half interested. Those who really knew the cause of Chen Yao's death had given a gag order to their family as early as the first time.

The assassination of the British king, although it had a huge impact on the court situation. But under the deliberate suppression of the emperor, it did not last long, and even among the courtiers, the popularity quickly disappeared. But neither the emperor nor the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty thought that the assassination of King Ying was just the beginning of the eventful autumn of the sixteenth year of Mingde.

This year is the twentieth year of Huang Qiong's succession to the throne of the emperor Laozi, and it is also the sixteenth year after the death of Huang Qiong's grandfather, the emperor regained power and changed the year name to Mingde. It stands to reason that the emperor has been on the throne for twenty years, and there should more or less be at least a celebration ceremony.

But not only has she been sick for a long time, but the queen's illness, which has run out of oil, has left the emperor with little heart to celebrate. Later, the drought in Longyou and Shaanxi made the emperor originally under the advice of the ministers, even if he did not celebrate with the whole world, but he also celebrated a little, so that the idea of rejoicing for the queen gradually faded.

The assassination of Huang Qiong cast a thick shadow on this autumn that had just begun, and the last trace of the emperor's thoughts completely disappeared. And what happened next made the emperor, who had been the king for more than 20 years, almost suffer the biggest blow since he held power.

Huang Qiong's assassination is just the beginning of a series of events. Just a month after Huang Qiong's assassination, King Zhao, who was already seriously ill, died first, once again breaking the shock that had not yet been brought about by the assassination of the prince, and completely calming down the temporary calm on the surface of the capital.

Originally, his health has been poor since he left the palace, and he has not even been able to get out of bed in the past two years. Zhao Wang, who has been reported to be critically ill several times in Tai Hospital, has not caused much of a sensation when he passed away. But some things that happened next made things that seemed barely normal, and at the beginning, anyone who was a little scheming could see that something was not normal.

Less than half a month after King Zhao's death, his half-brother, King Jia, who had just passed his sixteenth birthday, suddenly encountered an accident and died in his palace in an extremely strange way. Almost no one would have thought that a pampered prince with strict rules for food, clothing, housing and transportation would choke to death with a chicken bone stuck in his throat when he was dining in his palace.