At the end of the time, the Prime Minister's House.

Li Deren sat in the study in his pajamas after washing and reading, but the candle was already half burned, and the book in his hand was only a few pages.

After a while, there was a knock on the door, and Li Deren immediately closed the book and entered.

The door was pushed open, and a rough envoy wearing a coarse cloth walked in, and Li Deren asked with deep eyes: "Are you back?" “

The subordinate nodded, and Li Deren asked again: "Are you sure it's two people?" “

"Yes, Captain Zhou personally brought them back, what the little one saw with his own eyes is indeed His Royal Highness the Prince and Young Master Shen, His Royal Highness the Prince's armor was taken away by Captain Zhou, and His Royal Highness the Prince is still injured, which is consistent with the information sent back before."

Li Deren breathed a sigh of relief, when he came back from Yuanfeng County, Gu Hengzhou had been sitting in the carriage under the pretext of being injured, because he was accompanied by the Praetorian Guards, and the people he sent out had only seen Gu Hengzhou and Shen Bai from a distance a few times.

The matter planned this time is too important, if he can't see Gu Hengzhou and Shen Bai with his own eyes, Li Deren will not feel at ease, and he always feels that at the most critical time, there will be changes because of these two people.

It's good now. He can be sure that Gu Hengzhou and Shen Bai are in Hanjing, and they are staying under his nose, these two people can't make any waves, so it's okay.

The book Li Deren had just read casually threw aside, and said to the subordinate: "According to the plan, let's act." “

"Yes."

The subordinate stepped back, Li Deren relaxed and sat on the back of the chair, he turned his head to look at the shaking candle flame, the corners of his lips slowly rose, the arc was small at first, and then it became bigger and bigger, his eyebrows and eyes were also bent, he laughed silently, his shoulders trembled slightly, and his facial features became distorted.

After waiting for so many years, I finally waited for this day.

He doesn't have to look at anyone's face anymore, and he doesn't have to worry about anything, the name of the Zhaoling royal family will be rewritten, from now on, the Zhao family will no longer be the king, and the surname Li is the most noble surname in the entire Zhaoling!

I don't know how long he laughed, Li Deren moved his cheeks that were a little sore, blew out the candle and went back to the bedroom to sleep.

The next few days were uneventful.

Shen Bai and Gu Hengzhou waited quietly in the courtyard, and it would take a certain amount of time for Dali Temple to send people to Mozhou to investigate Shen Bai's repair of the canal. Jiang Qinse and Zhao Chou's matter has not been verified for a few months, and everyone is waiting to see how things will develop in the end.

On May 10, the 21st year of Hengqi, every 10th day of rest, none of the officials went to court.

After a while, Sun Yuehai, the head of the Ouchi, suddenly rushed to the Tai Hospital, and the Tai Doctor of the entire Tai Hospital was announced to Dongchen Palace.

The first to get the news was Concubine De, who immediately rushed to Dongchen Palace with the fourth prince Zhao Chou to ask to see Emperor Hengde, but was stopped by the crown prince Zhao Che outside the door of the dormitory.

Zhao Chou has been recuperating from his injuries in the past few months, and this is the first time he and Zhao Che have faced each other head-to-head in so long.

I haven't seen him for a long time, Zhao Chou has gained a lot of weight, and the sharp energy on his body has dissipated a lot. But there is an uncomfortable gloom and coldness.

Zhao Che stopped the two from entering, and Zhao Chou asked unconvinced: "Brother Huang suddenly summoned all the imperial doctors of the Imperial Hospital to Dongchen Palace, and didn't let us go in to visit my father, nor did he tell us what happened, what do you want to do, Imperial Brother?" “

Zhao Che said lightly: "Just let them check their father's body, it's not a big deal, the mother concubine and the fourth emperor don't have to be nervous." “

Zhao Che said vaguely, without the meaning of explaining in detail, Concubine De frowned, looked at the closed door of the dormitory and said: "Your Majesty has been sick for several months, since Rui Xuan you started acting as the government, when did this palace see Your Majesty and not tell Rui Xuan?" This palace is still Rui Xuan, your elder. Today, you didn't let Bengong see Your Majesty for no reason, and you used such an excuse to fool Bengong, Rui Xuan, do you really think that Bengong can't do anything about you? “

Concubine De's tone was very complaining, after the death of the queen, she was the lord of the six palaces, to put it mildly, in addition to not having the title of queen, and Emperor Hengde are husband and wife, how can a wife in the world see her husband and go through the permission of her son?

Besides, it's not his own son, how can people not be resentful?

Zhao Che was indifferent, straightened his back and said in a deep voice: "Mother concubine, please go back, it is the father's intention to summon the imperial doctor." It is also the intention of the father to not see anyone, and since it is the order of the father, the mother and the sons cannot disobey it. “

Concubine De was angry and blurted out: "This palace hasn't even seen His Majesty, how do you know if Your Majesty really doesn't want to see this palace?" “

This is questioning the authenticity of Zhao Che's words.

Zhao Che's eyebrows furrowed slightly, looked at Concubine De and asked, "Does the concubine think that her son is talking about it and deceiving you?" “

Zhao Che is the prince of a country, Concubine De didn't dare to say such a thing in front of him, and was trying to make up for it, Zhao Chou said confidently: "The imperial brother didn't let me and my mother see my father, this matter is already strange, and the imperial brother didn't explain it at all, didn't it make us feel at ease?" “

After Zhao Chou finished roaring, the atmosphere between the two became tense, and after a while, Zhao Che said sharply: "The entire Tai Hospital's imperial doctors are inside, why should I lie to you?" And there are enough people inside, and you don't know how to heal, so you can't help when you go in, why are the concubines and the four emperor brothers so eager to go in? “

Yes, the imperial doctors of the entire Tai Hospital are inside, Zhao Che can't always murder Emperor Hengde, Concubine De and Zhao Chou have to go in at this time, and it is difficult not to cause reverie when it is passed out.

Concubine De was speechless to refute, and Zhao Hou said loudly: "My mother and I are also worried about our father. My father has been sick for so long, Brother Huang, you have been letting people strictly guard Dongchen Palace, nominally to protect my father, but in fact it is also restricting the freedom of everyone in Dongchen Palace, we can't understand what the current state of my father is, so we will naturally think crankily, even if we misunderstand the imperial brother, it is inevitable, what does the imperial brother think? “

Zhao Chou's eyes were slightly bent, waiting for Zhao Che to refute.

Zhao Che pursed his lips, his expression was cold and stern, his jawline was stiff and tense, and after a long time, he turned sideways and said, "Since the mother concubine and the fourth emperor brother are so urgent, then I won't stop it too much, please!" “

When Zhao Che stopped her from entering, Concubine De was eager to go in, but after getting out of the way at this time, Concubine De's heart suddenly struck, and she felt a little bad inexplicably.

Zhao Chou didn't care so much, and pulled Concubine De into the dormitory.

It was completely different from the picture they imagined, the doctors of the Tai Hospital were all sitting inside, everyone was very quiet, there was no first aid picture of chaos, Emperor Hengde was sitting at the head of the bed, and a girl wearing a long skirt with a lilac embroidered purple and gold pattern was sitting on the edge of the bed to feed him medicine.

Getting closer, Concubine De and Zhao Chou found that Emperor Hengde's face was much better than some time ago, and there was even a faint blood on his cheeks.

Zhao Chou and Concubine De were a little surprised, but they came in, and the two of them couldn't show abnormality, and walked to the side of the bed to salute.

"The concubine has seen Your Majesty."

"Erchen has seen Your Majesty."

Emperor Hengde didn't respond, and the two didn't dare to get up, so they could only maintain a saluting posture and squat.

Zhao Chou is okay, Concubine De is wearing palace clothes, and the shoes under her feet are very high, and her legs are sore and trembling after a while. He could only grit his teeth and hold on, Emperor Hengde slowly drank the bowl of medicine, and waited for Su Xiaoqiu to help him wipe the medicine stains on the corners of his mouth, then turned his head to look at the two of them, and asked, "Why are Concubine Ai and Jing Yuan here today?" Didn't I say I wouldn't let anyone bother? “

It's really Emperor Hengde's order not to see anyone.

Concubine De secretly said that it was not good, and said stubbornly: "The concubine heard that the imperial doctors of the Tai Hospital were suddenly summoned to Dongchen Palace, and she was really worried about Your Majesty, so she rushed to take a look, and Your Majesty is fine." “

After Concubine De finished speaking, she couldn't support it, her body shook violently, and she was about to fall, Emperor Hengde finally showed mercy and said, "Get up." “

Concubine De breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly stood up straight, but the next moment she heard Emperor Hengde ask: "Concubine Ai is really worried about my body, why do you remember to call Jing Yuan to come with me first, Concubine Ai is worried that I will die like this, right?" “

You can't just say this, it's a big taboo.

Concubine De's legs were weak, and she immediately knelt down, and Lian Lian denied: "No, the concubine has no such intention, the concubine is just worried about Your Majesty, Jing Yuan's injury has also healed these days, the concubine thought that His Majesty could be a little happier to see Jing Yuan, so she brought Jing Yuan to come with her, the concubine is sincere to Your Majesty, Your Majesty really wronged the concubine this time." “

Concubine De choked up as she spoke, and her eyes were red.

Zhao Chou also knelt down and echoed: "The mother concubine and the sons are worried about their father's body, and they have absolutely no other meaning, please ask your father to see it!" “

The two of them were sincere and sincere at this time, but Emperor Hengde just looked at them coldly, not half moved, and said coldly: "The imperial doctor was summoned by my order, and I also told Rui Xuan not to let anyone disturb him, didn't Rui Xuan tell you?" “

Concubine De said. Realizing that he was too impulsive and caused a big disaster, he opened his mouth but didn't know how to respond, Zhao Chou said next to him: "The imperial brother did tell us, but the father and the emperor suddenly summoned the entire imperial hospital, and the sons and mothers didn't know what the truth was, so it was really difficult to feel at ease, so I begged the imperial brother to let us in." “

Zhao Chou used the word "begging" to erase the aggressiveness that had just been outside the door, and Emperor Hengde looked at him, his eyes were full of disappointment, and he sighed and said: "Rui Xuan is the crown prince of me, and the future prince of Zhaoling. I can believe him and let him handle the government on his behalf, and a hundred years later, I will also hand over the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains and the people of Zhaoling to him, I can trust him, but you can't believe him, I am alive like this, and I will die in the future, do you also want to suspect that the edict of succession left by me was forged by him?! “

Speaking of the back, Emperor Hengde became angry and coughed violently, and Su Xiaoqiu hurriedly patted him on the back.

Concubine De was so frightened that her body trembled, her face turned white, and she said with a pale face: "Your Majesty." The concubine never had this meaning, today's things were all done by the concubine, if the concubine cared about it, it was chaotic, she lost her sense of proportion, the concubine was wrong, and the concubine went to kneel down to Rui Xuan to admit her mistake! “

Concubine De took all the blame on herself, and was about to get up to find Zhao Che to make amends, when a team of Praetorian Guards came in from outside and stopped Concubine De in the house.

Emperor Hengde stopped coughing, looked at Concubine De and Zhao Chou, and said, "Since Concubine Ai and Jing Yuan are so concerned about my body, it is better to accompany me in Dongchen Palace today, I may not have talked to you for a long time." “

The Praetorian Guard had a halberd in his hand. Crossed across the door, the unusual majesty and coldness spread in the air, Concubine De's whole person froze, and cold sweat broke out in her palms.

Obviously nothing has happened now, but she feels a bright big knife hanging above her head, and if she is not careful, the big knife will fall and kill her.

Emperor Hengde asked Zhao Chou to get up, and seeing that Concubine De was still frozen there and did not move, he opened his mouth to remind: "What is Concubine Ai doing there, don't you plan to come and sit?" “

Concubine De turned around, forcibly suppressed her uneasiness, and walked to the edge of the bed with a smile and sat down. took out a silk handkerchief to help Emperor Hengde wipe his sweat, and said with concern: "Your Majesty has lost a lot of weight recently, and the concubine has recently learned a lot of medicinal food to nourish the body, and I will cook it for Your Majesty in two days." “

Concubine De's eyes were still red, and she just said that she was going to kneel down to apologize to Zhao Che, so she could care about Emperor Hengde without changing her face at this time, as if nothing had happened.

Emperor Hengde hooked his lips and smiled, and also gathered the momentum of Fang Cai, chatted with Concubine De as usual, and said, "Concubine Ai has a heart." “

The two regained their apparent peace and chatted for a while, and Concubine De looked at Su Xiaoqiu. Asked: "This is the eldest lady of the Su family who has been living abroad?" “

Su Xiaoqiu hung his head, his face was soft, Emperor Hengde didn't speak, Su Yuanhua was also here, got up and said tentatively: "Hui Niangniang, this is the little girl Su Xiaoqiu, she was just taken back to Beijing some time ago, and she hasn't learned the rules yet, please don't be surprised." “

Su Yuanhua sat at the head of the Tai Hospital with the support of Concubine De, Su Xiaoqiu solved the problem that the entire Tai Hospital did not solve, and it can be regarded as the credit of the Su family, Concubine De naturally treated Su Xiaoqiu differently, took her hand and praised: "Although I have been living outside, the nobility in my bones has not changed, and the bearing of this body is also very outstanding among the young ladies of the family." “

Su Xiaoqiu bent down and said softly: "Xie Niangniang praises." “

The voice is also soft, neither humble nor arrogant, calm and moderate.

Concubine De's eyes flashed with appreciation, and she asked about Emperor Hengde's physical condition carefully, and Su Xiaoqiu replied carefully.

Time passed in the blink of an eye, and soon it was noon, the palace people sent lunch in, Emperor Hengde couldn't eat meat, the imperial dining room specially cooked medicinal porridge for him, Concubine De took it naturally, and personally fed it to Emperor Hengde.

There was nothing to do in the afternoon, everyone sat down and didn't speak, after dinner, Emperor Hengde hadn't opened his mouth to let Concubine De and Zhao Chou go back, Concubine De couldn't sit still, her heart was anxious, but Emperor Hengde sat down like an old monk, and there was no reaction at all.

At the moment, the palace people came in again to add lamp oil, Su Xiaoqiu and the imperial doctors all sat quietly and did not move, Concubine De couldn't help but speak: "Your Majesty." It's so late, will the concubine and Jing Yuan disturb your rest here? “

Emperor Hengde closed his eyes and said faintly: "It's okay, Concubine Ai and Jing Yuan are concerned about my body, if you can't see me, I'm afraid that I will toss and turn, so just guard here, so as not to think nonsense." “

Concubine De's expression froze, and she was so choked that she couldn't speak.

She can't say that her worries are all fake, and she will sleep soundly when she goes back, right?

Concubine De forced herself to sit down, Zhao Chou poured tea for herself, went to the thatched house several times, and every time she came back, her face was even more ugly than before.

Dongchen Palace's defense was twice as much as usual, and it was obvious that it was going to do something big.

But with so many people watching, Zhao Chou and Concubine De could only make eye contact, and they couldn't say anything, both of them felt like they were on pins and needles.

When he was a child, Emperor Hengde slept first, and the palace people carried a jade screen to block the candlelight.

Concubine De was also a little sleepy, but there was only a hard mahogany chair under her, and she couldn't sleep at all, so she could only barely nap with her head propped up.

At the end of the day, there was a sound of footsteps outside the dormitory, and there was a noisy sound in the distance, and Emperor Hengde woke up once. Zhao Chejin said that the Huanyi Bureau was out of the water, nothing serious, so everyone didn't have to worry, and walked out of the dormitory after speaking.

Concubine De rubbed her eyebrows, because of this change, she was sleepy, and her head hurt a little.

At the ugly moment, the noisy sound stopped, and the outside became quiet, and there was a feeling that the mountain rain was about to come and the wind was full of buildings.

Concubine De's eyebrows were frowned, but Emperor Hengde slept peacefully, and she didn't dare to call Zhao Che in to ask what happened.

It was tormented until the end of the hour, when the door of the dormitory was pushed open again. Zhao Che walked in and whispered, "Mother, it's time for the sons and daughters to go to the court, there are Concubine Lao and the fourth emperor brother here to take care of the father." “

The weather was hot, and it was already bright outside, Concubine De let out a long sigh of relief, half happy and half a little lost.

It turns out that nothing really happened last night.

Concubine De yawned, cheered up and said, "Rui Xuan, go ahead, I will take care of Your Majesty." “

Zhao Che nodded and turned to leave.

Halfway through, Emperor Hengde woke up, and the palace people came in with hot water as usual. Concubine De personally served Emperor Hengde to wash.

The emperor's washing procedure was very complicated, Concubine De brought mouthwash to Emperor Hengde, and personally squatted in front of Emperor Hengde with a teacup and waited for Emperor Hengde to spit out the water.

Emperor Hengde grunted and rinsed his mouth, and there was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside, followed by the sound of blades clashing.

In the palace, except for the Praetorian Guards, no one can bring a blade into the palace, and no one dares to use force in the Dongchen Palace, Concubine De was startled by this sound, her hand shook, and the blue and white porcelain teacup with gold rim rolled to the ground and shattered into slag.

Emperor Hengde lifted his eyes and glanced at Concubine De, that look was extremely cold, Concubine De shivered, and hurriedly picked up the bowl next to him and handed it to Emperor Hengde's mouth.

Emperor Hengde spit the water in his mouth, Concubine De pinched the handkerchief to help Emperor Hengde wipe the water stains on the side of his mouth, and the next moment, the door of the dormitory was pushed open, and through the screen, Concubine De didn't see who the person who came in, but heard Zhao Chou shouting in surprise and excitement: "Grandpa!" “

Concubine De's eyelids jumped, and her heart beat uncontrollably.

The next moment, Li Deren wore an ink-colored silver silk embroidered crane court robe, bypassed the screen and walked to Emperor Hengde's bedside.

After being the prime minister and the national ruler for so many years, it was the first time that Concubine De saw such a smug expression on Li Deren's face.

It's about to be the time of the day, and at this time Li Deren should be standing in the main hall of the council hall with an ivory wat and a hundred officials. It should never appear in the dormitory of Dongchen Palace.

A woman like Concubine Rao is concubine who is in the harem knows what is going on at this time, but Emperor Hengde has no surprise on his face, he lifted his eyes and looked at Li Deren, and asked: "Aiqing doesn't go to the Yizheng Palace, what are you doing in Dongchen Palace?" “

Li Deren did not shy away from Concubine De, took out a roll of yellow and clear holy decrees from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Emperor Hengde, still saying in the tone of a courtier: "The old minister has something important to play, and he used some extraordinary methods to meet His Majesty." “

There must have been a fight outside, and the smell of sweet blood wafted in.

Concubine De's palms couldn't help sweating, and she was both scared and excited.

If today's thing is done, her son will no longer be subordinate to others, she will also get everything she deserved a long time ago, and she will be the most noble woman in the entire Zhaoling.

Concubine De's eyes lit up, and she looked directly at the scroll of the holy decree, and Emperor Hengde took the scroll and opened it to read it carefully.

The scroll reads that the crown prince Zhao Che lost his virtue in front of the emperor, was unfilial and unjust, and wanted to murder his biological father, and should abolish the position of the prince, and the fourth prince Zhao Chou was both civil and military, strategic, and his character was much higher than that of the abolished prince, so he was supported by hundreds of officials and renamed as the prince.

Emperor Hengde read the above content carefully, and couldn't help but let out a sneer, Li Deren bent down slightly, seemingly respectful, but his eyes revealed the arrogance of the high, he persuaded demagoguingly: "Your Majesty, this is the conclusion reached by the old ministers and the hundred officials together, and I also ask Your Majesty to stamp the jade seal and change the four princes to the crown prince." “

After Li Deren finished speaking, Emperor Hengde threw the scroll of holy decrees to the ground and said coldly: "Aiqing is a veteran of the two dynasties, and the time to assist me is not short. Do you think I'll listen to you put a jade seal on it? “

Li Deren walked over and picked up the holy decree, patted the dust that did not exist on it, and said: "With Your Majesty's character, not only will you not stamp the jade seal on it, but you will also exterminate the Li family on the charge of seeking power and usurping the throne." “

Emperor Hengde's breathing intensified, and he said coldly: "Since Aiqing knows what the consequences will be, why do you want to do such a thing?" “

Li Deren put away the holy decree in his hand, Xu felt that the victory was in hand, and he was not in a hurry to let Emperor Hengde stamp on it, and kindly solved the doubts for Emperor Hengde, saying: "Wealth and danger are sought, everyone is selfish and self-interested, Your Majesty in order to consolidate his throne, what he did to the Jiang family sounded a wake-up call to all the families, I don't want the Li family to end up with the same fate as the Jiang family after a hundred years, I have to learn to strike first." “

Li Deren took the initiative to mention the Jiang family, and Emperor Hengde became a little more emotional, gasping twice and coughing.

Concubine De hesitated, but still walked to the side of the bed to help Emperor Hengde pat his back.

Emperor Hengde slowed down for a while, gasped and said, "Aiqing should know very well that I have never treated the Li family and the Jiang family differently, otherwise Shuxian would not have died so easily, and the Wei family would not have been defeated, wouldn't it?" “

"So why doesn't Your Majesty hurry up and make my daughter the queen and Jingyuan the crown prince?" Li Deren asked rhetorically. "It is precisely because I believe in Your Majesty that Lao Chen has waited patiently for so many years, can't Your Majesty see it?"

Emperor Hengde relaxed his body and lay on the bed, laughing lowly.

Why can't you see it?

The Li family's wolf ambition was almost written on his face, how could he not see it?

If it weren't for Shuxian's murder, Rui Xuan's youth and nowhere to rely on, and the intertwined power of the family family was too complicated, how could Emperor Hengde stay in the Li family until now?

Emperor Hengde couldn't stop laughing, Li Deren handed the holy decree to Emperor Hengde again, and said word by word: "Your Majesty, most of the Praetorian Guards in the palace have been rebelled by me, you just need to stamp it on it, and in the future, if you go to the palace to retire and become the emperor, no one will disturb you to enjoy Qingfu, how about it?" “

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