According to Tang Ning's plan, while he went to Qiandi to pick up Su Mei, the other ladies went to Chu State to join Li Tianlan.

In this way, he doesn't have much to worry about in Beijing, he only needs to come back and pick up Zhao Man, and from now on, he will not be restrained by Chen Guo, and he can go wherever he wants.

But when he returned to Jingshi, he saw that they were still at home.

Zhong Yi sighed and said, "After Xianggong left Jingshi, a lot of things happened, and the concubine will explain them to you one by one. ”

Tang Ning shook his head and said, "I'm going to enter the palace now, and when I come back from the palace, you can tell me slowly." ”

He is in the distant Qiandi these days, and he really doesn't know what happened in Jingshi, judging from Zhongyi's expression, there have been a lot of things that have happened in Beijing in the past few months, and I am afraid that I will not be able to finish talking for a while.

It's better for him to go to the palace to resume his life, the news of Qiandi is confidential, unlike the two times in Jiangnan and the grassland, Tang Ning did not send the news back, and Emperor Chen still doesn't know what happened there.

If he knew that after Tang Ning returned to Beijing, he would not enter the palace to report, I am afraid that there would be some unnecessary trouble.

Zhong Yi looked at him and asked, "Xianggong entered the palace, did you want to see Your Majesty?" ”

Tang Ning nodded and said, "I want to report to Your Majesty first." ”

Zhong Yi shook his head lightly and said, "Even if Xianggong enters the palace, he will not be able to see His Majesty." ”

Tang Ning was surprised: "Why? ”

Zhong Yi said: "Your Majesty, he ......"

Tang Ning chuckled in his heart and asked, "He's dead?" ”

"Your Majesty has not died yet." Zhong Yi glanced at him helplessly, and said: "But in the past few months, Your Majesty has been seriously ill, and two months ago, he has been bedridden, and the early dynasty has not been opened for a long time, and all the affairs in the court are handled by Shangshu Province......"

Tang Ning frowned slightly, Emperor Chen was in poor health, which was something he had when he left Beijing.

At that time, he thought that Emperor Chen was sick because of King Kang's rebellion and anger, and as long as he recuperated for a few days, he would be able to get better, but he didn't expect that in the past few months since he left, Emperor Chen's illness was even more serious.

Tang Ning suddenly thought of something, looked at her, and asked, "In the past few months, who is in charge of Shangshu Province, Wang Xiang?" ”

Zhong Yi shook his head and said, "Wang Xiang is sick at home and has been recuperating in the mansion for a few months. ”

Tang Ning asked again, "Is that King Huai?" ”

Zhong Yi continued to shake his head, and only said after a long time: "It's King Duan." ”

……

Tang Ning finally realized that in just a few months after he left Beijing, Jingshi had been turned upside down.

Emperor Chen's illness did not take a few days to recuperate, as he expected, but within a month of his absence from Beijing, it deteriorated rapidly, and the early dynasty went from once every three days, to once every five days, to once every ten days, and finally became put on hold indefinitely.

At the beginning, after Wang Xiang fell ill, Shangshu Province was in charge of King Huai, and the daily affairs of the court were also handled by him.

However, it didn't take long for Emperor Chen to gradually let King Duan get in touch with the core power, and after King Duan entered Shangshu Province, it only took half a month to squeeze King Huai out.

Wang Xiang is not there, King Huai is the absolute master of Shangshu Province, King Duan can squeeze out King Huai in such a short period of time, Tang Ning doesn't believe it, there is no Emperor Chen behind his back.

Obviously, even if King Duan is a waste, in the eyes of Emperor Chen, his status is higher than that of King Huai, and when he is seriously ill and needs to consider the ownership of the throne, King Duan is still ranked before King Huai.

This is not what a wise and wise emperor would do, and it is not like Emperor Chen's style of acting, the only thing that can be explained is that more than 20 years ago, the dusty history of the imperial family had something unknown to everyone.

The change in the situation in Beijing seems sudden, but in fact, when you think about it, it is reasonable.

If Emperor Chen is free of illness and disaster, he can live for another ten or twenty years, there is no doubt that Zhao Yuan, the king of Run, is the best choice for him to pass on the throne.

However, he suddenly became seriously ill and did not have enough time to wait for Zhao Yuan to grow up, and when there was an adult prince in Beijing, he set up an ignorant young child as the emperor, which was not in line with etiquette and logic.

It happened that during this time, Duan Wang stayed quietly in the mansion and did nothing, this calm, in the eyes of Emperor Chen, was a great advantage.

To be an emperor doesn't need to be eloquent and strategic, as long as he sits in that high position, everything will be done properly for him, what I'm afraid is that he has no talent, and he likes to point fingers, so that no matter how powerful the country is, sooner or later it will be defeated by him.

Tang Ning didn't know how many psychological choices Emperor Chen had gone through during this time, but what was certain was that no matter what the process was, the balance in his heart was ultimately biased in favor of King Duan.

Tang Ning looked at Zhong Yi and asked, "You didn't leave Chen Guo because of King Duan." ”

Zhong Yi nodded, and said guiltily: "It's all my fault, if I let them hurry faster, they can get to Chu State before King Duan sends someone to stop us......

Tang Ning hugged her into his arms, patted her on the shoulder, and said, "It's okay, it's not your fault." ”

When they left Jingshi this time, it was originally for fun, and if they were only in a hurry, they would attract the attention of others.

Emperor Chen suddenly fell seriously ill, and Duan Wang was able to turn over, which was indeed beyond his expectations, which caused his original plan to be disrupted.

But it's not a big deal, even if the salted fish turns over, it is still a salted fish.

The Fang family and Concubine Fang Shu would not watch King Duan sit in that position, all along, they did not express too urgent thoughts about the throne, just because Zhao Yuan was too young, he could still wait, and wait for Emperor Chen to take the initiative to pass the throne to him.

This is the result and the premise.

The premise of the Fang family and Concubine Fang Shu, as well as the forces behind them, is that Emperor Chen will eventually pass the throne to Zhao Yuan, and if Emperor Chen himself is off topic, then they will inevitably take some discordant measures.

Tang Ning comforted Zhong and said, "No matter what, I have to go to the palace first, and you will wait for ......me at home."

Zhong Yi nodded, only then did he notice the cross-dressed girl standing behind Tang Ning, looked at her, and asked, "......Who is this sister?"

Ah Duo hurriedly stepped forward and said, "My name is Ah Duo, and I have seen Mrs. ......."

Tang Ning looked at Su Mei and said, "What happened in Qiandi, you tell them slowly......

When Tang Ning changed his clothes and left the Tang family, Ah Duo was already familiar with them, the sisters and sisters called each other, her personality was cheerful, and she integrated faster than Tang Ning imagined.

……

The Imperial Palace, somewhere in a partial hall.

After Tang Ning entered the palace, he asked a certain eunuch to report, but he had been sitting in this side hall for half an hour, and he still had not been summoned.

After a while, a palace maid walked in slowly, saluted Tang Ning, and said, "I've seen the right minister." ”

Tang Ning looked at her and asked, "What did Your Majesty say?" ”

The palace maid said: "Your Majesty is unwell, I have been asleep for a long time today, and I haven't woken up yet, I'm afraid I won't be able to wake up today, Lord Youxiang might as well come again tomorrow......"

Tang Ning stood up, looked at the screen on the side of the main hall, quickly retracted his gaze, and said, "Then the official will come back at a later date." ”

He walked slowly out of the main hall, and after a while, a figure came out from behind the screen.

Concubine Tang Hui looked out of the hall, her face was slightly gloomy, and she lowered her voice and said, "He's still back......"