Xiao Shaozong was surrounded by a group of people, but the eunuch Guihe had already come over and said, "Lord, the emperor invited the prince to go to dinner." ”

Xiao Shaozong arched his hand around, didn't say much, and left with the eunuch.

Yuan Laoshangshu looked at the back of Xiao Shaozong leaving, thoughtfully, but Lu Xiao, the secretary of the military department, walked over and said meaningfully: "Boss, Huainan Wang Quanxia knows that his grievances have been washed away, and he should be able to look at them." ”

Lao Shangshu smiled and said: "The way of heaven will last forever, even if this loyal minister is wronged, he will always be able to restore his innocence one day, and even if the traitor is exhausted, he will eventually be exposed in the end." ”

"Holy Body......!" Lu Xiao wanted to speak and stopped, and finally said: "Recently, the saint has worked too hard, the dragon is sick, and today in the court, his complexion is not very good, and the hospital should also take care of the saint." ”

"The emperor is the son of heaven, and God will protect him, and he will recover soon." Lao Shangshu sighed: "The old man originally wanted to tell the old man to return to his hometown, but now it seems that he will have to wait for a while." ”

"This is the blessing of the court." Lu Xiao helped Yuan Lao Shangshu to walk outside the hall, and said with a chuckle: "Lao Shangshu has been in charge of the Ministry of Rites for decades, my Great Chu is prosperous, and Lao Shangshu has selected many capable ministers and officials for my Great Chu. ”

"Over-reputation, over-reputation." Lao Shangshu waved his hand: "When I was young, I knew right and wrong, but now I am old and frail, deaf and blind, and I can't understand a lot of things.....!" Shaking his head and sighing: "Rushing to return to my hometown before I am completely confused, that is my great luck." ”

Between the two talking, out of the main hall, Lu Xiao looked around, Lao Shangshu was slow, so out of the palace late, most of the officials had already walked to the front, Lu Xiao saw that there was no one nearby, so he lowered his voice and said: "Boss, I heard that half a year ago, the prince's health was already deteriorating and very bad, and the emperor sent the imperial doctor to visit the Huainan palace from time to time. ”

"The old man has also heard a little." Lao Shangshu said: "But looking at this son today, although his complexion is not good, his voice is quite powerful, and his body seems to have improved." ”

"I have a friend in Tai Hospital, and he said that Shizi is suffering from a terminal illness, even if Da Luo Jinxian is alive, it is powerless." Lu Xiao said in a low voice: "When King Huainan was alive, he was also looking for famous doctors all over the world to diagnose and treat the prince, but they were all at a loss. ”

Lao Shangshu said softly: "The old man heard that the prince was grounded in the palace, and no one could step into the palace for half a step, where did this peerless doctor come from?" ”

Lu Xiao bowed slightly, and said thoughtfully: "This is weird, there is no famous doctor to save him, how can the son of the world survive until this time?" ”

"Maybe it has something to do with physique." Lao Shangshu said: "Maybe after being tossed by that terminal illness for so many years, the body can resist for a while." He coughed twice and said with a smile: "That's it, this kind of thing is not something we can ask about." ”

Lu Xiao smiled: "What the boss said is true. He also said: "There happens to be nothing to do tonight, I heard that the boss likes to grow his own vegetables, and I want to go over tonight to eat a few bites of the vegetables grown by the boss himself, I wonder if the boss can love it?" ”

Lao Shangshu laughed and said: "I can't ask for it, I'm just afraid that Lord Lu will dislike it." Although Lord Lu went over tonight, the old man sent someone to set up a banquet to wait. ”

When the two walked out of the palace together, Xiao Shaozong had already gone straight to the imperial study in the palace, the emperor had already been in the imperial study one step ahead of Xiao Shaozong, and when Xiao Shaozong came in, he immediately stood aside nervously, Xiao Shaozong didn't look at him, he sat down on the chair behind the desk, leaned on the chair, and glanced at the imperial study, his face was calm and abnormal.

"You go down first." Xiao Shaozong's gaze finally fell on the emperor, and said lightly: "Don't worry about your future, I ask myself if I am a person who values promises very much." Raising his hand and waving, the emperor actually saluted Xiao Shaozong, didn't dare to say a word, and slowly withdrew from the door, outside the door, there were two swordsmen dressed in black clothes, wearing black hats, and wearing long swords at their waists were waiting, one left and one right, and took the emperor down like a prisoner.

After the two of them left with the emperor, a figure appeared on the path outside the door, walked to the door of the imperial study, coughed, and without waiting for Xiao Shaozong to speak, he walked into the imperial study, and as soon as he raised his hand, the strong wind suddenly rose, and the door behind him was immediately closed.

Xiao Shaozong just raised his eyes and looked calm, as if he was very familiar with the person who came in.

This person was actually wearing the clothes of an old eunuch in the palace, tall and sturdy, with a face that looked about fifty years old, his appearance was very ordinary, and there was nothing to attract attention, he walked to the imperial desk, and said with a smile: "The prince can now appear in the palace in the bright light, and the throne has been taken back, which is really gratifying." ”

Xiao Shaozong was obviously very familiar with this person, and motioned for this person to sit down on a chair next to him, and then said: "The throne is not important, the important thing is that my father can restore his innocence, so that I don't have to bear the identity of the son of a criminal minister." ”

"What the prince said is extremely true." The old eunuch said: "If you can't clear the old prince, you will always be implicated, and the rest of the things will not be easy to handle." Above this court, after all, there will still be some stubborn people, and if the Zhaoshu is promulgated at that time, it will definitely cause a great turmoil, and without the previous rebellion, the prince is the eldest grandson of Emperor Taizu, and it is natural and justified to inherit the throne. ”

"Nothing is taken for granted." Xiao Shaozong said: "The so-called righteousness in this world is just because of strength. ”

The old eunuch bowed his head and said, "To the point." ”

"The swordsman, is there no news yet?" Xiao Shaozong groaned slightly, and then asked softly.

"Maybe it's dead." The old eunuch said, "He is very seriously injured. ”

"The embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed in an anthill, and I don't want any hidden dangers." Xiao Shaozong sighed: "The damned people are not dead, this is the hidden danger." The swordsman.... And Qi Ning ......! ”

"He is a swordsman in the palace, and he has always lurked in the palace like a shadow." The old eunuch said solemnly: "Few people in the world know about his existence, the team in the court, I am already in control, they believe that I am the chief of the internal guard appointed by the emperor, and they also believe that the swordsman has betrayed the state of Chu, all because of that holy decree." Suddenly smiled: "I suddenly found that sometimes that jade seal is really useful, and many very troublesome things, it can be easily solved." ”

"Problems that can be solved too smoothly often have hidden dangers." Xiao Shaozong said: "If the swordsman does not die, there will be variables, and what I like the most is to keep everything in my hands, and I don't want variables that appear outside my control, do you understand?" ”

"Rest assured, the capital has sprinkled a net." The old eunuch said: "If he is not dead now, as long as he stays in the capital, he will only be a dead word after all." ”

Xiao Shaozong pondered, pondered, and said after a while: "The Dongqi people are in the palace, and he seems to have forgotten his identity, and even thinks that I should be his friend. He raised his hand and sighed: "I have no friends, not a single friend, and he still thinks that he has the qualifications to trade with me, but he forgets that what he wants is only my reward." His eyes were cold: "I give it to him, he can ask for it, I don't give it to him, he can't rob it!" ”

The old eunuch's eyes showed a cold look, and he said in a low voice: "The plan to kill Qi Ning, our design is seamless, but he still missed, this should not have happened." ”

"Oh?" The corners of Xiao Shaozong's mouth flashed a chuckle: "Do you think he has other plans?" ”

The old eunuch said: "The prince once said that if there is the biggest hidden danger in our plan, it is the Jinyi Qi family, only Qi Ning still has the strength to destroy our plan, so this person must die, so that there will be no variables that the prince dislikes." ”

"From the very beginning, the Qi family was a piece on the chessboard that had to be captured." Xiao Shaozong sighed lightly: "But how to eat this chess piece is very nerve-wracking. A faint smile: "The people of Eastern Qi secretly found the East China Sea, at first they just wanted to use the East China Sea to trouble the Chu State and weaken the power of the Chu State, which was naturally beneficial to the Eastern Qi and harmless. ”

"The prince has already thought of using the people of Baiyun Island in Eastern Qi to kill the pillars of the Qi family many years ago, and the layout is far-reaching." The old eunuch smiled: "It's just that I didn't expect Qi Jing to die so middle-aged, and the target became Qi Ning." ”

"Actually, Qi Ning is even more difficult to deal with than Qi Jing." Xiao Shaozong sighed: "The four pillars of the Chu State are the four hereditary candidates, from the very beginning, the Su family has nothing to worry about, what they really have to deal with is the Sima family and the Qi family, and the golden knife is .....!" Tilting his head slightly, he groaned slightly, and the corners of his mouth floated a contemptuous smile and said: "The Golden Knife is just a piece of grass, his position lies in whose strength is stronger, before the situation is clear, the Golden Knife will only sit on the mountain and watch the tiger, as long as I take advantage in an instant, the Golden Knife is our person, otherwise it will ......!" ”

"Even if it's a piece of grass that falls with the wind, of course we don't allow them a choice." The old eunuch said coldly: "If you have a choice, you have variables, since there are variables, you can directly pull out this grass to ensure that nothing goes wrong." ”

Xiao Shaozong sighed: "If it weren't for the appearance of Qi Ning, this grass would have been pulled neatly, and the East China Sea would have directly become a sharp blade in our hands." After a slight pause, he said: "The Su family is not worried, the golden knife itself is difficult to protect, as long as the Sima family and the Qi family are defeated, the chess game will be impressive." His eyes became sharp: "I'm good at waiting, but God didn't let me wait too long, Qi Jing and the first emperor passed away one after another, this is of course a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me, and the plan was adjusted accordingly, and Sima Shi did not disappoint me, I was proud of my merits, and the power leaned towards the government and the opposition......!" There was a hint of abuse in his eyes, and he said to the old eunuch: "Yan Mo, do you know that as long as a person is exposed to power for a day, then the desire for power will entangle him until the moment of death, Sima Lan did not disappoint me, just because I know that the greater the power in his hands, the stronger the desire for power, this is his biggest weakness enough to destroy himself, with this weakness, from the beginning Sima is destined to die!" ”