At dawn the next day, Huang Zicheng and a group of officials had already entered the noon gate of the imperial city. It's okay now, if it's in winter, everyone will have to light lanterns.

Next to the royal road, Huang Zicheng soon saw the eunuch Wu Zhong. This unsightly, old and fat eunuch has served the saint for many years.

"Father-in-law Wu is early." Huang Zicheng greeted first.

Wu Zhong grabbed Huang Zicheng's sleeve, pulled it aside, and said with a sad face: "The emperor didn't sleep well all night, and his face was haggard when he got up in the morning, and the old slave's heart was broken, alas......"

Huang Zicheng hurriedly echoed: "The court is in an eventful autumn, and the saints are all at fault for being courtiers, and they don't try their best to share the worries of the saints." ”

Wu Zhong said: "The emperor is not worried about the affairs of the court, but the prince of Yanwang!" ”

Huang Zicheng was not surprised at all, and said in his heart: Isn't the matter of the prince of Yan Wang the affairs of the imperial court?

Wu Zhong came over with his ears and whispered, "Not long ago, the king of Xiang burned himself to death, and it was rumored that he was forced to kill by the emperor. Now that the prince of Yan Wang is imprisoned in Beijing, if there are three long and two short, I don't know what will happen to public opinion. ”

Huang Zicheng nodded and frowned: "The saint is very worried, and it is not easy to explain to King Yan. ”

"Isn't it?" Wu Zhong said, "Now someone has whispered that the prince of Yan Wang is poisoned!" ”

Huang Zicheng's brows tightened, and he never stretched.

Wu Zhong glanced at him, "The emperor got into bed together, and before the clothes were dressed, he called the slave and the maid and told the slave and maid to come to Lord Huang." The imperial doctor sent over was in charge of Taichang Temple, and Lord Huang would call to the imperial gate for questioning. ”

"I will do it." Huang Zicheng asked cautiously again, "The imperial doctor assigned by the Holy Lord to the Shizi Mansion?" ”

"Of course, what else?" Wu Zhongdao.

"Okay, okay." Huang Zicheng nodded immediately.

Huang Zicheng said goodbye to the eunuch, arranged for his subordinates to pass on the imperial doctor, and went to the court first.

After the early dynasty, the imperial doctors came to Fengtianmen. No one said that it was poisoned, and there was not even much judgment of their own, and the words were quite cautious...... Only talk about the specific symptoms, there is neither a lie nor a concealment.

In the afternoon, someone entered the palace to report that after drinking the decoction prepared by the imperial doctor several times, the prince became more seriously ill, and his pulse became weaker and weaker!

Emperor Zhu Yunwen's steps, tone, and expression pacing back and forth did not seem to be extremely anxious.

At this moment, Zhu Yunwen suddenly turned around with his hands behind his back and asked, "Apart from the imperial doctor, who else went to visit the prince of King Yan?" ”

Huang Zicheng hurriedly bowed down and said: "Back to the Holy Place, the people who have visited are Wei Guogong and Sichuan Commander Qu Neng, Zuodu Governor Xu Zengshou and a monk, Wang Ning and eldest son Wang Zhenliang. ”

Zhu Yunwen took two steps in front of the throne, quickly eliminated the two brothers of the Xu family, and said, "Spread Wang Ning to see me." ”

"Yes!"

After a long time, Wang Ning bowed outside the door to meet him. Zhu Yunwen couldn't wait to announce him in, and asked directly, "What is the condition of the prince of Yanwang?" ”

Wang Ning replied: "Back to the saint, the son of the world vomits and has a weak pulse, and I am afraid that he will die soon." Such a violent disease, the minister thought it was poisoning! There was also a royal doctor on the spot who said so......"

There was a sudden silence in the imperial gate, and you could hear even a needle dropping! Even Huang Zicheng was stunned by these words, this donkey really dares to say it!

Zhu Yunwen was anxious and angry: "Who is so bold and reckless?!" Jinyiwei has strictly guarded the prince's mansion, how did the poison get into the mansion? ”

Wang Ning said: "It happened suddenly, it was difficult to find out in a moment, and I didn't even know what poison was." If you want to wait for the poisoner to be found out and the antidote to come out, it will definitely be too late. ”

At this time, Huang Zicheng and the others all lowered their heads, unable to see the emperor's face clearly, and only heard the emperor ask, "Tell me, how to deal with this matter?" ”

There was no response in the empty gate. After a while, it was still Wang Ning's voice that said: "The minister has a few words, I don't know if I should say ...... or not."

Zhu Yunwen said: "Say! ”

Wang Ning said: "Whether the son of the world can live or not depends on heaven and not by man." However, the minister thought that he must not be in Beijing. ”

"Oh?" Zhu Yunwen made a sound, obviously thinking that this statement had some meaning.

Wang Ning continued: "The prince is imprisoned in the Jingshi Mansion, if he dies here, whether the truth can be found out or not, I am afraid it is difficult to explain clearly......

Before, King Yan wrote that he was sick and wanted to see his sons. Why is the saint not allowed to play at this time, and let the prince wait to go back? The prince is the eldest son of King Yan, and King Yan must do his best to save the son.

The saint cherishes the clan kindly, is great, benevolent and virtuous, and is praised by the subjects. ”

After Wang Ning finished speaking, he bowed and stood in the middle with his fists clenched. Zhu Yunwen had already sat down just now, and then stood up from the throne again, pacing back and forth.

When Huang Zicheng heard that he was going to let go of the sons of King Yan, he was suddenly very uncomfortable and faintly depressed...... After tossing so many things, in the end, Zhu Gaoxu left as if nothing happened?

At this time, Huang Zicheng pondered: Shizi is seriously ill, why did he let the three of them go together?

But he thought about it: The son of the world was really poisoned? If the poisoner can't be found for a while, and then Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui are "sick" again, and the saint asks him how to do it, what should he do?

Huang Zicheng glanced at Qi Tai who was standing beside him, and Qi Tai didn't mean to say anything at all...... Wang Ning said that the saint loves the clan and is very close, Qi Tai must not be willing to be criticized by the "mean clan", which will make more personal enemies!

Thinking of this, Huang Zicheng swallowed the words on his lips and didn't say a word. Thinking about it, he and Zhu Gaoxu don't seem to have much enmity, and he doesn't care much about the dead man of the Xu family.

Why should people be too persistent?

At this time, Zhu Yunwen waved his sleeves violently, and his tone was full of annoyance and irritability, "Go!" Send them away! ”

When Huang Zicheng heard this, he had mixed feelings in his heart and secretly sighed.

…… Wang Ning and his son Wang Zhenliang came out of the imperial city and immediately rushed to the palace of the prince of Yan to convey the holy will.

In front of Shizi's bed, Wang Ning quietly reminded: "You'd better prepare and leave tomorrow." The saint had already agreed, and Huang Siqing was also present at that time. ”

"I'm not most worried about Huang Zicheng......," Zhu Gaoxu muttered.

Wang Ning suddenly looked sideways with Wang Zhenliang and Gao Sui.

Zhu Gaoxu remembered the matter of being grounded, and at that time, he had obviously passed the test in a fool's way, but the second holy decree came, causing them to be locked up here for more than half a month. Later, he heard from his fourth uncle that this was the idea of his eldest uncle Xu Huizu......

"Without further ado, I'm afraid of long nights and dreams, and besides, my eldest brother's illness can't be delayed, I think I should set off immediately!" Zhu Gaoxu observed the sun outside the door and said decisively.

Wang Ning asked, "Is it too late?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu didn't answer this question, and went straight to Wang Ning and said, "Please ask my uncle to send our brothers out of the city and confirm the holy will to the guards." ”

Wang Ning nodded and said, "Since you are leaving, I should also give my uncle a ride." ”

Zhu Gaoxu clenched his fist and tapped lightly on his forehead, and said: "Big brother is seriously ill and urgent, let's act expediently, we don't need to tell other people, we don't need to pack anything, we will set off immediately...... Cousin, is there a way to go out of Jinchuan Gate now and help us arrange a boat to cross the river? ”

Wang Zhenliang immediately responded: "This is a trivial matter. ”

Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a moment, "I also need a sturdy carriage, four mounts, a pair of double saddle stirrups, and some dry food to the west bank of the river." ”

Wang Zhenliang said: "Yes." ”

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at him, "What I put in your place......"

Wang Zhenliang showed a knowing look, and said quietly, "I can also send it across the river." ”

Zhu Gaoxu once again hugged his fists and bowed to the father and son of the Wang family, "Gao Xu will never forget the feelings of his uncle and cousin today." ”

Wang Ning waved his hand and said, "They are all relatives, why are you still talking about this?" ”

"He will meet again one day, and then set up the wine to be old." Zhu Gaoxu said.

The prince lay on the bed and couldn't talk well, and Zhu Gaoxu arranged everything in less than a stick of incense. immediately found the carriage in the house, carried the prince into the car, and went out immediately.

There was a decree from the governor of the rear army and the horse Wang Ning, but the Jinyi guard did not stop it. The crime of exaggeration is very large, and it is not very likely that a royal family and nobleman will falsely pass on the holy decree.

The carriage was walking on the main road in the capital, Zhu Gaoxu looked outside, his heart was hanging, and there was always an illusion: suddenly a team of horsemen would appear, startling the chickens and dogs on the street!

But that didn't happen, the pedestrians walked their way, and the vendors shouted and sold...... The hustle and bustle of the street is also another kind of tranquility.

There was nothing to do all the way, and the majestic city tower of Waijinchuan had already appeared in sight. As long as you get out of this gate, you will really go out of the capital. The capital of the Ming Dynasty was the center of the country, and from here, there were countless roads leading to countless places.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the city tower and saw that it seemed to be slowly getting bigger and closer, although it was slow, but it could be felt carefully; It's like the sun in the west, slowly moving.

……

Xu Huizu was in the yamen of the Chinese military governor's mansion, and he had just finished talking with Qu Neng about the military affairs of the Sichuan frontier, and was about to beat the drum and go down to duty when he was waiting for the unitary. At this time, I heard the report of my subordinates, and the princes of King Yan left Beijing by edict!

"Edict? Who's coming up with the idea! Xu Huizu was shocked. He knew that it was easy for the Holy Beings today to listen to the advice of others, especially the advice that sounded reasonable.

The subordinate replied: "I don't know about the humble position, what the Jinyiwei brothers who withdrew said, the humble duty has just heard it." ”

His hand unconsciously slapped on the tabletop, and after a while, he looked up and saw that his subordinates were still standing in the lobby, so he asked again, "When did they leave?" ”

"Probably...... It's been almost an hour. ”

Xu Huizu raised his hand and pointed at him: "You immediately take a team of people and horses, and follow my orders to intercept the king of Gaoyang County!" ”

The subordinate asked: "Humble and courageous, I heard that the princes of King Yan were ordered to intercept it?" The king of Gaoyang County has a violent reputation, what should he do if he is not satisfied? ”

Xu Huizu said: "Just use soldiers to take it!" Let the prince and the third prince go, and only take the king of Gaoyang County. If anything, say it's my order! ”

The subordinate had to kneel down on one knee and say, "Obey the order!" ”

At this time, Xu Huizu turned his head and looked at Qu Neng who was sitting next to him, "I still have to persuade the saint about this matter, and the saint may have just listened to it for a while...... However, the audience can only wait until tomorrow morning. ”