Looking at Emperor Yuning's thin face, Zhang Ruming took a few steps closely, ignoring the courtesy of the monarch and ministers, and knelt down on one knee to hold Emperor Yuning's dry hand with both hands.

"Your Majesty, the minister~ I miss you very much." Zhang Ruming said with tears in his eyes.

Emperor Yuning smiled faintly, not caring about his rudeness, "Aiqing, I have entrusted Xiao Qi to you, no matter what happens in the future, take care of him for me." ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, there are Weichen here, and no one dares to be unfavorable to His Highness the Seventh."

Emperor Yuning nodded with satisfaction, and looked at Duan Lang, "Duan Lang, don't forget to promise me." No matter how it ends, every prince is my child, and I don't want anything to happen to them. ”

Duan Lang clenched his fists slightly, "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister knows what to do." ”

Emperor Yuning sighed lightly, "I have no power to return to the sky, you have to be careful." The water in this Kyoto is very deep, and if I were you, I would take Xiaoqi away for a while. ”

Duan Lang was stunned in his heart, he didn't expect Emperor Yuning to say this. Duan Lang thought for a moment, nodded and said, "The minister will be careful." ”

While the three of them were talking, they saw a eunuch walk in and whispered, "Master, Your Highness's Second Highness and Your Seventh Highness have arrived." ”

Emperor Yuning nodded slightly, and said softly, "Shangguan Aiqing, you can step aside." Xuan several emperors came in. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister will retire first." Zhang Ruming stood up sadly and retreated with Duan Lang

Outside the warm pavilion, Duan Lang looked at the eldest prince and the second prince, nodded slightly and said hello. After the two princes entered the warm pavilion, the seventh prince Delong asked strangely.

"Lord Shangguan, why are you here?"

"Old Seven, now is not the time to speak, go back to the Heavenly Master Hall and discuss something with you." Zhang Ruming said.

The Seventh Prince nodded, "Okay, I'll go to the Heavenly Master Hall to find you when I go back, and go in first." ”

Watching the Seventh Prince walk into the Warm Pavilion, Zhang Ruming was just about to pull Duan Lang to tell him that Emperor Yuning was about to die, when he saw Prince Dezhang swaying over under the escort of several entourages.

Zhang Ruming pursed his lips, "His Royal Highness the Prince, you are dressed brightly enough, what's the matter, this is preparing to ascend the throne?" ”

Seeing Zhang Ruming, Prince Dezhang suddenly felt extremely disgusted as if he had eaten a fly, and snorted and said, "As a foreign minister who returned to Beijing privately, do you still have national law in your eyes?" ”

"Who said that I returned to Beijing without permission, it was Your Majesty who called me, I don't believe you to ask. By the way, tomorrow morning, my Heavenly Master Hall will hold a big Dharma meeting to pray for His Majesty, I wonder if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is interested? ”

"Hmph, His Royal Highness is busy with state affairs and has no time." After Prince Dezhang finished speaking, he glanced at Duan Lang and walked inside.

Zhang Ruming quietly pulled Duan Lang, and while the two walked out, Zhang Ruming whispered, "Emperor Yuning is returning to the light, and it is estimated that it will not work in a day or two at the latest." If there is any action, arrange it quickly. ”

Duan Lang was shocked, "Are you sure?" ”

"Nonsense, Lao Tzu is not as good as you in war, and I can see more in the face of birth, old age, sickness and death. Go back and hurry up and set it up, tomorrow's festival must have a big fanfare. When he came here from Lidu City, Lao Tzu pondered all the way before he came up with such a good way. ”

"What's the solution?"

"Hey, hey, you'll see. At tomorrow's puja, Lao Tzu will make miracles manifest and ensure that the will of the gods will be known to the people of the city. ”

", what are you going to do?"

The two of them said and left the palace. As soon as he returned to the Heavenly Master Hall here, Duan Lang didn't have time to talk nonsense with Zhang Ruming, so he immediately quietly went to Zhou Guangji's place. Now that Emperor Yuning has returned to the light, they must make the final preparations.

In the Heavenly Master Palace, Zhang Ruming gave an order, and all the prayer masters suddenly became busy. Xiang Tiangu Fan and the others stayed in the Heavenly Master Hall to protect Zhang Ruming, and even a few of them were instructed by Zhang Ruming to be busy with this and that.

In the prayer hall, Zhang Ruming drove out all the prayer masters. He climbed up to the top of the shrine himself, and with a brush he smeared something on the idol. After touching it, Zhang Ruming's fat body climbed to the top of the statue with great difficulty.

Xiang Tian shouted uneasily, "My lord, don't fall on you." ”

"Xiangtian, help me see, is this position aimed at that window?" Zhang Ruming asked.

Xiang Tian looked at it, "Almost." ”

Zhang Ruming nodded, and took out a special paper bag from his arms, which contained some sulfur powder and black foam. There is also a golden paper bag pressed on it. After hanging all this, Zhang Ruming slowly climbed down.

In less than an hour, Zhang Ruming finished arranging, and also arranged Gu Fan Xiangtian and the others' actions tomorrow. Everyone was a little puzzled, but they didn't dare to ask why they did it.

An hour later, the Seventh Prince, Delong, came to the Heavenly Master Palace. Seeing that Duan Lang was not there, Delong asked strangely.

"Where's Duan Lang?"

"Old Seven, don't worry about Duan Lang for now, this Heavenly Master has given you a task, be sure to complete it."

Delong was stunned, "What task?" ”

"In your name, I send an invitation to all ministers to hold a blessing ceremony for my father at the Heavenly Master Hall tomorrow morning."

"This~ When is this, how can you adults have the heart to do these things." The Seven Princes said in their hearts, what are you busy with?

Zhang Ruming said mysteriously, "Tomorrow, this Heavenly Master will make a miracle appear here, and when the time comes, you will have a legitimate excuse for your yellow robe." I have ordered all the blessings to go to the city to preach that tomorrow it will be crowded. However, it is necessary to have a few ministers who can hold the town under their hands bear witness. ”

When the Seventh Prince Delong heard this, he immediately understood what Zhang Ruming was going to do, "Lord Shangguan, if you do this~ in case~ if the stuffing is exposed, then the prince will become the laughing stock of the world." No, absolutely not. ”

"How can it be exposed, this Heavenly Master has been walking the rivers and lakes for so many years, you think it is a bastard. It's okay not to invite in your name, then ~ invite in the name of this Heavenly Master. Grandma's, I'm afraid that these guys won't give face, and no one will come. ”

Delong said with a smile, "Lord Shangguan, don't be presumptuous, your face is not small, I believe that if you send out an invitation, the adults of the court will give this face." ”

"Okay, I'll send someone to the mansions later. By the way, what did Your Majesty tell you? ”

As soon as he said this, Prince Delong's face suddenly became serious, "My father told the third brother about my fight for the throne, and what my father meant was to let us compete peacefully." ”

Zhang Ruming was stunned, "How kind of peaceful competition?" Do you want your brothers to rock-paper-scissors, who wins and who takes the position. ”

Delong smiled bitterly, "This is just the hope of my father, and there is no peace in competing for the throne." I have to go to Lord Wu Guangguang's mansion, and there are some things I have to tell him. ”

The Seventh Prince Delong didn't have time to accompany Zhang Ruming here, and left the Heavenly Master Hall in a hurry. As soon as he left, Zhang Ruming hurriedly gathered the idle people and asked them to go to the major mansions to send out invitations.

In Kyoto, the people are talking about it, saying that tomorrow morning the Heavenly Master Hall will pray for His Majesty's blessing, not only distributing firewood, rice, oil and salt, but also distributing silver. For a while, people recited one after another, and the news soon spread all over the streets.

In the Xiangguo Mansion, Prince Dezhang's face was gloomy and he couldn't wring out the water. Today, the four brothers met with their father, and in front of all the brothers, his father asked him to fight fairly with the seventh brother, and he was not allowed to kill each other. As soon as he came out of the warm pavilion, the prince was so angry that he wanted to strangle Lao Qi to death on the spot. finally took the eldest and second boss down, and there was a seventh child again.

Looking at the angry Prince Dezhang, Yu Ban looked very calm. He had already expected that the Seven Princes would compete for the throne. If DeLong hadn't been appointed Generalissimo of the West, perhaps he wouldn't have had that idea. But with military power in his hands, any prince will fight.

"Prince, don't worry, everything is going according to plan. Even if there is a fight in the court, few people support Delong, what are you afraid of. Besides, even if someone supports him, the old man has made arrangements. In the battle for succession, how can there be no bloodshed. It's just that the old man is worried that after the bloodshed, the entire western border will change. It seems that these 600,000 soldiers and horses will be used in advance. Yu Ban said worriedly.

"Why, do they dare to rebel?" Dezhang said angrily.

Yu Ban smiled, and said in his heart that this Dezhang is really unbearable, and he actually asked if people would oppose it. If it weren't for the lack of a suitable candidate, Yu Ban would not have chosen to support him for the throne at all. But that's fine, the brainless emperor is easier to control.

That night, in the pavilion in the back garden of Xiangguo's Mansion, Lord Huai, who had been missing for a few days, reappeared beside Yu Ban.

"Xiangguo, the imperial doctor in the palace sent me a message, I'm afraid Your Majesty~ It's not tonight or tomorrow night, I don't know if my silver taels are ready?"

Yu Ban's heart moved, and he looked at Lord Huai, "Don't worry, what I promised you, one or two will not be less." ”

"Good! As soon as His Majesty dies, I will be responsible for Duan Lang's people. Leave! ”

Yu Ban's eyes were cold, watching the figure of Master Huai disappear, he knew that the critical moment had come.

Outside Xiangguo's mansion, Lord Huai's feet landed on the ground and he didn't take a few steps, and suddenly stopped. Lord Huai's eyes were cold, and he looked at the shadows on the opposite side.

Under the shadow stood a Miaoman's figure, it was Azhu, who was in charge of monitoring the Prime Minister's Mansion. Tonight, she found that Xiangguofu was coming in and out, and she deliberately lurked near the backyard, wanting to touch it in to see the situation. Unexpectedly, I met Lord Huai.

Lord Huai's eyes exuded a chill, since he was seen to have come to the Prime Minister's Mansion, no matter whose subordinate this person was, Lord Huai couldn't let her leave alive.

Ah Zhu was also surprised, in her message, it was impossible for Lord Huai to get too close to Yu Ban. But the facts were in front of her, and she had to believe it. She had to tell Duan Lang this news.

While the two of them looked at each other, Lord Huai took a wrong step and flashed towards Azhu's hidden place. A dark blue knife appeared in Lord Huai's hand, and Lord Huai, who rarely used his blade, was ready to kill tonight.