"Spare your life?" Zhang Yan was even more suspicious, "This palace asked you to talk about the emperor's illness, what kind of life do you spare?" ”

"Queen Mother," Li Sheng looked around, but did not see the little eunuch, "The Queen Mother has circumvented the life of the minister, and the minister dares to say." ”

"Okay, you say." Zhang Yan had a hunch and felt that her scalp was numb. It was with great difficulty for her to stabilize her figure, "This palace won't blame you." ”

"Queen Mother, the day of the emperor's big trip is not far away! The queen should prepare early. Li Shengzhi glanced at Zhang Yan, then buried his head again, he didn't dare to look at Zhang Yan's eyes again.

"What did you say?" The petite Zhang Yan stepped forward and grabbed Li Sheng's collar, "You dare to curse the emperor?" ”

"How dare a slave curse the emperor and deceive the queen?" Li Sheng was so frightened that he was about to cry, "The hospital was diagnosed ten days ago, and Grandpa Wei already knew." ”

Zhang Yan let go of her little hand weakly, her eyes suddenly became empty, and her mind was blank. After a long time, he returned to Zhu Youxiao's dormitory in a daze.

Zhu Youxiao is still asleep. Zhang Yan sent away all the little eunuchs and sat alone at the head of Zhu Youxiao's bed, carefully examining Zhu Youxiao's face.

Zhu Youxiao's eye sockets were slightly sunken, and his face was also a little deformed. Zhang Yan stretched out her index finger and gently stroked Zhu Youxiao's face, and couldn't help but be startled: the concave point that the finger unintentionally pressed down did not recover.

The puffiness of the face is a symbol of the end of life.

Zhang Yan believed Li Sheng's words at this time, and she scolded in her heart: This Wei Eunuch actually concealed the emperor's illness from the palace.

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Wei Mansion, Inner Study.

Wei Zhongxian sat alone on the jujube wood chair in the main seat. Ever since he was convinced that the day of the emperor's reign was not far off, he had been thinking about the question of the heir to the throne. Zhu Youxiao has no heirs, and the most likely person to inherit the throne is Zhu Youzhen, but judging from Zhu Youzhen's recent series of actions, I am afraid that it is not as difficult to control as Zhu Youxiao who ignores the government and politics.

"Nine thousand years old, people are coming." The butler knocked lightly on the door.

"Let him in!" Wei Zhongxian's voice was very dark, and it was very terrifying in this empty inner room.

"Yes, nine thousand years old." The housekeeper retreated, and a man flashed out of the door, tall, sturdy, with eagle eyebrows and tiger nose, not angry and arrogant.

The housekeeper took the door and went out, and the person who came knelt down in front of Wei Zhongxian's seat: "The child greets his father." ”

"Ergeng, get up!" Wei Zhongxian's tone was as soft as possible.

"Yes, Father." Tian Ergeng sat down on a low chair.

"Ergeng, sit closer. Let our family take a good look at you. Wei Zhongxian's sharp voice pierced the air in the quiet room.

Tian Ergeng had to move his seat and sit down in front of Wei Zhongxian in five steps. Five steps is a safe distance, and non-descendants are not allowed to approach. He looked at Wei Zhongxian and didn't know which one Wei Zhongxian was playing tonight.

"Ergeng, how does our family treat you on weekdays?" Wei Zhongxian said coldly.

The atmosphere tonight is getting more and more unusual, Tian Ergeng doesn't know what's wrong, he wants to see how things develop first. "The father treats the child like a mountain, and everything the child is given by the father."

Chung-hyun finally smiled, and in the dim candlelight, his big white teeth looked particularly eerie. "Can Er Geng know that the emperor's dragon body is not safe?"

"Back to my father, the child knows a little, but he doesn't know the details." Tian Ergeng hadn't seen the emperor for a long time, and of course he didn't know that the emperor was terminally ill.

"Ergeng, tell me, if the emperor has a case, our family is saying if, then who will inherit the throne?" Wei Zhongxian's big white fangs continued to gloomily plough the fields.

This question is too big, Tian Ergeng thought for a while, "The emperor has no heirs, and there is only one of the nearest clan relatives, and he must be the king of letters." Tian Ergeng was secretly frightened, although Wei Zhongxian repeatedly covered it up, but from his words, he could still hear that the emperor's body must be not good. As the leader of the emperor's pro-army, he didn't know that Wei Zhongxian's message was so closed.

"If King Xin ascends the throne, how will it compare with the current emperor?" Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but think about it.

"It's hard to say." Tian Ergeng did a Tai Chi, but found that Wei Zhongxian's gloomy big white teeth were gone, and his face showed a dissatisfaction, so he hurriedly added: "King Xin is good at commanding troops and resourceful. I'm afraid the good days of my generation are coming to an end. ”

Wei Zhongxian was satisfied: "Ergeng, can the king of the side line inherit the unification?" ”

Tian Ergeng immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and he vaguely understood the reason why Wei Zhongxian summoned him. "Father, the courtiers are very orthodox, if you choose other county kings, unless you ......" He didn't dare to continue.

Wei Zhongxian looked at him encouragingly: "Ergeng, there are only you and me here, father and son, don't worry about it, just say it boldly." ”

Tian Ergeng stiffened: "Unless...... Unless the king is dead. ”

Wei Zhongxian smiled again, "Er Geng, you are the commander of the Jinyi Guard, do you have a way?" ”

Damn it! It really made me assassinate King Shin.

Tian Ergeng quickly calculated in his mind that this matter was just a verbal agreement between himself and Wei Zhongxian, and there was no one to testify. If the assassination fails, in the future, King Xin will inherit the unification, and he will be guilty of destroying the family; Even if he succeeds and the new monarch ascends the throne, he wants to clear up the involvement in the death of King Xin, and he can't help but thoroughly investigate it.

At that time, people would not be grateful that they had assassinated King Shin and cleared the way for his ascension to the throne. Under pressure from the courtiers, he will thoroughly investigate the murderer no matter what. Will Wei Zhongxian hand himself over in order to invite credit from the new monarch?

Tian Ergeng's back was already soaked, which was different from the last time he assassinated Zhu Youzhen. Last time, Zhu Youzhen was just a dispensable prince, as long as Wei Zhongxian could persuade Zhu Youxiao, as long as Zhu Youxiao did not pursue it, no one would talk about his death. But now Zhu Youzhen is the de facto prince, and his life and death are related to the future of the Ming Dynasty.

Tian Ergeng has already made a decision, desperately to make Wei Zhongxian scold, and if this Jinyi guard is not in proper command, he must not assassinate Zhu Youzhen, and cause himself to be killed or even destroyed.

Wei Zhongxian was already waiting impatiently, and anger had replaced his big white teeth: "Er Geng, what do you think?" ”

"The child listens to his father in everything." Once Tian Ergeng has made up his mind and settled down in his heart, Tai Chi, he will still be able to play.

"Bastard! I'm asking for your opinion. Wei Zhongxian is really annoyed, usually for the sake of promotion and silver, fathers and godfathers drop the chain at a critical moment. Do you want me to bear the charge of Shijun?

Tian Ergeng was frightened, kneeling in front of Wei Zhongxian's chair, and he didn't dare to come out, but he just kowtowed vigorously, and his kowtow could be heard in the entire study.

"Get up, useless thing." Wei Zhongxian's tone softened, "If the fifth child ascends the throne, can you have your good fruit to eat?" ”

"Father, the child is not a general, and the child really doesn't know about the future development. Everything for the child depends on the support of the father. Tian Ergeng danced Tai Chi more roundly.

"Then our family asked you to assassinate the fifth child, are you sure?" Wei Zhongxian still didn't give up, his body leaned forward as much as possible, as if he wanted to see through Tian Ergeng's inner thoughts, "If you succeed, our family can let you be the chief soldier of a province." That's the sky is high and the emperor is far away, so you don't have to look at other people's faces. ”

Slap your face first, and then give a sweet date. Wei Zhongxian sees people's hearts very thoroughly. These people around him, aren't they for profit? If it weren't for the temptation of profit, who would want to follow him as a eunuch?

"Father, these brocade guards under the child, my father also knows that it is almost the same as a civil official and a common man. And King Shin not only has 300 soldiers of the special combat team around him, but also lives in the barracks, and the children are ......."

"Get out! Get lost! Get lost! The farther you roll, the better. Wei Zhongxian was angry, got up from the chair, kicked Tian Ergeng hard, and pointed at Tian Ergeng's nose and scolded: "Our family really raised you for nothing." ”

Tian Ergeng crawled and found the door: "The child said goodbye to his father." Then he ran out of the Wei Mansion with a puff of smoke.

Kunning Palace, Zhang Yan is also suffering.

The day of the emperor's big trip is not far away, this is the result of the collective diagnosis of the Tai Hospital, and there will generally be no misdiagnosis, otherwise the first one of the Tai Doctors will not be able to save the first one.

Zhang Yan's headache is that the emperor has no heirs, so this inheritance of the unification is troublesome.

Zhu Youxiao is still good to Zhang Yan, no matter how Wei Zhongxian and Ke Yingyue advocate Zhang Yan, but Zhu Youxiao has always respected Zhang Yan, the mother of the country, and maintained Zhang Yan's safety everywhere. The concubines in the harem were forced to death by Wei Zhongxian and Ke Yingyue by falsely transmitting the holy decree, but they didn't dare to touch Zhang Yan and her hair.

Although Zhu Youxiao has not been to Kunning Palace for more than a year, in the harem where there are many beauties and beauties are like mustard, widowhood and widowhood are common, even the queen is no exception.

Zhang Yan paced restlessly around Kunning Palace. She had long thought of Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, this was the closest person to her in the palace besides Zhu Youxiao, and Zhu Youxiao's only younger brother. But Zhu Youzhen is far away in Shaanxi, can he come back safely? Will Wei Zhongxian intercept him halfway?

Zhang Yan thought of Zhu Youzhen's assassination last time, Zhu Youzhen at that time could retreat with his whole body, and today's Zhu Youzhen has a certain amount of military power. If Zhu Youzhen can't even save his own life, even if he becomes the emperor, he will be a puppet of Wei Zhongxian and his gang.

How to let Zhu Youzhen secretly return to Beijing? The key departments of the imperial court are all Wei Zhongxian's people, if the imperial court is asked to inform Zhu Youzhen, Wei Zhongxian must know that he will send someone to assassinate Zhu Youzhen halfway. She thought about it for a long time, and finally thought of someone.

Zhang Yan took two palace maids, and she also wore the clothes of palace maids, and secretly walked out of the palace from Kunning Gate.

There was silence in the palace of King Xin. Since Zhu Youzhen went to Shaanxi, Zhou Yufeng has closed the door, and all idle people have entered and exited through the side door.

"Mother, let's open the door!" The palace maid who accompanied Zhang Yan naturally couldn't let Zhang Yan enter through the side door.

"No, we must keep a low profile, who knows if there are Wei Zhongxian's people watching around this Xin Wangfu." Zhang Yan took the palace maid into the palace of King Xin from the side door.

"Slave maid see queen mother." Zhou Yufeng didn't know that Zhang Yan suddenly arrived, and hurriedly saluted.

"Wind, get up." Zhang Yan chuckled, "King Xin is fighting for the country in Shaanxi, how is Feng'er doing?" ”

"Back to the queen, everything is fine with the slave maid." Zhou Yufeng saluted again.

"Feng'er, don't be polite, I'm going to go to your inner room to see if Feng'er is really doing well." Zhang Yan gestured with her eyes, and the two palace maids who followed her automatically retreated.

Zhou Yufeng saw it and knew that the queen had something to say, so he also asked his palace maid to step down.

Zhang Yan followed Zhou Yufeng to her dormitory, and saw that there was no one around: "Feng'er, it's convenient to talk here." ”

"The queen can rest assured, there is no third person here." Zhou Yufeng closed the door casually.

Zhang Yan whispered, and Zhou Yufeng was shocked: "Queen Mother, this ......"

"Time is running out, Feng'er must not make a mistake. I can't stay here long and leave. ”

"Yes, the queen mother, the slave will do it."

After Zhang Yan left, Zhou Yufeng thought for a moment, wrote a line of small words on the white paper, and then called Xu Yingyuan: "The stakes are very high, Yingyuan, you go to the military academy immediately, and you must see Zhou Wenqi himself." ”