Chapter 4: Each has a ghost

Seeing Yaheng's respectful attitude, Liu Zhao smiled with satisfaction, and after a while, as if he had suddenly realized, he looked at the gathering place of the ministers, searched for it, and found that there was no prince figure, and suddenly his stunned feelings were overflowing, and he asked exaggeratedly:

"Why haven't you seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, my dearest brother?"

Yaheng bowed his head in response and replied lightly:

"The old minister is also just here."

Liu Zhao snorted coldly, and said in a strange manner:

"The prince is too lazy! I don't know what to do every day, even major events such as the last dynasty are delayed, I don't know if I am dissatisfied with my father, or discouraged because of gossip, the prince is so sluggish and negative, how can the future be good! ”

Liu Zhao said that, his brows furrowed deeply, he sighed for a long time, and his face was full of pain, as if he was worried about the future of the country.

When Yaheng heard the words "gossip", his heart was shocked, his face changed, and he returned to his usual life, and said with a smile:

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has always come early, but he has not arrived today, maybe there is something involved and delayed."

Hearing Yaheng's intention to maintain, Liu Zhao's face was full of displeasure, sneered, and said:

"What can stumble him, doesn't he boast of being diligent and down-to-earth every day? Even a routine morning court came so late, hum, Prime Minister, do you think he is inconsistent in his words and deeds, deceiving his superiors and subordinates? ”

Yaheng was just about to answer, when he heard a familiar voice behind him ringing in his ears:

"Second brother, isn't it appropriate to make jokes about me behind my back?"

Hearing Liu Rui's voice, Liu Zhao's face suddenly became gloomy.

The prince glanced at Liu Zhao deeply, smiled faintly, turned around and saluted Prime Minister Yaheng, and said respectfully:

"The prime minister worked day and night when his father was sick, and it was quite hard, and the empire had a prime minister, and the country was very lucky, the society was very lucky, and the people were very happy!"

Yaheng's eyes flashed with a strange light, and he returned the salute respectfully to Liu Rui, and said in a low voice:

"This is the old minister's business, it should be like this, I really don't dare to praise it."

Liu Zhao saw that the two of them were aside, and his words were even more polite, and he said directly to the prince:

"Brother came late enough today, since my father was sick, I have been worried, so that I can't sleep at night, even my son Wu Xiufeng is anxious day and night, sleepless all night, I can't wait for my father's illness, today I heard that my father's dragon body is a little calm, opened the morning dynasty, the joy in my heart, indescribable, no matter how difficult it is to sleep, it is to come early, I just hope to be able to see the holy face early, in order to seek peace of mind."

After that, he turned his head to Yaheng and smiled:

"Presumably the prime minister is the same, his concern for my father is like my heart, which is like someone, who slept soundly in the house for a long time before he left to come, I don't know if there is still a health and safety of my father in my heart."

After hearing this, Yaheng lowered his head and said again and again:

"Don't dare, don't dare."

The prince smiled bitterly, without hesitation, and replied with a face full of shame:

"There are a lot of chores these days, I am busy until midnight every day, I never thought that I slept for so long today, I came in a hurry all the way, it was much later than the second brother, I was really scared and ashamed, I couldn't help myself!"

Yaheng smiled faintly and replied:

"It's also just raining, this morning is much cooler than usual, and it's normal to get up late, Your Highness don't blame yourself too much."

Liu Zhao snorted coldly and said:

"It's also raining and cold, why did the prime minister get up so early?"

Yaheng looked at Liu Rui, then at Liu Zhao, and was silent for a while before calmly replying:

"The old minister is old, and he wakes up naturally every night to the fourth watch, and he can't sleep if he wants to.

When the two of them heard this, they both laughed, and the laughter was loud, attracting the attention of the surrounding ministers.

In the eyes of others, these three people are very happy and intimate, but who can hear that in this loud laughter, there is a coldness, mixed with it.

After laughing for a while, Yaheng diverted the topic and said:

"Your Majesty has been out of action for three consecutive days due to illness until yesterday, I don't know how it is today?"

Liu Zhao glanced at the prince and said with a smile:

"My father summoned me to the palace yesterday, and my complexion has almost recovered, and he told me that I will definitely go to the court today, and the prime minister can rest assured."

Before Yaheng could speak, Liu Rui's eyes flashed next to him, a look of relief and joy appeared on his face, and he smiled from the side:

"That's great."

Ya Heng glanced at the two thoughtfully, nodded, and fell silent.

Liu Zhao looked at the crown prince, only to see a sincere look on his upright face, and couldn't help but curse in his heart, but he still smiled and said:

"The prime minister doesn't have to worry, his father is the lord of the world, but he is ill occasionally, and there is no big problem, the Han Kingdom still needs to rely on him to control the overall situation, if you want someone to sit in the world, I am afraid that the society will not be guaranteed, besides, who will inherit the unification in the future, the father did not make it clear, the position of the prince is just a false name, and it will not help, but the father will definitely set up another candidate for the sake of the people and the country, presumably the prime minister knows it."

Yaheng's heart froze, his brows furrowed slightly, he didn't dare to answer, he coughed lightly, took advantage of the situation to look left and right, and said strangely:

"It's strange, I haven't seen the Hundred Lord General today, and at this time on weekdays, he has already arrived."

The prince was too lazy to argue with Liu Zhao, so he took over Yaheng's topic and replied:

"Yes, the Hundred Lord General is never too late."

Liu Zhao's eyes flashed, and he was about to speak, when he found that the two of them were looking behind him, he hurriedly turned around and looked at the inner hall of the palace.

The gate opened with a creaking sound, and an imperial coercion came to the pavement, and everyone fell to their knees and shouted long live.

The personal eunuch beside the emperor, Shun Gonggong, walked out of the palace and the side door with his head bowed.

I saw him go to the top of the steps, and when he saw the eyes of the people in unison, he preached aloud:

"Today, His Majesty's Eucharist is ill, the early dynasty is temporarily exempted, if you have something, you will submit the chapter, and I will transfer it to the Holy One, if there is nothing to do, please go back, Your Majesty's will, although the country and the people have been safe recently, but it has been raining heavily for several days, I am afraid that there will be disasters, and everyone will be bothered to worry more, worry about the people, and rest assured about political affairs."

After hearing this, everyone shouted long live, and after the salute, they were just about to turn around and leave, but before they could take a step, they heard the voice of Shun Gonggong again:

"Prime Minister stays, Your Majesty has a decree to invite you to enter the palace."

Ya Heng smiled apologetically at the two princes on the left and right, raised his feet and walked forward, Liu Zhao couldn't hold back, and asked loudly:

"Father-in-law Shun, does my father have a will for me to enter the palace with the prime minister?"

Father-in-law Shun had already walked down from the top of the steps, and waited for the prime minister to pass over, hearing Liu Zhao's question, he hurriedly raised his head and answered:

"His Majesty only proclaimed the prime minister, and there was no other will."

Liu Zhao sighed in disappointment, and in a blink of an eye, he found that the group of ministers standing far away, their eyes were full of mockery, his anger came up, and he just wanted to be angry and scolded, but the words of his wife Wu Xiufeng sounded in his mind:

"Liu Zhao, you have a quick temper, you have to change it, now is a critical moment, you can't let the ministers of the DPRK lose confidence in you."

Thinking of this, Liu Zhao smiled at the minister opposite, and that smile was as bright as the sun.

When Yaheng walked into the palace under the guidance of his attendants, he found that the emperor was reclining on the dragon chair, and his majestic face showed a sickly flush.

Opposite the emperor was a tall man wearing a hat, and the five imperial doctors of the court stood respectfully behind him, bowing their heads solemnly.

Ya Heng subconsciously glanced at him, feeling that his figure was a little familiar, and after a while, his body shook, and just as he was about to speak, he heard the emperor smile bitterly:

"Yes, he is the Lord of the Hundred, he was blinded and disfigured by a female assassin last night, and from now on, I am afraid that I will never be able to work with you again."

Yaheng frowned, stared at the hundred masters for a while, was inexplicably frightened in his heart, hesitated for a while, and said:

"Did you find it? Who did it? ”

The emperor's pupils contracted, his fists clenched, and he gasped a few times, as if he wanted to suppress the anger in his heart, and after a while, he raised his head again and said coldly:

"Who else but my precious son would do such a poisonous act to the important ministers of the state!"

Yaheng was startled, his body trembled, and he subconsciously blurted out:

"I don't know which prince it is?"

The voice of the hundred masters behind him came:

"According to the assassins, it was His Highness Liu Zhao who did it."

The hundred masters were seriously injured, and it seemed that even their vocal cords were burned by boiling water, and they sounded hoarse:

Yaheng frowned and exclaimed:

"Why did the second prince attack the general? Moreover, the General's Mansion has always been well guarded, and His Majesty added an elite guard the day before yesterday, how did the assassins succeed? Where is she now? Did you catch it? ”

The emperor's eyes flickered, and there was a look of pain on his always calm face that could not be concealed, and he looked at the important ministers of the country who were suffering greatly in front of him, his hands were clenched into fists, and after a while, he shook his head and said coldly:

"The assassin is extraordinary, highly skilled in martial arts, and extremely familiar with the terrain of the General's Mansion, knows the specific location of the study, and even knows the time and patrol route of the night guard shifts, and even the elite operation I arranged knows it clearly, hehe, if it wasn't my precious son's doing, I don't believe it."

Ya Heng frowned, and he already knew in his heart that the assassination had nothing to do with the prince, but it was too hasty to conclude that it was arranged by Liu Zhao based on the assassin's words alone.

He pondered for a long time, but after all, he didn't have any idea, so he had to turn his head and ask the imperial doctor:

"Doctors, how is the condition of the Hundred Lord Generals?"

The imperial physician at the head took a step forward and replied respectfully:

"Prime Minister Qiqi, the general's face was burned by boiling water, his eyes were damaged, and it was difficult to regain his sight, and the boiling water flowed all over the world, scalding his face, and the scars left behind could not be removed, the general was seriously injured, and he needed to prescribe medicine for treatment during this period of time, and recuperate calmly, otherwise he might have trouble with his name, and there was no big problem in other places, and it would be good to recuperate for a few days."

Ya Heng sighed after hearing this, stared at the face of the hundred masters with a hat, shook his head, and said no more.

The emperor took a deep breath, beckoned to Xiao Shunzi, and said coldly:

"Today's events must not be revealed in half a way."

Father-in-law Shun hurriedly nodded yes, and after saluting him, he turned around and walked out of the hall.

After a while, more than a dozen armored guards poured in from outside the hall like a tide.

Soon, the sound of begging for mercy in the whole palace was endless, but it was also gradually moving away, and slowly, it was no longer heard.

In the hall, Yaheng looked worried, and said:

"Your Highness, kill these imperial doctors, I'm afraid that there will be no one to treat the eye disease of the Hundred Lord Generals."

The emperor's eyes narrowed slightly, and he sneered:

"The prime minister is too worried, the world is a big country, can't he find a doctor who can save his life? These people know too much, and keeping them is not good for the empire. ”

Yaheng bowed respectfully and said:

"Yes."

After speaking, the hall fell into a strange silence again.