Zhou Tianpeng took the crumpled note from Zhou Shuntian's hand and looked down.

"Where did you get this note? Or who gave it to you?"

Zhou Tianpeng took the note in his hand and asked coldly.

Zhou Shunhao looked at the note in Zhou Tianpeng's hand and was puzzled.

"Could it be that someone is informing? Tell Zhou Shuntian that I want to assassinate him? Impossible, who is the informant? This makes no sense. Those are the people who know about it. Except for Li Beixiang and his servant, there was only one person. But that person had already been killed when Zhou Shuntian attacked me. Could it be Li Beixiang? But it's also impossible. ”

Zhou Shunhao pinched his chin and squinted his eyes, he really couldn't understand who told the secret.

Zhou Shuntian wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and said: "One day at noon, I was sitting in the hall eating, and suddenly an arrow was shot. The note was packed in a bamboo tube and tied to an arrow. ”

Zhou Tianpeng looked at the note, suddenly slapped the table, and scolded loudly: "Confused, you are so stupid." I really can't understand why you can be stupid like that, you are a pig. You're stupider than a pig, it's obviously a trick from someone else, and you're stupid to jump into it. ”

"What? how is it possible?" Zhou Shuntian was stunned for a moment and exclaimed.

Zhou Tianpeng walked up to Zhou Shuntian, lifted a kick and kicked directly on Zhou Shuntian's shoulder.

"Hmph, to say you're a stupid pig is to lift you up. You're stupider than a stupid pig! You can't even see such an obvious counter-plot?"

Zhou Shunhao sat next to him, looking at this scene, and said in his heart: "Could it be that this is really just a coincidence?

"Hmph, I don't even know what to say about you. You say that you are so stupid, how dare I hand over these thousands of miles to you with peace of mind. From now on, you will give me a good stay at home, and I am not allowed to go, when I understand this, when I will go out again. Zhou Tianpeng threw the piece of paper in his hand directly to the ground, and then turned around.

Zhou Shuntian knelt on the ground, his face flushed, and from Zhou Tianpeng's words, he heard some unusual sounds.

"This throne is mine, and my father is going to make me the crown prince. Zhou Shuntian endured his excitement, kowtowed respectfully, and then retreated.

"Fourth, you should go out too. I want to be quiet for a while!" Zhou Tianpeng rubbed his hair and said weakly.

Zhou Tianpeng is now in his seventies, and it stands to reason that this age is not too big for a martial artist, but when he was young, he once injured his foundation, so Zhou Tianpeng, who is now in his seventies, is like those old people who are more than 100 years old.

After Zhou Shunhao and Zhou Shuntian walked out of the imperial study, Zhou Tianpeng sat on the dragon chair dejectedly.

"Your Majesty, it's time to take medicine!" Xiao Anzi walked out with a bowl of black medicine and put it on the table.

Zhou Tianpeng picked up the medicine and drank it directly.

Zhou Tianpeng wiped the remaining medicine on his beard and said, "Xiao Anzi, what did the imperial doctor say?"

"Your Majesty, the slave doesn't dare to speak!" Xiao Anzi hurriedly knelt on the ground.

Zhou Tianpeng helped Xiao Anzi up and said, "I ordered you to say!"

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid time is running out, the imperial doctor of the Tai Hospital said, Your Majesty, this is a recurrence of an old injury, coupled with so many years of hard work, it has accumulated into a disease, and it has been on the foundation, if you don't take care of it, I'm afraid, I'm afraid it's ......" Xiao Anzi's face was pale and he kept kowtowing.

To say such a thing in front of an emperor is a great rebellion. No emperor, no matter what kind of emperor he did, he didn't like to hear such words. Who doesn't want to live forever. Who doesn't want to rule over all peoples?

"Hehe, what are you afraid of, I won't kill you!" Zhou Tianpeng looked at Xiao Anzi who kept kowtowing, and said jokingly.

"In these thousands of miles, there will be a new master after all. Xiao Anzi, who of my four sons are suitable to be emperors?"

Xiao Anzi's head shook like a rattle, "The slave doesn't know, the slave doesn't know anything about this kind of military affairs, and the slave will only serve the emperor." ”

"Haha, you're a faithful person. Zhou Tianpeng twisted the beard on his chin and said lightly: "The boss is scheming, he thinks what others say, and he never knows what he thinks about the problem." As for the second child, the whole person is gloomy all day long, and I don't know what I'm thinking in my head. It always gives people a sense of gloom. Needless to say, he doesn't like this kind of intrigue life. As for the fourth, he is weak and has no opinions. It's worse than the boss. Alas, what a headache. ”

..................

The night gradually covered the earth, and Li Beixiang and Lao Chai stayed in the mansion of the four princes.

"Two, the situation is not good, my father intends to make the eldest prince the crown prince. The fourth prince walked around the house anxiously.

Li Beixiang asked, "How do you say it?"

"Today in the imperial study, my father said directly to the eldest prince, you are like this, how can I hand over this country to you with peace of mind. Don't you understand this? I want to make the eldest prince the crown prince! If this eldest prince becomes the crown prince, then won't I be finished?" The fourth prince was extremely anxious at this time.

"Your Highness, there is no need to be so alarmed. All this has not yet been settled, and I don't think the eldest prince may be able to become the crown prince. Li Beixiang frowned.

The fourth prince's eyes lit up and said, "How do you say this?"

"Your Highness, think about it, if you make the eldest prince the crown prince, even if you can rest assured. But can the second prince feel at ease? The strength of the second prince is about the same as that of the eldest prince, and now the mother of the second prince is the queen of the dynasty, and this queen lady blows the pillow wind in His Majesty's ears every day, do you think the second prince has no chance?" Li Beixiang said thoughtfully.

"But what does this have to do with me? This prince is either the eldest prince or the second prince, so it won't be my turn. No matter which of them becomes the crown prince, I will not end well at that time. The fourth prince frowned.

Li Beixiang looked at the four princes with a panicked face and said: "This is not necessarily, as long as His Royal Highness can jump up the contradiction between the two of them and let them fight together, it may not be impossible to fish in troubled waters." The two of them didn't fight well before, so His Highness should fill the fire for them at this time and let them die together. Only in this way can greater benefits be obtained. ”

"Your Highness, you just need to go up like this and this tomorrow morning, and then do this!" Li Beixiang leaned into the ear of the fourth prince and whispered.

The fourth prince's eyes lit up and he shouted: "Okay, just follow your method." ”

The night was getting deeper, and the butter candle in the prince's study burned quietly, illuminating the whole house.

The eldest prince sat on a chair, looked at Sun Wenjie, who was sitting opposite him, and said, "Mr. Sun, do you say that my father wants to make me the crown prince?"

Sun Wenjie flashed his goose feather fan lightly and said, "Judging from what His Majesty said, I think it is very likely that His Royal Highness will be appointed as the crown prince." ”

"Really, sir, thinks so?" the eldest prince jumped up excitedly.

The next day, before dawn, the morning bell rang from the palace.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty gathered at the palace ticket and waited quietly.

"Go to court!"

The palace door slowly opened with a shout.

Manchu civil and military officials rushed in.

In this early dynasty, the eldest prince and the fourth prince also had to participate.

The eldest prince stood directly in front of the civil and military officials, and on his left was the second prince Zhou Shunchen, and on the right was the fourth prince Zhou Shunhao.

"Your Majesty has arrived!" A sharp voice sounded in the Taiji Palace, and then Zhou Tianpeng, who was wearing the crown, came slowly surrounded by eunuchs.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" The civil and military officials shouted three times and bowed three times.

"Zhong Aiqing is flat!" Zhou Tianpeng sat on the dragon chair, stretched out his hand, and helped him weakly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Civil and military officials stood up.

"There is a book to play, but there is no book to retreat!" an elderly eunuch standing next to Zhou Tianpeng shouted loudly.

"Father, my son has something to play. As soon as the eunuch's voice fell, the fourth prince Zhou Shunhao took the wat board and stood up.

"What is there to do with these four princes? Could it be because of the assassination incident? But wasn't he all called by His Majesty to go to the imperial study yesterday? Could it be that this matter has not been resolved?"

"Who knows, let's just watch a good show, what do we care about so much?"

For a time, there was a lot of discussion about the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty.

Zhou Tianpeng frowned, looked at the fourth prince, and said, "Fourth, what do you have to do?"

"The son asks his father to set up a crown prince as soon as possible to stabilize the country!"

"Huh!"

As soon as the fourth prince's voice fell, those civil and military officials exploded. They looked at the four princes kneeling on the ground in disbelief, their mouths wide open, and they couldn't speak in horror.

If such a statement is uttered by a minister, there is nothing surprising to be had. can be replaced by a prince, that is a taboo.

What do you make the emperor think about canonizing the crown prince so early? Do you mean that the emperor will not live long?

I'm afraid no emperor wants to hear such words, right?

Everyone looked at the four princes kneeling on the ground, as if they had seen the angry emperor scolding the four princes.

Unfortunately, the imaginary anger did not come.

Zhou Tianpeng looked at the four princes with a flat face and said, "Why did you suddenly say this?"

"Boom!"

The minds of the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu boomed, they really couldn't figure it out this time. In the past, as long as someone proposed to set up a crown prince, without exception, the emperor would spray a dog's blood. But this time, it was a prince who proposed, and His Majesty was not angry. What does this mean? This shows that His Majesty wants to make a crown prince.

Everyone's minds were restless, and they looked at the four princes kneeling on the ground, their eyes flashing with a strange light.

"Hehe, fourth, is it possible that you want to be this prince?" Zhou Tianpeng said jokingly.

"No, father, how can his son, He De, be the crown prince. It was only for the sake of my Tianyin Sect's national plan that he begged his father to set up a crown prince as soon as possible to consolidate the country's foundation. "The four princes are righteous and righteous.

"Then that's weird, since you don't want to be the prince, then why do you want me to make the prince? Who do you think is the right person to be this prince?"

"Erchen thinks it's very suitable for the second brother to be this prince!"