After entering the East Warm Pavilion, Su Bolang asked Jin Yingping to retire from the chamberlain and palace maids in the house, leaving only Jin Ying to serve Emperor Xuande in front of the warm couch, and then waved the peachwood sword and charm in his hand in the room in style, pacing back and forth with words.

Emperor Xuande lay down on the warm couch with his eyes closed, coughing slowly from time to time, he knew that his time was running out, so he hoped that Su Bolang's Dharma would buy him more time and pave the way for the crown prince to ascend the throne.

"Your Majesty, the minister has committed the crime of defrauding the king, and I hope the emperor will be gracious and forgive the minister's sins." Suddenly, Su Bolang stopped, knelt on the ground with his legs bent, and said to Emperor Xuande with his head on the ground.

"Immortal Chief, why is this?" Emperor Xuande couldn't help but open his eyes when he heard this, and looked at Su Bolang suspiciously, Jin Ying knew what he meant, so he asked Su Bolang.

"Your Majesty, the ministers brought the guilty ministers into the palace to face the saints without permission, it is really a crime that deserves death!" Su Bolang's forehead touched the ground, and he said in fear.

"Sinners?" Emperor Xuande's brows furrowed slightly, he really didn't know which criminal minister in the court had such great ability to make Su Bolang take the risk of taking him into the palace, and he couldn't help coughing and muttering to himself.

"Criminal minister Li Yuntian, knock on the emperor, long live the emperor, long live long live!" At this time, the burly middle-aged Taoist priest who had been standing behind Su Bolang suddenly knelt down, put the compass in his hand on the ground and kowtowed to Emperor Xuande.

"Town...... Zhen Guogong? Emperor Xuande's somewhat cloudy eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, and his gaze fell on the burly middle-aged Taoist priest, who was too familiar with this voice.

"Your Majesty, the criminal ministers are helpless, so they can only use this method to attack the audience, and hope that the emperor will forgive their sins." The burly middle-aged Taoist priest raised his head and removed the fake beard that was sticking to his face, it was Li Yuntian.

"Immortal...... Immortal Chief, you ...... How do you put the town ...... The soul of Zhen Guogong...... The soul is detained...... Arrested? When he saw Li Yuntian's appearance clearly, Jin Ying couldn't help but be startled, and stammered at Su Bolang.

"Your Majesty, the Duke of Zhenguo is not dead." Su Bolang hurriedly raised his head and explained.

"Not dead?" Jin Ying's eyes couldn't help but widen, looking unbelievable, but he knew that he had found a corpse with Li Yuntian's jade pendant in the cell of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion where Li Yuntian was imprisoned, the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion prison was heavily guarded, not only the soldiers of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion but also the Jinyi Guard, how could Li Yuntian run out?

"Your Majesty, the tenth lady of the guilty minister, Lord Dexin, dug through the tunnel from the Jiangwutang armory to the prison of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion on the first day of the new year, and rescued the criminal minister, and it was a military attache of the Jiangwutang who died in the fire instead of the criminal minister."

Li Yuntian knew that Emperor Xuande and Jin Ying were very puzzled and stunned by their unexpected appearance, so he explained with a stern expression, "The criminal minister originally wanted to go to the grassland with the lord of Dexin, but he thought that later there was a fire in the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion, and the minister learned a shocking news and had to attack to meet the emperor. ”

"What's the shocking news?" For some reason, Emperor Xuande's heart was like water at this time, and he looked at Li Yuntian calmly, and Li Yuntian's sudden appearance made him feel a trace of inexplicable relief in his heart.

"The criminal minister got the news that the Jinyi guards who escorted King Yue to the domain had all been killed on the way, and now it is the family of King Yue who is going to the domain, and King Yue has stayed in Gyeonggi." Li Yuntian looked up at Emperor Xuande and said solemnly.

"What?" Emperor Xuande was taken aback when he heard this, his eyes flashed with surprise, and his face became extremely ugly, he knew very well what King Yue meant staying in Gyeonggi.

"Zhen Guogong, this matter is very important, is your news accurate?" Jin Ying was also stunned by this news, and when she saw Emperor Xuande's face change greatly, she hurriedly asked.

"The bodies of those killed Jinyi guards are buried in a forest, and the emperor only needs to send someone to investigate." Li Yuntian nodded when he heard this, and said to Emperor Xuande with a solemn expression, "It's just that those people are very cautious, and the criminal ministers still don't know where they took King Yue to." ”

"Zhen Guogong, how did you know this news?" Hearing that the whereabouts of King Yue were unknown, Emperor Xuande's brows furrowed tightly, perhaps because he was nervous, he didn't cough, Jin Ying glanced at Emperor Xuande, and then asked Li Yuntian quietly.

"Your Majesty, those gangsters were frightened and frightened when they were killed by a merchant who walked the streets, and a few days ago he told President Liu of the North Zhili Branch of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, and President Liu sent someone to check and found the bodies of those Jinyi Guards, who knew that the situation was strict and did not dare to act rashly."

Li Yuntian had already prepared, and he naturally wouldn't confess Yang Yungui when he was full, so he replied in an orderly manner: "The criminal asked the county lord of Dexin to find President Liu to arrange a business trip to the grassland, and prepared to leave the capital in the business team, so President Liu informed the county lord of Dexin about this. ”

The president of the North Zhili Branch of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce is Liu Wenqing's eldest brother, with the support of Li Yuntian, Liu Wenqing's eldest brother sat on the throne of the president two years ago, Li Yuntian did this to make the forces within the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce reach a balance of power, to avoid the Chen family and the Zheng family dominating the two families, in the long run, it is easy to lead to the split of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, after all, not everyone is like Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou coexist peacefully, so he must establish a perfect system to maintain this situation.

The reason why Li Yuntian knew that King Yue was plundered away was naturally through Yang Yungui, Yang Yungui had a keen sense of the situation in the court, and when King Yue left the capital, he deliberately sent someone to follow him, but he didn't expect to find that someone had robbed King Yue halfway.

Yang Yungui, who knew about this, did not startle the snake, but privately sent someone to investigate the whereabouts of King Yue.

There are people installed by Yang Yungui in the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion, so Yang Yungui knew the news of Li Yuntian's death in the fire for the first time, and the whole person collapsed at once, without Li Yuntian, the huge intelligence network he operated would be wasted and useless, he didn't want to defect to other magnates in the court, in his opinion, no one in the court was worthy of his service.

Just when Yang Yungui borrowed wine to drown his sorrows, Li Yuntian suddenly appeared in front of him, which made Yang Yungui surprised, and told Li Yuntian about the situation in the capital during Li Yuntian's time in the prison of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion.

This made Li Yuntian sure that there must be someone in the capital behind the scenes planning a shocking conspiracy related to the future throne, and he might be in the other party's calculations, so he found Su Bolang and entered the palace to report to Emperor Xuande.

"Ahem, Zhenguo Gong, in your opinion, who in the court will be involved in the matter of King Yue?" Emperor Xuande knew that Li Yuntian would not lie to deceive him, otherwise he would not have let Emperor Xuande send someone to check the corpses of those killed Jinyi guards, and he now didn't care about how Li Yuntian knew about the robbery of King Yue, and asked with a cough after a deep groan.

"Your Majesty, the criminal minister has no clue about this matter now, so he doesn't dare to speak up." Li Yuntian bowed to Emperor Xuande with a stern expression, and he had very little information at hand, so he could not answer Emperor Xuande's question.

"If the crown prince and the king of Yue compete for the throne, who do you think has a better chance of winning?" Emperor Xuande's brows furrowed, and he looked at Li Yuntian quietly, coughing slightly in his mouth.

"The crown prince is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, so naturally the crown prince will ascend the throne." Li Yuntian did not hesitate at all, and said solemnly.

"If the civil and military officials in the capital are like you think, then I will be at ease." Emperor Xuande couldn't help but show a smile on the corner of his mouth when he heard this, Li Yuntian's answer was in his expectation, as the prince's teacher, Li Yuntian would obviously support the prince's success.

"Your Majesty, the criminal minister escaped from the prison of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion without permission, and has committed the crime of defrauding the king, please punish the emperor!" Li Yuntian glanced at Emperor Xuande, then turned his head to the ground and pleaded guilty to Emperor Xuande.

The reason why Li Yuntian has been calling himself a criminal minister is because when he followed Su Bolang into the palace, the court trial in the hall of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion was still in progress, and he escaped from the prison of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion and committed the crime of defrauding the king, so he called himself a criminal minister.

"Zhen Guogong, I am very relieved that you were able to escape with your life after being framed, what is the crime?" Emperor Xuande couldn't help coughing violently when he heard this, so panicked that Jin Ying hurriedly stepped forward and patted him on the back, and after a while, Emperor Xuande smiled and said to Li Yuntian, looking extremely haggard.

"Thank you for your kindness." Li Yuntian raised his head to thank Emperor Xuande, and when he noticed Emperor Xuande's weak complexion, his expression couldn't help but darken, it seemed that Emperor Xuande had now reached the end of his strong crossbow, and there was not much time left.

"Zhenguo Gong, you have made great contributions to the enthronement of the first emperor and me, I hope you will not disappoint me when the crown prince ascends the throne." Emperor Xuande groaned for a moment, his expression became stern, and he said to Li Yuntian while coughing.

"The emperor can rest assured, the ministers will definitely assist the prince to ascend the throne." When Li Yuntian heard this, he bowed his hand to Emperor Xuande and replied in a deep voice.

"The proposed purpose, since it has been ascertained that the Duke of Zhenguo was framed by thieves in the case of the musket in the Bafang Warehouse, he immediately reinstated himself as an official and was appointed as the young master of the crown prince." The expression on Emperor Xuande's face became relaxed when he heard this, and he issued an edict to Jin Ying, who was standing beside the bed.

"Your Majesty, at this time, the enemy is dark and I am clear, and the minister thinks that it is better for the minister to hide in the shadows and secretly investigate the mastermind behind the scenes." Without waiting for Jin Ying to respond, Li Yuntian spoke.

"Okay, just as you say." Emperor Xuande was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then laughed happily, his smile was full of relief, and his expression became relaxed.

There are very few courtiers like Li Yuntian who are not attached to power and are willing to serve the prince, and most importantly, Li Yuntian's fate is in the hands of Emperor Xuande.

In fact, Emperor Xuande did not fully believe Li Yuntian in his heart, but suspected that the fire in the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion was caused by Li Yuntian's old maze, and the matter of King Yue was also false, in order to deceive his trust and get out of the arquebus case in the Bafang Warehouse.

At this point, Emperor Xuande knew that he had lost the opportunity to get rid of Li Yuntian, and since Li Yuntian dared to enter the palace, it meant that the back road had been arranged, and he had to choose to believe Li Yuntian.

Now that Li Yuntian has taken the initiative to investigate the case behind the scenes, then his fate is in the hands of Emperor Xuande, and since Emperor Xuande now knows Li Yuntian's whereabouts, then Li Yuntian's fate will be tied to one of his edicts, and he can decide Li Yuntian's fate according to Li Yuntian's future appearance.

If what Li Yuntian said was true, and King Yue really came back to fight for the throne, then Emperor Xuande's edict would restore Li Yuntian's official position, and if Li Yuntian lied, then Emperor Xuande's edict would immediately take his life.

In other words, Emperor Xuande will prepare two edicts with different contents for Li Yuntian, and which edict will be announced will depend on the situation in the court in the future.

After a cup of tea, Su Bolang led Li Yuntian out of Dongnuan Pavilion, and Empress Dowager Zhang, Empress Hu, and Empress Sun hurriedly came to visit.

To the surprise of the Empress Dowager Zhang, after Su Bolang's blessing, Emperor Xuande's spirit improved a lot, leaning on the bed and talking and laughing with them, it seems that Su Bolang does have some real skills.

Jin Ying, who was standing on the side and waiting, had a gloomy look on his face, he knew very well what Su Bolang's so-called blessing was, and Emperor Xuande's current appearance can only be described in four words, that is, - return to the light, which means that Emperor Xuande has reached the point of running out of oil and running out of lights, and he can't last long.