Regarding this point, Zhu Rui has his own conjectures: "I'm afraid that His Royal Highness has other plans, and when he needs it in the future, he will push these Jianghu people out as shields and substitute for the dead ghosts." As long as no one notices that he is the master who takes in these people, and others find out that these two Jianghu people are from the old part of the Cao family's army in the southwest, I am afraid that the matter will be counted on the Cao family. ”

"Are you saying that His Royal Highness intends to entrap such a manpower in order to use them to frame the crown prince and the Cao family one day?!" King Yan pondered for a moment, "It's not impossible. It's just that...... What exactly does the Third Highness plan to do? ”

Zhu Rui said: "What are the plans of the Third Highness, the son can't see it at the moment, but there is one thing that the father doesn't know yet." After coming to Beiping last month, the son asked the prefect of Beiping to find a reason to arrest the people who pretended to be merchants and secretly inquired about the news of medicinal materials, and interrogated them for several days. Although they refused to tell their true intentions, they revealed some bits and pieces. Among them, there are two people who were born in the Southwest Army, and they have similar origins to the two Jianghu people who were arrested by Xu Laishun. Where is it so coincidental? I'm afraid that there are still some relationships between these people that we don't know. ”

King Yan frowned: "Is there anything wrong with this?" Several Jianghu people on the other side of the capital were recruited by Xu Laishun, a subordinate of the Third Highness, outside the palace. This group of people who came to Peking to inquire about the news have similar origins, in addition to proving that they may all be sent by the Third Highness, what else can be wrong? ”

"What's wrong is that these accomplices other than those from the Southwest Army!" Zhu Rui said, "Although the son of the group who came to Beiping ordered someone to find an excuse to put them in the prison of Beiping Mansion, in order to put a long line to catch big fish, he did not hold everyone away, but kept one of the salt merchant's children, and tried to pass the word to this person, making him mistakenly think that his companion was arrested because other merchants misunderstood that they wanted to steal business with him. This salt merchant's son only thought that he had acted carelessly and caused trouble, and he never thought that his identity was exposed, so he specially contacted his accomplices and tried to save people. But the problem is that instead of looking for those merchants who have a relationship with his own family, he went to Tianjin......"

Zhu Rui paused: "The person he was looking for happened to be checked by his father last year, the Cao family was planted in the local eyes and ears, and he originally opened a shop in Tianjin, but later the Cao family was in a bad situation, so he closed the shop and hid." If it weren't for the salt merchant's son who went to look for it, and my men followed him all the time, I really didn't know that the eyes and ears of the Cao family were hidden in the bustling market, instead of hiding in the deep mountains and old forests! ”

King Yan was stunned when he heard this: "What does this mean?!" Aren't they people sent by His Royal Highness?! How could it have anything to do with the Cao family's eyes and ears?! Could it be that you are mistaken?! The person who poisoned him was really sent by the Cao family, and he had nothing to do with the Third Highness?! ”

When Zhu Rui first discovered this, he also suspected that his judgment was wrong, but then he thought that the emperor's poisoning had been confirmed, and the most likely person to poison was naturally Empress Cao or her henchmen. The Cao family will definitely not be wronged, because the poisoning of others is very likely to cause the result of marrying others, the Cao family has a prince, although the current position is not very stable, but it has not been abolished for the time being, and his family is the most motivated to do this kind of thing!

But the person who poisoned the emperor has no need to make another move to poison the four princes! This is not only a matter of adding to the picture, but also may bring about a change in Empress Cao's original plan. Once something happened to the four princes, the emperor was furious, and on this ground, he abolished the prince and directly put the third prince on the throne, and the prince and the Cao family were empty of bamboo baskets, so could they take the risk? !

In this way, the person who poisoned the four princes has a high probability of being a force other than the Cao family, so can there be anyone else besides the third prince?

But now, among the people that Zhu Rui believes are sent by the three princes, there are people who are close to the Cao family, what is going on here?! It's not like the crown prince and the three princes join forces to deal with the four princes alone, right?!

Zhu Rui had previously discussed related issues with his fiancée Xie Mulin, who believed that the prince's concubine Wang Meiru was acting wrong, and it was very likely that he had colluded with the third prince. Now that he thinks about it, he feels more and more that his fiancée's conjecture is not groundless. If the third prince really used Wang Meiru's sister to threaten Wang Meiru, got the information of the prince, and even let Wang Meiru blow the wind in his ears and instructed the prince's people to do something unfavorable to the four princes, even if the emperor found out in the future, it is estimated that he will put the responsibility on the prince's head, right?! As long as Wang Meiru doesn't mention it, who will know that there is the handiwork of the three princes behind it?

Zhu Rui told King Yan about this guess, and King Yan frowned and was silent for a while before he said: "Your conjecture sounds reasonable, but after all, there is no evidence, and it is not good for a father to directly report your words to the emperor." In case something goes wrong, and the emperor doesn't hold the evidence of the three highnesses, this matter will not end well! In the future, let the Third Highness know that this matter is your words, and I am afraid that his little chicken belly will become more and more difficult to get along with you. You will inherit my Yan Wangfu in the future, even if it is not you who leads the troops, you also have the responsibility of guarding the frontier. Once the monarch holds a grudge, you will have a hard time in the future! ”

Zhu Rui was stunned when he heard this: "Why did my father say this?!" The emperor's favorite prince...... Isn't it the Fourth Highness?! ”

"That's true for now, but it's hard to say what the outcome will be in the future." King Yan paused, "You have been busy outside recently, and you haven't been to Zizhu Courtyard to see the Queen Mother and Her Royal Highness for a few days, so there are some things that you may not know very well." The poison in the body of the Fourth Highness has been pulled out seventy or eighty, and then you only need to recuperate quietly, and it will get better slowly, but in order to detoxify, the old lady used two heavy medicines, and the detoxification effect is very good, and it can be used on the body of the Fourth Highness, and there may be some troubles. This aftermath is likely to affect the longevity of the four highnesses, and even ...... Some of the children have a problem. ”

Zhu Rui asked in surprise, "Why didn't I hear about such a thing in the first place?!" The Imperial Doctor and the Imperial Doctor are all Xinglin Holy Hands with outstanding medical skills, didn't they think of this in the first place?! ”

"Who would have thought?" King Yan sighed, "The imperial doctors and the government doctors have used this medicine before, but they are all used on adults, even if there are some after-effects, take the medicine slowly to recuperate, and there will be no big problem." But the Fourth Highness is only twelve years old now, and his body bones have not yet grown...... With heavy medicine, even if there is no problem at the moment, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no future troubles. At present, the old lady doctor is still detoxifying the emperor in Beijing, and the queen mother and the fourth highness mean not to report this matter for the time being. Wait until the poison in the emperor's body is cleared, and then slowly inform that even if the emperor is angry at that time, the old lady still has the credit for saving the driver, and he can always save his life. ”

This is the Queen Mother's greatest mercy to the old ministers who have served her for many years, and the Fourth Highness to the old man who saved her life.