Meng Yi had just returned to the court, in order to show his attention to Meng Yi's return, the emperor specially held a banquet in the palace, and also wanted to take this opportunity to let the ministers see that he was still in good health, so as to stabilize the people's hearts that had fluctuated recently.

A lot of people were invited to this banquet, Lin Yingxue swept it slightly, and almost all the ministers who could speak in the court came, but after the banquet began, the emperor did not show up for a long time.

"What about the emperor?" The queen saw that she was whispering continuously, so she couldn't help frowning and turned her head to ask the palace people on the side.

"Back to the queen, there is no news from the emperor's side, so the servants don't know what the situation is on the emperor's side." The palace man on the side replied.

"Really?" The queen muttered to herself, and there was anxiety between her eyebrows and eyes that could not be concealed.

And today Lin Yingxue was specially arranged to sit next to the queen, she took the queen's restlessness into her eyes, and just as she was about to open her mouth to appease the queen, a group of people came in the distance.

"The emperor has arrived—" followed by the eunuch's loud and shrill announcement.

When everyone heard the sound, a group of people who were still a little chaotic suddenly quieted down.

"See the emperor, long live my emperor, long live." A uniform salute rang out.

The emperor glanced at the orderly crowd below, a look of satisfaction floating on his face.

"Today is a private banquet, all Aiqing don't have to be polite, be casual." The Emperor raised his hand, and although his voice was not loud, it was full of energy.

Lin Yingxue was close, so she couldn't help but quietly glance up at the emperor, only to see that although the emperor's face was a little yellow, it was much better than the half-dead appearance lying on the bed a few days ago.

A seriously ill person has improved so quickly, and I don't know what kind of tiger and wolf medicine those people in the Tai Hospital have given the emperor, although the emperor seems to be much better now, but after the effect of the medicine, the emperor's health may be worse than before.

It seems that it is not easy to be an emperor, and even if you are sick, you can't live well. Lin Yingxue secretly sighed in her heart.

"Your Majesty." There are very few people in the court who know the emperor's real physical condition, and those ministers who have heard a lot of rumors and rumors recently can't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they see the emperor looking energetic at this time.

Everyone sat down again, and after the appearance of the emperor, the atmosphere was obviously much more relaxed than before.

"These days, I have occasionally felt cold, and I have only recently improved, so it has been delayed until now that I have the opportunity to introduce my third brother to you, Prince Yi." The emperor pointed at Meng Yi, although there was a smile on his face, there was no emotion in his words.

Everyone has always been full of curiosity about this sudden appearance of the prince, originally everyone thought that they could listen to the emperor's introduction today, but they didn't expect the emperor to bring this matter over in just a short sentence - "Prince Yi is the prince left by the emperor in his later years, I have confirmed the identity of Prince Yi, and from now on I will have another younger brother." ”

Everyone looked at each other, obviously very dissatisfied with the emperor's vague introduction, but just when the atmosphere was a little awkward, I don't know who suddenly shouted in the crowd: "Welcome the three princes to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors, congratulations to the emperor for finding his blood relatives!" ”

As soon as this person's voice fell, everyone couldn't help but raise their glasses to celebrate.

The emperor originally came to show his physical 'health' today, so at this time, he naturally did not refuse to come, and happily toasted with the ministers below.

Of course, the wine in the emperor's cup is not real wine, just white water.

Under the change of cups, the atmosphere at the banquet gradually became lively, looking at the emperor sitting on the top talking and laughing, the queen's eyes flashed.

Lin Yingxue saw that the queen glanced at Liu De beside the emperor, and knew that the queen was planning to act.

She picked up the wine glass in her hand and drank the wine in the glass, I don't know if it was the strength of the wine, Lin Yingxue inexplicably felt both nervous and a little excited in her heart.

Liu De received the queen's eyes, nodded quietly, and then took the new wine jug handed over by the eunuch on the side, and stepped forward to fill the empty glass in front of the emperor with 'wine'.

The emperor did not suspect the slightest and took a drink from his glass.

After the 'drink' was consumed, although the emperor felt that the taste was a little wrong, he did not think much about it, and still watched the dance music with everyone with great interest.

Seeing that the emperor drank the special 'wine', the expressions of the ministers below who knew the inside story began to become a little unnatural, so that even the voices below were much quieter.

Everyone was tacitly waiting for something, and so was Lin Yingxue.

After a long pause, the long-awaited 'situation' finally happened.

"Ahem, cough, cough, cough ......" The emperor, who was originally sitting upright and watching the song and dance, suddenly began to cough violently, the voice was not loud, but it attracted everyone's attention in an instant.

"Your Majesty!" Liu De was the first person to run up, and while helping the emperor to calm his breath, he took away the emperor's handkerchief that covered his mouth and nose.

"Wow!" When the veil was taken away, it was already soaked in blood, and the ministers below were in an uproar when they saw this.

The emperor didn't expect that he came out today to reassure everyone, but he didn't expect that in the end, it caused even more panic, "I'm fine...... cough cough cough cough ......"

The emperor still tried to explain, but before he could say a word, he caused a more violent cough.

Seeing this, Liu De hurriedly wanted to help the emperor go back, "Your Majesty, according to the slaves, the emperor should go back and rest first." ”

"I ......"

"Your Majesty!" Before the emperor could speak, a minister suddenly stood up and said: "The emperor is unwell, please go back to recuperate, but before the emperor leaves, the minister has something to say I don't know whether to say or not." ”

The emperor looked at the minister's solemn face, and had a vague bad premonition in his heart, "Say." ”

The emperor's face sank.

The minister didn't realize it, and still said with an unchanged face: "The emperor is sick and rarely goes to the court these days, and now there are a lot of affairs that need to be dealt with in the court. The minister originally thought that after the emperor's condition improved, he would be able to continue to come back to preside over the overall situation, but now it seems that the emperor's body still needs to be well recuperated. ”

"Therefore, the minister here ventured to ask the emperor to temporarily hand over the power and let the prince take care of the affairs of the court on his behalf, so that the emperor can recuperate with peace of mind."

Sure enough, it came.

When the emperor heard this, his heart sank heavily. He opened his mouth and was about to speak, when many ministers stood up, "The minister thinks that Master Li is reasonable, and the minister seconded it." ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister also seconded it!"

……

The sound of seconding the proposal one after another sounded, shaking the emperor's brain as if there were countless bees flying wildly, and the 'buzzing' sound made the emperor's head begin to ache violently.

“…… That's enough! On the verge of collapse, the Emperor suddenly let out a heavy snort.

Under the emperor's loud shout, the bottom suddenly fell silent. The emperor glanced downward, and saw that nearly half of the ministers knelt down below.

These are the ministers who want to force him to cede power.

The emperor also knew that his current body would indeed not last long, but if this happened before Meng Yi appeared, maybe he would have compromised, but now, ......

The emperor turned his head to look at Meng Yi on the side, and saw that Meng Yi was drinking wine leisurely, as if what was happening below was just a farce in his eyes.

No, before he solved Meng Yi's matter, he couldn't easily hand over the power in his hands! The Emperor secretly made up his mind, "I have said that my body is fine, and I will resume the court from tomorrow, and I don't want to hear what you say today!" ”

As if he was afraid of falling into the confrontation with the ministers and the crown prince, after the emperor said this, he turned around and walked away without waiting for the ministers to answer.

The ministers kneeling on the ground originally had the intention of winning today, but the emperor's violent reaction was somewhat unexpected to them.

Everyone frowned and looked at each other and then couldn't help but look at the queen sitting at the top, but the queen's face was uncertain, and no one dared to come forward to disturb at all.

Besides, after the emperor left the banquet angrily, he felt much better, and he was not as uncomfortable as he was during the banquet just now.

"Liu De, how did you do what I told you to do?" The emperor did not associate Fang Cai's sudden coughing up of blood with Liu De, but still asked Liu De with trust.

"Back to the emperor." When Liu De heard this, he hurriedly stood up and replied respectfully: "Prince Yi himself is strong in martial arts, and he is extremely guarded, although he lives in the house arranged by the emperor himself, but the people who are close to him and serve all use his own people. ”

"The slave has already asked someone to do it a few days ago, but our people are not the opponent of Lord Yi. At the moment, there is no complete certainty, and the minions dare not ask people to act rashly. ”

didn't grab the fold once, Meng Yi naturally had a deeper defense, and it was really inappropriate to do it recently.

The Emperor looked a little irritable, "What a waste! I can't even do this little thing, what's the use of raising you! ”

With a 'bang', the Emperor overturned everything on the desk.

"The emperor is angry!" The emperor was furious, and Liu De's whole person looked a little panicked.

Fortunately, the emperor's anger turned into anger, but he was still able to control his emotions.

After calming down for a while, the emperor said with a little helplessness: "You can also see today's situation, I can't do it for long in this position, but I am not willing to hand over this position to this third brother who was killed halfway, but he has that fold in his hand, no matter what I do, I am bound, if I can't solve the matter of that fold, I can't even die blindly!" ”

"What is the emperor talking about!" Liu De heard the emperor say this, and after hesitating for a moment, he carefully suggested: "Your Majesty, the slave has an idea, but he doesn't know if it's suitable or not......"

"If you have something to say, in the current situation, what else is inappropriate!" The emperor had a straight face, and he was a little unaccustomed to Liu De's deliberate betrayal.

"Yes." Seeing that the emperor was displeased, Liu De hurriedly replied: "The slave just heard that Prince Yi has always admired Prime Minister Fang's daughter, Fang Mengru, so the slave thought that if Miss Fang could make a move, would this matter be easier......