"The mourning family looks a little familiar to you, have you ever been in the palace before?" The Queen Mother glanced at Murong Shi sharply.

"The grass people once came to detoxify Wei Shizi!" But at that time, he had never seen the Queen Mother.

Of course, the Queen Mother should never have seen Murong Shi.

The more the Queen Mother looked at it, the more she felt that he was very familiar, but unfortunately she couldn't remember it, and Murong Shi looked very indifferent and cold, so she couldn't ask any more questions.

After all, she wasn't sure if she was wrong.

Jiang Zhan looked at Murong Shi with a vague look, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.

In fact, he has always known Murong Shi's identity, and it is not as simple as he said.

However, they said that they were friends, and when he met Murong Shi, the other party was already living in the medicine house in Linhe County.

In the past few years, Murong Shi has almost never left.

Before the Queen Mother married the Emperor, she had always been a person from the capital, and she had lived in the palace for many years, if she had really seen Murong Shi, then he must have been born in the capital when he was a child.

In fact, everyone has their own secrets, and Jiang Zhan will not get to the bottom of it because of the Queen Mother's words.

Murong Shi chose to live the life he wanted, unless it was his parents and elders, no one had the right to ask.

Xue Yao knew that Murong Shi's origin was mysterious, and he was afraid that he would be involved in something he was unwilling to face, so he simply mentioned it to the Queen Mother, and the goods that had just come out of his shop.

Today's queen mother is in her forties, and most of the ancient women did not have a high lifespan, and although the queen mother has always been pampered, she fought with the harem women when she was young, and she did not spend much time.

Although she has always paid attention to maintenance, her age is not forgiving, and the corners of her eyes have already wrinkled.

After the eighth princess bought some skin care products in her shop before, the queen mother thought it was not bad, and she had been using the things in Xue Yao's shop.

No matter what age a woman is, she loves beauty the most, and the Queen Mother is the same, so her mind was quickly attracted by Xue Yao.

Murong Shi knew that she was helping her to play a round, and her heart warmed, it was worth it to be friends with their husband and wife.

In all these years, the thing he regrets the least is that he doesn't know Jiang Zhan......

Before leaving the palace, the eighth princess secretly came over and pulled Xue Yao's hand, "Mrs. Jiang, I will go to see you in two days, and then you must tell the cook to make a Buddha jump over the wall and wait for me!" ”

The eighth princess loves beauty and loves to eat delicious food.

The recipes in Xue Yao's mansion are all taught by her to make by herself, which is naturally different from other places......

"Okay, when the time comes, the courtiers will definitely let the cook cook more of the princess's favorite dishes!" Xue Yao responded with a smile.

In fact, after spending more time together, Xue Yao found that the eighth princess was not as arrogant as she thought, and she was a very good girl in private.

It's a pity that no one in the royal family likes to show their truest side in front of others.

After going back, Jiang Zhan and Xue Yao tentatively asked Murong Shi's identity, but he still didn't want to say.

Neither of them wanted their friends to be embarrassed, so they didn't want to ask again.

Murong Shi has always wanted to be an ordinary person in his heart, no matter what his identity is, since he has taken the initiative to give up, he is unwilling to confide......

A few days later, the emperor's physical condition became worse and worse, and some rumors gradually circulated in the court.

"Your Majesty's physical condition, is it really bad?" On this day, Xue Yao inadvertently heard some rumors about the emperor's possible early death, so he asked Jiang Zhan in private.

She doesn't want the emperor to die at such a young age, he is a good emperor, he is more benevolent than the emperor, and he will not be merciful to the corrupt officials in the court.

"The emperor has indeed been sick in recent days, and it is quite serious, but the rumors outside cannot be believed!" Jiang Zhan explained.

"Actually, I don't want those rumors to be true, the emperor has not been on the throne for a long time, but he has done a lot of things for the people!" Now that there are such rumors, it is obvious that the emperor's situation is serious.

"There are three little princes under the emperor's knees, although they are not very old, they are also the blood of the royal family, and those rumors will only accelerate the infighting in the imperial court!" Jiang Zhan always felt that all this was deliberately released by someone to confuse people's hearts.

After all, everyone thought that the emperor was at his peak and that something could not happen at all.

It's a pity that recently, the emperor has frequently sent the imperial doctor to rectify him, and he often coughed when he was in the court, so some ministers in the court began to plan for their future......

The emperor's sons are only a few years old, and in the future, no matter who inherits the throne and assists his ministers, they will be above 10,000 people.

The attraction of power made those ministers gradually forget to speculate on the emperor's thoughts.

Xue Yao and Jiang Zhan both felt that it was impossible for the emperor to die early, but the ministers of the court and the central government did not think so, and even several of the prince's brothers began to think about it.

Even though they knew that if they fought for the throne at this time, they would probably end up in truth, but after they succeeded, who would remember how their throne came about.

The situation in the court is getting worse and worse, and Jiang Zhan wants to assist the emperor to suppress those people several times, but he is indifferent.

Jiang Zhan felt that his attitude was very strange, and the ministers of the DPRK and China had secretly begun to compete, but he had not dealt with them harshly, those who secretly hoped for his early death.

However, since there was no action on the emperor's side, Jiang Zhan, as a courtier, also took advantage of the situation and silently investigated the Du family's case.

Ever since they knew that Concubine Li's child might have been born prematurely, Jiang Zhan felt that the case had become more and more suspicious.

If a concubine dares to do such a thing, she must be indispensable to the help of others.

The Du family's hands may be stained with more than that life.

However, the eighth princess and the queen mother both reminded them not to get close to Concubine Li, the emperor was already dissatisfied with the Du family.

Jiang Zhan felt that the reason why the emperor did not act was because he had other plans.

Some of the emperor's henchmen in the court were very quiet in this turmoil.

After all, with their understanding of the emperor, it was impossible for him to let those people continue to be demons......

wants him to die early, and then support his son to be the emperor, this matter has long been a taboo for him.

The emperor hid it and didn't reveal it, and it was estimated that it was a real layout.

That night, when Jiang Zhan was resting, he suddenly noticed that someone had sneaked into his room.

He immediately got up and picked up his personal soft sword, and started a fight with the other party.

"Lord Jiang, the humble position is the secret guard beside His Majesty, and it is Your Majesty's intention to come to you today!" After receiving a few tricks from Jiang Zhan, the man immediately identified himself.

He couldn't beat Jiang Zhan at all, if he didn't tell him in time, he was afraid that Jiang Zhan would be treated as an assassin and killed on the spot.

After Jiang Zhan heard his voice, he stopped attacking, but the vigilance in his heart was still not removed.

"You said the emperor sent you, do you have a certificate?" In this kind of extraordinary period, Jiang Zhan will never trust others casually.

After the other party took out the token given by the emperor, Jiang Zhan finally withdrew his sword.

"Your Majesty, what do you have to do with Weichen?" Jiang Zhan frowned and said.

"Aiqing is really smart!" The emperor's voice suddenly sounded outside.

"Weichen see Your Majesty!" Jiang Zhan immediately put on his coat and walked out.

"Get up, this is not a palace, you don't need to follow too many rules!" The emperor coughed a few times.

"Your Majesty, take care of the dragon." Jiang Zhan immediately ordered his men to prepare tea, and then took the emperor to the study.

Although Xue Yao also woke up, she didn't come out.

The emperor obviously came to find Jiang Zhan, and it didn't have much to do with her.

What's more, the way she is now, it is not suitable for her to go out to meet the emperor.

"You don't think I'll live long?" After the emperor sat on the chair in the study, his tone was like an ice road.

"Wechen doesn't dare, but there is something wrong with Your Majesty's body, but it is not as serious as the rumors outside, but Wechen has always been curious, why didn't Your Majesty directly clarify the rumors?" He knew that among the royal family, it had always been taboo for others to curse them for early death.

The emperor is the most honorable person in the Daxuan Dynasty, and he naturally avoids this matter.

"Since I ascended the throne, many people in the DPRK and China have been looking forward to my early death, and even did not hesitate to secretly do anything to me!" The emperor's eyes lit up.

In fact, those gossips, he listened to them really disturbed.

However, compared to trivial rumors, the emperor cares more about the thoughts of those people in the court.

One by one, they all want to install a new monarch and then take control of the court.

For the emperor, such an approach is to provoke him.

After Jiang Zhan listened to the emperor's words, he immediately guessed his purpose in his heart.

Previously, he felt that it was impossible for the emperor to suddenly become seriously ill, after all, Murong Shi had taken his pulse for him.

The emperor's health is very good, but in a short period of time, he looks like he is about to be terminally ill, Jiang Zhan doesn't believe it.

The truth is as he thought, most of the emperor's illness is faked.

"You came to Weichen so late because you want Weichen to help you sweep away the wrongdoers in the Qing Dynasty who intend to assassinate you?" Jiang Zhan asked.

"This is a rare opportunity, I want to see if they are humans or ghosts!" Those ministers in the court, one by one, said on weekdays that they were loyal to him and were willing to sacrifice their lives for the sake of the court and him! .

He would have wondered how many people could do it.

Jiang Zhan and Wu Yuanheng didn't doubt it, after all, these two people looked at power very lightly, and they didn't want to continue to climb up at all.

However, those ministers in the court who had been the crown prince in him and took refuge in him, the emperor originally had a trace of tolerance.

It's a pity that those people lived up to his tolerance after all.

When they assisted themselves, I am afraid that they also saw their father's thoughts, so they did it deliberately.

"Your Majesty wants to catch all the people behind the scenes?" Jiang Zhan instantly understood that he had deliberately ordered people to exaggerate his condition.

It turned out that he planned to use this to get rid of those who flattered him but were ambitious.

"That's right!" If he wants to secure the throne, he must get rid of the ministers who are too powerful, but they are uncertain.

In the past, he didn't plan to look for Jiang Zhan, but now that there are some changes in the court, he needs Jiang Zhan's cooperation to perform this scene completely.

The emperor has arranged it for a long time, but there are many eyeliners in the palace, and he directly replaced the matter of the previous criminal department book, and all the palace maids and eunuchs who served by his side.

The only people who knew his mind this time were the eunuchs who had been with him since he was a child, and Imperial Doctor Zhang.

Imperial Doctor Zhang was recommended by him to the Tai Hospital from the beginning, and everything that the other party had was in his hands, and he would never dare to betray him......