Early the next morning, the news of the emperor's sudden illness spread outside the palace. The news came and went, and soon it became unrecognizable and panicked.

The Queen Mother knew that this matter was serious, and in order to stabilize people's hearts, she ordered the prince to act as the ruler of the court.

Zhou Youping never expected such a thing, and while he was shocked, he was secretly happy in his heart, only to feel that even God was helping him.

It is better to take advantage of this opportunity to make my father sick, but it will save many twists and turns.

In the early dynasties, the ministers asked questions one after another, anxious to know what was the emperor's health?

Zhou Youping deliberately knew but did not speak, his words were not true, and his face was extremely sad, as if Zhou Shixian was really about to die. The ministers were frightened, and they couldn't help but start to think about it, the most anxious of them were those who supported the four princes, Zhou Youlin had just made a great contribution and set off to return, seeing that the prince's position was about to arrive, but something like this happened!

Do you really want to deliver the world to the prince? How can this be!

After retiring from the dynasty, Zhou Shili immediately asked to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, as if he wanted to figure out all this. If it was really the crown prince's doing, then his plan would be completely nullified. But that's not the case, Zhou Youping didn't do anything, and before he was ready to do it, God suddenly gave him a "chance".

"Uncle Cousin, is this what the world often says, if you don't die in a great disaster, you will have a blessing?" Without anyone present, a smug smile appeared on Zhou Youping's face.

Zhou Shili stared at his face and asked solemnly, "What happened to the emperor?" ”

"After hearing that it was a nightmare, I was in a hurry, and I couldn't die for the time being." Zhou Youping's tone was cold, and he didn't care about his father's life or death at all.

Zhou Shili frowned, "It's just a nightmare, and it won't be fine in a few days." Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you have to seize the opportunity to show more in front of the emperor. ”

He couldn't help but be happy too soon!

When Zhou Youping heard this, the smile on his face faded, "That's not what I planned, I want to make my father sick forever." ”

"Your Highness, the stakes are very high, and you must not rush it! You are the prince, this world is already in your pocket, Weichen please be patient. Zhou Shili obviously didn't agree with his idea, and to be honest, he even thought his idea was ridiculous.

"Wait? How much time does Prince Ben have to wait? The fourth child is coming back soon, and I can't wait any longer. Zhou Youping has already made up his mind, once the matter is done, he will thoroughly cleanse the government and the opposition and get rid of those thorns in the flesh.

"What if the fourth prince comes back? You are the crown prince and the rightful heir to the throne, so you should keep your mind steady. Even if the fourth prince has wolf ambitions, he doesn't dare to make a move, otherwise, he will become a disloyal, unkind, unrighteous and unfilial person, how can the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty obey him? How did the people of the world obey him? As the saying goes, if the name is not right, it is not good; If you don't go well, you can't do anything. ”

Zhou Shili persuaded him hard, so that the evil thoughts in Zhou Youping's heart were gradually dispelled. He stared at Zhou Shili's serious face, stared for a moment, and then said, "For Uncle Cousin's words, I can wait!" ”

Zhou Shili breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and only said, "Your Highness is wise." Please be patient, the time is not right, and remember not to act rashly! ”

Sooner or later, Zhou Youping will be killed by his own pride and arrogance! He's not the emperor's fodder at all!

Zhou Shili paced out of Mingde Palace step by step, his steps were heavy, and his mood was depressed.

He didn't really support the prince in the first place, and the reason why he tried his best to curry favor with the prince and entrusted him with a false snake was just for the sake of future plans. Last time, when the prince was poisoned, it was his idea to use the "bitter meat trick". He wants the crown prince to succeed to the throne smoothly, so that there will be another "faint monarch" in this world, and he can take advantage of the situation to rise up and become the new Ming monarch in the name of defeating the faint monarch.

At the same time, on the other side, Zhou Shixian was still unconscious, and Empress Su was guarding his side untied, and no one was allowed to disturb the emperor's rest except for the imperial doctor and the palace people who were waiting.

Murong Qiao hated the queen in her heart because of what happened last night, but now was not the time to care about this, she repaired a book overnight, handed it to her cronies, and asked them to send it out of the palace overnight, and then quickly sent it to Changzhou and handed it over to her son.

She must make Zhou Youlin rush back immediately, so as not to cause changes in the court.

Just when everyone had their own thoughts and actions, Meng Xilan was very calm, she knew that Zhou Shixian's life had not yet arrived, and he still had a few years to live. Moreover, even if Zhou Shixian could not escape this catastrophe, the person who sat on the throne after that could not be Zhou Shili, so she was not in a hurry.

Right now, Meng Xilan is most concerned about Changqing Palace and Zhou Youchen.

After walking around the palace, Gao Fuli came in to talk back.

Meng Xilan leaned back in the chair with her eyes closed, heard his footsteps, and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Gao Fuli stepped forward slowly and said, "Master, the Changqing Palace has been guarded by the inner court guards, and even a fly can't fly out. It is estimated that by the evening, no matter whether it is a person or a ghost, it will be able to be caught! ”

Meng Xilan opened her eyes, "How can it be so easy." ”

She doesn't believe in ghosts, and how can those who dare to pretend to be ghosts be so stupid as to be caught showing up?

Gao Fuli pondered, "Actually, it was not that no one knew about the affairs in the Changqing Palace back then, but everyone was taboo and did not dare to discuss it in private, first, for fear of being punished and beheaded, and secondly, for fear of being haunted by unjust souls......

Meng Xilan heard what he said, and seemed to have something in his words, so she said, "What? What do you know? ”

Gao Fuli shook his head again and again: "It's only been a few years since the slave entered the palace...... But those old people in the palace must know something. ”

Seeing that he was still deliberately selling Guanzi, Zhu Lu reached out and twisted it on his arm: "Do you know or don't you know?" ”

Gao Fu rubbed his arm, "The minion doesn't know, but the minion thinks someone knows." ”

He also hesitated for a long time, thinking about whether to tell his master to know.

The master is very kind to him, he wants to share Meng Xilan's worries, but he doesn't want to cause her any unnecessary trouble.

"Tell me about it." Meng Xilan was obviously interested.

"When the slave used to be on an errand in the flower room, there was a master named Hai Gonggong. He was blind, and it is said that he used to be very beautiful, and he was a powerful person next to a lady in the harem, but then he was blind for some reason and was punished again. In the past, Gonggong Hai often said that there were unjust souls in the palace, and the slave only thought that he was deliberately scaring us little slaves, but now that I think about it, maybe he really knows something......" Gao Fuli said 1510.

"Where is that Hai Gonggong now?"

"He is in the flower room, and every day he is doing chores and eating mixed food. He is old, his legs and feet are not very convenient, and he should have been released out of the palace a long time ago, but until now, he has not waited for a quota. ”

Meng Xilan stopped thinking when she heard this: "In that case, do you have a way to ask that Hai Gonggong?" ”

Gao Fufu looked a little embarrassed: "Father-in-law Hai has a strange temper and a lowly status, but he is not afraid of offending people, nor is he afraid of death, and his mouth is very hard." ”

"Then let him come directly to me."

Zhulu raised his head: "Master, how can he, a low-level servant who does miscellaneous labor, enter Cining Palace?" Let's let Xiao Lizi ask. ”

Meng Xilan shook her head: "It's better for me to ask in person." ”

Gao Fuli then said: "Why don't you let the minions arrange it?" Over there in the flower room, the minions are still relatively familiar. ”

"That's the best." Meng Xilan didn't want others to know about her curiosity about the Changqing Palace, if she could avoid people's eyes, see each other, and ask questions, it would be safe.

Gao Fuli found a suitable time and went to the flower room with some broken silver.

Now it is different from the past, now he is the eunuch in charge of the eighth grade, and when the nameless miscellaneous eunuchs saw him, they immediately respected him, almost treating him as a master.

Gao Welfare is inevitably triumphant, but he doesn't dare to forget the right thing, and deliberately confesses an errand for Father-in-law Hai to do.

Although Gonggong Hai's eyes can't see, his ears are very smart, and he can tell who he is when he hears it.

In the afternoon of the next day, Gonggong Hai came to Cining Palace with a few flower seedlings.

Through the half-open window, Meng Xilan could see the slightly hunched back and gray hair of Gong Hai, and in his gestures, he was actually in the old state of Long Zhong in his twilight years.

At his age, he still wants to stay in the palace as an errand boy? It's really weird.

The palace maids in the palace can no longer stay after they have reached the age of twenty-five, and the eunuchs in the palace, unless they have the master's hand-picked name, must also be exiled from the palace at the right age.

Gao Fuli saw Father-in-law Hai, and still said politely: "Father-in-law Hai, my master said that it was cool today, so I want to reward you with a cup of hot tea." ”

Father-in-law Hai also understood, thinking to himself, Gao Welfare specially found him, and he must have made some arrangements, so he followed in without saying a word.

His nose was very sharp, and as soon as he entered the house, he smelled a faint smell of sandalwood and warm tea.

"Grandpa Hai, please say hello to Her Royal Highness the Princess."

The emperor has a lot of heirs, but there is only one daughter under his knees, which is Princess Jianing. Now this princess must not be a serious master.

"Old slave Haidewang greets Her Royal Highness the Princess."

Meng Xilan looked at his closed eyes, and couldn't find anything out of his face, so she only said lightly: "Father-in-law, get up and speak." ”

Zhulu sent the tea bowl to him: "Father-in-law, please use tea." ”

Haidewang picked up the tea bowl, and before he could open the lid, he said, "Hmm...... Superior Biluochun, the old slave hasn't drunk such a good tea for a long time. ”

Meng Xilan's eyes flickered, and when she saw that he actually smelled the fragrance of tea, she knew the name of the tea, and couldn't help but smile: "Father-in-law has a good nose." ”

Hedwan chuckled: "In the past, the old slave was also a person who served in front of the palace, so he naturally knew this. People are old, but their memories are not old, and they all remember them clearly. ”

Meng Xilan's eyebrows moved when she heard this, and she praised: "My father-in-law's memory is really clear and clear. ”

Hedwan stopped talking and lowered his head to take a sip of tea.

"Father-in-law Hai, what happened in the Changqing Palace back then, do you remember?" Gao Fuli took the lead in opening his mouth for the master.

Hearing this, Hai Dewang slowly put the tea bowl back on the table, and then got up and said, "Don't mention old things." The old slave should not have come, nor should he have drunk this bowl of tea. ”

"Haven't you heard of it? Recently, the Changqing Palace has been haunted, and even the emperor has been alarmed. I haven't been in the palace for a long time, and I am cautious everywhere, and there are some things that I don't know is wrong. Therefore, I hope that my father-in-law can tell me kindly...... My father-in-law is old, and I should have stayed away from the palace and found a quiet place to recuperate, as long as my father-in-law is willing to tell me about the events of the year, I will immediately arrange for you to return to your hometown to retire. Meng Xilan's tone was gentle and softly retained.