After everyone saw it, they all knelt down and bowed, but Xiao Wenxuan was the only one who stood in place stunned and unmoved.

The prince looked at everyone and said with a sigh It turns out that everyone still remembers me as the prince. After speaking, he glanced at Xiao Wenxuan, who was standing.

"Okay, second brother, during my absence, you have worked hard to deal with government affairs! It's just that this python robe is not something that anyone can wear! The prince sneered.

Xiao Wenxuan saluted him stiffly, he never expected him to come back, and he appeared in front of him intact.

While pretending to welcome the return of the crown prince, he explained that his father thought that he would not come back, so he made himself the crown prince.

The prince didn't believe it, and said that he wanted to listen to his father say this sentence himself.

Xiao Wenxuan stopped: "My father is sick and can't see him now." ”

The crown prince shook his head, he had to see his father no matter what today. Xiao Wenxuan couldn't stop him, so he had to let him break into the imperial study.

When the prince walked into the bed and looked at the weak body, his heart sank.

Xiao Wenxuan stood nervously in place, but Concubine Xiang gave him a reassuring look.

Tang Muchen stood aside and observed everything, puzzled by the emperor's silence, and hurriedly called someone to ask for a doctor.

The crown prince also reacted, and called his father several times in a row, but he did not get a response.

The old emperor weakly pointed at his throat and waved his hand, his eyes full of anxiety.

Before the imperial doctor who had just entered the door could take a breath, he was caught in front of the emperor.

As soon as he finished the pulse, the imperial doctor took his hand away in horror and said tremblingly.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, he is dumb!"

As soon as the imperial doctor's words fell, a trace of consternation flashed in Tang Muchen's eyes. The crown prince also looked at his father who was lying in front of him in disbelief, and looked at his painful appearance, tears welled up in his eyes.

"Father!"

He rushed up, called out to his father and queen in a dumb voice, and was speechless again.

Concubine Xiang looked at everything in front of her coldly, and pretended to wipe the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, comforting the prince that he was fine.

Xiao Wenxuan hurriedly blamed himself, blaming him for not taking good care of his father.

"My brother is not here, my brother is derelict in his duties, and I really have no shame to face you."

The prince was silent and looked at the emperor distressedly. The emperor tried his best to convey things to him with his eyes, but unfortunately he did not understand.

Tang Muchen also noticed the emperor's eyes, and guessed in his heart that he would definitely not be dumb for no reason.

He looked at Xiao Wenxuan, who was standing aside, and turned to whisper a few words in the prince's ear.

The crown prince immediately stood up and said to the emperor that he would protect the country for his father.

He rearranged the people who took care of the emperor, and there were many people arranged by Tang Muchen. When Concubine Xiang and Xiao Wenxuan saw this, they were very unhappy.

Concubine Xiang even stood up to accuse the prince.

"Prince, how kind of scheming do you have to take advantage of His Majesty's serious illness to urgently replace the cronies around him?"

The prince sneered and asked Concubine Xiang to take a good look at these people, these were all cronies who took care of the emperor before. It is because they take care of them that their father is sick in bed.

Concubine Xiang was speechless for a while, not knowing what to say, Xiao Wenxuan saw that she couldn't resist, and hurriedly came out to play a round.

Tang Muchen quietly proposed, everyone went out to discuss, don't disturb the emperor's rest here.

The prince nodded and strode out, Xiao Wenxuan hesitated for a moment, and then followed,

Concubine Xiang glanced at Tang Muchen unwillingly, Tang Muchen made a gesture of invitation, and Concubine Xiang could only walk out.

Seeing the two coming out, the minister urgently asked what was wrong.

"Your Majesty is unwell now, and you can't go to court in the near future." The prince said in a choked voice.

Lord Song on the side stood up, he was Xiao Wenxuan's vassal, and he wanted to support Xiao Wenxuan. Hearing this, he couldn't wait to stand up and show his loyalty.

"After that, the important affairs of the court will depend on the second prince." After speaking, he saluted Xiao Wenxuan.

Xiao Wenxuan bowed his head and gestured. The prince frowned slightly. Tang Muchen saw it in his eyes, but he didn't say a word.

As soon as Lord Song's words fell, the courtiers in the court talked about it. Among them, there are those who support Xiao Wenxuan, and there are those who support the genuine prince, and they also feel that the prince is the real backbone.

No, as soon as Lord Song finished speaking, other ministers came out to scold him, saying that it was the prince who stood on his right.

The officials of the two factions fought, and those who supported Xiao Wenxuan said that Xiao Wenxuan was already the crown prince, and he had handled the recent government affairs, and it was justified to deal with it now.

But the officials who supported the crown prince also had their reasons. They said that the emperor named Xiao Wenxuan as the crown prince, which was a helpless move after the prince's disappearance Now that the prince is back, the government should be handled by the prince.

Everyone, you say everything I say, he says he is reasonable, and I say I am reasonable.

The prince and Xiao Wenxuan, who were standing in the middle of everyone, looked at each other with a smile, waiting for the other party to speak first.

Finally, Xiao Wenxuan loudly announced that since the emperor made him the crown prince, he had the right to deal with the government, after all, the emperor's order could not be violated.

The crown prince smiled: "I came back from southern Xinjiang, and I didn't know that my father was going to take away my prince's title, so I don't bother the emperor brother about some things." ”

After listening to the prince's words, Xiao Wenxuan was a little flustered, he could never expose the matter of falsely transmitting the holy decree, so he couldn't lose in momentum.

He looked at the prince mockingly: "The position of the crown prince was sealed by the emperor himself, if not, how dare I fake the holy decree?" Isn't this a usurpation of power! ”

After hearing this, the prince sneered and remained silent.

The two argued for a while, and Tang Muchen had no choice but to show the talisman in his hand after persuasion to no avail.

When the crowd saw it, they knelt down and kowtowed, shouting long live the emperor.

Xiao Wenxuan was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Tang Muchen to have a royal talisman.

After seeing that everyone knelt down, Tang Muchen said righteously.

"Everything now should be based on the emperor, unless Your Majesty speaks, everything else doesn't count!" After speaking, he glanced at Xiao Wenxuan with ulterior motives.

Xiao Wenxuan bowed his head and was silent, even if he was not convinced in his heart, he could only listen.

After the matter was resolved, Tang Muchen personally escorted the prince back to the prince's mansion.

After returning home, Tang Muchen told Su Xiaojin about it, he had a lot of doubts, why did the emperor be dumb for no reason? How is he dumb? When did you become dumb?

Su Xiaojin listened carefully to what he said, and said that he could only be diagnosed if he saw it.

Tang Muchen nodded, he also wanted her to go to see the emperor, but Xiao Wenxuan's eyeliner was everywhere, and he was reluctant to involve Su Xiaojin.

Su Xiaojin shook his head and comforted him softly.

"From the moment the two of us got married, we have been tied together, so there is nothing involved. Besides, the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband. ”

Tang Muchen was moved and hugged her in his arms, everything was silent.