Emperor Wen's condition stabilized after three days, and due to excessive emotions such as sadness and anger, he developed a high fever again. Emperor Wen's illness delayed the original prince's funeral, but he had already sacrificed to heaven and earth and the Taimiao, so it was impossible to stop the rituals that were running.

The prince is the prince, the specifications are slightly lower than the emperor, much higher than the prince, and can be buried in the ancestral tomb, and Emperor Wen has given the prince a nickname, and the funeral specifications are comparable to the emperor. On the day of the funeral, the whole of Luoyang was immersed in mourning, the crown prince's reputation was still very good, and the people were saddened by the loss of such a good future emperor, and they were cursing those assassins.

Emperor Wen had no way to attend, and Ji Chang, as the sole heir to the throne, was driven to the shelves to complete the whole set of etiquette. At this moment, Ji Chang's identity as a prince has been recognized by everyone.

It took another seven days for Emperor Wen to open his eyes. As soon as Emperor Wen woke up, he was about to struggle to get off the ground, but his body was too weak, so he had to lie back down. Wan Shun, who was waiting on the side, asked, "How many days?"

Wan Shun said respectfully: "It's been ten days since I returned to the emperor." ”

Emperor Wen was taken aback and couldn't help but say, "It's been so many days, how is Sheng'er?"

Wan Shun replied: "The emperor can rest assured, the household department has sent someone to escort the coffin to the ancestral tomb." ”

Emperor Wen was silent for a moment, the feeling of a white-haired person sending a black-haired person was too sad. Suddenly, I remembered that I had been a "faint" gentleman for so many days, and I didn't know what the chaos was in the court. Xiang Wanshun said: "You instructed Zhang Rang to bring the excerpts of the past few days and read them to me." It is estimated that the twists and turns of the past few days have been piled up. ”

Wan Shun said: "Taishi Zhang has been sitting in the court these days, and has formed a political hall with the six Shangshu to negotiate and deal with various affairs, the emperor only needs to recuperate, and the emperor does not have to worry too much." ”

Emperor Wen was very relieved about Zhang Zhi, and he knew that Zhang Zhi was a human being, and he was not afraid that Zhang Zhi would put him in the air and become a powerful minister. After all, Zhang Zhi is so old, and he has not lived for a few years, and standing up to provoke the big beam is completely for Da Yue, for him as the emperor, he can't help but be quite grateful to Zhang Zhi for this responsibility.

Since everything was fine, he was relieved. There is only one thing in his heart that he can't let go, although the spearhead of this series of assassinations is pointed at King Lu, but he has always been a little uneasy in his heart if he doesn't get tangible evidence and make things completely clear. Therefore, he instructed Wan Shundao: "Go and find Wang Yue for me." ”

Wang Yue stood three steps away from Emperor Wen's bedside and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen has found out the true intention of that assassin to go to King Lu's mansion. ”

Emperor Wen originally wanted to ask Wang Yue and express his idea that he did not let go of this case. Unexpectedly, there has really been progress these days, listening to Wang Yue's words, there is something else hidden, and he hurriedly said: "Come on." ”

Wang Yue said: "On that day, there was a gardener in Lu Wangfu who was working near the living room, and he vaguely heard some conversations between the two. It seemed that they wanted to exchange a pill for the official position of a county lieutenant, and the two bargained for a long time before King Lu agreed. It really has nothing to do with the assassination. ”

Emperor Wen's mood immediately improved, and he untied a knot in his heart, his son did not want to kill himself, although he had not cleared the suspicion that King Lu murdered the prince, but there was no conclusive evidence that it was the prince murdered by King Lu. But the mystery of the matter is even heavier, so who is it?

Emperor Wen said to Wan Shun: "Go and find Ji Rui for me, I want to ask him a few words." ”

After Wan Shun left, Emperor Wen said to Wang Yue: "Is there any other progress?" Wang Yue shook his head and said: "No, there are too few clues left over from this matter, and this matter was also asked by the subordinates of the Lu Wangfu with the portrait of the assassin. ”

After Emperor Wen instructed Wang Yue to continue to intensify the investigation, he let Wang Yue retreat. Emperor Wen looked at the ceiling and fell into deep thought, since it is not Ji Rui, is it Ji Chang? As soon as the thought came out, it was shaken out of his mind by Emperor Wen, Chang'er would never do such a thing, Emperor Wen thought with certainty.

Most of Ji Chang's surnames are similar to those of the crown prince, but he is more straightforward than the prince and has a full sense of justice, how can he let his son do that kind of thing? And Emperor Wen's favorite is also this son, now under the teaching of Yang Wei, sometimes his political views are simply unprecedented, in fact, Xi Chang is more suitable to be the prince, and he will definitely become a generation of Ming Jun in the future.

Compared with Ji Chang, Ji Rui seems a little feminine, a little paranoid, too powerful, and reckless of the consequences. It was his surname that made this incident suspicious of Emperor Wen. If he is replaced as the emperor, he may become a good emperor, but it is more likely that he will become a generation of tyrants. But no matter how you say that he is also his own son, you can't wronged him.

He thought back to the scene when his three sons were playing together in the garden, and it seemed like they were right in front of him, and how nice it would be if he could stay there! Just when Emperor Wen was thinking nonsense, Wan Shun walked in with Ji Rui.

Ji Rui stood beside Emperor Wen's bed, and Emperor Wen asked, "What the hell is that assassin doing with you?" ”

Ji Rui said: "A few days ago, the child saw his father suffering from heart disease, and his heart was very uncomfortable. The child has also had a heart disease since he was a child, and he knows the pain of heart disease, and whenever his father has a heart attack, the child also feels the same way. It just so happened that on that day, a person came to the door, claiming to know a master and being familiar with the people in the temple, and he could get a magic pill for treating heart diseases.

So I promised him the position of county lieutenant in exchange for the divine pill. I want to cure my father's heart disease as soon as possible, so that my father will not suffer from heart disease. It's just that so many things happened one after another, and the child was doing his best to track down the murderer, so he left this matter behind. ”

Emperor Wen patted his bed and scolded: "Bastard! How can you use your official position to make a transaction? As long as you start this way, you won't be able to clean it up in the future, don't you think about the consequences?" and then muttered for a while: "However, this deal is also worth it." Why didn't you say it earlier? If you had said it earlier, you would have suffered for more than ten days. ”

Ji Rui lowered his head and was silent, Emperor Wen didn't think about it, how could he give Ji Rui a chance to plead? Emperor Wen turned to say: "What about the pill?" Ji Rui hurriedly took out a brocade box from his arms and presented it, Wan Shun took the brocade box and handed it to Emperor Wen, Emperor Wen opened the brocade box and looked at it, only to see two red pills lying quietly inside, as soon as the lid of the box was opened, a fragrance came to the nose, which made people feel refreshed.

Ji Rui said: "There are three pills in the box, and the child once picked out one at random for him to take, so there should be no problem with this pill." However, it is not ruled out that he may have taken the antidote in advance, and the child will dedicate all the two pills to his father for the purpose of testing the medicine. If the father needs the child to test the medicine, the child will take one pill and let the father observe the effect of the medicine. ”

Emperor Wen happily closed the brocade box and waved his hand: "No need, you go down, your gift has been accepted by the emperor." He turned his head to Wan Shun and said, "You go with you, and let the soldiers outside the palace withdraw." He was reluctant to let his son test the medicine, just find a eunuch at random, and if Ji Rui really had bad intentions and took the antidote in advance, he wouldn't be able to see the slightest effect.