Chapter 244: Exploration (2nd Update)
Zhou Gu was woken up and saw that the eldest princess of Sheng An was carrying the medicine to feed him, so he immediately sat up and went to pick up the medicine himself.
The eldest princess of Sheng An dodged away, did not give him the medicine bowl, and said with a straight face, "Grandmother feeds you, don't refuse."
Zhou Gu looked at the eldest princess of Sheng An, helpless, "Grandmother, I can drink the medicine myself, you feed me spoonful by spoonful like this, it's too bitter, I'll drink it all at once."
He stretched out his uninjured left hand, "This hand can move, but it really doesn't bother my grandmother."
When the eldest princess of Sheng An heard him say this, she could only hand him the medicine bowl, "Drink slowly, don't choke." and commanded behind him, "Bring the candied fruit quickly."
Zhou Gu had already drunk the medicine in one go, and wanted to refuse the preserves, but the waiting grandmother was quick and had already prepared them, so he could only open his mouth to eat the candied fruit that the eldest princess of Sheng'an fed to his mouth.
The eldest princess of Sheng An saw that he couldn't open his eyes sleepily, "Keep sleeping!"
Zhou Gu nodded, fell into the bed, and fell asleep again.
When the old protector entered the house, he saw that the people were asleep again, and he said with his hands behind his back, "Let's all go back, what are you doing here?" Just leave someone to keep watch."
The Duchess said, "Father and mother, you two can go back and rest, and your daughter-in-law will stay here."
The eldest princess of Sheng An didn't leave, waved her hand to drive the old protector and let him go by himself.
The old protector cocked his beard and left on his own dissatisfied.
After Yun Xue returned to the East Palace, he told Yan Echo what had happened, and Yan Echo also said "good danger" in his heart, if it weren't for Su Rong who happened to go to the Big Buddha Temple today and met Zhou Gu, he expected that he would be in danger on the way back to Beijing, and sent Feng Ling to chase down the mountain to protect, Zhou Gu had already folded fifty miles outside Beijing at this time.
He frowned, "You fought those people, can you see what kind of path it is?"
Yun Ze shook his head, "The group of people who intercepted his subordinates are also dead soldiers, and they can't see the number of ways, unlike the assassins that his subordinates have come into contact with in the past."
In other words, it doesn't look like the people of the eldest prince and the second prince, after all, these two often deal with them.
"It actually involved Concubine Li." Yan echoed in a deep voice: "If you want to kill Zhou Gu, you can't avoid the people in the court, although the eldest brother and the second brother have dealt with Gu for many years, it is difficult to guarantee that there are no hole cards."
After all, Yan Li has hated Zhou Gu the most recently. I didn't find a chance to clean up before the scientific expedition, and I didn't guarantee that I would find this opportunity to kill him after the scientific expedition.
He instructed Yun Ze, "Go and check. Concubine Li and the fourth brother have King Ruian to investigate, and the old protector should not stand idly by, you go to check the Great Buddha Temple."
Cloud selection should be.
As soon as Yun Ze left, a little eunuch in the palace came to Xuanyan to echo into the palace.
Yan Huisheng guessed that the emperor announced his intentions, packed up, entered the palace, saw the emperor, and bowed, "Father."
The emperor looked at Yan Echo, his son is the most prominent of all sons, and he is even more fortunate to be the prince he professes, but it is precisely because of this that as he grows up, the greater his ability and prestige, he will always remind him that he is getting old, he is waiting for him to die, waiting to inherit his throne.
He asked in a deep voice, "Prince, how did you find out that someone was going to kill Zhou Gu?"
Yan Hui lowered his head, "Back to my father, Erchen heard that Ding Man died in the mountain behind the Big Buddha Temple hundreds of miles outside Beijing, and Zhou Gu took people to check the Big Buddha Temple, so Erchen felt that this matter was even involved in the land of Buddhism, and I am afraid that it was deeply involved behind it. Erchen knew that Zhou Gu didn't bring a few people with him when he left Beijing, and after checking it all night, he should find out the results, so he sent Yun Xue to take people to the Big Buddha Temple to pick him up, but he didn't think that someone would wait outside the city one step in advance to intercept the people of the East Palace, and deliberately delayed the time."
"So, that is, you're guessing?" The emperor asked.
"Yes." Yan Echo nodded.
When the emperor heard this, he no longer held on to this matter, but asked him, "What do you think about Feng Ling taking someone to save Zhou Gu?"
Yan Huisheng raised his eyes, and when he met the emperor's scrutinizing gaze, he said calmly, "Miss Su Qi can have such a secret guard by her side, and her identity must be unusual. Although she and Zhou Gu divorced, they were not harmful, and they expected in advance that there might be danger on his way back to Beijing, so it was not strange to save him."
"Who is she? DID YOU KNOW?" emperor
The emperor asked.
Yan Echo lowered his eyelashes, "Erchen doesn't know, but after today's events, he has some guesses."
"Didn't the old protector and Zhou Gu tell you?" The emperor did not believe it.
Yan Hui shook his head, "Erchen has never seen him since Zhou Gu's scientific expedition, he hasn't gone to the East Palace, he hasn't walked around with Erchen, as for the old protector, I met him on the day of the Great Dynasty Meeting."
The emperor knew this, and the old protector was left alone by him on the day of the great court meeting, and then went back directly after leaving the palace and did not see anyone else. He stared at Yan Echo, "Tell me about your guess about Su Rong."
"Miss Su Qi, it should be related to the county lord Zhenmin, after all, many people say that she is like the county lord Zhenmin back then. For the rest, the sons dare not guess." Yan Huisheng had a calm face, "Erchen has been busy with the scientific examination explained by his father recently, even if he successfully completes the exam, there is no room for mistakes in grading. If it weren't for Zhou Gu's involvement with her, Erchen wouldn't have paid much attention to Miss Su Qi."
Seeing that his answer was perfect, the emperor didn't seem to know Su Rong's true identity, so he said directly, "She is the daughter of the county lord of Zhenmin and the king of Southern Chu."
Yan Echo showed just the right amount of shock.
Prince Yan echoed, calm since childhood, even if he was shocked, except for a little surprise on his face, the rest couldn't see any other gaffes, since he was a child, anyway, the emperor didn't see him panicked and confused.
"On the day of the Great Pilgrimage, under my questioning, the old protector announced that I knew her true background, and I wanted to meet her, but was dissuaded by the old protector. It's not the right time." The Emperor never missed the expression on Yan Echo's face, "So, I still haven't seen her. But the case of Qingping's assassination was actually aimed at her, and the storytelling case of Yipinxiang Tea House was obviously also aimed at her. What do you think of these two cases?"
Yan Huisheng pondered for a moment and asked calmly, "Does Father want to hear his sons tell the truth, or is it a lie?"
"What are you talking about! Naturally, I want to hear from you." The Emperor looked dissatisfied, "Just say it."
Yan replied, "To tell the truth, since it is for Miss Su Qi, it is probably someone in Southern Chu who wants to use the hand of the Great Liang Dynasty to get rid of Su Rong. It was a wise move for my father to hand over these two cases to King Ryan."
The Emperor nodded, "What else?"
Yan Echo shook his head, "Erchen hasn't seen Miss Su Qi yet, and the second son of the night only met at the birthday banquet of the little foreign girl in the Chengguo Mansion, and they just talked a few words, and they can't do enough speculation, everything will have to wait for King Ruian to find out the case before a conclusion can be reached."
"I'm not asking you about Su Rong and Ye Guixue, but about Li Concubine, you should have listened to Yun Xue, this case involves Li Concubine." The emperor stared at him and said, "Do you think the fourth prince Yan Shen is involved?"
Yan Echo naturally knew that the emperor wanted to probe him, but he naturally wouldn't let him find out, he still shook his head, "Everything still has to be investigated before the conclusion can be made, and now it can't be judged."
The emperor was dissatisfied, but Yan Huisheng was not wrong, he could only give up, take out some appearance as a monarch's father, and advise: "You are the prince, you have been paying close attention to the movements inside and outside the capital recently, don't let the court chaos get up, if there is anything abnormal, tell me at any time."
Yan echo mocked in his heart, his good father is the most promising monarch's keenness, every time he encounters a major event, he can be keenly aware of it, carry him out, let him do his best for the country, and when the dynasty is stable and the turmoil is calm, when he can't use him, he begins to suppress him again, begins to cut off his hands and feet, and promotes his eldest brother and second brother to deal with him, so many years, it has been countless times, and this time, it is still no exception.
He laughed silently and bowed his head, "Father, rest assured, this is the duty of a son."
In any case, it's always good to give him a sense of letting go of his hands and feet in the near future. Now it's different from the past, the list of scientific examination students is about to be released, and Su Rong secretly helps him break the game, if he can take the opportunity to carry it out, there is a lot to do.
The Emperor waved his hand, "Go!"
Yan Echo retired and went out of the imperial study.
The countdown to the end of the month is coming, babies, chase the monthly pass!
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