Chapter 297: Temptation (1st Update)
Emperor Qingming said, "Since the queen mother's body is fine, the seventh brother will follow me to the imperial study and help me deal with some official business."
Zhao Chengyuan readily agreed.
On the way to the imperial study, Emperor Qingming was always silent.
Until he entered the imperial study, Emperor Qingming said,
"When the prince was willing to take medicine, it was a coincidence, and the queen mother refused to take medicine on the first trip, and he was willing to take medicine on the second trip with a peace charm at night."
Emperor Qingming looked at him, "I don't believe it because of the peace charm."
Zhao Chengyuan sat down with a smile, "What is the reason, then you have to ask the prince." Wait for him to enter the palace, and the imperial brother will ask him in person."
Emperor Qingming's cold eyes were condensed, "I'm afraid, what the prince wants to say, Liang Zhong has said. What the prince doesn't want to say, I can't ask. I just want to know what you've done out of it."
Everything made sense, but he had a sense that things were out of control.
Last night, Zhao Chengyuan was invited into the palace for such a big battle, and then Zhao Chengyuan did not return all night, but the Jin Palace, the Anling Marquis Mansion, and the Dingguo Mansion did not move. Inviting him into the palace was a temporary move, and it was impossible for Zhao Chengyuan to make any arrangements in advance.
I wanted to delay it for another two days to see if they could still endure it, but the prince was willing to take medicine one night, and he woke up at this time.
Zhao Chengyuan said with a smile, "The imperial brother overestimates the younger brother, this palace gate, the imperial brother can guard it." The younger brother doesn't know the situation outside the palace, and the younger brother doesn't know the situation outside the palace, what can the younger brother do?"
This is also where Emperor Qingming was puzzled.
After the palace ban last night, no one left the palace, and no one entered the palace, even if Zhao Chengyuan had any tricks, he was unable to implement them.
His eyes shrank suddenly, no, the queen mother is out of the palace.
He held the dragon case, leaned forward and looked at Zhao Chengyuan, "The seventh brother has good skills, and he has used the queen mother again. I'm afraid that the peace charm sent by the queen mother is fake, and the news for you is true."
Zhao Chengyuan said with a smile, "Last night, the younger brother talked to the queen mother, and the guards sent by the imperial brother have been following. When the queen mother went to the prince's mansion, presumably the royal brother also sent a secret guard to protect him, so he should know what the queen mother did and said."
Emperor Qingming carefully recalled what the secret guard had reported last night.
Zhao Chengyuan went to Cining Palace, but only took a peace charm to the Queen Mother, "The son caused the prince to be unconscious, so he went to Master Qingde to ask for this peace charm. The master said that you should wear it for the prince before the yin qi is at its peak, and the prince will be able to turn the tide of danger."
And by that time it had already passed, and there was less than half an hour before the time of the child.
The Queen Mother couldn't care about anything, so she let a few guards rush out of the palace with a soft sedan chair. The palace gate did not let people go, and he came to ask for his will, and he sent people to follow and opened the palace gate.
The Queen Mother reluctantly arrived at the Prince's Mansion before the time of the Prince, but only saw the Prince and did not speak to the others.
And what the Queen Mother and the Prince said was just a few words about the peace charm, the origin of the peace charm, and the thrill of her hurry.
There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with that.
But he was almost sure that the turning point of the matter was because the queen mother left the palace this time, and Zhao Chengyuan must have done something from it.
Zhao Chengyuan looked calm and tasted tea.
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Prince's Mansion.
Zhao Chen sat at the table of the Eight Immortals.
The Three Princes' Mansion was not far from the Prince's Mansion, and Zhao Yin was the first to arrive at the small courtyard, he was wearing a royal blue brocade robe with a comfortable smile on his face.
He stepped forward and saluted, "Great Emperor, you're awake! That's good news!"
Zhao Chen pointed to the chair on the right, "Third brother sit."
As soon as Zhao Yin sat down, Zhao Chen said, "Lone still thinks that the third brother is looking forward to Solitary not waking up."
Zhao Yin hurriedly got up and arched his hand, "Brother Chen, don't dare! If the imperial brother doesn't wake up again, I'm afraid there will be chaos in this big week."
Zhao Chen said lightly, "The third brother is so nervous, sit down and talk."
Zhao Yin sat down and said, "Now that the imperial brother has woken up, the younger brother doesn't have to be afraid of breaking taboos. Once something happens to you, Uncle Seven Emperors is afraid that it will be doomed, and the clan will definitely be shaken, and there will be another bloody storm. The Mansion of the Kingdom and the Marquis of Anling were bound to be the Seven Emperors
Uncle is implicated, no one wants to retreat, then the struggle for the power of hundreds of thousands of troops in the southwest corner and the northwest army is probably no less bloody and tragic than the former."
Zhao Chen took the spoon and gently stirred the bowl of green vegetable porridge in front of him, "If Lone is dead, shouldn't the third brother think of Lichu the most? And the one who is most likely to be established is the third brother. The fourth brother has a bad reputation, and his maternal background is thin, so he can't compete with you. As for the military power of the two armies, the Cen clan of the third brother's mother clan is full of military generals, except for the Anling Marquis Mansion and the Dingguo Mansion, no one can match it. I'm afraid that as soon as Dingguo Gong falls, the Cen clan will immediately begin to encroach on the Southwest Army."
Zhao Yin's eyes were clear, and he said in a deep voice, "Brother Huang's words, the younger brother doesn't dare to take it. My father will not allow such a situation to arise."
Zhao Chen looked at his clear appearance and sneered, "There is nothing to do, and the third brother doesn't have to excuse himself and the Cen family."
Zhao Yin was silent.
Zhao Chen said, "That's it, don't talk about this, the third brother has a meal."
Wei Xiao stepped forward and asked, "There is green vegetable porridge, there is pigeon japonica rice porridge, what do the Third Highness want to drink?"
Zhao Yin glanced at the green vegetable porridge in front of Zhao Chen, and said, "It's the same as the eldest brother."
Wei Xiao took a bowl of green vegetable porridge from the porcelain jar and put it in front of Zhao Yin.
Zhao Chen said lightly, "Gu remembers that the third brother prefers meat. This bowl of green vegetable porridge is inevitably a little dull for the third brother, Wei Xiao, or replace the third prince with pigeon porridge."
Zhao Yin waved his hand and said, "Don't bother, my brother looks at the green vegetable porridge, but he has a lot of appetite."
Zhao Chen glanced at him lightly, "What, are you afraid that Gu will poison you?"
Zhao Yin's move is smart.
If he is the one who poisoned him, he will be able to clear his suspicion with this frankness.
If it weren't for him, it would always be right to eat with his master.
Zhao Yin smiled, "Brother Great Emperor said he was laughing."
Zhao Chen said, "Since you can rest assured, then use it."
Zhao Yin smiled lightly, "Then the courtier brother is welcome."
He picked up the spoon and scooped up the green vegetable porridge and ate it, he ate without hesitation, and a bowl of porridge quickly went down.
Zhao Chen asked, "Third brother is really not afraid of poison in porridge?"
Zhao Yin smiled, "Don't say that the imperial brother will not poison his younger brother, even if he does, there is no reason to do it in his own mansion."
Zhao Chen said lightly, "That's not easy to say, the third brother hasn't heard of it, isn't it the opposite?" If my father is to blame, Lone will defend himself as you say."
Zhao Yin's face changed slightly, and he suddenly found that his hands and feet were weak, and he couldn't concentrate on it, but he couldn't condense even half of his internal strength.
"What do you mean, brother?"
Zhao Chen said, "What does loneliness mean, the third brother will know in a while. Wei Xiao, please go to the wing room to rest."
Wei Xiao dragged Zhao Yin out.
After two quarters of an hour, the fourth prince Zhao Mi was late.
He came in with vague steps, as if he hadn't woken up from last night's wine, he smiled and bowed, "Brother Emperor, you're awake!" The younger brother said you will be fine!"
Zhao Yin said, "Fourth brother, this is a hangover. Wei Xiao, give the four princes a bowl of green vegetable porridge to nourish their stomachs."