"Alas......" He hoped it wasn't a starling, but a voice in his head told him that it was a starling. He had always known that the starling was hidden, but he didn't expect the starling to be so ...... I couldn't find a good word to describe it for a while.

The fourth prince, who was copying Buddhist scriptures, heard Zhao Yao's sigh and asked with concern: "What's the matter, is there something you can't understand?" ”

Zhao Yao shook his head and said, "It's nothing, I just feel pitiful for the starling." ”

At the mention of the Eighth Prince, a touch of indifference crossed the eyes of the Fourth Prince, and then he said indifferently: "He doesn't need your pity." ”

"Why don't you need me to be pitiful, the starling is so seriously injured that he has to drink medicine every day." Zhao Yao thought of his serious illness in the past few months, and couldn't help but sympathize with the Eighth Prince, "Fourth brother, you don't know what it's like to drink medicine every day and drink medicine all at once." Starlings now have to drink medicine for months like I used to. "Alas, starlings are really cruel to themselves. If it were him, he would never do this to himself.

When the fourth prince heard this, he realized that Zhao Yao was sympathetic to the eighth prince for drinking medicine, and he couldn't help but smile: "If you don't want to drink medicine in the future, then you don't want to be sick again." ”

"Fourth brother is right."

"Don't worry about the eighth brother's affairs." The fourth prince didn't like the eighth prince, he always felt that the eighth prince was not pure-minded, and he was unwilling to let the simple-minded Zhao Yao and the scheming eighth prince get too close. "I'm going to pray for the first queen tomorrow morning, so hurry up and wash and sleep."

"Fourth brother, what about you?"

"I'll finish copying this sutra before I go to sleep." After the fourth prince finished speaking, he looked at Tongxi who was standing aside.

Tongxi understood and said to Zhao Yao: "Your Highness, the slave maid is waiting for you to wash." ”

"Fourth brother, then I'll go wash up first."

After Zhao Yao finished bathing, he returned to the room, got into the quilt, and looked at the four princes who were still copying Buddhist scriptures with his two eyes: "Fourth brother, I'll sleep first." ”

"Sleep."

Here, the atmosphere of the brothers is warm. Over there, the atmosphere in the imperial study was cold and frozen.

Shen Hu, Chu Ying, and Zhen Guogong knelt on the ground, and their faces all showed frightened looks.

Sun Kui, who was standing on the side, lowered his head and didn't dare to breathe.

"So far, you've found this thing?" Emperor Wu of Zhou looked at the three people kneeling on the ground with a cold look in his eyes, "Do you think that a general of Wupin Ningyuan can train so many dead soldiers to assassinate the crown prince?" Emperor Wu of Zhou has always been moody, but now he clearly shows an angry look.

Faced with Emperor Wu Zhou's anger, Shen Hu could only stubbornly say: "The minister has checked his file, it is very ordinary and clean, not like a person who can cultivate dead soldiers. ”

Emperor Wu of Zhou just said that General Ning Yuan was a general in the Praetorian Guard. Silent, unspoken, and in general with the rest of the Praetorian Guard.

He used to be a soldier under Chu Ying, and later made meritorious contributions during the quelling of the rebellion, and slowly rose from an ordinary soldier to a general of Ning Yuan of the fifth grade. Chu Ying saw that he was brave and good at fighting, honest and honest, and had no fancy intestines, so he let him enter the palace and become a Praetorian Guard.

Chu Ying said: "The minister carefully investigated General Ning Yuan and found no connection between him and the family. ”

Zhen Guogong suspected that General Ning Yuan was the person acting for the king, but he didn't dare to say this. If he said it, it would make Emperor Wu of Zhou think that he did it on purpose.

"All the clues were cut off when they arrived at General Ning Yuan, as if they had been deliberately erased, and there was no trace at all." Shen Hu and the others also felt that General Ning Yuan could not be the real mastermind behind the scenes.

"The ministers carefully searched General Ning Yuan's home, and did not find anything suspicious or abnormal."

Zhenguo said: "Your Majesty, all this is too weird. "He's lived for decades, and it's the first time he's encountered something so weird.

Shen Hu continued: "The minister checked all the people who had dealings with General Ning Yuan, and also interrogated some people, but he didn't ask any useful clues. ”

"The minister sent someone to General Ning Yuan's hometown to investigate, and it will be two days before there is news." General Ning Yuan's hometown is in Yangzhou, and there is a rebellion in Yangzhou.

Emperor Wu of Zhou also knew what the situation was in Yangzhou. He frowned, his expression was solemn, and he couldn't help but guess in his heart, could it be that the assassination of the prince was related to the Yangzhou rebellion?

"Look closely."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Emperor Wu of Zhou waved his hand and motioned for Shen Hu and them to retreat.

"The ministers are leaving." Chu Ying and the three of them retreated respectfully.

Sun Kui saw Emperor Wu of Zhou frowning and his expression solemn, he hesitated, and asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, do you suspect that the assassination of the crown prince is related to the rebellion in Yangzhou?" ”

Emperor Wu Zhou's fingers lightly tapped on the imperial table, and his expression was contemplative: "If it is related to the rebellion in Yangzhou, then the assassination of the prince will ......."

Sun Kui thought of something, and said with a shocked expression: "Your Majesty, if it is really related to the Yangzhou Rebellion, isn't it the person who represents Dong Jin in Beijing?!" ”

There are people in Beijing who are Dong Jin, and Emperor Wu of Zhou is not surprised. He had been sending people to keep an eye on these people, but he didn't expect that there were Dong Jin's people in the Dragon Guarding Temple.

"Your Majesty, what is the purpose of Dong Jin's people to assassinate the crown prince?" Sun Kui guessed, "Disturb the capital?" "Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not favored on behalf of His Royal Highness on the surface. If the assassination of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is successful, then the biggest beneficiary will be His Royal Highness the Acting King, but this will not affect anything.

With the emperor here, it is impossible for the capital to be chaotic, and it is even more impossible for the court to be chaotic. Wouldn't it be more useful to assassinate His Royal Highness the Acting King than to assassinate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? First of all, His Royal Highness the Acting King is more favored by the Emperor, and His Royal Highness the Acting King has been passed down for several years to replace His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Secondly, His Royal Highness the Acting King is brave and good at fighting, and his military achievements are impressive, and he is called the "God of War" by the people.

They had the patience and ability to lurk in the Dragon Protector Temple, which showed that he also had the ability to assassinate His Royal Highness the Acting King, but they did not, and instead assassinated His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Could it be that they assassinated His Highness to warn the emperor, or to provoke the emperor?

If so, Dong Jin is too arrogant.

Having said that, if it was to provoke the emperor and spend so much thought, it would really be ......

Sun Kui couldn't figure out if he wanted to break his head, so he simply didn't want to. Such an important matter is not something that he can worry about as a slave.

"Send a secret report to Lao Song and ask him to secretly investigate this matter." Emperor Wu of Zhou thought more.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Emperor Wu of Zhou squinted his eyes slightly, and his face was calm.

If it is really what he thinks, then things in Yangzhou cannot be delayed.

When Sun Kui came back from sending the secret report, he saw that Emperor Wu of Zhou was reviewing the folds again, and hurriedly persuaded him: "Your Majesty, tomorrow, you will get up and go to the Dragon Protector Temple, you should go to bed early tonight." ”

During this period of time, the emperor was already busy, but he didn't expect that now there was another assassination of the prince, which made the emperor even more worried.

"I'll go to sleep after I've seen that." Emperor Wu of Zhou still had a stack of folds on his hand.

"Your Majesty, it's time for you to finish reading these twists and turns, so you can only sleep for two hours." Sun Kui said anxiously, "Your Majesty, the slave is really worried that if you go on like this, the dragon will not be able to bear it, so you better rest first, and it is not too late to review these twists and turns tomorrow." ”

Emperor Wu of Zhou raised his eyes and glanced at Sun Kui, and said with some disgust: "When did you become so verbose?" ”

"Your Majesty, it's not that the slave is verbose, but that the queen and the concubine have told the slave and maid that the slave and maid remind you to rest early."

When Emperor Wu of Zhou heard this, he was unmoved and continued to review the folds.

Sun Kui suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly said again: "Zhaoyi Niangniang also asked the slave to remind you to rest early and take care of the dragon body." ”

When Emperor Wu of Zhou heard this, he glanced at Sun Kui.

Sun Kui hurriedly said: "Zhaoyi Niangniang really said this to the slave maid. ”

Emperor Wu of Zhou put down the fold in his hand, stood up and said to Sun Kui, "Bathing." ”

Hearing Emperor Wu of Zhou say this, Sun Kui's face was overjoyed: "The slave maid is waiting for you to bathe." "It's useless to move out of the queen and the concubine, but it's useful to move out of Zhaoyi. The emperor really treated Zhaoyi Niangniang differently.

Emperor Wu of Zhou was indeed very tired, and he fell asleep not long after bathing and lying on the bed.

After Emperor Wu of Zhou fell asleep, Sun Kui left the dormitory lightly.

Seeing his master's smile, Sun Doudou asked curiously, "Master, what happened to me?" ”

Sun Kui was about to say to Sun Doudou, but suddenly thought of something, so he stopped.

"Nothing."

Seeing that Sun Kui didn't want to say, Sun Doudou didn't ask again.

"Master, you have to go to the Dragon Protection Temple with the emperor tomorrow morning, you go to sleep quickly, I am here."

"You keep watch, I'll go back and rest."

At four o'clock, Sun Kui woke up on time. When he arrived, he woke up Emperor Wu of Zhou, who was sleeping.

Today is the death day of the first queen, and Emperor Wu of Zhou will strike the dynasty for one day, and there is no need to go to the early dynasty.

After Emperor Wu of Zhou had a simple breakfast, he set off for the Dragon Protector Temple.

Empress Xie and Concubine Rong are also going to the Dragon Protection Temple today.

Emperor Wu of Zhou's carriage was at the front, followed by Empress Xie's carriage, and then Rong Guifei's.

Liang Zhaoyi and Poppy sat in a carriage, their carriage at the end.

Pan Cai's position is low, and he is not qualified to go to the Dragon Temple to pray for the first queen.

"I don't know if the emperor has found the assassin who assassinated the crown prince?" The poppy said worriedly, "If there are still assassins, wouldn't the emperor be very dangerous?" ”

Liang Zhaoyi couldn't help but feel a little worried when she heard Yu Meiren say this. However, she did not show it on her face.

"The assassin assassination failed, and no more people will be sent to assassinate him. Moreover, there are many people around the emperor to protect him, and he will be fine. ”

"Sister, who do you say is so bold that he dares to assassinate the prince?" Thinking of the rumors of the past few days, Yu Meiren lowered her voice and said, "Is it really the acting king?" ”

Liang Zhaoyi shook his head and said, "It can't be the acting king." "Even if the acting king wants to assassinate the crown prince, he will not be stupid enough to assassinate the prince at this time.

"Who could that be?"

"I don't know." Liang Zhaoyi saw that Yu Meiren had always been curious about this matter, so she reminded her, "This is not something you and I should care about, don't talk about it again." ”

Yu Meiren understood what Liang Zhaoyi meant, and nodded hurriedly: "Yes, sister." After speaking, she remembered that Zhao Yao was in the Dragon Protection Temple, "I don't know how Yao Yao is in the Dragon Protection Temple, has he eaten well, has he slept well?" ”

At the mention of her son, Liang Zhaoyi's gaze instantly became gentle.

"Don't worry, he must be doing well in the Dragon Protector Temple."

"I don't know how the Eighth Prince's injury is?" Yu Meiren sighed, "The Eighth Prince, this child is too miserable. ”

Liang Zhaoyi said: "The Eighth Prince will definitely be fine." ”

The Eighth Prince, who was cared for by Yu Mei and Liang Zhaoyi, had already woken up at this time.

These days, the Eight Princes spend most of their time in a coma and have very little time to be awake.

Yu Hai was serving the Eighth Emperor to drink porridge at the moment, "Your Highness, do you know that you ...... this time" Yu Hai said this and did not say any more, "If it weren't for His Royal Highness Ten suggesting to wipe your body with strong wine to cool down, you would only be afraid of ......"

The Eighth Prince said softly, "Isn't it okay for me?" ”

"Your Highness, you must not do this again in the future."

"Not anymore." The Eighth Prince was too weak to speak, "How is the investigation of the assassins in the palace?" ”

"General Ning Yuan is dead." Yu Hai said very quietly, "Everything is going according to your plan. ”

When the Eighth Prince heard this, he was relieved.

"That's good."

Eighth Prince: Very well, everything went according to my plan.

(End of chapter)