The prince is worried that he can't find a way to kill Zhong Yangming, which is the best reason. Now the emperor can't even finish a sentence, and it's easy to manipulate him.

This has been the case over the years.

It's no wonder that this emperor was too cruel when he fought for the dragon chair.

The original King Rui was expected by everyone, just like the current crown prince, everyone was waiting for King Rui to ascend the throne, and then everyone had the merit of following the dragon.

It was Zhong Xianlong who suddenly became the emperor, and those ministers who were loyal to King Rui were cleaned up by Zhong Xianlong one by one, and the hundred officials of the court became the echo worms of the new emperor.

It's just that this means of elimination is inevitably not on the table. is better than the prince framing Liu Mincai. These newly appointed officials are all afraid of Zhong Xianlong, but there are few real loyal ministers.

He was fine when he was healthy, but now that he is seriously ill and the fear is gone, no one will be on his side.

Therefore, the prince is very confident that he will force the emperor to order the arrest of people and directly solve Zhong Yangming, and there will be one less stumbling block to ascending the throne.

The night passed in the blink of an eye, and the prince changed his clothes and went up in good spirits.

Zhou Wang, the secretary of the military department, did not sleep all night, and went to court with a pair of red eyes.

With that sad and indignant look, everyone who saw it felt that Zhou Wang was on the verge of losing control of his emotions, and others didn't even dare to say hello when they saw it.

Emperor Zhong Xianlong still has a sallow face, and if he doesn't occasionally take a breath, it doesn't make a difference if he says it's a corpse.

There was only one thing that surprised the prince, Wang Mo, the eunuch with palm prints who had not been seen for many days, appeared in the court.

"This old immortal, didn't he go to the Xuanxuan Temple? How could it be so coincidental that I came back today? ”

Although Wang Mo's appearance was unexpected, the prince didn't care, and just an old eunuch couldn't affect the overall situation. The chamberlain is not allowed to interfere in politics, and this alone is enough to block his mouth.

Wang Mo shouted angrily: "Ladies and gentlemen, something is going on. ”

The prologue of the early dynasty kicked off.,The next thing should be the daily report of the six departments.,Generally speaking, if there is no major event, the early dynasty will end soon.。

But before he could go through the motions today, Zhou Wang had already rushed out and said loudly: "Wechen has a book to play, Wechen's son Zhou Miaohua was killed by a traitor in Xuanxuguan, please avenge your majesty for my son." ”

As soon as these words came out, all the officials in the court became nervous.

Zhou Miaohua's death can't be hidden, but in the same way, Zhou Miaohua's death involves the six princes, and this matter can't be hidden.

Zhou Wang now clearly wants to do things absolutely.

The key is that Zhou Wang did not communicate with other officials about this matter, but only discussed it with the prince.

Baiguan didn't know how to take it, but fortunately, the prince had already prepared, and before the emperor could speak, he had already answered: "Zhou Shangshu rest assured, you are an important minister of the court, no matter who dares to harm your son, Gu will definitely seek justice for you." ”

This is a bit excessive, it is clear that Zhou Wang is His Majesty presiding over justice just now, and the prince, you are going to take care of it right away, and it is too blatant.

However, everyone has long been accustomed to it, because the emperor is sick, if he gets excited to debate with his ministers, he will cough and pant after a few words.

So every time, the crown prince would ask the emperor to take care of his health, and leave the rest to him, the prince of the state.

Legally reasonable, and no one jumped out to oppose it, this trick has been used many times, but although the trick is old, the effect is good.

Next, as long as Zhou Wang said Zhong Yangming's name, the prince would immediately ask someone to draw up a decree and bring Zhong Yangming back for "interrogation".

But this time, as soon as the prince finished the performance, he heard the emperor say: "The prince is right, this matter must be thoroughly investigated and fair." ”

Zhong Xianlong's words were unhurried, which made everyone startled when they heard it.

Why is the emperor speaking so fluently today?

The prince secretly shouted that it was not good, I am afraid that things will change today, and he was about to stop Zhou Wang from complaining, but the emperor continued: "Zhou Aiqing mourns, how did your son die, who is the murderer, please come one by one." ”

Zhou Wang was also a little surprised, he really didn't expect the emperor to suddenly wake up today and be able to chat with people normally. He was unprepared, but now he could only bite the bullet and say: "Back to Your Majesty, Wu'er Miaohua was killed by a traitor in Xuanxuguan, and the murderer is the Sixth Prince, please support justice Your Majesty." ”

"It's that rebel again, wrong again and again, and this time it will not be tolerated. Zhou Aiqing, just like he really committed murder, I killed this rebel to make amends. ”

Although Zhong Xianlong's sudden arrival made the ministers very uncomfortable, listening to his tone, it seemed that he hated the six princes very much.

Zhou Wang couldn't care about what Zhong Xianlong thought now, so he could only continue: "Thank Your Majesty for upholding justice, then please ask Your Majesty to send someone to bring the six princes back......"

Before he finished speaking, Zhong Xianlong interrupted and said, "Wait, Zhou Aiqing, I know that your pain of losing a child is very painful." But this is the court, and you have to follow the rules. You say that the rebel son harmed your son, but is there any evidence? ”

"Of course ......"

Zhou Wang was about to reply that there was, but suddenly came to his senses that he had been dug by the emperor.

He was sure that Zhou Miaohua's death was related to Zhong Yangming, but it was impossible for him to come up with evidence. What he discussed with the prince before was not to directly condemn the death penalty, but to bring Zhong Yangming back first and slowly "interrogate".

I haven't tried it now, where is the evidence.

But Zhou Wang has also been an official for many years, so he changed his words and said: "Weichen has no evidence, but Weichen knows that the sixth prince injured my son in a sneak attack last time, and His Majesty just beat him fifty boards, and my son died unexpectedly in a few days. ”

This is also said to be true, he has killed his son, and he suspects that the sixth prince is the murderer, so he can also find the emperor to administer justice.

Zhong Xianlong smiled slightly and asked the prince, "Yanghong, what do you think?" ”

Prince Zhong Yanghong saw sweat on his forehead, today's court meeting was really unexpected to him, but he still had to act according to the original script.

"Father, Erchen believes that the sixth brother did have a holiday with Zhou Miaohua, and now that Zhou Miaohua died unexpectedly, it is reasonable and legal for him to come back for investigation."

"It makes sense, since the two have a grudge and Zhou Miaohua is dead, the rebel is indeed suspicious, maybe he did it. However, if there is already evidence that he did not kill him, so what? ”

After Zhong Xianlong finished speaking, he didn't give the prince and Zhou Wang a chance to refute, stood up from the dragon chair, and threw a letter in front of Zhou Wang.

"Look at it, this is the Xuanxuan Guan Lord, my uncle's handwritten letter. It is very clear that Zhou Miaohua once deliberately provoked my rebel, and then his hands were broken, and he gathered people to go up the mountain for the second time to bully the widows. But because of his own injuries, he fell off a cliff and died. ”

Zhou Wang didn't need to read the letter, he also knew that what was written in it must be the same as what the emperor said, because when Zhou Miaohua's body was delivered, he also received the exact same letter.

It's just that he didn't expect that Xuanxuguan would give the emperor a copy as well.

Zhou Wang glanced at the old eunuch beside the emperor, it must have been the letter brought back by the old eunuch.

After Chung Hsien Loong stood up from the dragon chair, his tall body stood up straight for the first time.

"Zhou Aiqing, my son, do you need you to help me discipline me? Zhou Miaohua deliberately provoked again and again, even if he finally stumbled and fell off the cliff, he would add another crime to my son? ”