Yan Long said: "The character of the king is gentle and frugal, and his treatment of people and things is more like a king, so there are naturally many supporters among the courtiers. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info If the prince's condition cannot be effectively controlled, even if he can successfully succeed to the throne and ascend to the throne, he will not be able to sit still. ”

When the apocalypse heard this, his face was cloudy.

He looked at Yan Long, but Yan Long's face was calm.

After staring at it for a while, Apocalypse finally let out a sigh of relief and withdrew his gaze.

What Yan Long said was the truth! The meaning of his words had also been heard by the Apocalypse from the mouths of the ministers or Wei Zhongxian, either explicitly or covertly.

Tianqi didn't care much at the time, in his opinion, as long as there is his will, the crown prince Zhu Cijiong's smooth succession to the throne is a matter of course, but recently, this obsession of his has been shattered by the conspiracy that frequently occurs around the prince, and he already knows very well that there are many people who want the prince to die.

Now, Yan Long told him about the situation in the DPRK and China in a relatively indifferent tone, but he was touched instead, because he felt that Yan Long was an outsider.

Key words spoken from an outsider are often more credible than those spoken by an insider, because the outsider has no conflict of interest with him/her.

Of course, this is all wishful thinking on the part of the Apocalypse.

Tianqi waved his hand and said to Yan Long, "Okay, I know what you mean, you can step aside." ”

Yan Long's face showed a deferential attitude, and after he bowed down to the Heavenly Apocalypse, he withdrew from the Qianqing Palace.

......

Three days later, the apocalypse still did not approve Zhao Nanxing's recital.

Seeing that there was no response for a long time, Zhao Nanxing's heart was like a sharp sword hanging in his heart, and he was in a worried mood, so he asked Ye Xianggao: "The emperor doesn't seem to have made up his mind yet, Jinqing, what should we do?"

Ye Xianggao only replied with one word: "Wait!"

......

Three days later, the apocalypse summoned Zhu Youxuan to the palace.

Just like when Yan Long was summoned to the palace, Tianqi handed Zhao Nanxing and a group of officials a joint letter to Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen looked at it, his face was like ashes, he kowtowed like garlic and said: "Your Majesty, your brother deserves to die, you let the emperor hurt your mind so much for your brother." Since the ministers were so disgusted with the ministers staying in the capital, the ministers fulfilled their wishes and invited themselves to leave the capital and rush to the fiefdom, but Jinan Mansion and the capital are thousands of miles apart, and whenever the ministers miss the emperor and the prince, they can only be sad. ”

After Zhu Youzhen said this, he straightened up and looked at the apocalypse, with tears in his eyes, but his eyes were actually carefully observing the changes in Apocalypse's expression.

Tianqi's expression remained unchanged, and he didn't seem to be moved by Zhu Youzhen's crying.

He said a little indifferently: "You Zhen, you have been by my side since you were a child, how can I not know your thoughts, your loyalty and benevolence are well known to the world, but since it is the ancestral system, we really can't disobey it." It's rare that you have the hard work to share my worries, so I will fulfill you. In a few days, I will issue an order for you to rush to the fiefdom of Jinan Prefecture. At the same time, in order to commend you for your general knowledge and understanding of advance and retreat, I will reward you with thousands of acres of fertile land, gold and silver, as a reward. ”

Zhu You listened, only to feel a chill from his spine and rush to his head, making him feel dizzy for a while. He originally thought that his rhetoric of retreating as advance would at least move the apocalypse a little, but in the end, he was ruthlessly expelled.

He cried and said to the apocalypse: "The emperor is grateful for the kindness of Youzhen, and the younger brother is very grateful to him, and he dare not forget it in this life." During the period when the younger brother was not in the capital, he also begged the emperor to take care of the dragon's body, and the younger brother retired first. ”

Seeing him like this, Tianqi's eyes were slightly red, and he wanted to step forward to help him up, but his hand stretched out halfway, and finally retracted it, turning into a sigh and saying: "King Xin, this is going to Jinan Mansion, the mountains are far away, you should take care." ”

Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, lay on his stomach on the ground, face down, and no one could see his expression clearly. At this time, a trace of hatred flashed in his eyes, but it was fleeting. He continued to cry: "The emperor takes care, the emperor is safe, the courtiers are gone." With that, he got up, bowed and slowly retreated outside the hall.

Zhu You checked out the Qianqing Palace.

In the sight of the eunuchs Gong E, I saw him wipe away his tears and walk out of the palace with a sad expression. On the way, he met some palace people or officials who saluted him, and he still returned the salute as gentle and elegant as ever.

After boarding the carriage, Zhu Youzhen's tears were put away, he sat in the carriage, lifted a small corner of the curtain, looked at the red walls and green tiles of the Forbidden City, and muttered: "I will come back!"

After looking at it for a while, he pulled his eyes back from this magnificent building, and his mind returned to two days ago......

Today's result, in fact, he had probably guessed it two days ago.

Han Yi also guessed.

So that day, they began to secretly discuss the next countermeasures.

Han Yi suggested that he cry to the emperor and beg him to stay in the capital.

He had a different view.

Crying is to cry, but not to beg to stay in the capital, but to take the initiative to take the blame for the emperor and share the emperor's worries.

Because it was the emperor who ordered him to stay in the capital.

At that time, the first two princes died young, and the emperor needed a trusted relative to stay in the capital. As the emperor's younger brother, it was natural for him to stay in the capital.

But now the times are changing, and it is very different, although the crown prince Zhu Cijiong is sick, but after treatment, it seems that he is about to recover, and his historical mission as a former prince candidate will also come to an end.

Now that he has come to the end of his life, if he still stays strong, he will be brazenly rebelling! Now that his strength is not enough, Zhu Youzhen is not stupid enough to make such a move.

In this situation, leaving the capital is the only way to keep the suspense of succession to the last resort.

Then, he proposed a plan to Han Yi.

- The plan to assassinate the crown prince.

This plan will be implemented after he leaves the capital!

......

Time flies, and it has been more than a month since Zhu Youzhen left the capital.

At this time, in the capital and all parts of Daming, the drought at the turn of spring and summer has reached several months.

Every day, the Emperor of the Apocalypse received disaster information from various local government offices, as well as documents requesting relief food and salary from the imperial court.

In order to deal with soaring prices, civil unrest, and other trivial matters that occurred during the drought, the cabinet has been operating at full capacity almost every day for nearly a month.

But if the drought is not lifted, no matter how busy people are, they will not be able to solve the fundamental problem.

For this reason, the Apocalypse decided to pray for rain.

Praying for rain is actually a ritual of begging for mercy from heaven and earth.

If your fate is good, it will rain, but even if it doesn't rain, there are benefits. Because at least the people of the world can feel the emperor's sincerity in sympathizing with the sufferings of all the people.

After choosing an auspicious zodiac day to worship the heavens, the apocalypse fasted three days in advance. first silently told the ancestors in the palace Fengxian Palace, and then signed Zhu Youxiao's name in the letter to heaven, and sent it to the southern suburbs of the Shenku one day before. After that, it's time to wait for the rain prayer ceremony.

The ritual of worshipping the heavens and praying for rain is roughly like this: at dawn, the emperor and his ministers set out from the Huangji Gate, walk ten miles to the Temple of Heaven mound, and after arriving at the mound, the emperor kneels down and prays to the sky, and after offering incense, he has to kowtow to the sky four times. After the salute, it was the emperor's speech. After completing this bunch of ceremonies, walk back to the palace.

From this series of rituals, one thing is clear: it requires a lot of physical strength!

Does the Emperor of the Apocalypse have this physical strength?

Others don't know!

However, according to himself, he has the physical strength.

Recently, the Emperor of the Apocalypse finally listened to the advice of the imperial doctors, and did not take the golden pill anymore, plus he had not been close to women for a long time, so his body looked better.

Now that the emperor has spoken, let's start this ritual of sacrificing to the sky.

The time for the sacrifice here has been set, and the time for the prince's treatment has also been set.

Because Sui and Tang said that on the day when the emperor sacrificed heaven and earth, the vitality of heaven and earth was the most abundant, and it was most conducive to the treatment of the prince's heart disease.

In fact, it was because on the day of the emperor's sacrifice, the national teacher Xiao Daoling and Jinyi Wei both commanded Yan Long to accompany him to protect him!! The two masters of Xuan Li in the palace were not in the palace, which made Xuan Tianqing, who had always been afraid of Yan Long's perception ability, feel a lot more relaxed.

He had been waiting for this day, for a long time!