"Alas..." He hoped it wasn't myna, but a voice in his head told him that it was myna. He always knew that Myna was secretive, but he didn't expect that Myna would be so... He couldn't find a good word to describe it for a while.
The fourth prince who was copying Buddhist scriptures heard Zhao Yao sighing and asked with concern: "What's wrong? Is there something you don't understand?"
Zhao Yao shook his head and said, "Nothing's wrong, I just feel sorry for Bago."
When the Eighth Prince was mentioned, a look of indifference flashed in the Fourth Prince's eyes, and then he said indifferently: "He doesn't need your pity."
"Why don't you need me to pity you? Brother Eight is so seriously injured and has to drink medicine every day." Zhao Yao thought of how he had been seriously ill in the past few months and couldn't help but sympathize with the Eighth Prince, "Four Brother, don't you I know what it feels like to drink medicine every day, every now and then. Now, Myna is just like me before, taking medicine for several months." Alas, Myna is really cruel to himself. If it were him, he would never do this to himself.
After hearing this, the fourth prince realized that Zhao Yao sympathized with the eighth prince for drinking medicine, and he couldn't help but laugh: "If you don't want to drink medicine in the future, then don't get 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 had an impure mind and was unwilling to let the simple-minded Zhao Yao and the scheming eighth prince get too close. "I will pray for the late Queen tomorrow morning, so please go to bed as soon as possible."
"Fourth brother, what about you?"
"I'll finish copying this Buddhist scripture before going 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, I will help you wash up."
"Fourth brother, I'm going to wash up first."
After Zhao Yao finished bathing, he returned to the room, got under the quilt, and looked at the fourth prince who was still copying Buddhist scriptures with his two eyes: "Fourth brother, I'm going to sleep first."
"Go to sleep."
Here, the brothers have a warm atmosphere. Over there, the atmosphere in the Imperial Study Room was cold and solid.
Shen Hu, Chu Ying, and Zhen Guogong were kneeling on the ground, with panic expressions on their faces.
Sun Kui, who was standing aside, lowered his head and didn't dare to breathe.
"So far, this is the only thing you have found?" Emperor Zhou Wu looked at the three people kneeling on the ground with cold eyes, "Do you think a fifth-grade general Ningyuan can train so many dead soldiers to assassinate the prince?" Emperor Zhou Wu always said His emotions and emotions were invisible, but now his anger was clearly visible.
Facing Emperor Zhou Wu's anger, Shen Hu could only bite the bullet and said: "I checked his files. He is very ordinary and clean. He does not look like someone who can train dead soldiers."
The General Ning Yuan whom Emperor Zhou Wu just mentioned was a general in the Imperial Guard. He has a silent temperament and is taciturn, and his relationship with other members of the Imperial Guard is average.
He was once a soldier under Chu Ying, and later made great contributions in quelling the chaos, and was gradually promoted from an ordinary soldier to a fifth-rank general Ningyuan. Chu Ying saw that he was brave, good at fighting, honest, and had no tricks, so he was admitted to the palace as a guard.
Chu Ying said: "I carefully investigated General Ning Yuan and found no connection between him and the noble family."
Duke Zhen Guo suspected that General Ning Yuan was the king's successor, but he did not dare to say this. If he said it, Emperor Wu of Zhou would think that he did it on purpose.
"All the clues were cut off when we got to General Ning Yuan. It was as if someone had wiped them out. 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.
"I carefully searched General Ningyuan's home and found nothing suspicious or abnormal."
Zhenguo Gong said: "Your Majesty, this is all too weird." He has lived for decades, and this is the first time he has encountered such a weird thing.
Shen Hu continued: "I checked all the people who had contact with General Ning Yuan, and also interrogated some people, but no useful clues were found."
"I sent someone to investigate General Ningyuan's hometown. It will take two days before there is any news." General Ningyuan's hometown is in Yangzhou, and there is a rebellion in Yangzhou.
Emperor Wu of Zhou also knew what was going on in Yangzhou. He frowned and looked solemn. He couldn't help but wonder in his heart, could the assassination of the prince be related to the Yangzhou rebellion?
"Check carefully."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Emperor Zhou Wu waved his hand, signaling Shen Hu and the others to retreat.
"Your Majesty, please retire." Chu Ying and the three of them retreated respectfully.
Sun Kui saw Emperor Zhou Wu frowning and looking solemn. He hesitated and asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, do you suspect that the assassination of the prince is related to the rebellion in Yangzhou?"
Emperor Wu of Zhou tapped his fingers on the imperial table, and said thoughtfully: "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 horrified expression: "Your Majesty, if it is really related to the Yangzhou rebellion, doesn't that mean there are people from Dong Jin in the capital?!"
Emperor Wu of Zhou was not surprised that there were people from Dong Jin in the capital. He had been sending people to keep an eye on these people, but he did not expect that there were Dong Jin's people in Hulong Temple.
"Your Majesty, what is the purpose of Dong Jin's people to assassinate the prince?" Sun Kui guessed, "To disrupt the capital?" Although His Royal Highness is the crown prince, he is not favored by the king on the surface. If the assassination of His Highness the Crown Prince is successful, then the biggest beneficiary will be His Highness the King of Dai, but this will not affect anything.
As long as the emperor is here, there will be no chaos in the capital, let alone chaos in the court. Rather than assassinating His Highness the Crown Prince, wouldn't it be more useful to assassinate His Highness the King? First of all, His Highness the Dai Wang is more favored by the Emperor. In recent years, it has been rumored that His Highness the Dai Wang will replace His Highness the Crown Prince. Secondly, His Highness King Dai was brave and good at fighting and had great military exploits. He was called the "God of War" by the people. Assassinating His Highness King Dai would cause the Great Zhou Dynasty to lose a general. Wouldn't this be more beneficial to them?
They had the patience and ability to lurk in Hulong Temple, which meant that he also had the ability to assassinate His Highness Dai Wang, but they did not, and instead assassinated His Highness the Crown Prince.
Could it be that they assassinated His Highness to warn the Emperor, or to provoke the Emperor?
If this is the case, Dong Jin is too arrogant.
Having said that, if it is to provoke the emperor and spend so much effort, it is really...
Sun Kui couldn't figure it out even though he was thinking about it, so he simply gave it up. Such an important thing is not something that a slave like him can worry about.
"Send a secret report to Lao Song and ask him to investigate the matter secretly." Emperor Wu of Zhou thought more.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Emperor Zhou Wu squinted his eyes slightly and had a sullen face.
If it is really what he thinks, then the matter in Yangzhou cannot be delayed.
When Sun Kui came back after sending the secret report, he saw Emperor Zhou Wu reviewing the memorial again, and hurriedly persuaded him: "Your Majesty, you will get up and go to Hulong Temple at Yin time tomorrow. You'd better go to bed early tonight."
During this period, the emperor was already busy, but he did not expect that the assassination of the prince would appear again, which made the emperor even more worried.
"I will go to bed after reading this." Emperor Wu of Zhou also had a pile of memorials on hand.
"Your Majesty, you are going to be late again after reading these memorials, so you can only sleep for two hours." Sun Kui said anxiously, "Your Majesty, I am really worried that if you continue like this, your dragon body will not be able to bear it. You should rest first. Well, it won’t be too late to review these memorials tomorrow.”
Emperor Zhou Wu 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 I'm nagging you, but the Queen and the Concubine have told me to remind you to rest early."
After hearing this, Emperor Wu of Zhou was unmoved and continued to review the memorial.
Sun Kui suddenly thought of something and hurriedly added: "Empress Zhaoyi also asked my servant to remind you to rest early and take care of your dragon body."
When Emperor Zhou Wu heard this, he glanced at Sun Kui.
Sun Kui said hurriedly: "Empress Zhaoyi really said that to this slave."
Emperor Wu of Zhou put down the memorial in his hand, stood up and said to Sun Kui: "Take a bath."
Hearing what Emperor Wu of Zhou said, Sun Kui was overjoyed and said, "I will take care of you to take a bath." Moving out the Queen and the Concubine was useless, but moving out Zhaoyi was. The emperor really treated Empress Zhaoyi differently.
Emperor Wu of Zhou was indeed very tired. He fell asleep not long after taking a bath and lying on the bed.
After Emperor Zhou Wu fell asleep, Sun Kui left the palace quietly.
Seeing his master's smile, Sun Doudou asked curiously: "Master, what good thing happened?"
Sun Kuigang was about to tell Sun Doudou, but suddenly he thought of something and stopped.
"nothing."
Seeing that Sun Kui didn't want to talk, Sun Doudou didn't ask anymore.
"Master, you will go to Hulong Temple with the Emperor tomorrow morning. Go to sleep as soon as possible. I am here."
"You take good care of it, I'll go back and rest."
At four o'clock in the ugly hour, Sun Kui woke up on time. When Yinshi arrived, he woke up the sleeping Emperor Wu of Zhou.
Today is the death anniversary of the late empress. Emperor Wu of Zhou had to take a day off from court and did not have to go to court in the morning.
After Emperor Zhou Wu had a simple breakfast, he set out for Hulong Temple.
Queen Xie and Concubine Rong are also going to Hulong Temple today.
Emperor Wu of Zhou's carriage was at the front, followed by Queen Xie's carriage, and then Concubine Rong's.
Liang Zhaoyi and Poppy were sitting in a carriage, and their carriage was at the end.
Pan Cai's status was low and he was not qualified to go to Hulong Temple to pray for the late empress.
"I wonder if the emperor has found the assassin who assassinated the prince?" Poppy said with worry, "If there are assassins, wouldn't the emperor be in danger?"
When Liang Zhaoyi heard what Poppy said, she couldn't help but feel worried. However, it didn't show on her face.
"The assassin's assassination failed, and no one will be sent to assassinate him again. Besides, there are many people protecting the emperor, so everything will be fine."
"Sister, who do you think is so courageous that he dares to assassinate the prince?" Poppy thought of the rumors in the past few days and lowered her voice and said, "Is he really the acting king?"
Liang Zhaoyi shook her head and said: "It can't be the King of Dai." Even if the King of Dai wanted to assassinate the prince, he would not be stupid enough to assassinate the prince at this time.
"Who could that be?"
"I don't know." Liang Zhaoyi saw that Poppy 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 anymore."
Poppy understood what Liang Zhaoyi meant and nodded quickly: "Yes, sister." After saying that, she remembered Zhao Yao at Hulong Temple, "I don't know how Yao Yao was at Hulong Temple, whether he had a good meal or not." sleep?"
Mentioning her son, Liang Zhaoyi's eyes instantly became gentle.
"Don't worry, he will definitely live a good life in Hulong Temple."
"I don't know how the Eighth Prince's injury is?" Poppy sighed, "The Eighth Prince's life is too miserable."
Liang Zhaoyi said: "The Eighth Prince will be fine."
The Eighth Prince, who was being cared about by Mei Yu and Liang Zhaoyi, had already woken up.
These days, the Eighth Prince spends most of his time sleeping and has very little waking time.
Yu Hai was currently serving the Eighth Prince to drink porridge, "Your Highness, do you know that this time..." Yu Hai said no more, "If His Highness hadn't suggested to wipe your body with strong liquor to cool down, you'd be afraid …”
The Eighth Prince said warmly: "I'm fine now, aren't I?"
"Your Highness, you must never do this again."
"No way." The Eighth Prince said weakly because he was too weak, "How is the investigation of the assassin in the palace going?"
"General Ning Yuan is dead." Yu Hai said very quietly, "Everything is going according to your plan."
The Eighth Prince felt relieved after hearing this.
"That's good."
Eighth Prince: Very good, everything is going according to my plan.
(End of chapter)
