Finally, Zhao Lide suggested that the emperor take them to the East Palace to see if the prince was dead or not.
The emperor couldn't refuse at all. If he refused at this time, everyone would know that there was definitely something wrong.
So he procrastinated in the court for a long time, going through all the trivial matters in the memorials that he had never bothered to answer in the past.
The more time he delayed, the more confident Zhao Lide became.
The Zhao family and the second prince's party in the court seemed to have won a battle, as if they would see the second prince being appointed heir apparent tomorrow.
His face was beaming with joy, as if he was about to celebrate the New Year.
Finally, the emperor didn't know what to say and finally announced the next dynasty.
He walked in front, followed by many courtiers.
Some of them didn't join the team, and just went with them to see what was going on.
The emperor prayed in his heart that he must wake up before they go!
There was deathly silence in the East Palace. The servants were kneeling on both sides with earth-colored faces, their foreheads pressed against the cold ground, trembling.
"Where is the prince?" The emperor's sharp and scrutinizing eyes were on the servants of the East Palace, with a hint of warning in his tone.
"T-Your Highness the Crown Prince..." the servant stammered.
There was a hint of darkness in Zhao Lide's eyes, and there was a hint of sullenness on his old face.
"When the emperor asks you, tell the truth quickly. If you dare to tell any lies, be careful of your nine tribes!"
He seemed to be following the emperor's words, but in fact he was threatening these servants.
How could the emperor not hear it? He glanced at Zhao Lide, who was particularly unrestrained today, narrowed his eyes, and immediately smiled instead of being angry.
This old thing!
The servant's voice trembled, and he chose a very conservative statement.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is lying in the palace..."
"Can anyone go in?" the emperor asked expressionlessly.
In fact, his lips were pursed into a straight line, and the hands hanging under the dragon robe were tightly clenched into fists.
The servant shook his head under his gaze, "Back to the Emperor, no."
The temperature in the emperor's heart suddenly dropped to freezing point, and there was darkness in front of his eyes for a moment.
If they were informed about the prince's death today, even if the prince were to recover in the future, he would still be accused of some illegal magic. The most important thing is that it might incite public opinion and arouse the resentment of the people.
"Hurry, take us to see it quickly!" Zhao Lide couldn't wait to say with his eyes shining.
At this point, the emperor could not reverse anything, and there were so many ministers following him. Thinking of this, his face turned gloomy for a moment.
Eunuch Huang hurriedly supported him. Seeing the emperor's tired look, he was anxious and scared. He glanced around and did not see His Highness King Yi. He could only look at the person he trusted most.
"Master Shangshu, come and see the Emperor." His voice was filled with anxiety.
Zhao Lide pretended to be concerned, and then said sarcastically: "Eunuch Huang, I think you are really old and confused. What's the use of calling him? What kind of medical skills does he know? Hurry up and ask the imperial doctor to take the emperor back to have a look. , the old minister can handle matters here just here."
The emperor covered his heart, his lips showing signs of turning purple.
Yu Xiheng came over and held the emperor's arm on the other side.
Of course he knew why the emperor fell ill. He was simply afraid that the prince's affairs would be discovered, and those in the court forced him to appoint the second prince as heir apparent.
If the emperor alone had the final say in this court, he would have dragged Zhao Lide out and beheaded him long ago. How could he have tolerated his wantonness.
Moreover, Zhao Lide's villainous face was really unbearable. Yu Xiheng ignored him and whispered in the emperor's ear, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, it's okay."
His words were really not comforting. There were so many people at the moment, so Yu Xiheng couldn't tell the emperor that he smelled the jujube cake made by his wife.
Fortunately, the emperor trusted him very much. Seeing how calm he was, the depression that was almost overwhelming just now was relieved.
In front of the door of the prince's palace, there were still people kneeling on the ground.
Zhao Lide was so excited that he wanted to rush in now, but when he saw the emperor's cold expression, he smiled sarcastically and took two steps back.
He was not idle either. He looked back at the ministers who were following him and said, "Royal doctor, come out quickly, and go in later to give the prince a good look."
The two imperial doctors who came with him were new ones who came in not long ago. Experienced imperial doctors knew that they should not get involved in this kind of thing.
Having already reached this point, the emperor waved his hand and asked someone to open the door.
The palace was quiet and tidy, and there was no smell at all. It was strangely peaceful.
Walking further inside, the prince in white underwear was lying quietly on the bed, his face pale, as if he had fallen into a deep sleep.
This look is obviously not normal.
A proud smile appeared on Zhao Lide's face, but he immediately suppressed the smile after realizing that there were so many people here.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
Several ministers knelt down with mournful voices. Upon closer inspection, they all belonged to the Second Prince's party.
"Let the imperial doctor take a look!" Someone pushed the two imperial doctors forward.
The imperial doctor stepped forward tremblingly, knelt under the bed and felt the prince's pulse.
During the pulse check, his expression changed frequently, from disbelief to surprise to joy.
After a long time, he withdrew his hand and said, "Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince just lacks energy and blood, and his body is a little exhausted. Everything else is fine!"
"Fart!" Zhao Lide's face instantly turned red as if he had been slapped.
As soon as the words came out, he realized that something was wrong, and his face turned red and white, which was extremely exciting.
"Your Majesty, these two quacks are obviously trying to deceive you..."
Before Zhao Lide finished speaking, a weak cough came from the bed, and then the prince opened his eyes with difficulty.
"F-Father...why are there so many people..."
The emperor looked at Zhao Lide with a splendid expression expressionlessly, and pulled his lips, "Zhao Lide, who is bullying the emperor?"
Zhao Lide took a step back in disbelief. It was clear that his assistant in the East Palace told him that the prince was dead and the body was already cold. Otherwise, how could he dare to be so presumptuous.
Could it be that...Xiao Zuo lied to him!
He knew that he would not be able to leave today without peeling off a layer of skin.
"Your Majesty, I have been loyal to you for so many years. I was just too worried about the prince just now. You must believe me!"
He fell to his knees with a plop, pulled the emperor's clothes and cried, showing his shamelessness.
Yu Xiheng silently took two steps back and looked at this scene expressionlessly, thinking to himself:
Perhaps the meaning of some people's existence is to disgust others as much as possible, and then wait until one day when they die to make everyone smile with relief, so as to achieve the consequence of suppressing their desire first.
He classified Zhao Lide into this category.
Standing silently in the corner, he suddenly noticed that some debris seemed to fall above his head.
Yu Xiheng stretched out his hand, and some maroon pastry crumbs fell into his white palm.
[Oops, the curly snack fell on daddy’s hair! 】
He raised his eyes and saw two people, one big and one small, huddled together on the beam.
