Seeing Zhao, when he came again, Li Deqing and Taoist Master Huichun did not stop him. Zhou Yuan had already given a needle to the emperor. The emperor was now awake. Zhao Hou was a little surprised. She thought that these two people would not let her see the emperor easily. Could it be that her speculation was wrong, the emperor was fine?

"You are waiting outside." Empress Zhao walked in alone with the food box and closed the door. Although Priest Li Deqing and Taoist Huichun were unwilling to let Empress Zhao and the emperor be alone, they knew that this matter was so they could not stop it.

Empress Zhao entered the room and saw the emperor leaning against the pillow on the couch, holding a volume of books in his hand, with a rosy face and looking pretty good. Empress Zhao saw Empress Zhao and smiled and said, "Zi Tong, you are here."

"Emperor, I am here to send you a midnight snack. It is ginseng lotus soup. It is a kind of nourishing qi, strengthening the spleen, nourishing the heart and calming the mind." Empress Zhao put the food box on the couch and brought out the bowl from it, "Emperor, I will feed you."

"I'm tired of Zi Tong." The emperor put down the book and said.

Empress Zhao approached the emperor and scooped ginseng lotus soup one by one to feed the emperor. After the emperor finished drinking the ginseng lotus soup, it was almost time for a quarter of an hour. The emperor felt very tired and said, "It's getting late. Zi Tong, please go back to your room to rest, I want it too..."

Before he finished speaking, the emperor couldn't support it, so he closed his eyes and fell on the pillow; Empress Zhao was shocked, "Master, long live the emperor."

The emperor did not respond.

Zhao Hou's hand trembled and went to explore the emperor's breathing. He was breathing, but how could the emperor fall asleep so quickly? He couldn't wake up as soon as he fell asleep. This was not right. Zhao Hou carefully identified it and found that the emperor did not seem to fall asleep, as if he had fainted.

Queen Zhao looked at the man on the couch with complicated eyes. Her guess was right. This man who wanted to live forever and wanted to enjoy the country forever was about to die. Queen Zhao looked at the faint door and took the food box to the dragon's case. There was no need to look for it. The jade seal was placed on the dragon's case. Queen Zhao smiled and took out the imperial edict from the bottom of the food box, spread it on the dragon's case, picked up the jade seal, and covered it on it.

After the ink was dry, Empress Zhao put the forged imperial edict back into the food box, looked at the emperor on the couch, raised her legs and walked out, "Serve long live the emperor." After that, she left with the palace maid.

Li Deqing hurried in and saw that the emperor had fainted. He sighed. He had to deal with the empress tonight, but what should we do in the next three days?

Taoist Master Huichun heard him sigh and said, "Eunuch Li, now take one step at a time. In order to prevent someone from breaking through tomorrow, it is better to transfer the Imperial Guards to guard it."

"You said you were lightweight, then the Imperial Guard would not be under our jurisdiction, and our family could not be adjusted." Li Deqing said angrily.

"Eunuch Li, then who can you mobilize?" Taoist Huichun had not received a reply from the King of Yan, so he could only send Li Deqing first.

Li Deqing glanced at him and said, "Our family can transfer people from the Eunuch Mansion here."

"I will rely on Eunuch Li for everything." Taoist Huichun smiled.

Li Deqing laughed dryly and said, "The Taoist Master has not been willing to tell our family who you are, and how should our family believe that the Taoist Master is willing to advance and retreat with our family?"

"Eunuch Li is a smart person and should have guessed it long ago. Why do you have to let me explain it? Some things are just understood, without saying anything." Taoist Huichun smiled.

"Okay, we'll follow the Taoist priest." Li Deqing was on the pirate ship.

"Don't worry, Eunuch Li, I will not harm Eunuch Li." Taoist Huichun said with a smile on his eyes.

Taoist Huichun entered the house to guard the emperor, while Li Deqing went to transfer the eunuchs from the eunuch's house. The door of the hall quieted down and walked out of the darkness. Looking at Li Deqing's back, he snorted and said, "Tell the little prince the news that the emperor is about to die. Is it difficult to accomplish a big thing? This is a blow."

"Yes." The footsteps are gradually inaudible from near to far.

Although the news of the emperor's fall had not spread yet, everyone who should know knew it. This night was destined to be sleepless. The next morning, Empress Zhao came to visit the emperor again. Taoist Huichun stopped Empress Zhao on the grounds that the emperor had been in seclusion.

"When will the emperor come out of seclusion today?" asked Empress Zhao.

"The emperor has taken the newly refined elixir and will not come out of seclusion in these three days." Taoist Huichun fooled her.

"What do you mean is that the emperor will not leave the customs after three days?" Zhao Hou stared at Taoist Huichun with a bright look.

"Yes, Empress." Taoist Master Huichun replied.

Empress Zhao sneered twice and left. Not long after she returned to the yard, the fourth prince came. "Mother, my son has contacted several generals, including Cheng'en Marquis, Duke of Wei and others. Just wait for the order of my son to help me seize the throne. How about my mother, my father?"

"Then did the rebellious son move abnormally last night?" asked Empress Zhao.

"Brother of the Great Emperor..."

"Don't call him the eldest brother." Empress Zhao interrupted him.

The fourth prince changed his words and said, "Gao Yu went out last night."

"Do you know where he went?" Zhao Hou asked.

The fourth prince shook his head.

Empress Zhao frowned and said, "It seems that he knows the situation of your father."

"Mother, my son found out that the Zhou Yuan senator had entered the main palace last night." The fourth prince whispered.

"I went to see your father last night. He was at the end of his strength. This morning, I will go there again. Li Deqing and Taoist Master Huichun didn't let me see your father. I suspect that your father had passed away. Li Deqing and Taoist Master Huichun were afraid of taking responsibility, so they concealed the news and wanted to take the opportunity to escape." Zhao Hou speculated.

"My mother, you can't doubt this matter randomly." The fourth prince frowned.

"Tomorrow, you will take all the civil and military officials to the main palace and ask to see your father. Then you will naturally know the authenticity." Empress Zhao made up her mind to say.

"But my mother, if my father does not die, I will be suspected of forcing the palace." The fourth prince did not have the courage to burn his boat.

Empress Zhao glanced at the fourth prince. He was really a father and son. He looked forward like this and said coldly: "The success and the king will defeat the enemy. After you ascend the throne and become emperor, who cares whether you have forced the palace? When your father's palace changed, he was not sure, but in the end he was not successful. If you are so timid, wait for the rebellious son to transfer to seize the throne, and wait for our mother and son to be imprisoned for life."

"I'm the one who listens to my mother." The Fourth Prince whispered.

Empress Zhao took out the will, "Don't worry, Empress Dowager has already thought of a complete plan for you."

The fourth prince took the will and opened it and was surprised and happy. "It turns out that my father has prepared to pass the throne to me a hundred years later."

"This will be a forged edict." Empress Zhao said lightly. The man tried to enjoy the world forever, how could he write such a will?

The Four Emperors were stunned, "But both this word and the jade seal are true."

"I wrote the word "I imitated the word ", and I secretly covered the jade seal last night." Empress Zhao told the truth.

The Fourth Emperor had a complicated expression, and the Queen Mother was too bold for the throne.

"Don't worry about this will. Go and do the serious business quickly. If you succeed in seizing the throne, it is true. If you fail to seizing the throne, it is true. If you fail to seize the throne, it is true. Do you understand this principle?" asked Empress Zhao.

"My son understand." The fourth prince hid his will and left quietly.

All day long, Li Deqing and Taoist Master Huichun stayed outside the bedroom where the emperor lived. This phenomenon was so strange that Empress Zhao became more and more sure that something happened to the emperor. She wished that the Fourth Prince would go to the main palace today to expose the matter and let the Fourth Prince take the throne.

One night passed, and just dawn, the Fourth Prince led the ministers who were forced to come with words to rush to the main palace where the emperor was. The eunuch guarding the gate saw that the situation was wrong and rushed in to report, "Eunuch Li, it's not good. The Fourth Prince brought many adults to this side. It seems that he is here to ask for the emperor."

Li Deqing's face changed slightly and he secretly said, "Oh no, Queen Zhao came over and was a trivial matter, so it was easy to get rid of it. The fourth prince came over with the ministers. It was a major national event. How would he stop him? Of course, he knew very well, and he had to stop him if he couldn't stop him. He waved his hand and said, "Call the children and go with our family." There was no way to bear it.

Li Deqing led a group of eunuchs and rushed to the palace gate. The fourth prince and ministers who had already rushed in were stopped and asked first, "Without the emperor's summons, the fourth prince led the adults in. What is he going to do? Is he trying to force the palace?"

The ministers could not afford the charge of forcing the palace, and their faces changed slightly, and they all took a step back. The fourth prince sneered: "Eunuch Li, don't use these words to intimidate this prince. This prince is here to confirm the safety of his father. What evil intentions do you have to stop like this?"

Li Deqing frowned and said, "Fourth Prince, the reason why our family blocked was for the hell of the Fourth Prince. The emperor was taking the elixir and was in seclusion. This is a great matter. Not to mention the Fourth Prince, no one can go in and disturb him. Fourth Prince, listen to our family's advice and retreat quickly, and don't offend Long Yan."

The fourth prince snorted coldly and said, "I don't need Eunuch Li to think about this prince. No matter what, I will go in to see my father. Please get out of here."

"Fourth Prince, the emperor is at a critical moment of retreat. If Qingjing is disturbed, the fourth prince will not be able to afford it." Huichun Taoist strode over and stood side by side with Li Deqing.

When the ministers saw Taoist Huichun, they felt a little regretful. They shouldn't have listened to the fourth prince's words and broke in. The fourth prince touched the will in his sleeve, strengthened his confidence, and said, "Tao Master, don't fool people with the words of seclusion. Is the father in seclusion or something wrong? Taoist Master and Eunuch Li know clearly. You are afraid of taking responsibility and want to hide the truth and take the opportunity to escape. Don't think that this prince doesn't know."

"Fourth Prince, don't be polite." Li Deqing refused to admit it.

"Commander Rui, you are here just in time. This prince suspects that these two people concealed the news of the father's accident and wants to see him to confirm whether his father is safe and sound. He also asks Commander Rui to help me capture these two traitors." The fourth prince saw Rui Nianen, the commander of Long Tingwei who appeared at some time.

When Li Deqing saw Rui Nianen appearing suddenly, his heart sank. He and Rui Nianen were both eunuchs, but they had always been disagreement. He served the emperor since the emperor was still in the secret residence. Rui Nianen only came to the emperor after the emperor ascended the throne, but Rui Nianen came from behind and was deeply trusted by the emperor and took charge of the Long Tingwei. If he was a civil servant, then Rui Nianen was a military general. He was in the light and Rui Nianen was in the dark, and he was the emperor's right-hand man.

The fourth prince was making trouble. If Rui Nianen kicked another shot, this matter would become more and more difficult! Li Deqing became anxious and couldn't help but look at Taoist Master Huichun; Taoist Master Huichun calmly said: "Fourth Prince, I can understand the mood of seeing the Emperor Long live. But now the emperor is in a critical moment, so I dare not go in and disturb the emperor. I can only ask the fourth prince to wait patiently until two days later, and then the emperor will naturally summon the fourth prince and all the adults."

If you can see the emperor in two days, there is no need to hurry today. The ministers have the intention to retreat, especially the nobles and ministers who defected to the King of Yan. They took several steps backwards and distanced themselves from the fourth prince.

The fourth prince glanced at them and said, "Does the Taoist priest think that if you delay time like this, you can get out successfully? This prince told me that there is no possibility. I must meet my father today. Haven't you always been curious about what my prince has to rely on?"

After saying that, the fourth prince raised the will hidden in his sleeve and said, "This is the reliance of this prince. Eunuch Li, Taoist Master Huichun, has not yet kneeled down."

In the sun, the bright yellow color made everyone dizzy. The fourth prince unfolded the will and glanced at Li Deqing sideways, "Did Eunuch Li not recognize what this is?"

Of course, Li Deqing knew that it was an imperial edict, but how could the fourth prince have an imperial edict in his hand? He wanted to come forward to confirm the authenticity. The fourth prince was guilty and did not dare to hand over the imperial edict to Li Deqing, but handed it to Chief Superintendent Chiang, "Please ask Chief Superintendent Chiang to represent the imperial edict on behalf of Emperor Xuan of Father."

A will?

All the ministers were shocked. When did the emperor write the will? Why did he write the will? These two questions, I want to ask, but I can't ask. The assistant minister Jiang took the will with both hands, stood up, and opened it tremblingly under the gaze of everyone, and said, "In accordance with the will of heaven, the emperor's edict said: I have been ascending the throne for more than 20 years, and I have no merit in governing the country internally, and no ability to expand the territory externally. Now my grand deadline is coming, so I will pass it to the fourth son of the emperor. He is kind and filial, and my mind is pure and kind. I have thought about it again and again. In order to make the country's long-term plan, he passed it to him and choose an auspicious day to ascend the throne."

The Emperor Jiang stared at the seal of the jade seal without blinking eyes. It was true that the Emperor had already written a will and passed the throne to the Fourth Prince! Although the Emperor Jiang was a neutral faction, he was more optimistic about the King of Yan than the Fourth Prince. However, the Emperor passed the throne to the Fourth Prince, gave up the eldest son and established the second son. Why is this? If the Emperor is not satisfied with the King of Yan, why did he ask the King of Yan to sacrifice to heaven and pray for blessings on his behalf? If the Emperor trained the King of Yan as the crown prince, why did he leave the will to pass the throne to the Fourth Prince?

"Our family is a eunuch who has written a pen and never leaves the emperor. Why don't you know when the emperor wrote such a 'nod'?" Li Deqing calmed down and raised questions.

The fourth prince took out the will, and now he couldn't retreat anymore. He said angrily: "Eunuch Li doesn't believe that the will is true? Then please open your eyes and take a closer look." This was exactly what Li Deqing thought. He immediately came over and looked at the will in the hand of Shougong Jiang. The more he looked, the more frightened he became. The word was the emperor's name and the jade seal was also true, but he could not admit that the will was true and said sternly: "This will is definitely fake!"

The ministers did not know what the letter should have been said, and they knelt on the ground and watched the changes.

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