Ye Chunqiu, who was outside the pass, was anxious and wanted to arrive in the capital immediately, but at this time, there was already endless disputes in the capital.

When he received the memorial, although Empress Dowager Zhang, who was not in charge of the affairs of the foreign court, had to become awakened from the pain of losing his son.

Although Empress Dowager Zhang is a woman, she doesn't know anything. Judging from this memorial, there is no problem on the surface, but that unreasonable sentence of the early precepts aroused Empress Dowager Zhang's vigilance.

Why wasn't the prince who prevailed his throne early? He was just a small censor, but the censors were all Qingliu, a second-class Jinshi, and a simple article. It is impossible to make such a mistake in the memorials.

Empress Dowager Zhang suddenly felt something bad. She did not hesitate anymore and quickly called Prince Zhu Zaiyao to come closer.

Zhu Zaiyao first saluted Empress Dowager Zhang obediently, and then stood aside quietly. The storm that swept across his father's boat made the little prince feel very gloomy.

"Grandmother of the Emperor, has there been news about the father?" Zhu Zaiyao looked up at Empress Dowager Zhang and asked with concern with hope.

When Empress Dowager Zhang heard the prince’s question, she flashed her sadness in her eyes, slowly closed her eyes, pondered for a long time, and then opened her eyes and said, “Maybe, I’m going to call Emperor Daxing.”

A big business means death.

When Zhu Zaiyao heard those words, he felt extremely harsh, his body was shocked, and he said, "How can I count as a big deal if I don't see the corpse for a day?"

"No." A few tears flashed in Queen Mother Zhang's eyes, but she tried her best to endure the sadness in her heart and shook her head and said, "Grandmaster, now... the Ai family is more sad than you, but... in the eyes of the world, your father is already the emperor of the Great Travel. Your mother and the Ai family can only put hope on you. You are only eleven years old. At the age of eleven, you should be a man."

Zhu Zaiyao looked dull and still refused to accept this matter.

Empress Dowager Zhang looked at Zhu Zaiyao and finally couldn't help but shed tears and said, "We are orphans and widows. At this point, the Ai family is unsure. It's really unsure. Prince, what have you said in the Zhan Shi Mansion these two days?"

"The masters didn't come, they were all sick." Zhu Zaiyao answered honestly.

Queen Mother Zhang, who was still full of sadness, suddenly felt a sudden slap in her heart, and her face turned pale.

Why didn't the masters come?

These people should share the honor and disgrace with the prince, especially at this critical moment. Not to mention being sick, even if they are still breathing, they should be with the prince at any time, give advice for the prince, teach the prince what to do at this time and how to respond to external affairs.

But now... are all sick?

At this sensitive time, those people did so, even so consistently, that Queen Mother Zhang had to think that there must be something strange here, and there was something strange. Could it be that someone smelled the direction of the wind, or...

The deeper I thought about it, the more uneasy the Queen Mother Zhang felt. She couldn't sit still. She suddenly said, "When your father was there, Emperor Hongzhi had a great ceremony, Liu Jian and others, and the officials of the Zhanshi Mansion were almost always with you day and night. At this critical moment, what I fear most was change. As a minister of the Zhanshi Mansion, how could he abandon the crown prince? The prince's grandson, something was going to happen. The Ai family probably thought something was going to happen."

Zhu Zaiyao frowned and said, "The grandson also finds it strange. It's only Zuo Chunfang of Zhan Shi Mansion, Ye Liangchen has been with his grandson, and he seems very worried."

"The surname Ye? Is Ye Chunqiu's relative?"

"Yes, it's Ye Chunqiu's cousin."

Suddenly, Empress Dowager Zhang remembered someone, and she immediately remembered something and said quickly: "It's urgent, and your father should have taken action. The Ai family felt something was wrong. It was too unusual. Let Ye Chunqiu lead troops into the capital immediately and bring his new army."

Zhu Zaiyao nodded and said, "If Father Ya is here, things will go smoothly."

Empress Dowager Zhang nodded, but said with a little hesitation, "But I'll ask Gu Dayong about this matter. Gu Dayong is your father's slave. Now many things must be relied on him, the emperor's grandson, don't show any expression when you are away, don't say anything or not. Do you understand?"

Zhu Zaiyao responded: "The grandson understands, but... the emperor and grandmother don't have to worry too much, she needs to take care of herself."

"Ha..." Empress Dowager Zhang looked at Zhu Zaiyao deeply, and showed pity in her eyes: "For a great matter, the Ai family will take care of themselves, because if the day falls, the Ai family will still have to hold on. The Ai family can't hold on, so let your father support him." At this point, she became sad again: "It's just a pity that your father..."

She stopped halfway through her words.

Zhu Zaiyao was depressed and said goodbye.

After Zhu Zaiyao left, Empress Dowager Zhang thought about something and asked someone to invite Gu Dayi. When Gu Dayi saw Empress Dowager Zhang, he bowed and said, "I have met the Empress."

Empress Dowager Zhang just looked at him coldly and said, "Gu Dayong, what news is there outside?"

"Yes, the court meeting will be held in two days. It is chaired by Wang Hua, the chief minister of the cabinet. It is obviously for the sake of Your Majesty's affairs. All officials in the capital will participate..."

"What do you say about Wang Hua?"

Gu Dayong said doubtfully: "The prince said nothing."

"He is an old fox." Empress Dowager Zhang's face fell down and then said: "He may be more worried now than the Ai family. If the court discussion is not successful, the ministers cannot discuss it themselves. If the prince is to go, no... The Ai family will be listening in the nearby hall. Anyway, you cannot make people rash at any time. Qian Qian asked him to step up the garrison in the palace, and he must not be slacked off."

Gu Dayong said, "Yes, I understand."

"Also, the Ai family is preparing to summon King Lu to lead troops into the capital. What do you think?"
Chapter completed!